Chapter 12
Thanks to a food tasting activity that was like getting a pillow for free when you doze off, Jiang Yunu actually got to eat human food that night.
She pretended to be idle and strolled back and forth on the street, looking around curiously. By the way, she learned that this street was called "Gin Street" and was located on the 32nd circular track of Chat City. You can go directly to the commercial district from the C pier of the 32nd circular track.
Jiang Yunu calculated according to the three-dimensional map that was also floating in the air and found that the place where she landed in the flying car should be Pier A.
The 3D map shows that Pier A is directly connected to a square building, but there is no place name sign.
But based on Jiang Yunu's stereotype of many administrative agencies, she guessed that such a square building probably belonged to some important political unit.
Anyway, I looked at it like this and spent a lot of time on the 3D map.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the city of Chat welcomed the complete night. The afterglow of the sunset in the sky also disappeared, leaving only artificial neon lights to light up the night sky.
Jiang Yunu stood in front of the counter of the shop where he could taste the food on time, and asked the person behind the counter devoutly, "Hello, can I have a sample, please?"
It was a bakery, with a counter about one meter high. A young woman in a yellow apron stood behind it. She glanced doubtfully over the samples piled high on the counter. She thought she heard someone talking, but there was no one in front of the counter, so she said, "Of course."
Then the young woman realized something. She leaned out, holding onto the inner edge of the counter, and looked past the boxes of tasting samples and even lowered her sight further, finally seeing a small yellow head blocked by a pile of boxes.
The hoodie that Jiang Yunu received from the charity recycling box was also yellow, which matched the bakery's staff uniform quite well. She was wearing a hood and standing in front of the counter. She felt a faint shadow covering her head, so she raised her face and met the clerk's gaze.
In the young woman's impression, generally speaking, a child like this, whose body is easily blocked by a counter and a pile of boxes, should be a little shy when facing strange adults and will not look at people so directly.
But Jiang Yunu, who was wearing a yellow hoodie, not only looked at her generously, but also smiled at her.
"Sister." Jiang Yunu looked up and said, "What can I try?"
The sweet and polite little girl was just so likable. The young female clerk's lips curled up, and her voice became softer: "Anything on the counter is fine."
After saying that, the female clerk realized that the little girl was of limited height and probably couldn't even see everything on the counter.
Jiang Yunu was introduced by the other party: "Today, the kitchen is testing new products. There are five flavors in total, and four categories of new products can be tasted. Everyone who comes to the store can choose five."
You can choose five samples for tasting, which is quite generous of this store.
Especially when the female clerk brought down the tasting box and showed it to Jiang Yunu, who was short in height, so that she could choose by herself, she found that the tasting items in this store were cut into pieces almost as big as a piece of cake.
Jiang Yunu blinked and continued sweetly, "Sister, can you help me choose? The one that beautiful sister chooses for me must be delicious."
The corners of the female clerk's mouth curled up wildly. If a man said it, she would roll her eyes, but it was different when the girl said it.
The female clerk said, "Well...let me recommend something to you. What's your favorite flavor?"
Jiang Yunu said, "The one with the highest calories."
This is a very niche taste preference.
The female clerk was stunned, but she still followed the girl's request and carefully checked all the new products for tasting today, trying to recall which ones had the highest calorie count. When she was unsure, she even called over the store's assistant robot and whispered a few words to the robot. Then she confidently recommended: "Here, these are the ones with the highest calorie count!"
Jiang Yunu received a small box containing five samples. She was very sweet and said, "Thank you, sister. They look delicious. They look better than any snacks I've ever had."
The waitress was overjoyed by her obedience. She glanced around and saw that the kitchen was still busy. She was the only one in the store serving customers outside. She opened the large box of samples again at lightning speed and quickly picked up three more pieces for Jiang Yunu. She made a "zipper closing" gesture with her mouth and whispered, "Don't thank me loudly for this, sister."
Jiang Yunu didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise. She knew very well not to cause trouble to those who helped her, so she lowered her voice.
Jiang Yunu also quietly said to the female clerk: "Then I will secretly thank you sister."
The female clerk said: "Oh! You're so cute! Whose kid are you from around here?"
Jiang Yunu, holding the extra food box, had already retreated two or three steps to the edge of the store door.
She avoided answering the shop assistant's question and just smiled and said, "Goodbye, sister. I hope you have a good night!"
Before the female clerk could react, the little girl who looked very well behaved and sweet-talked disappeared from the store door in the blink of an eye as if she was walking at full speed.
Jiang Yunu left the store holding a box of samples that was as big as eight slices of cake, and went straight to the public bench on the street that she had seen while wandering around. Before her butt even touched the bench, she had already opened the lid of the box, her butt touched the seat, and the first piece of dessert was already in her mouth.
It was a cake made from some kind of animal cheese, with a sour jam added that Jiang Yunu couldn't tell what it was. The milky aroma of dairy products and the fruit acidity were delicately balanced together, and the jam just neutralized the greasy taste of the rich cheese. The overall taste was solid and dense, and the fragrance lingered on the lips and teeth after one bite.
