Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Guangzhou, early summer.

Although it is early summer, the temperature in Guangzhou has already exceeded 20 degrees Celsius. Even the night breeze carries a hint of warmth from the ocean, and there is no longer any winter chill.

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi returned to the folk music troupe early for rehearsal, while Gu Zhao took Zhuo Qingyan, Xiu Niang, Bai Ke, Bi Yingying, Chen Zhi, Ye Ruyan, Miao Yunji, Bai Yiqi and other women to stroll around the surrounding area.

The women were alluring and graceful, aloof and indifferent, gentle and elegant, or charming and cute. Although they had different temperaments, they were all bright and beautiful. When they went out together, people who were not very confident would not dare to look them in the eye.

Although the women were actually surrounding Gu Zhao, in the eyes of the onlookers, Gu Zhao was just a handbag carrier.

"Wow--"

The group of women entered a doll shop and exclaimed in amazement as they looked at the plush dolls of various styles, sizes, and colors.

"So many!" The embroiderer's mouth opened slightly.

She came from the lowest social class, and a simple rag doll was all she had ever seen since she was a baby. When had she ever seen such a luxurious scene?

Not to mention the embroiderer, everyone else was quite surprised, after all, the other world was still an agricultural society, and its industrial products were nowhere near as developed as those of modern Earth.

Or rather, Earth wasn't always this extravagant. Even at its peak, while the United States had abundant resources, it wasn't this colorful and diverse.

Only by looking at the room full of all kinds of plush toys can one truly appreciate that Tianxia Industrial's Cthulhu reputation is well-deserved.

This is a place that sells dolls, next door is a claw machine, next to that is an arcade, further away is a toy store, and the rest are a movie theater, a murder mystery game room, an escape room, a karaoke room, a billiards hall, and so on.

"I like this one, this one, this one, and this one!" Bai Ke pointed to several fox-shaped dolls one by one.

Ye Ruyan and Miao Yunji were fine, but Bi Yingying, Chen Zhi, and even Bai Yiqi all had their eyes light up when they saw the room full of dolls.

However, the embroiderer pulled Bai Ke aside and pointed to the claw machine shop next door, saying, "They have dolls there too, and they're very cheap."

Compared to the plush toys that cost tens or even hundreds of dollars here, the claw machine only costs two to four dollars each time, which is indeed much cheaper, and there are also large plush toys in the claw machine.

"Let's go play the claw machine first, and then come back here to buy some more," Bai Ke said seriously.

Although the claw machine shop also has many plush toys, the two shops are different, so some plush toys that she liked in this shop were not available in the claw machine shop.

So the group went to the claw machine shop, and Gu Zhao swiped his card to buy 1,000 yuan worth of game tokens.

"Let me try!" Bai Ke excitedly walked to a machine filled with red foxes.

"Ding! Ding!"

After inserting two game coins, Bai Ke, who had already watched others play and knew how to use the machine, skillfully shook the joystick and, with her divine sense, precisely aimed the claw at a doll placed on top.

Press [OK] and the claws will fall straight down, grabbing Ahri below with almost perfect accuracy.

"Yay!" Bai Ke cheered. "A piece of cake!"

Then, the claws grabbed Ahri and wobbled up, but just as the claws reached their highest point, they paused slightly, loosened their grip, and the doll slipped out of the claws and fell into the pile of dolls.

Bai Ke, "..."

"Impossible! I was holding on so tightly!" Bai Ke stared at the machine in disbelief, her eyes wide with shock. "This machine must be broken!"

"Get a different one!" Bai Ke said angrily.

However, Bai Ke's lack of awareness did not mean that the other women were not paying attention to their surroundings. They had already noticed that many other people around them were able to pick up the dolls, but then they would fall down.

"The claws seem a little loose?" Bai Yiqi guessed curiously. "There was a slight vibration when it was lifted to the highest point, which caused the doll to fall?"

Bi Yingying shook her head. "It doesn't seem like it. Look at that person over there. Although there was a tremor, the doll didn't fall. He got it."

Ye Ruyan and Miao Yunji smiled without saying a word, but Chen Zhi, who had seen the wickedness of the world, was not stingy with her malice, "Could it be that there are mechanisms in the machine that sometimes even if we can catch it accurately, it just slips?"

“Only when the shopkeeper has made enough money will his claws tighten, allowing customers to grab one,” Chen Zhi said with increasing certainty.

"It's outrageous! Even more so than the ring toss games on the street!" The embroiderer was furious. "Isn't this a scam? People think it's based on skill, but there are actually hidden mechanisms inside."

Bai Yiqi suddenly realized, "No wonder this machine is so big, it turns out there are mechanisms inside."

The group looked at Gu Zhao, who nodded, confirming their guess.

"Such an obvious scam, don't the customers want to cause trouble for the shop?" Zhuo Qingyan asked.

"That's why the price for each claw machine game isn't high; customers have to compete with the store, the machine, and other customers."

Gu Zhao shook his head and laughed, "For example, guessing that the previous customer didn't get caught, guessing that this machine's claw is about to tighten, and trusting the shop owner's character, the number of times the claw loosens won't be too outrageous."

