Cui Huangxing's eyes swept across Lu Yao and fell on the guard seals that were lined up obediently: "You like these little guys very much."
Lu Yao nodded without hesitation: "I have a furry shop. If you allow, I would like to hire them to work in the shop."
Cui Huangxing waved, and the captain of the guard wearing a pearl necklace stepped forward.
The deep sea goddess stretched out her finger and tapped the SEAL captain's forehead.
The SEAL captain cried out mournfully, his grape-like eyes were wet and his face was full of reluctance.
Cuihuangxing was determined, and the SEALs left the bedroom in grievance, leaving Lu Yao behind.
Half an hour later, Lu Yao came out of the bedroom of the Deep Sea Goddess.
The guard seals were in the main hall, and when they saw Lu Yao coming out, they all looked over eagerly.
Lu Yao lowered his head slightly, hiding his emotions, and said in a deep voice: "The goddess is asleep."
“Woo-woo—”
“Woo woo woo—”
The seals began to cry, their big eyes filled with tears, and they made sad noises.
The teardrop seal is a messenger chosen by the goddess of the deep sea. It is snow-white, looks cute, and can understand human language. The only shortcoming is that it is not very good at fighting.
The Deep Sea Goddess herself was powerful enough, and she initially selected the divine messengers just for companionship without considering their combat capabilities.
Contrary to what people imagine, gods are not omnipotent.
In fact, the stronger the power of the gods, the stricter the rules that bind their power.
As the mother of all things in the world, the Deep Sea Goddess has the power to nurture life.
The rule that bound her was "thou shalt not kill."
About twenty years ago, the Deep Sea Goddess accidentally violated the rules and suffered backlash. Her divine power continued to decline, and at this time, the God Slayer appeared.
It is rumored that the godslayer is ferocious and brutal. Not only will he kill gods, but he will also destroy their divinity.
The impact of a god's death on the world is immeasurable, and if a mother goddess with many believers dies, the world may collapse directly.
The seal guards were worried that the Mother Goddess, whose power was declining, would be found by the godslayer, so after her pleading, they hid her in the deepest part of the sea.
However, only twenty years later, the goddess' hiding place was found by a human.
The seal guards felt quite frustrated. They alone could not protect the goddess' safety.
The Deep Sea Goddess may have also realized this. After a long chat with Lu Yao, she decided to fall asleep and entrusted both the God's Messenger and the God's Realm to her.
Lu Yao had a blank expression: "After you fall asleep, what will happen to the garbage sea and those who drowned in it?"
Cui Huangxing took out his left eye and turned it into a black pearl. He then took out a handful of pink pearls and made them into a bracelet. A purple conch was hung in the middle of the pearls. He handed it to Lu Yao and said, "When I fall asleep, you can take over my duties as a god."
Lu Yao: "...Are all gods so careless?"
Emerald Star: "In an emergency, this is a necessary compromise for the sake of my people and the world."
Lu Yao: "... You sound quite aggrieved. The God Slayer has come, and I am the one who performs the duties of a god. Isn't that just a substitute?"
Emerald Star: "He won't kill you."
Lu Yao: “Why?”
Cui Huangxing didn't plan to say more, she turned over and waved: "You should go back."
Lu Yao sat on the steps in the middle of the main hall, picked up the nearest drop seal, buried her face in its furry chest, sorted out her thoughts, and inadvertently cast telepathy.
She was lost in thought when a clear young boy's voice rang in her mind: "Become... become a human servant... strike..."
Lu Yao looked up and saw the little seal had a look of despair on his face.
She put down the one in her hand and picked up the smaller and rounder one next to it.
"Mother doesn't want us anymore..."
"I'm going to work in a human's home..."
"Leopard doesn't want to work..."
The blob seals lay on the ground, huddled together, collectively in a state of autism.
Lu Yao was interrupted and didn't think about it anymore. He picked up some of the pearls piled up in the trench and the palace, clapped his hands and said, "Children, cheer up, we are going to the furry shop."
The little seal raised its head to look at her, then slowly got up and lined up in an orderly manner.
Although they were worried and afraid, they still obeyed Lu Yao.
Their understanding of human nature is their advantage, but sometimes it is also a constraint.
