Yu Li crouched down and walked quickly towards the blind box shop, feeling cautious yet a little nervous.
It is incredible that there is still such a clean and bright store twenty years after the Day of Death. It looks like a huge and exaggerated trap.
But he had an irrepressible anticipation in his heart. What if it was true
Yu Li stood at the door of the blind box shop and carefully looked at the sign next to it again - hot drink blind box, 15 yuan per draw. This is too fake.
Since the Day of Impermanence, disasters have come one after another, order has gradually collapsed, paper money has lost its effectiveness for many years, and the currency in circulation today is crystal cores.
Crystal cores are taken from mutated animals and plants. They contain energy and can replace some energy sources. They can also be used to exchange daily necessities.
However, today’s living resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and it is difficult to exchange low-quality crystal cores for good things.
Yu Li came back to his senses, thought about something far away, raised his hand and opened the shop door.
Unexpectedly, the store was empty at first glance, and the girl who was suspected to be the owner was not there either.
It was totally different from what I expected.
Yu Li's heart began to beat abnormally faster. There was something in the machine near the door.
Dozens of off-white cylindrical cans are lined up in rows, looking like cans, but the material doesn't look like metal. The four big red words "Hot Drink Blind Box" are written on the cup body.
Just looking at the outer packaging, there is no difference at all. There is a narrow coin slot next to the machine.
Yu Li couldn't help scratching his head and looking around, and soon found the token exchange machine next to the blind box machine.
The square machine is half the size of a blind box machine.
There is a large square hole about 15 centimeters wide on the top, with "Crystal Core Exchange" written next to it. Vertically down there is a small transparent box in it, facing a thin and narrow coin outlet. It is a bit like a bank ATM many years ago, and more like a machine for exchanging game tokens in an arcade.
With an indescribable feeling, Yu Li took out a small piece of blue crystal core from his pocket and put it into the machine.
After a few clanging sounds, a blue round coin with the word "One Yuan" on it came out from the narrow opening at the bottom of the machine.
So that's how it is.
He immediately took out a small piece of green crystal core and threw it in. After a clang, a green round coin with the word "Ten Yuan" on it came out of the coin outlet.
Yu Li was a little surprised that this machine could actually distinguish the colors of crystal cores.
Blue crystal cores come from low-level exotic beasts and mutated plants. They contain little energy and can only be exchanged for a one-yuan token.
Green crystal cores come from intermediate exotic beasts and mutant plants. They contain more energy than blue crystal cores and can be exchanged for a "ten yuan" token.
If the red crystal core comes from a high-level exotic beast or mutant plant, it should be able to be exchanged for more blind box coins.
However, he did not have a red crystal core, so he could not verify this speculation.
It was written at the door that one blind box draw cost fifteen yuan, so Yu Li took out four small blue crystal cores and exchanged them for four coins, making up the fifteen yuan.
He returned to the blind box machine and put in the coins one by one. The blind box machine started working. With a clang, a small red light next to it lit up and a can of drink fell out.
Yu Li reached out and took out the drink from the groove below. It was really hot and felt heavy in his hand.
He held the can and looked at it. There was a plastic-sealed straw attached to the wall of the cup. Turning to the back, he found there were descriptions of the styles - classic milk tea, honey grapefruit tea, banana milk, matcha latte, and finally a blackened cup pattern with a question mark in the middle and the word "hidden" written on it.
He seemed to understand the meaning of blind boxes a little bit. This can of drink might be one of these five flavors.
Quite interesting!
Survival was difficult and he actually didn't have much curiosity anymore, but this little thing made him want to open it and take a look immediately.
If these were the drinks listed in the design description... Yu Li's Adam's apple slid up and down, and she couldn't help swallowing just by looking at the names.
Twenty years ago, before the world changed dramatically, Yu Li had just entered high school. At that time, he loved drinking milk tea, milk, and happy water.
He never thought he would have the chance to drink those things again in his life.
