"Let's get started..."
Before pressing the time travel button hidden beneath the counter, Leo looked around the convenience store one more time.
Since he was heading to a glacial survival world, he wanted to buy things like sweaters, a lighter, and a thermos bottle from the system shop, but he found that all of those items were locked.
It confused him that supernatural things like the memory erasing pill were not locked while such simple items were, but there was nothing he could object to.
At first, Leo considered buying items like sweaters from the internet and reselling them, but on the very first page of the user manual, there was a rule written in capital letters regarding this matter.
[SYSTEM PRODUCTS ARE ALWAYS RELIABLE. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ITEMS SUPPLIED FROM THE SYSTEM SHOP. IF YOU TURN TO A DIFFERENT SUPPLY NETWORK AND, AS A RESULT, RECEIVE EVEN A SINGLE COMPLAINT FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS REGARDING PRODUCT QUALITY, THE SYSTEM WILL BECOME INACCESSIBLE FOR ONE YEAR.]
When he asked the small dragon about the same issue, the small dragon replied in a fearful tone that he should not even think about it.
If there was a problem with a product he bought externally, the system would lock itself for one year even if the buyer did not complain.
At that point, Leo's small plans lost their meaning. Even though system products were expensive, they were guaranteed to be high quality. He realized this thanks to the small dragon's reminder.
When he focused on the water being sold for one system point, some information about the water appeared in front of him.
[Half liter of water:
- Half a liter of water can prevent you from dying of thirst for at least three more days.
- The mineral balance of the water is absolutely perfect.
- The water has a small purification effect. It is recommended to use it to cleanse impurities from your body.
- Consuming three bottles of water can satisfy your thirst for an entire day.]
At first, Leo thought the second and third effects were the most unbelievable, but a single sentence from the small dragon made him realize that the most physics defying effect was actually the first one.
It turned out that half a liter of water could prevent not just a human, but any kind of living being from dying of thirst for three days.
According to the small dragon, this rule worked regardless of the size of the living being. In other words, even a galactic dragon that ate planets could quench its thirst if it bought three bottles of this water.
Meanwhile, Leo had already selected his destination using the button at his fingertips, and before pressing it, he took a deep breath.
In roughly one-third of a second, the convenience store flashed with a mysterious light and vanished.
In the second-third of a second, the convenience store appeared on a planet immeasurably far away.
In the final third of a second, Leo felt as if someone had slapped his face hard due to the cold that struck him.
Fortunately, heating was something Leo had already thought about beforehand.
The moment he felt the cold, Leo told the small dragon to activate the store's heating function.
Within about a second, the temperature of the store reached the level suitable for the human body. Of course, unlike the system, the small dragon possessed intelligence, so it knew that was too hot and adjusted the temperature to the perfect level.
Leo thought that the cold sensation disappeared instantly because the store's temperature had stabilized, but he was mistaken. Even though he could not feel his internal energy, he was currently a cultivator who had reached the third stage of the Golden Core realm.
Leo's body had already adapted to the outside temperature before the store's temperature was adjusted. After all, it took far less than a second for the heat receptors in the human body to transmit information to the brain.
Curious, Leo approached the window and looked outside.
The outside world had turned into endless white, and massive snowflakes continued to fall from the sky every second, making it difficult to see ahead. Fortunately, all the snowflakes magically avoided the train station.
The small dragon had kept its word. A train station where twelve train tracks converged from twelve different directions stood there.
Leo saw a small, old railcar coming toward the station.
The shape of the railcar did not resemble a train at all. Instead, it looked like nothing more than the floor of a single wagon. It was as if the construction of the wagon had not been completed yet, having nothing except its base.
"Small dragon, is that a hand-pumped rail trolley? The kind used in coal mines and such things like that."
[Yes, master]
Due to the snowfall, Leo could only vaguely make out the slender figure of the person operating the hand pump on the trolley.
The moment the handcar entered the station's boundary, it stopped moving, and Leo heard the woman driving it let out a scream.
"YESSSS!!! I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE STATION!!!"
Leo continued to look at the woman's indistinct figure for a while longer, then turned back to the convenience store.
"Why didn't that woman freeze to death? Is her body stronger than mine? Even with my cultivation level, I can't endure this much cold."
[In fact, your body has already adapted to the cold, master. The third stage of the Golden Core realm increases not only your physical strength but also your endurance and your body's adaptability.]
"So you're saying that even if I go outside again now, I won't freeze to death? Ah right, if I leave the store, my invincibility disappears."
[Yes, master. As for why the young woman you saw did not freeze; in this world, the apocalypse began only two days ago. Since the unknown being did not intend to slaughter the entire world at once, it granted everyone a seven day protection law against cold and monsters]
"Then why isn't it snowing on this station?"
[Stations can be considered a type of reward. The place we are currently in is the first station. All humans received a one day basic necessities package along with a simple hand operated trolley. Their objective is to visit stations and loot them. From the stations, they can obtain basic materials to strengthen their trains or mysterious chests]
"Alright, I get the basic logic now. This world is similar to global apocalypse novels. According to the general pattern, all humans should also have a special communication channel."
The small dragon visibly reacted in shock and told Leo that his assumption was correct.
Even though Leo noticed the small dragon's surprise, he had no interest in talking about the novels he had read in his previous life. Instead, he decided to think about what kind of NPC he should act as.
A black hearted demon NPC? A kind-hearted merchant? An all knowing but never tells the protagonist anything son of a bitch NPC?
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