Chapter 89

Tang Yu'an really didn't expect that Yuanbao and Black Pearl would start fighting with Emerald as soon as they arrived!

Although he was touched because they were trying to protect him, he was more worried that they would get hurt.

Fortunately, after he spoke, the three of them stopped at the same time.

Seeing this, Tang Yu'an hurriedly explained: "Yuanbao, Black Pearl, you misunderstood, I'm fine, I summoned you to come and eat!"

The four-eyed giant dog and the big black cat turned around to look at him, and both couldn't help but tilt their heads with puzzled expressions.

Tang Yu'an pointed to the female lizard's corpse and said, "This is it. Do you want to eat it? Emerald agreed."

While waiting for Yuanbao and Black Pearl, he had already consulted Emerald's opinion.

Emerald had no interest in the female lizard's corpse and even showed great disgust.

"Bugs! They stink!"

Tang Yu'an heard its childish voice again, full of disgust and angry complaints.

It is unknown how many years the swimming pool has been occupied by monitor lizards. There used to be many lizards living here. In addition to the swimming pool, other places are also full of excrement and food residues left by lizards.

Faced with such unhygienic neighbors, the mutant vine has been patient for a long time.

Moreover, this kind of lizard is omnivorous. After the mother lizard gives birth, the hatched baby lizards will use its leaves as food.

Emerald became furious when she recalled the past.

But it is weaker than the female lizard, and because it is rooted in the ground and cannot move, its desire to survive makes it endure silently.

After the female lizard was turned into a mouse that day, it felt the weakness of its "neighbor" and finally saw hope.

Later, when the mother lizard really died, it was finally completely relieved and the first riot occurred because it wanted to vent its long-standing dissatisfaction and anger.

It really hates these smelly lizards, and even absorbing their corpses is dirty!

Tang Yu'an calmed it down in time and promised to perform purification magic every day until the swimming pool was completely clean. Only then did Emerald become happy again.

So it completely agreed with Tang Yu'an's handling of the female lizard's body.

Who knew that these two four-legged beasts would chop it as soon as they came!

A thin vine grew out and angrily grabbed Tang Yu'an's hand, conveying a feeling of grievance and hurt.

Tang Yu'an quickly comforted it, saying it was all a misunderstanding, "Yuanbao and Black Pearl only wanted to protect me, they have no ill intentions towards you."

"Right?" He looked at the four-eyed giant dog and the big black cat.

Yuanbao frowned seriously, and Black Pearl shook her long tail and turned away proudly.

The two big babies refused to cooperate, but Emerald seemed to accept Tang Yu'an's statement, and the emotions transmitted from Green Vine turned into acceptance and forgiveness.

They are here to protect An An!

Great!

Seeing that the mutant vine was appeased, Tang Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief. He walked towards Yuanbao and Black Pearl to express his gratitude to them.

Yuanbao looked at Tang Yu'an for a few times, and only nodded after seeming to make sure that he was really okay, his expression remaining serious.

As for Black Pearl...

It looked a little impatient, as if annoyed by its own haste to rush over.

"Black Pearl, thank you for coming here to save me. You are so kind~"

Although it was a misunderstanding, Tang Yu'an was still very touched. He hugged the big black cat tightly and rubbed it against its furry chest.

Oh, the black pearl's fur is so soft!

Although not as fluffy as the silver coin, it feels just as comfortable.

The big tail swinging behind Black Pearl slowly changed from impatience to a joyful shake.

I was originally planning to leave, but now I’m staying.

After Tang Yu put it aside, Black Pearl walked towards the giant lizard gracefully with a cat-like gait.

It was a little disgusted with the dirty environment around it, but when it got close to the monitor lizard, it unexpectedly found that the monitor lizard was very clean.

Not only the flesh and blood, but even the skin wrinkles felt as if they had been scrubbed with a brush, without a trace of dirt.

Black Pearl was very satisfied with this clean and high-energy food. He meowed at Tang Yu'an and then opened his mouth to eat it.

Tang Yu'an couldn't help but look at the four-eyed giant dog that was still squatting there, and asked doubtfully: "Yuanbao, aren't you going to eat?"

The four-eyed giant dog lowered its eyes slightly and stared at him quietly.

Tang Yu'an advised it: "That female lizard should be of a high level. Eating its flesh and blood will be good for you."

