A Guide to Running a Cyberpunk Café

Yu Zhao died at the age of twenty-six, suddenly dropping dead in the early hours of the morning while working overtime.

When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in the year 2226.

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It doesn't matter that she starts from the start with nothing but four bare walls. She can develop new products, expand her chain, farm crops and raise cattle... She and her café level up one step at a time, growing from a roadside stall into a business empire.

People were delighted to discover that a strange café had opened on their street.

Natural food was rare and in short supply, and the public had grown used to bland, tasteless synthetic food.

But Xiao Zhao Café specialized in natural ingredients, freshly prepared: real coffee, milk, fruit, cream... all at prices so good they were practically out of this world!

Drinks people had only ever seen in history books were back on the menu. Who could resist rushing out to buy a cup and try one?

Everyone was left drooling, and they lined up to spend their money.

Before long, the café was everywhere in the city. Multiple physical locations covered the streets, there was an online delivery hub, and even customers far away could order drip bags and instant coffee online.

Yu Zhao leased greenhouses to grow her own ingredients, found factories to produce all kinds of coffee products, and gave her employees fantastic benefits, building a business with a conscience.

The little café kept growing, its reputation spreading far and wide.

At the same time, people whose taste buds had been awakened by coffee began to realize something was wrong. The nutrient drinks hailed as the light of technology were hiding a dark secret...

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