Since the penguin kicked the button, the elevator seems to be no longer an elevator, but something like a roller coaster...
Originally based on inertial thinking, Wang Xu felt that the elevator was moving up and down, but the development of the matter surprised him. The elevator first climbed obliquely, then made sharp left and right turns, and then swooped down at a very fast speed. It's unbelievable. What's incomprehensible is... the people standing in the elevator, although they can feel this kind of large-scale movement, they will not fall down.
After about two minutes, when Wang Xu and Albert were covered in cold sweat, all this finally stopped.
The Penguin still looked ahead calmly, "Here we are."
Almost at the same time as he was speaking, the door of the elevator opened automatically, and a smell of turpentine came over his face. Smelling it carefully, it was like the smell of shoe polish and leather coming out of the shoeboxes where leather shoes were piled up.
The female ghost in white floated ahead, as if she had no intention of waiting for Wang Xu and the others. However, these two guys continued to keep up with a calm face. A large wooden sign was erected not far from the elevator door, on which were listed the rules and regulations of this "Scare Box" in Chinese and another weird text (Wang Xu thought it was a monster text).
The specific content is basically the same as what Master Cat said, and the last line on the wooden sign made both Wang Xu and Albert very concerned-"Here, if you don't obey the rules, Mr. You will not forgive you. "
The scale of the scare box is not too large, with several streets criss-crossing, compact shops lined up side by side, all kinds of weird products, and even weirder buyers and sellers...
The dome here is very high, but there is no sense of depression in the underground, and the streets and alleys are also very neat and clean. There is no loud shouting, no bargaining like that in the vegetable market, and even the companions deliberately keep a low profile when talking.
From time to time, Wang Xu would see patrollers passing by in groups of two. They were all wearing uniforms, resembling military uniforms, with gloves and military boots. The only exposed neck and head were covered with bandages. The whole body was a mummy. Legion...
In this place, Wang Xu experienced a ubiquitous thing - order. Everyone seemed to know what to do and what not to do, and no one dared cross that invisible line.
The "rules" of this underground world are obviously more terrifying than the "laws" on the ground...
Perhaps it will be so, too, when the law also becomes something infallible and perfectly equal.
"Boss, long time no see." The female ghost in white stopped in front of a shop and greeted the boss.
The kappa has a bird face and a body shape of a four or five-year-old child. There is a concave mirror in the center of the Mediterranean haircut. As in various legends, the concave mirror is filled with water.
"Oh, so it's you... came to see the new batch?" His voice was sharp, but not too harsh.
"Yes, yes, take it out and let me try it!" She looked impatient.
The kappa boss turned around unhurriedly, moved a stool to the counter behind him, and Xiaotiao stepped up on it. While searching, he asked, "Those two are your friends?"
The female ghost didn't even bother to turn her head to look at Wang Xu and the others, "I don't know each other, the bumpkins I met on the road."
Wang Xu and Albert didn't mind what she said. The question they were thinking about at the moment was... This girl doesn't even have a face, yet the kappa can recognize her...
Soon, the Kappa owner took out a jug filled with fine sand and a writing brush, and handed them to the female ghost. The female ghost in white picked up the mirror beside the counter and began to "make up" impatiently.
It wasn't until then that Wang Xu and the others had a chance to intervene: "Boss, besides this kind of... um... cosmetics, what else do you sell here?"
Kappa glanced at him: "Is this your first time?"
Just as Wang Xu was about to deny it, he didn't expect the other party to continue directly: "Old customers should know that the shops in the green area of the scare box are all indiscriminate 'non-dangerous goods'. Every shop is a variety of groceries, there is no specific type."
Now Wang Xu's plan to pretend to be a regular customer was declared bankrupt. He glanced at the female ghost, who was more absorbed in the painting and didn't pay attention at all. Presumably she didn't care about Wang Xu's nonsense just now.
"Well... then let me just say it straight, boss, we are indeed here for the first time, and we want to cash out with ghost coins. I wonder if you have this business here?"
The kappa boss looked at him suspiciously: "Cash out? Oh... you mean to exchange ghost coins for the kind of money used on it?"
Wang Xu nodded, but the kappa boss scratched his head: "Why do you want to exchange currency that cannot be counterfeited and will not wear out for those dirty consumables?" He seemed not to understand Wang Xu's behavior, But he still replied: "Forget it... I'm not interested either. There is a cashier in the yellow area that can exchange various currencies. Go back to the elevator."
Wang Xu shrugged, said thank you, turned around and was about to leave, but bumped directly into Albert.
"Why are you still standing there stupidly?" He said angrily.
"She..." Albert didn't know how to describe it. He widened his eyes and looked forward with very shocked eyes.
Wang Xu followed his gaze, and saw a pure and lovely beauty, staring at this side with those big sparkling eyes, she pouted her lips, and shouted at this place in a very pleasant child's voice: " What are you looking at!! I haven’t seen enough with my old lady all the way?! Two stinky hooligans!!”
If it weren't for this tone of voice and the white clothes on her body, Wang Xu would never have believed that this guy full of cute elements was the same ghost as the faceless aunt with a broken voice just now.
"Ha...haha..." The corner of Wang Xu's mouth twitched: "That can is actually imported from Korea..."
…
A small flag with the word "Qian" written on each side; a thin man sitting inside a shop; dressed in black with two beards; a bald pen and a pair of abacus beads.
This money shopkeeper is in the yellow area of the scare box, which specializes in currency exchange business. In this area, everyone has their own unique field of operation, and there is also a small amount of "dangerous goods" for sale. Like the green area, there are quite a lot of customers here, and the main passenger flow of the scare box is in the green and yellow areas.
Wang Xu and Albert walked into the shop, and this time it was Albert who spoke up, "Boss, is this a place to exchange money?"
