Yao Yiyi took out two blind boxes from the daily necessities blind box machine, found her companion sitting in the corner of the hall, and ran over excitedly: "I drew two new blind boxes again. I heard that they can open daily necessities before the day of impermanence comes."
The companions huddled their heads together, sipping instant noodles ravenously. Upon hearing her words, they looked up at her, nodded briefly, picked up the hot drink at hand, gulped down a big gulp, sighed with satisfaction, and lowered their heads to continue eating noodles.
They were from the base in the next area. When the cold wave ended, they went out to look for supplies. They happened to hear that there was a magical store in the east area that could exchange food and daily necessities, so the five-member team came here in the rain.
The last unpredictable cold wave was colder than ever before, and it was almost impossible to collect useful supplies.
The people at Yao Yiyi's base lived frugally and survived by eating snow until the cold wave ended.
They dragged their exhausted bodies to find the blind box store and learned the redemption rules under the guidance of the store clerk.
Like most people, they first noticed the food blind boxes.
Following the recommendation of the shop assistant and other customers, we exchanged instant noodles, hot drinks and fruits. The moment we tore open the box, everyone thought they were dreaming.
After drinking the sweet and warm hot drinks, eating the instant noodles and the crisp and sweet fresh fruits, they were speechless and all of them turned into eaters.
Yao Yiyi shared a box of instant noodles with her companions. Maybe she had been hungry for too long, so she took a few bites and found it delicious. She wanted to eat more, but then her stomach started to feel uncomfortable and she felt like vomiting.
She didn't want to vomit, so she didn't eat it. She just got up to digest the food and wandered around the store.
When I walked to the daily necessities blind box machine, I saw many people redeeming them.
This series is cheaper than the crystal core blind box and the medicine blind box, so Yao Yiyi couldn't help but exchange two.
While her companions were still eating crazily, she sat down, ate half an apple, and started to open the new blind box.
She tore open a box first and took out a 300 ml spray bottle containing light blue liquid.
There are small print instructions on the style card - Jiushen Mint Mosquito Repellent, apply it on the body to repel mosquitoes and prevent bites.
Yao Yiyi sprayed a little on her arm. The faint scent of floral water spread, and her skin felt a little cool. "Can applying this on the body repel insects?"
All the team members are the new generation born after the arrival of the Day of Impermanence, and they have never seen most of the goods in the blind box store.
Someone at the next table wanted to open a mosquito repellent, but it didn't come out. He looked at Yao Yiyi with envy: "The things in the blind box store are all very useful, don't worry. It has rained recently and the temperature has started to rise. The bugs will come out soon, and the mosquito repellent is very practical."
Yao Yiyi immediately became happy and started to tear the second box, and drew a large pack of wet wipes.
There are small print instructions on the style card: Cleaning and disinfecting wet wipes, soft and skin-friendly, can be used for face and hand cleaning.
The bag is the size of a palm, about three fingers high, and quite heavy in the hand.
Yao Yiyi was really curious, so she tore open the paper, pulled out a piece, and said in surprise: "It's really wet, and it smells a bit good."
The fragrance is very light and smells very comfortable.
Yao Yiyi unfolded the wet tissue and wiped her face. There was a black spot on the tissue. She couldn't help laughing: "You don't know until you wipe it. Once you wipe it, you will be shocked."
Her companions were finally attracted by what she pulled out. Li Xin touched the wet tissue and said happily, "This thing is really convenient."
In the uncertain days when even survival becomes a problem, personal hygiene is a problem that cannot be any smaller.
But if there is a way to maintain personal hygiene, no one would refuse it.
Li Xin, Wei Quan and their two companions all stood up to draw the blind boxes of daily necessities.
Li Xin came back first and opened a large bag of toilet paper and a bottle of shampoo.
There were small words on the shampoo package saying "Moisturizes and cares for hair" and it smelled nice, she liked it very much.
The two younger companions, one asked for three bars of soap and a set of tooth cleaning supplies (toothbrush, toothpaste, water cup), and the other asked for a raincoat and a bag of laundry detergent.
Wei Quan finally came back with two blind boxes of daily necessities, one blind box of staple food, one blind box of medicines, and one ordinary crystal core blind box.
Seeing that everyone had opened their daily necessities, he also opened his blind box of daily necessities.
The first blind box contained a large plaid umbrella, but he wanted a raincoat more so that it would be more convenient to find things when doing missions.
But I didn’t win the prize, but it’s nice to have an umbrella.
