The other shops were mostly common snack stores. Prices were high, but considering the current scarcity of resources, it was reasonable.

They ate and bought as they went along.

Xu Duoduo had a ton of unspent points on her card, as did Qin Luo and the others.

Since they usually ate supplies from their space, only occasionally buying new foods from the base, there wasn't much they needed to spend points on.

However, as they browsed, they came across an interesting shop. It was actually an independent store, with the name "Alchemist Xiaolin's Treasure Shop" written on it.

The four people and one zombie immediately stopped in their tracks and turned in. As they pushed open the door, a wind chime sound rang out, and a mechanical parrot by the door said: "Welcome, welcome to Xiaolin's Treasure Shop~"

The voice was very electronic and raspy, showing the owner's peculiar taste.

Inside, the lighting was dim, making it feel more like they had entered some kind of magical alternate space.

At the counter was a clown puppet wearing a magician's hat, doing calculations. Seeing them, it spoke in an emotionless voice: "Feel free to look around, self-service payment. Bear the consequences if you leave without paying."

After it finished, the parrot at the door let out an eerie laugh, "Gah gah! Bear the consequences! Bear the consequences!"

The pressure was immediately cranked up.

Unfortunately for the shop, Qin Luo and his group weren't normal people and weren't so easily scared.

Chen Xiaofei glanced at the noisy parrot and even said with a laugh: "It feels like a livestream control room, repeating twice whatever someone says once."

Bai Shu made a cold joke: "The one it's mimicking isn't human either."

It was obviously a puppet controlled by someone backstage, acting as a salesperson.

Qin Luo and Wang Weihu had already started browsing. The shop owner seemed to like Western fantasy, as all the items were in that style.

All sorts of strange potions, as well as wands that could be used to attack people.

Things got interesting when they reached the clothing section. Could these really have protective properties?!

"Is this cloak really fireproof? Damn, there's even one that can turn invisible! Why are they all women's styles? Discriminating against us men, right!"

"Hey, little squad leader, come over here. I think you could wear these little dresses!!"

"There are men's styles over here too, but they're too chuunibyou! Who could wear these out in public?!"

When the little zombie heard about little dresses, she immediately swayed over. What girl doesn't like little dresses? At a glance, most were Lolita style, both gorgeous and cute, with various hair accessories and ornaments.

After looking, even Qin Luo couldn't help but say: "Damn, these are too cute!"

The big men were all attracted by the pretty little dresses, stopping in this area and starting to rummage through the clothes racks, looking at these little dresses.

"Little squad leader, go try them on quick. The prices are okay, you can use either mutation cores or points. These all have attributes too, either speed boosts or increased jumping ability."

"This red set looks good, it even gives +10% attack speed and +5% strength. That's cool."

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Qin Luo took a light green dress. The tag said it was from the Chameleon series, able to stack speed boost with 10 minutes of invisibility. "This is good, take this one too. Try it on. Invisibility is really invincible."

She was already a little zombie, and with her spatial ability she could really catch people off guard. Add invisibility to that, and she'd be truly undetectable.

Xu Duoduo hugged several little dresses and went to the fitting room. The fitting room had "NO SURVEILLANCE AREA" written in large letters, so she went inside to change.

Some clothes were a bit difficult to put on, and she struggled for a while before managing to get them on properly.

Outside, the guys were still wandering around, finding everything novel. They were all special little items.

"Qin Bro, let's each buy a fireproof cloak? And an wind-resistant ring too."

"It feels like we've entered some game. Can these really exist in the real world?"

"These aren't toys, are they? I hope we're not paying a lot for something that turns out to be a scam."

As soon as Wang Weihu voiced his doubts, the parrot started screeching: "Honest dealings for all ages, ten-fold compensation for fakes, ten-fold compensation for fakes!!"

...

Alright then.

Being able to open near the city center, they probably did have some real skills.

"Whoosh—"

The curtain of the fitting room was pulled open, and the little zombie came out wearing a green Lolita-style outfit. Once she was all dressed up, the four of them were stunned.

Oh my god!!

So cute!!

"Damn! It suits the little squad leader so well! Beautiful, beautiful! Let's get it!"

"Super pretty!"

"I'm definitely going to have a daughter in the future and buy her lots of little dresses." Wang Weihu couldn't help but exclaim. It really was beautiful, like a doll.

"Hey, Qin Bro, why aren't you complimenting the little squad leader? Wait, why are you blushing?!"

Chen Xiaofei had just been criticizing Qin Luo for not joining in their praise, but then he saw that his Qin Bro was blushing, which instantly scared him.

Qin Luo told him to get lost! Then he happened to see the little zombie staring at him, making his face even hotter. He raised his hand to rub his nose, "Mm, it really is beautiful."

We'll take them all!!!

Xu Duoduo looked in the mirror herself and liked it very much. Although the dress was green, she could feel a connection with her ability when she put it on, like a faint mental layer of perception. When she walked to another place and used a tiny bit of her ability to activate it, it could blend into the environment.

The little zombie's figure gradually faded, until finally she truly vanished from sight.

This shocked Qin Luo and the other four: "Holy shit!" They only relaxed when she reappeared.

They immediately wanted to buy it!

But when they saw the price! Good grief! A bunch of 0000s, calculating to 300,000 points for one dress. Well, excuse us for bothering you.

Xu Duoduo looked at her card. Ten thousand points plus last night's five thousand points and the previous two hundred points, all added up still wasn't enough.

She still had mutation cores from the mutant bats. The light screen behind the counter showed today's exchange rate: one 1-star mutation core was worth 5,000 points.

But she was reluctant to use them.

Qin Luo said he would pay. Chen Xiaofei and the others then said with a grin that they wouldn't compete with him, "Whoever's first love it is, they pay!"

Actually, when he first used the little squad leader to block those truth or dare questions, he had just said it instinctively. Maybe he really had a vague crush on her when he was younger, but he truly confirmed his feelings when they reunited, and recently it had become unstoppable.

He liked her more and more, no matter how he looked at her.

However, Xu Duoduo grabbed Qin Luo and didn't let him. The little zombie understood that she couldn't let him buy everything.

Qin Luo's points were truly incredibly many. Even before the apocalypse officially began, their special operations team was already online, taking all kinds of dangerous missions along the way. In the early stages of the apocalypse, they were at the forefront, accepting all kinds of tasks.

Adding up big and small tasks, there were over 300.

His points were almost up to ten million, several hundred million. "What's wrong? You won't let me pay? I have a lot of points."

Too many to spend.

Chen Xiaofei and the others also said: "Little squad leader, don't feel pressured. Let him pay!"

The little zombie still clutched his clothes, not moving.

In the end, Qin Luo thought of a compromise. "Use zombie mutation cores to make up what you don't have."

After all, she didn't eat zombie mutation cores.