With Xing Yi, the senior butler, analyzing things, many sects and city lords reached mutually satisfactory cooperation agreements with Good Luck Come.
Everyone was a person with speaking power in their respective factions. They used communication talismans to notify their sects and cities. The other party could then locate the corresponding positions based on the instructions and quickly establish teleportation arrays.
Simultaneously, people from Good Luck Come would also set up teleportation arrays at the agreed-upon locations. With both sides working at the same time, progress was incredibly fast.
By the time the shop closed at 5 PM, many sects and towns had already completed the teleportation arrays on both ends.
Luo Yunshi pondered for a moment and decided to keep the Good Luck Come shop in the Cang Ling Realm open a little longer, giving them more time to exchange points for items.
With a thought, she closed the other shops in the apocalypse and headed towards the virtual cultivation room in the villa.
Taking advantage of the current free time, it was essential to increase her strength by leveraging the time difference in the virtual cultivation room.
As soon as Luo Yunshi entered the virtual cultivation room, she discovered that in addition to modes for zombies and insectoids, various modes for cultivators from the cultivation world had been unlocked. There were sparring modes, immersive virtual story modes for meditation, and mission-based leveling, among others.
Luo Yunshi chose to enter the virtual story mode for meditation.
Instantly, her surroundings changed, and her original memories were sealed. Her identity transformed into that of a cannon fodder supporting female character in this virtual world, a tragic princess named Luo Yunshi from an ancient country.
From the moment she was born, bathed in auspicious clouds, the Imperial Astrologer declared her the "Chosen Daughter of Heaven." The Emperor was overjoyed and bestowed upon her a title. However, her favor lasted only one day before she was replaced through a plot of a "leopard-cat for a prince."
The maid who stole her intended to kill her but, fearing divine retribution, ultimately did not go through with it. In the cold winter, she was abandoned near a small village and fled.
By chance, Luo Yunshi was found and taken home by a young boy from the village. However, the boy's mother disliked her and wanted to get rid of her. But due to the boy's repeated pleas, she reluctantly agreed to adopt her, naming her Da Ya.
Thus, Da Ya endured hardship and suffering from childhood, eating little and working much, often being beaten. Yet, sometimes, the boy, who had returned from attending private school, would protect her. Because of this sliver of warmth, she still held onto hope and a sunny disposition.
At the age of 14, she was to be sold as a concubine to a landlord. She pleaded to stay at home and work, refusing to marry. However, the cruel mother feigned agreement, but secretly drugged her in the middle of the night and sent her off in a sedan chair. By chance, she was rescued by a young general.
The young general discovered that Da Ya bore a striking resemblance to the Empress and brought her back to the capital. After a series of events, Luo Yunshi was recognized, and her true identity was restored.
Upon returning to the palace, many more events transpired. She was framed, looked down upon, poisoned, and suffered the Emperor's displeasure. The Empress, initially filled with guilt and affection, became increasingly indifferent, often comparing her to the excellent young princess born later.
Later, she believed she would be happy marrying the person she loved, but it turned out to be another tragedy.
Old age, sickness, death, unfulfilled desires, separation from loved ones, resentment, and suffering – all these she experienced in this lifetime of 68 years.
After her death, Luo Yunshi regained her original memories and sighed.
"This tragic cannon fodder's life was too realistic! I feel like I could write a 100,000-character story based on this experience."
Sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, Luo Yunshi began to meticulously feel that illusory yet real life.
After an unknown period, Luo Yunshi opened her eyes, her heart suddenly enlightened.
A slight smile touched Luo Yunshi's lips as she walked out of the virtual cultivation room.
The moment she stepped out of the virtual cultivation room, the virtual experience gradually faded from her mind, as if she had just watched a movie.
Luo Yunshi began to drink spiritual spring water to cultivate and then directed her consciousness towards the shop. Her eyes widened, almost causing her to choke.
"Cough, cough! Xing Yi, when did so many customers arrive at the shop?" Luo Yunshi asked.
"About twenty-five minutes after the host entered the cultivation room, the teleportation arrays between various sects and Good Luck Come were all installed. Soon after, many people emerged from the arrays." Xing Yi replied.
"I see."
...
At this moment, the area within Good Luck Come's protection zone felt like a bustling marketplace. Apart from the one mu of farmland and the large villa area, people were everywhere.
Inside the Good Luck Come building, cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages were eating in the fast-food restaurant, which was essentially full.
The virtual training rooms, cinema, medical pods, and armory were also packed with people.
In the cinema, some cultivators watching movies experienced insights into their state of mind.
On the small plaza and the grass, many cultivators were meditating. Some, on the verge of a breakthrough, were just one step away from advancement. In the clean environment of Good Luck Come, they successfully broke through and advanced.
There were also many alchemists sitting cross-legged on the grass, using the food and drinks purchased from the fast-food restaurant to create concentrated elixirs.
Around 7 PM, the sky began to darken.
The lights at various points in the Good Luck Come shop illuminated the entire area brightly, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding darkness.
After a dinner infused with spiritual energy and a meal of spiritual fruits, coupled with the insights gained from the virtual world and subsequent meditation and drinking spiritual spring water, Luo Yunshi's cultivation level advanced from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage that evening.
This surprised Luo Yunshi immensely.
Foundation Establishment was significantly harder to advance through than the Artifact Refining stage. She had only been in the Foundation Establishment stage for two days, and she had already advanced. This speed was simply incredible.
The cultivation techniques provided by the system were too powerful.
"Who is so talented to have created such an invincible cultivation technique? It's simply divine!" Luo Yunshi murmured excitedly.
*Achoo!*
Luo Yunshi rubbed her itching nose and returned to her room to sleep.
Seeing their intense preparations, perhaps tomorrow she would witness a world-shattering battle between good and evil. She needed to get to bed early.
...
The Good Luck Come shop in the Cang Ling Realm remained open all night.
Because Luo Yunshi had slept early the previous night, she woke up at just past 6 AM.
The first thing she did upon opening her eyes was to check her points.
"Wow... this is only the third day of operating in the Cang Ling Realm, and the points have reached 352.5 million?"
The daily turnover of the Cang Ling Realm shop even surpassed that of the Skyward Star System shop? How much did they buy yesterday?
Furthermore, these points did not even include the spirit coins collected from space travel, the star coins earned from interstellar live broadcasts in the past two days, gifts from interstellar magnates and fans, or stored star coins. If all assets were added up, the system would definitely be upgraded tomorrow.
100 million for Good Luck Come Appliances, 200 million for bathhouse and sauna, and 300 million for the bookstore – all would be unlocked.
The Good Luck Come appliance store had two floors. The products inside had descriptions and usage instructions. Taking a product out of the store signified successful payment.
The product categories included desk lamps, refrigerators, washing machines, rice cookers, electric woks, induction cooktops, mobile phones, kettles, and insulated mugs... updated daily with limited quantities.
Although the mobile phones could not connect to the internet, their built-in software for calculators, photography, video recording, calls, and single-player mini-games were all functional in the Cang Ling Realm.
In the modern apocalypse, many bases had established local networks. By purchasing a smartphone, one could download software from the app store. This store would be of immense benefit to the modern apocalypse.
Upon activation, the mobile phone would emit an energy wave within a certain range. Once two mobile phones were activated, as long as their energy waves covered the same area, the two phones could communicate with each other.