Acai's Sky

Chapter 994 Huangquan 1 Street 1

"There's news!"

00541 The sharp electronic sound and image pierced the ice cone directly into Ah Cai's dream.

She suddenly sat up from the beach chair, and her lower back hit the wooden frame, causing it to creak and scream.

The porcelain bottle filled with moonlight dew was shaking on her knees, almost spilling the mysterious fluorescent liquid - that was a rare item she had exchanged for thirty stardust grasses.

00541, wearing a panda cub skin, stood with his hands on his hips, his furry tail puffing out in response to his words. "Just got some hot news from the system's black market! The Chinese military's 'Vanguard Squad' dropped the SSS+-level item, the [Star Track Core], while clearing 'Ember Night Corridor (Nightmare 3)'!"

It deliberately stretched out the last syllable, its pixelated eyes flashing with gossip. "I heard that the item directly broke through the defense system of the other side in the regional war, hehe..."

"Tsk tsk, you are indeed worthy of being a Chinese soldier." Ah Cai stroked his chin, his eyes sweeping across the dark clouds rolling in the distance.

At some point, the entire sky was covered in lead gray, and the golden beach was a strange blue-gray, as if it was covered with a layer of ashes.

She had just dipped her fingertips in the [Moonlight Dew] and was about to continue wiping the fur of朏朏·Tuantuan, but she found that the sea water suddenly became like boiling asphalt, bubbling with fishy and smelly bubbles.

A sharp friction sound came from the bottom of the sea, like millions of iron nails scraping against an iron plate at the same time.

Before Ah Cai could react, the sand under her feet suddenly cracked into spider-web-like cracks, and a pale bony hand broke out of the ground, with rotten flesh still stuck on the knuckles.

The dog Feiyue roared and pounced on her, biting her skirt with its sharp teeth and pulling it back. Its movement was so agile that the golden blade of the golden raccoon dog was slowed down by half a beat.

The light from its tail chopped the bony hand into dust, but the shattered bones turned into black mist, condensing in the air into huge blood-red words: [Huangquan Pawn Shop Grand Opening Sale, 20% off everything!]

"What the hell? A pawnshop has opened in the mortal world?"

Bifang Brahma's fur exploded and spewed out flames, but the blue flames seemed to have met their nemesis, causing the black fog to swell into a huge ghost face.

Ah Cai quickly took out the [Heavenly Secret Compass], and the bronze needle spun like crazy, and finally trembled as it pointed to the north. Bloody seal characters appeared on the edge of the compass: Collect seven [Underworld Pawn Tickets] to exchange for the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death.

"Hidden copy!"

Ah Cai's eyes instantly lit up like two amethysts. She suddenly remembered the transparent ball of light in her backpack - she had picked it up at the abandoned altar last week. At that time, she thought it was an ordinary fragment, but now, under the stimulation of the Netherworld aura, it actually glowed like mother-of-pearl.

"It's really dark under the lamp!"

When 00541 came closer, the panda ears rubbed Ah Cai's wrist, "This light ball's hidden program is even better than mine!"

Acai's fingertips brushed across the surface of the light ball, and the cold touch was accompanied by a faint electric current.

The next second, she and all the beasts were sucked into the dazzling white light.

When he regained consciousness, a biting chill crept up his spine. An inky black vortex slowly unfolded before his eyes. From it came the sound of nails scratching the stone wall and the playful sobbing of a child.

"This is such a dark place, could it be the Yellow Spring Road again?"

Ah Cai tightly grasped the [Fake] Tai'a Sword (Rare) and the soul-calming bell on the sword tassel suddenly rang.

The moment she stepped out of the whirlpool, countless ghosts rushed towards her, but turned into ashes the moment they touched the sword light.