Shopkeeper Qian didn't even raise his eyelids. He pointed to the wall behind him with his skinny right hand: "It's all there, no haggling."
Wang Xu and Albert looked at the wall. There was a huge table full of exchange rates between ghost coins and other currencies. Dollars, euros, and British pounds were not uncommon, even Vietnamese dong. The funniest thing. But there is actually something called Atlantis coins on it, which is amazing.
"Boss, isn't it right? Aren't ghost coins and RMB one to one? Then your watch and RMB should be about the same exchange rate as other countries in the world. Why is there such a big difference?" Elbert asked. Careful, this person usually cares about the world's real affairs, and occasionally even reads the financial section of the newspaper, which is somewhat different from Wang Xu, who would rather read breast enhancement advertisements than read the news.
Shopkeeper Qian said: "It's very simple. For example, if you look at Switzerland. Their country has a low crime rate, a perfect social security mechanism, a small population, and a lot of money. All in all, these bastards live a very comfortable life. Planned Parenthood…”
"Hey... You guys are really jealous... Are you complaining..." Wang Xu interrupted.
"Cut... All in all, that kind of country, apart from being rich in cheating knives, is very unremarkable and extremely comfortable. Stealing manhole covers and spitting are less common. The population is small, it is not convenient to hide your identity, and ghosts and ghosts don’t want to go there. Therefore, ghost coins will depreciate when they are circulated there, mainly because they are rarely used when they are held in hand, and no one comes to trade with you. So ... 'Let's change to the local currency' will increase the number of people who think this way."
He picked up the cup on the table and took a sip, which contained a drink that looked like ink: "The exchange rates in other regions are generally calculated in this way."
Elbert said: "But how come the exchange rate between ghost coins and RMB has become 1.3 to 1?"
Shopkeeper Qian put the cup on the table: "Nonsense, if you don't earn some money, I'll sit here and learn from Lei Feng?"
After all, Wang Xu couldn't help but smiled and came forward: "Hehe, boss, your personality is very suitable for me. Anyway, the money is useless to me, so let's change it like this." He said I took out the money I brought, which was less than 20,000 yuan.
"It's all changed?" Shopkeeper Qian asked.
"Well, yes, it's all changed."
So Shopkeeper Qian took the money and knocked on a black lacquered stone on the table. The stone moved suddenly, and then stretched out its head and limbs. It turned out that it was a turtle with a strange shell.
At first, Wang Xu thought that the black stone was used to press paper, but he didn't expect it to be an animal. What made him even more unexpected was that the turtle's mouth suddenly turned into a bloody mouth, and it smashed the tortoise in one bite. The bundle of money I brought was swallowed...
"I said boss... Is this guy's food too extravagant... that... have you considered feeding some cat food or something..."
Shopkeeper Qian glanced at him: "What a fuss, why are you panicking? Can I blackmail you?"
Before the words were finished, the tortoise hiccupped, retracted into its shell and turned into a stone. About three to five seconds later, the bundle of money was spit out from the shell very neatly, and the unthinkable happened again, and a voice came from the shell: "Hi'er~~Eighteen thousand eight, No counterfeit coins."
The corners of Wang Xu and Albert's mouths kept twitching... This thing is a full currency detector... What is the working principle of it...
Shopkeeper Qian collected the money, then took out a calculator from the side, and pressed it with a snap.
"You put an abacus on the table, but you ended up using a calculator?" Wang Xu said.
Shopkeeper Qian didn't even bother to look up at him, he put the abacus on the table in front of Wang Xu: "Then we are faster than that tool?"
"Hmm..." Wang Xu suddenly felt a sense of frustration, he was actually defeated in complaining...
After exchanging the money, Albert still couldn't help asking curiously before leaving: "Boss, can I ask, what kind of area does the red and black elevator lead to?"
Shopkeeper Qian replied very casually: "Only 'dangerous goods' can enter the red zone. You can tell from your silly face that you don't understand what dangerous goods are. Let me explain them together." He pointed to the street. The shop opposite: "Do you see the kitchen knife that the octopus boss puts in the middle?"
Elbert nodded, and Shopkeeper Qian continued: "That one is called 'Safety First Kitchen Knife', you will never cut your fingers when cutting vegetables with it. If you deliberately cut your fingers, the kitchen knife will dodge by itself. This is a comparison. Typical non-dangerous items, the same thing also includes choking pipes, color-changing sweaters, etc., all of which are strange props that do not cause harm or destructive power."
He pointed to a nearby shop again: "Did you see the lantern sold by that marginal man?"
Wang Xu interjected: "Hey, hey, that... That... looks familiar... Could it be..."
Shopkeeper Qian said: "That is called 'Jack the Ripper's Lantern', which can make people lose their will to fight. It is said that if this thing is used by the Ripper himself, it can directly make people unable to move. This is what can be used for Combat or criminal 'dangerous goods'."
Wang Xu was surprised: "The red area is full of such things?!"
Shopkeeper Qian said: "The scale of the red zone is much smaller than here and the green zone. Naturally, there are very few shops, and the price of dangerous goods is very expensive. The bosses there are all characters who don't open for half a year, and only spend half a year when they open."
Wang Xu snorted coldly, "Needless to say, the black area sells all destructive items like biochemical weapons that can cause a global catastrophe?"
Shopkeeper Qian said: "Of course not. The black area can be said to be a VIP area. The person in charge of the black elevator is not the penguin, but the vice-captain of the mummy guard. There are strict requirements for those who enter, because the only boss in the black area is Mr. You. That kind of big man is not someone who can meet anyone who wants to. As for the things operated in the black area...there is only one kind of transaction... "
"What deal?" Wang Xu and Albert asked in unison, obviously their appetites had been whetted by the money shopkeeper.