frightfiction Chapter 138 The weaker you are, the stronger it becomes.
Chapter 138 The weaker you are, the stronger it becomes.
Seeing someone selling coffee, Lu Youyou also got the idea.
She still has 18 servings of coffee, which she doesn't need for the time being.
After hesitating for three seconds, Lu Youyou rejected her idea.
Even if she has Da Rui and Xiao Hei who can drive away the red-eyed monsters, she can't put all her hopes on the two little ones.
I'll keep the coffee for myself.
It's not too late to exchange coffee only if we encounter any urgently needed supplies or if we're sure the coffee is no longer useful.
After all, whoever takes the initiative to promote their product or service is the one who is in a hurry, and can be pressured to lower the price by the other party.
Even if she actively promotes her products, she might not necessarily get a good price.
She can only ask for coffee if people who are short of it actively seek it out, and then ask for a smaller price on top of what others are offering.
Even if she only manages to bargain down to the price of a single cookie, the sense of accomplishment she feels is enough to make her proud.
Since she has nothing to do now, she can keep an eye on the public chat and no one can escape her notice when someone requests to buy coffee.
Looking around through the window, Lu Youyou didn't see any red-eyed monsters, so she continued to look at the public chat with peace of mind.
Some people sent text messages, while others sent voice messages.
[A breadhead who loves taro paste: Anyone know how to get through this night safely? I really don't want to stay up all night again.]
A coffee-loving office worker said: "Damn it, I should have known better than to drink coffee at work. Coffee is useless to me now; I still feel sleepy even after drinking it."
A dreamer who loves fairy tales: "I have a super-powerful panacea! Who the hell would sell me a pet egg? I can't take it anymore. I'm already exhausted from my period, and I can't sleep at night."
The educator who loves to make sarcastic remarks: "Oh ho, luckily I'm not a woman, I don't get menstrual disorders or menstruation when I stay up late, hehe."
A coward who loves horror stories: "Aaaaaah! Help me, help me! The monster has gotten into my car! It's destroying my food, my bed, everything!"
[To the girl who loves reading novels: I have a pet, but I can't sell it to you. Dreamer, please message me privately so I can verify your identity. If possible, please teleport to me.]
A dreamer who loves fairy tales: "Can you teleport at night?"
[For those who love reading novels: Xiaolu mentioned before that roads don't intersect at night, but didn't say that teleportation is impossible. Of course, I haven't tried it myself. You can try it if you have a lot of teleportation cards.]
The two must have tested it out and confirmed that the teleportation card still worked at night, so they shared the news in the group chat.
In no time, people with pets and those without pets became very active.
They all posted their conditions on the public chat, hoping that someone they liked would send them a private message.
The messages scrolled so fast that if Lu Youyou hadn't deliberately pressed the screen with her finger, she wouldn't have been able to see the content of other people's messages.
Then she saw the diversity of pets in the comments section.
Reptiles like snakes and lizards are one thing, but flies and dung beetles as pets???
She really couldn't figure out the two pets' abilities. Could it be that they could pull out balls of poop and throw them at the enemy?
Amused by her own guess, Lu Youyou looked at the screen and laughed.
If only things could stay this peaceful forever, but unfortunately there's a mysterious red-eyed monster that appears out of nowhere at night, so things aren't quite peaceful.
Speak of the Red-Eyed Monster, and the Red-Eyed Monster will appear.
"Woo~"
Hearing the familiar whistling sound coming from outside, Lu Youyou felt like she was a jinx.
She rolled her eyes, her impatience reaching its peak.
"What the hell is this?! You're just going to start whining in the chat, what are you whining about?!"
The next second, the two bright red eyes disappeared into the darkness.
Lu Youyou wondered if she was seeing things and rubbed her eyelids.
Is it really gone?
She thought the red-eyed monster was hiding somewhere.
Turns out I was just scaring myself.
Looking down at her watch, Lu Youyou suddenly looked up and met the red-eyed monster that had reappeared on the glass window.
This red-eyed monster is just too...
