Frog Convenience Store

The Tuxedo Cat meowed in his ear, sounding like a prompt.

Zhu Yan then realized that, without knowing it, he had already walked very close to where the art student was.

He still remembered the new quest Mount Fangcun gave him: to obtain the Chaos Order fragment.

What on earth was this again?

It wasn't written on the hint from the Human-Spider Supervisor either.

Zhu Yan rubbed his head, feeling a major headache coming on.

"Meow," the Tuxedo Cat requested, wanting to go play with the art student.

"No," Zhu Yan said, pulling the Tuxedo Cat down from his shoulder and holding it in his arms.

He pulled up the Thriller Map, zoomed in on the Xishan University section, and looked for the location of the Frog Convenience Store.

The first key fragment would be on the floor where this thing was located.

If he could find a loophole and just wait inside for the building to assimilate it...

Wouldn't that be a huge shortcut!

The Tuxedo Cat protested with loud meows, pushing against Zhu Yan with one paw, trying to break free from his embrace.

"You are not allowed to go play with him today," Zhu Yan said with a stern face. "Right now, seeing him reminds me of the Mount Fangcun quest, and thinking about that quest gives me a headache."

"Meow!" the Tuxedo Cat cursed.

Zhu Yan ignored it. "I'll give you something good to eat when we get back."

Inside his ring, there was still a bottle of life energy extracted from Li Huisheng and Wang Lanhua.

He certainly couldn't consume that stuff himself, so he might as well use it as a little canned treat for the Tuxedo Cat.

Doesn't that seem much more normal than eating human flesh?

He had already found the location of the Frog Convenience Store, right on a small path behind their dormitory building.

Seeing that its protests were useless, the Tuxedo Cat reluctantly quieted down; Zhu Yan rubbed his chin against its furry, soft head and hurried toward the Frog Convenience Store.

A convenience store is a place that sells things.

His Online Mall hadn't updated yet, so going to the convenience store might also allow him to scout out whether he could buy the items on the supervisor's list.

Ten minutes later.

The sky grew increasingly gloomy, the originally grayish mist completely obscuring the view, dyed pitch black by the night.

A few streetlamps glowed with an eerie green light not far away, and several wisps of will-o'-the-wisp flew down from the brightness, struggling to pierce through the darkness.

Zhu Yan saw the dim lights and the signboard of the Frog Convenience Store.

A giant yellow toad was crouching on the beautiful store sign, its body covered in glistening mucus that shined in the dark.

As Zhu Yan approached, the toad puffed its cheeks twice and let out a short, muffled croak.

"Customer! Customer!"

Zhu Yan pushed open the glass door.

Behind the counter stood a toad wearing a green apron, with savory oden bubbling and steaming next to it.

"Feel free to browse, customer. This is the Frog Convenience Store."

The toad said in a deep voice, its red eyes locking onto Zhu Yan's neck.

"Fair trade for all... but no stealing."

It was livelier inside than he had imagined; surprisingly, there were five or six students buying beer.

They were moving three crates of beer onto the counter to check out. Upon seeing Zhu Yan, the few in the lead immediately turned around.

"Hey, aren't you that MVP?" one person asked.

Zhu Yan recognized him immediately.

It was Tu Shan, the guy who was always bowing and scraping to Guan En!

This man was quite tall, sporting a carefully trimmed blonde buzz cut, and the bottom edge of his glasses was chipped and pitted.

A pair of broken black eyebrows pressed heavily over his monolids, giving him a very fierce look.

He was wearing the newly issued navy blue uniform of Xishan University. With his excellent eyesight, Zhu Yan spotted large patches of dried stains on it.

Ugh, there was even a smell of blood.

"I am," Zhu Yan replied with a relatively friendly attitude.

How many supplies could this guy have on him? How many bone gold coins?

Could he rob a bit more this time? Otherwise, Zhu Yan wouldn't feel satisfied taking it.

The group sized him up rather impolitely and burst into a fit of inexplicable laughter.

Tu Shan asked, "What level are you now? Level one? Or level two? Is that cat in your arms yours?"

