9: Chapter 9 Vending Machine

Chen Mo ignored the Monitor and his group, walking straight toward the Vending Machine.

The game's instructions were very clear: purchase food within 10 minutes, and return to the Dormitory immediately after eating.

Standing before the Vending Machine that stood a full three meters tall, Chen Mo opened his palm.

A stack of banknotes surrounded by a black, flowing light appeared in his palm.

The banknotes were entirely jet-black, with the only pattern being numbers outlined in blood.

Chen Mo made a motion to insert a coin, only to find the entire Vending Machine was bare; there was no coin slot to be found.

"Something's wrong." Chen Mo immediately stepped back.

[Many Children Many Blessings, this kid, would absolutely not try it easily.]

[The first person to buy food will have their hand bitten off!]

[The condition to activate the Vending Machine is human blood!]

At that moment, his shoulder was suddenly bumped by someone.

The Monitor shoved Chen Mo aside, cursing, "Get lost, I'm going first!"

Hearing this, Chen Mo immediately made a gesture for him to go ahead.

"Heh, coward!" The Monitor was very smug.

Afterward, he pulled a horror coin from his pants pocket, though this one was noticeably smaller than Chen Mo's.

After all, one had a denomination of 100, while the other was 10.

He searched up and down, even violently punching the Vending Machine a few times.

Finally, at the very bottom of the Vending Machine, he found a place where money could be inserted.

Chen Mo, standing behind the Monitor, saw it clearly as well.

It was a mouth, bluish-purple, filled with fangs.

"Liu Xiaodong, Zhao Fei, you two, put the money in and give it a try!"

"This..." Hearing this, the two exchanged glances.

Neither dared to try it easily.

They had already experienced what it was like to be baptized by the supernatural, even though the Vending Machine before them looked quite harmless.

But who knew if a horror would strike in the next moment?

"What? Don't tell me you don't want next time's school financial aid?"

"How many favors have I done for you in class? How many times have I covered for your absences?"

"And the answers for every final exam..."

Hearing the Monitor's barrage, both Liu Xiaodong and Zhao Fei couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Fine! We'll do it!"

Hearing this, Su Qing clenched her fists tightly.

"So it was you guys who caused Ye Xiaoyan's application for financial aid to be rejected before!"

"Shut your mouth, you slut." The Monitor turned back and cursed.

The Monitor's pupils were bloodshot; he bared his teeth while speaking, and veins were throbbing on his forehead.

He looked just like a malevolent ghost!

Su Qing was frightened by the Monitor's expression, quickly retreating two steps, not daring to make a sound.

She hid behind Chen Mo.

Then, Zhao Fei, the shortest of them, was pushed out.

With a look of extreme reluctance, he crouched before the coin slot.

He took a crumpled banknote from his pocket and inserted it.

Seeing that the Vending Machine didn't react, the Monitor and Liu Xiaodong urged Zhao Fei to push the banknote in further.

This time, Zhao Fei thrust his entire palm into it.

The previously dim Vending Machine suddenly emitted a bright light.

Zhao Fei was overjoyed and laughed, "It's reacting!"

Who would have known that the next second!

Just as he wanted to pull his hand out, he found that he couldn't pull it out at all.

"This! What is going on?!"

Those fangs, which originally looked like rubber models, now reflected a metallic luster!

The giant mouth tightened, completely engulfing Zhao Fei's entire palm.

At the same time, right before Zhao Fei's eyes.

The previously bare surface of the Vending Machine suddenly split open, like lizard eyes rolling up and down, pulling out sticky white threads.

The slits opened completely, revealing a pair of scarlet, vertical pupils!

They were right in front of Zhao Fei's nose, staring fixedly at him.

"Hehehe, I'll be taking your palm! Hehehe!"

A lewd and cold, treacherous laughter emitted from the giant mouth.

"Help!"

Zhao Fei grabbed his wrist desperately, turning back and screaming.

"Hurry and help me, help me, help me pull my hand out!"

He felt as if a tongue were licking the back of his hand, like someone sliding an ice cube back and forth across it.

He kicked with both feet, pushing hard against the surface of the Vending Machine.

However, the harder he pushed, the more he felt as if his palm no longer belonged to him.

The Monitor and Liu Xiaodong immediately stepped forward, one grabbing Zhao Fei's waist, the other pulling his arm.

The three exerted force together, and finally, they pulled Zhao Fei's hand out!

However, the moment his palm left the mouth, it was met with Zhao Fei's heart-wrenching roar.

Chen Mo's pupils reflected that tragic scene!

A 3cm-thick column of blood sprayed out from Zhao Fei's wrist.

Conversely, the Vending Machine wore an expression of enjoyment, chewing on Zhao Fei's palm repeatedly.

With a "gulp," it swallowed it.

At the same time, it let out a burp containing a mist of blood.

"I'm full, hehehe. Hurry up and buy whatever you want; one hand is only enough to keep me awake for 5 minutes!"

After speaking, a real coin slot appeared at the top of the Vending Machine, along with a delivery chute at the bottom.

The terrifying ghost eyes and fangs also temporarily disappeared.

Zhao Fei just lay on the ground, convulsing a few times; as the blood from his severed hand flowed more and more, he passed out.

Liu Xiaodong hurriedly gripped his coins, wanting to immediately buy some food to feed to Zhao Fei in order to save him.

However, when he saw the Monitor's actions, Liu Xiaodong was stunned and stood rooted to the spot.

Because the Monitor, unlike him, did not harbor any worry for their companion, but instead bent down directly and picked up the remaining banknotes on the ground that belonged to Zhao Fei.

He held them in his hand, licked his finger, and counted the banknotes.

Afterward, he smiled eerily.

"Split Zhao Fei's money, and that way we each have 100 yuan."

"We won't have to eat that trash!"

"Hahaha!"

Zhao Fei was a Consultant who had the privilege of accessing the archives.

While still alive, Zhao Fei had accidentally come across a menu.

And before coming here, he had shared this information with the Monitor and Liu Xiaodong.

Anything under 30 yuan could only buy rotten food; anything under 50 yuan could only buy bugs; but if one had 50 to 100 yuan, they could buy food like instant noodles and ham sausages.

"But... Zhao Fei..."

"He won't survive like this. If Zhao Fei knew that we could live better using the money he left behind, he would definitely feel happy in heaven." The Monitor described it earnestly.

Liu Xiaodong stared at the Monitor's sinister profile and couldn't help but shiver.

He had a feeling... the Monitor seemed to have become a bit strange.

It was as if he was becoming more and more like those strange Patients he had seen while passing by the hospital wards!

Watching the Monitor and Liu Xiaodong leave with a pile of snacks, disappearing at the end of the corridor.

Chen Mo, his hand gripping the bone-scraping knife, finally relaxed slightly.