The bastard child of the Black Tower.

Without giving the players any time to react, the Black Tower's hint catches Tang Mo off guard. In this room, Tang Mo and Fu Wen are working together, but they pretend not to know each other, and all four of them are wary of each other.

When the Black Tower gave the game hints, they didn't communicate immediately, but thought about it individually.

As time passed, the young woman dressed in black spoke first, "Do you all have any thoughts on the rules that the Black Tower just said?"

Ning Zheng stared coldly at the woman, not speaking.

Tang Mo shook his head in silence.

Fu Wen sounded right after Tang Mo and said without hesitation, "I don't know."

It was clear that none of the three people in the room had any intention of cooperating, and the young woman raised an eyebrow. But she didn't force them to, instead looking through the window at the four stores outside.

Five minutes later, a vibration so faint that it was barely detectable sounded outside the room. Tang Mo's heart lurched, and the four of them immediately went to the window. Only to see four light doors suddenly appear on the road between the candy house and the four stores. These four doors of light were facing the front doors of the stores, and bright red light shone at the door frames.

Tang Mo suddenly thought of something, he immediately turned around and ran to the other side of the candy house, looking out the window on the other side.

As expected, there are four doors of light here as well!

"Eight stores, eight doors of light ...... Each door of light corresponds one by one with a store." Fu Wen sounded surprised.

The sudden arrival of eight doors of light puzzled the players, however the answer was soon given by the Black Tower.

The vibrations grew louder and louder, and the red light on the light door shone brighter and brighter. When the vibrations and light reached a peak, everything came to an abrupt end. Suddenly, a light-colored radiant figure was seen taking a sudden step from one of the doors, stepping out.

It was a figure obscured by a red glow, completely unrecognizable in terms of looks and clothing, only vaguely distinguishable as what appeared to be a grown man. He held a bag of coins in his hand, rubbing his hands together as he walked through the door of light and into the gift store to the right of the candy house.

One word instantly came to Tang Mo's mind.

"Virtual customers?!"

The four of them made a surprised sound in unison.

This red light man is just the beginning.

Immediately afterward, one red light person after another fishtails out of the eight doors. Which door they came out of did not mean that they would approach the store directly opposite that door. At the same time, they didn't necessarily enter only one store. After coming out of the first store, they might enter the second or third store, or they might return directly to the light door and disappear.

Countless virtual customers entered and exited the eight stores, and the entire shopping street was as lively as if it was a festival. Tang Mo was also instantly confused, his eyes darting to the four stores on his left. But after looking at the ones on the left, he couldn't look at the ones on the right.

These shoppers were quick on their feet, walking in and out, making their purchases, and then returning to the light gate one by one, thumping the earth.

Five minutes later, all the customers walked through the light door and disappeared. Tang Mo wouldn't have been sure if the red light man had just appeared if the tremor of the footsteps shaking the earth hadn't completely dissipated. He quickly returned to his senses and looked at the other two people in the room.

Ning Zheng Although he tried his best to hide his dismay, his pretense of composure instead revealed the fact that he was also confused. The woman in black called Mo Xue frowned on the other hand, she looked at the eight stores on the left and right sides and turned her head to say to the three players in the room, "Those eight doors didn't disappear."

The crowd immediately looked again.

Tang Mo : "The people all disappeared, but the door is still there. So ...... they will come back again?"

Ning Zheng: "When will they come back, and will they come back with the same group that just came back?"

In the next instant, a clear childish voice rang out--

"Dingdong! Please prepare for ready customers, the second group of virtual guests will be arriving in five minutes."

Tang Mo closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart. Fu Xiaodi notices his abnormality and looks at him worriedly. Tang Mo casts a reassuring look at him, and Fu Wen looks away, pretending that he doesn't know Tang Mo well.

Tang Mo calmly looked at Ning Zheng and the young woman, and after a moment of silence, said, "I counted them just now, and a total of one hundred red light people appeared, which is the same as the number of one hundred virtual customers that the Black Tower said it had."