Yuanbao stared at him, his face still serious, and no one knew what he was thinking.

At this time, Zhou Qi, who was standing nearby and watching the whole process, finally spoke up helplessly and reminded: "Yuan Bao might want you to hug him too."

Tang Yu'an blinked, "Is that so?"

Yuanbao, who had originally had no expression on his face, couldn't help but glare at Zhou Qi, then looked away, stood up and walked towards the monitor lizard.

However, after being reminded, Tang Yu'an reached out and hugged it, burying his head in its chest and rubbing it happily.

"Yuanbao, you're so cute!"

You still can't tell anything from its expression, but the big dog's tail is already wagging wildly.

Zhou Qi: “…”

It’s really hard for An An to subdue them!

After Tang Yu'an had rubbed enough and let go of his hand, Yuanbao quickly ran towards the giant lizard, tore open its flesh with his sharp teeth, and began to eat.

Yuanbao and Black Pearl are considered large in size, but compared with the female lizard, they appear much smaller.

I don't know if Yuanbao and Black Pearl can defeat this female lizard in a head-on battle? Thinking of the female lizard's terrible hurricane, Tang Yu'an still felt a lingering fear.

"Are you okay?" Zhou Qi asked him.

Tang Yu'an shook his head, "Yeah, it's okay! Yuanbao, Black Pearl and Emerald are all very well behaved!"

Zhou Qi's expression froze.

Perhaps only An An would think so...

However, seeing how Tang Yu'an's pets protected him, Zhou Qi felt relieved.

"I'm glad you're okay."

He originally wanted to touch Tang Yu'an's cheek, but when he saw that his hands were a little dirty, he took them back and said, "Then I will continue to reinforce the wall."

"OK!"

Tang Yu'an nodded and watched Zhou Qi jump onto the stands again, then approach the hole and press his hands on the wall.

Because the vines that Emerald hung outside the cave were cut by Black Pearl, more sunlight came in from outside.

From a distance, Tang Yu'an saw that the hole was being repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye - it seemed that Brother Xiaoqi had figured out how to repair buildings in addition to reinforcement techniques.

Brother Xiaoqi is really awesome!

If only he could awaken his superpowers...

Tang Yu'an was a little envious, but only a little. After all, although he didn't have any special abilities, he had system skills.

There are also three powerful "bodyguards"!

Hehe, how come this isn't considered his special ability?

Tang Yu'an became happy again, but he quickly shifted his attention because -

【Hallucinogenic Running Mushroom】

A conspicuous bubble emerged from the corner of the venue, making it difficult for Tang Yu'an not to notice it.

It was the kind of mutant mushroom that would scream and run away when it encountered danger! He didn't know if it was the same one that had "plotted against" him and Xiaoqi before.

Thinking of its powerful hallucinogenic ability, Tang Yu'an did not dare to approach it rashly.

He hesitated for a moment, then commanded the emerald to grow green vines. After approaching silently, he quickly poked the mutant mushroom with the tip of the vine.

soon--

"Wow! Wow!"

With the touch of the emerald vines, the hallucinogenic mushroom that had been quietly staying in the corner suddenly pulled itself out of the mud and ran away screaming.

Because the light was dim, Tang Yu'an couldn't see clearly how it ran.

As it ran, mucus was secreted, which spread all over the place, and bubbles of identification magic popped up one after another.

After the blue mushroom-head disappeared into the corner, Tang Yu'an cast a final lightness spell on himself, then ran over happily.

He took out gloves and a bag and carefully collected the mud that was stained with the mucus of the mutant mushrooms.

The mucus of the hallucinogenic mushroom is a good thing!

When we go back and separate them, we can get a lot of drops of mucus.

Happy!

After collecting all the items, Tang Yu'an started exploring the swimming pool again. With the emerald protecting him, he became much braver.

After a while, another hallucinogenic mushroom was found.

Tang Yu'an quickly asked Emerald to take action, and finally collected the mucus of the hallucinogenic mushroom again.

Tang Yu'an, feeling like he had made a fortune, continued wandering around and soon found the third one. Unfortunately, this time, after scaring it away, there was no mucus secretion.

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Is it because this mutant mushroom is special, or... the ones he found from beginning to end were actually the same one, so its mucus has already been secreted?

