166 The Ninth Shop
◎ Trivialities and Radical Changes.◎
Lu Yao walked in front of the crowd. Seven of the eight people were sitting in wheelchairs, looking a little funny and a little pitiful.
Lu Yao took out a medicine bottle from his ghost bracelet: "I have made a new batch of medicine for health care in my shop. If you don't mind, please take one pill. It will probably take effect tomorrow."
Everyone looked at each other, their minds were as messy as paste.
The magical appearance of Lu Yao and Harold completely disrupted their thinking and cognition, because this was not Ghost Street, but Tomorrow City. They could no longer hypnotize themselves that the shop owner's strange ability came from the game settings, or because of Him.
Cai Yuxing raised his hand cautiously: "Shopkeeper, are you really not a robot?" Lu Yao
: "Why do you ask?"
Liu Jing: "... Do you really not have this self-awareness?"
Lu Yao walked up to Xiao Cai and Liu Jing, leaned over and patted their shoulders: "I'm really not a robot."
Jiang Lin suddenly raised his hand: "I'll take one of that medicine."
The others looked over in shock.
Lu Yao gave each person a pill: "If you don't want to take it, you can temporarily put it in the ghost bracelet. Harold and I plan to take a walk around the area first, so we won't disturb you for now. Thank you very much for what happened today. Please contact me through the bracelet if you have anything."
Before Lu Yao and Harold left, they returned the ghost bracelets to Jiang Lin, Ji Linkai, and Liu Jing.
After Lu Yao and Harold left, everyone was silent.
After a few minutes, Xing Yong looked at Jiang Lin: "Do you really want to take that medicine?"
Jiang Lin shook her head: "I want to send it for testing."
Ren You suddenly realized: "You are a quick thinker."
Liu Jing couldn't help but say: "Do you think there is something wrong with the owner?"
Jiang Lin shook her head: "I'm just curious. To be honest, even if there is something wrong with the owner, what means can we use to stop her?"
Everyone couldn't help but think of the door that just appeared out of thin air and the appearance of the owner. They really had no way.
Ren You suddenly said: "So the owner is actually an alien?"
Everyone was silent.
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Lusen Nursing Home is 35 stories high. Lu Yao and Harold took the elevator downstairs from the rooftop.
Lu Yao was dressed casually, in black trousers and a red and white plaid shirt, and at first glance she was not noticeable.
Harold standing beside her was too noticeable.
After getting out of the elevator, Lu Yao led Harold out: "It's a rare trip to a big city, let's go buy you some suitable clothes first."
Harold: "Do we have money from this world?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "No. But I brought some gold, gems and two boxes of pearls. If there is a bank or gold jewelry store nearby, I can quickly exchange them for money."
Although the technology in Tomorrow City is advanced, precious metals such as gold and pearls and natural gems are still valuable.
Lu Yao had investigated it before coming to Tomorrow City.
The purpose of her trip was to find a dream-fulfilling system, so she didn't have much time to waste on details. She had prepared a plan when she left.
Going shopping for clothes was just a way to get to know Tomorrow City.
Hearing about buying clothes, Qiuyu, who was wrapped around Luyao's wrist like a bracelet, moved her tail tip: "I want new clothes, too."
Harold crossed his arms and said: "It's so troublesome to go to a children's clothing store to buy clothes for you."
Qiuyu: "Who wants to wear children's clothes? Luyao and I are going to buy clothes. You must call me sister later."
Harold: "Where is the sister? I only see a thousand-year-old grandmother."
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When Harold and Qiuyu were arguing, Luyao looked up and observed the surrounding area. The tall buildings stood tall, most of the residential buildings were dark gray, the hospitals were white, and the nursing homes were mostly green. The rest of the infrastructure also had different representative colors.
Without getting close, you can determine the function or role of the buildings by their colors from a distance.
The streets of Tomorrow City are completely opposite to Ghost Street. Everything is so orderly and rigid that it is almost boring.
Because Qiuyu was clamoring to come out, Lu Yao and Harold found an inconspicuous corner nearby and stood there.
Harold cast an invisible barrier, and Lu Yao took off the black bracelet on his wrist and put it on the ground.
