1 Month To Doomsday But I Awakened Before That - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Meeting Another Awaken Human at the Gold Store

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Soon, Su Chen arrived at the largest gold store in the city.

[ Shuangxing Gold Store ]

Before entering the shop, Su Chen saw three people sneaking around the entrance. They were eyeing the place.

Su Chen glanced at them before entering the gold store.

The shop was decorated with exquisite lanterns and there were many people.

‘Looks like business is booming.’

A number of customers were choosing jewelry at the counter. Most of them were in pairs or small groups.

Every salesperson was busy attending to the customers.

The display on the wall showed the buying and selling prices for gold.

“Selling: 456 dollar/gram”

“Buying: 356 dollar/gram”

Su Chen could not help but sigh.

How unfortunate!

This was how businesses worked.

Something would be purchased at a low price and then be resold at a higher price.

The difference in price would be the profit!

Su Chen walked through the crowd to the counter at the back.

A saleswoman had just finished attending to a customer.

“May I exchange gold bars for cash?” asked Su Chen.

The saleswoman tidied up some jewelry before looking at Su Chen.

She sized him up and said in an unpleasant tone, “Sure, but the amount can’t be too little. Otherwise, you can just exit this shop, turn left, and cross the street. You’ll find a smaller gold store there. They’ll accept a gram or two. We’re such a big shop that we do not have time to entertain such small businesses.”

Then, the saleswoman snorted arrogantly.

Su Chen could not help but laugh. 

Why was he so unpopular?

In his opinion, he was a handsome and muscular man.

He looked at the clothes he was wearing. They might not be branded, but they were clean.

‘So this is how a salesperson judges their customers.’

Su Chen smirked and said to the saleswoman scornfully, “I have about 300,000 dollars worth of gold. Get ready.”

Once she heard this, the saleswoman’s expression changed.

She immediately smiled and led Su Chen to the VIP lounge.

Then, she poured him a cup of tea and prepared some snacks.

“I want to exchange these two gold bars for cash as soon as possible.”

As Su Chen spoke, he took out the two gold bars and placed them on the coffee table in front of him.

The saleswoman looked at the gold bars. Her eyes lit up and she laughed as a way to cope.

“Of course. Sir, please wait for a moment. I will handle this matter for you right away.”

After saying that, the saleswoman picked up the gold bars and went to the warehouse behind to weigh them.

Before she left, she smiled in an embarrassed manner at Su Chen.

It took all her strength to lift up the gold bars and carry them away.

At the time being, Su Chen had nothing to do. He looked around the VIP room.

It was not very big, but the decorations were very fancy.

The VIP room and the big business hall outside were separated by a glass wall.

Through the glass wall, one could clearly see everything that was happening in the business hall.

There were not as many customers as before.

There was a man wearing a black outfit. 

He caught Su Chen’s attention.

The man was not picking out jewelry from the counter.

Instead, he was walking around and checking out the place.

Su Chen was feeling suspicious, but his thoughts were interrupted by the saleswoman.

“Sir, here’s your cash. Based on today’s price, the total is 320,000 dollars. Please count them.”

The cash was twice the size of the gold bars.

“Bam.”

The saleswoman placed them on the coffee table. 

“No need. Just put them in this bag for me,” said Su Chen calmly.

The saleswoman was so shocked that her eyeballs almost fell out.

She hurriedly replied, “Okay. I’ll do that right away.”

Before putting the money into the bag, the saleswoman wanted to hand Su Chen her business card.

“Sir, this is my business…”

Before she could finish her sentence, they heard a loud noise coming from outside.

It was the sound of a hammer breaking through glasses.

Three masked men in black appeared.

They waved the pistols in their hands.

One of the shorter men shouted loudly, “This is a robbery! Stay down and don’t move! I’ll shoot anyone who gets up!”

“Bang! Bang!”

He fired two shots into the sky to intimidate the crowd.

“Third brother, clear those two cabinets. I’ll take the other two!”