This umbrella is big enough for three people to hold together, or even four people if they squeeze together.
No one has to get wet in the rain on the way back.
He folded the umbrella and placed it on the table, then began to open the second blind box, and a bag of soft stuff fell out.
The style card says "Sanitary napkin" with small print below describing how to use it.
Wei Quan looked at it for a long time and found that he couldn't understand it.
"I drew something strange." He handed the card to Yao Yiyi and Li Xin.
The two people read it word by word twice, seeming to understand it but not quite, so they simply picked up the sanitary napkins and style cards and asked the clerk.
Wei Xuan stood next to the daily necessities blind box machine, guiding the customers.
Yao Yiyi showed her the sanitary napkin and said, "Someone in our team took this out, but I don't know how to use it."
Wei Xuan took the style card and looked at it, then looked up at her: "Wait a moment, I'll ask the owner."
Lu Yao came out from the backstage and looked at the sanitary napkin in Yao Yiyi's hand with a slightly complicated expression. He took the three girls to a corner and asked in a low voice: "None of you have your menstrual period?"
After communicating with each other for a while, Lu Yao exhaled lightly.
She originally thought that this thing must be needed by girls, but she didn't expect that most girls here had irregular menstrual periods.
Take Wei Xuan for example. She had been a blood sheep since she was a child and didn't have enough food to eat. Her health was so poor that she still hadn't had her menstrual period at the age of seventeen.
Nie Yu is similar to her.
Lu Yao explained the purpose of sanitary napkins, and seeing that they really didn't need them, he planned to take them back and replace them with a blind box.
Yao Yiyi took back the sanitary napkin thoughtfully, "It's not useless, it's just that we have never seen it before. I'll take this back to my sister."
They don't need it, there are other girls in the base who can be used.
Lu Yao saw that they looked unfamiliar and did not look like people from the nearby base, so he asked a few more questions.
Yao Yiyi was talkative and told Lu Yao that they came from a small base in the west.
Many people starved to death or froze to death during this cold wave. There were almost no people left in the nearby small bases, and supplies were becoming increasingly difficult to find, so they came to a farther place to try their luck.
Watching Yao Yiyi's team leave, Lu Yao considered recycling the sanitary napkin blind box first, and then adding a few body conditioning medicines to the medicine blind box.
Not everyone needs conditioning potions, so it would be better to have a separate series.
However, there are not enough places for blind box machines and product categories, so for the time being they can only be classified together with medicine blind boxes.
However, medicine is only auxiliary after all. Eating regularly and balancing nutrition are the best ways to regulate the body, which is a bit difficult in this world.
The daily expenses of blind box stores are no less than those of snack bars. Food, daily necessities, and medicine all cost money.
The most important crystal core energy in this world only brings some convenience to life but fails to produce any effect.
Lu Yao felt that she had reached a dead end. This world made her feel even more desperate than her original dreamland.
Luo Huian was chatting with Jiang Shanrun. When he looked up and saw Lu Yao, he immediately greeted him, "Shopkeeper."
Lu Yao nodded and saw the old man standing next to him: "Someone you know?"
Luo Hui'an introduced: "Grandpa Jiang, a botanist who used to do research with my parents."
Lu Yao's expression slightly changed, and he nodded, "So that's how it is. What were you talking about just now, was it related to blind boxes?"
Jiang Shanrun was also looking at Lu Yao with a kind expression, "Nothing, just an old man's fantasy. But it is indeed related to blind boxes."
Luo Huian said: "Grandpa Jiang asked the blind box store if it was possible to produce soil blind boxes or potted plant blind boxes."
Seeing Lu Yao's confusion, Jiang Shanrun took the initiative to explain: "The soil and water sources here are polluted, so it is difficult to grow normal plants. I have been doing relevant research, trying to improve the soil, water quality and seeds. But in the past ten years, I have been standing still. Now I am old and a little lazy."
Speaking of this, Jiang Shanrun felt ashamed.
Going to a blind box store to ask for uncontaminated soil is a compromise.
To some extent, it is also an admission of defeat.
He felt that his health was not as good as before, and this method was a last-ditch effort.
Lu Yao understood the old man's idea, but this method, like the crystal core blind box in the store, could not bring about real change.
She thought about it and said, "It is indeed possible to release soil blind boxes and potted plant blind boxes, but it is not necessary. I think solving soil and water pollution is the most effective way."
Jiang Shanrun lowered his head.