A few minutes later, Qiuyu, who had transformed into a human form, walked out from behind the two of them. Qiuyu
is half a head taller than Lu Yao and slightly shorter than Harold. She has phoenix eyes, a sharp nose and thin lips. Her long hair is half-draped behind her body and tied into a bun with a dragon-head jade hairpin. Her clothes are simple, but they can't hide her domineering aura.
This is Qiuyu's true body.
She was trapped in the egg for thousands of years and had become a demon when she came out of the shell.
On weekdays in the Internet cafe, Xiong Anan likes to use his beast form to please people, while Qiuyu likes to transform into a little lolita, and often plays with them. Lu Yao
stood in the middle, looking at the sullen Harold on the left, and then at the suddenly grown-up Dragon Girl on the right, and sighed slightly: "The style of the painting is indeed not suitable, go and change money first."
Qiuyu took Lu Yao's shoulder and pointed at a girl walking across the street: "Lu Yao, I also want to do that kind of curly hair."
Lu Yao glanced across, imagined Qiuyu with big waves, and nodded repeatedly: "As you wish."
After leaving the nursing home area, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually decreased.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, but there are almost no people in the shops, and there are few employees. There are also many unmanned shops.
Lu Yao walked around the street twice and entered an empty gold jewelry store.
The jewelry was placed on the counter without glass, so customers could try it on at will.
There was an automatic payment machine at the door. Just scan the barcode and it was as convenient as buying groceries in a supermarket.
Next to the automatic payment machine was a machine that automatically recycled gold. When the gold was put on the machine, it would automatically weigh and test the purity, and finally quote the price.
The common currency of Tomorrow City is called Moon Coin. Lu Yao roughly converted it according to the gold price. Ten Moon Coins were approximately equal to one soft girl coin.
The gold price that day was 4,800 Moon Coins per gram. Because he was not very clear about the prices in Tomorrow City, and was most afraid of not having money when he needed it when he went out, Lu Yao took out one kilogram of gold and prepared to exchange it.
All three of them were blacklisted and had no online accounts, so they could only request cash transactions.
However, the automatic transaction machine did not have enough money, and reminded Lu Yao that he needed to wait for manual processing.
After waiting for 20 minutes, two staff members came with boxes, and it took another 20 minutes to complete the transaction.
One kilogram of gold was equivalent to 4.8 million yuan after exchange. After deducting some strange handling fees, there were still more than 4.6 million yuan in hand.
Lu Yao gave Harold and Qiuyu 500,000 yuan each as pocket money, and put the rest in his portable warehouse.
Harold and Qiuyu both had Qiankun bags, so it was no problem to put this little cash.
While exchanging gold, Lu Yao chatted with the staff.
Due to the continuous development of network information and artificial intelligence, the market has eliminated a large number of ineffective manual labor and adopted more efficient and convenient automatic management procedures.
There are sound security procedures at the entrance of the store, and with the constant monitoring of the stars, there are very few adverse events on the street.
The residents of Tomorrow City have long been accustomed to this efficient and convenient life. Nowadays, only the medical, computer, scientific research and a few special fields are still implementing a management system that retains a large number of employees. Most retail and entertainment industries are now almost unmanned.
Afterwards, Lu Yao took Harold and Qiu Yu to the mall for a walk. There were only a few stockers in the huge mall. They did not take the initiative to greet customers when they saw them, but sorted the goods by themselves.
There was a barber shop with a very small storefront on the first floor of the mall. Qiu Yu couldn't walk when he saw it.
There were no customers in the store, and the boss was dozing off in a chair. Lu
Yao knocked on the door, and the boss woke up and immediately got up to greet him.
Qiuyu stayed in the barber shop to get his hair done, while Lu Yao and Harold went to the men's clothing store on the second floor for a walk.
When the two returned to the barber shop, Lu Yao was still wearing the casual clothes he wore when he came.
Harold took off his formal black robe, changed into light-colored jeans and a plaid shirt, a black leather jacket, and a black necklace around his neck.
The pendant of the necklace is a miniature version of the Ruler of Discipline.
Before coming to Tomorrow City, Lu Yao specially pinched out two of them, and both Harold and Qiuyu have them.
The Ruler of Discipline necklace functions similarly to the half body of a god, and these two necklaces also have a bilingual translation function.
Harold and Qiuyu did not encounter language barriers in Tomorrow City because of the necklaces.
