Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Lin She spent the entire afternoon successfully connecting the computer at the Oasis Matchmaking Agency to this world’s network.

Gu Huaiwei opened the agency’s status page.

[Oasis Matchmaking Agency: 1-Star]

[Successful Matches: 0]

[Magnetic Value: 80 points]

[Business Objective: Successfully facilitate a Bonding for one couple with a customer satisfaction rating above 90% and obtain 8,000 Magnetic Value points (including customer gifts) to upgrade to a 2-Star Matchmaking Agency.]

In other words, Gu Huaiwei only needed to provide excellent service to her single customer, He Jiarui.

She needed to find an Alien who met He Jiarui’s requirements.

Even though the Oasis Matchmaking Agency was located in a remote area, the fact that Gu Huaiwei was a human-a living advertisement who hadn’t entered a Bonding-attracted quite a few Aliens.

The Low-Grade Aliens basically had only one requirement: as long as it was a human, they were happy.

Gu Huaiwei had initially collected registration fees from several Low-Grade Aliens.

However, as she learned more about the rules of this world, she realized that Low-Grade Aliens were essentially impossible to market.

No human would ever like them.

Their presence would only waste Gu Huaiwei’s time, lower her success rate, and she might even have to issue refunds later on.

“Have you considered other Aliens? Members of the same species can be together too,” Gu Huaiwei said, tapping her chin with the end of a pen, hoping to encourage these Aliens to settle for their own kind.

“I don’t want my own kind. I only want a human.” The Alien in front of her wore an old, worn-out Skin Suit. He seemed somewhat angry; the Skin Suit was tattered and torn, failing to contain his writhing body as his emotions fluctuated.

These Low-Grade Aliens didn’t speak human languages; they spoke their own native tongues.

Gu Huaiwei could understand them perfectly.

She could understand human speech, Alien languages, and even the dialects that existed between the two.

It was as if she were naturally gifted.

“A hundred years ago, humans were everywhere. You could just grab one off the street. Now it’s so much trouble, and they even have to be willing.”

Low-Grade Aliens were always nostalgic for the old days.

Back then, they could plunder at will.

But once the Aliens had established a stable rule over this world, internal social stratifications began to emerge.

Humans were a resource.

And Aliens were divided into the elite and the lowly.

To monopolize more human resources, High-Grade Aliens had established a series of laws. On the surface, these laws were meant to protect human rights, but in reality, the High-Grade Aliens simply wanted to keep more humans for themselves.

Gu Huaiwei had learned all of this through the network.

She listened listlessly to the Low-Grade Alien’s complaints, responding half-heartedly.

She wasn’t really paying attention; instead, she couldn’t help but stare at the Alien’s eyes.

One pupil pointed left, the other right.

It looked truly ridiculous when he couldn’t keep his eyes focused while talking.

“If you are willing to enter a Bonding with me, I promise I’ll be good to you. I’ll give you all the Magnetic Value I produce, treat you however you like, and I’ll only make you hatch a hundred eggs a year…”

Here we go again.

Gu Huaiwei had heard countless variations of these Low-Grade Alien confessions.

She was getting tired of hearing it.

“Are you done? If you’re done, next. I’ll notify you if I find a suitable match. Go home and wait for news.”

Gu Huaiwei began to usher him out.

The next Low-Grade Pseudo-Human drank the tea Gu Huaiwei provided, but he couldn’t even speak clearly and started drooling at her.

When he later tried to reach out and touch her, the Matchmaking Agency’s security system threw him straight out the door.

The one after that wore a rather expensive Skin Suit. He came to Gu Huaiwei with a wish list, stating he wanted a young human with a pure bloodline who wasn’t greedy for Magnetic Value and loved laying eggs. Ideally, their physical fitness and Mental Value should both be above 70.
Gu Huaiwei told him to go back to sleep-his dreams would have everything.

Later, a relatively normal-looking Pseudo-Human finally showed up. Whether it was the Magnetic Value he produced each year, his job, or his Skin Suit, everything about him was top-notch.

Gu Huaiwei immediately recommended He Jiarui. The Pseudo-Human, however, said there was no way he could meet this month because he already had a Bonding partner. He told Gu Huaiwei to wait a while before arranging anything-his Bonding partner would die of old age in two months, and then he could meet a new human.

In that moment, Gu Huaiwei truly wanted to flip the table on the spot.

Being a Matchmaker was the kind of job you could complain about for three days and three nights and still not run out of material.

After dealing with those low-level Aliens, Gu Huaiwei felt her own level of professionalism needed to drop a few notches.

One glance at those Aliens and you could tell they were the type to never find a partner in their lives.

So Gu Huaiwei called Lin She and He Xueyi over and told them there were several categories of customers to be labeled as low-quality. When they came through the door, there was no need to brew tea-just fill a cup with tap water from the bathroom. No point wasting tea leaves.

First: any Alien whose Skin Suit is in tatters-so filthy that their eyeballs drop out or their tongue hangs out before they’ve even finished two sentences-goes straight into the low-quality pile. Humans definitely won’t like that.

Second: any customer who already has a Bonding partner but still comes here shopping around for a better option. Ideally, beat them to death on the spot.

Third: don’t waste time on Aliens who are completely incapable of understanding human nature.

Fourth, and most important: any Alien who tries to kidnap the Matchmaking Agency’s only human female shop manager is not to be received.

Gu Huaiwei was here to sell services-not to put herself on display as merchandise.

Lin She stood ramrod straight, head lowered slightly, black hair falling along both cheeks. He wrote down Gu Huaiwei’s requirements, then reported his progress with a blank face. “Miss Gu, I reformatted your handwritten forms and made an electronic version.

“You can look at a sample first. If it works, I’ll print them in bulk. Future customers can fill out the form first, and then we can screen who’s worth having a face-to-face meeting with you.”

“Alright.” Hearing Lin She, Gu Huaiwei felt the throbbing in her temples finally calm down.

For once, she didn’t think Lin She felt gloomy or damp at all. If anything, he was basically a warm little sun.

Having a capable, hands-on employee who could share the workload was far too important.

Her gaze shifted to He Xueyi, who was putting on a show of taking notes seriously. She was just considering what real work to assign him when He Xueyi suddenly looked up, as if something had just occurred to him.

“Ah, I almost forgot. Officer Zhou asked me to pass along a message-he wants to invite you out for coffee tonight.”

“Zhou Chuanning?” Gu Huaiwei recalled that Pseudo-Human officer. His features were proper and upright, with almost no visible trace of otherness. And with a respectable job on top of that, he was a rare high-quality pick among Pseudo-Humans.

Maybe Zhou Chuanning would meet He Jiarui’s requirements.

Gu Huaiwei nodded. “Sure. Did he say what time tonight?”

She decided to go, and to casually find out whether Zhou Chuanning already had a Bonding partner.

“He’ll contact you after you get off work.” He Xueyi’s voice was gentle, threaded with a hint of coaxing. “How about taking me with you? I like coffee too.

“Lin She has to stay here and print the forms. Only I can stay close and protect the Shop Manager’s safety.”

Lin She shot He Xueyi a cold look. “I can finish printing in ten minutes.”

He Xueyi’s expression turned solemn. “If you work that fast, quality can’t be guaranteed. Lin She, don’t get sloppy with your tasks just because you want to follow the shop manager around.”

“There are still weeds under the Matchmaker God statue at the entrance.”

“Oh? Those weeds grow pretty fast.”