Chapter 2: Mysterious Buildings
Everything outside the door is not back to normal.
Or a forest.
It's a sunny day, the sun is out, but the foliage of the woods is so dense that only a small amount of sunlight can reach the ground through the gaps in the foliage.
Very quiet all around.
There were no insects, no birds, and it was so quiet that it felt as if the world was dead.
Lu Chao explored all the way forward, except for the occasional howl of wild beasts from far away, he didn't see any animals in the woods, not even a bird.
The woods in the real world can't be like this, right?
In order to avoid getting lost in the woods, Lu Chao used a fruit knife to dig up a small amount of bark on the trees around him as he walked.
This strange forest seemed to be a tree except for a tree, and later, Lu Chao found that he had not encountered any animals and birds at all, except for the occasional howl of wild beasts.
There weren't even bugs or ants on the ground.
In a normal world, there can't be only trees without these things, right?
Unknowingly, Lu Chao had been walking in the woods for more than twenty minutes, but everywhere he looked, there were trees and trees. It even made him a little suspicious that the woods were endless.
Just when Lu Chao was thinking that he had gone too far and wanted to return the way he came, he suddenly found ......
There seems to be a white ground in the woods in the distance?
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Chao decided to go and find out.
Approaching cautiously, marking the trees along the way, Lu Chao gradually approached the white ground.
Stretches to the white ground on both sides.
Not the ground, but a road!
It is a smooth concrete road about six meters wide.
There is a road in the woods, and it is a concrete road that can be opened to traffic.
What does it mean to have a road?
This means that there are likely to be villages and towns nearby.
It means that the father and daughter can return to the normal human world from here!
Lu Chao marked a few trees on the side of the road, and then explored the past along the cement road in one of the directions.
He didn't dare to walk on the road, but walked along the side of the road, observing the situation around him as he went.
After walking for more than ten minutes, there were still woods on both sides of the road.
Just when Lu Chao was thinking about whether to return the same way or explore in another direction, he suddenly found that there seemed to be a building complex dozens of meters away from the other side of the road.
The complex is hidden in the woods and is not very noticeable.
But when Lu Chao walked forward a few dozen meters, the building complex was completely revealed in front of him.
A high barbed wire fence, inside which is not a complex, but a whole building.
There are also several large characters at the top of the building's gate.
"Dimension Supermarket."
Dimension Supermarket? Why is it called like that?
A supermarket in the real world can't have such a name, right?
Does this mean that their father and daughter and the house are now in a dimensional space?
Lu Chao's heart pounded.
The supermarket wall fence or something looks new, and it should be in normal business condition.
If the supermarket is open normally, he can buy some necessities from it, such as Yaya's milk powder, diapers and the like.
There are also fresh vegetables and fruits.
Lu Chao continued to get closer and came to the front door of the supermarket.
The glass door of the supermarket is closed, and through the glass you can see that there is a large store inside.
There are a lot of products on the shelves of the store.
However, there was not a single person in the entire supermarket.
There are no cashiers, no promoters, and no customers.
Although the lights were on in the supermarket, it gave Lu Chao a very strange feeling.
As I approached the glass door of the supermarket, there was a ticking sound above the glass door, and a red dot kept flashing.
After a few seconds, the red dot turns into a green dot, and then the glass door opens automatically.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Chao raised his feet and walked in.
The glass door closed automatically behind it.
"Anyone?"
Lu Chao took a few steps forward and walked back to the glass door, this time there was no ticking sound above the glass door, but it automatically opened after sensing Lu Chao.
After confirming that the glass door would open automatically and that he would not be trapped in the supermarket, Lu Chao continued to walk deeper into the supermarket.
The entrance to the supermarket is also a glass door, but this time it did not open automatically.
There is an access curfew next to it with a line of prompt: Please swipe your membership card.
Obviously, Lu Chao does not have a membership card of Dimension Supermarket.
Although there was not a single staff member in the supermarket, Lu Chao did not want to carry out some sabotage activities, such as smashing the glass door and forcibly rushing into the store and looting the goods inside.
There should be some kind of mysterious force behind such a strange supermarket, and rash destruction is likely to lead to serious consequences.
It's better to follow the rules first and figure out the rules later.
Looking around, Lu Chao quickly found the location of the service desk.
The help desk is similarly empty, but there is a touchscreen-based self-service terminal.
There are several options on the terminal screen, one of which is to apply for a membership card by yourself.
Lu Chao clicked on the option of self-service card application with his finger.
The process is very simple, I don't even need my ID card and mobile phone number, I just asked Lu Chao to press his handprint a few times, irradiate the iris at a hole with a red light, and take a registration photo by himself, and a membership card spit out from the machine.
The metal card is smooth all around and feels good to the touch.
The membership number on it is: AA0001.
"I'm not going to be the first member of the supermarket, am I?" Lu Chao looked at the number and guessed.
There are also pop-up rules and regulations on the screen.
The first says that it is forbidden to vandalize the supermarket or steal goods from the store, otherwise it will be subject to 'severe punishment'. In addition to the text description, there is also a video: someone tried to smash open the glass door of the store, but was shot in the head by a laser gun sticking out of the ceiling!
It's bloody.
"Thankfully, I didn't act rashly before." Lu Chao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
The supermarket opens at nine o'clock in the morning and closes at four o'clock in the afternoon. After-hours will be cleared, and any customers who are stranded in the supermarket during non-business hours will be 'cleared'.
There are also some regulations that non-members are not allowed to enter the store, and there are also restrictions on the time that members can stay in the store every day, such as LV1 members cannot accumulate more than one hour in the store every day, LV2 members cannot exceed one and a half hours, and each level can only have more than half an hour of shopping time.
Turning the screen to the last page, after seeing the above tips, Lu Chao's mood suddenly became not very calm.
"After spending a certain amount in the supermarket, you can upgrade the membership level."
"After the membership level is upgraded to LV3, you can have one day of monthly leave, and you can return to the human world for one day in January."
"LV4 has one day off and one week off, and can return to the human world for one day during the week."
"LV5 has two days of weekly leave, and member level LV6 has three days of weekly leave."
"After LV10, you can shuttle on either side."
'Return to the human world' seems to imply...... Is this really not the human world?
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