Gu Mian was dressed in a white coat, identifiable as a doctor to anyone. His signature chainsaw had been stowed away in Chu Changge's inventory before they entered the supermarket. Now, Gu Mian was just an ordinary doctor, even more ordinary than Gu Tianle.

He peered into Fatty's shopping cart, noticing the man had bought numerous hand warmers and three hot water bottles, with some food items at the bottom. It seemed like he had thought of everything. The cart used to carry bodies was about to become a cozy nest.

Fatty, pushing his cart, approached. "Brother Chu is still on the first floor. He doesn't seem to have finished picking his stuff, so I came here first to find you," he said.

As he spoke, he glanced around. The soaring shelves, stretching up to the ceiling, covered the walls completely. They were filled with expensive-looking medicines.

Fatty winced, seemingly shocked by the price of one of the medicines. He then turned to Gu Mian. "Doctor, are you buying anything?"

Gu Mian nodded. "Yes, to avoid anyone dying from an arrow in the butt again."

He also noticed that besides the 'Slaughter Game' instance, he hadn't learned any other professional skills. Perhaps it was because he hadn't been actively fulfilling his role as a doctor in the instances?

At his words, Fatty scratched his head awkwardly.

Gu Mian eventually chose several D-class medicines and placed them in Fatty's cart.

Five bottles of [Instance Type D - Coagulant], 100 points each.

This item could stop bleeding for two minutes. When Gu Mian used it, the effect would last ten minutes. Of course, he had to test it first.

Three [Life Type D - Blockage]—medical mask-style items—200 points each.

[Shelf life of one month, can block common viruses transmitted through the air]

It was safer to buy this first. Fatty was intrigued by the phrase "common viruses" and even made an ominous prediction out loud: "Does this imply that there will be terrifying plague viruses in the real world in the future?"

Gu Mian glanced at Fatty, a headache forming. "If such a virus really appears, I will sew your mouth shut with a needle."

Three capsules of [Life Type D - Weak Resistance], 100 points each.

As the name suggested, its effect was predictably weak.

[Suppresses a small portion of common viruses, only has a slight effect in the early stages of viral infection]

It only suppresses a small portion of common viruses, and on top of that, it only has a slight effect in the early stages of viral infection. It seems less reliable than cold medicine.

However, Gu Mian wanted to try it. Fatty seemed to be showing signs of catching a cold. He would have Fatty alternate between taking cold medicine and [Life Type D - Weak Resistance].

The clueless Fatty was still smiling, completely unaware that he had become Gu Mian's test subject.

Besides these, Gu Mian specifically bought a small syringe, smaller than a pinky finger and easily portable, because the [Instance Type D - Coagulant] was a liquid that needed to be injected.

Theoretically, he couldn't use the same syringe on multiple patients as it could cause infections, which would be unethical. However, in instances, even if an infection were to occur, it wouldn't affect the real body. Of course, he wouldn't dare to do this in the real world. Most importantly, Gu Mian didn't have an inventory, which made it inconvenient to carry syringes.

The syringes were on the third shelf. They were cheap; each syringe only cost 5 points.

So, Gu Mian's total expenditure in the medical goods area came to 1,405 points.

It was insanely expensive, even though he hadn't bought much. Luckily, Gu Mian had recently oppressed an instance. Along with the instances he had oppressed before, he now had a total of 1,930 Game Coins, enough to afford the items.

The salesperson hadn't expected Gu Mian to actually make a purchase and was even more surprised when he actually put the items in the cart. For a moment, the salesperson even suspected Gu Mian and Fatty might just dump these items at some random counter after leaving the medicine area. Such incidents had occurred before. There were always idlers who picked up a bunch of things and walked around, only to throw them away as soon as they left the section.

Amidst the anxious expression of the salesperson, Gu Mian and Fatty left the area. Before leaving, Fatty sneezed twice, as if in mock respect.

When they found Chu Changge, he was in the sports section, examining an all-metal baseball bat. It looked like it could serve as a weapon. He hadn't bought anything but was carefully observing every counter, looking like a thief scouting the area.

"Brother Chu?" Fatty called out, puzzled. "What are you doing?"

He couldn't possibly be buying a baseball bat to swing wildly in the instances. Chu Changge's stamina wouldn't support him running around with a heavy object for long. Besides, he wasn't a combat-oriented person.

Hearing the voice, Chu Changge withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Mian and Fatty.

Gu Mian stepped forward to Chu Changge's side. "Didn't you say you were going to choose some things yourself?"

Chu Changge shook his head. "I mainly came in this time to look at the product description labels."

Most of the items in the supermarket had product labels indicating ingredients, origin, recommended selling price, and the like.

So, Chu Changge was here to study the ingredients and origins of the products?

Just then, Fatty stepped forward from behind and hefted the metal baseball bat in front of Chu Changge. "I think I'll get one of these. It might be useful in the instances. Even if I can't use it to smash ghosts' heads, I can use it to smash other players' heads."

After the last instance, Fatty realized that danger could come not just from ghosts, but also from other players. So, he needed to buy something for self-defense.

The trio didn't linger in the sales area for long. Since they had bought everything they needed, there was no reason to stay. Soon, they arrived at the cash register.

After spending 1,405 Game Coins, Gu Mian was left with 525, making him quite poor. Fatty's purchases were slightly cheaper, exactly 1,000 Game Coins; because the food was a bit expensive, he was left with only 900 after paying.

He could just about manage to keep the wolf from the door. Fortunately, they still had Chu Changge as their ATM.

Carrying so many packages, large and small, was quite conspicuous. They couldn't open their inventories in the supermarket area to put things away, so the trio had to swagger out with their bags.

Fortunately, not many people were waiting outside the cash register by this time, only a scattered few. But even these few people shot Fatty stares hot enough to bore holes in him.

Adhering to the excellent traditional virtue of "show off and then run," Fatty picked up his bags and dashed out.

Gu Mian and Chu Changge followed him.

Now, Fatty seemed impervious to the cold outside, huffing and puffing as he ran to where they had parked their vehicle.

Upon closer inspection, the vehicle was still there, undisturbed.

Looking again, Xiao Hong was also there, likewise undisturbed.

What a relief.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.