Chapter 172: Opening a Shop Willfully

"Pa——" A crisp slap broke the dead silence.

The man who had previously asked for oden but failed covered his cheek with an innocent look on his face: "Shao, Brother Shao... why did you hit me——" Before he

finished speaking, he saw Shao Liang, who had just hit him, leaning his head over: "Hit me!"

"..."

"Hurry up! Hit me!"

"Brother Shao... Boss..." He called the other person tremblingly, but he didn't dare to use force in the end, and his fingers brushed across the other person's face.

Shao Liang was annoyed and kicked the other person: "It's itchy! Hit here! Hit! More times!"

Snap-slap-slap-

three crisp slaps echoed in the quiet air. The man was scared by the roar and used all his strength. Shao Liang staggered a step, his head tilted, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He looked very frightened.

But the next second he rushed forward a few steps and looked again and again at the place where the silver RV originally appeared, as if to confirm that the car really disappeared and not the effect of the magic prop.

"What's going on!" He turned his head, but his legs were shaking a little, "Damn! What's going on?!"

The people in his team looked at him with the same panic eyes, trembling and unable to speak.

Who knows what's going on!

"Could it be... a ghost?" Someone on the beach said.

Others who had exchanged for something immediately opened the black bag to check.

"The food is still there!"

"Mine is also here." Someone opened the package and took a bite of bread, "It's real food! It's edible!"

"Mine is real too! This is real milk!"

...

Those who had exchanged for food were so excited that they didn't care who exchanged it for them. They were starving, so they ate it first!

And those who were originally in the queue and had not exchanged for anything continued to look at Shao Liang with resentment.

"Captain Shao, this is not nice. They were just opening a store, but you chased them away as soon as you came..."

"That's right, my mother has been feeling unwell these few days, and I want to change some medicine for her. It's a matter of life and death!"

"Captain Shao, this is not nice. You have to give an explanation?"

"How about you change things for us..."

"Yes, Captain Shao, change it for us..."

...

How could Shao Liang be willing to change things for them: "Get all of you over here! Is that a store? They might not even be human beings!"

"But no matter what it is, the things they exchanged are real, and they were exchanged for things we don't need!"

"They were clearly doing good things, and you chased them away for no reason... Although you are Captain Shao, you can't be irresponsible..." "

Captain Shao, I was sent by Sister Wei to change things for her. Now that I failed, you have to give an explanation to our Sister Wei!"

"Yes, I was also sent by our captain..."

"Captain Shao..."

...

Under normal circumstances, no one would surround Shao Liang like this without a legitimate reason, but now there are more than one or two angry people, and having just seen such a fantastic scene, everyone feels a lot braver.

So, a group of people surrounded him and refused to let him go.

**

An hour later, near the beach far away from the Cliff Hotel area, the silver RV slowly drove out of the woods and stopped at a fork in the road.

The validity period of [Fake Lipstick] is a full twenty-four hours. She didn't want to waste star coins, nor did she want to go back to the Cliff Hotel for the time being, so she chose a new location.

The surrounding plants conveyed information to her under the urging of her supernatural power. She knew that there were two human gathering places near this fork in the road, or they could be called refuge areas.

After Youxi parked the car, she came to the car compartment from the driving area, opened the left window as usual, then pressed the power of the soup pot, and turned on a small electric fan next to it to blow away the aroma of the spicy soup base and bone soup base. It

only took a second to go back, and the visual effect was indeed very handsome. But when she came out again, she had to rely on her legs to walk again, which was a bit disappointing.

Fortunately, the space of the transportation tool has been upgraded, and it can store three items. The silver RV can also be put away at any time. Otherwise, if the RV is empty, it will not fit into her 888 cubic meters of warehouse filled with supplies. In

that case, she can't perform a cool disappearing trick, and she can't wait until she arrives near the place where she wants to open a store to take out the RV.

Now, she can ignore the road conditions and ride a mountain bike to where she wants to go, and then change to an RV nearby.

It's past six o'clock now, in the evening, the sky by the sea is still very bright, and the sunset is beautiful when you look out of the car window.

