Chapter Eight: The Collapsing Skeleton Shop-Toda a família virou de papel, eu só quero tirar uma foto de família(A namorada da minha família se chama Maomao.)

[Black Goat Blood Bandage]
Effect: A bandage stained with the blood of a century-old mountain goat. When wrapped around the body, it can weaken curses affecting the user. It is suitable for supernatural curses and other physical injuries, but remember, it cannot be used to combat supernatural entities.
Remarks: Selected from high-quality old goats. Every drop of blood is pure, natural, and uncontaminated. When buying goat bandages, please look for the Black Goat brand.
Price: 40 Ghost Coins

[Inferior Underworld Blood Wine]
Effect: Wine made from the blood of the River Styx. Consuming it conceals the user's aura, preventing detection by supernatural entities. The longer it is consumed, the weaker the effect becomes; the theoretical duration of effectiveness is one minute.
Remarks: Please note, this is "inferior" wine, not "fake" wine! It is not fake wine! It is not fake wine!
Price: 100 Ghost Coins

[Leave of Absence Note]
Effect: After use, the user will not be selected to enter the Supernatural Game for one month. (Can only be used once per year)
Remarks: Some players have reported that the Supernatural Game is becoming increasingly grueling, which may affect the inner lives of teenagers who unfortunately enter the game. In consideration of the physical and mental health of our nation's youth, our game has specially introduced this leave system to contribute to their healthy development.
Go relax! Return to the Supernatural Game with a full heart and reach new peaks!
Price: 100 Ghost Coins

[Automatic Toilet Card]
Effect: After using this card, a portable toilet will appear, which can be reused after use.
Remarks: Every horror movie features a cliché scene where an extra dies while using the restroom, so our game has introduced a portable toilet. Eliminating cliché extra deaths starts with me.
Price: 30 Ghost Coins

