341 The Twelfth Store
◎It’s not enough to take my life, they also want my money.◎
Lu Mingxiao stared at Lu Yao, was silent for a moment, and whispered four words: "End-of-life care."
"..." Lu Yao sat up, thinking "I forgot to ask about the half skeleton."
Lu Yao did not lose his memory this time, and was even impressed.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the skeleton placed between Shenyuan and Tianying looks like it was pieced together with the strange materials she got after completing the mission.
The progress of the pieced-together skeleton has barely passed halfway. Shenyuan and Tianying should cherish the skeleton very much, otherwise they would not have deliberately placed it in their sight.
Lu Mingxiao stepped aside, and Xingtang stepped forward to help Lu Yao put on his clothes.
The old man was slow and no one helped him to dress. He sat on the edge of the bed and worked for a long time.
Lu Yao thought Lu Mingxiao was strange, so he just stood there, looking at her with a little curiosity.
After dressing, Lu Yao secretly exhaled, stood up and walked out the door.
Sitting under the bright eaves, Lu Yao tilted his head to look at Lu Mingxiao standing not far away, and whispered: "You really don't remember me?"
Lu Mingxiao seemed to smile, and his tone contained a hint of teasing: "Do you know me?"
Lu Yao blinked his long eyelashes and looked at Lu Mingxiao steadily.
Lu Mingxiao was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lu Yao
shook his head, a faint smile on his lips: "Just now I inexplicably felt that you look a bit like a friend of mine. The inspiration came too suddenly, even I was a little surprised."
Lu Mingxiao's teasing tone just now, in Lu Yao's mind, inexplicably resembled the tone of the goddess of the abyss in her dream.
But she has never seen the true face of the goddess of the abyss.
The goddess of the abyss has always covered her face with a black veil, perhaps because "the abyss cannot be looked directly at."
Lu Mingxiao lowered her eyes, the evil demon in front of her was indeed a bit tricky.
She was different from the many evil gods and demons he had killed. She was too peaceful. She had emotions, but she didn't have that strong obsession to overturn the world.
Why did she come here?
What was her purpose?
How would she solve the plight of those old people?
Lu Mingxiao was curious about the person who was about to be executed, just like many times in the past. However, the answers he got were similar every time. He was less and less curious about the existence outside of himself.
It seemed that two hundred years had passed since the last time he had such emotions. He hoped that the answer he got this time would not disappoint him too much.
Lu Mingxiao thought without hope.
Not knowing where her consciousness had gone just now, and making sure that she had not escaped, and that there was no reason to continue to stay with her, Lu Mingxiao turned around and walked down the stairs.
Lu Yao called him: "Do you still remember when you started using the name 'Lu Mingxiao'?"
Lu Mingxiao stopped and frowned.
Lu Yao: "Before becoming 'Lu Mingxiao', you should have had another name, right?"
Lu Mingxiao turned his head, and the dark red circle at the edge of his iris became bright.
It turned out that he was not the only one who was interested in her, she seemed to be the same.
Lu Mingxiao raised his eyebrows, his red eyes looked straight into her eyes: "Shetian. My name is Shetian."
Lu Yao curled his lips: "Hello, my name is Lu Yao, nice to meet you."
Lu Mingxiao suddenly took a step back, turned around and walked away quickly.
...
Two years later, Lu Yao finally knew Lu Mingxiao's divine name.
God-killing Shetian.
Lu Yao was not sure whether she knew Lu Mingxiao's divine name two years ago, but she vaguely understood Lu Mingxiao's current state.
Unlike the last time he lost his memory, Lu Mingxiao, who came to the godless land, seemed to have never known Lu Yao.
Under limited conditions, even if gods intervene, the direction of fate will not produce a new direction.
Going back decades ago, Shetian may have stood at the crossroads of his destiny, one leading to the fate of meeting Lu Yao, and the other leading to a lonely fate.
The Lu Mingxiao in front of him is Shetian who never knew Lu Yao.
Shetian who never met Lu Yao, but has the name "Lu Mingxiao".
This flaw cannot be said to be small.
Since Shetian met Lu Yao in the Luguang City, his fate can no longer be changed. It seems that someone is very concerned about the relationship between Shetian and Lu Yao. Lu Yao imagines that person frantically fiddling with the dice under the sign of Lu Mingxiao like the goddess of fate.
The fate of gods is probably harder to change than that of people.
But this matter is not so important at the moment. Since she knew that Lu Mingxiao came to the godless land with the duty of killing gods and had been staring at her, it means that she might be his target of execution.
