Chapter 7
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The digital alarm on his phone rang at 6 am for Jin . He woke up a little groggy, made his bed and did two sets of 25 push-ups to start the day . It was his usual routine to maintain his physique . After a few slices of toasted bread with jam, he went to the printer to check on the status of his panda print for the standee .
The system did not state that it had to be a human-sized standee so with some materials lying in the house, he decided to do a standee himself without incurring any additional cost . Hence, he used quality paper that was left over from his final year project in university and made a lazy panda standee with inspiration from his cultivation manual .
"Jin, the shop reconstruction was completed at 4 . 49 am . The echo barriers had been taken away . " Yun notified him through his phone as she did not want to disturb Jin's building of the lazy panda standee .
Jin gave a little bit more glue and while waiting for the standee to dry, he checked his phone . "Alright, thanks Yun, I will get going soon . " He wore something a little more formal than usual, a simple shirt and brown pants, before leaving the house with the plastic bag that contained the lazy panda standee .
His house was just a few hundred meters away from the shopping district and in 10 minutes, he was able to reach the shop . When he reached the plot of land, he was bewildered . The entire burnt abandoned building was gone . There was a small park erected within the new plot of land with several stone chairs and tables . A few trees and bamboo were planted in the small park as well right beside the store .
Shopkeepers and people who were used to Tiangong Shopping street were stunned by the overnight removal of the abandoned pachinko building . Some even praised the heavens for someone daring enough to remove such a bad omen away from the Tiangong shopping street .
The exterior of the store amazed him, it did not have any modern vibe to it, but rather the sense of a traditional shophouse with three stories . The shutters were closed and there was a door with an electronic lock at the side of the shutters .
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"Use your phone to unlock the door . "
The lock gave a short beep and Jin went into the shophouse . Lights were immediately turned on via smart sensors the moment Jin went in . The interior was the exact opposite of the traditional shophouse .
The shop had a very clean, bright, minimalistic look with a mahogany redwood bar counter at the centre with full grained leather bar stools that could swivel in the middle of the room . At each side of the room, there were two 49-inch 16K HDR TVs mounted on the wall . A total of four TVs at the moment but the store itself could seem to accommodate another six more TVs .
He copied the concept he got from the outlying towns' dungeon supplier stores . When the customer is in the dimension space, people outside can view it . He had the bar concept to provide some form of refreshments to hopefully earn some money while his customers wait for their turn .
"Before we proceed any further, I have already rewarded you your custom-made dimensional space portal machine, it is at the side of the bar counter . "
Jin noticed the machine was actually just a simple looking computer . "I modelled it to look like a computer so it would not take up too much space, unlike those models you saw in the current dungeon suppliers . I am also giving you functions of a workable computer too . " Yun said as if she took pride in what she did .
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"The Custom-made Dimension Space portal machine, or as I aptly named it Panda Port will provide dimensional spaces to four stations as situated in front of the 4 TVs . Rent your customers these dog tags . As long as they stay in front of the TV with the tags on when the summoning circle appears, they will be teleported into the system . "
"There are a few things I need to explain before you can officially open the store . So either listen up or read the email that I am going to send you . " Yun became stern .
"The first floor is where the dimension space portals are . 2nd floor is the resting area if they ever get defeated . You are responsible for bringing the unconscious up for them to rest when they are out of the dimension space portals . "
"Unlike other suppliers, the system induced a certain amount of extremely pure chi energy in the dog tags so if they were defeated, the emergency chi energy will activate and save their lives . They will only be unconscious for five to ten minutes before they wake up regardless of grades . "
"As you have noticed, there are currently neither drinks nor food available at the counter, you need to unlock them yourself . I will provide you with plain water . You are not allowed to bring any external food produce or refreshments for I will provide them when the time comes . "
"But I am not aiming to be a chef, I want to be a dunge-" Jin was interrupted when he interrupted Yun .
"A number one dungeon supplier who knows the needs of his customer . If they want to eat in here, they have to pay for a dungeon ticket because this is the business of a dungeon supplier . Each dungeon ticket entitles them panda credit via their phone . The panda credit allows them to buy drinks and food from you . No more, no less . No refillable less plain water . "
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"A cooking permit application had already been approved and will be sending to your shop soon . "
"Wait let me guess, the plain water must be extraordinary if you are providing them," Jin remembered the gourmet fantasy novels .
"No, from your standard tap water, perhaps more purified . That's all . "
"Guess I was expecting too much . " Jin sighed .
"I was actually joking, yes it is the purest water from deepest springs of the Aqua world where mermaids and merman lived . " Yun chuckled .
"Anyways, the price for a dungeon ticket cannot be changed . All revenue earned will be taken and charged to the system . I will give you a straight 5% cut of everything until you increase dungeon supplier rank . "
"5%?! " Jin sighed and reluctantly accepted . He knew there was no free lunch in the world . All the reconstruction work, the beautiful layout in the interior and even the phone was not given for free . No wonder he initially felt that the system was being so generous .
"Wait, what is this dungeon supplier rank? I never heard of it before . "
"It is the system's way of ranking you, pitting you against the entire world's dungeon suppliers . Right now, you are in the rank of the hundreds of thousands . To be more precise . Rank 954,885 dungeon supplier . Work hard to be the number one okay? I love you Jin . " Yun sent a blow kiss emoji towards him .
"Oh, we digress . The third floor is the personal viewing room . The customer can pay a sum of money to view his video progress with slow-motion playback, zoom in zoom out function and viewing it on a 360 degrees hologram using the commands of simple hand or voice gestures . In order to improve, you need to know your own weakness and study the enemy's strength . There are only ten rooms and with the number of rooms limited, it's first come first serve . Alternatively, customers can download a HD video for 5 Yuan . "
As Jin acknowledged Yun in his head, he turned on the computer . He happened to find a menu of the store with a single dungeon instance on it currently . As he looked at the price, he felt his heart drop .
"Goblin Dungeon Instance - 245 Yuan"
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