I Opened a Shop in the Wasteland

[Thank you to all my lovely readers who support the official edition. May you stay safe and healthy, strike it rich, and enjoy great fortune. Until we meet again!] Novel blurb: In the post-storm era, planets have been destroyed by pollution from a strange energy. Only some creatures have collectively evolved, gained special abilities, and managed to survive. Unfortunately, the natural environment is no longer pure. The climate is abnormal and pollution is everywhere. Humans suffer from bizarre illnesses and endure constant torment. Shi Qing accidentally binds herself to a business encyclopedia. As long as she meets the conditions listed for each entry, she can unlock a range of uncontaminated products! [Food and Drink Encyclopedia, Entry 1] Product: Nutritious Rice [★] Purity: 100% Function: Provides the energy required by living things (in small amounts) Shi Qing acts quickly, unlocks entries, opens a shop, and sells goods to improve her family's living conditions. As her business grows, the encyclopedia successfully levels up. She decides to choose a location for a new shop, make even more products, and earn even more money! City-states are the only remaining human settlements on the barren planets. Gifted tribes form alliances to defend their territory, mercenaries with powerful abilities join organizations to compete for resources, ruthless bandits control the roads, and elusive raiders lurk in the dark... Chaos and disorder reign here, making it a place many people are afraid to enter. Her clanspeople have come to help, but they tremble with fear. “...Shi Qing, are you really going to open a shop in a city-state? Our Half-Rabbit tribe isn't very gifted. What if the others deliberately pick a fight with us...?” As people outside the shop glare at them menacingly, her clan leader mother takes up her staff, her mercenary father raises his greatsword, her craftswoman sister brings out a bomb tube, and her hunter brother summons a ferocious beast. “Then we'll fight them!” Gradually, the residents of the city-state discover that the new shop on the street is no ordinary store. Inside, it has: Sweet and delicious food. Clean, sanitary water. Soft, well-fitting clothes. Convenient, handy tools. Not only are the products highly pure and affordably priced, but new ones are continually added. Many are things the residents have never seen before. Even more astonishingly, after the shop opens, the pollution energy in the surrounding area is instantly purified! Overnight, Shi Qing's name spreads throughout the entire city-state. Many people rush to the shop and kneel before it in worship. “My god, save me!” Shi Qing, who only wants to do business: “Are you buying something? If not, don't block the way.” “We're buying, we're buying! Don't go!” Notes 1. An alternate world with supernatural powers and high martial prowess, with a touch of fantasy. 2. The heroine's tribe is made up of Half-Rabbit people. They are fundamentally human, but have rabbit ears and corresponding gifted abilities. The main supporting characters are the heroine's family and companions. Career comes before romance, and she succeeds at both (readers who prefer an independent heroine or no romance, beware). 3. The male lead is listed first among the supporting characters. As in the author's previous novel, he takes a supporting role in the heroine's career, and falls for her first and pursues her romantically. 4. Simple writing, lighthearted business-building. (One-on-one romance, each other's first love.) Blurb saved. Theme: Even when all seems lost, a way to survive can be found. Hope lies ahead.