Chapter 5: Virtual Trials
Welcome back, this is the time and space pawnshop, I am Handan, the owner of this pawnshop.
"Hello, is there anyone?" the door was pushed open, and a child with a cartoon bag walked in.
"Hi, I'm the owner of this shop. I walked up and shook his hand.
"That's... You're a pawnshop, aren't you?" he looked around hesitantly.
"That's right. I smiled.
After that, I saw him take off the schoolbag behind him, unzip it and rummage through it.
After a while, he took out a golden pig piggy bank the size of his head and handed it to me, saying, "This is the pocket money I saved for a year, and I want to exchange something with you, boss." ”
I took the piggy bank and smiled, "Kid, what do you want to exchange with me?" I weighed the piggy bank, and there was a "whooshing" sound of coins.
"Hmm.... Tomorrow is my mother's birthday, I want to buy her a gift, I found many stores, they said I didn't have enough money, they didn't sell it to me..."
"Hehe, what do you want, little friend?"
"I want a gold necklace!" he lowered his head, "I only have so much money, can you sell it to me, boss?"
"Come, come and sit down first. I took him by the hand and led him to the table and sat down, "Kid, why do you want to give this birthday present to your mother so much?"
The child blinked, scratched his head with his hand, and looked at me as if he was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, tell my brother about it, maybe, my brother will help you~" Hmm... This title is really a bit shameless, a person who is 1,500 years old, and he still takes advantage of children.
"Really?" he suddenly raised his hands above his head, unusually excited.
"Yes!"
"That's... Because our family is not wealthy, my mother gets up early every day and is very hard. Mom frowns every day, and I rarely see her smile now, so I want to give my mom a big surprise on her birthday. Oh, brother, look, it's this necklace. He pulled out a pink flyer from his bag with a large Swarovski swan necklace on it.
"Once I saw my mother come back with this piece of paper, she would always look at the necklace drawn on it from time to time. I know my mom loved it because there was no extra money at home and my mom couldn't afford it...... So, so big brother, I really want to give it to my mom as a birthday present, and my mom used to take me to eat delicious food on my birthday, and I was so happy. I also hope that my mom will be as happy as I am when she receives the gift!"
Looking at this innocent face, I really hope that he will never be corrupted by the filth of this world, and can continue to be so innocent.
"Little friend, you are such a good boy!" I reached out and touched his little head, and smiled with relief.
"That's... Big brother, can you give me this necklace?" At this time, he was still cautiously tempting.
"Of course, but my brother doesn't want your money. ”
"Ah, big brother, you don't want money, so what do you want? That's right!" He seemed to think of something, and hurriedly lowered his head, rummaging through his bag again.
After a while, he looked up profusely and looked at me with a smile, "Big brother, I also have one of my favorite toys, he is a little robot, his name is Nova, and it was a gift from my mother for my 10th birthday this year!"
I took the robot, looked at it carefully, and said to him with a smile, "Okay, that's it!"
Then, under his expectant gaze, I turned the ring, and a soft azure light gushed out like a spring, and this family affection with the light of filial piety made people extremely comfortable.
I watched the child leave happily, and I was inexplicably happy in my heart. When people are young, their minds are really innocent, there is no desire, no greed, no hatred, no scheming.... Some are just a grateful heart full of hope for the world.
Looking at the little boy in the mirror happily bringing the necklace she had just exchanged for her mother, the tears in the corners of her mother's eyes, the smile of relief, suddenly there was a mist in my eyes. Alas, when people are old, they are easy to be moved by what they see......
"Dong ~ Good Deeds Points Plus 10..."
"What's more?"
"But... Since this transaction is not an equivalent transaction, 2 points will be deducted~"
"...... "That's two points of good deeds, the first two transactions added a total of two points, all deducted... Isn't that for nothing?
"I said you just said that you can't add 8 points? Do you have to flip it?"
"Strictly speaking, this is a loss-making trade and cannot be counted as a number of stacks, but in view of the previous experience, you did not ask for a sky-high price, but instead contributed to a loss-making transaction. This time the exception is superimposed~ This is also the reward that the good god gives you in another form. ”
"What lessons from the past?"
"You're not the only pawnshop on this planet, you should know that, right?"
"So what?"
"In country M, the owner of another pawnshop in another plane, just yesterday, he was pawned by a homeless child in exchange for a hamburger that would fill him up. But he took ten years of life from a homeless child. ”
"Ten years, in exchange for a hamburger, this homeless kid's head has been squeezed through the door, right?"
"Hmm... Let me tell you this. Take the little boy just now, no matter what you ask him to exchange with you, among his values, only the gift to his mother is the most important at this time, and the rest is secondary.
It's the same with a street kid, just a kid who just wants a burger that fills his stomach, and nothing else really matters. ”
"And what about the owner after that?"
"Expulsion ~ Go to the place where the gods of good and evil are, and receive the punishment they deserve. ”
It seems to be an understatement, but it makes me feel a chill down my spine. The good god is nothing, the horror is another old guy, who can be described as ruthless....
"Okay, then yes, you have to listen carefully~"
"Given that you have completed 3 trades, this promotion mission will also be opened. ”
I'm looking forward to what kind of mission it can be.
"Entering the space-time mirror, the space-time mirror will evolve the virtual battle scene on its own...."
"Battle scenes?" I was shocked.
"Yes! Your performance in the virtual battle scenario will directly affect how easy it is for you to move up the ladder next time. ”
"You let me let a helpless person simulate a battle scene? What if I can't beat it to death?"
"Death in the virtual scene is not death in the true sense of the word, it is just an exit from the simulation. It's just that every time you die in a combat scene, the difficulty increases by 10%!"
"Damn! Isn't this going to trick me? I don't know anything? Is this all about giving people heads?"
"Have you forgotten? The space-time mirror turned sharply and smiled evilly.
"What do you mean?"
"You can use the points of good deeds to improve your attributes in the virtual battle scene, this type of improvement is a permanent increase, and it will not disappear~"