Tang Yu'an felt a little guilty, so he didn't continue to cause trouble for the mutated running mushroom.

I walked around the venue, even checking the stands, but apart from a few palm-sized reptiles, I didn't see any other living creatures.

But this is easy to understand.

With the mutant vines here, other plants have little room to survive in the swimming pool. This place was originally a nest of monitor lizards, so naturally there would be no other larger animals.

However, those reptiles were still quite scary. Fortunately, Tang Yu'an applied insect repellent powder before going out.

The emerald is also very powerful. Any reptile that appears in front of Tang Yu'an will be killed by its vines and then absorbed.

Tang Yu'an slowly walked to the entrance of the swimming pool.

The entrance gate has been demolished by the monitor lizard, and in the areas of the corridor where the light shines, you can see traces of the monitor lizard crawling.

Both sides of the corridor were pitch black, as if there were some dangerous creatures hiding in them. Tang Yu'an took a look and finally looked away cautiously.

Although there was no red dot on the map, after coming into contact with the hallucinogenic mushrooms and emeralds, he already knew that the absence of a red dot on the map did not mean there was no danger.

So let’s wait until later to explore with Brother Xiaoqi, so that we can take care of each other.

When Tang Yu'an came back from exploring, Black Pearl and Yuanbao had already stopped eating.

Yuanbao's body gradually shrank and finally turned into the appearance of a four-eyed puppy. It barked at Tang Yu'an, then staggered to a clean place, lay down and closed its eyes.

Soon, its breathing became even.

Black Pearl glanced at it, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then slowly turned into the size of a little orange cat.

But it didn't just find a place to nest. Instead, it saw Tang Yu'an approaching and suddenly jumped towards him.

Only after Tang Yu'an caught it did she sleep peacefully in his arms.

Tang Yu'an touched the little orange cat's head, then looked at their status bar on the pet panel.

[Energy digestion in progress…0%]

It seems that the meat of female lizard is really useful to them!

Tang Yu'an suddenly felt a little worried. Wangcai and silver coins were of relatively low levels. Would they be overdosing if they suddenly ate such high-energy meat?

I can only wait and see when I get back.

Tang Yu'an put the black pearls and ingots into the pet compartment.

On the other side, Zhou Qi had repaired the big hole blasted by the female lizard to only two-thirds of its original size.

The hole was really exaggerated, at least ten meters in size. If they had been hit head-on by the female lizard's attack, the two of them would definitely not have survived.

Zhou Qi felt a sense of emptiness in his body, reminding him that his supernatural powers had been exhausted.

As he came into contact with more and more psychics and crystals of different properties, he gradually realized that rather than saying that he had awakened psychics of multiple attributes, it would be better to say that this was the characteristic of his psychic powers.

Just like light can be separated into seven colors, and when they come together they become white, or in other words...

It is a black object.

It can absorb and devour light of all colors, and eventually presents a pitch-black color attribute.

Zhou Qi didn't know which of the two metaphors was more suitable for his situation. He still had a lot to explore and understand.

Fortunately, although his supernatural power was exhausted, the usage time of the light body technique had not ended. He turned around and jumped off the stands, and saw that Yuanbao and Black Pearl were gone.

"After they had eaten, they fell into hibernation and I put them in the pet box." Tang Yu'an said.

Zhou Qi nodded and looked at the remains of the female lizard.

Two-thirds of its flesh had been eaten away, leaving only a huge skeleton.

Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment, but still picked off the remaining one-third and asked Tang Yu'an to store it in his portable warehouse so that he could feed the pets in the future.

As for the remaining skeleton...

"Have the spider legs that were hung in the plane store been sold?" Zhou Qi asked.

Tang Yu'an shook his head.

"Then let's put it aside for now."

Zhou Qi also felt tired, so he decided to leave the skeleton here for now and find a way to deal with it later. Anyway, the flesh and blood had been cleaned off, so it wouldn't have much of an impact if it rotted and deteriorated.

"I'm going back."

"good!"

Tang Yu'an said goodbye to Emerald, and then jumped out of the big hole in the swimming pool with Zhou Qi.

After they left, the emerald grew vines again and filled the big hole - it seemed that it didn't want any other creatures to enter the swimming pool and wanted to block all the entrances.

