I Save the World by Opening a Supermarket

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Blurb:

The apocalypse arrived, bringing one natural disaster after another, and humanity's habitable world kept shrinking.

After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Yan Rui was reborn three months before it began.

All Yan Rui wanted after being reborn was to avoid being so helpless when the coming apocalypse arrived.

Fortunately, he had a small convenience store, so stockpiling supplies wouldn't attract much attention.

But something strange seemed to have happened to the store.

The ordinary little shop had somehow gained the ability to travel between different planes of existence.

System: Want to save the world? Then keep up with me and move forward!

Yan Rui: "...Give me a minute to process this."

An endless frozen wasteland became an indispensable source of resources.

The zombie apocalypse, full of dangers, made him rich overnight.

There was also a world of chivalrous martial artists,

interstellar ships with cutting-edge technology,

and a thrilling horror card game...

Yan Rui had only wanted to live a quiet life of his own.

But thanks to all the goods he obtained by traveling between worlds, he became the famous "Savior" far and wide.

Natural disasters couldn't touch him, and monstrous beasts kept their distance.

Yan Rui's name became humanity's hope for survival.

*

In the apocalypse, with disasters raging and monstrous beasts roaming, there's a legend:

[When you're trapped with no way out, just silently repeat Yan Rui's name, and you'll be given a chance to live.]

Yan Rui: "..."

It's not me! I didn't do anything! I'm really just a convenience store owner!

Childhood friends to lovers

Mainly focused on running a business and leveling up

--My neighboring novel, [This Desolate Planet Is All Mine (Worldbuilding)], is currently updating. Please add it to your favorites!--

After dying suddenly, Chu Linxuan opened his eyes to find himself a freeman in the Luojia Star System, exiled to a desolate planet after offending the powerful and having his identity stripped away.

The desolate planet had a harsh environment and was in chaos. Freemen like Chu Linxuan were at the very bottom of society.

Everyone was sure that this poor young man, who had no survival experience and had only just come of age, wouldn't last three days.

But the moment his feet touched the planet, a group of shabbily dressed people with strange accents appeared out of nowhere. They all fell to their knees before him, weeping as they cried,

"Welcome back to the palace, Your Highness Chu Sitel!"

Chu Linxuan sized them up.

"The leader of a beggars' gang? No thanks."

Somehow, he was saddled with the title of Crown Prince.

Chu Linxuan was fed up, but he couldn't escape while living under their roof, so he could only take things one step at a time.

As the strange people looked at him with admiration, Chu Linxuan somehow found himself building roads, putting up houses, developing equipment, and constructing a city.

Before he knew it, he had turned the planet into the strongest military power in the star system.

The desolate planet that people once kept their distance from became a thriving world everyone wanted to visit.

Years later, an interviewer asked:

"Your Highness Chu Sitel, what inspired you to start developing the desolate planet?"

Chu Linxuan replied:

"I didn't want to at first."

"But they called me Crown Prince!"

Reader's Guide:

Interstellar worldbuilding is the main focus. Development comes first, with plenty of career-focused plot.

Chu Sitel is his title, and Chu Linxuan is his real name. This isn't a mistake.

This novel is also known as [They All Call Me Crown Prince].

--My upcoming novel, [The Apocalypse Begins with Dense Fog], is open for preorders. Please add it to your favorites!--

After struggling through five years of the apocalypse, Yu Xingzhou opened his eyes after dying and found himself back two months before it began.

The first thing he did was eat everything he'd wanted to eat over the past five years.

Then he started preparing for the coming apocalypse.

After a dense fog rolled in, the apocalypse began and the weather became unpredictable.

Natural disasters struck one after another, while plants and animals mutated and evolved.

Humanity's situation grew increasingly dire.

Some gave up and waited to die, while others struggled to survive.

Then news spread that humans were evolving, too.

The good news: Yu Xingzhou evolved in the dense fog, too.

The bad news: He got a useless spatial ability that could only store things.

But Yu Xingzhou, reborn, believed his spatial ability was crucial.

He bought and stored all the delicious food that would become unavailable after the apocalypse.

He bought and stored all the warm clothes he wouldn't be able to get after the apocalypse.

He especially made sure to buy and store all the daily necessities that would be unavailable afterward.

This time, even in the apocalypse, he would live cleanly and comfortably.

He didn't want to go through those miserable days of struggling to survive ever again.

*

When the apocalypse came, Yu Xingzhou had plenty to eat and warm clothes to wear.

He shut himself away and lived a comfortable little life of his own.

Then an unexpected incident led him to save the boss from his previous life.

The boss had once done him a favor, so he couldn't stand by and watch him meet the same fate again.

He had no choice but to take the boss home for a while.

At this point, the boss had all four limbs intact and clear eyes.

He no longer sat gloomily in a wheelchair, cursing at people.

Instead, after a good meal, he even thanked Yu Xingzhou.

Yu Xingzhou wasn't used to it and kept thinking about sending the boss away.

But every time he thought he'd finally shaken him off,

the boss would appear from a corner and pull out a ledger.

"On X month X day, I ate one of your sausages."

"On X month X day, I ate one of your rabbit legs."

"On X month X day, I drank one of your bottles of water."

Yu Xingzhou was speechless. "Bro, what are you getting at?"

The boss put away his ledger and spread his arms.

"Debts must be repaid. It's only right."

"I've come to pay you back."

Reader's Guide:

The protagonist on the receiving end is strong. Once he figures things out, his ability becomes almost godlike, and he can do all sorts of things with his spatial ability.

Stockpiling supplies in the early part, traveling by road in the middle, farming and fighting in the later part.

The romance develops in the middle and later parts.

A beautiful, resilient bottom x a straightforward top

Theme: Face hardship with a smile, and build wealth through hard work.