The Su family is a famous old family in East China, and they have pivotal positions in various fields. However, there is another thing about the family that is as famous as their financial power. That is, the Su familyâs only grandson, Su Zimo, is simple.
In a family like the Su family, it is naturally impossible for someone simple to be born, and Su Zimo was not born simple. On the contrary, Su Zimo was the favored grandchild before his accident. Not only did he look good and have talent, but he also had a gentle temperament since he was a child. He valued his family and was praised by everyone.
But God made a mistake. Su Zimo had a car accident while he was still in high school. Although his life was free of worries, he didnât know why he woke up and became simple. He couldnât cry, laugh, talk or even have the most basic ability to live. He could only rely on people to serve him from morning âtil night.
The grandson of the Su family is so useless.
But no one knows that there is a soul struggling constantly within the body of the Su familyâs fool! Su Zimoâs consciousness has always been aware, ah!
When Su Zimo woke up from a coma after the car accident, he saw his worried grandfather. He wanted to speak to his grandfather to say he was safe, but he couldnât speak at all! He wanted to smile at him, but he couldnât control his expression at all. He wanted to raise his arm, but he couldnât even move the knuckles on his little finger. His eyes were clearly open, but he couldnât control even his own blinking!
He was like a spirit trapped in a strange body. At most, he could only observe the outside world through the bodyâs eyes, but he could do nothing else. Whether he was struggling or shouting, all the people around him would only see a beautiful fool with no response.
Su Zimo spent four years in that life of torment. He knew that his condition was very bad. He even suspected that someone had pulled some strings in the car accident, but he couldnât do anything about it.
Over time, Su Zimo even felt that his spirit became more and more exhausted, as if his consciousness would disappear if he continued to struggle.
As a result, Su Zimo learned to sleep in his body, waking up occasionally to continue to struggle to regain control. At the same time, he also spent a long time in a deep sleep.
But when Su Zimo woke up again from a deep sleep, before he could see where he was, he suddenly heard the old Windows computer startup sound, followed by a childish voice with a strong mechanical accent â
âMaster, welcome back to An Yu Yi Yu.â
Su Zimo opened his eyes, and it was with his own strength!
After he realized that he had done such an incredible move, he trembled all over for the matter that would seem trivial to others. Then, immediately, Su Zimo realized that his body was trembling, and he even raised his trembling right hand!
He can control his body! After four years, he finally regained his body!
âAh⊠hai â hai hai!â <sup>1</sup> Su Zimo tried to speak, but his body, which had not spoken for four years, did not seem to be accustomed to it. He could feel the dryness of the sound as soon as he spoke, and then he couldnât help but want to cough.
But what does it matter?
Hi body was weak and trembling, his voice dry and hoarse, but all this shows that he, Su Zimo, had regained control of his body!
âWhere⊠where? Who was talking just now?â
Su Zimo adjusted to the body that was under his control for a while, and then began to look around.
âShop?â
Su Zimo rose from the cold grey tiled floor, and was surprised to find that he was lying on the floor of a weird shop.
His eyesight was poor; he couldnât see very far, and there was some astigmatism. Su Zimo didnât wear glasses after the car accident, but he tried to look at some distant things.
The store area was very small. There are two empty shelves with empty labels next to them, and a counter with an empty sign saying âRecommended Today.â Except for himself, there was no second person.
This was very strange, since even though Su Zimo was âsimple,â he had been well taken care of. Every time he woke up it was either in his home or various country villas suitable for recovering.
And he also seemed to have heard a strange sound just now.
âMaster, welcome back to âAn Yu Yi Yu.â
âAh.â Su Zimo, who heard the sounds again, leaned against the counter next to him and continued to stand up. He waited for a while to adapt his slightly soft legs before holding the counter to stand straight.
âMaster, welcome back to An Yu Yi Yu.â
Su Zimo looked for the voice and found that it was actually a small speaker next to the old computer behind the counter. The computer style was very bulky, and even by Su Zimoâs four year old perspective was already eliminated years ago.
The last time Su Zimo woke up, the Su familyâs servants were already using tablets to order food to the kitchen.
Su Zimo adapted to his body while holding on to the counter and walked to the inside before collapsing himself into the uncomfortable chair and slowly relaxing. He could feel that his body was recovering quickly, and since it only takes a little while, he shouldnât be so disoriented.
The computer on the counter was turned on, the desktop background was a pure blue color, and only one icon was on the middle of the desktop.