None of the four in the room were regular players and did the same thing Tang Mo did.

Ning Zheng hid and refused to reveal the information she had found, but the young woman was much more generous, and she said directly, "I memorized sixty-seven of them. This little friend, what is he doing looking at me in such surprise." She laughed, "Even though all those light people have no faces or clothes, there are still differences in their height and build, so if you look closely, you can see some differences and recognize them."

Tang Mo also gave the young woman a surprised look, but she only stared at Fu Wen Sheng and didn't seem to notice Tang Mo.

To be able to memorize more than sixty almost identical-looking Lightbringers in such a short period of time, this woman was afraid that she was even more powerful than he had imagined.

After the woman stated her information, she scanned the crowd present and asked again, "This time, does everyone have a clue?"

Ning Zheng stares at her warily, and again doesn't say anything.

Fu Wen claimed that he thought Tang Mo would also refuse, so he spoke, "No ......"

"What happens if I say yes?"

The smile on the young woman's lips stopped, and she turned her head to look at Tang Mo with a look of surprise in her eyes, as if she hadn't expected Tang Mo to say that. Her bright dark eyes gazed quietly at Tang Mo, who also looked at her quietly. The two of them just stared at each other for a moment, and the woman smiled faintly, ''What a coincidence, I also have a clue. So ...... Tang Mo, want to cooperate."

Fu Wen sound never expected that in a game where he and Tang were divided into a team (room), Tang actually did not choose him to cooperate, but ...... instead chose a woman to cooperate!

What is the relationship between this woman and Tang!

Where is this little goblin!

Tang Mo and the woman in black walked to the corner of the wall and quietly discussed the information. Ning Zheng narrowed his eyes and stared at them, and Fu Wen Sheng wanted to run over to them, but he weighed his options and decided to continue to hide his relationship with Tang Mo. As the little boy began to doubt his life, Tang Mo raised her eyes and gave him a look. Fu Wen Sheng froze and then reacted.

There had to be a reason why Tang did what he did, and he chose to trust Tang.

Tang Mo and the young woman whispered so much that Ning Zheng and Fu Wen did not hear them. As they walked back, the woman stopped beside Ning Zheng and asked with a smile, "Ning Zheng, would you like to join our team and work together?"

Ning Zheng hesitated for a moment, looked up and faintly said, "No need."

The young woman shrugged as she walked back over to Fu Wen Sound and leaned down slightly, "I haven't seen a child in a long time, let's go through it together."

Fu Wen Sheng didn't understand what she meant by this, and when he responded, he looked up at Tang Mo in dismay.

Tang Mo spoke up, "It's about to start."

Buzz!

The ground shook again, and on both sides of the house, red light doors flashed with a dazzling light. It was as if customers were actually coming out of the doors to shop and buy things, and noisy talk flowed into every player's ears. One after another, a group of blurry-looking red light people entered the store and purchased what they wanted.

They were surprisingly faster than the first round.

Like a red falling leaf, it clattered and tumbled past the player's eyes in a dazzling display. Fu Wen Sound watched with wide eyes, trying to follow the young woman's example of recognizing as many light people as he could, but he could only distinguish twenty before his mind exploded and his eyes went dry.

Light people rumbled in and out of existence in batches.

Tang Mo's eyes are bloodshot and he closes his eyes for a long moment of reprieve after the last Lightman disappears through the light door, clutching the gift box. Tang Mo looks to the young woman, who nods at him. The two exchanged some quiet words, and Tang Mo whispered, "Is it really like this ......"

Ning Zheng clenched his fingers.

Woman in Black: "It's good to reconfirm it a third time."

Tang Mo: "Uh-huh."

This time, the woman in black walked to Ning Zheng's side again without stopping. But after she walked past, she turned back, "You still don't want to cooperate?"

Ning Zheng remained silent for a long time and turned his head to look at Tang Mo.

