Chapter 96 The Camp Store Opens
Chapter 96 The Camp Store Opens
The residents, hard at work, stopped and waved enthusiastically when they saw Theresa arrive.
“Theresa!<b>” </b>
“Hey, Theresa! You’re here!”
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Theresa greeted her neen residents with a smile and parked in front of an unupied vi. Just then, Yuki came bounding over.
“Theresa! You’re finally here! I was just about to go look for you!”
“Oh? What for?”
“To trade supplies with you, of course! Look how much I’ve got!” Yuki chirped, pulling out a sheet of paper covered in a densely written list. She beamed at Theresa. “By the way, when are you holding another market? Thest one was so fun! I can’t wait to go again and buy all that delicious food!”
Theresa chuckled and tugged gently on one of the girl’s braids. “From now on, if you want to shop, you can–anytime.”
With a wave of her hand, Kyle stepped down from a delivery truck, the very one Theresa had seized on the highway–formerly a courier van.
Kyle immediately began unloading supplies, and nearby residents quickly came over to help.
“Theresa, what’s all this?<b>” </b>
“Yeah, what are these?”
“This,” Theresa answered proudly, “is the zing Sun Camp’s store!”
Everyone was surprised.
Thirty minutester, what looked like a fully stocked supermarket from before the apocalypse stood in front of them.
The shelves were lined with goods of all kinds. It felt like a scene from another lifetime.
They could shop, just like before the world fell apart.
At the center of the store was a massive digital screen disying all item prices, and on it was a virtual version of Theresa.
“This is our zing Sun Camp’s/supermarket. This is Tessa, our camp manager. From now on, if you want to shop, juste here. No need to swipe a card–Tessa will use facial recognition to identify your ount. Whatever you take will be automatically deducted.
“If you want to trade items, just leave them on the shelves to the right. There’s a digital scale–Tessa will weigh everything and update your bnce in real time.
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“If you’re worried, there’s a card reader at the entrance. You can swipe your card there to check your bnce anytime.”
<b>“</b>Wow! I want to try it!” Yuki said, practically vibrating with excitement.
“Go ahead,” Theresa said with a nod.
Yuki sprinted to the snack aisle, grabbed a lollipop, peeled it open right there in the store, and happily popped it into her mouth.
David and his wife, watching nearby, swiped Yuki’s card at the entrance. With a soft beep, the disy lit up: 99.5 points.
Yuki had started with 100 points–earned as a bonus for helping lead group work and assisting David’s family. The lollipop had automatically deducted 0.5 points. Now she had 99.5 remaining.
The couple felt both delighted and a little pained.
They were happy–happy because their daughter could enjoy a snack that had once been so ordinary before the apocalypse.
Now, in the middle of the end of the world, with zombies roaming outside, people starving, families fleeing famine and chaos, their camp had lollipops.
Lollipops! In a time when most people couldn’t even count on their next meal, their daughter could eat candy like it was nothing.
That spoke volumes about the camp’s strength–its vast reserves of supplies, its ability to keep people safe. Only under truly exceptional conditions could something like this be possible.
But at the same time, they couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
Points didn’te easily. One single point could get one a whole pound of pasta–and their daughter had just spent half a point–half a point!-on a single lollipop.
That was steep.
Clearly, they were going to have to keep a closer eye on how she spent her points. They couldn’t let her blow through her bnce on sweets.
“Theresa, I’d like to trade some supplies!” Leo called out. “I just harvested a batch of mung bean sprouts- can I trade them?”
“Of course,” Theresa nodded.
Leo dashed off and returned with five pounds of sprouts<b>. </b>
Once he ced them on the scale, the store announced, <i>“</i><i>Beep</i>–five pounds of mung bean sprouts detected. Value: 2.5 points. Confirm trade?”
“Confirm!”
Fresh produce was worth half as much as staple foods, but still valuable.
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After the trade, Leo checked his bnce–sure enough, he had gained 2.5 points!
The crowd erupted in chatter and excitement.
Some rushed in to shop, others to trade, and some just wandered the aisles, taking it all in.
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The store was filled with essential items: pasta, flour, oil, salt, sugar, daily necessities like tissues and hygiene products, and a small but spirit–lifting selection of pre–apocalypse snacks: lollipops, soda, snack
cakes.
Everyone felt a deep sense of satisfaction–like they had stepped back into the world they once knew.