"This is absurd," Chen Zhi said speechlessly. "Who would place their hopes on the boss's conscience?"

Bai Ke was furious after losing face, so she chuckled and said, "Why don't we teach him a lesson?"

The women exchanged glances, and seeing that Gu Zhao didn't object, they all nodded, "That's right, he should be taught a lesson!"

So Chen Zhi took the initiative, took two game coins, put them into a rainbow horse machine next to her, used her divine sense to locate it, and accurately grabbed a doll with her claw.

Just as the claws wobbled as the rainbow horse was lifted up, and then paused slightly, Chen Zhi used her divine sense to gently catch the falling doll with her magic.

Next, the paw, carrying the doll, wobbled to the exit. With a gentle push, Chen Zhi dispelled her magic, and a rainbow pony landed with a thud.

With a beaming smile, Chen Zhi took out the Rainbow Pony from the bottom exit and showed it to the girls, saying, "Easy!"

"Excellent! Excellent!" "That's exactly right!"

So the women each received game tokens from Gu Zhao, and then each pushed a cart and went off to play.

"Wow!"

"what's the situation!"

How do they manage to catch them every time?

"A claw machine master?"

"No way, the machine must be broken!"

Not to mention the embroiderer and Bai Ke, even Ye Ruyan and Miao Yunji couldn't stand the shopkeeper's behavior and showed no mercy, snapping a coin in two.

There was also a claw machine. Bai Yiqi tried it and found that even though she pressed stop when the scissors were in the middle of the hanging line, the scissors still moved forward a little bit before closing, avoiding the hanging line.

"Okay, okay!" Bai Yiqi nodded, inserted the game coin again, and in the instant the scissors closed, she used her divine sense to gently cut the doll's string.

The next moment, a plush doll that was half the height of a person fell down!
Suddenly, gasps of surprise came from all over the store. A group of beautiful women were walking around the store, and a small mountain of plush dolls gradually piled up on the cart.

The patrolling staff were dumbfounded and hurriedly ran back to the front desk to report to the manager, "The claw machine is malfunctioning!"

The store manager came over and saw several beautiful women walking around and playing in front of the claw machine. They would insert two or three game coins, move the claw to grab the plush toys, and then put them into a shopping cart.

They don't play at the same claw machine multiple times, but each time they stop at a particular claw machine, they manage to successfully grab a plush toy.

Even if one beautiful woman had just grabbed a doll from a claw machine, the next beautiful woman who also liked the doll would grab one from the same machine.

The most that ever happened was that four beautiful women won plush toys from a claw machine four times in a row!
Store Manager: ???
This unscientific!

After four beautiful women successively grabbed plush toys from a claw machine, another tourist, unable to resist the urge, immediately took over. However, even though he aimed very accurately and his claw precisely picked up the plush toy, he paused for a moment, then loosened his grip, and the toy immediately fell to the ground.

"What kind of plane are you doing?"

"How did they do that?"

Everyone looked at the women with shock and astonishment.

"The machine isn't broken!" This was the conclusion reached after many people conducted tests.

But these beautiful women can still grab the dolls; it's as if their claws are always tight when they grab them.

"Did they carry magnets with them?"

"Or maybe they brought electromagnetic interference devices that could disrupt the claw machine's algorithm?"

"Your electromagnetic interference software is here!"

"Could it be... that they are all superhumans?" Finally, someone guessed the truth.

The other person scrutinized them carefully. "A couple of days ago, I heard from a friend who went to a bar that Ye Zirui from Dawei Group flirted with a few beautiful women, and ended up running into a superhuman from Xindongtian!"

"That playboy? And then what?"

"Then he was taught a lesson. It is said that he and another person were cursed so that they could only sleep with one woman forever, the next woman they slept with. They would never be able to get an erection when facing other women again."

"What the hell!?"

"So cruel?"

"And then?"

"Then it is said that a group of women set their sights on them, and women who had casual affairs with them in the past flocked to them like crazy."

"show!"

"Hard enough!"

"Wait, we're talking about what's happening right now! Could they be...?"

"not sure!"

"Should we take a video?"

“Someone secretly filmed them. In the video, their faces were all blurry, as if they had been pixelated.”

"Holy crap! What else is there to guess? It's definitely a superhuman from the new cave!"

"Why not a superhuman from Earth?"

"Sister, are you only now getting internet access? There's no Taoist priestess this beautiful among the extraordinary individuals in the Taoist sect."

"I'm going to tag Master Jingyi of Laoshan."

"You...you're ruthless!"

Listening to everyone's guesses, the shop manager swallowed hard, but in the end, he didn't dare to go up and disturb the women playing the claw machine. He could only stand aside with a forced smile and watch them finish playing the claw machine with their thousand yuan. Then, they gave the extra claw machines to the many children watching. Only then did he leave with his mountain of spoils, laughing and talking.

In the distance, he seemed to hear a little girl in white mutter, "Come again tomorrow!" (End of Chapter)