Chapter 5: Space Gate
Come and be at peace.
Song Yuqing pulled out a notebook from the cashier's drawer at the convenience store. It contained a record of all the supplies in the God's Supermarket. Holding the notebook in his hands, he counted them. Excluding his own food and drinks and the items he sold to Lin Han, the number of items on the shelves was a quarter less than what was recorded in the notebook.
"Master Fu, is there a warehouse in the God's Supermarket?" Song Yuqing looked at the light green door. If nothing unexpected happened, the warehouse should be behind the door.
"No. Don't you have space? Your space is the convenience store's warehouse."
Wow, the abacus is really loud.
However, after being reminded by Master Fu, Song Yuqing finally remembered that there were three doors in his space. One white door led to hell, and the other two were black doors...
"The black door in your space will lead to a parallel world." Master Fu said calmly, and Song Yuqing shuddered when he heard it.
"Open the door to the parallel world and start stocking up for God's Supermarket!"
As soon as Master Fu finished speaking, a gold card appeared out of thin air.
"Here, this is my reward for you. One zombie equals one hundred points. I have four hundred points on my card now."
Song Yuqing took the gold card and raised an eyebrow: "How much can I buy with 400 points?"
"That depends on the parallel world you go to. Some worlds have high prices, while others have low prices."
Master Fu was still thinking. He felt that there was something wrong with his memory recently and he seemed to have forgotten something.
Song Yuqing entered the space, staring at the three doors before her, feeling hopeful but also more anxious. How could she know that the parallel world wouldn't face the same devastating disaster as this one? Could she really run the God's Supermarket this way?
Song Yuqing reached out to a black door and turned the handle.
"Parallel worlds are born from the mind." Master Fu's reminder came too late. Song Yuqing had already opened the door, and all he saw was nothingness.
It was a vast expanse of white, with no path and no direction.
"Don't be impatient. First, imagine the parallel world you want to go to in your mind. Imagine what it looks like and what kind of surprises it will bring you~"
Song Yuqing's left foot, which had just stepped into nothingness, retracted and became ice-cold.
"Oh, and once this door is opened, the parallel world inside will always exist in your space." Master Fu sighed, "Oh, what a waste of a door. You only have one chance to travel to a parallel world every month."
Song Yuqing's hand was already on the handle of another black door. When he heard what Master Fu said, his heart broke a little.
"Give me another chance."
"What do you want in exchange?"
"Shoot a promotional video for God's Supermarket."
"That's what you should do."
Song Yuqing frowned. She realized that she didn't have any leverage over Master Fu. This shouldn't be the case. She would have to be more careful in the future.
"Since you are so positive, I decided to give you another chance. You must use it well and don't let me down." Master Fu was still soft-hearted. He felt that as a novice store manager, Song Yuqing needed some encouragement and support.
"Okay." Song Yuqing took a deep breath and imagined that she was about to come to a beautiful world: prices were unimaginably low, there were no scary zombies, and people there lived a peaceful and happy life. Best of all, her parents were there.
Song Yuqing slowly turned the doorknob, his palms slightly sweating.
Song Yuqing was standing in front of the gate of a new world. Outside the gate, many silver buildings towered into the sky. Pedestrians were strolling leisurely on the skywalk, and there were pandas running wildly carrying a bundle of bamboo, and giraffes with small umbrellas around their necks... In the sky, a huge neon sign was shining. It was the "God's Supermarket" of this world.
Song Yuqing suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath, and walked out the door.
She appeared out of nowhere on the overpass, with pedestrians coming and going beside her, and no one was surprised.
Song Yuqing stopped a passerby and asked where the largest supermarket was. The passerby pointed to the God's Supermarket with a puzzled look on his face. He thought to himself, this country bumpkin doesn't even know about the God's Supermarket?
Song Yuqing walked briskly towards the God's Supermarket. She was deeply attracted by this world. Look, everyone here is dressed so beautifully! Every piece of clothing has a unique design!
Song Yuqing noticed a middle-aged man looking at the scenery from the overpass. He was slightly hunched over and wearing a one-piece silver overalls. She had no idea what they were made of, but they were faintly shimmering with color. Song Yuqing was mesmerized; the clothes perfectly suited her aesthetic.
