Chapter 01 Little Mi isn't moving (revised)

"Sister, please sell the store."

Su Wudeng was about to go out when she received a phone call from her younger sister Su Yulan.

She sighed, "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

"Don't lie to me." Su Yulan's voice was a little anxious, "I know everything."

"Xiao Wei told me that the business in the store has been extremely bad recently. She wanted to help you sell the store, but you scolded her and left, right?"

Su Wudeng said helplessly, "It's not what you think, she didn't tell you everything."

She looked up and saw that she was running out of time, so she hurriedly said, "Well, I'm in a hurry to catch the subway now, wait for me to get off work and I'll tell you in detail."

After hanging up the phone, Su Wudeng quickly packed her things and rushed to the subway station.

A month ago, she inexplicably traveled to this world and had a "sister".

After their parents divorced, she followed her mother and stayed in Haicheng, while her sister Su Yulan followed her father to Kyoto.

From then on, the two people's situations were very different. The younger sister had a bright future and was admitted to the most famous Beast Academy in Kyoto.

But her situation became worse and worse until her mother passed away, leaving her a pet shop, where she made a living.

Fortunately, the two were not in the same place, otherwise she was really afraid that she would be exposed.

Xiaowei was their playmate when they were young, and now she is closer to her sister. After all, she is the pride of the Beast Academy, and she is just a small store manager who is about to go bankrupt. It is obvious which one to choose.

But about the matter of selling the store, it is not as kind as Xiaowei said. It is obvious that she wants to be a lobbyist for her boyfriend.

Now that she has failed to force the purchase at a low price, she dares to ask her sister to put pressure on her. Does she really think she is made of clay and has no temper?

It was because the original owner didn't have many friends that she always cherished her friendship with Xiaowei.

Moreover, because of the "meal favor" she had given her, no matter how excessive Xiaowei's actions were, as long as Xiaowei acted coquettishly afterwards, the original owner would eagerly beg for forgiveness.

But she was not used to it, and she didn't want such a friend.

Su Wudeng followed the crowded flow of people and mechanically grasped the handrail. The conversations of the passengers around her and the rumble of the subway were intertwined in her ears.

No matter which world you are in, the fate of the working people is the same as always.

"Maybe Yu Lan is right." She thought to herself, staring at her blurry reflection in the window with an unfocused look.

This is the end of the world of beasts. The natural ecology is on the verge of collapse and pets are on the verge of extinction.

People can only rely on mechanical pets to obtain emotional replacement and raise electronic pets.

Pet stores everywhere on the street are filled with mechanical pets shining with metallic luster.

They are cold, precise, and intelligent, and can meet the needs of most people for pets.

In comparison, the cheap mechanical pets in her small shop have no competitiveness.

"Without capital, without connections, I can't even afford a decent mechanical pet..."

"If this goes on, how long can I hold on?"

Suddenly, a crisp "ding dong" sounded in her mind.

"A suitable pet store host has been detected, and the pet store management system has been downloaded!"

"Binding in progress, binding successful."

"After receiving the first customer, the system will be fully activated!"

Su Wudeng's eyes suddenly widened, and she almost blurted out "Fuck. "

Is this not her hallucination?

She looked around and made sure that no one noticed her abnormality before she relaxed a little.

Su Wudeng cleared her throat and tried to ask in her mind: "Pet shop management system?"

"Yes, host."

"This system is a pet shop management system, and its main business scope is pets with real life."

"In this era full of cold machinery, your shop will become a habitat for warm life."

"Start with a small pet shop, gradually expand the scale, and eventually build a huge real pet empire!"

Su Wudeng: ...Start drawing cakes, right?

But ignore the cakes behind, this is a real golden finger.

She was so energetic that if someone hadn't shouted, she would have rushed out of the subway immediately, ran to her own shop, and activated the system immediately!

"Oh my god, you finally get to see your grandchildren! You don't even know how I got through this month."

When the subway finally arrived at the station, Su Wudeng almost jumped out of the car.

Entering this pet street, mechanical pets are everywhere.

A three-meter-high steel mammoth walked slowly past, and the ground trembled slightly.

Next to it, a silver-shining mechanical cheetah gracefully shuttled among the crowd.

In the sky, a group of bionic birds flew by, and their metal wings shone brightly under the artificial light.

People walked among these huge creatures as if nothing had happened, as if they were used to it.

In the past, Su Wudeng would slow down and admire this precise and beautiful mechanical masterpiece.

But now, her mind is full of soft, furry kittens and puppies. She

must first activate the system to let her get a pet cat, stroke it and have a good time!

After hurriedly passing through the pet street, Su Wudeng finally arrived at her own shop.

The weather today is not very good, full of haze, and this city made of steel is even darker.