Jiang Yunu was not a big fan of desserts in the past, but at this moment she felt like she was eating a rare delicacy.
Jiang Yunu specifically asked the store clerk to help her choose, and asked for the one with the highest calories. Her body was really lacking in calories at the moment, and desserts were well-known high-calorie foods. Eight pieces of desserts might be greasy for some people, but for Jiang Yunu, they were her precious calorie supplement. Moreover, because this was the first human food she had eaten since she came to this world, they were surprisingly delicious with the psychological bonus, allowing her to eat them all one after another without feeling greasy at all.
The box that was originally full of eight sample samples was suddenly empty. Even the cream and jam hanging on the wall were not spared. Jiang Yunu used the bread part of the last half of the dessert to scrape the bottom of the box clean, sweeping away all the cream and jam.
The dessert filled her stomach and temporarily replenished her calories. Jiang Yunu put the empty box, which was so clean that it looked like it had never been filled with anything, on her legs, leaned back on the back of the bench, and let out a long breath of satisfaction.
So satisfying.
When Jiang Yunu was calculating the amount of nutrient solution to drink every day at the base, she actually once doubted whether there was any normal food in this world. She was very worried that humans had evolved to the point where they would no longer eat traditional diets. But when she came to Chat City today, she felt very close to the atmosphere of life everywhere in Chat City, and she was very happy that there was still regular food in this world.
This intimacy and happiness also gave Jiang Yunu a sense of confidence. She felt that she should be able to survive better here than on the isolated island.
Even though she didn't even have a place to stay tonight, Jiang Yunu was optimistic.
Jiang Yunu sat on the bench for a moment, rubbing her full stomach. She watched the endless stream of cars on the circular track above her, dividing the sky. Not far away, the commercial section of Jinjiu Street was bustling with activity. She stood apart from the crowd, yet the atmosphere of the crowds warmed her. A sense of peace, unlike that of her conversations with Twenty-Two and the Moon on the isolated island, filled her heart.
Thinking about tonight's accommodation, Jiang Yunu noticed the bench she was sitting on and began to think that the bench was very good - it was ergonomically designed, with a spacious seat that was more than enough for her current body, and a backrest and armrests to prevent it from rolling off in the middle of the night.
Compared to the "bed" she built on the desert island with two boxes and foam, the public bench was simply a luxurious single bed.
Jiang Yunu felt that this idea was good and seriously considered sleeping on the chair tonight.
At this time, about twenty meters away from her, an advertisement was scrolling on a public floating screen.
The broadcast of a conference that Jiang Yunu had briefly glanced at before had long ended. The public floating screen was filled with a dizzying amount of advertising information, and was filled with new terms that were very unfamiliar to her. She was busy exploring the streets, looking for food, and observing the map, and did not pay much attention to these artificially placed advertisements.
Since she was free anyway, Jiang Yunu had nowhere to go for the time being, so she sat on a bench, her eyes unconsciously attracted by the advertisement on the floating screen.
Soon Jiang Yunu was attracted by a certain word that appeared frequently in the advertisement -
[Superpower]
On several recruitment advertisements that first slid across the floating screen, the beginning read, "The graduation ceremonies of all major colleges and universities have ended. The enrollment of advanced supernatural schools will begin next month, and the enrollment of elementary supernatural schools will begin after the enrollment of advanced colleges ends."
This was probably some key information, and it was played repeatedly several times so that Jiang Yunu could see every word clearly.
She just saw it clearly. There was no language barrier between Jiang Yunu and this world, but she was also confused for a moment.
What, there are superpowers in this world?
Jiang Yunu subconsciously spread out his hands, raised them in front of him and looked at them carefully. His first reaction was to think about whether he also had supernatural powers.
But she looked at her hands again and again. They were a pair of thin and white hands belonging to a child. She couldn't tell whether she had any special powers. She had no idea what the "special powers" in this world were, or what form they took.
Following the enrollment advertisement, several more advertisements with the keyword "superpower" flashed by, such as "A certain hospital has now opened superpower testing in advance. Parents can bring their children of appropriate age whose elemental attributes are not yet determined" and "A certain research institute has now developed a new generation of short-term superpower amplification drugs, which are expected to be officially launched next quarter" and so on.
Jiang Yunu's mind was suddenly filled with a large amount of "superpowers". She sorted out the information and accidentally sat on the bench watching advertisements for an hour or two.
A small robot slowly approached her, diverting her attention from the floating screen.
Jiang Yunu caught a glimpse of the robot and noticed that it also had a cylindrical body. Her first reaction was to think of the sweeper No. 129 who she had left in the parking lot. But when she looked closely, she saw that the robot was painted champagne-colored and seemed to be performing the function of city coordination.
"Hello, little friend," the robot said to Jiang Yunu in a clear and kind voice, "It's ten o'clock in the evening. You shouldn't be sitting alone on a bench in a public place."
Jiang Yunu's plan of "sleeping on the bench" fell through.
Because Chat City does not allow underage children to stay alone in public places at night.
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