Given the current situation, if Ning Zheng wants to cooperate, it would mean that he has temporarily put aside his previous relationship with Tang Mo. If it were Bai Ruoyao, he might be able to cooperate and sell Tang Mo out of this door. But Ning Zheng couldn't do that. He had accepted a favor, so he couldn't take revenge on Tang Mo. He didn't want to shake hands with Tang Mo just because of this simple, non-life-threatening game; there were still a lot of things he wanted to do.

Ning Zheng's voice was calm, "No need."

Young Woman: "You really don't need it?"

Ning Zheng became alert: "What are you trying to say?"

The woman laughed, "It's nothing. It's just that Santa is one of the few most powerful bosses in the Black Tower world, so it's better to be careful in his game."

Ning Zheng was about to open his mouth when suddenly the earth shook gently.

Tang Mo: "Coming."

Immediately, the four of them went to the window as fast as they could. Tang Mo and Fu Wen Sheng on one side, the young woman and Ning Zheng on the other, and they each looked out from a window. This time, the virtual customers appeared even faster, and they entered the store and bought things even faster. As if someone had pressed the accelerator button, the red lights overlapped, making it very difficult to even recognize how many people were there.

Fu Wen Sound soon looked at both eyes dry, and it was not easy to get through these five minutes, only to hear the Black Tower say coldly--

"In one minute, all reserve customers will be asked to select the correct store to enter."

"Please note that entering the correct store is the only way to convert to a full customer."

Fu Wen sounded confused, "What if I can't be converted?"

As if hearing his words, the Black Tower replied in a very human manner, "The game fails, and the player leaves Santa's Bizarre Mercantile immediately."

--So it still won't die?

The words rang in the minds of all four at the same time.

As these words fell from the Black Tower, two red dots of light suddenly appeared on the marshmallow doors of the candy house. The points of light disappeared, and what appeared in front of everyone's eyes were two small turntables made of malt candy. The top one was divided into two pieces, with "left" written on the left and "right" written on the right. The bottom one was divided into four pieces, and on each piece, a Q-shaped lollipop, chocolate, cake, and gift box pattern was sketched out in icing.

Turn the dial to make the pointer point to any small block.

Fu Wen Voice: "These two reels are asking us to choose any of the eight stores and enter the store."

The first carousel divides the eight stores into two teams, while the second carousel asks the player to choose a specific store. With time running out, Fu Wen Sheng looks nervously at Tang Mo, who has an answer in mind, but he's not sure. The young woman had already said she would help Fu Wen Sheng pass the level, so it was only natural for Tang Mo to walk up, take the child's hand, and help him spin the two reels.

When he finished, the dial twisted back into place. A bright light flashed on the door of the Marshmallow Room, and a line of words floated across it-

"All reserve customers are invited to select the store they wish to visit. When the selection is complete, the gates open."

Next it's Tang Mo's turn with the young woman.

Instead of communicating, the two men, who were clearly working together, each blocked the view and spun the dial.

In the end, only Ning Zheng was left.

Ning Zheng stands still and silent as he looks at the door to the Marshmallow Room and the three men beside it. He raised his steps to the door and calmly reached out his hand and touched the first dial. Just as he was about to turn the dial, a female voice rang out, "Candy house on the left."

Tang Mo looked at the young woman in surprise.

Ning Zheng was also very surprised, he looked at the woman with strange eyes. After a long time, he said quietly, "Do we know each other?"

The woman in black laughed, "I don't know you, but I've heard of your name. There aren't many Chinese players on the Time Rankings, you're very good."

Ning Zheng: "Then why are you helping me?"

"You're a returnee."

Tang Mo was startled, and he realized something.

Ning Zheng jumped in front of him, "You're a Returner too?!"

"Did I say I was a Returner?" The woman in black raised one eyebrow and laughed, "Are you so hostile to Earth survivors because you are a Returner? Perhaps it is not necessary. We're all humans, so why make such a distinction. And ...... perhaps I'm not helping you."

Ning Zheng narrowed his eyes as he coldly threw down "My guess is the candy house on the left as well" and quickly spun the dial.

