325 The Eleventh Store
◎Time is a poison, but also a gift.◎
Everything she wanted to do was done smoothly, and a heavy rain in the middle of the process did not affect Lu Yao's good mood.
She shook off the water drops on her umbrella at the door, and when she entered the store, she heard Dousha say that there was a customer looking for her. She nodded and glanced at the reading room.
Her clothes and shoes were mostly wet, sticking to her body and feeling uncomfortable. Lu Yao nodded slightly to the customer in the reading room and went back to the lounge to change clothes.
Ten minutes later, Lu Yao came out with half-dry hair and changed into a light purple casual suit.
The twin brothers, Kani and Del had already come out of the reading room and stood by the cashier, as if waiting for her. Lu
Yao walked over quickly: "Sorry for the long wait, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Xi, Kani and Del turned their heads to look at Yuan.
Yuan paused uncomfortably, slowly opened a piece of metal abdominal muscle under his chest, and took out two palm-sized metal boxes: "I made two dishes according to the recipe. You are the only one here who needs to eat. Can you help me taste it?"
Lu Yao was able to stay calm when Yuan opened the metal abdominal muscle. When she saw him suddenly take out two lunch boxes and wanted her to be a guinea pig for the meal, she was a little surprised.
Robots don't need to eat, and in a place like a prison, it must be very difficult for Yuan to come up with two dishes.
Lu Yao took the lunch box, opened it and saw that it looked good, a box of fried tomato and eggs, a box of stir-fried eggplant, the ingredients should all come from the vegetable base of District 9.
But it smelled a little strange. Lu Yao took the tableware from Yuan's hand, tasted a bite of fried tomato and eggs, his eyes twitched slightly, and took several seconds to swallow it. He took another bite of stir-fried eggplant and slowly put down the tableware: "Well, I think it's okay for a beginner."
The subtle facial expressions of native humans could not escape the capture of mechanical eyes. Even if the owner was very well-mannered, the fleeting folds between his eyebrows were still captured by all the robots present, even Ya Luan who was standing far away did not miss it.
After hearing the store owner's unpleasant comments, everyone was a little curious about the taste of the two boxes of vegetables. Unfortunately, whether they were prison guards or prisoners, they could no longer taste the food as freely as the store owner.
Yuan: "I want to hear honest comments. I will pay attention to improvement next time."
Lu Yao closed the lunch box: "Does the vegetable base only have one variety of tomatoes?"
Xi: "Does the taste of the vegetables have anything to do with the variety of tomatoes?"
Lu Yao nodded: "Of course. The taste of sticky corn and fruit corn is very different. Yellow potatoes and white potatoes have different degrees of stickiness. The tomatoes that Yuan used for cooking should be fruit tomatoes in the yard, right? They are sweet and refreshing. They are delicious in fruit salads. After being fried, they have a powdery and sandy taste and have no taste. Yuan may have mistaken sugar for salt and added a lot. The taste is very impactful. The most successful part of stir-fried eggplant is that at least the ingredients are cooked."
"..." Yuan quietly took away the lunch box and turned to walk towards the door, "Thank you, I'll come next time."
Lu Yao: "Okay, take care."
The rain hadn't stopped yet, and the big break was over. Yuan and his group were the last group of customers in the store.
After they left, Dousha asked curiously: "Owner, was that dish really bad?"
Lu Yao nodded: "It's hard to describe."
Dousha became more and more curious. The staff meals in the bookstore were so delicious that in just a few days, Dousha's past memories of food had been covered. He had no idea about bad food.
Something that he didn't care about at first, but one day he encountered it inadvertently, and his curiosity was aroused, but it couldn't be satisfied.
Dousha was like a cat that was nagged that day, and he couldn't move.
Lu Yao stayed in the bookstore for a while and went out again in the rain.
This time she did not bring an umbrella because it was not raining in the shopping street.
Lu Yao came out of the bookstore, crossed the street, and walked into the errand shop.
She came to find Gao Chennian.
After the advent of the zombie virus inhibitor, the survival rate of humans has greatly increased.
However, the zombies have not completely disappeared, and there is still a long way to go to rebuild the order of human society.
The business of the errand shop has spread all over the country. Gao Chennian is a skeleton clerk in the store. He recently installed prosthetic limbs on his right hand and left foot.
Lu Yao heard Mo Zhu mention that Gao Chennian's prosthetic limbs were accidentally found in a medical equipment warehouse. Without professional doctors to adjust them, they are not very suitable for use and often rub against the skin/flesh.
Lu Yao joked at the time: "Didn't he ask you to make a wish?" He
is obviously a colleague of the world's main god, so it is not too much to ask a colleague to adjust an inappropriate prosthesis.
But it was just a joke. Except for the store owner, few people knew Mo Zhu's true identity.