The supplies collected in the advanced biochemical world this time are indeed too much, plus the ones left in the simulated apartment. If she doesn't digest some of them, she may not be able to leave much space in the Star House warehouse to stock up new supplies when she goes to the next world.

Youxi opened the sliding glass window, pulled up the inner screen, then leaned back on the bed, took out his tablet, took out a cup of brown sugar pearl ice milk tea, and opened "World War Z", which he had only quickly skimmed before, and began to review it.

A mutated seagull hovering in the sky smelled the fragrance of the woods below. It flapped its wings, aimed at the angle, and swooped down towards the silver RV.

Its mutated beak was long and sharp, and it could peck a hole directly in the wall. In the past, the prey that it targeted on the ground basically could not escape its sharp beak.

But this time, it had just rushed to the top of the RV when it was hit by a thick branch.

With a loud bang, the seagull was slapped to the ground beside it. It was dizzy for a while before it flew up again.

Its small eyes looked down vigilantly. A big tree on the side of the silver RV was slowly restoring the branch that had just been whipped.

If this mutant seagull knew how to observe, it would be able to notice the abnormalities around the RV before being beaten.

For example, several red mutant pig cage grasses near the rear of the car were trying to emit the scent that insects liked, attracting all the small mutant insects that were originally going to harass the RV, and then wrapping them up and destroying them one by one.

As for the larger mutant insects, they were all rolled up and dragged away by the green vines entangled on the mutant tree.

Those mutant plants were busy silently, trying their best to create a quiet and leisurely space for the RV.

You Xi was watching a movie while communicating with the plants, paying attention to the surrounding environment at the same time, doing two things at the same time. While resting, she did not forget to work hard to master the plant's special abilities. Even she was moved by her diligence.

[……]

"……" You Xi sensed the silence of the system, and felt a little speechless too.

Before the other party left You Zhengqing's body, the thought shielding she had opened for 20 star coins had expired. After that, she kept urging him to leave, so she didn't renew it.

Should she activate it again?

[It is not recommended that you activate it. First, you have been back for more than a week, and the remaining time is less than a month. If you open it, it is not cost-effective. Second, you can only hear me now, so it should not be so uncomfortable. 】

"That makes sense." The first point is mainly reasonable. 20 star coins for a month of shielding is really expensive.

[……] When

Youxi and the system were going back and forth

, a survivor passing by was tempted by the aroma of spicy oden. Even though he knew that the appearance of this RV was abrupt and weird, he still couldn't help it.

"Excuse me, is there anyone? That... I want to trade."

Youxi paused the movie, got up from the bed neatly, and got to work!

**

At nine o'clock in the evening, the remaining oden in the pot was all delivered. It was completely dark. A small camping light with a warm color was hung on the window of the silver RV.

Outside the RV, there were still many people who got the news and came to line up in protective clothing to trade. The locations of these two refuge areas are inside the hotel.

The hotel conditions here are not as good as the one near Youxi. Most of them are only two-star and three-star, with low floors. The nearby beaches are mainly rough gravel, and there were not many guests staying there originally.

After the animals and plants mutated, for some unknown reason, the situation in this area was still good, so slowly some survivors took shelter in the hotel, and gradually this place became one of the refuge areas.

This place is close to the forest, and mutant insects often attack refugees in the hotel at night, so most of the people who can stay here are young people.

Strong young people always have some physical advantages in searching for supplies, so the situation here is slightly better than that of the Cliff Hotel. Different groups are also quite harmonious, and there is no particularly strong team.

After all, everyone's level is about the same, and no one can beat anyone else, so it's better to coexist peacefully.

So relatively speaking, the amount of things that Youxi exchanged with the other party was a little less, but the other party always exchanged things that they didn't use, so it was a profit, so naturally they wouldn't think it was too little.

However, Youxi also has her own preferences. For example, if someone brings fresh sea crabs or mutated giant abalone to exchange with her, she will give the other party a little more. For example, if someone brings a useless jewelry necklace to exchange, she will also give the other party more things according to the value.

