[Apocalypse + running a business + setting up stalls. A satisfying power fantasy. Please add to your reading list.]
Tang Su suddenly found herself in the apocalypse. No need to panic. First, she'd get herself a cheat.
System: "Hello, Host. I'm the Stall System."
She rubbed her hands together eagerly. "What can I sell?"
System: "Depends on your luck. You'll find out what you draw."
Tang Su got lucky on her first try. The first item was... a children's smartwatch.
She broke down. What use was that in the apocalypse? It was guaranteed to sit unsold!
System said with a cheerful smile, "That's up to you. Good luck."
Tang Su had no choice but to stumble her way into setting up a stall.
Day one: nothing sold.
Day two: nobody even looked.
Day three: with the deadline approaching, she grabbed a passerby and used her freshly awakened power. "Buy my smartwatch, and I'll beat all the zombies behind you!"
And so began her suspiciously coercive career as a street vendor. ()
*
The apocalypse arrived, and disaster struck. Resources ran dry, and all communications were cut off.
The survivors struggled to stay alive, while humanity's hope of survival grew increasingly faint.
Then one day, while fleeing, the survivors came across a little stall.
They were in a hurry to escape and didn't have time to pay it any attention.
But at the moment of life and death, their attention was caught by the stall owner's strange and wonderful wares: bottles like magic potions, sharp weapons, unknown stones...
And communication devices that could reconnect them with the world and with hope
At last, the survivors could join hands and bring the apocalypse to an end.
Reader's notes:
1. The smartwatch is the first product, and it's very useful. Many more products will appear later.
2. Prices are made up as I go.
3. The setting is entirely fictional and set in the future. Please don't connect it to real life.
Theme: Communications help the apocalypse recover and thrive