The middle-aged man saw Song Yuqing looking at him, sighed, stretched, picked up something that looked like a vacuum cleaner beside him, and actually started cleaning the overpass.
Song Yuqing: ...OK, I like the sanitation workers’ uniforms.
A scent of meat wafted in the wind, making Song Yuqing swallow her saliva. She followed the scent and walked to a bun shop.
Song Yuqing carefully looked at the menu hanging in front of the bun shop. There were bamboo shoot and pork buns, corn buns, shrimp dumplings, taro dumplings, bitter melon buns... Some of them looked delicious, while others looked weird.
Song Yuqing took out the gold card and handed it to the proprietress.
"Three bamboo shoot and pork buns, four taro dumplings, and five shrimp dumplings." Song Yuqing was immersed in the mixed aroma of various buns. She came to her senses when she heard the "ding ding" sound of the proprietress swiping the card. She secretly sweated, hoping that it wouldn't be too expensive.
"A total of 0.1 points." The proprietress handed the food bag and gold card to Song Yuqing.
Song Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief. What was good quality at a low price? What was value for money? This was it! Song Yuqing continued walking towards the God's Supermarket while eating her buns, swinging the food bag in her hand happily. Song Yuqing didn't notice that the bamboo shoot and pork buns in the transparent food bag were getting smaller.
When they arrived at the door of the grand Shenzhi Supermarket, Song Yuqing discovered that the food bag was empty and there was nothing left.
"Did I accidentally eat them all?" Song Yuqing touched his stomach and felt unsatisfied. He wanted to save some points to buy some more buns.
Full of anticipation and curiosity, Song Yuqing walked into the supermarket. A row of metal robots excitedly shouted at her, "Welcome~"
A red convertible drove up to her automatically and opened the door for her.
Big supermarkets are really different!
Song Yuqing sat in the convertible and felt like a VVIP. This was the first time in her life that she drove to a supermarket!
A giant panda appeared out of nowhere, holding a few taro dumplings, and sat happily at the entrance of the supermarket, eating them with relish.
In God's Supermarket, Song Yuqing drove a small car, shuttling between rows of shelves.
What does her convenience store need? Water, instant meals, weapons, clothes!
Soon, Song Yuqing's cart was filled with plastic bags of transparent water balls, packages of pre-made fast food of various flavors, and several electric batons. Her hands were now reaching for several sets of silver sportswear.
Don’t take too many, just take a few pieces to wear yourself!
Song Yuqing continued to stroll through the supermarket leisurely, and put away another row of shiny kitchen knives in the car. The car was already full. Song Yuqing estimated that these things could almost fill her space. If she put more, she was afraid that she would not be able to fit it in.
I'll just shop around a bit more and buy nothing next time I come. Even so, Song Yuqing's hands wouldn't obey her, and she grabbed the compressible air mattress. She'd had enough of that camp bed!
After wandering around most of the supermarket, Song Yuqing wandered into the book section. She instinctively felt that some books would be necessary in a world overrun by zombies. For example, "One Thousand and One Questions on the Taoist Encyclopedia," "Rescue and First Aid," "Complete Wildlife Guide," and "How to Get Along with Plants and Animals"...
Suddenly, Song Yuqing saw a book titled "A Hundred Years Ago, Zombies Rampant" on the shelf of history and popular science books. She was stunned and put the book into the car.
Song Yuqing drove to the checkout area and the cashier looked surprised.
Did I buy too many things and scare the cashier?
Song Yuqing calmly handed over the gold card.
"Didi, a total of 399 points."
Wow, there are still 0.9 points left. Song Yuqing left these points on purpose so that he could take some meat buns back to eat.
Song Yuqing drove the car to the exit of the supermarket. She wanted to put all the things into the space, but there were too many people around her. She was afraid that if she used her supernatural powers, she would scare the people around her.
"This kind of sushi tastes better when it's hot. Eating it cold will give you diarrhea." Next to me, a mother with a child was scolding the child, "If you want to eat it, just blow some fire and heat up the sushi. Use a low flame!"
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