Chapter 16: Titanium Alloy Bionic Ox

Rows upon rows of shelves displayed themselves before her.

Wherever Yan Yu’s finger pointed, that row of shelves would draw closer.

She browsed through them, row by row.

[Rice – 2.8] [Noodles – 2.4] [Salt – 1] [Soy Sauce – 1.2] [Rice Vinegar – 0.9] [Sichuan Peppercorn Powder – 24.4] [Chili Powder – 13.9] [Cumin – 13.8] [Chicken Essence – 3.7]

There was even chicken essence, all without packaging, loosely piled.

[Eggs – 0.5] [Pork – 11.9] [Chicken – 7.9] [Fish – 9.9]

There was a basket of eggs, perhaps seven or eight? The pork, chicken, and fish were all frozen meat.

[Iron Pot – 22] [Wooden Bowl – 0.2] [Ceramic Bowl – 0.8] [Ceramic Basin – 30] [Cleaver – 25] [Scissors – 16]

Quite good, even dining utensils were available.

[Coarse Cloth – 15] [Cotton Cloth – 23.5] [Linen – 6] [Cotton – 12] [Cotton Quilt – 196] [Hemp Shoes – 67] [Straw Shoes – 4.8] [Cloth Shoes – 12.8] [Cotton Shoes – 18.8] [Single Layer Garment – 72] [Padded Garment – 198]

As if afraid they’d have nothing to wear!

[Bamboo Mat – 34] [Straw Mat – 22] [Woven Bamboo Basket – 29] [Woven Bamboo Back Basket – 66]

Seemed not very practical.

[Bamboo Slip1 – 500] [Bamboo Slip2 – 500] [Bamboo Slip3 – 500]…

[Handwritten Book1 – 2000] [Handwritten Book2 – 2000] [Handwritten Book3 – 2000]…

The last row was piled high with Bamboo Slips, and dozens of books, with very simple titles: Handwritten Copy.

After a quick look, Yan Yu deeply felt the platform’s intelligence.

Look at all these items; any one of them, taken out, wouldn’t feel out of place in the slightest.

The fabrics and ready-made clothes were blue, black, and gray, and their styles were highly similar to what they were currently wearing.

What touched her most were the bowls—wooden bowls, ceramic bowls…

Thumbs up to the platform, you’re serious about blending into the environment!

As Yan Yu looked, she quickly reported the items to her parents, finally settling on the very appealing row of vegetables.

[Sweet Potato – 2.2] [Potato – 1.8] [Corn – 1.9] [Baby Bok Choy – 2]

Although there were few varieties, they all shared a common trait: high yield!

She wondered if the items traded back from the platform could be planted…

“There’s a lot of stuff, but nothing we urgently need!” Li Xuemei said with some disappointment. What they wanted most was—toilet paper.

“Daughter, how do we exchange? What can we exchange for them?” Yan Lao’er asked eagerly.

Yan Yu saw a row of five grids at the bottom of the screen.

She tentatively placed the egg she had found earlier in the day onto one.

She had just done it on a whim, without much thought.

Unexpectedly, the current balance in the bottom right corner jumped from [0] to [1]…

Before she could experiment further, she suddenly noticed an option in the top right corner, named Free Market, flashing wildly.

Curious, she clicked on it.

Whoosh!

The entire screen immediately transformed into a video call!

A mechanical punk-style uncle appeared on the other side.

Before Yan Yu could react, the uncle began firing off a barrage of words like a machine gun, rat-a-tat-tat.

“Oh my god, finally connected! What type are you? Let me see, transmigration, ancient setting, who are those two people next to you? Never mind, not important.”

“Are you new? Is this your first time logging into the platform?”

Yan Yu nodded blankly.

He quickly tapped something around him, and a virtual screen swished over, hovering before her eyes. He spoke at a rapid pace:

“You only have one hour each time you log into the platform. Besides the Official Mall, in the Free Market, you can connect with three users, 20 minutes per user. See the timer in the top left corner? That’s our remaining time.

In the next time slot, you’ll connect with the second and third unlucky souls. Yes, that’s right, we’re all Xia Kingdom citizens struggling with basic sustenance, retrieved by the platform.

The Official Mall’s shelves will adjust according to your environment. The more times you log into the platform, the more precise the offerings will be. Basic survival and sustenance are guaranteed. In the later stages, if it detects you have resource regeneration capabilities—like farming—it will provide you with more seeds.

I’m a transmigration category user, the tech-oriented kind. Over-exploited resources, pollution and radiation everywhere, living on nutrition fluid daily.

My needs: food, all kinds of meat and vegetables are fine. I’m also looking to buy ores and metals in large quantities long-term.

I can provide many mechanical creations, but given your general environment, you probably won’t need them. I connected with a guy before, he was in an ancient setting like you, and he custom-ordered bionic Oxs, horses, and donkeys from me. They’re super convenient for transport and farming, voice-controlled, smart recognition, solar charging, charge for three hours, farm for a month! They can guard your home, look after children, no problem. If you need to fool others by feeding them fodder or something, you can even compress, dry, and store it for reuse. Titanium alloy skeleton, high temperature and oxidation resistant. The size and weight can be modified instantly, guaranteed to look exactly like the Ox in your yard…”

“How do you know I have cattle in my yard?”

Good grief, Yan Yu almost got completely swayed by his sales pitch.

But she still keenly noticed this crucial point.

“Forgot to mention, little sister, to make it easier for everyone to get what they need, the system defaults to scanning materials within a hundred meters around you. You can adjust it yourself, ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters, whatever’s convenient. If you swipe the hidden material list on the left side of the screen, you’ll see mine.”

Yan Yu swiped with her finger and was stunned to see all sorts of flavored nutrition fluids!

“Why is it all nutrition fluid?” She scrolled down and finally saw some mechanical creations: home service robots, bionic mechanical Oxs, bionic mechanical horses, bionic mechanical donkeys, exploration and collection robots, floating vehicles…

“That’s why I need to exchange for food! Eating it every single day, I feel like throwing up just smelling it!” The uncle was clearly not fond of nutrition fluid, his face full of resentment when he mentioned it.

“Isn’t there food in the Official Mall? Rice, noodles, vegetables, meat, eggs, everything,” Yan Yu asked, puzzled.

The uncle swallowed hard, dying of envy: “To ensure our safety, the Official Mall won’t put up things that are out of place in your world. So aren’t you transmigration and rebirth categories lucky? The difficulties are only temporary; with the platform’s help, basic sustenance won’t be an issue. As for people like me, do you know what’s on the Official Mall’s shelves?”

“What?”

“Vegetable juice, fruit juice, oral nutrition fluid…”

How tragic!

At this moment, Yan Yu actually felt a sense of happiness compared to the uncle!

“How do I exchange for your bionic Ox?” All things considered, the uncle’s bionic Ox was indeed very tempting.

“Let me confirm first, is the Ox in your yard yours?” the uncle asked cautiously.

“Yes, it is. I just bought it today, the Ox and the cart were so expensive!” Yan Yu replied.
(End of Chapter)