When he finished his selection, the Marshmallow Gate emitted a tantalizing sweet fragrance. In the midst of this rich fragrance, Black Tower's icy voice rang out, "One minute is up. Nineteen reserve customers successfully turned in, and twelve reserve customers failed the game. Santa Claus thought that only the dishonest bad boy did not know that he opened a candy store, or the best candy store in all the underground people Wang Guo. The bad boy will surely get what he deserves, and Santa's reindeer grinned and stuck out their hooves."

As the words fell, the door creaked open.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

As the gate opened, a dozen piercing screams rang in everyone's ears. When Tang Mo saw what was in front of him, he only saw eleven muscular reindeer extending their hooves and kicking eleven players in the buttocks with great force. These players wailed in pain and were kicked into the light doors by the reindeer, disappearing into the shopping street.

Tang Mo The four of them immediately turned their heads and finally saw where they were.

It's a narrow, wide street topped by a colorful neon gate with a line of large, colorfully-lit letters - the

"Santa's Fun Mall"

In the center of the street, eight red light doors faded into the air, and with them seven fake stores. Looking around the room just now, Tang Mo hadn't realized that Santa's candy house was so huge. It looked like a palace standing by the side of the road, with a huge lollipop hanging from the store sign. And in the center of the road are eight tiny candy houses.

Compared to Santa's candy house, these eight candy houses are so small they seem like toys.

But just now all the players were sent to these candy houses. They thought they were playing the game alone, when in fact they were playing the same game at the same time. They were seeing the same red light people, and in the end twelve of them didn't pick the right store, and nineteen of them went on to the next game.

Tang Mo looks through the crowd and spots Chen Shanshan and Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wen Sheng wisely didn't look at Fu Wenduo and ran straight to Chen Shanshan, where the two kids met up and the other players looked at them in amazement and didn't take them seriously. Fu Wenduo found Tang Mo and walked towards him. As he approaches Tang Mo, he spots Ning Zheng and a woman in black with a strong presence.

Fu Wenduo's footsteps lurched, and his gaze traced over Ning Zheng, finally landing on the woman in black.

When the crowd left the candy house, all of the restricted supernormal abilities and props were released, and an unnoticeable sense of oppression instantly pressed down from the top of their heads. Tang Mo stood to Fu Wenduo's side, similarly scrutinizing this woman in black.

Most of the players in the crowd were observing the three well-known players, Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo and Ning Zheng, but only Bai Ruoyao was staring at the woman in black with wide eyes. Slowly, the corners of his mouth became wider and wider as he let out a cheeky laugh, which became louder and louder, drawing sidelong glances from the people around him, but he continued to let out a loud laugh like no one else was watching.

Fu Wenduo stared at the woman in black for a long time, his voice low, "What is your name?"

Instead of answering, the woman in black uttered a name, "Fu Wenduo?" she then looked at everyone on the street, her eyes stopping when she saw Bai Ruoyao. She laughed, "Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, Ning Zheng ...... This game is a real surprise. Tang Mo, I noticed that guy was giving you a funny look, you guys know each other?"

Tang Mo looked in the direction of her finger. Bai Ruoyao waved his hand at him and made the exit pattern "Tangtang".

Tang Mo coldly said, "Don't recognize it."

The woman in black said, "Why don't we make a bet, if you guess who I am, I'll tell you who he is. It just so happens that I kind of hate him too. I don't hate many people, and it's rare that I run into a more annoying one before I die. He doesn't seem to be on good terms with you guys, so it's good to get rid of him. But if you can't guess, I want your most important prop."

Tang Mo: "Are you sure you want to bet?"

Woman in Black: "Yes. You don't want to make this bet? That's fine, I never force people ......"

"No, I'll make that bet with you."

The voice of the woman in black ended abruptly, and she looked at Tang Mo with interest, she had never gazed at Tang Mo with such seriousness before, or rather before Fu Wenduo appeared, Tang Mo had thought that this woman was interested in him and Ning Zheng, and she had never hidden that interest. But after Fu Wenduo appeared, a hot and belligerent flame was instantly ignited in the woman's eyes, and a fierce intent to fight that could not be hidden was blazing in her eyes.

