Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

After Chen Huairen's family's boat docked, they did not rush to get off, but let the guards get off the boat to check first.

Although we sent people to check here before and found no danger, several months have passed after all, so it is always better to be careful.

The investigation revealed something was wrong.

"Master!" The guards hurriedly boarded the boat.

"What's going on?" Chen Huairen asked. After drifting on the boat for a few days, he also wanted to go ashore as soon as possible.

"Someone has been here!" The guards continued, "We found traces of a campfire near the river, and some deliberate markings."

This campfire and mark were naturally left by Shi Anan and Xiao Yi when they came here that time. They didn't know that anyone would come here, so they didn't clear the traces at that time.

However, this place is still some distance away from Guangming Village, so it doesn’t matter much if our traces are discovered.

But it didn't matter to Shi Anan. Chen Huairen didn't think so. He was like a frightened bird. When he heard that there were traces of people here, he became a little scared.

He was carrying so much food, and there were also the elderly, the weak, women and children in his family. If there were bandits here, wouldn't they be escaping from the tiger's mouth and falling into the tiger's den?

"Keep exploring! See if we can find any clues. There was clearly no one here before, so how come there are traces of people here in just over two months?" Chen Huairen ordered the guards, and the guards went down after receiving the order.

Mrs. Chen heard this and thought for a moment before saying, "Master, can't we get off the boat first? Could this trace be left by a hunter in the mountains?"

Chen Huairen stroked his beard and nodded in response, "We can't rule out this possibility, but we are outsiders after all and are not familiar with the situation here, so we should be careful."

Mrs. Chen had no choice but to nod and wait patiently on the boat. After seeing the fire in the county, her anger subsided. She felt that it was fortunate that their master had foresight. If she had stayed in Qinghe County, who knows what would have happened now.

After a while, the guards came to report: "Master, we checked the surrounding area again. Apart from the fire and the mark, we didn't see any other traces."

Chen Huairen thought about it and thought that maybe he was overthinking it. Maybe it was left by a hunter who happened to pass by in the mountains. So he ordered: "Notify everyone to get off the boat. We will set up camp here."

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Shi Anan had no idea that the mark she and Xiao Yi left unintentionally would scare Chen Huairen so much. She has now brought Yan Fei and others back to Guangming Village.

Their return was warmly welcomed by everyone. After all, they brought back enough salt for their survival.

Just as Ruyi was happily preparing a welcoming banquet for Shi Anan and others, Shi Anan stopped her and said, "Don't worry, I have a surprise for you."

Before Ruyi could respond, Chengze couldn't wait to ask, "Sister, what good things did you get?"

"It should be something good that you kids will like." Shi Anan kept it a secret. Snacks are what children love to eat, right?

Seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Shi Anan did not delay any longer. After thinking about it, she placed the vending machine at the school gate.

The main reason for putting it here is that there are many people coming and going here every day, and there are many children. And now the vending machine can only sell snacks. Although there are many people in the cafeteria, it is a place for eating, so snacks should be placed separately.

And she didn't forget that she originally wanted to build a small shop in the school, and this time she could use the vending machine as a start.

After the vending machine was put out, everyone looked at the square cabinet with puzzled eyes. There was a transparent panel on it. Looking inside through the panel, there seemed to be shelves inside. Each shelf also corresponded to several buttons. There was a big hole at the bottom with the words "Shipping Port" written on it, and there was a fist-sized hole next to it with the words "Coin Slot" written on it.

Shi Chengze took Xiao Yuan by the hand, and the two walked around the vending machine. He looked up at Shi Anan blankly: "Sister, what is this?"

My sister said they would like it, but this thing looks like a cabinet, nothing special about it. The only thing special about it is the material of the vending machine and the transparent board, I don't know what it is made of.

However, considering that this thing might be a special artifact bestowed by God just like the solar air conditioner, they felt it was normal that they did not know about it.

"This is called a vending machine. It can only sell snacks at the moment, but after it is upgraded it may be able to sell a lot of things you haven't seen before." Shi Anan explained to the two.

Then she walked forward to check the vending machine. The vending machine had no power plug, and Shi Anan didn't know how the system powered it. Anyway, the system had so many magical operations, and she was too lazy to worry about it.

After touching the vending machine, Shi Anan felt a line of words pop up on the system:

[Congratulations to the host for activating the vending machine. Please choose the products to put on the shelf.]

—Eh? Waiter, am I the only one who can put products on the shelves of this vending machine?

[Currently, if you can recruit employees after upgrading, the host can authorize employees to be responsible for listing products]

That's good, otherwise she would have to keep an eye on the goods in the vending machine. It would be best if she could find someone to be responsible for this.

But what the waiter didn't say was that the recruitment of employees could only start after the vending machine developed into the supermarket stage. And upgrading from a primary vending machine to a supermarket was not so easy, so Shi Anan was destined to work harder for a while.

——Do I have to choose the types of products on the shelves myself? And what about the pricing? How do I order?

Shi Anan continued to ask, and after she finished asking, she felt a flash before her eyes, and the system displayed all the available snacks in the vending machine in front of Shi Anan.

Shi Anan was dazzled by the options, simply because there were too many to choose from.

There are not only convenient fast food products, such as instant noodles of various flavors, self-heating rice, self-heating pots, and sausages, but also various biscuits, potato chips, fried dough twists and other fried snacks and various dried fruits and candied fruits.

In addition, there are various dried meats, such as pork jerky, beef jerky, beef cubes, etc., baked small breads and cakes, appetizers such as spicy strips, dried tofu, pickled pepper chicken feet, konjac shreds, vegetarian tripe, as well as various beverages and milk, etc.

In short, all the snacks that Shi Anan has seen or not seen are available here.

However, the system only allowed her to put nine items on the shelf, and once selected, it could not be changed and she could only add more after the upgrade.

—Waiter, you can’t afford to play? Why can I only choose nine items and can’t change them?

[Host, please work hard to upgrade. The number of items that can be put on the vending machine will change with the host's character level]

The waiter stated in an inhuman system voice.

So that's how it is. Shi Anan has only completed 9 main quests and her character experience is only level 9, so she can only put 9 items on the shelf. But how difficult is it for her to complete a main quest? That is, so many kinds of snacks are just for her to see?

[If the host is greedy, he can buy it in the mall by himself]

Ugh! Is she just greedy? Today is another day when she is irritated by the waiter:)