64 ? The eighth store

64 The Eighth Store

◎ Downgraded from "King K" to "Little Zhong".◎

Zhong Lianjia walked down the narrow cement road and first saw a row of cars parked in a dilapidated parking lot. He felt that this place was weirder.

Such a remote and dilapidated abandoned street with no people, but there was actually a row of luxury cars parked. There were quite a lot of car models, and almost no heavy ones.

They were just placed on the side of the road like cabbages.

Going further in, the cement road was full of signs on both sides, snack bars, small noodle shops, nail salons, blind box shops, hot spring hotels... The signs must start with the word "Lu Yao". If you don't know, you might think that this street is full of someone's stores.

In this area, it is difficult to call a taxi. Is it necessary?

But at the end, there is indeed an Internet cafe on the side of the road, and the sign begins with the words "Lu Yao".

Zhong Lianjia stood in the middle of the cement path, holding his mobile phone tightly in his hand. "110" had been entered on the dial pad, and his finger was suspended on the "Dial" key.

If something was wrong, he would turn around and run, and he would not have time to call the police.

Zhong Lianjia felt a little strange. He felt that this place was wrong, but he was also secretly excited.

He might really want to die.

"K...C?" A female voice with a hint of doubt came from behind.

Killerclown is Zhong Lianjia's game ID. Most people who know him through the game will call him by this name, and some people call him by the initials of his ID like this.

Zhong Lianjia slowly turned around and saw a young girl standing at the door of the hot spring hotel.

After seeing his face, the confusion and surprise on the girl's face gradually turned into surprise, and she walked towards him quickly: "It's really you, Zhong..."

Zhong Lianjia raised his hand to scratch the short hair at the back of his head, and added for her: "Zhong Lianjia."

Bai Lu was just cleaning the hotel room. She looked up and saw a figure passing by the window. It didn't look like a colleague from the shopping street. She came out to take a look, but she didn't expect the person to be so unexpected.

She is considered a small fan of Zhong Lianjia.

However, Bai Lu is not obsessed with chasing stars and e-sports players. It is just a fashionable hobby in her spare time.

But meeting Zhong Lianjia in such a place, especially after such a big event happened yesterday, Bai Lu still found it incredible: "Why are you here? Are you... here to relax?"

The shopping street is only open to a small number of VIP guests in this world, and Bai Lu didn't think about it in other directions.

As a former professional athlete, Zhong Lianjia should not be short of money. He just retired and was in a bad mood. He wanted to find a place to rest and relax. It was reasonable for him to come to the shopping street.

Zhong Lianjia didn't expect to meet someone who knew him in such a place, and all his psychological armor was automatically lifted: "You work here?"

Bai Lu nodded: "Yes. Is this your first time here? Which store did you make an appointment? I can take you there."

She seemed to have misunderstood.

Zhong Lianjia was a little embarrassed: "I want to go to that Internet cafe."

Bai Lu didn't think much about it and enthusiastically led people to the Internet cafe: "The new store just opened not long ago, where did you know the news?"

"The Internet cafe is recruiting recently, right?" Zhong Lianjia asked.

Speaking of this, Bai Lu got angry: "Recently, they are recruiting network administrators. Two people came to apply for the job the day before yesterday, and neither of them was suitable. Our Internet cafe is obviously very interesting." Lu Yao

heard the voice and walked out of the store: "Bai Lu."

Bai Lu walked quickly to Lu Yao: "Shopkeeper, this is Zhong Lianjia, you know him, right?"

Lu Yao took a look and found that he was really the young man on the resume, but there was a trace of desolation between his eyebrows, which looked a little different from the photos and videos.

"I know. He's the new guy who came to apply for the job today." Lu Yao patted Bai Lu on the shoulder and called Zhong Lianjia, "Come in first."

Zhong Lianjia walked past Bai Lu and said "thank you", not daring to look her in the eye.

Zhong Lianjia's most bizarre experience today - the Internet cafe recruitment that looked like a scam was not fake news, but he went from a professional player to applying for the Internet cafe network administrator, and was caught by someone who knew him. This made him feel a little uncomfortable as he had not completely lost his "professional halo".

Bai Lu stood at the door in a daze, slowly digesting what she had just heard: Zhong Lianjia... came to apply for... the position of Super Time and Space Internet Cafe Network Administrator.

!!!

Bai Lu took out her mobile phone and immediately shared this explosive news in the work group.