Lu Yao sighed, fate was really cruel to her.
Lu Yao couldn't help but wonder: "How can an ordinary person like me be killed by the gods?"
Dream-fulfilling system: "...You are really humble."
After that day, no special incidents happened in the town.
Only at noon the next day, several cars passed by the door of the rental shop, and after a few hours, they drove from the mountains to the city one after another.
The Dream-Fulfilling System told Lu Yao, "They are all Mrs. Tang's children. Her small villa is full of people living upstairs and downstairs. They have been taking turns to look after the old lady these days."
Lu Yao: "How is the old lady?"
The Dream-Fulfilling System: "She looks energetic, but she is inevitably suffering from illness and can't sleep well at night."
Lu Yao didn't say anything else. After dinner, he walked around the neighborhood for a few rounds to digest the food, and then returned to the study to continue working.
Three days later, Lu Yao heard the beasts on the opposite mountain roaring miserably in the middle of the night. He looked in the direction of Mrs. Tang's house.
At that time, the dam in front of the rental store was like a twisted dark swamp, and countless skinny hands reached out to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao opened the door and went back to his room without looking back.
The next morning, Lu Yao was awakened by the sound of cannon fire. After getting up and washing up, he learned that the person who died last night was not Mrs. Tang, but the father-in-law of the Tian family's daughter-in-law.
A person who is bedridden and without food can't hold on for too long. He passed away at four or five o'clock last night. No one was around him when he left.
In the morning, Tian's wife got up and wanted to change the old man's diaper. She felt that his body was stiff, so she hurriedly called for help.
The sound of cannons rang out, and a tent for funeral was set up in front of the Tian family's door.
Before noon, Tian's wife, wearing a mourning scarf, came to the rental shop and rented three kitchen robots, three cleaning robots, and a nursing robot. There
was a funeral at home, and no one was taking care of the mother-in-law who couldn't get up. She needed a nursing robot to take care of her temporarily for a few days.
At night, Tian's children and grandchildren who were working and studying outside came back one after another. Some of them who were farther away had to wait until tomorrow morning to come back.
Lu Yao had a meal at Tian's house in the evening, and did not stay long. He held Yan Gui's hand and slowly returned home.
In the dim night, two cars, one white and one black, were parked in the yard of the rental shop.
Lu Yao looked around and asked Yan Gui: "Who's here?"
Yan Gui shook his head.
Agricultural robots are good at doing work, but their other functions are not as good as other intelligent robots.
There is no way. The robots at home have all been leased recently, and Xingtang has to stay at home to look after the store. Lu Yao can only take the "unsalable" agricultural robots when he goes out.
Lu Yao considered expanding the robot staff, but there are not many customers in the town who rent robots for a long time.
The prosperity was only temporary. After a few days, the waiting room was full of robots that could not be rented out.
The Dream-Fulfilling System said, "It should be a guest, the old customer you fooled in the city." Lu
Yao did not just eat and drink during the few days she was in the city. She had promoted the rental of small shops many times and even slipped small cards around the hotel.
The Dream-Fulfilling System mentioned a surname, and Lu Yao remembered who the person was, a multimillionaire who retired in a small county town.
Lu Yao took a walk in the small park in the afternoon and met this old man.
The old man was very talkative and took the initiative to talk to her, so she revealed some of the business of renting small shops.
Lu Yao didn't like the tone of Dream Dream System, and said lightly: "I was introducing the business seriously, don't say it so harshly."
Dream Dream System immediately admitted: "Understood."
Lu Yao returned to the store, Xingtang was introducing the functions of the nursing robot to Gu Liangshi.
Xingtang paused, bowed slightly to apologize to the customer, and hurriedly moved towards the door.
Gu Liangshi turned around and saw Lu Yao walking in with a robot, his eyes full of smiles: "You are finally back." Lu
Yao greeted him familiarly: "Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Didn't I leave you my phone number?"
Gu Liangshi looked nonchalant: "I came in to play, and then I remembered your place, so I came to see you. I have to say, the robots in your store are really special, and they are different from those I have seen outside." Lu
Yao said indifferently: "The technology is different. The robots in my store are all mature intelligent robots."
Gu Liangshi: "When I saw your little housekeeper, I believed that he is smarter than humans."
Lu Yao smiled and glanced at Xingtang, understanding Explanation: "Xingtang is different from this batch of rental robots. Her program comes with an intelligent learning system. The speed of calculating and responding to commands is faster and more logical than other models."