Neon lights flicker under the gray sky, and Su Wudeng's pink-decorated pet shop "Pet Love Home" looks out of place in the forest of reinforced concrete.

Su Wudeng turned on the lights skillfully, sat at the cashier, and stared blankly at the street view outside the store window.

Then, wait for customers to come.

On the street, pedestrians walked hurriedly, wearing colorful breathing filters.

On the holographic billboard, the advertisement for the latest robot pets kept playing in a loop: "Perfect partner, never betray!"

Su Wudeng lowered his head, fiddled with the mechanical puppy on the counter, and sighed.

She forgot one thing. The store had been open for a month and there were very few customers.

And the system needed a customer to activate.

"Welcome to Pet Home!" The store's automatic voice sounded, and a customer pushed the door open and walked in.

Su Wudeng looked up suddenly, her eyes lit up, so lucky today? !

The person who came in was a little girl, about seven or eight years old, holding a mechanical cat in her arms.

She knew this little girl, she was the daughter of the owner of the grocery store next door.

"Coco, what's wrong?"

Coco's eyes were red and swollen, obviously she had just cried, and she was holding a mechanical cat that kept smoking in her arms.

"Sister, please help me! Xiao Mi...it won't move..."

Su Wudeng squatted down and gently took the mechanical cat.

The cold metal touch made her heart shudder.

She skillfully opened the maintenance port of the mechanical cat and carefully examined the internal structure.

"I'm sorry, Coco." After a few minutes, Su Wudeng spoke with difficulty, "Xiao Mi's core processor burned out and cannot be repaired."

"Unless you can replace the core processor, but all its memories will disappear, and it will no longer be the original Xiao Mi..."

Hearing this, Coco's tears flowed directly, "No... No, Xiao Mi said it would always be with me, how could it leave me like this?"

"It won't lie to me!"

Su Wudeng sighed, feeling a pang of pain in his heart.

Mechanical pets have long become a source of emotional sustenance for people, but this false warmth is so fragile.

How can these cold metals truly respond to human emotions? It's all just a setting.

In order to make profits, these mechanical pet manufacturers will design these software to break down regularly, and then update them at a higher price.

"Maybe... I can get you a new one?" Su Wudeng pointed to the shelf. This is much cheaper than replacing a single part.

Coco shook her head and cried, tears dripping on the cold metal shell of the cat: "They are not Xiao Mi, I only want my Xiao Mi..."

Su Wudeng sighed, squatted down, and gently wiped the tears from the little girl's face, "Coco, don't be sad."

She looked at Coco tightly holding the lifeless mechanical cat, and her heart was indescribably uncomfortable.

In this technologically advanced world, a little girl's closest companion is actually a pile of cold metal and circuits.

Su Wudeng wanted to tell Coco the truth, to tell her that this was just a set program, and it was impossible for them to truly understand and respond to her feelings.

Only by spending a lot of money to buy Xiao Mi's cloud backup could she get the original Xiao Mi.

But how is this different from cheating? Isn't she an accomplice of those businesses?

Su Wudeng couldn't say it.

"Mom and Dad are always busy, and only Xiao Mi is with me..." Coco whispered, and tears began to well up in her eyes again.

"But now Xiao Mi is gone too..."

Coco hugged Xiao Mi, who had lost her "life", tightly, turned around and ran out of the store.

Su Wudeng watched the little girl's back disappear in the haze, and felt her heart tighten.

In this era, mechanical pets are divided into two categories. One is the mechanical pets with emotions set for companionship, like Coco's Xiao Mi.

The other is the mechanical pets set to be completely rational for fighting.

But the mechanical pets, which were originally designed to accompany people, have deceived the purest emotions of children.

"Want the original Xiao Mi and emotional memory? Spend a lot of money to buy a cloud backup!"

But pets that truly accompany people should not be like this.

They have vibrant lives, unique warmth, and the most sincere emotions.

They should not be tools used by businesses to make profits.

At this moment, the voice of the system rang in Su Wudeng's mind:

[Ding Dong! The pet store management system has been successfully activated! 】

【Dear store owner, you will have the opportunity to travel to the prosperous era of the beast world. Get the most realistic pets through your efforts! 】

【Every time an animal finds its right owner, you will receive a generous reward. 】

【The system now gives you three opportunities to travel through time. I wish you a happy business! 】

Su Wudeng's eyes lit up. The prosperous era?

She had read the introduction of this era. It was a time when nature had not yet been destroyed by the great catastrophe. Pets were everywhere.

In other words, she could travel through time to the prosperous era and get those vivid and real pets?

Su Wudeng was in tears. Who could understand the feeling of reaching out her hand in the morning and touching a cold lump of iron?

What she wanted was a furry, warm little guy, whose warm little body would stick close to her, rub her cheeks with his wet nose, and make a coquettish sound of happiness!

"System! Take me there now!"