Chapter 6 The Old Lady Selling Chestnuts

Before the bloody countdown started, there were many roadside food stalls on both sides of the Xining alley.

But now there are only abandoned vehicles, which are placed in a mess.

The alley, which is already narrow, seems even more crowded.

Chen Ye moved the cart in front of him away, and barely cleared a path.

Suddenly, a fragrance filled the deep alley of Xining.

"The smell of sugar-roasted chestnuts."

Chen Ye immediately smelled the aroma of roasted chestnuts, and the hunger in his stomach suddenly became stronger.

He swallowed his saliva, and his thinking ability suddenly seemed to decline. There was only one thought in his mind-

"I'm so hungry!"

"Sugar-roasted chestnuts... so fragrant..."

"I want to eat..."

At the end of the alley, a cart suddenly moved slowly from the corner, accompanied by a hoarse shouting echoing lowly.

"Sugar-roasted chestnuts, fresh sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Five coins per pound."

"Haha, it's free for the first time, free tasting, and free if it doesn't taste good."

When Chen Ye opened his eyes again, his eyes only felt blurred.

Then.

A cart appeared in front of him.

A pair of pale, wrinkled and calloused hands supported the cart, which was full of fried golden, crispy and fragrant sugar-roasted chestnuts.

The old lady selling chestnuts smiled kindly.

"Fresh sugar-roasted chestnuts, come and try them, free, fragrant and delicious."

Chen Ye felt that his consciousness became erratic from time to time, and his surrounding vision was becoming blurred. Except for the sugar-roasted chestnuts, everything else in his pupils seemed to be slowly dispersing.

Finally.

The only thing left in his eyes was the fresh sugar-roasted chestnuts, golden and red, red like blood, as if full of deadly temptation.

The hunger in his stomach became stronger.

At that moment.

It seemed that the only thing left in his mind was the desire to eat!

"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

Chen Ye took another step forward.

At this moment, a burst of erhu sound suddenly came from afar, like a complaint, the sad melody pulled Chen Ye's mind back slightly...

A burst of black mist suddenly seemed to diffuse from the sugar-roasted chestnuts and instantly pounced on Chen Ye's face!

Chen Ye shuddered suddenly and suddenly felt a chill on his back! When he looked at the sugar-roasted chestnuts again, he found that there were no chestnuts in the stove at all, all were broken fingers!

When he raised his head again, the old lady who bought chestnuts had a terrifying smile on her face.

The crack at the corner of her mouth was in a non-human form, almost crooked to the crow's feet, and the wrinkles on her face were like wriggling maggots, constantly crawling on her face.

"Buy chestnuts, young man?"

The old lady's voice was no longer kind, as if there were millions of insects rubbing in her throat, making a sound.

Chen Ye only felt as if countless ants were crawling in his ears, itching and tingling, and his whole head was "buzzing".

It was getting darker and darker in front of his eyes, as if his consciousness was gradually sinking...

At this time.

If he raised his head, he could see the aura of luck on Chen Ye's head, and gradually a black mist of evil aura was faintly surrounding him.

Moreover, in the black mist, there was a bloody light spreading.

That was a sign of the coming of death!

At this critical moment, Chen Ye gritted his teeth and concentrated his attention, trying his best to calm his brain. He used the "100,000 Little Knowledge on How to Get Along with Ghosts" in his mind to quickly think of corresponding countermeasures.

As an internal test player, Chen Ye had already had a lot of game information in his mind. Now he had to stay calm in reality and not lose his footing because of panic.

The dialogue that often appeared when going through the game plot during the internal test suddenly emerged in his mind.

Chen Ye quickly thought of a countermeasure...

He lowered his head in shame and looked away from the old lady:

"I don't have money."

It takes five coins to buy one kilogram of sugar-roasted chestnuts.

According to the currency system of "Strange Era", most of the goods here can be exchanged with coins, which are universal currencies and are divided into copper coins, silver coins and gold coins.