At about 9:10, Fan Qi sent her a message, saying that the midnight snack was ready and asked her when she would go back to eat.

Youxi replied with two words: Now.

After that, she found a new piece of cardboard from the side, took out a black fountain pen and wrote two big words: closed.

Then she stuck the cardboard on the car window and motioned the people in the queue behind to see for themselves.

"Closed?" The people in the front of the line were a little surprised, "Closing so soon?"

"What's wrong? Do you have any opinions?" Youxi asked in a faint tone.

"No, no!" The other party was obviously much smarter than Captain Shao before, or more self-aware.

This kind of bartering was simply a one-sided advantage for them. It was good enough that the other party was willing to exchange. Now that the other party wanted to take a break, how could they have any objection?

"You misunderstood, we just want to know, will you come next time?"

"It depends on my mood." You Xi said expressionlessly, closed the car window, walked to the front driving area, and restarted the car. Then he slowly reversed, slowly turned the steering wheel, and finally drove into the dark woods behind.

A group of people watched the RV leave silently, but they were a little worried.

Many plants in the forest have changed. It's okay if you don't provoke them. What if the RV rubs against some plants and gets entangled with them...

Someone couldn't help it and ran a few steps towards the forest with his companions, wanting to warn the other party. But when they ran into the forest, they found that there was no shadow of the silver RV on the narrow forest path?

The RV... is gone! ?

**

The refugees over there had a heated discussion all night about the disappearance of the RV in the forest, listing three possibilities, five doubts and eight arguments...

On the other side, in the beach hotel, Youxi was watching TV series and eating crayfish in the simulated apartment.

Fan Qi prepared a midnight snack of fresh scallop, pork ribs and mushroom porridge, as well as a portion of sour and spicy kelp shreds and cold cucumber and fungus.

Youxi didn't have dinner, but after eating some sour and spicy kelp, she suddenly felt hungry. She quietly took out two servings of lobsters and motioned her parents to eat with her.

The family moved the lobsters to the coffee table in front of the sofa, turned off the main lights, and only turned on a few floor lamps in the living room. They connected the tablet to the big TV and turned on a comedy movie that all three of them liked to watch.

Outside the French window, the sea water reflected the silver light under the moonlight.

Inside the French window, the family of three lived peacefully.

The news about the "limited-time star house" spread to every nearby shelter within four or five days.

Facts have proved that there are far more smart and clever people than those who are confused and self-righteous. As long as everyone opens their bags and takes a look, they will understand that the so-called barter is actually a big bargain for them.

What kind of person would open a store and do such a loss-making business?

No one would do that. No one did it before the end of the world, and even less after the end of the world.

So, the "Limited Time Star House" is here to do good things.

It is said that there is more than one owner of the Star House, sometimes a middle-aged woman, sometimes a young handsome man.

But no matter which one it is, they all have similar preferences, such as seafood. Another example is gold, silver and jade.

Of course, if you really don't have good things, take a coconut to exchange food with the other party, and the other party will also exchange it. The owner will never be picky or refuse to accept it - except for the troublemakers.

But if someone brings delicious seafood and gold, silver and jade to exchange, the other party will look at you a few more times, and then add a little unexpected surprise to the supplies you requested.

For example: a cup of refreshing iced tea, a double scoop of ice cream sprinkled with icing sugar and chocolate chips, a piece of matcha cheesecake...

Another example: a roast lamb set, a small box of big red strawberries, a small box of raw eggs...

All of them are good things that will not appear on Nanhai Island in a short time! Good things that can make you drool just by hearing the name!

It is said that the first place where the "Star House" appeared was near the cliff hotel refuge area on the beach. It seemed that it was originally intended to be open for 24 hours, but the RV only stayed there for more than an hour before leaving, because there was a self-righteous guy there who prevented the other party from opening a store.

Since then, the "Star House" has never been near the Cliff Hotel again, but it has appeared around five or six other different shelters, staying for three to four hours each time.

