[Hahaha, does anyone understand? The town mayor was completely stunned, speechless from being asked that!]

[Never been this speechless in my life]

[Mayor-yeye, that’s just too ridiculous, hahaha]

[I bet the mermaid town mayor never expected someone to call him grandpa. His old face instantly turned kind]

[It’s the first time Mayor-yeye has shown kindness to players. I have to say, the cub is just too cute, irresistible [Reward Points x100]]

[Look how hungry the cub is, let him eat first [Reward Points x50]]

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Even without Gu Lin pointing it out, the town mayor had already noticed the person lying on the ground.

At this point, the dead player’s entire head was like a deflated balloon, leaving only a shriveled skull.

The town mayor didn’t take Gu Lin’s desire to eat the mermaids seriously. Children say the darndest things. He probably just saw him, the town official, and wanted to complain. Since the little cub had called him grandpa, he couldn’t be impolite.

The town mayor only glanced briefly at the dead player on the ground and said with a polite smile, “Hehe, you’ve come from afar, you shouldn’t have come empty-handed. We’ll accept this person as your humble gift, and we won’t be polite.”

Players: “…”

This was just too shameless. A human life was a “humble gift”?

This town mayor seemed reasonable, but he was actually unreasonable and completely illogical.

Compared to the other players’ fear and helplessness, and Gu Lin’s childish innocence, Song Ran was one of the players with a better psychological state.

This wasn’t his first time entering an unlimited game; it was his second.

With the experience from last time, he was one of the more stable players.

Gu Lin was focused solely on eating, while he was thinking about completing the mission and clearing the instance as soon as possible.

At this point, he spoke up with a cold sneer: “Then how will this ‘gift’ be dealt with? Since it’s a ‘gift,’ it should at least be taken back and offered up, right?”

The town mayor, facing him, didn’t have the patience he had for the little cub who called him grandpa.

He gave Song Ran a cold, creepy glance, making him feel inexplicably panicked.

After a moment, he said, “It will be dealt with.”

“…”

Everyone hadn’t yet figured out how it would be “dealt with” when the town mayor raised his hand to his mouth and blew a whistle. Then, a “swish,” “swish” sound came from around the corner.

Hearing this sound, everyone’s faces changed dramatically.

They had heard this sound not long ago, except that before, there were many, and the sound was dense and rapid. Now, the sound was much slower.

But it was still that sound, the sound of fishtails dragging on the ground.

In a short time, a figure emerged from around the corner, a monster with a human body and a fishtail appearing in everyone’s field of vision.

Without the cover of the fog, as it gradually approached, everyone could see its appearance clearly.

It was a mermaid.

But it was different from what they had imagined, and yet not entirely different.

It wouldn’t make you think, This isn’t a mermaid at all!

But it would make you want to exclaim, What the hell is this mermaid?!

The mermaid’s tail was split from the tip all the way to its waist, looking at first glance like two human legs, but because the proportions were wrong, it looked strange and terrifying.

No wonder in the fog earlier, it seemed like the mermaids had two fishtails. Now they knew, it wasn’t two fishtails, but one fishtail split in two.

Aside from the terrifying fishtail, the mermaid’s head and face were nowhere near beautiful. Its skin was pale, as if it had been soaked in water for a long time. Its hair was long and dirty, unkempt and falling down, obscuring part of its deathly white face.

Everyone, while feeling fear, also felt a chill.

Damn it, the mermaid’s eyes were blind, without even pupils.

White eyeballs, could these even cry?

How could they obtain pearls formed from mermaid tears?!

The players’ faces all turned extremely ugly.

Scarface, seeing the mermaid appear so openly in front of everyone, had originally thought he had grasped a key clue about the mermaid’s eyeballs being white. But the other party had just come out without any concealment.

A trace of viciousness flashed across his face, and he suddenly looked at Gu Lin with malice.

Gu Lin was very sensitive to people’s emotions and immediately sensed this unfriendly gaze.

He turned his head to look at Scarface, but Scarface had already withdrawn his gaze and was looking back at the split-tailed mermaid.