One hundred copper coins can be exchanged for one silver coin.

One hundred silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin.

Copper coins are usually used to exchange general goods, such as basic supplies such as food and water.

Silver coins and gold coins can be exchanged for more different goods, and can even be exchanged for special features or magical objects with extraordinary abilities.

Gold coins have a special meaning in "Strange Era", so they will not be used for regular transactions at will.

In "Strange Era", equivalent exchange is one of the rules to be followed, and any items exchanged on the premise of exchange are reasonable.

Therefore, if you taste the old lady's sugar-roasted chestnuts for free, the result is that Chen Ye needs to pay the price.

First of all, you need currency.

If you have currency, it will be easy.

As long as you pay the value of the sugar-roasted chestnuts, you can get a fresh delicacy.

Eat it and you will be full.

And there will be no negative effects.

But if you don’t have coins, trouble will begin!

The old lady can choose an item on Chen Ye as a trading item in exchange for the value of the sugar-roasted chestnuts.

If you don’t have coins, then choose your personal belongings.

If you only have a set of ragged clothes with almost no value, then you can choose skin, flesh, hair, nails...

If you eat more than one catty of sugar-roasted chestnuts, but ten, twenty, or even hundreds of catties, then the value of the surface of your body is not enough to exchange, so you can choose eyes, tongue, kidneys, heart...

Chen Ye tried his best to keep his brain clear and resist the constant sense of confusion.

The old lady who bought chestnuts seemed to have a magical power in her words, which could make people temporarily lose their minds and lose their judgment.

At this time, because I was too hungry, I was likely to only have the ability to eat.

So I swallowed the sugar-roasted chestnuts in big mouthfuls.

As I ate, I was afraid I didn't know how much I would eat.

According to the principle of equivalent exchange, the old lady who bought chestnuts could choose any item from Chen Ye's body.

Including his heart!

Thinking about it carefully, my back was a little cold.

If it weren't for the music of the erhu coming from the alley just now, I'm afraid it would be a disaster.

At this time, the old lady selling chestnuts smiled and said:

"It's okay, try it, it's free for the first time."

Chen Ye thought for a while and said: "Next time I bring coins, I will come to you to buy more sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Okay, young people should keep their words."

The old lady selling chestnuts smiled even more.

However.

The smile on her face has returned to kindness and kindness. She hunched her back and slowly pushed the cart. Her back disappeared in the deep alley.

The faint shouting was still heard in the distance.

"Selling chestnuts... fresh sugar-roasted chestnuts... Are there any children who want to taste them for free?"

Chen Ye felt that the desire to eat was no longer so strong.

A cool breeze blew, and a coolness came from behind.

At this time, Chen Ye realized that his back was soaked with cold sweat, and said with lingering fear: "Games and reality are really two different things!"

Facing the weirdness in person, the oppression brought by it is completely not on the same level!

In "Strange Era", even the most ordinary things may contain fatal crises.

Chen Ye's hunger has disappeared. Seeing that he almost ate a pile of bloody fingers, he only felt nauseous. The stomach kept sending a feeling of wanting to vomit. After taking a few deep breaths, he barely calmed down.

At this moment, the sound of the erhu came from the depths of the alley again, but the tune became obviously cheerful, and the melody was more melodious and gentle, no longer as depressing as before.

Chen Ye's mind moved.

It was the sound of the erhu that saved his life just now!

He pondered for a moment, and then walked in the direction where the erhu came from.

The sound was getting closer and closer.

Turning a few corners again, Chen Ye's eyes suddenly fell on an old man.

The old man sat cross-legged on a shabby floor, holding an erhu in his hand, and the melodious erhu sound came from here. In front of him was an iron bowl with a few coins in it.

At the same time

Chen Ye opened his Eye of Luck and discovered that there was a faint purple aura lingering above the head of the erhu old man...