[Ding, welcome to the Netherworld Strange (0012) Huangquan Pawnshop]

[Ding, player mission: obtain seven [Netherworld Pawn Tickets] and unlock [Book of Life and Death Fragments]. ]

[Ding, this task has no time limit! ]

[Ding, I wish players good luck in fighting! ]

The system notification sound was still echoing, and Ah Cai had already squinted her eyes because of the bright light of the neon lights.

The street before me looked like an overturned palette, with floating skull-shaped street lamps emitting a faint green light, and signs written in phosphorescent light distorted in the night wind.

The air was filled with a mixture of sandalwood, rotting flesh, and something sweet, as if someone had thrown sacrificial offerings and expired candy into a blender.

"Welcome to Huangquan Street!"

A minotaur wearing frog-eye glasses and a floral shirt came over. The name tag on his chest read "Huangquan Tourism Ambassador" and there was a small bell hanging from his nose ring.

The way he looked Acai up and down made the golden raccoon dog's fur immediately stand up and its tail was put in an attacking posture.

"You look unfamiliar, girl. Would you like to hear about our street's special projects?"

The Minotaur suddenly pulled out a loud speaker, scaring Ah Cai so much that she took a step back. "Our shop's most valuable treasure, the Mengpo Soup Sampler, is only ninety-nine. Drink it and forget all your worries! Buy two, get one free. Buy five and get a free Minotaur chat service! If you're not satisfied, you can get a full refund—of course, only for residents of the underworld!"

Before he finished speaking, ripples suddenly appeared in the void, and thirty-six bronze statues fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Qin General Bai Qi pointed his Zhuxian Sword directly at the minotaur's throat, his blood-stained armor gleaming dark red in the dim light. "Who disturbed the Lord?"

Qin General Wang Jian stroked his long snow-white beard, while Qin General Meng Ao's warhorse neighed as it stepped on the ghost fire. Every time the horse's hooves landed, tiny ice patterns appeared on the ground.

The Minotaur instantly raised his hands, his sunglasses sliding down to the tip of his nose: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! You all are VIP guests!"

He pulled out a gilded booklet like a magician. The Taotie pattern on the cover actually began to wriggle slowly. "This is the Huangquan Consumer Guide. Bring this booklet to the pawnshop and you can get double the price on your items! But let me be frank, if you pawn your life, you will really—"

He suddenly leaned in close, his sulfurous breath spraying on Ah Cai's face, "There's no coming back."

Ah Cai's hand that was about to open the book suddenly stopped.

The first page was a portrait of himself, with the following words written in blood-red font in the annotation column: Pawnable items: Twenty years of life (valued at 88888 Nether Coins), Beast Contract (valued at 999999 Nether Coins).

The golden raccoon roared and pounced forward, but its teeth pierced through the paper, leaving an afterimage of the bite in the void.

"Don't be impulsive." A Cai held down the restless animals and glanced across both sides of the street.

On the left, pink lanterns floated in the Forget-Your-Worries Pavilion. Two female ghosts in Hanfu stood at the door, weaving fragments of memory with their hair.

The Inn of Rebirth on the right is even more outrageous. A hanged ghost rides a unicycle and throws and catches his own head, making a barbell-like laugh every time he catches it.

The most eye-catching thing is the suspended black and red building at the end of the street. The four big words "Huangquan Pawnshop" are constantly dripping with blood, forming a winding stream on the ground.

"Let's go to the pawnshop first." As Ah Cai took a step, she was stopped by a Qing Dynasty kid with dark circles under his eyes.

The wooden sign held by the little ghost read: I can write love letters for you, scold scumbags for you, and take the civil service exam for you in the underworld. The prices are fair and no cheating!

Seeing Ah Cai raise an eyebrow, his eyes lit up immediately, and he pulled out an abacus with a skull carved on it from his back: "You want to pawn something? The ancestral jade ring for 800, the plastic ring for 8 coins, if..."

The little ghost suddenly lowered his voice, and the smell of rotten breath sprayed into her ears, "As for feelings, let me advise you, this thing is worse than the dregs of Meng Po soup in the underworld."