A Wasteland Inn’s Guide to Infrastructure

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[For specific content warnings, see the end of the blurb]

Chu Yi, frail and often ill, is bound to a business management System.

His goal is to open an inn in a wasteland world.

In the wasteland era, resources are scarce and the environment is harsh.

Locals who visit the inn: What! The toilets flush, and there are showers too!

In the wasteland era, radiation is rampant and food is scarce.

Locals who visit the inn: What! Fresh leafy greens! Meat with no contamination!

In the wasteland era, monsters roam freely, and no one’s safety is guaranteed.

Locals who visit the inn: What! A barrier that even Level Ten mutants can’t break through! Mechanical troops patrolling 24 hours a day!

Is this place really not paradise? TAT!

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On his first day in the wasteland.

The System brings out the “Business Operations Guide” and recommends a standard twin room for one Level One crystal core per night.

Looking at the prices in the handbook, Chu Yi snaps the book shut.

He says, “Am I running a business at a loss? Set the prices ten times higher, then offer a 0.1% discount for the grand opening.”

The System: “…”

Oh no, we’ve got a profiteer.

Can this inn really stay in business?

And so

On the inn’s first day, Chu Yi adds a “fresh-air breathing fee.”

Locals who visit: Air this fresh, and it can even treat wasteland dust disease, yet it costs this little!?

On the inn’s second day, Chu Yi, unable to stand seeing others make money, issues a ban on reselling.

Locals who visit: This must be to stop price gouging, so everyone can enjoy the inn’s high-quality, low-cost products!

On the inn’s third day, Chu Yi makes the head of a neighboring base pay him to open an inn there.

Locals who visit: This is a necessary expense! A mere few hundred thousand to bring such a wonderful hotel to the base? What a bargain!!!

What kind of businessman is he? He’s clearly a great philanthropist!!!

Some time later.

System: ???

Chu Yi, how did you become a great benefactor in the locals’ eyes?

Chu Yi: ^^

Reader’s guide:

1. The protagonist is a bit of a profiteer, not a good person in the traditional sense.

2. This is a base-building and upgrading story, not just about running an inn. Later on, he builds a base.

3. Near the end, there’s a plotline in which he cooperates with a small number of mutants (most are eliminated). If that bothers you, don’t read.

Theme: A description of a positive and uplifting life.