Chapter 118: The Den of Thieves

"Don't your guns have price tags on them? I've calculated it, and 10 purple gold coins should be enough," Chen Yun said, pulling out 10 purple gold coins.

The gun shop owner stared at the kid in surprise as he casually produced 10 purple gold coins. These were purple gold coins, not silver or even standard gold coins. The kid looked completely ordinary and unimpressive; who would have thought he was so wealthy? It looked like he was about to make a fortune today!

The gun shop owner rolled his eyes and said, "Those price tags are from several years ago. I've been too lazy to update them, so they aren't accurate."

"Not accurate? If they aren't accurate, why leave them hanging there? Are you trying to fool people?" Chen Yun was speechless. He had never encountered such a business owner. He was too lazy to even change price tags? Just how lazy could one person be?

"It's my prerogative. Let me tell you, the guns in my shop are imported and unavailable anywhere else, so the prices are very high. Take this one, for example," the owner said, casually picking up a basic handgun. "This one sells for 3 purple gold coins!"

"What?" Chen Yun was stunned, blurting out, "You want 3 purple gold coins for this piece of junk handgun? Are you running a scam shop? Damn it, I'm not buying!" Chen Yun turned to leave, never expecting that this remote gun shop would be a den of thieves.

"You think you can just leave?" the gun shop owner sneered. "You think you can come into my place and not buy anything? Big A, Big B, come out!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than two hulking men like iron towers emerged from the corner, holding handguns and walking toward him with sneers on their faces. At the same time, the names of the shop owner and the two thugs shifted from light red to deep red.

In the game, red represented an enemy!

Chen Yun finally understood why the shop's name had appeared in light red. This place had no intention of doing honest business. Price gouging and forced sales—this was a black-market merchant, an evil NPC!

"A large number of lootable equipment and items detected within a 200-meter radius. Do you wish to loot them?"

Chen Yun heard the system prompt and, after a moment of shock, immediately realized the situation. This was a gun shop, an enemy's gun shop. To put it plainly, it was an enemy's treasure room, and everything inside was loot he could claim!

Looking at the three enemies pointing their guns at him—whose levels were displayed as question marks—and then at the massive amount of lootable items, Chen Yun felt conflicted. System, are you trying to help me or get me killed?

"Damn it, I have to use my wits, not force. They have the upper hand right now." Chen Yun had a sudden thought and acted pathetic. "Let's talk about this, gentlemen. I'll buy it, I'll buy it, alright?"

"Good, you're a sensible kid. Too bad, I don't want to sell to you anymore," the shop owner glared. "Leave all the money you have on you and get lost!"

Chen Yun was incensed by the owner's arrogance, but looking at the guns in their hands, he felt helpless. If he only had a decent weapon, he would have shot the guy on the spot!

"Well, I only have 20 purple gold coins left on me," Chen Yun said, emptying his four pockets in front of the owner.

"Then leave the money and get out!" The shop owner stared greedily at the purple gold coins, his mouth almost watering. 20 purple gold coins—this alone was worth more than his entire shop!

Chen Yun dropped the money and sprinted to the alley entrance, diving into his vehicle. Looking at the gun shop, now marked in red, he felt such hatred that he wanted to activate his mount's barrage skill and level the place to the ground.

"Damn it, trying to threaten and extort me, are you? Pointing guns at me? I won't even leave you a single shell casing!" Chen Yun immediately activated the auto-loot function of the system.

"Hahaha, made a killing today! Here, take this and go get a drink," the shop owner tossed a small bag of gold coins to the two thugs.

"Thanks, Boss. We'll head out for a drink then."

"Go on. Get back early so I don't have to come looking for you."

The shop owner turned back with a grin, preparing to deposit the precious purple gold coins into his safe. Suddenly, he noticed something was off. Why did the shop feel empty?

The owner’s eyes widened. Oh my god, where was the Barrett M82A1? It was right here a moment ago! Where did it go? He was the only one in the shop! He ran around frantically, searching every corner. It was really gone!

However, it didn't end there; or rather, it had only just begun.

Next, something even more shocking happened. He watched as all the guns and ammunition in the shop vanished at incredible speed. From handguns to rifles, from light firearms to heavy cannons—they were gone, all gone!

Good grief! Was he seeing ghosts? In less than a minute, over a thousand guns and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition were gone! The entire shop was stripped down to the bare walls and floors!

"I wish I could see what's happening inside the shop." Sitting in his vehicle, Chen Yun deactivated his stealth skill and watched the count of guns and ammo in his inventory skyrocket. He muttered to himself, "I'd really like to see the look on that owner's face."

"Would you like to activate the remote viewing function?"

"Huh? There's a feature like this?" Chen Yun was surprised, then delighted. This mount was full of surprises.

"Activate!"

The mount's windshield instantly transformed into a large screen, displaying a real-time, multi-angle view of the gun shop, even including the restroom.

"Wow, 360-degree surveillance with no blind spots! This is more high-tech than the most advanced military reconnaissance satellite!"

Chen Yun saw the gun shop so empty that not even a mouse could hide in it, and he chuckled at the look of sheer horror on the shop owner's face. He then activated his mount's stealth mode, wanting to see how the owner would handle this.

After a moment of panic, the shop owner called the police. Within ten minutes, a dozen police cars arrived. The disappearance of an entire shop's worth of weapons was a major case!

Officer Hao Shuai saw that there was nothing left to search because the place was so clean, it was plain to see. He asked the owner, "Do you have any surveillance footage?"

"No, the security system vanished too... Wait, I have a backup system at home! It records 24/7." The owner suddenly remembered that for security purposes, he had a hidden, secondary surveillance system running at all times.

"Then why are you still standing there? Go home and get that footage!" Officer Hao ordered.

"Yes, yes! Right away!"

A short while later, looking at the footage, everyone's jaws dropped. The video showed the entire shop; the guns began to disappear one by one, then in groups, then in large batches, until not even a needle was left in the entire store!