The passageway is shrouded in a hazy grayness, with nebulae occasionally flashing by. Being inside it, one doesn't know whether time stands still or flows on.
Then a bright light flashed ahead, followed by a slight tremor. Lin Qianqian looked out through the glass door and saw that the mall seemed to be situated on the edge of a forest.
However, what puzzled her was why the trees and flowers in this forest grew in such an abstract way and the color scheme was so arbitrary.
As soon as she opened the door, she sensed the spiritual energy in the air, but the spiritual energy was mixed with a lot of violent and chaotic energy.
No! It should be said that the spiritual energy of this world has mutated, turning into an unstable and violent form. Let's call it mutated spiritual energy for now.
If you inhale too much of this mutated spiritual energy, you will feel uncomfortable. You need to circulate your cultivation technique to slowly filter out the violent parts so that the remaining pure spiritual energy can be absorbed by your dantian.
However, this is troublesome, and if you're not careful, you might be eroded by the violent energy.
She carefully looked around. She remembered that it was midnight when she traveled to the mall, but now the sun was shining brightly, which meant that time flowed differently in the two dimensions.
Lin Qianqian's eyes started to feel uncomfortable after only a short while looking at the colorful and strangely shaped flowers, plants, and trees around her. Would anyone really come to such a strange place?
If she couldn't figure it out, she'd leave it for now; things would work themselves out. She returned to the mall and, bored, took out her tablet to watch downloaded TV dramas.
Not long after, a strange roar was heard. Lin Qianqian stood up abruptly and, through the glass doors of the mall, saw a creature that looked like an ancient mammoth, over three meters tall, charging straight towards the mall from the woods not far away.
Just as it was about to crash into the mall's outer wall, Lin Qianqian was about to intervene and finish it off. At that moment, an invisible wave of air surged past, and the creature was bounced back by something, landing on the ground and rolling several times before it could get up again.
Then, the metal painting that was pasted on the wall as decoration split into dozens of iron swords, which flew towards the huge creature.
A cloud of dust rose, and a creature with dozens of holes in its body lay lifeless more than ten meters away. Lin Qianqian waited until it was all over before pushing open the door and walking out.
Lin Qianqian approached the creature's corpse and scanned it with her divine sense. She discovered that besides the spiritual energy left by the flying sword, the creature's body contained mostly mutated spiritual energy. In addition to the wounds inflicted by the sword, there were also traces of fire and lightning strikes on its surface.
Just as they were considering what to do with it, a group of people came running from a distance.
This was a team of over twenty people, their attire quite eclectic. There was a young man in a modern shirt and work pants, topped with half-body armor and wielding a greatsword. There was a middle-aged man in ancient short-sleeved clothing, carrying a longbow and a full beard. There was a beautiful woman in a long skirt, carrying a jeweled scepter, with red hair and blue eyes. There was a skinny, short, and somewhat sleazy man dressed like a ninja. And then there was a blonde lolita dressed in Lolita fashion, with a childlike face and large breasts. In short, this group looked like they had just stepped out of a cosplay convention.
These people moved quickly, covering the distance of several hundred meters in no time. Lin Qianqian carefully observed them; these people possessed strange energy, indicating that this was no ordinary world.
Their clothes and hair were disheveled, clearly indicating they had just been in a fight. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing leather armor who looked like he was involved in organized crime; he was also sizing up Lin Qianqian.
The girl before them was stunningly beautiful, like a goddess; her very aura was enough to make anyone dare not act rashly.
He lowered his posture, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Hello, young lady, we are the Qiming Ability Team. I am the captain, Ming Tianhua. We have been chasing this mammoth beast all the way here. I'm sorry to have disturbed you."
Lin Qianqian couldn't understand what he was saying at all, unlike in the previous world, the Immortal Abyss Realm, where Yun Ze and the others spoke a language similar to the ancient language of Yan Kingdom, which Lin Qianqian could basically understand.
Suddenly, she remembered the multi-race translator given to her by the system, so she took it out, held it in her hand, and tucked it behind her ear while smoothing her hair. Then she cleared her throat and began to chat with them.
The system-given translator for all races is incredibly powerful. It not only allows her to understand what the other person is saying, but it can also automatically translate what she says into their language.
Lin Qianqian subtly probed her, learning that they were in the Chaotic Forest and the nearest city was Yuecheng. Their Qiming Squad was registered under the Yuecheng Supernatural Abilities Guild.
Today he received a mission to hunt mutant beasts. He is the captain of this team and also the one with the highest mutant rank in the team, a sixth-level earth-type mutant.
His wife, Qi Li'er, was a Lolita-style mixed-race woman and a fifth-tier puppeteer. The half-meter-tall box in her hand contained her puppets.
Lin Qianqian wanted to get more information and learn more about the world, so she invited them into the mall.
The mall will protect her; there's no need to worry about them taking advantage of their numbers to attack her. Besides, her cultivation level is higher than theirs, so she has nothing to fear.
Upon entering, the team members looked around cautiously. Unlike her carefree husband, Qi Li'er was a careful and cautious person. They had been to the Chaotic Forest several times, and she was quite certain that there hadn't been any buildings here before. Naturally, she was on high alert for the sudden appearance of a house and people.
Qi Lier carefully looked around. It was obvious that this was a shop selling things, and many of the items on the shelves were ones she had never seen before.
Suddenly, a girl in a light green robe screamed, "Ah... it's a green sapling, a green natural plant, there are so many kinds! So many!" She screamed as she pointed to the potted plants on the wooden shelf.
The shout drew everyone's attention, and soon more than twenty people crowded around the wooden stand of potted flowers and seedlings. They stood there, pointing and gesturing at the plants, looking like they wanted to touch them but dared not, as if they had seen priceless treasures. Lin Qianqian thought of the strangely shaped, colorful trees outside, and then looked at her own pleasing green plants; truly, there's no harm without comparison.
At this moment, Lin Qianqian's system panel automatically popped up, and the panel updated the tasks.
Dimensional Travel Trading System (Activated) Host: Lin Qianqian
Planetary plane: 1314 (Blue Star)
Crossing Points: 190
Dimensional Shop: Now Open
Mall Level: 1
Mall Building: 1 building (Dimensional Mall Blue Star Store)
Mall employees: 0
Shop items: Unlocked
Task: Complete the first interdimensional transaction within 24 hours, and complete 1000 transactions within one month.
This task isn't too difficult, unless she's in some remote, desolate place. However, to better complete the task, she needs more information about this plane of existence.
Thinking of this, Lin Qianqian walked over and called Ming Tianhua, who was lagging behind, aside. Anyway, everyone else was looking at the potted plants and didn't have time to pay attention to others.
The two walked to a row of shelves, and Lin Qianqian subtly set up a soundproof barrier. Before Ming Tianhua could react, a green light flashed in Lin Qianqian's eyes, and she cast a spell on him.
Instantly, Ming Tianhua's eyes went blank, and he answered whatever Lin Qianqian asked. Before long, Lin Qianqian had a general understanding of this world.
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