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Chapter 67 Equivalence Deception
On the way to Xijiang, what I saw was no different from yesterday.

Most of the shops on both sides of the pedestrian street are still closed.But I don't know if it's because of the good weather, but I can vaguely see a few numb figures passing by like mechanical puppets.

The only way to come to Xijiang Park again...

As expected, Chen Ye saw the row of barbecue stalls, but there were more customers today.

The crowd queuing up to buy barbecues meandered from one side of the street to the other like a long dragon, and the street was suddenly full of people.Looking up, the black shadow in front of him was full of heads with numb expressions, as if instinctively rushing towards the barbecue stand.

In the rear, there were still a few sporadic figures, walking from the other side of the street, joining the main force one after another.

When Chen Ye's eyes fell on the wooden sign with the price written on it, he found that the number on it had changed again.

A bunch of barbecue, twenty copper coins!

Two skewers of barbecue, forty copper coins!
Three skewers, one hundred copper coins!
"The price has gone up again?"

Chen Ye frowned slightly.

This time, he didn't step away immediately, but stopped where he was, carefully observing the changes.

At this moment, I checked with the pupil of luck, and found that the color of the barbecue on the barbecue stand was different.

Some are green and some are black.

The black looks like ink, similar to the polluted Xijiang River, it seems to be slowly wriggling.

Compared with last time, the food at the barbecue stall seems not so clean.

At the same time, he found that most of the customers bought three skewers of barbecue at one time.

The ones you buy are basically green.

But if there are a few occasionally, what you buy is a skewer or two skewers, and what you get is black barbecue.

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and judged in his heart:
"Green, symbolizes safe food; black, symbolizes dangerous food."

"It's enough to buy one or two skewers at a cheap price, and buy three skewers at a more expensive price. It seems that you get the same share, but it's actually different?"

"If you spend twenty copper coins to buy a skewer of barbecue, there will be problems with the food you get..."

Soon, Chen Ye discovered that there was a customer who spent twenty copper coins enough to buy a string of barbecue meat with the halo of "Ink Black". As soon as he got it in his hand, he took a bite.

Chen Ye immediately observed the changes in the opponent's aura of luck...

At this moment, the halo of luck on the customer's head instantly turned into an abyss-like black vortex!

The bloody strange eyes suddenly floated above the head, and the pale pupils seemed to be staring at him, as if looking at a dead person.

After eating the barbecue, the customer staggered out of the long queue and walked numbly towards the foggy old town.

Chen Ye vaguely remembered that when the other party came, they did not come from the direction of the old city.

Instead, it is another intersection near Longhua Avenue from the pedestrian street.

The old city is the area where these barbecue stalls go when they close their stalls.

Don't even think about it...

There must be something wrong!
But if it is a customer who spends one hundred copper coins, which is enough to buy three skewers of barbecue, even if he eats it on the spot, he will not find any problems, and he will not walk towards the old city. The halo of luck remains normal.

"Equivalent scam..."

Chen Ye closed his eyes, and this word slowly emerged in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already seen the strange routines corresponding to these barbecue stalls.

That's right, equivalent deception is a very common routine in the game system of "Weird Era".

The same product, given two prices -

Buy a single item, the unit price is lower;
But on the contrary, when buying multiple items, the unit price is more expensive.

As a consumable, food prices will change with market supply and demand, and there will be certain price fluctuations.

Depending on the ingredients, it can be sold at a lower price or more expensive.

In the era of relatively short supplies, even ordinary ingredients can be sold at sky-high prices, which still conforms to the law of equivalence.

As we all know, "Strange Era" pays attention to equivalent exchange. If you pay enough chips, then the food you buy must be safe, edible, and worthy of value.

But if the chips paid are insufficient and the law of equivalence is violated, then the food can be unsafe.

therefore……

The equivalence scam is exactly what seems to be equivalent, but actually breaks a routine of equivalence, burying holes in it, and triggering weird rules.

In Chen Ye's mind, he instantly strung together the information he had obtained before into a line, and made an analysis:
"Currently, more than half of the ingredients that are safe to eat in Linjiang City have been destroyed."

"So, the normal price of ingredients that are safe to eat now needs to be one hundred copper coins to buy three skewers of barbecue."

"The twenty copper coins for a skewer of barbecue are just the price of ingredients, but not the price of ingredients that are safe to eat!"

"Ordinary players who pay enough copper coins to buy food will be protected by the principle of equivalent exchange, thereby avoiding risks."

"But if there are not enough copper coins, the corresponding [equivalent value] will fall to simple ingredients. Whether it is safe or not, then only ghosts really know!"

"In the past few days, the barbecue sold at these barbecue stalls is normal no matter what the price is, and there will be nothing wrong with eating it. Therefore, most players will buy one or two skewers of barbecue and take it for granted .”

"As everyone knows... the value will change. It is equivalent today, but it will not be the same tomorrow."

"Therefore, if you follow the previous habit and buy a bunch of barbecue foolishly, you will fall into the equivalent scam and trigger the weird rules. It's hard to say what will happen then."

Chen Ye raised his head, and when figures surged towards the old city, he saw a strong bloody glow there, which was constantly brewing.

The blood light seemed to converge into a river, bringing an extremely dangerous feeling!
At the same time, Chen Ye discovered that the halo of luck had changed on the heads of the barbecue stall owners.

Black tentacle-like lines connected their heads, hands, and legs... Like puppets on a string, they condensed on the top with a strong glow of blood.

"This weird game is not that simple, it involves the price of the entire Linjiang City..." Chen Ye frowned slightly, and his intuition told him that these barbecue stalls were not as simple as he imagined.

Look closely again.

Suddenly, Chen Ye found a faint colored glaze separated from the barbecue stall owners into a mist-like filament, which was faintly visible and connected to the three-color ring around him, as if they were connected?

His heart immediately moved: "These barbecue stall owners may have the characteristics I need?"

"Liu Li" represents the extraordinary, and is generally related to special items.

If you can kill other existences in "Strange Era", you can drop the opponent's core characteristic items!
What's more, these stall owners seem to have a lot of problems, and they may have the characteristics they need.

If you do it...

Maybe I can gather enough materials for a second career change!

……

PS: There is another chapter to add tonight

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