There are quite a lot of drop seals. Lu Yao discussed with the captain of the guard and decided to leave half of them to guard the shrine and rotate their jobs every half a month.
The situation was quite different when he came and when he left. The bracelet that the goddess gave to Lu Yao had a purple conch pendant on it. The conch not only made sounds, but also spit out a bubble-like film.
The bubble film wrapped Lu Yao inside, and the little seals formed a circle around the bubble, holding up the bubble and sending her back to the surface of the trench.
Back to the open space at the garbage mountain, the bubbles burst naturally, Lu Yao's diving suit was intact, and the garbage picking machine fell aside.
She put the machine on her back and turned back to wave at the blob seal, "Come on, I'll take you to the whale room."
On the way back she was thinking: there would be cats in the octopus room, dogs in the coral room, birds in the jellyfish room, rabbits in the sea urchin room, and the remaining whale room would be used for blob seals.
Passing by the jellyfish room and the sea urchin room on the way, the customers who were relaxing there were so stunned that they couldn't move their eyes when they saw a string of seals following the owner.
“So many seals!!!”
"The chubby ones are so cute!"
"Isn't this the new furry one in the store?"
"Even seals can be rubbed, this is amazing!"
"Is this the direction to the whale room?"
…
The guests followed all the way to the whale room.
Lu Yao pushed the door open and a group of baby seals followed him ashore.
The fur of the teardrop seal is waterproof. It looks like a long-haired ball in the sea, but when it comes ashore and shakes its head, it immediately becomes soft and furry.
Harold squeezed out from the guests with shining eyes, passed the round furry things on the ground, walked behind Lu Yao, took the machine from her hand, and asked, "Where have you been?"
Lu Yao took off his mask, smoothed his hair, and said casually: "It was in the garbage mountain that I encountered this group of blob seals. They will all be store employees in the future."
Harold squatted down and picked up one, weighed it, and was a little surprised, "The little fat guy is quite heavy."
The "little fat boy" shuddered all over, suddenly struggled violently, fell to the ground with a "plop", and rolled to the corner, like an autistic fat eggplant.
Harold: “…”
Lu Yao held back his laughter and said, "The little fatty is angry, go and comfort him."
Harold: “…”
A guest nearby saw this and couldn't help asking, "Can they understand?"
Lu Yao: “Everything has a soul.”
I didn’t say I understood, nor did I say I didn’t understand.
The animals in the Furry Shop are smarter and more human-like than ordinary animals, but people in this world rarely come into contact with domestic pets and don't understand this.
The guest was also curious, so he asked casually and was satisfied with this answer.
The cute seals were lying defenselessly all over the room. The customers didn't have much energy to chat with the owner. Their eyes were fixed on the seals, but they couldn't tear them away.
There is actually a zoo in Yeguang City. The tickets are expensive and the visiting time is limited. You can’t even think about petting seals.
Seals are furry creatures that are even harder to get in touch with than Maru Maru dogs and Wakaba rabbits. In addition, the droplet seal is a special species, and its appearance as an adult is almost the same as that as a cub, making it even more lovable.
At this point, the unpopular Whale Room finally became lively again.
During lunch break, Jiuhua heard that a furry seal had come to the whale room, so she skipped lunch and ran over to suck the little seal.
It was not yet time to get off work, and because she was too relaxed, she turned into a starfish and left the garbage sea.
Lu Yao watched Bubbles fly out of the furry shop with a helpless look on his face.
Half an hour later, Jiuhua appeared again.
"Shopkeeper, I contacted a seller of Wakaba rabbits and ordered twenty rabbits. The delivery is scheduled for five days later." Jiuhua told Lu Yao the news as soon as he arrived.
The seller came from Two Star City, and it would take several days by boat, otherwise he could have arrived earlier.
Lu Yao thought that Jiuhua was too efficient. By successfully introducing the rabbits, the system task was completed.
It will take a few days to get things done here, so she can use that time to complete the side quest.
After returning from the palace of the Deep Sea Goddess, she was looking forward to completing the ultimate mission and moving on to the next world.
The side quest requires you to clean up the garbage in the Garbage Sea and purify the ocean currents.
Lu Yao plans to do it in two steps. First, he will clean up all the garbage in this sea area, and then use crystal core energy and pearls containing the power of the deep sea goddess to purify the water.
