Chapter 71: Come out!

"Damn, this quality of shiitake mushrooms costs ninety-nine a bag? Are they robbing people..."

Zhang Su walked to the pile, picked up a bag of dried shiitake mushrooms, looked at it, and couldn't stop shaking his head.

"Brother, stop picking. With so many things, what are you still saying? Just pack them."

Zheng Xinyu looked at Zhang Su with her eyes squinted.

Zhang Su was amused by Zheng Xinyu's funny expression and pretended to be angry. "Are you looking to get your butt kicked? I'm telling the truth, where are we packing them!"

"I mean pack them into the car, Brother!"

Zheng Xinyu glanced at Zhang Su, carried two twenty-jin bags of flour, and walked out. She had tucked her baseball bat into her backpack strap, looking particularly funny.

"Pack them into the car... packing into the car naturally means packing the convenience food first. Why are you packing flour? Wait, that's not right. I remember there was a lot of water sold here. Why is it all gone?"

Zhang Su frowned, looked around suspiciously. He felt something was wrong—the display cabinets and piles for water were all empty.

"Someone must have taken it. The water was cut off, so everyone must have snatched the water. Hey, unlock the car door for me!"

Zheng Xinyu felt her analysis was very correct and carried the flour out of the convenience store with a haughty air.

"No reason to only take water... anyway, I'm going to the bathroom. You guys organize the supplies here and see how much you can take."

As he spoke, Zhang Su walked toward the small door next to the counter. He remembered there was a back door leading to the bathroom. Although in this world no one would peek at him peeing, he still maintained basic habits.

However, the moment Zhang Su stepped into the small door, his ears twitched, and his footsteps stopped.

*Swish. *

The machete was in his hand.

"Come out."

Zhang Su said in a deep voice toward an office desk piled with mineral water, while assuming a defensive posture.

Zhong Xiaoshan and Wang Guangjun, who were collecting supplies outside, heard Zhang Su's voice and immediately ran to his side. Zheng Xinyu, who was putting things in the car outside, didn't know what had happened in the store.

Someone??

Zhong Xiaoshan looked at Zhang Su with questioning eyes.

Zhang Su nodded and said again, "I'll count to three. If you don't come out, I'll set this place on fire!"

"Don't, don't, don't!"

As they spoke, a middle-aged woman with unkempt hair emerged from behind the desk. She had a classic perm hairstyle and was wearing who knew how many gas station uniforms, looking at Zhang Su and the others in terror.

"Come out, stand still!"

Zhang Su felt relieved when he saw it was only a middle-aged woman.

With his current hearing, he hadn't discovered that someone was hiding in the convenience store, which was truly surprising. He could only sigh that the other party was really good at staying calm.

However, he had heard the faint sound of breathing when he passed by. If someone else had passed by here, as long as they didn't move the mineral water, they wouldn't have discovered that someone was hiding behind it.

The middle-aged woman stood up timidly, accidentally bumping into the mountain of mineral water. She looked at the collapsing mineral water in a daze, at a loss.

Zhang Su stopped Wang Guangjun, who was subconsciously going to help with the mineral water. He waited quietly for the last of the mineral water to settle and said coldly, "I advise you not to cause any more trouble. Do you have any accomplices? Call them out!"

He suddenly wasn't so confident in his hearing anymore. As long as people hid quietly, it wasn't easy to discover them.

"No, no, big brother, there's only me here!"

The middle-aged woman waved her hands repeatedly, leaning against the corner of the wall, looking quite miserable.

"Hey, you guys... why are you all here? Is there someone?"

Zheng Xinyu returned to the convenience store, only to find that everyone was gathered at the door of the employee office, and hurried over.

"Someone was wrong. The water is all here."

Zhang Su pointed to the mineral water all over the floor and then said, "You guys take her out and ask about the situation. I'm going to the bathroom. Old Wang, be careful!"

"Don't worry, Brother Zhang."

Wang Guangjun nodded heavily.

"Come out, big sister, let's chat!"

Zheng Xinyu pulled out her baseball bat with a *swish*, putting on a tough look.

Zhang Su found it funny that Zheng Xinyu was imitating a little gangster. He shook his head and continued to walk toward the back, but he was more careful on the way, pricking up his ears to listen carefully. Since one person could hide, it didn't mean more people couldn't be hiding!

"Looks like the fat big sister wasn't lying. This is good... hmm?"

Zhang Su had just walked to the bathroom and hadn't even had time to take off his pants when subtitles popped up in his mind.

【How to deal with the gas station female employee: A. Kill, B. Recruit, C. Drive away】

【00:01:29】

"What virtue or ability does this woman have to trigger a challenge? Strange..."

Zhang Su was a bit puzzled, but he quickly focused his attention on the choices.

"Looks like this is a test of human nature?"

Zhang Su frowned. Killing survivors casually was obviously not his original intention.

"Hey, Big Boss, what's the standard for recruitment?"

Zhang Su asked in his mind.

As usual, there was no response.

"Fine..."

Zhang Su spread his hands. Since there was no response, he naturally understood recruitment as becoming teammates and leaving together.

"Recruitment and driving away... recruitment is totally unnecessary, but why is driving away C? C is too low!"

Zhang Su was conflicted, but time was still ticking away second by second.

Suddenly, Zhang Su's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "B, I choose B, recruitment."

The dead cannot be resurrected, but recruited team members can be dismissed...

Parting and reuniting, reuniting and parting—it's a very common thing.

【How to recruit: A. Coercion and inducement, B. Sincere invitation, C. Cruel intimidation】

Zhang Su looked at the three options and chose A very happily.

He could imagine that using cruel means to intimidate the middle-aged woman would be very easy, but that wasn't his style, and it was also the lowest-scoring item, which was very inappropriate.

Zhang Su didn't know why the coefficient score for coercion and inducement was the highest, but he felt that this method was the simplest.

【Challenge completion time limit: A. One day, B. Five days, C. Ten days】

"Hmm..."

This setting choice made Zhang Su a bit troubled. It wasn't as certain as the previous two items. Completion wasn't a big problem; the problem was how long it would take.

Take Wang Guangjun, for example. He had the intention to recruit him, and Wang Guangjun was also willing, but Old Wang had very important things to do and could only join after fulfilling his wish.

In this way, the time span would become very uncontrollable.

"Give it a try, one day? No, no..."

Zhang Su muttered, then said, "Forget it, let's compromise, five days. If it can be completed in five days, it's completed. If it can't be completed, a few more days won't make much sense..."

If the woman was like Wang Guangjun and wanted to find her son studying abroad, that wouldn't be a matter of time at all. Zhang Su would rather fail the challenge than risk his life.

"That's it, choose B!"

【Challenge generated: Recruit the gas station female employee within five days using coercion and inducement. Difficulty: B. Timer starts 119:59:59】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 72 =====