Man in the Three-Body Problem: After facing the wall, I founded the Reception Society!

"Hello, comrade." l greeted the grocery store owner with a smile, his voice echoing in the empty and slightly depressing street.

As he spoke, he took out scattered coins and banknotes from his close-fitting wallet and placed them neatly on the palm of his hand.

The owner of the grocery store was a burly man with a beard that grew wildly like weeds, almost covering his entire chin and cheeks.

There was a strong smell of alcohol around him, which made people wonder if he had just returned drunk from a tavern.

His left eye seemed to have lost its luster and was covered with a turbid grayish-white color, giving people an unfathomable feeling.

"Well, what do you want?" The grocery store owner's voice was low and hoarse, sounding like an old tree tempered by time and vicissitudes.

His attitude was not friendly, but it was not cold either. He just habitually kept a distance from strangers.

l didn't care about the boss's attitude. He knew that in such a remote and desolate place, it was a blessing to have a grocery store.

He took a deep breath and began to list the items he needed one by one: "I need 30 smoked hams, the kind with plump meat and mellow taste; and fire, the kind that is windproof, so that I can use it in the wild."

As L narrated, the grocery store owner began to take the items he needed from the shelves and placed them on the counter one by one.

He did not ask about the price, but silently asked L to collect the goods first.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that the prices here are almost the same as those outside, which is simply incredible in this place where supplies are scarce.

Soon, l's originally empty backpack was filled with various items and became heavy.

He nodded with satisfaction and thanked the grocery store owner: "Thank you for your help, these supplies are very important to me."

The grocery store owner didn't say anything, but just silently took the money that L handed over.

There was a barely perceptible strange light in his eyes, as if he was examining the young man who suddenly appeared in his shop.

l hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Um... Comrade, is there any accommodation here? I need to stay here for a while."

He didn't want to camp here. After all, the environment here was too desolate. The cold night and the threat of wild beasts made him feel uneasy.

Hearing l's question, the grocery store owner's face suddenly turned gloomy.

He glanced at L coldly and said slowly: "Young man, if you want to stay here, you'd better give up as soon as possible."

There was a sense of eeriness and horror in his voice, as if there really was some unspeakable secret.

l was shocked by the other party's words. He subconsciously took a step back and asked in confusion: "Why? Is there any danger here?"

The grocer took a deep breath, as if he was determined to tell a secret.

He lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear, and said, "This is a cursed place. The people here have been corrupted by the curse, and their bodies have gradually become weaker and their minds have become abnormal. If you stay here, you will be infected with this curse sooner or later."

After listening to it, I felt a chill down my spine and a chill rising from the bottom of my heart.

He had never heard of anything like a curse, but the other party's words made him feel an inexplicable fear.

However, as an explorer who had conquered the Alps, he knew that fear only weakened people.

He quickly adjusted his mindset and drove the fear out of his mind.

He smiled and said to the grocery store owner: "Thank you for your reminder. But I believe in my luck and ability. I will be careful."

After saying this, he turned and left the grocery store and began to look for another place to stay.

However, at a moment when l was unaware, the grocery store owner lowered his head slightly, and his eyeball, which was already cloudy, rolled out of his eye socket without any warning!

The surface of the eyeball was still connected to long, thin, earthworm-like pieces of flesh and blood. After losing their support, the flesh and blood drooped weakly on the boss's wrinkled cheeks, forming a horrifying picture.

At this moment, he didn't notice the scene behind him at all, otherwise he would understand why the grocery store owner said this was a cursed place.

He continued on his way, looking for a place to stay.

However, he soon discovered that every household in the village had its doors closed, as if no one lived there.

He began to feel uneasy, thinking: "Could it be true, as the grocery store owner said, that this place is really cursed?"

Just when l was feeling confused and uneasy, his attention was drawn to a house at the entrance of the village.

The door of the house was half open, as if telling him: "There is someone here, you can come in."

A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in l's heart. He walked quickly towards the house, secretly rejoicing in his heart: "It seems that the grocery store owner is just scaring me. There are still people here."

However, when he walked into the house, he found that it had been abandoned for a long time.

The walls were covered with thick dust and cobwebs, and the house was silent, with no signs of anyone living there.

l frowned, feeling a little disappointed, but he also understood that on this cold Siberian plain, he had to find a place to shelter from the wind and snow to spend the night, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

After casually sweeping away a few spider webs at the door, he took out a flashlight and candle and prepared to make a fire to keep warm.

However, the moment he turned on the flashlight, a chill instantly spread through his whole body, and his blood seemed to be frozen.

The light of the flashlight illuminated every corner of the house, and at the end of the beam, l saw a scene that made him shudder—two skeletons, one large and one small, lying there quietly.

Their bones have become yellow and brittle, as if telling a horror story.

l's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he tried hard to control his emotions and not let fear take over.

He knew he couldn't stay here too long or his nerves would fail.

So he quickly packed up his things and prepared to leave this horrible place.

However, the weather was not good. Just as he was about to go out, a snowy wind began to howl outside the door.

It seems that if he doesn't stay here today, he can't go anywhere else.

l gritted his teeth and turned his head back, suppressing his fear and uneasiness. He found two pieces of cloth and prepared to cover it.

Even if it's just to deceive yourself visually.

[ps: Dear readers, if you think these two chapters are not good, I will modify the content tomorrow and skip this paragraph directly. Thank you for reading! ]