The question was baffling.

"Since when does a grandson talk to his grandfather like this?" Zhu Yan asked back with a smile.

Tu Shan's eyebrows pressed even lower.

But he suddenly spoke, pointing at the Tuxedo Cat in Zhu Yan's arms with a cold sneer.

"Bang!"

Tu Shan shouted, making an exploding firework gesture with his hands.

The few people behind him laughed heartily as if watching a show, and Tu Shan himself laughed until he bent over.

The toad behind the counter watched them coldly, its throat bulging.

Zhu Yan hurriedly looked down at the Tuxedo Cat.

These damn idiots, did they use an ability on his cat?

But the Tuxedo Cat was level seven, just like Zhu Yan.

It looked completely unharmed, even tilting its head up to lock eyes with Zhu Yan for a second with its round eyes, full of confusion.

"Stop looking," Tu Shan laughed loudly.

"According to the alliance's rules, we can't fight, but your cat won't live much longer. Its internal organs just exploded—hahahahaha!"

"Go find Yang Zhanbai. Tell him this is what happens when you mess with me!"

Fuck.

Zhu Yan couldn't tolerate this anymore.

He immediately activated Complain and started cursing.

"Did your mother take too many crippling drugs when she had you to give birth to such a brain-dead retard?"

He was definitely going to kill this Tu Shan.

He also memorized the faces of the people behind Tu Shan.

Just mere lackeys, he'd feed them as fertilizer right after entering the instance.

"Shake your head and see if someone pissed inside it. You really think you're an emperor just because you killed three people? Who gave you the guts to act up in front of your grandpa?"

"These monkeys you brought with you?"

Tu Shan's face turned pale.

Under the effect of the level five Complain, he dropped to his knees with a thud and threw up.

The people behind him didn't fare much better either—

One person couldn't hold onto the crate of beer in his hands; a dozen bottles hit the ground and smashed to pieces with a crash.

The flowing beer soaked through Tu Shan's pants, making him look even more pathetic.

Zhu Yan stepped forward, activated Humiliate, and kicked him viciously.

"Idiot. Call my cat grandpa, and don't give me that crap about Yang Zhanbai."

"Otherwise, I'll kick your internal organs until they explode right now. Do I look like I'm afraid of the alliance?"

Tu Shan collapsed on the ground, unable to get up.

He rolled his eyes upward to look at Zhu Yan. This man was actually still smiling, looking as gentle as a spring breeze and utterly indifferent.

Tu Shan's heart skipped a beat.

This guy clearly didn't look as strong as Yang Zhanbai, and his face was mild, making him look like a rule-abiding wimp.

How could he...

"Grandpa..."

Tu Shan's brain no longer allowed him to think deeply.

Yield first.

This Zhu Zeyu definitely had a lot of goods on him. Inside the instance, he had to find a way to kill him.

He didn't know what background that cat had to actually be completely unharmed.

But Zhu Zeyu... at most, his level was only two or three!

Zhu Yan didn't care what Tu Shan was thinking.

He freed up one hand, grabbed Tu Shan by the collar, threw him out the door, and then smiled cheerfully as he told the others to get lost.

"Just leave one person behind," he pointed at the smashed beer on the floor. "You guys still have to pay for the damages."

The toad watched this farce coldly and let out a croak.

"Customer, the Frog Convenience Store welcomes the strong. What would you like?"

The man who had been left behind frantically paid the compensation and stumbled out of the store.

Only then did Zhu Yan ask, "Do you have invisible surveillance, reinforced dorm doors, and reinforced wallpaper?"

The toad's red eyes lit up.

"We do," it said excitedly.

"I'll give you the highest specs. The reinforced dorm door and wallpaper can withstand up to Level 14 attacks, and the invisible surveillance cannot be detected or smashed by anyone below Level 14. The total price for all these items is 900 bone-gold coins. I can even come to your door to install them and guarantee the quality of the work to the very end!"

"Dear customer, how would you like to pay?"

The toad curled its scarlet tongue.

"Dear customer, now that you've asked, there is no backing out!"