The mechanical limbs that Lu Yao bought on BS-111 last time were for Gao Chennian. The technology of mechanical bodies is much more advanced than ordinary prostheses. It is said that the flexibility after installation is the same as that of native limbs. The only defect is that it does not have the perception ability of biological limbs.
Due to the lack of technical knowledge, Lu Yao spent time learning after returning to Guandao, and often visited the maintenance department next door to learn a lot. After learning, he immediately wanted to replace Gao Chennian with mechanical limbs.
Lu Yao saw Gao Shimeng in the store first and told her the purpose of his visit.
Gao Shimeng was flattered and ran out to find Gao Chennian.
More than ten minutes later, Gao Chennian came back from outside, dragging his limp, and hurried to see Lu Yao.
Because the prosthesis was not suitable, he walked with a limp, but his speed was not slow.
Lu Yao motioned him to sit down.
Gao Chennian bent down and took off the prosthesis on his left foot.
Gao Shimeng squatted down and helped him take off the prosthesis on his right hand.
Gao Chennian's arms and calves were swollen, his skin was red, and there were more than one place where it was worn out.
Lu Yao frowned and handed Gao Shimeng a box of ointment.
The special wound medicine produced in the Floating World Continent is made of several kinds of magical herbs. It is used to treat such minor wounds and takes effect in minutes.
Gao Chennian and his sister knew that the owner's identity was strange, so they accepted her gift with respect and gratitude, without any extra thoughts.
Not long after the ointment was applied, the wound on Gao Chennian's leg healed, the skin recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the redness and swelling disappeared.
Lu Yao took out a pair of mechanical limbs from a lacquered metal box: "I have just graduated, and this is my first time to help someone install it. Tell me immediately if you feel any discomfort."
The mechanical limbs that Lu Yao chose for Gao Chennian were made of lightweight and resilient materials. After installation, they were connected to the nerves and did not need to be removed every day. They were waterproof and flexible enough. It took only
about 20 minutes for Gao Chennian's right hand and left foot to be equipped with new limbs. He walked around the room, repeatedly moving his mechanical right hand. Even the man with deep scheming could not help but smile: "It's just like my own hands and feet."
Gao Shi dreamed that his brother no longer limped and moved normally. His right hand could easily grasp cups, plates, spoons and chopsticks, and his eyes were moist.
Lu Yao: "If you don't like the metal texture, you can also cover the surface with simulated skin, which looks no different from real hands and feet."
Gao Chennian shook his head: "That's great, no need to cover it with skin."
Lu Yao stood up: "As long as you like it. I'll go back to the bookstore if nothing else. If there is anything wrong, please contact Harold and I will come to adjust it for you."
When Lu Yao was about to leave, Gao Chennian stopped her: "I heard that this thing is not cheap, and it is not something you can buy with money."
Lu Yao: "Just think of it as a clerk's welfare, don't take it to heart."
Gao Chennian lowered his head: "But as long as you drive me, I will obey you."
...
After leaving the errand shop, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
In her opinion, this is one of the directions to maximize the value of mechanical body technology.
Lu Yao already had ideas about how to move forward with the mission in her mind. She strode across the street, returned to the bookstore, picked up the crow and rushed into the private lounge.
Lu Yao handed over most of the things in the store to volunteer clerks and robot clerks, and concentrated on preparing new books. At night, she and Harold would go to the cells in the third area of the inner island.
The business of the mobile bookstore did not end after the mission was completed. After the cells in Area 1 were taken over by Lu Mingxiao, Lu Yao and Harold moved more freely in the inner island area.
Lu Yao was more cautious. The time of activity in the inner island area at night would not exceed three hours. The time and area of the mobile bookstore were not fixed.
After finishing the activities of the mobile bookstore, she had to return to the mustard space to continue working.
Ya Luan was brought into the mustard seed space by the shop owner. As time passed slowly, he gradually became familiar with the assistant's work.
The long five days were infinitely extended by the space illusion as if it were eternity. When Ya Luan was brought out by the shop owner, it seemed as if a lifetime had passed.
Lu Yao brought a newly completed set of books and placed them in front of Ya Luan: "The most powerful weapon humans have is imagination. It is illusory, but it has a profound impact on the world. This set of books is the weapon I prepared to deal with this world, and it is also a gift. I would like to invite you to be the first reader."
Ya Luan's impression of the shop owner is extremely complicated and difficult to describe. When he was the strongest prison guard on duty in the first area, endless time was like the set of books handed to him by the shop owner. It was a gift and also a poison.
The prison in the first area prohibits any high-tech electronic technology assistance. It is not allowed to wear star rings during duty, and it is not allowed to use any external devices. There is no entertainment. The guards on duty need to use their mental power to firmly cover the entire prison. His time and life are all tied to the scum in the prison.
There was a time when Owl Luan was also confused.
His life seemed to be no different from those spiritual bodies forced to sleep in the prison.
