Chapter 048 Chapter 48 How much is needed?

"Don't be impatient." 001's hair stood on end, sensing the threat emanating from An Qing so clearly that he began to speak cautiously. "I haven't lied to you before, but as you know, just taking a look at your parents' situation costs 10 million Happiness Points. So, if you want to plan for their later years, you'll need even more Happiness Points."

As it spoke, it paid attention to An Qing's expression, and was really afraid of irritating her.

But now An Qing was calmer than ever. "What do you mean by arranging their second half of life? Do you mean that after they become zombies, they can stay sane and safe and not be killed by humans? Or can you change their fate of becoming zombies so that they don't become zombies and can live well in the apocalypse?"

An Qing stared at 001. "I don't want vague, ambiguous answers."

001 choked, then sighed. "Well, the truth is, their transformation into zombies and subsequent death is already inevitable. But you can choose to protect their souls and give them a new life."

An Qing was a little dazed. "You mean, reincarnation?"

001 nodded. "That's pretty much it. Normally, after death, the human soul slowly dissipates into the world. There's no such thing as reincarnation. But you can use your happiness points to preserve your parents' souls and give them a new life."

An Qing didn't say anything. She sat on the bed in a daze.

Her heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, slowly tightening, making it so suffocating that she couldn't breathe.

After reincarnation, are her parents still her parents? After they start a new life, will they forget about her?

An Qing's lips trembled. It was selfish to think this way. She had traveled through time and was no longer with them. Wouldn't it be a good thing for them to forget her?

But the thought of being forgotten by her parents made her feel so uncomfortable that she couldn't breathe.

An Qing took a deep breath and looked at 001, "There's one more thing I want to ask you."

001: "You say."

An Qing narrowed her eyes. "Did the original owner travel to my world?"

001 looked at An Qing and said, "Yes, but when she traveled through time, the world had already ended, and your parents had already turned into zombies."

It couldn't tell whether An Qing believed what it said. Seeing that she didn't say anything, it continued, "If you don't believe it, you can use another 10 million happiness points to check on your parents' situation."

An Qing withdrew her gaze. Since 001 said so, then what it said about the original owner traveling to the time after her parents turned into zombies must be true.

but……

An Qing lowered her eyes, somewhat puzzled.

In the picture she just saw, her parents seemed to be older than she remembered, and both of them looked tired.

It was obviously not fatigue caused by hard work, but fatigue that came from the bottom of the heart.

Moreover, it was clearly 2018 before she traveled through time, but she just saw the clock calendar on the wall and found that the time when her parents had the accident was actually 2023.

Since the original owner traveled through time after her parents had an accident, then who was using her body in the years after she traveled through time?

After all, when her mother had the accident, her father asked her to drive her mother to the hospital, which proved that in the years since she traveled through time, 'An Qing' had not disappeared or died, and had always been by her parents' side.

An Qing was puzzled, but she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she looked at 001 and asked, "First, tell me how much happiness points I need so that I can be well prepared."

001 swallowed, finding it difficult to speak, "One billion."

After saying that, it immediately disappeared, fearing that An Qing would chop it with a knife, although she didn't have a knife in her hand at the moment.

An Qing blinked and 001 disappeared.

She couldn't help but raise her voice a little, "How much?"

001's voice came, "It is very troublesome and difficult to preserve your parents' souls, so the required happiness value is inevitably a bit high."

An Qing felt her vision go dark. "So, one billion happiness points only save my parents' souls, and don't even include giving them a new life?"

001 said cautiously, "To be precise, one billion is the happiness value needed to keep one of your parents happy. For both of them, two billion is needed."

An Qing used to think that more than 10 million a day was a lot of happiness, but now it seems that this 10 million is not too much.

Two billion! Even if she could earn 20 million a day, it would take a hundred days.

An Qing looked ahead calmly, even though 001 was no longer in front of her. "So, how much will it cost to arrange a new life for them?"

001: "One hundred billion."

An Qing's eyelids twitched, but she found herself still calmly asking, "Alone?"

001 felt a little guilty. "Well, this isn't my rule. This is set up by the system a long time ago, and I can't change it."

An Qing smiled and said, "You said it before, I know it, don't worry, I won't take my anger out on you."

001 immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn't dare to appear in front of An Qing.

An Qing lowered her eyes, which means that she now needs 200 billion and 22 billion happiness points.

Her shoulders suddenly felt a heavy pressure, making it impossible for her to immerse herself in the grief of her parents turning into zombies.

She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.

"By the way, what's the use of that wok on the twelfth shelf I unlocked that costs 30 million points?" An Qing asked while brushing her teeth. "That's more happiness than I need to check on my parents."

It is really unreasonable to say that this has no special effect.