[Hot Spring Hotel - Bai Lu: [OMG.JPG.] I just met Zhong Lianjia, he's here to apply for the position of network administrator! ]

[Super Space Cinema - Gauss: What? Didn't Zhong Lianjia just retire yesterday? ]

[Hot Spring Hotel - Zheng Ziyang: [Leopard is shocked.JPG.] Didn't I recognize the wrong person? ]

[Hot Spring Hotel - Bai Lu: I saw him, how could I recognize the wrong person? He even said his name is 'Zhong Lianjia'. I thought he was a guest, the owner said he came to apply for the job. ]

[Nail Salon - Edward: He's amazing? ]

[Furry Shop - Piao Piao: Oh, oh, oh? ]

[Childhood Tutorial Center - Bai Yi: When he was in good shape, he was called King K, and he was indeed amazing back then. I didn't expect it to end like this...】

【Snack Shop - Xiao Qie: What do you mean? Is the shopping street not good enough for him?】

【Nail Salon - Clarissa: He can still come to the shopping street after retiring. This person must be very lucky.】

【Childhood Tutorial Center - Bai Yi: ...Looking back, I think you are right!!!】

【Hot Spring Hotel - Bai Lu: Change your mind. If King K is successfully hired, wouldn't we be his predecessors?】

【Furry Shop - Ji Zhixin: It's not surprising. My uncle Ming, isn't he also 'Xiao Ji' when he comes to the shopping street.】

Ji Feiming peeked at the screen, ate the melon on his head, raised his hands to cover his face, it was simply a misfortune for the family.

...

Cheng Ye watched the messages in the group scrolling quickly, looked up and saw Zhong Lianjia being taken by the owner to visit the work area of ​​only one shot, and couldn't help laughing.

If the e-sports god is hired, his status will be downgraded from King K to "Little Zhong" immediately.

-

Zhong Lianjia walked into the Chao Shikong Internet Cafe and saw the sausage grill and incubator on the bar counter. He blinked and tried hard to swallow the desire to complain.

Turning around, he saw a lobby that was even smaller than the training room at the base. He found it hard to believe that this was an Internet cafe of this era. It was small and narrow, with only a dozen computers in total.

The so-called "super time and space" actually meant traveling back to more than ten years ago, right?

He was fooled.

For this small, shabby place, a monthly salary of 2K would be good.

It is true that Zhong Lianjia is not short of money for the time being. After waking up in the morning, he looked back at the salary and benefits written on the recruitment advertisement and found it outrageous, but he still felt a little lucky in his heart.

The customers of this Internet cafe also seemed a bit "improper". They all dressed in alternative ways. It didn't look like an Internet cafe, but rather a bit like a cosplay event with an Internet cafe theme.

Lu Yao: "The place is a little small for now. When the business stabilizes, we will prepare to expand it."

Zhong Lianjia interrupted: "I saw the recruitment notice saying the monthly salary is 10K."

Lu Yao nodded: "Yes, it is indeed 10K."

Zhong Lianjia: "Really?"

Lu Yao smiled: "Do you think it's a pie?"

Zhong Lianjia shook his head: "I don't understand, this place..."

He wanted to say that this place is remote and small, and if there is no event, how can there be so many customers on weekdays?

Can this store alone make 10K a month? And he offered such a high salary to the network administrator.

At this time, two blue butterflies with beautiful patterns fluttered into the store. A burst of blue light flashed, and the butterfly demons turned into women with wasp waists and long legs, and walked to the bar gracefully: "Network administrator, turn on two machines."

Cheng Ye raised her head and said apologetically: "The seats are full this afternoon."

The two butterfly demons turned sideways and looked at Lu Yao, and said in a very coquettish voice: "Shopkeeper, we were full in the morning and in the afternoon. Don't you want to be our sister? Business, right?"

Lu Yao made a "wait a moment" gesture to Zhong Lianjia, turned around and walked to the bar, took two grilled sausages and handed them to the butterfly demon: "Why do you think so, sisters? I really like it when the straightforward and beautiful young ladies come to play. It's unlucky today, and we will expand the store in a few days, and then we will reserve two seats for you."

The butterfly demons just joked a few words casually. This human was cunning and straightforward, and he really knew how to make them happy.

They took the grilled sausages and didn't leave or make a fuss. They walked slowly to the lobby and watched others surf the Internet.

Lu Yao walked up to Zhong Lianjia again and continued what he had just said: "I understand what you mean. Ordinary network administrators really can't get this salary. You just saw that the guests received by my Internet cafe are a little special. The salary of network administrators is high, mainly because the work risk is a little higher than that of ordinary network administrators."

Zhong Lianjia: "..."

Is that just a little special?

