Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 17

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 17

I looked down at the can in my hand.

It was certain. Something was wriggling inside!

Tensed up and having become chewy, I checked the Item Information.

[Galaxy Can (F)]

A can made by boiling down space spirits. There are no cases of Earth humans consuming this yet.

※There’s a low probability that a living space spirit will emerge.

I stood there stupidly, staring at the can.

No cases of Earth humans consuming this?

Why? Because there are no aliens to deliver galaxy cans to Earth? Or for some other reason…?

And what’s with that warning? A living space spirit could come out…?

I hesitated, then opened the lid slightly to peek inside.

Then tremendous smoke began billowing up, and a terrible smell mercilessly pounded my nose.

“Ugh!”

What is this smell!

I absolutely couldn’t breathe. The smoke was rising in thick clouds, contaminating the surrounding air.

My whole body turned blue as I used all my strength to throw the galaxy can outside the house.

The can traced a parabolic arc as it flew far away.

“Huff! Huff! Ugh!”

Still feeling like I might vomit, I covered my mouth.

No wonder no Earth humans have eaten this! Who would eat something like this!

Even if it’s emergency rations, what on earth do these aliens eat to survive? It’s frightening.

‘I’m glad I only ordered one.’

If I’d spent my entire fortune on these, I would have been completely ruined, right?

‘Phew.’

I wiped the cold sweat beading on my forehead and changed my order to ‘purified water.’

But there was another problem.

My power is ‘purification.’

I can purify contaminated water myself and drink it, so what use is purified water?

How frustrating.

‘Is this going to remain as such a useless reward?’

This is a vending machine from alien civilization that works without electricity!

As I was sadly lost in thought, I soon smacked my palm with my fist.

‘Right, this is a vending machine!’

What is the true purpose of a vending machine?

The tutorial reward mentioned that it was ‘updated so anyone can obtain Cosmic Coins.’

Then couldn’t I place the vending machine in front of Earth humans who would buy purified water using Cosmic Coins?

If that increases the coins, I’ll be able to order things other than galaxy cans.

‘What? Am I a genius?’

I was amazed by my own genius.

‘Then I’ll move this to Yongsan Station…’

When I pushed the vending machine with great effort, it became miniature-sized again.

‘Oh.’

[Please specify the location to install the ‘Cosmic Universal Vending Machine.’]

A map unfolded before my eyes again.

This time I selected Yongsan Station Plaza.

Then the vending machine disappeared with a pop, and a vending machine tag was placed at the location I specified.

‘Good, good.’

Now I can earn coins!

Bounce bounce bounce bounce.

I excitedly rushed into the spaceship and hugged Older Brother tightly.

‘Let’s sleep for today.’

Tomorrow I’ll tell Chae Heon that I installed a vending machine.

Imagining Chae Heon’s eyes widening in surprise made me feel good immediately.

“Yaaawn…”

Perhaps because it was such an exhausting day. I blinked my eyes and quickly fell asleep.

It seemed like someone covered me with a blanket while I slept, but I couldn’t tell if it was just my imagination or real.

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Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!

A quiet morning where not even bird songs could be heard.

Energetic footsteps filled the yard.

“Hup! Hup! Hup! Hup!”

I twisted my body left and right and pretended to jump in place.

The good thing about becoming jelly is that my body became flexible.

Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!

“What are you doing making such a racket from early morning?”

While I was exercising enthusiastically, Chae Heon came out looking disheveled and stared at me and Older Brother with dead fish eyes.

Next to me, Older Brother had admirably woken up and was exercising together with me.

The sight of him stretching his short legs was incredibly cute.

I patted Older Brother’s head and said.

“I’m earning money.”

“Money…”

“Yeah.”

“Earning money in this ruined world…”

“Yeah!”

“Sure.”

Chae Heon acted like he wasn’t interested anymore, but I proudly held out my phone.

On the phone screen, coins had accumulated according to how much Older Brother and I had moved.

Originally, 【Bouncy Bouncy! Planet Mon!】 is a game that uses GPS for walking around.

Exercising or walking is also game content, meaning rewards come in accordingly.

Until now I didn’t have a device to check that, but getting a phone solved the problem.

Although the service was discontinued, I could still check basic functions when opening the game.

Just by walking, coins come in! Plus, when I’m with Older Brother who became my Planet Mon, the coins double!

“So you earned 40 coins?”

Chae Heon read the amount displayed on the screen exactly.

This idiot!

“No, the 30 coins were what I earned before. I earned 10 coins!”

“All that commotion from morning for just that much?”

Just that much…!

Hiss. As if angry like me, Black Octopus also jumped up and down.

“You don’t know yet, but with 10 coins I can order as many as ten bottles of water!”

“Water?”

“Yeah!”

I opened the map of 【Bouncy Bouncy! Planet Mon!】 and zoomed in on Yongsan Station Plaza.

“Look carefully. This thing is called a vending machine, and now we can make a living by selling goods through this vending machine…”

My words trailed off.

“…?”

Wondering why I had stopped abruptly, Chae Heon, who had been crossing his arms, tilted his head.

“Why?”

“…Here, a coin appeared.”

A round golden coin shape was floating above the vending machine tag on the map.

Anyone could see this was for collection!

When I tapped the coin, sure enough, it made a jingling sound as the coin came in.

[100cc has been collected.]

100 Cosmic Coins?!

I opened my eyes wide.

I suddenly became rich overnight…?

With more coins than I’d earned so far, I spread both arms wide and shouted.

“Chae Heon, I became rich! Look at this!”

Unlike me who was delighted while shoving my phone forward, Chae Heon checking the screen had dead fish eyes.

The dead fish spoke as if making a threat.

“Before I throw you out along with that octopus, explain step by step and logically what the vending machine is and why you’re earning money.”

“Uung….”

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