I open a supermarket with strange rules

Zhao Xiyue repeated what she had just said and Aunt Wen was a little surprised.

"Those pearls are contaminated. What do you want them for?"

Zhao Xiyue said calmly, "I am just purchasing according to the supermarket's requirements. I don't know the specific purpose."

Aunt Wen didn't hesitate, "Change it, as much as you want."

They had indeed accumulated a lot of pearls from hunting those monsters over the years, and placed them separately in a cave far away from their homes for fear of contamination.

These pearls could not be thrown away, so they were kept for many years.

Since someone wanted it and it could be exchanged for food, Aunt Wen didn't hesitate for even a second.

Soon, three young men came with large sacks and placed the pearls outside Aunt Wen's tent.

Lin Yuan picked up a pearl with some surprise. He had been a recluse since he came to the village, and this was the first time he saw the so-called "specialty" pearls.

He grabbed a handful of pearls and played with them, not caring about the pollution at all. "These pearls carry a small amount of pollution. If they can be purified, they are indeed a good thing to measure the pollution level."

Zhao Xiyue looked calm and composed, as if she had known all this for a long time.

Aunt Wen coughed and smiled bitterly, "We don't have the ability to do that. Go purify it. You can take it if it's useful. We just need food and winter clothes."

Zhao Xiyue agreed decisively. She did not hide it and exchanged a lot of compressed biscuits, dried meat blocks and other easy-to-preserve foods from the system, and also exchanged 300 sets of cotton clothes of different sizes.

Food and clothes almost filled the small space in front of the tent.

Ah Shan was already excited. "With these foods and clothes, no one will starve or freeze to death this winter."

The cave was damp and in winter it was like an ice cellar, freezing people unbearably cold. Plus, this place was close to the sea, so food was scarce if we didn't fish, which made the situation even worse.

Ashan didn't even need Aunt Wen's instructions. He ran away in a hurry and asked his companions to take away the food and cotton clothes.

Lin Yuan watched all this quietly, his eyes changing constantly. He came back for revenge, and he would do anything for it, even if it meant destroying the entire village.

But at this moment, his heart wavered. So many of his former tribesmen were still trying to survive under such harsh conditions, and he couldn't be the one to destroy their hopes.

Zhao Xiyue naturally didn’t know about this. She put the pearl into the system space and went back into Aunt Wen’s tent.

"The pearls out there are indeed of good quality, but I have seen a kind of pearl that has no luster at all. I wonder if you have any of these, Aunt Wen?"

Aunt Wen naturally understood her cryptic words. She smiled bitterly and shook her head, "If we had encountered a monster of that level, we would have perished long ago."

"Ahem." Aunt Wen coughed a few times, "But the village chief's house upstairs should have it."

Zhao Xiyue had a clearer understanding of the strangeness of the falling matte pearls.

You can’t win at all. If you want to collect pearls, you still need to use your wits.

She took out the note she found in the cellar of Dali's house from her pocket and handed it to Aunt Wen, "Did you write this note?"

Aunt Wen shook her head in surprise, with a surprised expression on her face, "No, but I did say these words when I prayed."

"Pray?" Zhao Xiyue asked quickly, "Where is your statue?"

Aunt Wen hesitated for a moment, but still took the three of them to the depths of the cave.

That was the only place where the sunlight fell, and a majestic statue wearing a crown and colorful clothes was watching everything with mercy.

Zhao Xiyue was shocked. This statue was very similar to the one she saw in the Niangniang Temple, but the one in the Niangniang Temple had obviously been polluted, revealing a strange appearance.

Aunt Wen kowtowed respectfully and babble, "My queen, these are three friends from outside. They followed your guidance and found us. They brought us food and clothes."

"Thanks to the empress, we can occasionally go fishing and survive until now."

The statue seemed to move, light flickered on its body, and tears of blood flowed from its eyes.

The statue weeps blood.

Zhao Xiyue was surprised to find that it seemed that she was the only one who could see this scene. Aunt Wen was still kneeling devoutly, and Lan Ling looked curious.

No, Lin Yuan saw it too. He stared at the statue, with some doubt in his eyes.

Zhao Xiyue walked up to him and asked, "What did you see?"

Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "I thought this place had completely fallen, but I didn't expect that the Sea Goddess still retained a trace of clarity."

There was sadness in his eyes, and he sighed, "Unfortunately, she can't hold on for much longer."

"Where on earth did this pollution come from? Even the gods can't resist it."

Lin Yuan shook his head. “No one knows where this pollution comes from. It may come from the depths of the universe, or it may come from the dark side of the world.”

"Not to mention these local gods, even those ancient gods from the stars have been polluted."

Lan Ling also heard the conversation between the two and added, "The truth about the pollution is probably only known to the seven domain masters."

Zhao Xiyue looked at the statue in front of her and asked, "Is there any way to reverse the pollution?"

"Yes." Lin Yuan frowned and said, "The Sea Goddess survives on the faith of fishermen. With more believers, her power becomes stronger."

"But relying on the development of followers is definitely not as fast as the pollution rate."

In other words, unless the Sea Goddess suddenly increases her followers in large numbers, she will not be able to resist the pollution. If it is completely polluted, this area will become a restricted area where no one can survive.

Chen Zhao said that the South Bank Fishing Village Rules and Stories had been changed from E to D level, which was probably caused by the pollution of the Sea Goddess.

The existence of rule stories depends on the rule carrier. If the rule carrier is a god, then this is very likely to become a super S-level death rule story.

The Don't Care Supermarket and the South Bank Fishing Village are so close that they are bound to be implicated.

In every way, delaying pollution will do her a great deal of good.

Zhao Xiyue pondered and said slowly, "If the power of the Sea Goddess comes from faith, then is it possible that the power of pollution also comes from faith?"

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and agreed with this guess, "If it is in this copy, then it is very likely."

Zhao Xiyue smiled and said kindly, "Since we can't quickly develop the followers of the Sea Goddess in a short period of time, we can weaken the power of pollution."

Strengthening yourself and weakening the enemy have different means, but the effects achieved are indeed the same.

If it is impossible to enhance the power of the Sea Goddess, then eliminating those weird believers is also a kind of enhancement.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "The people in the village are fine. After all, they are not completely alienated, so we can deal with them. But there are thousands of weird things in the sea. How should we deal with them?"

Zhao Xiyue smiled slyly, "Who said we want to eliminate all believers?"

"What we need to do is to eliminate as many believers as possible, so that the Sea Goddess can regain some of the lost ground and stop the pollution."

“And it is not difficult to achieve this goal.”

"I have a great idea."

Lin Yuan and Lan Ling listened carefully.

Zhao Xiyue said, "They are all afraid of the sun. What we need to do is to keep them until the sun rises."

"From this perspective, there is a lot of room for maneuver."