Lu Yang pushed his shopping cart away as soon as the game began.
He had been through plenty of cruel, bloody instances, many of them with harsh restrictions.
By comparison, this stage was as easy as playing house in a Newcomer Instance.
There were only so many things children liked, and the system's conditions were generous.
There was no spending limit. They only had to dispose of anything the system did not approve of themselves. How hard could it be to deal with a child's things?
Without hesitation, Lu Yang headed straight into the Shopping Area.
The dazzling array of merchandise overwhelmed him. He could not remember how long it had been since he last visited a supermarket like this.
In the Living Area, players bought whatever they needed from the Shop. Placing a virtual order deducted points directly, and their purchases appeared right in front of them.
So browsing a supermarket should have been a relaxing, pleasant shopping experience.
At least, that was what he had thought five minutes earlier.
Lu Yang only realized something was wrong when his cart was already piled full of assorted snacks, without a sliver of room left for anything else.
When had I picked up all this stuff?
What was that green package? Had I picked it up?
If I hadn't, who had?
There was still time. Fortunately, he had snapped out of it early.
All I had to do was put the extra things back!
Nothing unusual had happened around him. The clamor of the crowd still surrounded him, and he could even hear a woman haggling in the Deli Section, but Lu Yang could no longer spare any attention for it.
Once he realized he seemed to be missing a stretch of memory, a string of terrifying possibilities began flooding his