The department store was not as bustling as Feng Yuan had imagined, or perhaps the foot traffic before his eyes fell short of what it was before the war. Initially, Feng Yuan was puzzled, but he quickly realized that the war had only recently halted, and various production activities had yet to fully recover. The department store probably had very little stock left for sale.
With nothing to sell, naturally, few people would come, which was very normal.
"Hmm, if you’re worried about them, why not take a trip to The Imperial Timeline?"
Veronia was still curious about the previous matter, glancing at Veronia, Feng Yuan shrugged and said
"We’re just friends, and nothing more than friends. Helping out when convenient is fine, but going out of my way to help... is not good for either of us."
Not to mention whether Qi Chen and the others would feel uncomfortable, even with Qi Chen’s personality, Feng Yuan knew that if he was too proactive in helping, even if the other party was hesitant at first, eventually they would rely on him for everything, but that’s impossible; their relationship isn’t that close.
As the group walked into the department store, unsurprisingly, most of the shops were still closed. For the ones that were open, aside from having boards that updated the current sales plans in real-time, they clearly stated that sales must follow Maomu City’s official sales plan, listing the general range of ticket consumption.
"It’s a truly unique experience."
Looking at the names of tickets corresponding to different goods, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but marvel. It was his first time seeing such things. Of course, similar situations weren’t new; not to mention the Dynasty Era, even in the recent world war, such limited supply measures lasted quite a while.
It’s just that now it’s merely a temporary chaos in resource supply. Feng Yuan estimated it would take at most a month to recover, after which they certainly won’t need to enforce this policy.
"I remember you haven’t collected any tickets yet."
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan and curiously said, even if Feng Yuan’s achievements weren’t low, Maomu City didn’t make exceptions for them. Even Feng Yuan needed to go to Data Square to receive his tickets.
Of course, not taking them was also an option; after all, any unclaimed tickets would, after this regulatory phase ends, be converted into resources proportionately and re-distributed, while those received but not yet redeemed would have special recovery measures and corresponding compensation.
"Not yet, those things are useless to me, plus I have to queue up, too troublesome."
Taking stock of those shops, Feng Yuan casually said; although buying things now required tickets, except for specific shops, Feng Yuan didn’t necessarily have to purchase anything.
For daily necessities, not to mention he had stockpiles, if anything was needed temporarily... he could directly ask Agunas to help collect them from the wild or go for purchases themselves.
So Feng Yuan was too lazy to queue at Data Square for this matter.
"Without tickets, it seems your visit here is pointless."
Veronia chuckled lightly, it couldn’t be helped; most stores in the still-operating department center required tickets for purchases, while those that didn’t? They didn’t even charge money; the ticketless ones were restaurants specially serving Beastmasters who made significant contributions to Maomu City.
Dining here requires nothing if one’s identity matches.
"Seems that way, but never mind, since I’m here, I’ll browse around."
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said somewhat guiltily, Agunas flicked its tail without a sound; it had a ton of things to handle, and Feng Yuan’s wandering made it less worried, as otherwise if another issue emerged, Agunas would have to deal with it.
The department store hadn’t changed much, at least for now, they had no inclination to change anything, the impact of the war was far greater than they had previously anticipated.
Only now, with city defense forces and official power significantly strengthened, otherwise, who knows if Beastmasters might wreak havoc at this time.
"All basic living goods, almost nothing else is being sold."
After a lap, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed; no choice, almost all open shops at the department store were selling basic living necessities, the rest were just a couple of eateries.
"Other things, whether available or not, even if sold, do you think anyone would buy them?"
Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said speechlessly; whether luxury goods or trivial items, they were clearly hard to sell now, not to mention just looking at the City Defence Army patrolling inside the department center made it apparent post-war order hadn’t fully recovered.
"Well, it’s not even about lacking money, but never mind, I wouldn’t buy anything anyway, just a pity that the Great Xia Tour isn’t open."
Shouldering Feng Yuan said indifferently, Veronia glanced at him and snorted lightly
"Your goal was Great Xia Tour then."
"Haha, after all, they’re an old tourism group, their one-stop service is excellent."
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan laughed somewhat awkwardly; travel agencies and tourism groups were slightly different, travel agencies generally only organized specific route tours, and routinely plan fixed itineraries and packages for external sales.
While tourism groups, although involving this part of the business, mainly profit from bespoke travel services.
They target Beastmasters like Feng Yuan, offering personal services to tailor custom travel routes for high fees according to individual demands.
As for service quality? Feng Yuan wasn’t worried about that; the first echelon in Great Xia Tour merely represented improved service attitude; ripping people off?
Sorry, those who opt for this service are already starting as Legendary Beastmasters beforehand. Beastmasters below this level are busy improving their strength and have no time to play around.
Moreover, the cost isn’t generally affordable; ordinary folks can’t even pay it.
Provoking Legendary Beastmasters for such money? They’re not crazy, besides, money is only very valuable below the Legendary Level. While it won’t detach from conventional currency trade systems upon reaching Legendary Level, the resources themselves at this level are tough to acquire; typically, archaic bartering might be used for transactions.
No choice, money may not necessarily procure Legendary resources, and now doesn’t require further explanation; the emergence of this large group of Legendary Beastmasters would only exacerbate the situation.
Consequently, Feng Yuan truly didn’t worry about the tourism group hankering for this money to cause him trouble; of course, if coincidentally it did happen? He wouldn’t need to take action, Agunas would be sufficient to handle the situation.
After the United Army incident, Agunas’ power in the Human United Army was not insignificant, though it wouldn’t do anything because of that, helping Feng Yuan achieve justice was easy enough.
"Considering travel? At this time, every place is likely preoccupied with restoring productivity, tourism industry..."
Agunas looked at Feng Yuan and said speechlessly; such times clearly were unsuitable for anyone providing travel services, after all, the whole Main World was dragged into war, impacting everywhere, even now with the war pausing, probably they had to prioritize restoring various resource supplies.
"That’s why help from tourism groups is needed, after all, they have close ties with major attractions; however, looking at this situation, it’s probably unfeasible."
Sighing, Feng Yuan said disappointedly, Veronia glanced at him and said not-so-distantly
"If you want to play, the Qi Realm Timeline might offer travel opportunities."
War, Main World, and The Imperial Timeline clearly lacked stable environments, whereas the Qi Realm Timeline differed, experienced no Timeline War apart from the Calamity Tide.
"Hmm... better not, I don’t want to get too involved with them."
Hesitatingly, Feng Yuan said, Veronia snorted lightly knowing why Feng Yuan said this, the War Qi Chen matter caused him enough distress; if another Qi Realm Dou Yanlan arose, he’d likely be overwhelmed.
After all, he had no grounds to prevent wars between the Main World and Time Branches, even if he had the power.
"That’s that then; might as well... roll the dice to decide where to play~"
Casually pulling, Great Xia’s map projection appeared in front of Feng Yuan, he held a four-sided die tossing it into the floating map’s illusion. The die weirdly rolled over the map’s projection, eventually landing on a spot.
"Molan Giant Pit? Isn’t this exactly where you decided to go?"
Seeing where the die halted, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan in surprise and asked.

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