Opening an antique shop and getting rich through all the worlds

Chapter 117

Lan City’s food street. He knew that place. Before the apocalypse, he had attended university in Lan City.

Getting up early and staying up late, struggling desperately, he had finally managed to get into college. Half a month later, the apocalypse hit.

Quan Jian took a deep breath, bringing his thoughts back to the present.

Lan City was now full of mutants everywhere. During the day was still manageable, but at night, it was basically impossible to survive there.

Trading at her shop wouldn’t be easy either—just the mutants in the city would be enough trouble.

Whether ordinary people could even find her shop alive was uncertain.

“We’ll remember!” Quan Jian said firmly.

It wasn’t easy to develop a long-term customer, especially in an apocalypse where living people were few. Shen You also hoped they could survive.

“Let me first check if the mutants over there have dispersed.”

Shen You picked up her tablet and used the surveillance camera at the shop entrance to look. Previously, random entrances didn’t have this function.

The door surveillance could only see the fixed entrance, but after opening the [Lan City] dimension, the upgraded “immersive full experience” allowed for switching views.

Under the increasingly dark sky, several mutants whose limbs were indistinguishable were frantically pacing nearby, seemingly searching for something.

The massive horde had dispersed after losing their target.

The two would have to leave before the sky turned completely dark.

According to previous customers from the [Lan City] dimension, mutants became more agile in movement and sensing at night, and they might even encounter those with terrifying abilities.

But in these two people’s condition, going out would mean certain death, and they couldn’t handle even the few outside.

Shen You pondered for a moment. “I have an idea. I’m not sure if you’re willing to try it.”

“What method?” Quan Jian asked.

“Lure them to crash into the door. I can handle what comes after.”

The two looked at each other, thought about it, and felt it was feasible. If the boss wanted to harm them, she wouldn’t go through all this trouble and give them food and water.

This place was safe, but they also knew that no one would easily take in strangers. Being able to enter and save their lives, seeing hope for survival, was already very good.

“I’ll try it.”

Quan Jian took out his knife, slowly exhaled, and pushed open the door to go out.

Catching the scent of living humans, monsters over two meters tall with twisted limbs immediately charged over.

Quan Jian held his breath, his heartbeat accelerating from tension as he kicked away broken metal sheeting on the ground.

Clang clang—

The piercing noise in the quiet space sounded exceptionally thrilling and terrifying.

All the nearby mutants came over. Quan Jian’s arms trembled slightly as he gritted his teeth and held on until the last second before flashing into the wooden door.

The next second, mutants crashed into the door. Electric light flashed, and with a sizzling sound of electrical current and the mutants’ hissing, the surveillance screen lit up bright as day.

Afterward, charred and blackened mutants lay motionless on the ground, their bodies like disgusting rotting mud.

Whether they were dead or not was unclear, as Fang Qi had mentioned that these things were hard to kill and could survive even with half their heads cut off.

But from the looks of it, they shouldn’t be able to threaten Quan Jian and his companion anymore.

Seeing this scene, both men turned their gaze back to Shen You, who was calmly sitting in the pavilion, their eyes filled with shock and admiration.

No wonder she could open a shop in the apocalypse—too powerful!

“Thank you. We’ll see you again in Lan City.” When Quan Jian said goodbye and left, he couldn’t help but take another look at the shop.

For them, being able to look at such a place a few more times was good!

The customers had left. Shen You closed the shop door and looked at the two grenades with difficulty.

How to handle these?

This was the first time in her life seeing the real thing. She didn’t dare touch them carelessly, afraid they might explode.

The cash register system’s space was already full of gold and silver, with no room for anything else.

Shen You sighed, looking at the two objects on the table with an indescribable expression.

Selling them to ancient times would be valuable.

But Wen Zhi had said before that the dimensional rules of Great Qi would be affected.

This was also an unspoken agreement between the two of them—she wouldn’t break dimensional rules, and Wen Zhi wouldn’t interfere with her business.

Finally, Shen You cleared some space in her personal storage and put the grenades inside.

She didn’t dare leave these things outside.

But carrying these two deadly weapons around, she didn’t sleep well that night. In her dreams, they exploded and destroyed all her beloved collectibles.

The heartbreaking feeling was incredibly real in the dream, making her wake up with a start. After taking two deep breaths and seeing that everything was fine, she lay back down to sleep with relief.

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Two days during the week, Shen You would go to the workshop in the morning. Recently, she had been researching materials on cotton textile technology.

She had switched shifts with Gu Shaoyu, agreeing to come over in the afternoon.

With the cross-dimensional shop mainly waiting for deliveries recently, and nothing else to do, she had more time for workshop projects.

Shen You had just finished organizing and was sitting in the shop, leisurely examining a museum artifact in her hands, thinking about better restoration methods.

Wen Zhi came over, dressed in modern clothes this time.

“You came at the perfect time!”

Shen You quickly brought him into the shop, acting like a thief in her own home as she glanced outside and closed the door.

Seeing her nervous appearance, Wen Zhi asked strangely, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Yesterday I received something.” Shen You took out the grenade.

“From the Lan City side.” Seeing her worried expression, Wen Zhi smiled. “Don’t worry. It won’t explode unless you remove this safety pin.”

“You know how to use it?” Shen You’s voice carried slight surprise.

“I know how to use many things.” Wen Zhi’s thin lips curved slightly, his eyes showing a hint of pride.

Shen You suddenly had an idea. “Then how about using it next time we go to Lan City? It would be more convenient for you too.”

This disposal method was feasible—they could blow up Lan City’s mutants at random.

“Actually, using it for self-defense isn’t bad either. Some dimensions don’t have these, but they can still be used.”

If she used it for self-defense in Great Qi, he could pretend not to know and help her clean up afterward.

Shen You showed an awkward but polite smile, saying sincerely, “I don’t dare use it.”

The corners of Wen Zhi’s mouth suddenly curved upward in an attractive smile. “Are you sure you don’t want to keep it?”

Shen You was about to speak when her phone rang. Seeing the caller was a family relative, she hung up directly.

Immediately, another call came through. Shen You frowned as she looked at WeChat.

These people had been sending her messages since the day before yesterday, which she had ignored.

Today with these calls, if she didn’t answer, the matter probably wouldn’t end, especially since they were all in Jiang City and wanted to ask for her location.

Shen You put away her things and said to Wen Zhi, “Wait for me.”

She went out to the courtyard to answer the phone.

“Xiao You, why can’t we get through to your parents?” Her sister-in-law’s urgent voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction. “You don’t reply to messages either.”

“They’re traveling abroad, the signal might be poor.” Shen You replied blandly.

From her last visit home, she had found out that although her second uncle had transferred his assets, the so many people who had been scammed, including the bank, were all investigating his family.

Finally, they had found evidence and seized the house and car in the city.

They were also desperate.

So they tried every means to contact her. As for the aunt’s voice faintly audible on the phone, she was probably trying to find out about her financial situation.

With her parents not even in the country, Shen You had no concerns whatsoever now.