Cheng Ye couldn't help but say: "The guests of the demon clan are indeed a little different from humans, but it's actually okay. I just got here and I don't have anything to get used to. I still think it's much more interesting than working in a company full of people before."

Zhong Lianjia: "..."

Is this really okay for you?

Zhong Lianjia had many thoughts in his mind.

He thought that either he was still drunk, or someone was messing with him!

Lu Yao saw that he looked tired and hesitant, so he didn't urge him.

"I see you don't seem to have had enough rest. Why don't you sit behind the bar, relax and think about it."

Zhong Lianjia didn't know what he was thinking. He followed Lu Yao's words and walked to the back of the bar, sitting on the rocking chair to relax.

Several new messages came on his phone. Someone applied to add him as a friend.

Zhong Lianjia was at a loss, and casually accepted the person's friend application.

The other party introduced himself right away, and the Red Apple live broadcast platform wanted to sign a contract with him.

Zhong Lianjia took a look and exited the chat box.

I have been playing games for the past few years, and I have taken what I like as my career development. If I say I don't feel bored?

That's a lie.

Is there any reward for training day after day?

Yes.

Are you willing to end like this?

No.

Do you still want to go back?

Zhong Lianjia calmly questioned his heart, and the answer was "I don't want to".

At least not yet.

Zhong Lianjia stood up and walked towards Lu Yao: "Boss." Lu Yao

turned around: "Hmm?

" Zhong Lianjia: "When can I start work?"

Lu Yao was delighted: "Have you thought about it?"

Zhong Lianjia nodded: "Yes."

Lu Yao signed a trial contract with Zhong Lianjia, and it was still a seven-day trial period.

Zhong Lianjia was a little surprised.

He could see that Lu Yao really wanted him to stay, but the process was unexpectedly formal.

Zhong Lianjia got the contract and replied to the person from the Red Apple platform on his mobile phone, saying that he had found a job and had no plans to start live streaming for the time being.

The other party was very surprised and kept asking him if he had signed a contract with another platform.

Zhong Lianjia did not reply again.

A large number of netizens on the Internet were also waiting for Zhong Lianjia.

They thought that after he retired, he would soon return as a broadcaster.

Zhong Lianjia later posted a new farewell status with only the two words "Don't worry".

There were many rumors on the Internet, but Zhong Lianjia did not reply.

---

On the second night after Xiao Zhong joined the company, Lu Yao pulled him into the intranet employee group of the shopping street.

At that time, he was on night shift, and most of the employees had already gone off work, and the group was bustling.

[Super Time and Space Internet Cafe-Zhong Lianjia: Hello everyone, I am Zhong Lianjia, please give me more advice in the future! ]

[Hot Spring Hotel-Bai Lu: Welcome King K! ]

[Super Time and Space Cinema-Gauss: King K is really coming to the shopping street! Ahhhhhh so excited! ! ! ! ! ]

[Nail Salon-Harold: Is this the Xiao Zhong you were talking about? 】

【Childhood Tutorial Center - Bai Yi: @Nail Salon - Harold's Poop! 】

【Snack Shop - Chi: Haha, it's all about human relationships. 】

[Blind Box Store - Ji Feiming: @Super Time and Space Internet Cafe - Zhong Lianjia, keep calm and get used to it.]

...

Zhong Lianjia didn't dare to speak all night.

He found that the shops on this street were really all Luyao industries.

The clerks were also a little strange.

Looking at the strange customers in the Internet cafe, Zhong Lianjia suddenly had an idea - wouldn't other shops also look like this?

---

Two or three days later, the Super Time and Space Internet Cafe had become famous among the monsters. The store was full every day, and many customers couldn't wait for a seat.

Unlike the Internet cafes in the human world, the monsters like to practice at night, especially from midnight to dawn, which is the best time for them to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

So there are often scenes like this: the big monsters live outside the Internet cafes in their original forms at night to practice, and when the sun rises, they transform into human forms, go to the Internet cafes to have fun, and have breakfast.

The breakfast in the Internet cafes has expanded from instant noodles and starch sausages to grilled sausages and steamed buns, and now to glutinous rice balls, pancakes, fried dough sticks, and tofu brain.

Sometimes there are no seats, so customers buy breakfast and stand at the back to watch others play.

Little monsters with weak foundations, such as Little Sparrow Spirit, Black Swallow, and Cui Yu, must practice at night, and have to work in Liuxian City during the day to work as a younger brother of the Monster King to save some spirit stones. Occasionally, they will have a seat in the Internet cafe.

Lu Yao is already considering expanding the store and adding more machines, but there is a small problem at present - the monster guests are not used to the keyboards of the Internet cafes.