But there is too much garbage, and it is difficult for her to clean up an area of sea in a short time by herself.
Lu Yao thought of several solutions. There are ways to deal with the garbage, but it is a pity that it cannot be exchanged for points.
She finally considered using a system-based machine.
Lu Yao typed into the system: "Can the garbage disposal machine be redeemed with points?"
As the number of machines increases, Harold and the teardrop seal can help pick up garbage, and efficiency will be greatly improved.
The system didn't seem to notice that it had been disconnected from the store owner for a while, and immediately rejected the request: "There is only one machine."
Lu Yao proposed a second backup plan: "Can we use replication magic to increase the number of machines?"
System: [The replica only has the function of collecting garbage, and cannot convert garbage into points. If the store owner just wants to dispose of the garbage in the sea, he can do it.]
Lu Yao touched his chin and silently rejected the idea: "It's a pity that it can't be exchanged for points."
The system noticed that there were things in the portable warehouse that were not there before, and after a pause, it said: [Shopkeeper, there are too many pearls in the warehouse, and the grids are full.]
Speaking of this, Lu Yao was helpless.
After the portable warehouse is upgraded, there are a total of forty slots, with each slot holding two thousand five hundred items.
The remaining thirty-odd spaces were all filled with pearls. There were still pearls left in the deep sea trench, and there was no way to bring them all back.
Lu Yao: "Well, I'll find a way to deal with the garbage first, and think about this problem later."
System: [… Hmm.]
The system was unhappy. She didn't confess on her own initiative, so it didn't feel comfortable asking.
If the shop owner knew that he couldn't fully grasp her whereabouts, his attitude would definitely be more arrogant than it is now.
-
Lu Yao was busy for two days, conducting dozens of experiments of various sizes.
The machines that process garbage cannot be replicated, and the replicas are not fully functional and are extremely inefficient.
Then she took the machine to the snack bar and asked Meng Qin to see if he could remove the parts and disassemble the structure.
After taking a look at it, Meng Qin said that the structure of this machine is very special and it is a machine that cannot be disassembled.
Finally, Lu Yao decided to try the dumbest method. She took the machine and asked Harold to accompany her to the garbage mountain late at night.
At that time, the autistic fish fell into sleep, and the drop-shaped seals set up a hidden barrier outside the garbage mountain.
Harold transformed back into dragon form and cast a magnification spell on the machine.
The small machine instantly enlarged to dozens of times its original size, and Harold carried it on his back.
Lu Yao lay on the little black dragon's head and directed him to clean.
The dragon carries a machine that looks like a small box on its back. Its sturdy mechanical claws can create a huge gap on the hill with one claw, and the speed of picking up garbage is significantly increased.
[Abandoned TVs, rotten refrigerators, truck wreckage... a total of 117 kilograms, popularity value +117000. ]
[Cans, glass bottles, plastics... a total of 63 kilograms, popularity value +63000. ]
[Shipwreck, 359 kilograms, popularity value +359000. ]
…
The system watched Lu Yao struggle for a few days with a cold eye. It was originally proud of finally making things difficult for the store owner, but now it almost couldn't hold back: [Is this okay? ]
Lu Yao was dissatisfied: "What do you mean by 'this is also possible'? It's not easy, okay? Without Harold and Leopard, this method won't work."
system:[…]
The next morning, the autistic fish woke up and inexplicably felt that its vision was wider than usual and the surroundings were much brighter. When it turned its head, it saw that its eyes were bulging and it couldn't believe it.
“Where’s the garbage mountain?”
"It was razed overnight?"
The place where autistic fish rest at night is like the fixed location where the soldiers refresh on the game map. Most autistic fish wake up here and then realize that they have turned into a fish.
The garbage mountain nearby is like a distinctive landmark, carrying some indescribable meaning.
Humans who turn into fish are just like garbage sinking to the bottom of the sea, rotting and stinking.
But early this morning, the garbage was cleared away, leaving a large area of dark gray seabed.
The sunlight spread down from the sea, refracting deep and shallow spots of light, drifting with the ocean currents like clouds floating on the water.
Groups of jellyfish swim among them, like blooming flowers.
With a broad vision, the mind unconsciously becomes open and relaxed.