Yu Li carefully tore open the rim of the cup, and a strong sweet fragrance wafted into his nose. Hot steam was spreading, and a light and refreshing grapefruit aroma blended into it, making Yu Li half close his eyes and unable to speak.
He lowered his head, blew gently, and took a small sip. It was honey grapefruit tea, sweet and warm.
It was like a dream.
Yu Li didn’t like honey grapefruit tea before, thinking that only girls liked to drink it.
Take a sip at this time, stop to experience it, and then take a few more sips in succession, each sip more than the last. In the end, don't care about the heat, tilt your head back and gulp down the whole cup, and use your fingers to push a little grapefruit pulp stuck to the inner wall of the cup into your mouth.
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Yu Li supported the floor with one hand and looked up at the blind box machine. There were four flavors left. What should he do if he wanted to try them all
Suddenly there was a noise at the door. Yu Li turned around and saw Wei Dong and Tang Ling running over.
Two people pushed the door open with obvious worry on their faces. When they saw Yu Li sitting on the ground, they hurried over to help him up.
"Captain, what's wrong with you?"
"Injured?"
Yu Li: "Didn't I ask you to wait? Why did you come in?"
Tang Ling explained: "The captain hasn't come out yet, and we are worried."
"I'm fine." Yu Li stood up and brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, feeling a little embarrassed.
I almost got addicted to blind boxes and forgot about them outside.
Wei Dong stood up, his eyes full of curiosity: "What's going on with this store? No one is there? Where is the owner?"
Tang Ling also found it strange and walked to the blind box machine, "Blind box hot drinks, are these real?"
Yu Li walked over and nodded, "It's true. Come, I'll teach you how to draw a blind box."
Wei Dong and Tang Ling immediately used the crystal cores on their bodies to exchange for 15 yuan blind box coins, and ran excitedly to the blind box machine to experience it.
They were all born after the day of impermanence and had never seen such a magical machine.
Wei Dong pushed the blind box coins into the coin slot and was very excited.
When a drinks can fell from above, he opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
Tang Ling urged him to take it away quickly, as she also wanted to smoke.
Two people smoked a can each.
Yu Li couldn't help it and smoked another can. The three of them sat on the ground in a circle.
Wei Dong and Tang Ling studied it and asked what the pattern on the back of the jar meant.
Yu Li explained that before the Day of Impermanence, these were common drinks on the market.
There is tea, milk, and fruit. Each one is sweet, but the taste is different and they are all especially delicious.
Wei Dong and Tang Ling couldn't imagine how delicious it was, nor could they imagine how the sweetness could be any different.
Until they tore open their hot drink blind box, they all smelled sweet and fragrant, but completely different.
Wei Dong's cup was a light brown hot soup, which smelled slightly bitter and burnt, blending with the mellow aroma of black tea, and it smelled very warm.
Yu Li said that this is a classic milk tea with caramel, milk and black tea, and it smells fragrant and warm.
Wei Dong's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to take a bite. The rich milk flavor mixed with the fragrance of tea, silky and sweet, instantly filled his entire mouth.
This was the first time in his life that he had tasted something so delicious.
Delicious!
When Tang Ling opened the cup, a strange fruity aroma mixed with milky aroma came out, which smelled sweeter than Wei Dong's cup.
Yu Li could smell it without getting close, "This is banana milk."
There are no normal bananas in this world anymore. After the cold wave, all the plants that grew back were mutant species.
The mutated banana tree has large fruits that emit a stinky smell, but they are not edible.
The two team members frowned when they saw the mutated banana tree.
Tang Ling was a little sad: "Then I can't drink this?"
Yu Li shook his head: "This should be a drink made from normal banana fruit. It smells sweet and is completely different from the mutant banana. It's drinkable."
Tang Ling became happy and lowered her head to take a small sip. The rich aroma of banana and milk blended perfectly. It tasted moist and warm, and even her breath had a cloying sweetness.
Wei Dong was curious about the taste of banana milk, and Tang Ling was also curious about the taste of milk tea. They took a sip from each other, and their eyes lit up again. It was exactly as the captain said.
Although they both have a sweet taste, their aroma and taste are completely different.