The strong-willed and self-disciplined prison guard did not indulge in this chaotic thinking regardless of anything. He quickly got rid of the weak idea of wearing off his will and sense of responsibility. It was not
until a long time later that a fresh and simple store was settled in the lifeless Guandao Island.
When the bookstore first opened, Ya Luan had heard about it, but he was not interested in the store at that time. It was not
until the incident in which prisoners in the third district planned to hijack the store owner that affected the star network and even the warden was alarmed that Ya Luan finally developed a strong interest in the bookstore and the bookstore owner.
However, the on-duty prison guard with the number 0101 was unable to leave the cell. He hesitated for several days and finally asked his former colleagues to help him buy books.
Ya Luan waited for three days before getting a few books from Jilan. He read "The Veil" first.
Because of the impact of the hijacking incident in the third district, this book sold out in Guandao and even the entire star field.
Yaluan finished reading The Veil in less than half an hour, and then spent the whole afternoon immersed in the magnificent and vast world built by the words.
The next day, Yaluan asked his colleagues to help him buy books.
There is almost no need to think too much, books and solitary confinement in prison for serious criminals are simply the best partners.
Without the help of any high-tech electronic equipment, Yaluan just reads the words printed on the pages of the book again and again, and countless adventurous scenes that are either magnificent or meaningful will unfold in front of him. The boring duty time is inserted with unexpected fresh experiences, and the dark and endless canvas of life suddenly has a few more brilliant colors.
Yaluan had never met the owner, but from one book after another, he seemed to see a human being with a noble soul and infinite power.
Yaluan had an inexplicable affection for the owner of the bookstore at that time, so when he woke up in the bookstore that day and found out that the owner was a prisoner who had sneaked into the Neijima prison, his heart was completely broken once, and the tall image of the owner in his heart also collapsed completely.
But being trapped in the bookstore for many days, Yaluan fully assisted the owner's work as an assistant. Her strength was very objective, her preferences were a mystery, and her love for books was undoubtedly pure. But he was increasingly confused about her purpose of coming to Guandao.
The set of books in front of him had been placed on her desk since the day Yaluan came to the bookstore.
Ya Luan was also responsible for proofreading this set of books, and he knew the stories in the book by heart.
After the first edition was printed, the owner revised it several times, each time taking several months (the speed of time in mustard space). The reprinted version does not look much different from the original.
Ya Luan turned to the first page, and his mechanical eyes were fixed. There were two rows of small words on the title page - This book is dedicated to all the souls trapped in metal cans. I hope you will enjoy this thrilling and regretless adventure.
Ya Luan looked up at Lu Yao.
Lu Yao raised his eyebrows and motioned him to continue reading.
...
In the early morning, before the two volunteer clerks arrived at the store, a promotional banner with a black background and gold embroidery was floating in the sky outside the bookstore.
The bookstore live broadcast room, which is limited to four hours a day, also started early. The owner, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared in the live broadcast room with breakfast in his hand and a set of beautifully bound books at his side.
The bookstore has been slow to add new products recently, and Yin Hua has been in charge of the live broadcast room. The owner has not appeared for a long time, which has caused a lot of speculation from the outside world. Some netizens even speculated that the owner may have become a prisoner with the prisoners in Guandao.
The owner suddenly appeared in the early morning, and immediately attracted a large number of fans of the bookstore.
Lu Yao did not eat breakfast while reading the new books that were about to be put on the shelves as usual.
She concentrated on eating the rich and delicious breakfast, occasionally answering questions on the scrolling message screen. It took her half an hour to finish her breakfast, and the number of real-time online viewers in the live broadcast room had exceeded one million.
Lu Yao then brought the three books that had been on her side to her face and said, "This is the new book that the store has put on the shelves today. It is the hardcover Easter egg version of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It will be sold at 10% off the original price in the first ten days of the shelf. No trial reading service is available. Hurry up if you want to buy it."
On a weekday morning, netizens who heard the news and happily entered the live broadcast room to see the owner were stunned.
What an arrogant attitude, is the owner arrogant?
The bookstore has only been popular for a short time, and the new products are getting slower and slower. The owner rarely broadcasts live in person, and now even the trial reading service of books is not open.
When a netizen heard the promotional slogan of "10% off", he immediately ran to the window to check the price and walked out in shock.
[Wild Star No. 999999: Oh my god! 10% off is 399,000 Star Coins, the original price is 3,990,000? What kind of crappy book is so expensive? ]
[Wild Star No. 222: Is the owner going to run away? Is he going to cut off the market while it's hot? ]
[Wild Star No. 424560: What does the hardcover Easter egg version mean? ]
[Wild Star No. 36792: Whatever it means, only a fool would buy it! ]
[Wild Star No. 88895349: Report!!! In less than three minutes, there are already four thousand idiots...】
Crow Luan stood outside the live broadcast area, tilted his round face up and stared at the messages on the scrolling screen from afar. He clenched his mechanical claws into fists to resist the urge to run up and press his head to recommend the product.
【Author's words】
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