The icon was a white âshopâ, and the software name was also a simple âshopâ without any fancy decorations.
âPlease as the owner to check the store information of âAn Yu Yi Yu.â The intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will shut down after ten minutes. Ask the owner to restock the goods as soon as possible and upgrade the store.â
Su Zimo hadnât figured out what was happening. He saw the mouse that was stopped on the desktop move, click on the only software, and then a simple interface with black and white text appeared in front of him.
Because of his myopia, Su Zimo rubbed his eyes, then picked up a pair of glasses next to the mouse and put them on.
The glasses were a pair with thin frames and silver chains. Although they were falling due to the difference in size, they allowed Su Zimo to read the white words on the blue background â
[Shop: An Yu Yi Yu]
âAyuyuyuâŠâ Su Zimo, whose throat was still very dry, had a strange pronunciation, but he internally liked the somewhat unique shop name, even though he accidentally read it incorrectly.
âAyuyuyu, is it in a secluded corner? Still not thinking about progress? Comparing the two, Su Zimo prefers the feeling of the first way.
Strangely, the next second after Su Zimo read the words wrong, the first line of text on the software changed into-
[Shop: An Yu Yi Yu (Ayuyuyu)]
Su Zimo, who had just regained control of his body, felt comforted by the software. For him, who had lost control of his body for over four years, no matter what strange things happen, it seems acceptable.
So, Su Zimo continued down the simple software text.
[Store Owner: Su Zimo]
[Life Savings: 365 days]
Three hundred and sixty-five days? Su Zimo stretched out his hand, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasnât mistaken. The mysterious software knew not just his name, but also said he only had a single year left to live.
Itâs a bit weird to say. Even though Su Zimo couldnât control his body for four years and lived a life that normal people would think unimaginable, he never thought to hate his life and he never gave up fighting.
Especially after todayâs regaining control of his body, Su Zimo wants to live more than anyone!
Three hundred and sixty-five days⊠thatâs not enough!
âThe profits from the store can be exchanged proportionally for life savings. Please ask the owner to restock the goods as soon as possible and upgrade the store. The intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will shut down after nine minutes.â
The innocent mechanical voice sounded again.
It also told Su Zimo that 365 days is not the limit of his life.
But⊠restocking? Su Zimo propped up himself up and recovered, standing walking around the corner and looking around. If you need to buy something, youâll have to leave this weird shop first.
Su Zimo had roughly surveyed the surrounding area before, and knew that it was just a small shop with a cold floor. It was just white wall, and beside the counter were two empty shelves.
But after looking around again, Su Zimo found that the empty shop had three doors.
One was the glass door in the front of the shop, but Su Zimo couldnât see outside of the door because of the metal shutters. One was the âback doorâ behind the counter, which was a small security door that was painted white.
The other door was on the wall to the side of the counter, and looked like an ordinary sliding door. Letâs call it the âside door.â
Su Zimo walked a bit stiffly to the back door, which was closest to him, and could walk without using the wall as support, which was good news for him. But when he tried to open the back door, he found that it seemed to be locked.
âThis door cannot be opened temporarily due to insufficient operating energy. Please ask the owner to restock the good as soon as possible. The intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will shut down after 8 minutes.â
At the sound of the innocent and mechanical voice, Su Zimo froze, turning to look at the front and side doors. Unlike the back door, although the front and side doors were also tightly shut, there was a bright electronic screen on the wall beside them.
Su Zimo walked slowly to the front door of the shop. After unexpectedly discovering that it could not be opened, he found that a strange list was displayed on the electronic screen next to it. After adjusting the chained glasses on the bridge of his nose, Su Zimo could clearly read the words on the list â
[World Options:]
[001: Real World]
[001: Nightmare World]
[Not yet open]
[Not yet open]
[âŠ..]
Except for the first and second options, all the others in the list are all ânot yet open.â Su Zimo, while quietly adapting to the strange surroundings, chose â001: Real Worldâ using the touch screen.
âThe shop is not yet open due to the lack of goods. Please ask the owner to restock the goods as soon as possible. The intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will shut down after seven minutes.â The mechanical voice appeared again.
Excluding his first two options, Su Zimoâs sight finally fell on the obscure side door. There was a touch screen of the same size next to the sliding door with white frosted glass.
Su Zimo stood in the empty shop and breathed deeply. Even though he had an unimaginable experience for normal people, he felt that he might be dreaming.
