The convenience store door was gently pushed open, bringing a touch of coolness, and two girls entered.

One of them had medium-length hair and a deep wariness in his eyes, while the other had long, smooth hair and looked around with some curiosity.

Upon closer inspection, the long-haired girl was tightly holding a seemingly ordinary yet unusual baby girl in her arms. The chubby baby blinked her big eyes, which was very endearing, but her lower body was a fish tail that shimmered with layers of light!

"They're here." Xi Xi remained completely calm, as the pixel map clearly marked "friendly side," and she had been mentally prepared for this long ago.

Even so, she remained cautious and waited until she saw it for herself before stepping out from the side of the counter, giving the three people quite a fright.

Indeed, the visitors were the Liu sisters and their pet mermaid baby.

"Xi Xi!" Liu Yunyan exclaimed, staring intently at Xi Xi, who was wearing a baseball cap, her eyes instantly lighting up. She shoved the mermaid baby into her older sister Liu Enxi's arms, then grabbed Xi Xi's hand and murmured, "You're so beautiful! Even cooler than I imagined!"

Xi Xi was taken aback by the sudden praise and subconsciously touched her face.

Uh, forget about makeup, she hadn't even washed her face today... She really didn't know how her disheveled appearance could be considered pretty.

Liu Yunyan was completely different from what she had imagined. She had soft facial features and long hair that reached past her shoulders. Anyone who looked at her would see her as a gentle and beautiful young woman, a far cry from her usual free-spirited and outspoken tomboy image.

Girls always appreciate each other. Chu Zhiqin smiled and poured a few cups of hot water, quietly inviting the girls to join in.

The baby mermaid stretched out her chubby little hand and huffed as she tried to take the hot water. Seeing this, Chu Zhiqin immediately became very concerned and hurriedly took a clean plastic spoon from the instant eight-treasure porridge, intending to feed the baby spoonful by spoonful.

“Auntie, there’s no need to go to so much trouble. Da Bao may look small, but he’s actually ten years old and can eat and drink by himself!” Liu Enxi waved to Xi’s mother while holding the mermaid baby.

Sure enough, the baby mermaid deftly took the paper cup, blew on it first, then lightly felt the water temperature with her lips, and finally sipped it in big gulps.

To be honest, Liu Yunyan struggled with the decision for many days, but in the end she couldn't come up with a suitable name for the mermaid baby, so she had to give it a temporary name, "Da Bao".

The answer is that a humble name is easier to raise. We are in a difficult situation now, and we will live one day at a time. We will think of a better name when we are richer.

Chu Zhiqin looked at Liu Yunyan with some helplessness. No wonder this girl could play with Xi Xi so easily; even her naming was so casual.

"Those waves were unbearable, so I gritted my teeth and used a Sea-Suppressing Soul Pearl!" Liu Yunyan recounted her experiences to Xi Xi, trying to gain her friend's empathy.

Because of this somewhat hasty decision, she was often criticized by her older sister, Yoo Eun-hee.

"If you have it, you should use it, don't you think?!" Liu Yunyan took a sip of hot water and continued, "The Sea-Suppressing Soul Pearl was originally meant for saving lives!"

“You can’t just waste it like that! We can probably handle this storm, but it’s good to observe it a little. What if we encounter a tsunami later and we’re just short of that one stone?” Liu Enxi sighed and looked at her extravagant younger sister with a hint of speechlessness.

"What's the use of saving... You saved up so many survival points, and they were all swindled away by that scumbag?" Liu Yunyan retorted subconsciously.

Liu Enxi's face darkened instantly, and she was speechless for a moment. Liu Yunyan then realized that she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly put down the paper cup in her hand.

"Girls, there's still some stuff left here. Come and see if you need anything!" Chu Zhiqin broke the silence first, patting Xi Xi on the back and signaling her to find a way to change the subject.

The convenience store also had some items that Xi Xi had priced high but couldn't sell, such as ear rakes worth 800 survival points, camping lights worth 2000 survival points, and clocks worth 3500 survival points...

These items are either not very useful in a survival environment or are common items found in treasure chests, making their cost-effectiveness here questionable. As a result, they have been piled up in a corner and have remained untouched to this day.

"Huh, nobody wants this chili sauce either?" Liu Enxi asked, seemingly having pulled out two bottles of chili sauce, one red and one green, from the pile of goods, with some confusion.

“Oh, these… I did buy two jars.” Xi Xi glanced at the chili sauce in her hand and replied, “These aren’t made in China; they’re imported. Many people can’t accept the taste, and the price is relatively high, so not many jars have been sold.”

For the same price, consumers can purchase a wide variety of delicious and affordable domestic chili sauces, which will inevitably lead them to make comparisons.

“This chili sauce is delicious! It contains glutinous rice, which is something we Koreans usually enjoy!” Liu Yunyan stepped forward and said with some confusion. Only then did Xi Xi realize that the Liu sisters were actually from an ethnic minority.

"It's strange, doesn't this survival world automatically detect everyone's original nationality?" Liu Yunyan rummaged through usable supplies, sat down on the ground looking around, and said, "That thing on the public chat, the coffee shop supply station run by the black NPC, it seems like all the people I run into are black?!"

Xi Xi looked over upon hearing the sound; she had heard a little about this matter as well. After careful consideration, she realized that the NPCs she had encountered along the way, Granny You and She Ji, were clearly Chinese characters who spoke fluent Chinese.

"Maybe it's just a matter of probability?" Liu Enxi efficiently rummaged through the merchandise and pulled out a baby backpack strap, thinking it would be just the right size to fit the mermaid baby and free up her hands. "That white-haired NPC, Guihua, isn't Chinese!"

Huh? Xi Xi looked at Liu Enxi with some surprise. She clearly heard the white-haired NPC speaking Chinese in the video feed!

“Yes, yes, yes! The voice she's making is in Chinese, but the lip movements don't match!” Liu Yunyan nodded in agreement. “Dubbing… it’s like dubbing! Like a Chinese dubbed movie, it just feels weird…”

The three chatted leisurely, and the topic gradually veered off course. Liu Yunyan even spoke indignantly about the lewd Japanese man and the scheming Vietnamese woman she had encountered in the tunnel.

Chu Zhiqin chatted with the mermaid baby in a playful manner, while Xi Xi thoughtfully recalled the various languages ​​that had appeared on the public screen these past few days, and had a feeling that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

We're all players, but there's a clear language barrier and regional discrimination, and the geographical divide is widening more and more without us even realizing it...

At noon, Liu Enxi volunteered to show off her skills to everyone. She immediately took out the imported hot sauce she had bought from the convenience store's small refrigerator and started tinkering with it.

Soon, a fragrant aroma, a blend of soy sauce, rice, and fresh vegetables, wafted through the air, instantly whetting one's appetite.