Among the autistic fish school, several "nail households" stared blankly at the deep sea, and bubble films gradually condensed around their bodies, and they slowly flew out of the garbage sea.
Some autistic fish swam towards the open space and found Lu Yao and his group standing at the edge of the deep-sea trench.
"It's the owner, and that bad-tempered clerk!"
"Leopard is here too, standing in a row is so nice!"
"The owner often picks up trash here. Could it be that she cleaned up all the trash?"
Some people wanted to refute, but they remembered that the Furry Shop was once expanded into an amusement park overnight, and they couldn't find any arguments to refute.
Someone else whispered, "I'm just guessing. Is there a possibility that the shop owner is actually Lord Cui Huangxing?"
"Ah, this... isn't possible?"
"Then how do you explain this situation?"
"The owner is indeed amazing, but she doesn't look anything like the goddess in the statue..."
The autistic fish group began to have a heated discussion about whether the store owner was a deep-sea goddess. Both sides had strong arguments and no one could convince the other.
At this time, an anemone fish nearby said slowly: "What are you looking at, owner? You keep looking down into the trench."
The autistic fish was still arguing, but couldn't help but glance over. Curious, it gradually changed direction and swam over with the anemone fish.
They stopped at the edge of the trench and the noisy quarrel suddenly disappeared.
There is a galaxy in the trench, with golden spots of light gathered together, flickering and floating, like fireflies by the river on a summer night, or like tiny stars that are about to disappear before dawn.
The autistic fish looked at the flickering sparks, and suddenly a warm current flowed into its dry heart, and its restless mood gradually calmed down.
Lu Yao watched quietly, with a slight smile on his lips.
The power of God is indeed extraordinary.
Harold watched for a while, then held Lu Yao tightly with his right hand and pulled her back, "Don't look anymore."
"Huh?" Lu Yao was puzzled.
Harold said impatiently, "I'm exhausted after working all night. Go back to sleep. Don't forget what you promised me."
This little job wasn't as intense as his usual practice fights with Si Jin, but Lu Yao's gaze staring into the abyss made him feel a little uneasy.
Harold couldn't describe what that feeling was, but for a moment he felt that Lu Yao was very far away from him.
"Okay, let's go back." Lu Yao pulled Harold up with one hand and called the water drop seal, "Babies, you've worked hard, let's go back to the store and rest."
Ji Feiming had already prepared fresh fish as instructed by the owner. The drop seal ate as soon as he returned to the whale room, and after breakfast he rolled on the ground to rest.
Marine life does not need stable sleep like humans, but when there is no danger, they know how to lie down safely and enjoy the peace and tranquility of life.
When guests come to the whale room, they see the leopards lying down, looking more relaxed and at ease than a 90-year-old grandfather. It is not only funny but also entertaining.
Not wanting to disturb their good mood, the guests found an open space and lay down next to the leopard, with the dark blue sea above their heads and the chubby little seals beside them.
If you get close to it, it will paddle you with its soft flippers, making a "humming" sound.
-
Lu Yao came out of the shower and secretly drank two bottles of recovery potion in the bathroom.
After the garbage mountain has been dealt with, the polluted ocean currents still need to be purified. She will go to the blind box shop later.
Ji Feiming was waiting outside the door. When he saw her come out, he glanced at the pearl bracelet on her wrist and walked forward: "Shopkeeper."
"Is there something?" Lu Yao knew his own clerk a little bit.
Ji Feiming: "Maorongrong is indeed short of staff. We need to ensure that each area has at least one clerk. We can't find suitable clerks in this world. Do you want to consider recruiting people from the shopping street?"
Lu Yao raised his head and looked straight into Ji Feiming's eyes.
He tried to move away uncomfortably, but then composed himself, his expression straight and smooth, as he met her gaze.
A few months passed, and the former messenger of God almost forgot his original plan. He lived a wonderful life, picking up and delivering goods and greeting customers in the shopping street every day.
Yesterday, the shop owner came back from diving with a pearl bracelet on his wrist.
It was an unusual bracelet, especially the black pearl, which burned his eyes at just one look.
Ji Feiming did not sleep all night. At first he thought that Lu Yao was not the person he was looking for, but now he felt more and more that it was hard to predict what would happen in the future, and he had already boarded the shop owner's boat.