But they don't know each other.

Today, she looks at Tang Mo with the same serious eyes.

The woman in black laughed, "You don't have to reconsider? I can tell if the props you give me are the most important to you."

"The first batch of virtual customers appeared and were able to recognize sixty-seven red light people straight away without knowing anything about the situation. In the second and third batch of customer frenzy, was able to observe and memorize the characteristics of the light people entering the four stores with great ease and without any difficulty at all."

Not far away, Fu Xiaodi is learning from Chen Shanshan how the game really works. The child exclaims, "You have to memorize every store that a hundred identical light people enter? All of them?"

Chen Shanshan corrected, "They don't look exactly the same, there are differences. There are children and adults."

"That is too strong, a hundred eh, so short, and they still look so ...... androgynous." Fu Xiaodi found a suitable adjective.

Chen Shanshan found out about the confrontation between the Tang Mo duo and the woman in black, and while she was observing the situation over there, she said, ''There's no need to do it for the second or third time. Just observe the stores that each of those children go to. Santa Claus loves honest children, and children love Santa Claus the most. In the first customer frenzy, as long as you find out that all the kids went to the candy house, you can surmise a vague target. The next step is simply to test your guessed answer and pass the level."

She said it very easily, but of all the players, I'm afraid she was the only one qualified to say so. With her super-intelligent brain, Chen Shanshan knew the answer to the customer frenzy the first time around, and didn't even need to double-check, as her brain was capable of handling such calculations and operations at the same time. Even Tang Mo and the woman in black didn't know the answer until the second time.

Chen Shanshan asked, "Whisper, who is that woman and was she just in the same room as you?"

Fu Wen nodded, "Her name is Mo Xue, she's quite a strange person. Shanshan-san, you also said just now that normally, this game is best played with two people. You don't know, but Brother Tang didn't choose to cooperate with me, instead he cooperated with that woman. This woman is also very strange, seems to be Cantonese, but also helped Ning Zheng to pass the game. Ning Zheng didn't appreciate her favor either."

Chen Shanshan's eyes widened and he turned his head and said, "Wait, you're saying she's Cantonese?"

Fu Wen Sheng touched his head, "Yes, she spoke what seemed like Cantonese in the room."

Chen Shanshan looked at the woman in black not far away in dismay, "Is she ......"

Meanwhile, Tang Mo looked steadily at the woman and said those three words in a calm tone.

"Mu Huixue."

Mu Huixue's pupils contracted, then she hooked her lips. Her hand touched the whip at her waist, and in the next second, she suddenly drew the whip and violently flung it at Fu Wenduo. Fu Wenduo sidestepped to avoid this whip, and at the same time reached out his hand to grab the end of the whip. But just as his hand touched the whip, the long whip turned into a ball of burning flame.

Fu Wenduo frowned and threw the whip away.

The whip returned to Mu Huixue's hand and changed back to its original form.

Mu Huixue didn't give him time to react, she let out a low gulp and lashed a whip to the ground, using her strength to leap into the air. The flexible whip smashed a crack in the ground and stabbed at Fu Wenduo with a speed that was hard to reach with the naked eye. Without thinking, Tang Mo quickly recited an incantation and opened the small Yang San to block Fu Wenduo's face. However, just as he raised his umbrella, a chill that came up from the bottom of his feet made him immediately realize that the umbrella would probably be pierced through by the whip!

Fu Wenduo pushed his umbrella aside and flung his right hand into a black sharp weapon, blocking the long whip.

The two collided with each other, making an ear-splitting metallic clash.

Mu Huixue perked up as she looked at Fu Wenduo's right hand that turned into a weapon, "Is this your supernatural ability? Come again!"