Yu Li tore open his cup and frowned slightly. "I got honey grapefruit tea again. Bad luck."
Wei Dong and Tang Ling had never drunk honey grapefruit tea before. When they heard that Yu Li had just drunk a cup, they offered theirs to exchange with him.
The sweet floral scent of honey paired with the light and slightly sour grapefruit pulp gives this cup a different taste from milk tea and banana milk.
Tang Ling took a sip and nodded, "This tastes good too."
Wei Dong also thinks it tastes good, but he prefers milk tea.
Yu Li exchanged grapefruit tea for banana milk with Tang Ling, and said as he drank, "There should be two more flavors. I really want to try them."
"Hidden and Matcha Latte, I also want to know what they taste like, but unfortunately there are no crystal cores left." Tang Ling said.
During the eternal night, the mutated animals and plants are in hibernation, so there is little opportunity for hunting and not many crystal cores can be collected.
Wei Dong put down the can and walked around the blind box machine twice. "Can this machine be smashed open? I should be able to take it away without the crystal core."
Yu Li actually had the same idea.
With order collapsing, what haven't you done to survive
Tang Ling felt a little bad: "By the way, there was a girl in the store before, where is she?"
Yu Li shook his head: "There was no one there when I came in."
Wei Dong felt that they must give it a try. They were the first to discover these things, and if they didn’t take them away, it would be a benefit for other teams later.
A few minutes later, Wei Dong and Yu Li lay on the ground, panting with exhaustion.
I don’t know what the machine is made of, and it can’t be smashed open or moved.
Tang Ling thought for a moment, "I think we should find a way to earn crystal cores, and then come back to draw blind boxes. If what the captain said is true, these hot drinks are from 20 years ago, then the person who opened this store is definitely not an ordinary person."
Yu Li and Wei Dong finally figured it out, especially Yu Li, who finally reacted.
He understood better than either of his teammates how miraculous the appearance of those drinks was.
It was not the kind of water mixed with expired and low-quality milk powder that he had drunk at the base many years ago, but a drink with real ingredients, and the taste seemed to be better than those he had drunk twenty years ago.
"Lingling is right. Let's go back and earn crystal cores first." Yu Li said.
Wei Dong also got up and looked at the blind box machine, still a little unwilling: "The store manager should be the girl who put the sign at the door, right? I didn't see her go out, nor was she here, where did she go?"
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Alexandria Continent, Emerald Town.
Lu Yao pushed open the door of the nail salon and saw the apprentices greeting customers.
Si Jin and Harold were sitting in a corner reading comics. On each of their comic books there was a chubby goblin.
Pushu lay down beside Si Jin. The goblin was small and it was difficult for him to read.
Si Jin will finish reading first and then stop and wait for a while.
When Pushu wanted to turn the page, he would raise his head and gently rub his thumb.
The other side was a bit noisy.
There were only a few days left before school started, and Harold would go back to Dragon Valley to go to school. He was just taking advantage of the last minute of the vacation to catch up on comics, and he didn't have the patience to wait for the fairy to read slowly.
After he finished reading a page, he poked Merulu with his finger, urging her to hurry up.
Merulu was so angry that she wanted to bite someone, which was how she dealt with the evil Carlos before.
But the dragons’ skin is very hard, completely different from that of humans, and biting it almost broke my teeth.
A dragon and a goblin often quarrel, but they insist on getting together to read the same book.
Lu Yao also couldn't figure out whether their relationship was good or bad.
Edward and Ambrose should be in the research room working on new magical nail art.
Magic battle manicure is very popular among magicians, but there are also many customers who like the purest manicure.
There are no enchantments, just the simplest and most beautiful styles. There are many customers coming to make appointments every day, and the store is doing good business now.
Lu Yao saw a guest with beautiful hair standing by the window and asked loudly if she was in line so that she could receive her.
Du Manning turned around and was very happy to see her. "Shopkeeper, it's me. Thanks to your help, I returned home safely. My strength has been restored. I want to tell fortunes for you again."