Lu Yao retracted his gaze and said calmly, "We are hiring here. I just want to add one more person in the kitchen. Do you have a suitable candidate to recommend?"
Now that she has the drop seal, she is no longer in a hurry to recruit people.
It’s just that I’ve been busy with tasks in the past two days and haven’t had time to prepare it.
However, Ji Feiming's job is a deliveryman, and he has to travel between several stores, which is a lot of work. When she starts preparing for the next store, she may need his help. The staff is even more short-handed, and the kitchen of Maorongrong Store really needs to hire a capable and stable chef.
Ji Feiming clenched his fist lightly: "Well, I will notify the tribe to select suitable people and send them over. You can interview them and keep the ones you like."
Lu Yao was a little surprised: "It's too troublesome, why don't I just look for it online."
It's too much to send someone over from home.
Lu Yao felt that his clerk seemed to have imagined something extraordinary.
Although the risk is a little higher online, she can arrange for an interview outside, and after careful investigation, she will always be able to find someone suitable.
Ji Feiming said excitedly, "It's not a problem at all. The shop owner also knows my family's background. The situation in the shopping street is particularly special. They are definitely more reliable than random people."
Ji Feiming has changed a lot.
Compared with the eccentric uncle who initially followed Zhuang Liang to the shopping street, he now looks like the simple grandfather guarding the gate of the community, or like an elder who is desperately trying to find connections to find a good job for his younger generation.
However, Lu Yao felt that his younger generation might not appreciate it, so he sighed slightly, "My requirements for the store clerks are very simple. They must agree to sign the highest level of confidentiality agreement, have good cooking skills, and be articulate and patient."
Ji Feiming nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll contact them right away."
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In the blind box store, the clerk is stocking goods and organizing the shelves.
Lu Yao pushed the door open and Ling Lan saw her. She ran over and hugged her, "Sister!"
Wei Xuan and Nie Yu heard this and turned to look over, "Shopkeeper."
The tiger cub jumped down from the top of the glass shelf. It had grown a little, and still looked like a tiger, but it had not been able to transform into a human form.
“Ouch!”
Lu Yao reached out his hand, and the tiger cub lowered its head and rubbed against him, its voice softening: "Awoo~"
Linglan fell on Lu Yao's waist and said, "Sister, you haven't come to the store for a long time. Customers are urging us to get new products."
The world of impermanence has escaped from impermanence, but this world has been in dire straits for twenty years and will take a long time to rebuild.
With the blind box store as the center, people began to move into the abandoned houses around the shopping mall. In the early morning and evening, the aroma of food began to waft through the streets.
People cleared out pieces of land in the city, trying to grow food, vegetables, and mutant plants, building reservoirs on a small scale, and renovating roads.
In this new world starting from scratch, there is a magical blind box store that has become the initial spice of people's hard lives.
"Write down what new products the customers want and give them to Xiaoji later. I'll take a look." Lu Yao said, "How are the seafood series selling recently?"
The seafood in Maorongrong’s shop is out of stock, so Lu Yao delivers a batch of the freshest ones to snack bars and blind box stores every day.
Linglan nodded continuously: "The seafood blind box is fresh and has sufficient quantity. You can't buy it outside. Many customers like to carry the box."
Luo Huian came out of the laboratory and saw Lu Yao, his eyes lit up, "Shopkeeper!"
The fat boy has finished intensive treatment but is still taking medication and needs a physical check-up every three months.
Lu Yao looked him up and down, with some joy in his eyes, "Have you lost weight?"
The little fat boy's eyes were bright when he was fat. Now that he has less fat on his face, his eyes are brighter and more energetic, and the white coat he wears seems three points looser.
Luo Hui'an pursed her lips, a little shy, "I lost a little weight. Doctor Bai said that when I reduce the dosage of medicine next year, I will gradually lose weight to a normal size."
Lu Yao felt quite relieved.
Who would have thought that the little fat boy who was still counting the days to live a few months ago is now almost the same as an ordinary person and is a promising researcher.
"By the way, the solvent you want has been made. Sister Zhong and I have experimented many times and have adjusted the ratio to the best." Luo Hui'an said.
In the laboratory, Zhong Ruying and Xue Ge were doing experiments. When they saw Lu Yao coming in, they immediately stopped what they were doing and said, "Shopkeeper."
