The sudden silence made the system小姐姐 appear somewhat awkward.
"Alright, stop overthinking. The stakes for this gamble are ready, aren't you even a little tempted?"
"People say the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The highest probability is only five in a thousand. With my luck, I really don't dare to imagine."
"How do you know if you don't try? Perhaps even more desperate things await you."
"Miss, stop with your toxic chicken soup. If you poison me to death, I won't spare you even as a ghost. You've had enough."
After speaking, Ren Yuanhao stopped paying attention to the system's nagging and directly placed his hand towards the roulette starting switch. Never having had much faith, he didn't know whom to pray to. He muttered through Guan Erye, the Queen Mother of the West, and Sun Dasheng one by one, before pressing the switch with his hand.
He closed his eyes and muttered silently. Suddenly, he felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and the roulette's shaft emitted a heavy creaking sound. Before opening his eyes, he first heard the system小姐姐's exclamation!
"Tsk tsk, your luck is quite something. You got what you wished for."
Ren Yuanhao excitedly opened his eyes and saw twelve items arranged on the flashing white roulette, with two precious items indeed displayed in highlighted form.
"A five in a thousand chance, and you actually succeeded!"
"I think I've used up all my luck from my past lives."
"What does it matter? After all, you've been single for ten lifetimes. You still have nine lifetimes left."
"That's enough. Why do I feel like the more you say that, the more it pierces my heart?"
After speaking, Ren Yuanhao rubbed against the roulette with his arms, his expression extremely ecstatic.
"Hey, wait a minute. You haven't even started spinning yet, what are you so proud of?"
"Damn it! That's right, I haven't even put the treasure in my bag yet, what am I so proud of?"
Ren Yuanhao mocked himself, and his mood instantly drooped.
"Hey, Ren Yuanhao, let me give you a reminder. One of the highlighted items is the Secret Medicine · Yan Er Dao Ling Dan, and the second is the Secret Medicine · Hei Shui Xuan Huang Dan. If you could cheat, oh, no, I mean, given your current situation, I suggest you choose the Yan Er Dao Ling Dan."
"As if I'm definitely going to win it," Ren Yuanhao sighed, then looked up at the peculiar name of the pill and asked, "Miss, what is Yan Er Dao Ling Dan?"
"I assume you know what that idiom means, right?"
"Of course, I know. It roughly means there was an ancient idiot who covered his ears while stealing a bell from someone else's house, thinking that others couldn't hear it either. That idiot was truly something else. So, the effect of this secret medicine is~"
The system小姐姐 chuckled:
"See, it's very simple, it just turns you into that idiot."
Ren Yuanhao almost fainted from anger, thinking that he had finally gotten a one in two hundred chance to obtain an item, and this item turned out to make him into the fool from the Yan Er Dao Ling idiom!
Is there no justice? Is there no law?
But Ren Yuanhao thought again, he wasn't absolutely guaranteed to get this stupid item, so what was he so excited about? That Hei Shui Xuan Huang Dan sounded much more impressive. Couldn't he get that? Even if he couldn't, at least he had a pile of points waiting for him.
In short, as long as he didn't lose too badly.
With this thought, Ren Yuanhao perked up again, adopting a "dead horse treated as a living horse" attitude. He casually nudged the roulette, his eyes fixed intently on it, muttering continuously phrases like 'don't spin to that one'.
However, fate always loved to play tricks on 'devout' people. As the pattern representing 'Secret Medicine · Yan Er Dao Ling' slowly stopped on the roulette pointer, Ren Yuanhao wished he could intervene manually. But even if he had this thought, it was too late.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Secret Medicine · Yan Er Dao Ling. Please retrieve the corresponding item within 30 seconds, otherwise the system will judge that the host has forfeited the obtained item."
Ren Yuanhao had no strength left to grab any item at this moment. He remained frozen in place, as if struck by lightning.
"Hey, Ren Yuanhao, are you stupid or something? Hurry up and take it. If you want to rescue your three beloved ones, this thing is practically a divine artifact!"
"You're just trying to trick me. I don't want to become that kind of idiot."
"Are you sure? The effect of Yan Er Dao Ling can truly turn people within a certain range into deaf or blind individuals according to your actions. Are you sure you don't want it?"
"What the heck? There's such a perverse item?"
As soon as Ren Yuanhao finished speaking, the system began to count down. His expression suddenly changed, and like a fierce dog, he pounced towards the brown small bottle containing the secret medicine in the grille, letting out a wild, uncontrollable laugh!
"Alright, the usage instructions for the secret medicine have been loaded into your mind. Now, it's time to enter the more exciting mysterious hidden shop! Prepare your points."
Ren Yuanhao calmed his mind and suddenly found that a black vortex appeared on the illusory interface in his mind. Black mist diffused from the vortex, displaying the words: Hidden Shop, in ancient and powerful calligraphy, which was quite striking.
However, he didn't think he could easily step into this vortex-like hidden shop.
"Alright, before entering the hidden shop, you need to gain its recognition, otherwise there's a risk of being utterly destroyed."
"You say it so scarily, who would dare to go in."
"The ancients had a saying, 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cub?' Risk is always proportional to reward. Moreover, you have the Bi Hai Chao Sheng Jue to guide the internal energy. If you encounter a situation, you can use the Xi Xing Da Fa to save yourself. What is there to fear?"
With that said, Ren Yuanhao naturally became heroic. The internal energy truly surged throughout his body like vast ocean tides. When his body was adjusted to the optimal state, he leaped into the air and plunged into the black vortex with a splash.
As soon as he entered the vortex, the surroundings were indeed pitch black, without a single trace of light, nor any smell. The entire space was so silent that it felt like nothingness, without any sound or sense of time, as if being in the singularity of the universe's beginning. With every step he took, his heartbeat echoed like a drumbeat.
"Miss, where is this hidden shop? There's nothing here."
Ren Yuanhao's voice was not loud, but it caused countless piercing echoes, like a hum. Moreover, the system小姐姐's voice seemed unable to transmit here. After a long while, there was no feedback.
"Damn, it's over. I was brave enough to jump in, but how will I get out? And where is the promised shop? I can't see anything. Could this be a black market?"
The endless darkness surged towards him. No matter which direction he walked, he always felt like he was standing still. The darkness and silence were slowly consuming his patience.