The barbershop owner saw Harold and his eyes sparkled: "Would you like to change your hairstyle, handsome?"
Harold pouted impatiently: "No, hurry up and do it for her."
The owner was not discouraged: "Handsome, trust me. I will give you a short haircut and you can go out and debut directly."
Harold: "I said I would not do it, are you annoyed?"
The owner was not angry after being confronted, and he lobbied happily.
Lu Yao saw that Harold could not help but hit him if he continued to talk, so he ordered him to go to the food store opposite to buy something.
Harold left.
The boss talked to Lu Yao again: "There is nothing delicious on this floor, it's a waste of money."
Lu Yao: "The rent for this location must be quite expensive, right?"
The boss understood what Lu Yao meant and said with a smile: "Anyway, they are all pre-prepared meals, and the taste is almost the same everywhere. There are more people here, and there is still money to be made."
Restaurants must have employees, and compared to other stores, they are a little more popular.
But Lu Yao didn't expect that food was all pre-prepared products. From the tone of the barber shop owner, this situation seems to be very common in Tomorrow City.
When Harold came back after shopping, Qiuyu's hair had been permed.
Harold stuffed the plastic bag of food into Lu Yao's hand, frowning: "It tastes terrible."
Lu Yao tasted a fresh meat pan-fried dumpling, his face subtle. The pan
-fried dumplings, which were slightly smaller than a baby's fist, looked thin and oily, fried golden on one side, and sprinkled with black sesame seeds on the other side. They also smelled of a pleasant meaty aroma, but the texture and taste were extremely subtle. They were not particularly unpalatable, but they were not delicious either. Golden
chicken fillets, donuts, hot dogs... Lu Yao tried them one by one, and each one maintained a delicate balance between delicious and unpalatable.
The owner of the barber shop saw that Lu Yao was not familiar with the area and was in high spirits to chat. He enthusiastically introduced a slightly better restaurant nearby.
When the three were about to leave the barber shop, the owner was still mumbling, trying to persuade Harold to cut his hair.
Harold pulled Lu Yao away quickly.
The two of them accompanied Qiuyu to the women's clothing area on the third floor. Qiuyu bought a beautiful black long skirt, changed her shoes, and even bought a bag.
After leaving the mall, Lu Yao looked at the time and said, "It's getting late. It's time to get down to business."
After walking around the mall, Lu Yao had already figured out their destination - the Science and Technology Building.
This world is called Tomorrow City, and there are countless areas under Tomorrow City.
And Tomorrow City has only one Science and Technology Building, located in the most central area of the city.
The Science and Technology Building not only represents a geographical coordinate, but also a cradle of Tomorrow City's cutting-edge technology. Holographic technology and the stars of enlightenment were born here.
If you take the fastest suspended train, Lu Yao and the other two are currently three hours away from the center.
The method of buying tickets is very simple. No identification is required. You can buy tickets directly at the ticket machine on the platform.
In order to avoid attracting attention as much as possible, the three of them bought tickets honestly.
On the train, the scenery outside the window passed by quickly.
Harold and Qiuyu leaned on the window and looked out for a while, then leaned back in their chairs.
Qiuyu: "It looks like a dead city."
Harold: "The food is not delicious."
Lu Yao: "It's not very popular."
Really bored, Lu Yao took a deck of poker cards from his pocket and started to kill time.
When the train arrived at the station, there was a pile of gold coins and gems in front of Lu Yao, and he killed two little dragons.
After leaving the train station, Lu Yao hailed a taxi.
When they got in the car, the driver looked at them deeply and asked, "Are you also going to visit the Science and Technology Building?"
Lu Yao shook his head and said, "Just to meet a friend."
The driver said, "It's crowded there today. If it's not urgent, I suggest you go another day."
Lu Yao: "What happened over there?"
Driver: "You guys didn't go online? Or the previous incident. Some time ago, a large number of awakened Internet illiterate people were holding signs and protesting under the science and technology building, demanding that the game developers of "Ghost Street" take responsibility. The incident was a big deal, and there was a live broadcast of the latest developments online. I just took a look and the responsible person and maintenance team of the "Ghost Street" production team were forced to the roof."
[Author's words]
The power supply has been restored.
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The ninth store is being finished and it will be over soon.
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