Chapter 2: Transactions from the Apocalyptic Space

  Zhang Sun Chong was in a daze, feeling as if he had arrived at a mysterious place where many modern and advanced items were on display for sale. The people inside called themselves the "End of the World People", with pointed ears, but otherwise similar to humans in other aspects.

  Chang Sun Chong raised his head and looked around at the endless streets, unsure of where to go or what to do!

  Just as Zhang Sun-chong looked bewildered, the shopkeepers surrounded him, staring at him as if he were an alien.

  A short and ugly middle-aged man pointed to the sign in front of him and said: "Young people like it, non-toxic and harmless, can increase the fun between men and women, various props guarantee that you will love it, water ** fusion, guarantee that you will have a honeymoon every night and be a new groom every day, happy beyond compare!"

  Zhang Sun Chong took a look at the signboard pointed by the middle-aged uncle, almost vomiting blood. On the signboard, there was a painting of a man and woman embracing each other, with the words "One Night Seven Times Lang Super Adult Goods Store" written next to it.

  "Thank you, Uncle, I don't need it for now!" Zhang Sun chuckled awkwardly, although he was no longer a young boy, but also not someone who messed around casually.

  "Get out of here, you're not welcome! Go to my store and take a look, it's the Super Pharmacy just ahead. As long as you're willing to pay, you can buy any medicine you want." A middle-aged woman dragged her grandson by the arm into their own store.

  " Widow Zhou, why should you go to their store first? It's rare for someone to come in after such a long time, let's be fair and let this young man decide." A robust middle-aged man said loudly.

  "Yes, yes, it's got to be fair."

  "Can't just go to your home..."

  Zhang Sun Chong was so annoyed that his temples ached and he asked loudly: "Can you tell me where this place is?"

  "Child, from the moment you arrived, we knew you were a 21st-century human, while we are 31st-century humans. The only difference is that Earth has been gone for almost two hundred years. This place where we reside is an apocalyptic space created by gathering all of humanity's wisdom. The 232 humans here are the only living beings left from Earth." An old man with a white beard, whose age was indistinguishable, spoke in a low voice, his weathered tone instantly silencing the people around him.

  "Sorry, I really don't know how to help you, I just want to get out!" Chang Sun said with difficulty. He felt that he had been inside for a long time and remembered that at the time, he was worshiping his ancestors with his father, but then he didn't believe that the ancestral tablet was knocked over, and then he didn't know what happened and came here.

  The old man opened his cloudy eyes and said: "Child, you can go out, but you can't come back to the 21st century! Because your physical body has disappeared."

  Chang Sun Chong's heart sank as he said, "Then can I go back there?"

  The old man smiled and said: "We've checked your situation, you're called Changsun Chong, your father is Changsun Wuji, we've found the most suitable family for you!"

  Chang Sun said it was a bad idea, as there were people with the same name in Tang Dynasty history, but he didn't want to go back to ancient times either!

  "Isn't it the Tang Dynasty?" Changsun asked coolly.

  The old man with a white beard nodded and said, "Well, it's the Tang Dynasty. If you don't want to go to the Tang Dynasty, that's fine too, just stay here with us!"

  He looked at these people who were different from him and was afraid that he would have nightmares, swallowed his saliva and said: "I am a modern person, how can I survive in the Tang Dynasty?"

  The old man with a white beard was secretly delighted and added another fire, which would be successful.

  "We have all the information and things you want here, we can help you!" The old man with a white beard stroked his beard, looking proud.

  Chang Sun saw these people looking at him like prey, knowing that if he wanted to get something from their sky, he would have to pay a price.

  "What am I supposed to pay?" Zhang Sun asked.

  "Hehe, just bring those antiques or things that the shopkeepers love to exchange and it's fine!" The old man with a white beard said with a smile.

  By the Tang Dynasty, antiques were still not very common, it shouldn't be a difficult thing.

  However, Zhangsun Chong couldn't put down the parents of modern times and asked: "Dad and mom only have me as their son, if I disappear, they will definitely be heartbroken. Why don't you send me to modern times? I can still collect antiques for you and trade with you."

  "Don't even mention it, the antiques from your era are ninety-nine percent fake and completely useless to us." The old man with a white beard hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by a black-clad man beside him.

  Chang Sun was crestfallen, it's true, his old man had spent tens of millions buying a house full of antiques, and after getting someone to appraise them, only a few copper coins from the Qing dynasty Daoguang period were genuine, all the others were fake.

  "You've managed to get me here, so you can also get my family here! I know you need me to go out and find antiques for you now. If you don't agree, I won't go out. Without my family, it's all the same wherever I am." Zhangsun rushed over to sit on a chair at the side, ignoring them.

  Chang Sun Zhong was no fool. Every time they mentioned antiques, he could sense the importance they attached to them, and he knew that antiques were truly very important to them.

  The old man with a white beard was so angry that his beard stood on end, staring at the young grandson. After a while, he sighed and said: "You were quite clever when you were younger, and you actually discovered it. Since you've come here, you're considered one of us now. To be honest, this doomsday space has existed for almost two hundred years, and our time energy is almost used up. We must acquire more antiques to obtain more time energy from them. The older the object, the more time energy it contains. Otherwise, when the time energy here runs out, this space will disappear."

  "How did I end up here?"

  "Because of the lack of energy, a gap appeared in space and you happened to come in." The old man with white beard replied, "You said you want to bring your parents over, it's not impossible, but now the time-space energy is insufficient, no more people can come in."

  "You promise me, when the time is right and energy is sufficient, you must bring my parents and grandfather over!" Chang Sun Chong said persistently.

  The old man with a white beard nodded and said: "En, I promise you."

  "Before I leave for the Tang Dynasty, I want to see my parents!"

  "No way, time energy is insufficient! However, we can use the dream-making machine to tell your parents." The white-bearded old man haggled, he couldn't take up the whole space for a joke.

  "Send me a letter, will you?" Chang Sun tried to get one last favor for himself.

  "Alright, that's the final condition." The old man with a white beard gritted his teeth, hoping that Long Sun would not bring up any other conditions.

  "Deal!" Zhangsun Chong found paper and pen, wrote a letter explaining the situation, hoping that his parents and grandfather would take care of their health, and that there would be another chance for family members to meet in the future.

  Chang Sun closed his eyes and said: "Alright, send me off!"

  Before I could even think, I was enveloped by a beam of light and taken away from this strange place.