Is he obliging of every request?
Lu Youyou frowned, feeling that something was not right.
Is it a coincidence?
Lu Youyou stared at the red-eyed monster. In that instant, many thoughts flooded her mind, but none of them came together.
The red-eyed monster had pretty good balance today; it stared at the glass for so long without falling and stayed pressed against it the whole time.
Unable to see the public chat, Lu Youyou rested her chin on her hand and watched the red-eyed monster, while Xiao Lu read the public chat messages as background noise.
[Player "The Fat Boy Who Loves Braised Fish" said: This is damn unlucky. I suspect I have a jinx; I was just praying that a red-eyed monster wouldn't appear, and then it did.]
[Player "A Diligent Woman Who Loves Decluttering" said: The Red-Eyed Monster isn't actually that scary. It's like a spring; the weaker you are, the stronger it becomes. As long as you're not afraid of it, it's not scary at all. Just curse it!]
[Player "A Southerner Who Loves Sweet and Sour Pork" said: The person upstairs is right. A word from you is truly invaluable. Time is money, and every inch of time is precious.]
[Player "A Scientist Who Loves to Investigate" asked: Why are your vehicles damaged at different rates? Women's vehicles get destroyed more often than men's, is that related to gender? Also, why do monsters damage your vehicles in different ways?]
"Xiao Lu, stop reading for now."
After listening to the scientist who loved to study, and combining it with her own and others' experiences, Lu Youyou felt that her chaotic mind was starting to clear up.
She didn't know how to describe it, but she always felt that this monster bullied the weak and feared the strong.
A person with a strong voice said in the public chat: The monster is troublesome, but not scary.
The timid often cry their hearts out, begging for help.
The sent voice messages also included the high-pitched howls of monsters or the banging sounds of vehicles being destroyed.
Perhaps it's not related to gender, but rather to courage?
There's someone in the comments section who's encouraging everyone to curse the monster; maybe they're not just making a joke.
Lu Youyou decided to test the waters.
She got out of the car carrying a large machete and noticed that when the red-eyed monster saw her, it deflated and quickly shrank, shrinking from nearly three meters to just over one and a half meters.
He was about the same height as Lu Youyou, and they could look each other in the eye.
"Get lost! You have a withered face, drier than a raisin, and those two red eyes look like you've gone mad. What are you doing, pretending to be a ghost?"
"There are only a few hours at night, and you're being wasted on me all of that? Who do you think you are? Do you even deserve it?"
Next, Lu Youyou used the swear words she learned from the public chat to curse the red-eyed monster for half an hour.
Every sentence is unique.
In the beginning, Lu Youyou was still tentatively cursing, wary of whether the red-eyed monster would suddenly attack.
But as she continued to rant, she began to express her true feelings.
He had no other thoughts in his mind and vented all his dissatisfaction with life on the red-eyed monster.
After venting her anger, Lu Youyou felt her hands and feet were warm, and her heart was clear.
"Uuuuuu——"
The red-eyed monster ran away with a mournful howl.
Ran……
Lu Youyou stood there dumbfounded.
So that's how you deal with red-eyed monsters?
What about her playing the "statues" game with the red-eyed monster before?
Is she stupid?
[A message came in the group chat.]
Lu Youyou got into the car before opening the group chat.
[Yang Yan: The latest pattern is that the Red-Eyed Monster can hear people's thoughts when they are experiencing strong emotional fluctuations. Most of the time, it hears the bad thoughts but not the good ones. Be careful not to think or say anything unlucky.]
[Yang Yan: As long as you firmly believe that the Red-Eyed Monster can't harm you, it can't get close to you. But you must genuinely believe it, not just pretend.]
[Zhang Yuning: Goodness, this can only be explained using idealism. The stronger one's willpower, the better one can fight against the red-eyed monster.]
[Wang Qiao: No wonder I heard Youyou cursing the monsters in front of the car for half an hour, scaring all the monsters on my side away. Even the angels' voices weren't as loud as hers.]
Lu Youyou: ...