The Broke Zookeeper Starts by Making the Zombie King Work

Burdened with enormous debts and facing bankruptcy, An Yi was so worried about her amusement park that she was losing her hair by the handful.

Then she heard:

[Ding! Charging complete. The Myriad Worlds Amusement Park System is at your service.]

From then on, the park's style took a dramatic turn as it gradually unlocked all kinds of hyper-realistic themed worlds.

When the Zombie King came looking for trouble, she slapped him to the ground.

"Want meat? Come work in my 'Doomsday Survival' zone. There's no salary, but room and board are included (expired canned meat and a cage). You'll work around the clock..."

The once-terrifying Zombie King now wore a tattered uniform and chased visitors around the park, howling, all to meet his KPIs and earn a single sausage.

When a mighty cultivator from the cultivation world came to test her, she simply handed him an Employee Handbook.

"Want to comprehend the Great Dao? First learn to deliver milk tea to visitors with your flying sword, and use spatial magic to clean the park!"

So visitors often pointed at the sky and shrieked:

"Park manager! Your NPC flew off on his sword again! He took my giant fried squid with him!"

An Yi calmly replied, "Dear visitor, that's our signature 'Xianxia Theme Delivery Service.' It's an express order, so you paid extra spirit stones."

The Lord of the Undead led an army of skeletons to her doorstep, demanding a place to rest in peace.

An Yi's eyes lit up, and she made her decision on the spot. "I don't have land, but my 'Dark □□' haunted house is short on staff! Here, I'll make you a manager. You get paid to scare people. No benefits, but I can burn some spirit money for you as a bonus."

From then on, the cemetery zone became the hottest check-in spot online.

Visitors were chased around by the skeletal employees, terrified out of their wits, while flooding the park with rave reviews:

"So realistic! They even included the detail of the skeleton's bones falling apart while it runs!"

An Yi's amusement park became a hit.

The whole internet was buzzing about the park's impossibly realistic "holographic technology."

Every NPC was a born actor, and the props seemed to have souls of their own.

Only the mighty beings of the Myriad Worlds knew that

this kind-hearted, smiling woman

was the true mastermind who controlled the "entrance."

Coming soon: The Terminally Ill Can Only Set Up Stalls Across the Planes. Please add it to your collection.

In a doomsday world ravaged by disasters and overrun with monsters,

survivors lowered their voices. "Have you heard? A 'supply station' sometimes appears in Ruins Site X. The water they sell is clean, and the food isn't expired, but the owner's as thin as a ghost."

The real Qing Yan: coughing up blood as she tidies the shelves, she gives an S-rank man-eating flower a professional smile. "One bottle of mineral water, please. That'll be three gray crystals. Thank you for your purchase."

At the edge of a battlefield where immortals and demons clash, smoke fills the air.

An injured sword cultivator whispers to his companion, "Three li to the southeast, a 'Secret Realm Shop' appeared out of nowhere just now. It sells an item called a 'water-absorbing towel.' It's so thin, yet it can absorb an enormous amount of filthy blood and demonic energy. It truly is a priceless battlefield treatment!"

The real Qing Yan: silently puts away the misunderstood product and pitches to the stunned Demon Lord. "Would you like some hot pot base? It's a healing miracle (in the literal sense). The spice drives out evil."

In a treasure-filled valley where dragons make their lair, mountains of gold coins rise high.

The young dragons whisper among themselves. "Father said that if we see a glowing 'stone house' appear out of nowhere, we must tell him right away! Last time, a two-legged beast inside traded a black stone called 'chocolate' for three of his century-old dragon tear crystals!"

The real Qing Yan: looking at the rapidly growing lifespan balance in her account, she struggles to stay composed. "Hello! Chocolate is temporarily out of stock, but we just got some extra-crunchy potato chips. They're a big hit with dragons. Want to try some?"

No one knows where she comes from, when she appears, or when she disappears.

They only know that the goods at her stall are always strange and unusual, her prices are sometimes high and sometimes low, and although the owner herself seems frail, no one dares to mess with her.

And they know that finding her might mean finding a chance to survive, a stroke of fortune, or a "surprise" the world has never seen before.

A day in the life of stall owner Qing Yan:

Randomly refresh into a world (System: This time, it's a Zerg nest. Good luck!).

Set out "ordinary" goods from her own world inside an absolutely safe protective barrier.

Watch the local creatures become fascinated by or seriously misunderstand items like "instant noodles," "flashlights," and "heat patches."

Work hard to make sales, collecting any energy-rich items (crystal cores, spirit stones, dragon scales, and so on) and exchanging them for precious lifespan.

Lifespan +1 day, +10 days, +100 days... Huh? Her body doesn't seem to hurt as much anymore?!

When time is up, she and her stall vanish into thin air as her customers, human-shaped or otherwise, watch longingly.

Until one day...

The oldest scripture in the cultivation world received an update:

"Should you encounter the 'mysterious stall owner who appears at random,' treat her with the highest courtesy. Her wares may look unremarkable, but they are sure to contain great opportunities, perhaps even the power to change one's fate."

Theme: Even in adversity, one must persevere and fight on to reap the sweet fruits of success.