"Access the trading platform!" she commanded and immediately a bright light covered her and she found herself in an unfamiliar space.
She didn't panic at all as so many strange things happened to her for decades. She looked around and saw a blinking light and she clicked on it.
The word 'shop' appeared and a catalog of some sort was presented to her in the form of a screen. The prices were tagged below each item on sale and some of the goods were being sold using points.
It was at this stage she understood the importance of the points that she has but she still didn't understand how she got them. She didn't want to use them at the moment as her gut feeling was telling her that they will be important in the future.
The good thing about the shop was that silver, gold, and spirit stones were all accepted. So, there was no need for her to worry about not having the adequate and exact currency needed.
Alayna wanted to buy something for the house but looking at the prices she decided to let this matter go at the moment. When she earns a lot of money, she was going to go on a shopping spree.
She left the trading platform and appeared in her home once more. As she was tired, she went to the bathroom and took a shower first before climbing the stairs to the main loft where the bedroom was. She climbed into the soft bed and sighed with happiness.
On this night she slept beautifully and woke up the next day around six in the morning. It wasn't that she wanted to wake up so early but a side mission has been issued and it was time-limited.
[SIDE MISSION: Pick 10 items to be placed on the shelves, 3 beverages to be put in the display fridge, 1 item for the deep freezer; REWARD: Spirit boosting cigarettes suitable for both men and women.]
[SIDE MISSION 2: Name your store and be as domineering as you can; REWARD: A tablet of your choice.]
Even if she was angry to be woken up so early in the morning, seeing the rewards she was as if chicken blood has been injected into her system as she sat upright on the bed.
She accepted the missions and started with the first one. She was given a variety of things that could be found in a convenience store and there were too many. Since they were many she decided to add things that she would want to have in her everyday life.
She ticked the steamed buns, dumplings, dried chips, and biscuits she had before and added products like cup noodles, cooked rice, lollipops, white and brown bread, salt and lastly cooking oil.
A convenience store sells things in smaller quantities so her salt and cooking oil were all smaller quantities like salt 50g and 100g while cooking oil was 330ml and 500ml.
The reason she picked bread was that a loaf could be eaten by many while dumplings and steamed buns were enough for one person.
After that, she decided on the beverages and picked water first and then drinks. She picked the 330ml kind and energy drink 440ml. For the soft drinks, she picked one flavor cola, and energy drink just one type.
She picked ice cream for the deep freezer and chose the 500g containers for one person. She wanted them to buy as much as they can and give her money.
When she was done, she began to think about the second mission and after thirty minutes a name finally came into mind and she was happy with it.
"For the shop's name, I choose 'THE RISEN PHOENIX'," she stated with a smile on her face.
[Congratulations on completing both missions. You can claim your rewards.]
Alayna opened her inventory and first opened the reward for leveling to 3 since she has not checked it yet. She received another cultivation manual and a water pill.
She also claimed the cigarettes for boosting and they were automatically added to her inventory. She took one box that was given to her and smiled, she used to smoke before so it wasn't an issue.
To get strong she was willing to smoke again. The last thing that she claimed was the tablet of her choice. She did another lotto draw and managed to get an 11-inch screen tablet, it was big and very nice for her.
She made up the bed and went downstairs for a shower, changed her clothes, and left the house with her tablet in her storage ring.
When she arrived, she found the place crowded but no one was making trouble. She wondered why they were all behaving but she loved it.
In the front was the shop's plaque, she didn't know when the system put it on but it looked very domineering and a phoenix on fire was on top.
The people that came early in the morning were very shocked when they saw the great changes that happened when they were gone. To find the shop much bigger than previously made them tremble with fear, especially for those that witnessed someone getting zapped.
When looking at the phoenix at the door, they felt as if they were being watched by the divine beast itself, and their reverend towards the shop and those behind it increased.
"It's finally good to see you back boss lady. We missed you so much!" Lucy the carefree one called out making Alayna smile at her and then the other customers.
"It's good to be back as well. Since there are a lot of people here this morning, I am going to say a few rules that have been added as well as explain to you about the new changes," she called out as she looked at the crowd.
They all quieted down to listen carefully as they didn't want to do anything that goes against the norm of this place.
"What you see over that side is the parking space, for those with carriages, you can park them there but if the place is full, you are not allowed to cause trouble.
The second thing is the customers can now sit and eat their food outside on those chairs and tables provided, if there is no space you can either go home and eat it or wait. you are also not allowed to spend more than twenty minutes sitting there to allow others to have a chance of using the space."
"There is an additional table inside for customers and you can use it for your convenience and at the back there are toilets but you need to get a card from me first or you won't be able to access it. And please maintain hygiene and don't misuse things. And lastly, ten people will go inside first, you will pick your own things and bring them to the till for payment," she stated and went inside.