Scarface had a fierce look, a scar like an earthworm running from his eyebrow across half of his right face and disappearing behind his ear, making him look intimidating and hard to deal with.

Gu Lin, however, wasn’t afraid of him.

Someone like him, looking scary, but he wouldn’t even need his gege to act. He could kick him flying with one foot.

Although he was small, as an auspicious beast, he was born with divine strength. His gege often taught him that unless absolutely necessary, he shouldn’t harm humans. Humans were very weak and couldn’t withstand his kick.

He listened to his gege very well. His divine strength, apart from helping his gege with chores at home, had never had a chance to be used.

Gu Lin withdrew his gaze from Scarface and looked at the mermaid, then let out an “Eh” and sighed in disappointment.

Lin Xingchi, seeing him sighing like a little old man at such a young age, couldn’t help but smile: “Dumpling, what’s wrong?”

Gu Lin said, “I was wrong. I thought the white things in the mermaid’s eyes were little pearls, but they’re just eyeballs!”

Lin Xingchi: “…”

What else could be in the eyes besides eyeballs? Where did the logic of them being little pearls come from?

At this time, 9527 said in Gu Lin’s mind: [Little streamer, your points have reached 310. You can unlock the system store.]

Hearing this, Gu Lin immediately perked up, his eyes shining: [Then can I buy something delicious?]

9527, in a tone of coaxing a child: [Yes, you can. What would little streamer like to eat?]

Gu Lin thought for a moment: [What do you have? I want to eat everything!]

9527: …

9527 paused for half a second, then directly opened the food section of the system store for him, letting him choose for himself.

There was a wide variety of food, everything you could imagine. Food from the real world could be bought here, but the prices were marked in points. Each item had its points price listed below it.

The bullet comments were processed by the main system, so even those who couldn’t read could understand them naturally. The text in the store, however, was not processed, so Gu Lin couldn’t understand it.

He could only understand the pictures.

Gu Lin’s little hands moved with amazing speed, swish, swish, swish, adding two fragrant roasted chickens, a box of chocolates, four or five boxes of Oreos, and several kinds of colorful candies to his shopping cart.

9527: …

9527 paused for an even longer time this time. He couldn’t bear it any longer and had to say: [Little streamer, you only have 310 points, 300 of which are… membership fees. You only have 10 points to spend. The things you just chose cost over 100 points.]

Gu Lin: “…”

Gu Lin looked like a little eggplant hit by frost. An adult would probably have started bargaining, asking why there was a membership fee, and why it was 300 points, and all sorts of questions related to their own interests.

They might even have criticized 9527: “You little system, you knew I only had 10 points to spend, and you still let me choose for so long.”

But not Gu Lin. He only cared about the food issue; he didn’t consider anything else.

Gu Lin: [Then what can I buy with 10 points?]

9527: [10 points is equivalent to 10 yuan in the real world. You can buy sausages, milk, lollipops, things like that.]

That wouldn’t even be enough to fill the gaps between his teeth!

9527: …

Gu Lin ended up buying two sausages and two lollipops. He immediately had 9527 put the two lollipops into his Ultraman backpack. He held one sausage in each hand.

The aroma of the sausages was particularly enticing, wafting into everyone’s noses.

The pit bull opposite them had the most sensitive nose. The moment Gu Lin got the sausages, it’s drool started flowing even faster. But looking at Gu Lin, it didn’t dare bark.

A dog, in front of an auspicious beast, was completely suppressed by its bloodline.

The pit bull immediately tucked its tail between its legs. It didn’t even dare stick out its tongue, which it had been lolling out. It whined twice and cowered backward.

The tattooed man holding the pit bull, muscles bulging, looked even fiercer than Scarface. He looked down at the dog in surprise, seeing that it actually looked like it was about to run away. He frowned in confusion.

The tattooed man tightened his grip on the chain, not letting the pit bull break free.

Gu Lin took a big bite of the sausage, his cheeks bulging, immersed in enjoying his snack, oblivious to everything else.

At this time, everyone else followed the aroma and looked at him.

Everyone was stunned.

The mayor and the four NPCs plus the dog opposite them: …

The other players: …

What the heck, he’s already eating?