Gu Liangshi was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Are you selling this type of robot?"
Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Of course. If you are interested, you can apply for transfer here."
Gu Liangshi: "What's the price?" Lu
Yao quickly converted the "exchange rate" between Star Coins and Flower Coins in his mind: "Eight million Flower Coins, no bargaining accepted."
Gu Liangshi looked calm, and the two drivers and two accompanying assistants standing behind him couldn't control their expressions.
People who follow multimillionaires don't have such low standards. They are probably more surprised that an old lady living in such a remote town dared to ask for such a high price.
The price of a robot is several million, but she dared not to collect a deposit and rented it to villagers at a price of a few tens of dollars, just to take advantage of her boss?
Gu Liangshi expected the price of the robot to be not low, and he also felt that Lu Yao's price was a bit too high.
Lu Yao: "Xingtang is indeed a relatively advanced technology at present. If you want to buy a care robot or a companion robot, you only need 5 or 6 million. If you want a kitchen robot or a cleaning robot, you only need 3 million. Old-fashioned agricultural robots like Yangui and Huahu are even cheaper, and you can buy them for around 1 million."
Driver & Assistant OS: ...What kind of fashionable country old lady is this? She's talking about a business worth millions.
Gu Liangshi didn't even look at the other models mentioned by Lu Yao. He just felt that an intelligent robot like Xingtang was what he wanted. He pondered for a moment: "How long will it take to pick up the goods? How do I pick them up?"
Lu Yao: "Before picking up the goods, you need to pay a quarter of the total price as a deposit. The goods will be delivered to your door within three days, and you will pay in person."
Gu Liangshi and his four subordinates were silent at the same time.
This simple and crude transaction method seemed not to be a business worth millions or tens of millions, but a second-hand product that was sold in person in the same city.
Lu Yao ignored their expressions and quickly wrote two copies of the delivery note.
She handed one copy to Gu Liangshi: "After you have considered it, scan the code to pay the deposit at any time. We will notify you to pick up the goods as soon as we receive the message. If you need to customize the appearance of the robot, scan the code below to enter the customization page and fill in the form as needed. Personalized appearance customization will incur additional fees. Please read the relevant details carefully before filling in."
What a neat business method, the atmosphere of a makeshift team, but surprisingly meticulous, making it impossible to refuse.
Gu Liangshi almost made a decision on the spot, but he restrained his impulse, took the delivery note, and turned to leave.
Gu Liangshi's reserve only delayed for two hours. Lu Yao was proofreading the manuscript in the study room when he suddenly received a notification from the Yuanmeng system that two million yuan had been deposited into his account. An additional order was placed in the background of a certain software on his mobile phone.
Lu Yao opened his mobile phone, confirmed Gu Liangshi's request, and immediately contacted the bookstore clerk.
When the video call was about to end, Lu Yao saw the hesitation in Ya Luan's steel mask and asked proactively: "What problems did the bookstore encounter?"
Ya Luan raised his hand and touched his face to make sure it was still the hard metal mask. He was surprised and said: "Can you tell?" Lu Yao
nodded: "After being together for a long time, even if we are made of metal, we will have emotions that can be revealed. Tell me, what happened?"
Ya Luan was deeply ashamed of his own incompetence and quickly reported the current situation of the bookstore.
"The last time you contacted me, the video was witnessed by a customer in the store. Perhaps because of dissatisfaction with the slow progress of the bookstore's new products, a customer uploaded the video clip. At first, it was only circulated within Guandao, and then due to interference for unknown reasons, the video was uploaded to the star network. Your status has caused discussion throughout the entire network. The research institute and the partners of the capital star contacted me half a day ago, hoping to meet you in person."
It's raining cats and dogs when it rains. This is probably the situation.
Lu Yao quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind. The mission of the bookstore has been completed long ago. Even if the store is closed now, it will not affect her at all.
It's just that Lu Yao spent too much energy in running the bookstore. It's not easy to expand the store to that scale, and the star field can't lose the bookstore for the time being.
Lu Yao didn't want to give up the bookstore or any of her stores until she had no other choice.
The people from the Capital Xinghe Research Institute wanted to meet her, and the last resort would probably be a video conference. The specific negotiations would have to be handed over to the staff in Yaoguang City. Ji Zhixin, Ji Qingyan and Bai Yi were all available candidates, and Xiao Zheng was also a backup candidate. If it really didn't work, Cinderella could hire a negotiation specialist at a high price, and then let Harold and Bu Du go there to calm the situation. It shouldn't be a big problem.
