Chapter 169: Paradise Large Warehouse (10★), Paradise Large Mart (10★)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 169: Paradise Large Warehouse (10★), Paradise Large Mart (10★)
I called Kim Ji-hee over and showed her the blueprint.
"Whoa! What is this, Oppa?"
She gasped in surprise at the sight of the large warehouse, which took up nearly a quarter of the residential district.
Although it hadn't been built yet, its sheer height and size were overwhelming.
It even came with options to divide the space into sections and customize it however she wanted.
Of course, it would cost Coins.
The small warehouses we were currently using—about six of them clustered together—looked downright cute in comparison.
"A Large Warehouse. What do you think? Once this is up, you won't have to organize and ship items manually anymore."
"Really?"
"Instead, it looks like you'll still have to manage the inventory and decide where to place things."
"Not having to move them physically is already a lifesaver!"
[Safe Base-Exclusive Large Warehouse (10★)][50,000 Coins]
- Installs a Large Warehouse of the desired size within the Safe Base. Additional Coins will be consumed as construction costs depending on the size.
- Constructed with materials of bunker-level durability.
- The internal structure can be partitioned for use.
- Requires electricity, water, heating, powerful refrigeration, powerful freezing, sewage disposal, food waste processing, and trash crushing services to operate.
- Installs 2 "Safe Base-Exclusive Teleportation Portals (★)" dedicated to the Large Warehouse.
- Provides 3 "Item Moving Carts" dedicated to the Large Warehouse.
- Up to 2 Safe Base-Exclusive Large Marts (10★) can be installed per Large Warehouse. [30,000 Coins per Mart]
- Items can be automatically transferred to the connected Large Marts using the Large Warehouse's system.
[Safe Base-Exclusive Large Mart (10★)][30,000 Coins]
- Installs a Large Mart of the desired size within the Safe Base. Additional Coins will be consumed as construction costs depending on the size.
- Constructed with materials of bunker-level durability.
- The internal structure can be partitioned for use.
- Requires electricity, water, heating, powerful refrigeration, powerful freezing, sewage disposal, food waste processing, and trash crushing services to operate.
- Installs 1 "Safe Base-Exclusive Teleportation Portal (★)" dedicated to the Large Mart.
- Provides 1 "Item Moving Cart" dedicated to the Large Mart.
- Shelves can be set up and stocked using the Large Mart system. Insufficient stock will be automatically replenished from the Large Warehouse. If there is no stock, the shelf status will change to "SOLD OUT."
Something that might just be the most necessary thing for Paradise right now had appeared.
Of course, if someone asked, "Will you die without this?" the answer would be no.
But we couldn't keep manually organizing supplies, sending them to the shops, and running back and forth to restock forever. I had actually been worrying about this quite a bit.
Should I hire more people after all?
But assigning someone trustworthy to assist Kim Ji-hee felt like a waste of manpower, and Ji-hee might feel the same.
The work itself was mostly menial chores, so it felt wrong to assign someone I trusted to such tasks.
On the other hand, promoting the kind of people who would do this work to Level 3 Membership carried the risk of exposing exactly how much stock we had in our food and weapon warehouses.
Although the Paradise members had seen the warehouses during the recent Zombie Rush, that was a separate matter. A dedicated chore-worker might develop different ideas once they had constant access.
In any case, the fewer people who had access to such critical resources, the better.
Therefore, while it wasn't a matter of life and death, it was an absolutely necessary system to prevent any potential trouble—and now, it had finally appeared.
"We'll build the Large Warehouse here. And the Large Mart will go where the food store and restaurant currently are."
I planned to make the first floor a self-service Large Mart where customers could browse the shelves and check out on their own, while the second floor would house various shops.
Right now, we only had the restaurant, but even that was so packed that people had to wait quite a while for a table. Once it expanded, the turnover would be much faster, eliminating the wait.
"Oppa, this system is seriously amazing. If the inventory goes to the mart automatically without us having to leave the residential district, we won't have to carry anything."
Once the supplies were categorized initially, they would stack themselves neatly in their designated areas. Without any need for manual sorting, registering them in the system would automatically display them on the mart's shelves.
Also, since the restaurant would be inside the Large Mart, there was no need to manage a separate warehouse for meats at the restaurant.
When Lee Mi-sook requested meat, it would be automatically transferred from the Large Warehouse's freezer.
Above all, because everything could be monitored and managed through the system, it would be easy to see the exact inventory at a glance.
