My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

A white and green minibus suddenly appeared in front of the sales station with a whoosh.

This startled Tian Xiaoman.

"Holy crap...when did it arrive?!" She clutched her chest, wincing in disbelief.

'Bang...' The car door opened automatically.

"The minibus at vending station No. 51 has reached the departure standard. Passengers who have made reservations, please board the bus in time. Latecomers will not be waited for."

Tian Xiaoman carefully stepped into the minibus. There was a card reader right there, and she obediently swiped the card to pay for the round trip as instructed, then chose a seat at the back.

"It's so warm!" Tian Xiaoman was overjoyed and took off her hat.

This feels like a dream.

The bus has only 10 seats. The small, compact space is clean and tidy, and there is a faint floral fragrance in the air, which makes people feel calm.

A short while later, the second passenger hurriedly ran onto the bus.

This was a middle-aged man, dressed in thick clothes and wrapped up tightly. After getting on, he looked around the minibus, glanced at Tian Xiaoman in the corner, and without saying a word, obediently swiped his card and sat down in a seat near the door.

They waited another 10 minutes for the last person.

After a successful reservation, if the number of passengers reaches the departure threshold, you will be notified one hour in advance. If you cannot arrive on time within one hour, the minibus will still depart on schedule.

However, the points earned from the reservation will not be refunded.

The last passenger was a bearded man who boarded the bus very cautiously, wary of Tian Xiaoman and another person already on board!

After comparing the two passengers already seated in the car, the bearded man chose a seat slightly closer to Tian Xiaoman.

Once the number of reservations is reached, the minibus will depart.

All three felt a mix of nervousness and excitement as the car started, eagerly gazing out the window.

The minibus goes incredibly fast once it starts moving, so you don't really feel it while sitting inside, but you can't see all the scenery outside the window with the naked eye.

Tian Xiaoman didn't have time to pay attention to exactly how much time had passed.

About ten minutes later, the car stopped and the notification said we had arrived at our destination, Lucky Supermarket.

The two rushed off the bus, while Tian Xiaoman, clutching her cat membership card, was the last to get off.

The minibus automatically enters the parking garage next to the supermarket and waits until the designated time to take passengers who wish to return to the starting point back.

Even before the apocalypse, Tian Xiaoman had never been inside such a large supermarket.

She paused for a moment at the supermarket entrance. The entire front was made of transparent glass, allowing her to clearly see the rows of shelves and the customers pushing their carts inside.

Their faces were beaming with happy smiles, completely out of sync with the time outside the door.

"You can only stay outside for 5 minutes. If you want to space out, go inside and relax. It's warm there."

A low, slow voice came from beside Tian Xiaoman. She turned her head and saw a young man.

Song Ze was wearing a mask and spoke in a low voice. After he finished speaking, he ignored Tian Xiaoman and went to push open the door.

Tian Xiaoman then realized that she might have been blocking the door!

She blushed instantly and hurriedly followed Song Ze into the supermarket.

The dazzling array of goods in the supermarket overwhelmed Tian Xiaoman, leaving her unsure where to look.

"I didn't know that buying water at the supermarket could be cheaper!" She was pleasantly surprised when she arrived at the shelf of bottled water.

Although she didn't have many points, she was still really looking forward to the supermarket's dining area!

The machines on the vending machines display rotating videos of advertisements from the supermarket, showcasing all the supermarket's goods and special items.

Tomato and egg rice is the most cost-effective option in Tian Xiaoman's opinion. She also wants to buy some other items since she can't eat dishes with meat.

"There will be other opportunities in the future!" Tian Xiaoman picked up her tray and found a corner to savor the luxurious meal.

Shan Nai happened to be sitting not far from Tian Xiaoman.

She is checking the task requirements for upgrading to level 7 supermarket.

"5 million points, 200 random missions, and 1000 collectible items!" Shannai stared at these lines of text and muttered to herself.

[Collecting the encyclopedia is very simple, host. Just use the encyclopedia collector to photograph and record various items on Earth.]

"Anything is fine?" Yamana took out the encyclopedia collector.

The collector is shaped like a delicate... vintage flip phone!

Yes, anything is fine; it's a data collection task.

Yamana nodded, opened the collector, aimed it at the incredibly bouncy system sitting on the table, and snapped a picture.

"Collection failed; something is wrong with the substance."

Hearing this, Shan Nai couldn't help but laugh, and the system bubble turned red with anger. It jumped up and ran to the collector screen to complain.

【You're the one who's acting strangely! Your whole family is acting strangely! Hmph, host~ Scanning things on Earth, I can't... I can't scan things in supermarkets~】

Shannai chuckled, "Mmm, I understand."

Tian Xiaoman secretly glanced at Shan Nai, and seeing her lovely and charming smile, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

As soon as Tian Xiaoman entered, she noticed that many customers would greet the cat-eared girl warmly and call her "Cat Boss".

Moreover, a week ago, she personally witnessed the cat owner taking out a small sales station and installing it in City S.

Then she must be the owner of Lucky Supermarket!

What a beautiful and capable girl! In her heart, Tian Xiaoman silently regarded Shan Nai as an unattainable role model.

Perhaps it was because Shan Nai looked young that Tian Xiaoman felt a sense of familiarity and connection with someone her own age.

Tian Xiaoman cheered herself up in her heart, realizing that selling goods at the small vending station was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to her! The minibus that brought her to the supermarket was something she was most grateful for!

After returning the plates, she passed by the "wishing wall" and stopped to look at it, unable to resist silently reciting the wishes on the wall in her heart.

[Hopefully the end times will end soon.]

[I can get crystal cores every day, so I don't have to worry about food or drink.]

[I hope Lucky Supermarket doesn't disappear! Please don't disappear, the cat boss is super cute!!!]

[To our fellow countrymen who are still alive, keep fighting! Don't give up hope!]

[The person upstairs is right, long live China!]

[......]

Handwritten wish lists were pasted on the quiet wall, which made Tian Xiaoman's heart pound with excitement. She smiled, took a label, wrote a sentence, and stuck it in a small corner.

[I hope I can survive.]

After attaching her wishes, Tian Xiaoman wasted no time and began carefully selecting supplies while pushing her shopping cart.

……

[Host, have you noticed that there have been more customers brought in by minibuses selling goods at small stalls these past few days?]

As Shannai was about to try again at the supermarket entrance with the collector in hand, she nodded in response to the system.

"I found it. I just checked the membership registration status of the sales station. There are 158 members this week. That's pretty good."

Shannai felt inexplicably heartwarming about the small sales station she had drawn, as it was like leaving a chance for survival for the lone people in the apocalypse.

As she spoke, she pressed the record button while looking at the snow-covered landscape.

"Collection successful, Snow (1/1000)"

"Haha, it's really not difficult! It's really fun."

Yamana was quite interested in this task, and immediately ran to the big tree in front of the door to collect and scan.

Several modified SUVs were driving toward the supermarket on the road not far away.