17: Teleport

Standing on the seventh floor, he came to the railing and looked out, surveying the entire mall, which was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Chen Ming had to admit, this feeling was quite wonderful.

One person, having an entire mall to himself, taking whatever he wanted!

The Ocean Mall didn't use a franchise model but partnered with major manufacturers to stock and operate itself.

So, everything inside, Chen Ming could take whatever he wanted.

Entering a luxury clothing store, he took down clothes costing thousands, even tens of thousands, one by one from the racks and compared them in the mirror.

If he felt it was suitable, he directly threw it into his storage space.

Phones, computers, jewelry, perfume, famous watches... as long as they interested Chen Ming and he deemed them useful, he took them all gladly.

The entire mall was his now, who was he supposed to be polite to? Himself?

Passing by a fitness equipment experience center, Chen Ming held his chin and thought, "If the apocalypse really comes, consistently exercising every day and improving physical fitness is also very important, it can reduce the probability of getting sick."

He strode into the experience center.

He collected all sorts of brand-new dumbbells, treadmills, spin bikes, chest press machines...

After continuously clearing out several floors and dozens of shops.

Ding!

Coming out of the elevator, Chen Ming noticed that this floor mainly sold various red wines and white spirits.

As well as luxurious snacks with no cost-effectiveness, such as chocolate beans, gummies, and preserved plums. A small bag could easily cost several hundred if you weren't careful.

Chen Ming had been tricked once before, thinking it was quite interesting and not expensive.

It wasn't until he took the bag full of chocolate beans to the checkout that he found out it cost three thousand!

From then on, whenever he saw such a shop, Chen Ming would choose to walk around it.

Like "once bitten by a snake, afraid of a well rope for ten years."

But now it was different, everything in this mall was his.

He simply put the machines storing various luxury candies and small snacks into his storage space as well.

After returning home, he would take two out and place them in the living room, filling a bag to eat when bored and pass the time.

They were colorful, and even if he couldn't finish them all at once, they could serve as decoration.

Chen Ming didn't miss any of the cigarettes, alcohol, or lighters.

Although he didn't smoke, he had a premonition that under the apocalypse, cigarettes definitely had the potential to become hard currency.

Chen Ming had seen heavy smokers who hadn't had a cigarette for half a day become completely crazy, easily agitated and irritable!

Before long, Chen Ming had swept down to the first floor.

The first floor was mainly used to display various cars.

All the shops combined had about two or three hundred cars.

The cheapest were over a hundred thousand, the most expensive over a million. Chen Ming didn't mind at all, taking them all without exception, his appetite was unbelievably good.

"Next, only the basement's food and snack area is left, don't disappoint me."

Chen Ming had never been to the Ocean Mall before, only heard that the space on the basement level was extremely large.

It had snacks from all over the world, the widest variety of fruits and vegetables in Jiang City, and countless river and seafood like chicken, duck, pork, and fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Taking the escalator, he arrived at the basement level.

The scene before him was incredibly spacious.

Various snacks, drinks, seasonings... made Chen Ming dizzy.

The number of cash registers at just one exit exceeded ten, it wasn't hard to imagine how booming the usual business was.

Chen Ming casually took a bottle of chewing gum from the shelf, opened it, poured out two pieces, put them in his mouth, and started chewing.

Immediately, with a wave of his hand, those small snacks, along with the shelves, all vanished from existence.

After that, Chen Ming was like a walking black hole, absorbing everything wherever he went, leaving nothing behind.

Chocolates, biscuits, canned fruit, dried meat, spicy strips... his hands were sore from collecting.

He didn't miss laundry detergent, body wash, shampoo, or soap either.

Seasonings, fruits and vegetables, pasta...

There was so much Chen Ming could barely keep track.

He only knew that on his way in, the shelves were all fully stocked as far as the eye could see.

But now, no matter where he looked, there was nothing, cleaner than a face that's been washed.

The benefit of buying a mall, is it just this?

Of course not just this, now he had a direct channel to contact suppliers.

One phone call could have them continuously shipping goods over.

The only thing he needed to do was collect the goods.

There was no need to constantly stay here, just arrange a security guard, tell him to be responsible for letting deliveries through, and instruct staff to move all the goods into the mall, placing them in the entrance hall, which would be convenient for him to transfer without running around.

After confirming there were no stragglers, Chen Ming returned to the entrance hall.

He found a Simmons mattress from his storage space and placed it in the center.

Then, he lay down on it.

"So, it turns out having money really lets you do whatever you want," he mused, looking at the ceiling.

After collecting such a huge haul, he decided to rest for a while and think about what to do next and how to spend money.

He certainly couldn't just lie there wasting time, so he took out his phone and opened [Ten Thousand Realms Fishing].

He clicked the four words [Start Fishing].

"Give me a skill!" he prayed loudly.

[Fishing in progress...]

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 5 rolls of garbage bags!]

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a gold bar!]

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining five million da xia coin!]

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a box of small blue pills!]

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining an electric shaver +1!]

...

[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Rank Skill: Short-Distance Teleportation!]

Just when Chen Ming thought it would be another difficult birth, he was "slapped in the face."

However, Chen Ming would never refuse such a slap in the face, the more the merrier.

He checked the skill description.

[S-Rank Skill Short-Distance Teleportation: Can teleport within a ten-meter range. Note: Cannot pass through obstacles!]

After reading the description, Chen Ming sat up, then stood up, deciding to test it himself.

The method of use had already merged with this body the moment he acquired the skill.

He triggered the teleportation in his mind, the distance precisely within the ten-meter range.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ming actually appeared exactly ten meters away, his landing spot incredibly precise.

Looking back, the Simmons mattress, used as a reference point, hadn't moved at all.

After teleporting a few more times, he became increasingly skilled and mastered the knack.

Combined with the S-Rank Skill [Ghost Shadow Steps], Chen Ming felt this skill was very suitable for sneak attacks.

Or getting behind the enemy, catching them off guard, and completing a one-hit kill!

Ghost Shadow Steps were used to adjust direction, while Teleportation was responsible for closing the distance, complementing each other.

"S-Rank is short-distance teleportation, by extension, SS-grade should have a greatly increased range."

"SSS-level... maybe it directly removes all restrictions! Ignoring distance, ignoring obstacles!"

Chen Ming made a reasonable guess.

He put away his thoughts and continued to focus on fishing.

[Fishing in progress...]

The fishing time was longer.

"Oh! Just got an S-Rank Skill, and now another big catch? Am I possessed by the Emperor of Europe?"