A new plantation has been opened up at the base, and after Mr. Jiang recovered a little, he returned to the base to look after the vegetable garden. Now if there is anything, let Jiang Han pass on the message.
The main researchers of the blind box store are Luo Huian, Zhong Ruying, Xue Ge and Ling Lan, and sometimes Tiger Cub also helps.
Lu Yao first looked at the purification solvent, and the effect was indeed good, and the efficiency was pushed to the limit.
Luo Huian said that this solvent can not only purify seawater, but also fresh water to drinking water level. This is the latest version of the purification solvent.
Lu Yao got the purification solvent, came out of the blind box shop, and crossed the dilapidated road under the scorching sun. The cicadas were chirping noisily, and the hot wind brought bursts of osmanthus fragrance.
Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon.
-
Lu Yao asked the staff of the snack bar to make a batch of special water guns, about fifty of them, which could be used for forty-eight hours after being filled with "ammunition".
She ground the pearls containing the power of the goddess of the deep sea into powder, loaded them into a water gun along with the purification solution, and held a small event in the furry shop.
The shop assistants and customers had a water gun battle in the former garbage mountain, now a jellyfish field.
The Furry Shop dispatched the owner, the shop assistants Harold and Jiuhua, and the seal guards, a total of 25 members, and the guests drew lots to select the 25 people.
The solution in the water gun is a light golden color and will stay on the body for ten minutes, making it easy to see.
The two sides fought with water guns, and whoever was sprayed would leave the field.
The last person left on the field is the winner.
The only winner will receive a special prize provided by the Furry Shop - Tears of God, and each member of the winning team will receive an exclusive medal of the Furry Shop.
The Tears of God are the tears of the goddess of the deep sea.
Lu Yao picked one and made it into a necklace as a prize.
As soon as the Tears of God were taken out, everyone, except Lu Yao and Harold, couldn't take their eyes away.
The pearl that contains the power of the Mother Goddess has an extraordinary appeal to the people of this world and the current messengers of God.
The competition itself was very interesting, and with the valuable prizes, both sides instantly became eager to fight.
Lu Yao actually had no interest in the competition. Harold acted like a spoiled child and said in a vicious voice that if she didn't participate, he would turn into a giant dragon and crush these poor autistic fish to death in minutes.
She was silent for five minutes and then raised her hand to join the competition.
When the water gun battle began, the store manager's group had a big advantage, mainly because there were two of them.
The blob seal is very agile in the sea and can hold the water gun tightly with its flippers.
Jiuhua turned into a starfish and stuck tightly to a fellow seal, holding the water gun tightly in its two tentacles, and achieved impressive results.
The guest group includes octopuses, jellyfish, seahorses and other creatures with flexible arms and tails that move independently. Some of the guests are benthic creatures such as very small fish, conchs and mantis shrimps, and there are also a small number of small and medium-sized mammals. They will choose to cooperate and fight against their opponents together.
A water gun game was played with a fierceness that simulated a battlefield. Lu Yao was hit while paddling in the water, and Harold was eliminated.
After the humans leave, they enter the guest's home court.
Some autistic fish were having too much fun and were suddenly caught in bubbles during the competition and flew directly out of the garbage sea.
The fallen water gun was picked up by his companions and the battle continued.
The battlefield began to expand to the entire Garbage Sea. The combatants were replaced several times in the middle of the game and the game lasted until late at night.
The next morning, Jiuhua, who had been hiding in the coral reef all night, had a fierce confrontation with a guest.
The guest was a giant mimic octopus with flexible arms and legs.
Jiuhua was calm and composed, riding on the water drop seal, holding a water gun, looking very imposing.
Jiuhua was about to fire the most beautiful shot when Lu Yao suddenly appeared and called Little Bao to go back to the store for breakfast.
The drop-shaped seal that had carried Jiuhua for the entire night rushed back to the whale room like an arrow.
Jiuhua was forced to give up and leave: "..."
The day after the water gun competition, Lu Yao, accompanied by the Navy SEALs, went to Yeguang City to pick up Rukaba Rabbit, and received the mission news on the way back.
[The side quest is completed, and the completion rate is an astonishing 100%! Congratulations to the store owner for starting the ultimate quest! ]