Elsewhere.
It was eight o'clock.
Shen Guanquan and the New World Fleet members entered through the mall's back door ahead of time and arranged the merchandise in very short order. Then Shen Guanquan personally opened the mall's main doors to welcome the first customers.
Yang Yi was the first to charge inside. Rather than use his privileges to reserve the goods he needed in advance, he had lined up early to scramble for them himself.
"Buy, buy, buy! Buy, buy, buy!"
"You're not human if you don't buy!"
"Even if you're not human, buy!"
A huge wave of players surged in behind him, vying to get inside. The scene nearly spun out of control, but fortunately, there were enough staff to maintain order, including two Special Cyclopes over four meters tall. They stood on either side like door guardians, forcing unruly players back into line to wait their turns obediently.
These two Cyclopes had probably obtained player status too, which was why they could appear here.
Their bodies were also different from those of ordinary Cyclopes. They were less muscular, with almost no subcutaneous fat. Their skin had the texture of plant stalks, with thornlike protrusions on the surface, like plants mimicking animals. Their eyes were pure black, like fully ripened crystal grapes, and never blinked.
These were actually Bioweapons developed by the New World Fleet. According to the description, they were stronger than the average Extraordinary individual, but their production rate was low. Yang Yi had not asked for details.
They seemed to have mastered a way to achieve symbiosis with plants and advance to the Extraordinary level, derived from the legacy left behind after the Farmer had been controlled by Forest Fairies.
Yang Yi could not be bothered with any of that. He was the first into the