[Disposable Desk Lamp]
Effect: Once lit, it has the effect of resisting supernatural entities and can burn for 5 seconds.
Price: 40 Ghost Coins (Newcomer Special)
Remarks: A very good item, specifically for newcomers to save their lives.
...
After scanning these items, Bai Wan could not help but frown.
Some items were indeed effective, such as the Underworld Blood Wine.
However, the price was certainly not cheap.
100 Ghost Coins was the reward for clearing a standard dungeon.
The other items were just bizarre.
Automatic toilets, leave notes...
What kind of nonsense was this?
The only useful item was the disposable desk lamp.
At only 40 Ghost Coins, the newcomer special price, it was relatively practical.
At this moment, the others also looked disappointed.
"This is too expensive... I can't afford anything." Lin Xi, who had initially felt a glimmer of hope, was now desperate again.
She only had the initial 40 Ghost Coins.
It was only enough to buy the automatic toilet, the Black Goat Blood Bandage, or the newcomer special desk lamp.
But even the desk lamp could only burn for 5 seconds; that was far too short.
"Aren't there any more powerful items?" Chen Weiyu couldn't help but ask.
Liu Tong shook his head and said, "The probability of death in the Supernatural Game is very high. It is a survival game, and every life-saving item is priced ridiculously high. Your expectations for the shop are too high. And look closely..."
As he spoke, he pointed to the skeleton and explained: "What we encountered is a cyan skeleton; this is the lowest quality shop. Above this, there are blood-red shops and the legendary black shops. The cyan shop is the most common, usually placed in conspicuous places, and the items inside are quite ordinary. Blood-red shops are usually found in extremely dangerous locations."
"My team leader once encountered a blood-red shop. At that time, the game he was participating in was called 'Ghost River.' In a river full of supernatural entities, he risked his life to dive thousands of meters down before he encountered a blood-red shop. Of course, risk and opportunity are proportional; through that shop, he even obtained a Supernatural Artifact."
"A Supernatural Artifact?" Bai Wan became interested upon hearing the term.
Liu Tong nodded and explained with envy, "Yes, a Supernatural Artifact. It contains the power of a deceased person's curse. Possessing one is what truly gives you the confidence to survive in the Supernatural Game. It's just that Supernatural Artifacts are too rare; even for a common-quality one, you have to go through life-and-death trials to obtain it."
Hearing Liu Tong's words, a glimmer of longing flickered in everyone's eyes.
"Alright, even if you obtained a Supernatural Artifact now, you wouldn't have the money to use it. A common-quality Supernatural Artifact consumes 20 Ghost Coins per second to use. For rarer qualities, like blood-red, it is said that consumption doubles. You newcomers cannot afford it." Liu Tong interrupted their fantasies.
"A common-quality Supernatural Artifact consumes 20 Ghost Coins per second...?" Bai Wan had thought he was quite wealthy, but he hadn't expected Supernatural Artifacts to be so expensive to maintain.
As he was now, even if he obtained a Supernatural Artifact, he could only use it for 9 seconds.
Life-saving items were simply too expensive.
"Alright, there is a short safe period when looking at the shop for the first time, but it won't last long. Go in and buy your things now. Just think about entering the shop to enter. You don't have enough money for anything else, so I suggest buying the Black Goat Bandage. While it can't fight off supernatural entities, if you are unfortunately injured, this thing can save your life," Liu Tong advised.
Everyone followed Liu Tong's instructions and thought about entering.
Then, to their amazement, in the blink of an eye, they left the ship's kitchen and arrived in a pitch-black space.
In front of them was a shop hanging a blue skeleton lantern.
*Shh, shh...*
In the pitch-black space, the blue lantern was the only light source, flickering incessantly.
"Everyone has two minutes. Remember not to exceed the time. Everyone take turns according to your number. I am number 1; I'll go first." After saying this, Liu Tong walked into the skeleton shop.
Bai Wan checked the number on his arm; it showed 3.
This meant he was the third to enter.
After waiting for about two minutes, Liu Tong came out with a smile, clearly having bought many good things.
But from the outside, it was impossible to tell where Liu Tong had put the items.
Presumably, he had some kind of storage space.
Then, Chen Weiyu gathered her courage and walked into the shop.
Two minutes later, it was Bai Wan's turn.
He walked into the shop with anticipation.
The alternating light and shadow of the blue lantern made his eyes feel uncomfortable.
Once inside the shop, his vision improved significantly.
A blue chandelier hung from the ceiling, and the light was stable, no longer flickering.
The interior decoration was quite shabby, like an old shop from the 90s.
Furthermore, Bai Wan discovered that 180 Ghost Coins had automatically appeared in his pocket; this was his entire wealth.
Toying with the coins in his hand, he turned his gaze to the shelves before him.
Various items were displayed on the dark shelves.
A skeleton wrapped entirely in white bandages was sitting in front of the shelves.
"A skeleton merchant?"
Before coming in, Liu Tong had warned them that there was a mysterious skeleton merchant in the skeleton shop who was extremely dangerous.
Therefore, buying things without paying was absolutely out of the question.
Bai Wan walked over to the shelves.
He had already decided what he wanted to buy outside.
A bottle of Underworld Blood Wine to save his life, and a Black Goat Bandage in case of injury.
However, when he walked up to the Black Goat Bandage, he suddenly froze and blurted out, "What the hell?"
He saw...
[Black Goat Blood Bandage]
Effect: A bandage stained with the blood of a century-old mountain goat. When wrapped around the body, it can weaken curses affecting the user. It is suitable for supernatural curses and other physical injuries, but remember, it cannot be used to combat supernatural entities.
Price: 9999 Ghost Coins
...
The effect and remarks were fine.
But what was this price of 9999?
Bai Wan couldn't help but rub his eyes; this was truly absurd.
With his experience, Bai Wan immediately realized.
This was... a bug?
After entering the Supernatural Game, everything had been quite normal, so much so that he had almost forgotten about his bug-prone constitution.
He felt a bit depressed...
The Black Goat Bandage was actually quite practical.
But at a price of 9999, he truly couldn't afford it.
Just as Bai Wan was thinking about what to do, he looked at the inferior blood wine and froze again.
[Inferior Underworld Blood Wine]
Effect: Wine made from the blood of the River Styx. Consuming it conceals the user's aura, preventing detection by supernatural entities. The longer it is consumed, the weaker the effect becomes; the theoretical duration of effectiveness is one minute.
Price: 1 Ghost Coin