The year was 2573.
It had already been ten years since the apocalypse.
Starting from 2563, zombies, cold waves, floods, earthquakes, acid rain, tsunamis, extreme cold, high temperatures, land pollution, and the Dark Seven Days... one crisis after another had erupted, as if Earth was punishing humanity for its past excesses.
Now, ruins were everywhere.
Amidst those ruins, a five-story, unscathed supermarket that looked out of place in its tidiness stood.
It was exceedingly rare.
In the post-apocalyptic world, even if supermarkets hadn't been completely looted, they would be destroyed by the harsh natural weather. A supermarket in such good condition was truly a rarity.
As soon as Su Yinhe pushed open the doors of the supermarket, a dilapidated scene greeted her, and just then a gust of wind blew, plastering her face with sand.
Su Yinhe slammed the door shut with a "smack" and stood at the entrance, looking out at the bleak landscape through the glass doors and let out a cold laugh.
"So this is the 'luxury otherworldly tour' you mentioned? Where's the beautiful scenery you talked about? The cute pets?"
Su Yinhe had been a corporate drone, but after inheriting an estate from some unknown relative and seeing a colleague suddenly die, she decisively quit her job to start a supermarket.
She used the inherited estate to buy a large five-story supermarket and stocked up a great deal of merchandise, ready to embark on the wonderful life of a boss when she was hit by a glitchy, brand new system.
She was nearly killed on the spot.
In order to avoid Su Yinhe's complaints, the system proactively offered compensation, sending her on an otherworldly tour and promising a bunch of benefits.
Anyone could go on a tour, but the chance for an otherworldly tour wasn't common. After hesitating for a moment, Su Yinhe cheerfully agreed.
Before coming, the system praised the tour extravagantly, saying the environment of the other world was good, the scenery was beautiful, and there were cute pets.
Su Yinhe, too, had fantasies because of the system's words, but the reality...
Heh.
"Look at this desolate landscape... how majestic! Look at these dilapidated buildings..." The system hypocritically praised with its wings flapping. But under Su Yinhe's murderous gaze, its voice gradually trailed off.
"I'm going to complain now." After being hit, an interface popped up in front of Su Yinhe: a blue, transparent virtual display with a marketplace where she could exchange items and all sorts of strange skills, and in the lower left corner, a complaint button.
This interface was originally meant for the host bound to complete tasks for the system, but when the system hit the wrong person, the interface also enveloped Su Yinhe.
"Please don't, if you complain, I'll be labeled as unqualified and then thrown into the junk pool for reset..." It was its first day on the job, and a complaint on the first day would be laughed at by other systems.
It didn't want to become the disgrace of the systems!
"That's none of my business." Su Yinhe sneered coldly, "It's your own incompetence, you fly horribly, and the compensation you offer is to dump me into this godforsaken place. You deserve the complaint."
"But but but... Please don't... I'll give you more compensation, okay? Please don't complain, I'm begging you, I'm bowing down!" The system's small wings flapped desperately as it pleaded pitifully.
"Let's hear it." Su Yinhe was ready to extort a deal.
...
Having been wrung dry, the system fluttered its little wings weakly and said, "Let's leave it at that, then. Have a good time, and when you've had enough, contact me, and I'll send you back."
It had truly been sucked dry by this shrewd businesswoman; Su Yinhe didn't learn much else from her time as a corporate drone, but she sure picked up her boss's capitalist tricks.
"Goodbye." Su Yinhe, having extorted to her heart's content, visibly brightened in mood.
Unwilling to meet again.
The figure of the system fluttering its little wings looked particularly desolate; it might as well go torment its host.
After the system flew away, Su Yinhe looked at her large supermarket and nodded approvingly. Great, the happy salted fish life was about to begin.
The system sent her on a trip and promised to let her return to the original point in time of her own world.
That is to say, she could live out an entire lifetime here, and then after returning, she could live another lifetime.
Getting two lifetimes in one go!
Profit!
She had just requested a bunch of perks from the system, such as the supermarket's absolute defense, its ability to move at will, the unlimited supplies in the supermarket, the constant availability of water, electricity, and WiFi in the supermarket, and the transformation of the fourth floor of the supermarket into a planting zone with the addition of a medical room...
Lucky it was a novice system, easy to trick.
If it had been a more astute system, she probably wouldn't have received so many compensations.
Su Yinhe, who usually read novels, was well-versed in such plots and adapted to them very quickly.
Su Yinhe prepared some skewered snacks and relished the coolness of the air conditioning in the supermarket while eating her skewers. It was bliss.
Domestic supermarkets don't have skewered snacks, but Su Yinhe, who was used to slacking off at work and watching videos, had seen skewered snacks in convenience stores abroad and craved them.
What's more, it was her own supermarket, where she could do whatever she wanted. So, she installed a skewer pot near the checkout counter.
This way, she could eat skewered snacks while working at the checkout during winter!
Su Yinhe's supermarket was very well-stocked. The first floor contained all sorts of snacks and food, the second floor held various daily necessities, the third floor housed clothing, blankets, and bedding, while the fourth and fifth floors were her living quarters.
Later, she had the system install a medical room on the fourth floor, stocked with all sorts of medicines and medical equipment. The apocalypse must have created a shortage of medicine... Su Yinhe planned to make a fortune and then lead an even happier salted fish life when she returned to her original world.
After finishing a few skewers, Su Yinhe then grabbed an ice cream.
How blissful!
This was indeed the life of a salted fish.
Moved, Su Yinhe shed tears of joy.
The trash from her meal was thrown into the trash disposal box, another product of the system. A high-tech product, the trash thrown into it would automatically be sorted and then transformed into various useful products like cling film, tissue paper...
The most important thing was, no need to sort the trash, just throw in whatever you want!
Su Yinhe, who had suffered through trash sorting, was very satisfied.
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The Cheetah Team was a group of Superpower Users from Sun Base, and this time they collaborated with other teams to kill a group of Mutant Hares.
Mutant Hares were one of the few mutant animals that humans could eat after the apocalypse.
Though they were somewhat tough to chew, they were still edible, it was still meat.
You see, after the apocalypse, plants and animals mutated. Many edible plants and animals that were once safe to consume became poisonous and could no longer be eaten.
The land was polluted too, making it difficult for new plants to grow. Even if plants did manage to sprout, they were likely to mutate.
This time, the Cheetah Team collaborated with the Fierce Tiger Team and successfully slaughtered a group of Mutant Hares.
But when it came to dividing the loot, an incident occurred. The Fierce Tiger Team actually wanted to monopolize the spoils.
During the fight with the Mutant Hares, the Cheetah Team had put in the most effort and had more members injured, while the Fierce Tiger Team held back and hardly had any casualties.
The Cheetah Team, having suffered heavy losses, naturally couldn't outcompete the Fierce Tiger Team, and some of their own supplies were even stolen.
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