Therefore, Zhou Qi's act of repairing the big hole earned him a lot of favorability in Emerald's eyes.

Time passed by unknowingly in the dim swimming pool. When I came outside, I found that the sun was already setting.

The orange light fell on the vines covering the wall outside the swimming pool. The breeze rustled the leaves, giving an inexplicable feeling of vitality.

Tang Yu'an was in a good mood, using his light body technique to jump up and down in the wind and play.

Compared to the levitation technique, the lightness technique is indeed more fun!

As he jumped, the forest in the center of the deserted city appeared in his sight again. Thinking of something, Tang Yu'an looked at the task panel.

【Eliminate dangerous creatures (2)……（5/10)】

He shared the task with Zhou Qi and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, let's find some time to complete this task, shall we?"

Zhou Qi glanced at the mission rewards. The highest reward was 200 points, which wasn't very tempting to them right now. There were also 30% off coupons for the wholesale mall and traffic cards...

The 4 lucky spins are a good reward.

He nodded and said, "Let's wait and see after the branch store is built."

It just so happens that the map around there hasn't been fully developed yet, so I should be able to encounter a few mutant creatures. If the number isn't enough...

Maybe I should try going to the center of the deserted city.

Danger also means opportunity. Perhaps the battle with the female lizard raised his threshold, or perhaps it was the enhancement of his superpowers and physique that made Zhou Qi not as afraid of fighting as before.

If the benefits outweigh the risks, it's definitely worth a try.

However, he was not really carried away, and this matter still needed to be taken slowly.

-

When they returned to the grocery store, they saw Silver Coin coming out to greet them.

To Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi's surprise, Wangcai also followed behind and transformed into a "watchdog".

Didn't it eat the lizard legs in the warehouse? Or were they unaware?

Tang Yu'an touched the heads of the two little ones, and then Wangcai bit the hem of his clothes and pulled him to the warehouse.

After arriving at the warehouse, Wangcai ran to the lizard's leg, pressed one of his paws on it, stuck out his tongue at Tang Yu'an, and kept swallowing his saliva.

It turns out that it wasn't that she didn't notice it, but she was waiting for him to come back and ask if she could eat it!

Compared to the previous time when he directly licked the blood of the dark green spider, this time there was obvious improvement.

Could it be that after an evolution, intelligence has increased?

"Woof woof!" Silver Coin was also wagging its tail beside him.

Tang Yu'an couldn't help but touch its head, then looked at Wangcai and said, "Yes, you can eat it."

After he nodded in agreement, Wangcai barked happily, then bit the flesh of the lizard's leg and began to tear it apart.

He looked so anxious, it seemed like he had been holding it in for a long time.

Silver Coin was no longer as timid as he was last time when facing the dark green spider. Instead, he ran over and started to chew on the lizard's leg.

Such a big lizard leg is more than enough for them to eat.

Tang Yu'an did not disturb them while they were eating. After leaving the warehouse, he went to the kitchen and saw Zhou Qi taking out the prepared tofu and cutting it into pieces.

The tofu pudding that was in a flocculent state at noon has turned into chewy and smooth tofu after being compacted by heavy objects.

"Great, I have tofu to eat tonight!"

"How about making minced meat tofu?"

"Wow, minced meat and tofu go really well with rice. I could eat a pound of it!"

Zhou Qi pinched the tip of his nose and said, "Then go wash the rice and cook."

"Okay!"

Because the effect of the light body technique has not yet ended, Tang Yu'an is floating when he walks, but he has adapted to this gravity and will not jump very high all of a sudden.

After setting the timer on the rice cooker, Tang Yu'an came to help.

Soon, their dinner was ready.

The white and fragrant rice is topped with a sauce filled with minced meat and tofu. It is salty and fragrant with a hint of spiciness, and it is simply delicious!

In addition, there are bean curd sheets and mushrooms and the particularly refreshing seaweed egg drop soup. These simple home-cooked dishes make Tang Yu'an feel extremely satisfied.

After the meal, Tang Yu'an cleaned up the dishes and quickly transferred the photos he took of Jin Lili today to the computer via a data cable while he still remembered, and then printed them out with a printer.

Then came the most anticipated moment of the day - the lucky draw!

"What will I draw today?" Tang Yu'an said expectantly.