He understood what Lu Yao meant.
Even if normal plants can be cultivated using soil blind boxes, if they cannot be promoted on a large scale, this research result will be a castle in the air.
He not only wants to grow normal plants in the impermanent world, but also hopes to use this research to improve the lives of humans in the impermanent world.
When you have nothing, as long as you have a piece of land and a handful of millet, you can grow food.
As long as there is harvest and planting, people will not starve to death.
Luo Hui'an blinked and whispered, "To improve the soil, can we try using crystal core liquid? The store owner has a filter cup. The filtrate in the cup can filter out impurities and foreign matter in the water. Can we use this method to filter the soil?"
Jiang Shanrun's eyes widened slightly and he took two steps forward. "What a good idea! I never thought of trying this method before."
Luo Hui'an glanced at Lu Yao and said, "Ordinary filtrate won't work. We've tried all the possible methods before. Only the crystal core energy liquid has never been thought of. There is also a reason that we don't have the technology to extract the energy liquid. From what I've observed, the filter used in the water filter cup is also very special, not made of ordinary materials."
Lu Yao said: "You want to do research on using crystal core energy liquid to improve soil quality, the blind box store can help. There is a research room in the store that can do any experiments related to crystal core energy. However, if this research produces results, it must be released in the name of the blind box store."
Jiang Shanrun was delighted and saw hope again.
He didn't care how the achievement would be finally signed and directly expressed his willingness to join the blind box store's research laboratory.
Luo Huian looked at Lu Yao seriously: "Shopkeeper, I will leave all my research results to you. In the future I..."
He didn't have much time left, and in addition to the task of improving the crystal core blind box, another topic was added.
Out of consideration for the presence of Jiang Shanrun and his grandson, Luo Huian did not finish the rest of his words.
After the three of them reached an agreement, Lu Yao first took them to the laboratory to have a look.
A large room extending from the backstage space is equipped with transparent glass walls and is equipped with all the research instruments, as well as a lounge and bathroom next to it.
Jiang Shanrun came out of the laboratory and immediately asked Jiang Han to take him back to the base as he wanted to move some of his things over.
Luo Hui'an also ended his probation period early and started working in the blind box store as a researcher.
System: [The shop owner wants to be the savior? ]
Lu Yao: "… On the contrary, I am trying to avoid becoming a savior of the wronged in the future."
System: "Why did you agree to them so easily? It's not like your character."
Lu Yao: "... Tongtong, don't you have any doubts about this world?"
system:"???"
Lu Yao: "In the impermanent world for twenty years, the soil and water sources have been polluted, and the animals and plants have mutated. The people here rely on the supplies of the old era to survive. No matter how many supplies there are, twenty years is the limit. We can see clues from the search team such as Xi Tingran, Jiang Han, and Yao Yiyi who we met today. Do you understand what I mean?"
The system was embarrassed: [Can you explain it a little more clearly? ]
Lu Yao: [Without production, no matter how many materials there are, they can’t save the world. Once the old materials can’t be found outside, blind box stores will be the new blood bags of the world. Do you think we can afford it? ]
System: [… Hmm.]
Lu Yao: "So, we'd better hope that Mr. Jiang and Xiao Luo can solve the soil problem so that we can grow crops and people won't starve to death."
System: [… But then, no one would need a blind box store. ]
Lu Yao: "You are really stupid."
system:[…]
I can't understand anything and I feel wronged.
Lu Yao didn't intend to continue talking to the elementary school students. He saw Ji Feiming standing next to the glass shelf with a serious expression.
She was about to go over to chat and ask him how he was adapting to the job when the system suddenly sounded several task reminders.
[Successfully collected 500 pieces of positive feedback from customers about the blind box store, mission completed! Rewards: 100,000 popularity points, 1 blind box coin exchange machine, 1 blind box machine, and 1 blind box category. ]
[Lu Yao's blind box store is very popular and has received rave reviews. It has been upgraded to a five-star store. There are 1 blind box category, 1 blind box machine, and 1 glass shelf. Please keep working hard! ]
[You have a new mission! Recruit at least two alien shop assistants and get their approval to start the final mission of this world. This mission is of A-level difficulty, so please treat it with caution! ]
Lu Yao was a little confused.
A-level mission
I have never received this kind of prompt before. Is there any special reason
System: [This task involves the risk of death, so the difficulty of the task is assessed in advance and the store owner is reminded.]
Lu Yao: “…”
So, what is an alien clerk