Xiaozhi told Youxi all this news when he came to deliver fresh seafood to her.

Sister Wei received so many gifts from her that day, and she had been thinking about giving gifts in return, but their team was too incompetent to get good things.

Although many team members exchanged for food and daily necessities when the Star House appeared that day, they exchanged them with their own things, and the types were similar to the gifts given by Youxi, so she thought Youxi would not look down on them.

Later, she remembered that Youxi had asked about seafood, so she was lucky this time and got large crabs and a lot of clams and shellfish on the reef beach when the tide was low, so she quickly asked Xiaozhi to deliver them to her.

This type of crab was originally small and had little meat, but after the mutation, its body grew two or three times larger, especially its two claws, which became extremely large. Although it is difficult to catch, once caught, it is very delicious to eat, and it can be regarded as a decent return gift.

Xiaozhi still did not dare to enter the hotel, and wandered around the old position on the beach. Fortunately, Youxi was lazy these two days and did not go out to open the store, so he went downstairs directly.

"…Hey, anyway, it's all Shao Liang's fault. He's just friends with a staff member of the official shelter. Every time he goes there, he can get what others need. It's because of this relationship that he can become the captain. If we really talk about skills, he can't compare to our Wei Jie.

But he has had a hard time these few days. A capable member of his own team had a quarrel with him. The thing is, the child of this member had a high fever, vomiting and diarrhea, but Shao Liang didn't have any medicine.

The member remembered that someone in our team had exchanged medicine in the Star House at that time, and wanted to come over to beg The gang came to the rescue, but the child in this family had been feeling unwell for the past two days, and the medicine happened to be used, and the child recovered. The team member was extremely anxious because he couldn't find the medicine, and Shao Liang said that it was not yet the scheduled exchange day, and he refused to go to the official shelter.

Finally, the team member had no choice but to think of the Star House, and spent food to ask around, and then took the child and family directly to other shelters to find RVs, and finally exchanged for the medicine and rescued the child... "

The other party sent seafood, and couldn't help but start nagging, telling her all the rumors he had seen and heard recently.

They were a family of three living alone in this hotel, and he always found it a little difficult to understand. People are social animals, not to mention in this dangerous end times.

So every time he came, he always subconsciously wanted to chat with the other party more, let the other party hear about the things in the shelter, and also livelier.

Youxi didn't want to take the other party's seafood for free, so she brought him a jug (six cans) of Coke. Xiaozhi was originally told by Wei Jie to promise not to take the other party's things this time, but when he saw this happy fat otaku, he was so excited that he forgot all the instructions.

He took it happily, thanked him repeatedly, and then ran away happily.

**

Two days later, Youxi, who had enjoyed the fun of ice fishing with her parents, set out on a mountain bike again.

This time she planned to go a little further, towards the inland direction of Nanhai Island.

She used [disguise lipstick], and this time she turned into an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy in the mirror, tall and thin, and turned out to be a blue-eyed mixed-race child, who looked pretty good.

She put on a backpack, a mask and a baseball cap, and set off along Luohai Avenue, which intersected with Haibin Avenue.

The farther you get from the beach, the denser the vegetation becomes.

The surrounding vegetation has severely damaged the road, and the original road surface is basically invisible. The high-rise buildings on both sides are wrapped in layers of green, and only broken glass and rusty window frames can be vaguely seen behind.

After passing this urban area, it is said that there is an air-raid shelter at the foot of the mountain.

The building there is solid and has now been transformed into one of the official shelters.

After passing through the urban area, the surrounding vegetation is still dense, but because there are no buildings, the surroundings look very harmonious, just like an ordinary tropical rainforest.

Youxi changed her mountain bike into a motorhome in a secluded place among green plants. Just as she got in the car and was about to start, she heard a cry for help from the dense forest beside her, mixed with a man's laughter.

She frowned and got out of the car, and walked quickly towards the sound. Before she got close, she heard the man's laughter suddenly stop and turned into a painful wail.

At the same time, a third voice sounded, it was a female voice, anxiously asking about the situation of the person calling for help.