"What do you want to draw?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Skills or props?" Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and asked Zhou Qi, "Brother Xiaoqi, what about you? Is there anything you want to draw?"

Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "The gas at home is almost used up."

If the gas runs out, he can only use an induction cooker to cook. Although it can be used, he is still used to using a gas stove and feels that the food cooked on a gas stove tastes better.

"Okay, let's give it a try!"

Tang Yu'an rubbed her hands and clicked on the lottery.

The pointer of the lucky wheel turned and turned, and finally stopped at——

Congratulations! You won the entry-level tech product, "Gas Cylinder." Check it out at the mall's wholesale market.

"Wow!"

Tang Yu'an said in surprise: "Brother Xiaoqi, we really won the gas lottery!"

Zhou Qi was also stunned.

"Really?" he asked in disbelief.

“Really, really!”

Tang Yu'an opened the wholesale market and shared the exchange of gas cylinders with Zhou Qi, and then checked the specific information.

Gas cylinder

【Specification】

[5 kg: 100 points/bottle]

[10 kg: 150 points/bottle]

[15 kg: 200 points/bottle]

【Note: Recycling gas cylinders can be deducted 50 points】

"That's great!" Tang Yu said happily, "We don't have to worry about running out of gas anymore."

Zhou Qi still looked a little dazed.

So, was this really just luck? Did he just get lucky?

Until he lay down in bed at night, Zhou Qi was still thinking about this problem.

Tang Yu'an said, "Xiao Cao's performance is very stable. He earned me more than 60 experience points today."

He just reached level 9 this morning, and now his experience points have reached level 9 (92/180).

I feel like I can upgrade to lv10 by tomorrow at the latest, so the main store can also be upgraded to the next level!

In addition to the experience points earned by Xiaocao and themselves, Chi Hao also earned seven or eight points, and his employee level finally rose to lv1 (1/20).

Considering that it was dangerous for him to travel in the wild, Tang Yu'an unlocked the hemostatic powder for him.

We can only hope that he can bring them more rewards after returning to the fortress. By then, we will have a portable warehouse to exchange information and can also send him guidance tasks.

"Hey, go to sleep! Let's go see the house tomorrow~"

When Tang Yu'an thought of the 10-story building, he was full of anticipation for the branch.

He turned over, crawled into the quilt and hugged Zhou Qi's warm body.

Zhou Qi finally gave up thinking.

It’s impossible for a person to be wrong all the time, so just consider it as a lucky break for him!

-

The next morning, Tang Yu'an excitedly went to salvage another drifting bottle.

Unfortunately, the transaction was interrupted just after a conversation because the wisher's dream was unstable.

Tang Yu'an threw the drifting bottle back into the dream sea, thought for a moment and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, let's wait until tomorrow night to retrieve the bottle."

"There are many people sleeping at night, so there are not only few people in the morning, but also it is easy for those who wish to be woken up."

Zhou Qi nodded, "Well, I'll listen to you then."

Tang Yu'an laughed and went downstairs with Zhou Qi.

The grocery store was particularly quiet this morning. Tang Yu'an ran to the warehouse to check and found that after a night had passed, Wangcai and Yinbi were still dormant.

Looking at the status bar of Black Pearl and Yuanbao, they are also in hibernation, with energy digestion only reaching 30%, and it is unknown when they will wake up.

Tang Yu'an put Wangcai and the silver coins into the pet compartment.

Before going out today, Zhou Qi dissolved another pot of sea salt and put it on the roof to dry.

"Brother Xiaoqi, it seems that Bashi and the others slept in our building last night." Tang Yu'an said while looking at the map.

"Let's go do some business first, and then go over and take a look."

"good."

They set out again along the same route as yesterday, and after telling Granny Guo the trading conditions for the hoe, they successfully got ten potatoes.

Then he went to Old Li and Lin Zhen's house, gained experience points and credits, and finally arrived at Tie Jin's house.

Tiejin seemed to have not slept well last night, and his dark circles looked even heavier.

After handing him ten potatoes and getting the hoe to complete the transaction, I heard him hesitantly say, "Xiao An, Xiao Qi, can you help me take care of Lily? I may be away for a few days."

Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were stunned.

"Uncle Tiejin, where are you going?"

"I'm going to Jufeng Town to pick up Lily's mother."