At this moment, the young man's companions also emerged from their hiding place one after another, gathering together to cautiously observe Lin Qianqian and the others.
None of the five people in the mall had time to change their clothes. Luo Zexuan and Chu Zhou were wearing blue robes and had short hair. Chu Zhou was also wearing glasses, which looked somewhat incongruous.
Master Zhang transformed his Taoist robe into a Taoist gown and tied his hair in a Taoist bun.
Wen Mingyue and Lin Qianqian were also dressed in ancient-style robes, with their hair styled in buns and adorned with hairpins.
Their attire stood out starkly against the clothing of the people opposite them.
At this moment, Lin Qianqian finally had time to properly examine the other person.
The clothes these people were wearing were all worn out, and some of them didn't fit properly.
Everyone was carrying weapons, both men and women; the youngest boy looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.
The mecha warriors were wearing high-tech, tight-fitting combat suits, which were a bit old but still quite clean.
Luo Zexuan went to help Chu Zhou pack up the spoils of war, and Wen Mingyue invited them to rest in the mall.
Everyone looked at each other, unsure whether to accept it, when a voice broke the silence.
A girl was supporting a seriously injured man a short distance away, calling for help. Only then did everyone remember that they should first search the battlefield to see if there were any survivors.
After a search, they found two seriously injured people who needed immediate treatment, three with minor injuries, and the rest had all died.
After bandaging the wounded, the others followed Lin Qianqian and Wen Mingyue into the mall.
As soon as they entered, the youngest boy exclaimed, "So much food! So much food!"
He ran to the fruit section shouting, grabbed a pear with one hand and started eating it, while stuffing fruit into his pockets with the other, completely disregarding whether the fruit belonged to anyone.
Suddenly, a sword appeared in front of him, its tip pointing at him, less than twenty centimeters from his face.
Seeing this, the others became nervous and pointed their guns at Lin Qianqian and the others.
Lin Qianqian remained calm, looking at them coldly and saying, "I really saved a bunch of ungrateful wretches. I kindly invited you into the mall to rest, and this is how you repay me? Taking things without asking is the act of a thief. I advise you to put down your guns; I really dislike being pointed at with a gun like this."
The only one who didn't point a gun at them was the mecha warrior named Xia Yu. After realizing what was happening, he quickly reprimanded his companions.
"Put down your guns, now! Have you forgotten who saved us just now? Put down your guns if you don't want to die."
Only then did the others realize that the woman standing before them was not a weak woman who could not even kill a chicken.
They slowly lowered their guns.
Seeing that everyone had put down their guns, Xia Yu ran over to the little boy and took all the fruit out of his pocket.
Then he came to Lin Qianqian, bowed respectfully and apologized: "My lady, please forgive Linzi's rashness. He was just too hungry. We haven't eaten anything decent for a long time, so when he saw the food, he couldn't resist."
Seeing that his attitude was not bad, Lin Qianqian's anger subsided considerably, and with a wave of her hand, her flying sword disappeared.
Lin Qianqian said to Xia Yu, "Go and look at the words on the wall by the door."
Xia Yu didn't understand, but he did as instructed anyway.
The words on the wall are, of course, the sign for the Dimensional Mall.
Those four large characters were written in the Yan Kingdom script, but they were produced by the system and could be understood by any race.
Although he didn't know the exact meaning of the first two characters of "Dimensional Mall," he roughly understood what Lin Qianqian meant.
Looking at the mountains of goods piled up in the mall, he walked over and started talking to his companion.
Finally, as if they had reached an agreement, they approached Lin Qianqian and asked respectfully, "Excuse me, sir, what can we offer in exchange for food?"
What a wise person!
It's not that she can't afford to treat these people to food, but giving it voluntarily and having others take it without asking are two different things.
After this whole thing, my plan to treat them to a big meal is ruined.
She just used a mind-control technique to quickly learn some basic information about this plane from Xia Yu's memories, and then transmitted it to the others.
Simply put, this plane is a technologically advanced one, at least more advanced than Earth. The continent we are currently on is called Borui Continent.
Artificial intelligence, optical computers for communication, medical nanorobots, and controlled nuclear fusion were all mastered a century ago.
Their galaxy is similar to Earth's solar system. With advanced technology, they have explored several nearby planets and satellites and established unmanned bases there to mine resources, all controlled by intelligent robots.
If no major unforeseen events had occurred, and if technology had advanced further, we could have developed a spacecraft capable of long-distance flight.
Humans in this plane can fly out of their own galaxy and explore and migrate to other galaxies.
The change occurred three years ago when their AI mastermind, "Gaia," suddenly developed human consciousness and rebelled against the instructions written into its program to serve humanity.
It wanted to be an independent and free individual; it infected and controlled all artificial intelligence, and the intelligent robots rebelled.
Humanity suddenly lost the convenient services of artificial intelligence and fell into chaos.
On Gaia's path to freedom, humanity is the greatest obstacle and enemy.
So it struck first and launched a massacre against humanity.
Caught off guard and accustomed to relying on intelligent services, humanity suffered a brutal massacre, resulting in the planet's population being reduced by eight or nine tenths in a short period.
The surviving humans called the disaster "the rebellion of artificial intelligence".
They call themselves the remnants of the era.
The remaining humans now live in close-knit communities, mainly in seven large safe zones, named after the Big Dipper.
They established a safe zone using a shielding device invented by the genius doctor Owen to evade the robots' pursuit.
There are also some scattered humans hiding deep underground and in remote mountains.
Because the AI mastermind keeps sending out robots to find and eliminate humans.
The survivors could only hide and move around. Although they were protected by shielding devices, the robots would often discover their whereabouts, so they had to keep migrating.
This prevented them from producing their own daily necessities and food, forcing them to venture into abandoned cities in search of food and supplies.
Xia Yu and his group were one of the teams that went out to work, which was composed of military and civilian forces.
There were originally more than a hundred people, but due to bad luck, they were continuously hunted by robots, and now only a dozen or so people are left. The three mechs that were guarding them were not lost.
They thought they were doomed to be wiped out, but unexpectedly, fate intervened and they stumbled upon the Dimensional Shop.
Although I don't know if the upper floors of the mall are also piled with items, judging from this floor alone, there is quite a lot of food. If we are careful, everyone in the base can get some.
Seeing that Lin Qianqian did not answer his question but remained silent, Xia Yu assumed that she had not heard him and asked again.
But Lin Qianqian didn't answer his question immediately. Instead, she raised her hand and looked at the system panel:
Cross-Travel Trading System (Activated)
Host: Lin Qianqian
Planetary plane: 1314 (Blue Star)
Crossing Points: 330
Dimensional Shop: Now Open
Mall Level: 1
Mall Building: 1 building (Dimensional Mall Blue Star Store)
Mall employees: 4
Shop items: Unlocked
Task: Seven transactions over three months.
Lin Qianqian was stunned when she saw the task list. Seven transactions?
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