Before the blood countdown time opened, there were originally many roadside food stalls on both sides of the road in Xining Alley.

But now all that remains is abandoned vehicles, set aside and disorganized.

This makes the already narrow alleys of the road even more congested.

Chen Ye moved the trolley that was lying in front of him, and only then did he barely make a road.

Suddenly, an aroma permeated from the depths of Xining's alley.

"The taste of chestnuts fried in sugar."

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

He swallowed, his ability to think suddenly seemed to decline, and there was only one thought left in his mind—

"I'm so hungry!"

"Fried chestnuts with sugar...... It smells so good......"

"I want to eat ......"

At the end of the alley, a trolley suddenly and slowly moved from the corner, echoing low with a hoarse shout.

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

"Five coins a pound."

"Hehe, you don't need money to eat it for the first time, you can taste it for free, and you don't need money if it's not delicious."

When Chen Ye opened his eyes again, his eyes only felt a flower.

Followed by.

There was an extra trolley in front of him.

A pair of pale, wrinkled, calloused hands hold a trolley filled with fried golden, crispy, fragrant sugar-fried chestnuts.

The old woman who sold chestnuts smiled kindly.

"Fresh fried chestnuts with sugar, come and taste them, they don't cost money, they are fragrant and delicious."

Chen Ye felt that his consciousness was becoming erratic from time to time, his vision around him was becoming blurred, and everything else in his pupils seemed to be slowly dissipating except for the sugar-fried chestnuts.

Ultimately.

There was only fresh sugar-fried chestnuts left in his eyes, and the gold was red, red as blood, as if full of fatal allure.

The hunger in my stomach became even stronger.

That moment.

It's as if the only thing left in my mind is the desire to eat!

"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

"Eat it!"

Chen Ye took another step forward.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of erhu in the distance, like a complaint, and the sad melody pulled Chen Ye's mind back slightly......

A thin black mist suddenly seemed to permeate from the sugar-fried chestnuts, and instantly pounced on Chen Ye's face!

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

When she looked up again, the grandmother who bought the chestnuts had a terrifying smile on her face.

The cracks at the corners of her mouth took on a non-human form, almost crooked to the crow's feet, and the wrinkles on her face were like wriggling maggots, crawling staggered across her face.

"Buy chestnuts, boy?"

The old woman's voice no longer became kind, like the sound of thousands of insects rubbing against her throat.

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

It was getting darker and darker, as if the consciousness was about to sink gradually......

At this time.

If you raise your head, you can see the aura of luck on Chen Ye's head, and there is gradually a dark mist aura of evil aura, faintly surrounding.

And, in the black mist, there is also a bloody light spreading.

That's a sign of death!

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

As an internal beta player, Chen Ye has long had a lot of game information in his mind, and now he is more about staying calm in reality and not losing his position due to panic.

Suddenly I thought of the dialogue that often appeared during the closed beta and the plot of the game.

Chen Ye quickly thought of a countermeasure......

He hurriedly lowered his head in shame, and his vision left the old woman's body:

"I don't have any money."

Sugar-fried chestnuts cost five coins to buy a pound.

According to the Strange Age Age monetary system, most of the goods here can be exchanged for coins, and it is a universal currency, divided into copper, silver, and gold coins.

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

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

Copper coins are often exchanged for general goods, such as basic items such as food and water.

Silver and gold coins can be exchanged for different items, and they can even be exchanged for traits or magical things with extraordinary abilities.

Gold coins also have a special meaning in Strange Ages, so they are not used as regular trades.

In Strange Ages, equivalent exchange is one of the rules to follow, and any item that is exchanged on the premise of exchange is reasonable.

Therefore, if you taste the grandmother's sugar-fried chestnuts for free, the result is that Chen Ye needs to bear the price.

The first is to have a currency.

If there's a currency, that's easy.

Just pay for the value of the chestnuts fried in sugar, and you get a fresh meal.

Eat it and you'll be able to fill your stomach.

And there will be no negative effects.

But without coins, trouble begins!

The old grandmother can choose one of the items on Chen Ye's body as a transaction item in exchange for the value of sugar-fried chestnuts.

If you don't have coins, choose your belongings.

The only thing you have with you is a set of tattered clothes, which is of little value, so choose skin, flesh, hair, nails......

If you eat fried chestnuts with sugar, not only one catty, but ten catties or twenty catties...... Hundreds of catties, the value of the surface of the body is not enough to exchange, you can choose the eyes, tongue, kidneys, heart......

Chen Ye tried his best to keep his brain awake and resist the constant feeling of confusion.

The grandmother 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 you are too hungry, it is likely that you will only have the ability to eat.

Thus gulping down the sugar fried chestnuts.

As I ate, I don't know how much I'm going to eat.

According to the principle of equivalent exchange, the grandmother who bought chestnuts was able to choose any item from Chen Ye's body.

Including his heart!

When you think about it, you have a chill down your spine.

If it weren't for the erhu music coming from the alley just now, I'm afraid it would have been more than lucky.

At this time, the old woman who sold chestnuts smiled and said:

"It's okay, let's try it, you don't need money to eat it for the first time."

Chen Ye thought for a while and said, "Next time, when I bring coins, I will come to you to buy a few more catties of fried chestnuts with sugar." ”

"Well, young man has to talk."

The old woman who sold chestnuts smiled even more.

But.

The smile on her face had regained her kindness and kindness, and she hunched her back and slowly pushed the small cart, and her back disappeared into the deep alley.

There was a faint shouting in the distance.

"Selling chestnuts...... Fresh sautéed chestnuts with sugar...... Do any children want to try it for free? ”

Chen Ye felt that the desire to eat was not so strong anymore.

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

At this time, Chen Ye realized that his back had been soaked in cold sweat, and he palpitated: "Game and reality are really two different things!" ”

Facing the weirdness in person, the sense of oppression brought by it is not a level at all!

In "Strange Age", even the most ordinary thing can contain a deadly crisis.

Chen Ye's hunger had disappeared, and when he saw that he had almost eaten the pile of bloody fingers, he only felt a wave of nausea. There was a constant feeling of wanting to vomit in my stomach, and I took a few deep breaths to barely calm down.

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

Chen Ye's heart moved.

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

He pondered for a moment, then walked in the direction from which the erhu had come.

The sound is getting closer.

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

The old man sat cross-legged on a dilapidated floor bunk, holding the 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.

Meanwhile.

Chen Ye opened the pupil of luck and found that the head of the old erhu man was surrounded by a faint purple qi......