Only a few fixed keys are used to play games, and you can learn by mechanically imitating.

As customers become more familiar with the use of computers, their needs have increased. Sometimes they want to communicate with other players, but they don’t know how to type, so they always have to ask the network administrator for help, which affects the experience.

The Floating World Continent has a universal language, but it mainly serves ordinary humans and monks. The characters of the monsters and demons are different.

No matter which world the characters are from, they cannot be correctly input using the keyboard of the Internet cafe for the time being.

In order to go online, it is obviously difficult for customers to learn a foreign language.

After discussing with Cheng Ye, Lu Yao decided to modify the keyboard and create a set of input methods that are in line with the usage habits of customers in the Floating World Continent, and it would be best if they could switch between multiple languages.

Cheng Ye was in charge of modifying the keyboard, and Lu Yao was in charge of collecting language data from the Floating World Continent.

She and Harold went to Buxian Town several times and bought several sets of dictionaries, history books, and story books from the human world.

As long as the words are not too obscure, these sets of books can cover the daily language of the human world.

Buxian Town is too remote, and there is little complete information about the monsters, demons, and the world of cultivation.

The closest city to Buxian Mountain is called Liuxian City. It was a city of the human race a few hundred years ago, and later it was brought under the control of the Monster King for unknown reasons.

Today, there are more monsters living in Liuxian City than humans.

Lu Yao plans to go to Liuxian City to take a look.

After buying the buns, Wu Ling stood in front of the bar and asked Lu Yao: "Are you going to Liuxian City?"

Lu Yao: "I heard it's a demon city. What procedures do humans need to go through to get in?"

Wu Ling: "You know it's a demon city, but you still want to go?"

Lu Yao: "We want to solve the keyboard problem, and we need to understand the demon race. Liuxian City is the closest demon city to Buxian Mountain, so I have to go."

When talking about the keyboard problem, Wu Ling frowned.

He has been completely addicted to the world of "Jianghu Yimeng" recently, and has gradually become famous for his superb PK skills.

Sometimes when he wins the PK, he encounters some players with questionable quality who open a small window to curse him. Wu Ling always fails to react in time because he can't type. When he calls the network administrator for help, the person has already finished cursing and blocked him.

Wuling was hesitant for a while, staring at Lu Yao and said, "I can take you to Liuxian City, but you have to listen to me in everything in the city."

Lu Yao: "Can you take my brother with you?"

Wuling shook his head: "I'll only take you. Your brother looks like neither a demon nor a monk, but a weird thing. If we take him into Liuxian City, he will be discovered immediately by the Demon Commander."

Lu Yao: "Okay, thank you then."

Wuling approached Lu Yao and lowered his eyelids: "I want five boxes of the seafood mooncakes from last time, twenty beef sandwiches, and ten days' worth of Strawberry Bobo Orange."

The little flower demon's hidden foodie attribute was activated by the snacks in the Internet cafe. Lu Yao couldn't help laughing: "Okay, when we come back from Liuxian City, I'll treat you to some delicious things you haven't eaten before."

Lu Yao and Wuling agreed and set off for Liuxian City the next morning.

The demons are active at night and their powers are stronger, but they are more restrained during the day.

When the shop assistants heard that Lu Yao was going to the demon city, they all sent out requests for purchases on his behalf in the group.

[Hot Spring Hotel - Bai Lu: Owner, please help me see if there is any slimming pill, as long as it is effective, and the conversion price is within five digits of soft girl currency. ]

[Hot Spring Hotel - Ji Qingyan: Owner, please help me buy a Qiankun bag, and the conversion price is within seven digits of soft girl currency. ]

[Super Time and Space Cinema - Gao Meng: Ah, these abominable rich women, they are so jealous of me! Owner, if there are candied haws in the demon world, please bring me a string, and it’s okay if it’s more than ten yuan! ]

[Nail Salon - Harold: [Angry.JPG.] Why don’t you let me go with you? Is the little flower fairy named Wuling reliable? 】

【Shopkeeper Lu Yao: @Nail Salon-Harold, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Your identity is a bit conspicuous here. I have the dragon scale and the key with me. I will call you if there is any danger. 】

【Furry Shop-Tears: Lu Yao, it's delicious!!! 】

【Furry Shop-Piao Piao: Delicious! Delicious!!! 】

【Shopkeeper Lu Yao: I know, I'll bring it to you. 】

---

It rained a little last night, and there was a thin mist in the mountains in the morning.

Wu Ling stood at the door of the Internet cafe, pinched a spell with his fingers, and a peach blossom grew out of his arm.