"It'll be so great not having to count every single Enchantment Stone or Enhancement Stone one by one!"
Watching Kim Ji-hee jump for joy, I started by installing the Large Warehouse.
Since the first construction was free, I could build it as large as I wanted regardless of size. Thus, a truly massive warehouse rose, swallowing up the existing ones.
I packed away the old warehouses; I could always pull them out and use them elsewhere if needed.
I also granted Kim Ji-hee permissions so she could customize it to her heart's content.
"Oppa, I can spend Coins to decorate it, right?"
"Do whatever you want."
Partitions immediately began dividing the warehouse.
Meanwhile, I installed a Safe Base-Exclusive Teleportation Portal near the entrance of the Large Warehouse.
[Safe Base-Exclusive Teleportation Portal (★)][20,000 Coins]
- A device that enables teleportation between Teleportation Portals within the Safe Base.
- Each device recharges 10 uses of teleportation mana per hour. [+1,000 Coins per additional 10 uses]
A teleportation portal costing 20,000 Coins each.
I had already received one as a quest reward, but I hadn't figured out how to use it yet and had been saving it. It seemed its time had finally come.
The ones provided for the warehouse could only be installed around the warehouse area.
First, one at the warehouse entrance.
I could also install one in front of my mansion, so I did.
Even though it was within the residential district, it was still a walk of over 200 meters, so I laid down a teleportation portal.
"Hmm. Would inside be better than near the entrance?"
After installing it, I realized that while having it at the entrance made it easy to access, the warehouse itself stretched over 500 meters long. If I wanted to use the portal, the far end seemed a bit too distant.
"Hmm."
But if I placed it in the center, I'd have one left over.
In the end, I just installed one near the entrance and one near the far end.
They were dedicated warehouse portals anyway.
I could have installed one outside the outer wall for others to use, but why bother?
Ordinary people weren't ready for such advanced technology yet.
Besides, the number of uses was limited per hour. If every Tom, Dick, and Harry used it, I might not be able to use it when I actually needed to.
It was meant to be used for my own convenience.
I also set up access permissions between the teleportation portals.
This was a feature already present on the tram; since ordinary people shouldn't just ride it, I had previously set it to be usable only by those with Paradise Membership Level 1 or higher.
Especially since it cost Coins to run.
Similarly, I set the teleportation portals to be exclusive to me for now, though I granted Kim Ji-hee access to the two in the Large Warehouse and the one at the mansion.
Leaving Kim Ji-hee to her diligent organizing, I called over the hospital staff and Lee Mi-sook to build the Large Mart right away.
"Oh my! The restaurant...!"
"The hospital..."
The space right in front of Seoul Forest Station, of which we had only been using half, was now entirely occupied by the Large Mart. Its scale was truly colossal.
I could have increased the height to three or four stories, but since we didn't need that much space right now, I kept it at two stories for the time being.
If we needed more space later, we could always add more floors using the construction system.
"The first floor will operate as an unmanned Large Mart. Everything will run on an automated system, so keep that in mind. For now, the restaurant and the hospital will go on the second floor. I'll give you both customization permissions, so design the interiors well. Also, from now on, make the customers fetch their own food at the restaurant. No need for the staff to serve them."
"Yes. Thank you, Captain."
"And don't worry about the hospital either. If any assholes start acting up, I'll set the defense turrets to activate immediately."
Since the Large Mart was built on such a massive scale, I had to increase the number of defense turrets accordingly.
While the Large Warehouse was free, the Large Mart cost money, and on top of that, there were the upgraded defense turrets.
A pretty hefty sum of Coins was drained.
Still, seeing how happy everyone was made me feel quite proud.
Finally, Paradise was starting to feel a bit more like an actual paradise.
Indeed. It made no sense to have a Base-Type Cheat Mode and still do everything manually.
Of course, even putting that aside, the sheer benefits I received from the system were already utterly absurd for an apocalypse.
Ten points as the price for automation wasn't a bad deal at all.
And above all, this system was just the beginning.
It had essentially laid the groundwork for opening branch locations of Paradise, even if they weren't directly connected to the main base.
"Let's promote the hell out of this and open for business."
Coincidentally, public sentiment had been a bit tense lately due to the price hikes, even if people couldn't speak up about it. Seeing such a visible rebuilding effort would at least make the paying customers feel like they were getting more services to match the higher prices.
I posted an announcement.
[Paradise Large Mart Grand Opening Giveaway Event!]