The Dream Fulfilling System suddenly interrupted: "I didn't find a chance to tell you just now, that... you can leave the Godless Land."
Lu Yao: "???"
Dream Fulfilling System: "When the two million coins are deposited, the hidden turnover target is reached, and the Star Gate entry and exit qualifications are opened to you, but... you need to pay... a small fee."
Lu Yao blinked, and intuitively felt that this "a little bit" might not be a small amount.
However, she has accumulated a lot of wealth now, so "a little bit" should not be a problem for her.
Lu Yao asked encouragingly: "How much is the fee?"
The Dream Fulfilling System said: "Pay five million... soft sister coins, and you can go through the star gate once."
Lu Yao: "...how much?"
The Dream Fulfilling System mustered up the courage to repeat it, and then said: "...will not accept any items of equal value for redemption, the gate fee is only accepted in soft sister coins."
Lu Yao: "...let me confirm again, 'five million to go through the star gate once' means that you have to pay five million to go out, and another five million to come back? Why? If I have the chance to go out, I won't come back."
The Dream Fulfilling System: "The Godless Land The constraints and rules are absolute. If you don't come back, you will age and die like an ordinary person. And before completing the ultimate mission, even if you pass through the star gate, you can't restore your youth."
Lu Yao: "What a vicious mind, not only did you take my life, you also calculated my money."
Dream-fulfilling system: "... I thought you would be more angry."
Lu Yao slowly leaned back in the chair, and said in a calm tone: "I'm really fed up with their pettiness. Unless they can trap me forever, I will definitely return the humiliation today many times in the future."
The Dream-fulfilling system was secretly terrified.
Lu Yao is different from before. The angrier she is, the calmer she is.
But she really holds a grudge.
But in the current situation, the Dream-fulfilling system feels that there is little hope. If
those twisted and painful souls are not freed, Lu Yao will not be able to complete the mission.
But birth, aging, sickness and death are indeed human nature, and people cannot violate them.
The Dream Fulfillment System can feel that this mission is an unsolvable dead end.
After a while, the Dream Fulfillment System couldn't help but ask: "What should we do? Go back to the shopping street?"
When Lu Yao thought about spending 10 million to go home, she felt that it was like cutting flesh from the tip of her heart. The property that was already limited was nothing more than this.
Lu Yao hesitated and still felt heartbroken. He planned to contact the clerk according to the original plan and prepare for a video conference.
Late at night, Lu Yao was awakened by Xingtang.
Lu Yao's cell phone was ringing.
When he clicked on the video message sent by Ji Feichen, he saw an anxious face kneeling in front of Lu Yao: "Shopkeeper, Budu, Budu has turned into water."
Lu Yao panicked, but quickly calmed down and turned to the door: "What's going on? Tell me slowly."
Budu's condition was foreshadowed when Lu Yao entered the Godless Land, and he had always strictly ordered Ji Feichen not to tell Lu Yao.
Recently, Budu has designated Ji Feichen to pick him up when he goes to and from school. He has a special status, and no one in the shopping street disobeys him except the shopkeeper, so this matter was delayed to this point before Lu Yao knew about it. Budu
turned into water at the door of the hot spring hotel, and no one except the shopkeeper could save him.
Lu Yao stood at the door of the rental shop and called the Dream Fulfilling System: "Pay five million soft sister coins, I want to go back."
Lu Yao's account, which was already a small balance, was instantly deducted by five million. However, Lu Yao had no intention of mourning for the lost wealth. She passed through the star gate after a long absence, breathing the air that was completely different from the godless land, turned around and strode towards the hot spring hotel.
The Dream Fulfilling System did not lie to her. Even after passing through the star gate, her aging body did not recover.
Lu Yao was anxious and wanted to walk faster, but her legs and feet were not so flexible.
At the door of the hot spring hotel, not only did the head and face re-condense after sensing Lu Yao's presence, but half of the body was still water, and the gauze was still covered on the ground.
Budu turned his head and saw Lu Yao, who was rushing over. He was thin and had silver hair. His eyes were hot and then gradually melted.
Ji Feichen and several night shift clerks stood aside, at a loss.
Lu Yao squatted in front of Budu, holding a small knife in his hand, and cut a hole in his palm. The dark red blood gathered into a small stream and dripped into the water.
The little snowman solidified again, like a little blood man.
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