He broke off a small flower branch and pinned it in Lu Yao's hair.

Lu Yao took off her casual clothes and changed into a pink dress in the blink of an eye. Even her hair had grown longer and was tied up with a pink ribbon.

The peach blossoms set off her beautiful face, which was very charming.

Wu Ling frowned and looked at the lotus earring on Lu Yao's left ear: "This thing can't be transformed, it's a bit annoying, take it off."

Lu Yao raised his hand and touched the earring: "I'm used to wearing it. I feel uncomfortable if I take it off."

Wu Ling sighed. It was clearly a peach blossom, but she insisted on wearing a lotus-shaped earring, which suppressed her delicate figure.

He created a new spell, and the golden light enveloped Lu Yao.

The pink and white skirt turned into a white skirt, and the hem, lapels and cuffs were embroidered with lotus flowers with gold thread. The golden light appeared and disappeared when she walked.

The peach blossom branch in her hair turned into a jade lotus, and even the ribbon turned white. A thin emerald lotus earring fell from her empty right ear.

This human woman looked cute in pink and cool in white, which was worth his effort.

Wuling stretched out his sleeves towards Lu Yao: "Let's go."

---

Buxian Mountain, Hengze Sect.

Jiang Yan and Yao Tong stood at the entrance to the mountain, looking at the Yin Mountain.

Yao Tong: "Third Brother, has the demonic energy on the mountain become stronger these days?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "There are dense clouds in the sky in the southeast direction, and there are indeed demons gathering."

Yao Tong: "Then... are we still going up the mountain today?"

Jiang Yan has been weak since childhood and has poor bones, but he has a little talent in alchemy.

He has a low level of cultivation and is not good at fighting. Even when dealing with the little sparrow spirit, he can only use gentle means.

If they really encounter a big demon in the mountain, he and the little Yao Tong will be powerless to resist.

Now all the senior brothers and sisters, junior brothers and sisters are training outside, and only he stays in the sect, with nowhere to go.

Jiang Yan wanted to say "Why don't we go back?", but when he looked down at the little medicine boy's face, he suddenly changed his mind and picked up the backpack and walked forward: "Go up the mountain, the herbs are all used up. If you don't go up the mountain today, you have to go up the mountain tomorrow, it's inevitable."

---

Lu Yao followed Wu Ling into Liuxian City.

The legendary demon city is more lively than the immortal town.

There are shops on both sides of the street, corridors, bridges and waterside pavilions stretching endlessly. What surprised Lu Yao was that there are many connected canals in the city, full of lotus flowers.

I don't know what season it is now, the lotus in the city has bloomed, and you can see it everywhere.

Not only that, the shops and restaurants on the roadside like to carve lotus patterns on the eaves and door panels.

Lu Yao wore lotus flowers on his clothes, a jade lotus in his hair, and lotus earrings. He attracted many people's attention when he walked on the road.

Wu Ling looked at Lu Yao with curiosity: "Do you know the origin of the name of this city?"

Lu Yao blinked: "Liu Xian Liu Xian, is it to keep a certain immortal? Maybe this immortal likes lotus?"

Wu Ling was a little surprised: "Not entirely, but not far off."

Wu Ling told Lu Yao a story of a fairy and a demon falling in love in a flat voice.

About three hundred years ago, the lotus fairy from the fairy world came down to earth to experience tribulations and met a demon in this city.

The demon admired the little fairy who turned into a human at that time, dug out her heart, gave her demon pills, and planted lotus flowers that her sweetheart loved in the city... He made a fuss in the city, just to ask for her sincerity.

The two have been entangled for a hundred years. The fairy survived the catastrophe and ascended back to the fairyland, leaving behind the lotus flowers all over the city and this empty city.

Keep the fairy, keep the fairy, you can't keep the fairy's heart, nor can you keep the fairy's person.

Lu Yao: "Did the fairy say from the beginning that she liked that demon?"

Wu Ling blinked in confusion: "How could I know such private details?"

Lu Yao: "...Excuse me for being blunt, just listening to your description, this may not be called love, this is clearly unrequited love!"

Wu Ling: "...What's the difference between the two?"

Lu Yao did not answer but asked: "This demon must be a powerful demon, otherwise it would not cause such a commotion in the city. Who is it?"

Wu Ling turned and left: "Aren't you going to buy a book? Hurry up and catch up." Lu Yao

chased after him: "Can't you even tell me the name? I hate people who only talk about gossip halfway."

[Author's words]

Two updates combined into one, no extra update at night, just added a small tail.

Good night.

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