Although 001 always answered questions, he was obviously more talkative at this moment. "It does have a special effect. Food cooked in the system's wok can have a positive effect on the human physique."

An Qing was a little surprised, "Physical fitness bonus?"

001, "Yes, for example, if a person's physical limit is ten points, eating food cooked in a wok can allow them to break through ten points."

An Qing roughly understood it. This was just like the foods with special bonus effects written in some game novels.

this……

For the people in this world, food that can break through the limits of physical fitness is indeed very important. No wonder a pot requires 30 million happiness points.

001: "In addition, this pot also has the effect of refining impurities, which means that this pot can use mutant plants and animals as ingredients."

An Qing: "..."

She had been thinking about using mutated plants and animals to make new dishes, and she didn't expect it to actually work.

"What does it mean to refine impurities? Can it eliminate toxins from mutated animals and plants?" An Qing asked.

001: "Anyway, humans can eat the mutant plants and animals produced in this wok without worrying about the toxins in them."

An Qing suddenly didn't think that the pot with a happiness value of 30 million was expensive anymore. When she saw the pot, her eyes lit up.

In her original world, she was born in a country full of foodies. No matter what new species they encountered, everyone's first reaction was, "Can I eat it?"

Whether it is edible or not, it doesn’t prevent you from trying it first.

Therefore, compared with other countries, their country's food culture has a long history.

People from other countries will fall in love with the local food culture as long as they stay in their country for a period of time.

So, in fact, everyone is a hidden foodie.

The reason why they haven’t become foodies is simply because they don’t know how to eat and don’t know how to eat.

Who knows, once the people in the base know that mutated plants and animals are edible, the number of dangerous mutated plants and animals in the jungle will decrease rapidly?

Of course, An Qing is just thinking about it at the moment. After all, her cooking skills are still unknown because she didn't cook much in her previous life.

When An Qing finished washing, changed her clothes, opened the door and walked out, Tang Ming and Muchen were already waiting for her outside.

The three of them had breakfast together.

"Let's go." An Qing picked up a novel she rented yesterday and walked out. Tang Ming and the others followed.

When An Qing opened the door and walked out, she found a tall cabinet against the wall at the end of the corridor.

An Qing walked towards the wardrobe. The entire wall at the end of the corridor was occupied by wardrobes, which were densely packed with locked doors.

She saw at a glance that 601 had three cabinet doors, namely 601 An Qing, 601 Tang Ming, and 601 Muchen.

An Qing: "..."

When calculating the population of the base, Tang Ming, who had always been by her side, was not counted. When distributing food before, because Muchen was under her responsibility, he was not counted either.

So, it seems that giving them three cabinets is of no use.

There are eight people living in room 602 next door, so there are eight cabinet doors in room 602, one cabinet door for each person.

An Qing couldn't help but say, "It's really fast."

I just talked about this last night, and the wardrobe was already set up this morning.

An Qing just took a look and walked towards the restaurant.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Lin Yun was already waiting there. Seeing An Qing, she walked over with a smile and said, "Good morning, An Qing. Yesterday we opened up a large area of ​​the house next to the restaurant. You can put the food over here later."

An Qing had already noticed that there was a door opened next to the restaurant. It was clean inside, but empty.

Oh, it’s not like there’s nothing there, there are quite a few boxes inside.

An Qing nodded: "I was going to talk about this, but I didn't expect you to think of it yourself."

When she came over, she wanted to talk to them. It wasn't a big deal if they blocked her shop door every time. After all, she still wanted to open a shop.

An Qing wanted to open a shop today.

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Thank you for reminding me yesterday."

An Qing nodded: "I saw that you have already finished the wardrobe. You are really fast."

As they were talking, An Qing had already come next door and chose to buy chicken legs today.

Each chicken leg costs 8 happiness points, so a total of 6,933,864 happiness points are needed. After deductions, she still has 3 million happiness points left.

I've already eaten eggs and bread, so let's have chicken legs today.

The next moment, the whole room was filled with piles of chicken legs.

After taking out the chicken leg, An Qing didn't stay long and turned back to the restaurant next door.

After arriving at the restaurant, An Qing did not buy instant noodles or other things, but instead bought 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of flour.

After the purchase, the rice and flour on the system panel turned gray and black, with a forty-eight-hour countdown next to it.

An Qing suddenly slapped her head in frustration. She was so busy that she didn't realize she was confused. She should have bought some when she first unlocked the shelf. How could she have forgotten?

I bought it before, the countdown will end tonight, and I can buy it again tomorrow.

An Qing sighed. It was no use regretting it now, so she stopped worrying about it and started thinking about what to do today.

There is no rice cooker for cooking, and no vegetables for making porridge...

An Qing remembered that she had seen a short video tutorial on making Roujiamo before. Why not try making Roujiamo?