When Su Zimo walked to the side door, he found a list similar to the front doorâs on the screen near the side door.
[Optional World:]
[001: Nightmare World]
[Not yet open]
[Not yet open]
[âŠ..]
Nightmare world?
Seeing the familiar words again, Su Zimo paused for a few seconds, then stretched out his hand to try and prepare a little bit. Because he failed twice already, he subconsciously felt that the chance of success this time was not great.
However, what Su Zimo did not expect wasâŠ
He hadnât had time to click on the line â001: Nightmare World,â when the innocent and mechanical voice sounded again from the counter, âThe shop level is low, and it is difficult to purchase foods in the nightmare world. Please ask the owner to make preparations and carry the luggage before entering. The intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will shut down in six minutes.â
âBut I donât have any other options to choose from, do I?â Su Zimo asked, and didnât get a response.
However, what the intelligent navigation system just said grabbed Su Zimoâs attention. If he heard correctly, the system just seems to have said the words âcarry the luggage.â
Thinking of this, Su Zimo walked around the shop again, familiarizing himself with his reclaimed body, while trying to find out if there was a bag from the system in the shop.
There were indeed very few objects in the store. Except for the two empty shelves, the counter with computers and stereos, and the three doors, Su Zimo only found a heavy metal pen under the computer keyboard, and an oversized hiking backpack stuffed into the cabinet below.
The black and grey hiking backpack looked nothing except âhuge.â There was nothing inside except a plastic label that canât be removed, and which let Su Zimo know that the backpack can hold 60L of items.
Su Zimo felt that this should be what the system called âluggage.â
Carrying the empty hiking backpack on his shoulder, he found that the weight of the âluggageâ was very light and did not affect his activity after being held on his back.
He carried the backpack in that way, put the oddly heavy metal pen in the side zipper of the backpack, and, wearing the pair of chained glasses he had found before, returned to the side door.
This time when Su Zimo reached out his hand, he didnât hear the voice of the system again. He lightly tapped â001: Nightmare World,â and then saw the sliding door open automatically after a small âclickâ to unlock.
When Su Zimo pushed the door open, he clearly felt his heartbeat speed up again, but Su Zimo, who had regained control of his body after four years⊠didnât hate that kind of adventurous feeling. <sup>2</sup>
It was dark behind the door, but there seemed to be a faint white ripple in the darkness, calling him from the door to let him move on.
âPlease let the owner know that the owner canât enter the nightmare world continuously at the moment. He can enter again after 48 hours from the nightmare world.â
âThe intelligent navigation system lacks operating energy and will soon shut down. Please ask the owner to restock the goods as soon as possible and upgrade the store⊠I look forward to seeing you again.â After the door opened, the innocent voice sounded again, but this time there was more anticipation than there was in the original mechanical voice.
Perhaps he was inspired by the system, but Su Zimo, who had no path in front of him, took a deep breath and moved his long legs directly into the darkness.
When the light reappeared in front of Su Zimoâs eyesâŠ
He had already appeared in the seemingly infinite corridor, and behind him was the darkness that would devour them at any time, anywhere.
âŠâŠ..
âIs this⊠the nightmare world?â Standing in front of the dusty mirror in the bathroom of the refuge, Su Zimo pinched his arm. After the familiar yet unfamiliar pain appeared, he was sure that he was not dreaming.
He really encountered a store called âAyuyuyuâŠâ No. It was a store called âAn Yu Yi Yu.â
He really carried an oversized hiking backpack and came to this place called the âNightmare Worldâ to restock.
He also met a group of people who claimed to be âtrainers,â and they were treating him like a newcomer like everybody else.
The most important thing was that when Su Zimo concentrated on the hotel toiletry set that was dusty but unopened, he saw a few lines of text on the toiletries â
[Nightmare Brand Advanced 6-Piece Wash Set (No Stars)]
[Selling Price: 6 yuan]
[Description: Contains 2 sets of dental appliances, an exquisite wooden comb, an advanced soap pack, an advanced shampoo pack, and an advanced shower gel pack produced by Nightmare World. The bath skincare effect is comparable to international brands and can be sold in separate parts.]
ââŠ..â Su Zimo stared at the game-like text for a while, then finally picked up the set of toiletries and threw them directly into the backpack behind him.
He understood what it meant by purchase.
Footnotes
<ol>Coughing. The raws here said 3 years, I replaced it with 4 for continuity.</ol>