dognovel Chapter 1177
Chapter 1177
The grocery store on the street corner, though not doing any business, remained open, letting the early morning sunlight stream in. An old cat with slightly graying fur lay behind the counter, fiddling with an abacus while chatting with passing neighbors.
Sunlight filters through dappled flowers and trees, casting swaying shadows on the bluestone slabs. The air is filled with the aroma of food and the lively conversations of the spirits. Time seems to slow down here.
Feng Lan glanced back at her little home. When she was inside, it was a stone-roofed house separated by a fence. Now, looking back, the wooden gate that resembled the fence had become a large gate made of iron wrapped in wood. The house with the small courtyard had also become a uniform house similar to those in other parts of the street. The only thing that remained unchanged was the house number, which still read "Feng Lan's Home".
"How amazing." She wagged her tail and stood on the steps in front of the house, looking curiously at the street.
There were indeed many cats on the street, as well as other non-humans that looked exactly like humans, but Feng Lan couldn't find any.
Even if there were beings dressed in human clothes, they were more like blurry, faceless shadows.
spirit.
Feng Lan thought about what the black cat had said yesterday and realized that those shadow figures must be the "spirits" it had mentioned.
However, Fenglan was more curious about the cats who were working: some were selling fruit, some were running shops, and some were doing odd jobs.
Her memories clearly told her that cats could get whatever they wanted in this world, so why did they need to go out and work?
Driven by curiosity, she entered a bakery and jumped onto the counter, otherwise the big cat lying on the counter dozing off wouldn't have been able to see her at all.
"How much is the bread?" Feng Lan's gaze swept over the freshly baked bread in the glass display case. Through the semi-open kitchen, she could see Ling working inside, dressed in bakery clothes.
The big cat sleeping on the counter was very large, with orange fur that also had a smooth, golden sheen. Feng Lan could tell at a glance that it would feel incredibly smooth to the touch, clearly indicating that this big cat had taken very good care of itself.
"Purr..." Big Orange stretched and glanced at Feng Lan, who was only the size of its own head. "One spirit coin for anything, meow~"
Feng Lan fell silent. What exactly had the game sent her? Why was there no useful information at all?
She had no choice but to ask, "I'm new here and not very familiar with the area. Could you show me what spirit coins look like?"
The orange cat was somewhat surprised. Its two squinting eyes finally opened, revealing a pair of golden eyes. In the sunlight, you could see wisps of green in the pupils, like cat's eye stones. The cat's eye stones moved, their gaze focusing on Feng Lan, reflecting Feng Lan's small figure. It muttered, "Still a cub."
Its tail grew longer and reached into the counter, pulling open a drawer. It rolled up a few shiny, round coins and stuffed them into Feng Lan's arms. "Since you're a cub, here's some pocket money. Spirit coins are just currency; cubs can take whatever they want, meow~"
Feng Lan looked down blankly at the pile of gold coins stuffed into her chest. In the sunlight, these coins shimmered with dazzling light. She poked at them with her paw and realized that these coins were not gold or any kind of stone, but highly transparent gemstones. What flowed inside them was not the light of gemstones, but energy.
Of course, this energy has a better-sounding name in survival games.
Divine power.
The pile of spirit coins that the orange cat gave to Feng Lan totaled about 0.8 points of divine power.
“I’m not a cub,” Feng Lan retorted. “Are you just going to give me away like this? We don’t even know each other.”
Using divine power as currency would have an impact on Feng Lan no less than an ordinary person hearing about a gold clearance sale where ten yuan could buy a pound, twenty yuan could buy two and a half pounds, and you could buy two pounds and get half a pound free.
The orange cat didn't answer Feng Lan, but impatiently pushed her away gently with its tail. "So many questions. Why are there so many whys? This isn't the human world. You can survive without spirit coins. Spirit coins are just a currency to prevent boredom. If you don't have any, just go to the gods and ask for a bunch. If that doesn't work, just wish for whatever you want, meow."
If you have spirit coins, you can go shopping. If you don't have spirit coins, you can make a wish. Use the annual wish quota to conjure up the same thing. You can make a wish for whatever the cat wants.
The orange cat opened this bakery because it was so bored and felt life was meaningless. As for whether it makes money or not, does that matter?
"Do you understand, cub?"
Feng Lan nodded. "Thank you, I understand."
As expected of a god who loves cats, he actually considered that cats might get bored if they could have everything they wanted, so he used divine power—something that can never be counterfeited—to create a special currency for circulation and exchange.
She also understood that this treatment was only available to local cats; those like her who came here to work... could only earn rewards by catching those imposters or evil 'spirits'.
Feng Lan was not disappointed.
After all, since divine power is being used as currency, the rewards you can get after completing this dungeon must be substantial.
She accepted the spirit coins from the orange cat, shared some with the curious Bik and Huahua, and picked out three freshly baked loaves of bread from the bakery.
"Fresh bread is so delicious!" Bick happily rolled up a loaf of bread that was bigger than him. "This world is so wonderful! The food is all bigger than me, I can eat so many bites!"