The other shops were all ordinary snack shops. Their prices weren't low, but considering the current shortage of supplies, they were fairly reasonable.
The group ate as they went and bought more to take with them.
Xu Duoduo had more points on her card than she could spend, and the same went for Qin Luo and the others.
They usually ate supplies from her spatial storage, only occasionally buying some novel food from the base, so there wasn't much else they needed to spend points on.
But as they wandered, they came across an unusual shop-an independent little establishment with a sign that read [Alchemist Xiao Lin's Treasure Shop].
The four men and one zombie stopped in their tracks and turned straight inside. As they pushed open the door, wind chimes rang out, and a mechanical parrot beside the entrance piped up, "Welcome, welcome to Xiao Lin's Treasure Shop~"
Its voice was electronic and raspy. The owner clearly had a rather twisted sense of humor.
The lighting inside was dim, making it feel more like they'd stumbled into some magical alternate dimension.
Behind the counter, a clown Puppet Person wearing a magician's hat was doing the accounts. At the sight of them, it said in an emotionless voice, "Feel free to browse. Self-service payment. Leave without paying at your own risk."
The parrot at the entrance immediately let out an eerie laugh. "Squawk! At your own risk! At your own risk!"
That certainly cranked up the pressure.
Unfortunately, Qin Luo and the others weren't exactly normal people, nor were they easily scared.
Chen Xiaofei glanced at the noisy parrot and even laughed. "Feels like a livestream soundboard. Someone says something, and it repeats it twice."
Bai Shu cracked a dry joke. "The one it's parroting isn't human either."
Clearly, someone