“Sixth son, take those gold bars by the door and stay on guard.”

The staff and customers were all screaming in fear.

It was a mess.

Everything was in chaos.

The robbers started to smash the counters with their hammers. They snagged all the valuables and put them in their bags.

Su Chen witnessed everything in the VIP room. He sighed in his heart.

‘Is this for real? How interesting!’

The saleswoman who was serving Su Chen was scared out of her wits.

She squatted on the floor while trembling.

Then, she whispered to Su Chen, “Sir, if we don’t make a sound, they won’t notice us. They can’t see through the glass. The door can’t be open from outside either.”

Apparently, a person could see through the glass from the inside, but not outside. 

Su Chen sat inside and watched the performance unfold.

The short man in black caught his attention.

Although he was short, he was very strong.

He managed to overturn an iron cabinet in an instant.

“That man… did he just…”

One of the staff whispered in fear.

The short man continued to flip over everything effortlessly

He even shook one of the safes to see if there were any gold bars in it.

“That safe was originally nailed to the wall,” said a saleswoman. She was so frightened that she was about to collapse.

Su Chen looked at the short man. He was thin, small, and barely had any muscles.

His figure definitely did not match his physical strength.

Perhaps he also had some special abilities like him.

Suddenly, one of the robbers noticed the VIP room Su Chen was in.

“Boss, look. A VIP room. I bet there’s a lot of money in there!”

The short man was the boss. 

Once he heard the words “money” and “VIP”, he immediately perked up.

A greedy smile appeared on his face.

“There must be plenty of gold bars in the VIP room.”

He immediately rushed over.

“Bang! Bang!”

Two shots broke the lock of the door.

The short man had successfully broken in.

As soon as he entered, he saw the pile of money in front of Su Chen. His eyes lit up.

He excitedly called out to the other two robbers.

“Hey, come quickly. There’s plenty of loot here!”

Su Chen was still sitting on the sofa. He looked at the robber calmly.

At the same time, he also activated the “Black Hole Shield’.

The short man saw how calm Su Chen was despite the impending disaster.

‘He must have something hidden in his sleeves.’

Upon thinking that, the short man raised his gun and fired a shot. He wanted to quickly end Su Chen.

It would not be ideal if he managed to cause problems and waste their time.

Despite that, even after he fired the shot, Su Chen did not react at all.

The bullet also disappeared into thin air.

The short man fired another shot, but the same thing happened. 

Su Chen did not even raise his eyebrows and continued to look at the robber silently.

The short man became anxious. He just wanted to pick up the money and run.

However, his hand that was holding the pistol was pressed down by Su Chen.

“He’s a whole head shorter than me.”

Su Chen frowned.

The short man noticed that someone could actually contend with his strength. So, he struggled vigorously and actually broke free!

Su Chen immediately stepped forward and grabbed the robber’s neck.

Then, he pushed him onto the ground.

Much more strength was needed to deal with him in comparison to an ordinary person.

While the short man was struggling, Su Chen thought to himself, ‘I’m sure his strength is not something a normal human could achieve.’

This also confirmed his previous premonition that others had similar powers to him!

Meanwhile, the other two robbers got scared after witnessing the scene and fled.

“Brother, let’s talk this out. We can make a fortune together!”

The short man tried a different technique to save himself.

Su Chen glanced at him.

Then, he swung a violent punch at his head.

That immediately knocked the short man unconscious.

All the staff and customers began clapping their hands.

Some of them even had tears in their eyes.

Shortly after, the police arrived and took the robber away.

Su Chen turned around and left the gold store. He quickly headed to the nearest car dealership.

It was just as he had predicted.

‘Other people had started to awaken their powers.’

Su Chen became even more alert! He needed to become stronger as soon as possible!

Only then could he survive the disaster that was going to happen in a month!

When he arrived at the car dealership, Su Chen did not say anything. He just picked a car, paid, and left!

Without any hesitation, he headed towards Xiao Mei village!