No one knew why this woman suddenly went crazy, but everyone could see that the fight between this woman and Fu Wenduo was by no means something that ordinary players could participate in. When other players saw this scene, they all avoided it, except Bai Ruoyao whose eyes lit up. Fu Wenduo and Mu Huixue weren't fighting alone, Tang Mo was also blocking. Bai Ruoyao found an opportunity and caught Tang Mo's opening.

"Hee hee, let me find out, Tangtang."

Two silver rays of light flashed by, and the sharp butterfly knife was like the scythe of the God of Death, breaking through the wind. Tang Mo in dealing with Mu Huixue at the same time also have to be careful of Bai Ruoyao's sneak attack, his face sank, he was about to block hard. He was about to block it with great difficulty, but unexpectedly the red whip turned in the air and wrapped around Bai Ruoyao's wrists with two whooshes, binding his hands firmly.

Bai Ruoyao was shocked, and for the first time, the doll's face lost its smile.

With a yank of his whip, Mu Huixue pulled the baby-faced youth to his side and kicked him in the crook of the leg with a smile.

"Lucky Yao, number one on the most annoying list in the circle, you don't seem to be very lucky today, am I the first one to catch you?"

Bai Ruoyao moved his wrist and tried to break away from the whip. Fu Wenduo directly took out his props and bound him with the Law of Karma rope.

Bai Ruoyao: "......"

Damn, didn't those three just fight!

Tang Mo glanced at him, "Are you cursing me in your mind."

Bai Ruoyao: "......"

Mu Huixue: "No one's caught you in all these years, Slippery Lucky Yao, and that nickname made me want to catch you. So putting on a show to drop you on the hook seems to be working well. I seem to have a talent for acting."

Bai Ruoyao tried, but couldn't break away from Fu Wenduo's props. Surprisingly, he wasn't in a hurry and laughed again, "Mu Huixue, we don't seem to know each other well."

Mu Huixue: "Just because you're not familiar doesn't mean you're not annoying."

Bai Ruoyao wanted to refute this statement, but he found himself speechless.

...... He does seem to be hated by many, many, many people.

Mu Huixue just wanted to catch Bai Ruoyao, but as Bai Ruoyao said, they didn't have any deep grudges. So she turned her head to Tang Mo : "What are you going to do?"

What are you going to do?

Tang Mo didn't blink: "Kill."

Bai Ruoyao: "......"

A moment later, the doll-faced youth squeezed his eyebrows in aggravation, "Tangtang, how can you give up, we are good friends. You don't want to do something you regret on impulse, you think about it more, like finding someone to talk to about it?"

Tang Mo gave an imploring "oh" and looked to Fu Wenduo for a moment of consultation: "What do you think?"

Fu Wenduo did not hesitate: "Kill."

Bai Ruoyao: "......" Soon after, he said with dissatisfaction, "Hey, hey, you'll really regret being so hasty, Tangtang."

Mu Huixue laughed, "Looks like you won't be lucky today."

Bai Ruoyao's eyes swept over these three people, he raised his head and looked towards Ning Zheng who was not far away, coldly staring at all this, he hooked up the corner of his mouth and was about to open his mouth, but then he heard a familiar "Christmas Song" ringing out from the end of the shopping street. The cheerful and joyful song was getting closer and closer, resonating throughout the entire shopping street. Santa Claus on a sleigh drove his reindeer while laughing boldly, "Hahahahaha, Merry Christmas!"

Santa Claus quickly drove to the door of the candy house, he looked at the nineteen players outside the door and smiled, "My dear children, are you the ones who came to visit my candy house today? The children who come here are all honest and kind good children, you are not allowed to fight."

Just as he finished speaking, the Black Tower's mechanical beeping sounded in everyone's ears--

"Ding Dong! The use of psychic powers, props, and all acts of violence are prohibited in Santa's Bizarre Mercantile."

Tang Mo: "......"

Fu Wenduo: "......"

Mu Huixue: "......"

In an instant, the alien energy that had only just returned to his body was suppressed once again.

...... I'm afraid you're not the bastard son of the Black Tower!!!!