Chapter 490
"Buy the cheapest wild vegetable seeds." Yun Mian said, and gently placed the money in his other hand on the glass counter.
The cheapest wild vegetable seeds cost as much as 50 yuan. Although the monetary system was newly established after the catastrophe, it is basically the same.
The salesperson gave Yunmian 10 yuan in change, which was the price of the rotten seeds.
Yunmian took 10 yuan and a tightly packed transparent bag from her.
There was only one tiny sesame-sized seed in the bag.
Tests before it was released showed that the seed activity it currently contained was only around 37.
Yunmian held the seed in his hand carefully, thanked the saleswoman, put the plastic bag on his head again, and ran home in the rain.
This is a slum. The rain from the sky is polluted, and the soil underfoot is heavily radioactive, making it difficult to grow ordinary green plants.
The whole world was gray. Since she was born, Yunmian had rarely seen sunlight strong enough to penetrate the thick haze.
She had never seen the white clouds and blue sky that people talked about.
She also doesn't know how to plant seeds.
But she stumbled alone in this terrible world until she was 5 years old.
After returning home, Yunmian carefully placed the seeds into a box. However, she did not rush to plant them. Instead, she stared at the gray rain curtain in a daze.
A system prompt box suddenly popped up on the screen of the mobile phone on Yun Lejin's desk.
Xiao Tiangao's soft but panicked voice rang in Yun Lejin's ears: "Players, please pay attention: Your cub seems to be planning a bold adventure!!!"
Yun Lejin clicked on the prompt box immediately.
[Dear players, hello:
We noticed that your cub seems to be planning to travel in the near future, but we must remind you that underage cubs traveling alone may encounter fatal dangers at any time once they leave the safe zone!
Therefore, please explore the purpose of the cub's trip as quickly as possible within 30 minutes.
If you complete this task, you will receive the following rewards:
Blind box grass seed*1, purified water*1 bottle, recorded message*1, cub toy blind box*1. ]
[Do you want to accept this task?]
[Confirm][Reject]
Yun Lejin didn't look carefully at the reward below. In fact, all her mind was hanging by Xiao Tiangao's words just now.
Why did Mianmian suddenly take the risk?
What difficult situation was worth the risk?
Yun Lejin even thought that if he had not seen the prompt and made a choice in the first place, would Mianmian have been in danger silently without him knowing anything, or even... died?
Just thinking about that possibility, Yun Lejin's heart felt as if it was pierced by a needle, and the pain was so severe that her fingertips, which were clicking the "Confirm" button, trembled slightly.
[30-minute countdown starts now, players please hurry up.]
On the screen and in my mind, there was the sound of the countdown second hand ticking.
But to Yun Lejin's ears, this voice sounded like a death urge.
This was different from every time she waited for a long time outside the operating room.
At that time, she felt that every second seemed like an eternity, but now she wishes that this sound could last a little longer.
The only similarity: the timer that rings is the countdown of the daughter's life.
Yun Lejin forced himself to calm down. Looking at the little girl who was sitting on a broken bench with her face in her hands and staring at the sky in a daze, he subconsciously pinched his cold fingers, then bought a small knife worth 100 yuan in the mall and threw it to Mianmian's feet.
The sound of the knife falling to the ground easily startled Yunmian.
The child stared at the knife that suddenly appeared at his feet in astonishment, blinked, and then pointed at himself in the air: "Is it for me?"
The knife moved slightly closer to her feet.
Yun Mian suddenly narrowed her eyes, reached out to pick up the knife, pursed her lips and smiled obediently and said thank you.
The little girl held the small knife with the scabbard in her hand lovingly, her eyes curved with a smile. She started talking happily without Yun Lejin asking her anything.
"Can you hear what I'm thinking?"
"Did you give me this knife because you heard me thinking about going outside the city to look for earthworms?"
"Thank you~ You must be a very kind person!"
With just three sentences, all the tasks within 30 minutes were completed.
Yun Lejin heard Xiao Tiangao's surprised voice: "Wow! You have completed this task. The reward will be sent to your game mailbox soon. Please check it!"
At the same time, a small mailbox icon appears on the mobile phone screen, reminding players that the mailbox has been officially activated. In the future, they will not only receive official emails, but also exchange letters with the kids in the game.
What Yun Lejin paid attention to first was the emotional fluctuations that occasionally appeared above the Q version of Mianmian's head on the screen.
Favorability +1+1+1...
Favorability - 1-1-1...
Happiness value +1+1-1+1-1...
Happy +1, sad +1, sad +1...
These reminders alone once again filled the notification bar next to the screen.
"What are earth worms?" Yun Lejin asked Xiao Tiangao.
Xiao Tiangao: "Well... the soil worm is one of the types of mutant earthworms in this world. It is a little aggressive, but not very aggressive. It can not only soften the soil, but also be used as fertilizer after its body is cut, dried and ground into powder.
But most importantly, the earthworm powder has a very small amount of soil-purifying properties.”
So in order to plant the wild vegetable seeds that she had carefully put away, Mianmian wanted to take the risk and go to the dangerous area outside the city to dig for worms?
As soon as Yun Lejin's idea took shape in his mind, a new option box popped up on the screen again.
[Should we stop the cub from taking risks?]
【whether】
This is the first time that Yun Lejin has encountered an option box in this game that seems to be able to directly interfere with Mianmian's actions.
She hesitated for a moment and asked Xiao Tiangao first: "Do you think I should stop it?"
Xiao Tiangao looked towards Yunkong.
Yunkong jumped up and down a bit: "I don't know either. Mianmian doesn't know this is her mother now. I don't think she will be so obedient."
How could a mama's girl like Mianmian listen to anything a stranger says?
That’s not the Mianmian it knows.
Xiao Tiangao thought for a moment and replied to Yun Lejin: "Please choose by yourself. Choose the countdown: 3, 2..."
Before the countdown ended, Yun Lejin chose [Yes].
It was really hard for her to imagine what a child like Mianmian would encounter when she went out into the dangerous city, and whether she could come back safely and intact.
She would rather work harder to earn more money than let her daughter take this risk.
However, there were no products like Earth Worms in the mall, so even if Yun Lejin wanted to spend real money to buy them for his daughter, he couldn't.
The moment she clicked [Yes], Mianmian in the wasteland world seemed to inexplicably sense the thoughts of the invisible "person" at this moment.
The other party didn't want her to go out of the city.
It was a strange feeling. Yun Mian was stunned for a moment, then he held the knife and looked up at the empty air.
"You don't want me to go?"
She asked, then shook her head without hesitation: "But no, I have to go, only by sprinkling the earth worm powder into the soil can my seeds germinate better.
This is the last seed I can afford. If it doesn’t sprout… in a few days, I will have to beg in the rich area.”
The child did not think it was shameful to be a beggar, and no one instilled such a mindset in her, but she saw many little beggars and homeless people being beaten or even "cleaned up" on the streets of wealthy areas. Yun Mian was afraid of pain and did not want to die, so she wanted to give it one last try.
Yun Lejin looked at Mianmian on the screen, who was looking up with a determined look in her eyes. After a moment of silence, he picked out a raincoat and a pair of rain boots from the mall and moved to Mianmian's side.
Yunmian was the first to notice these two things.
Brand new raincoat, brand new rain boots.
The color was not bright, but rather gray, but Yunmian still couldn't help but exclaim.
"Are you going to give me these too? But they are so valuable, and I...if I die outside the city, I won't be able to bring them back to you."
The child said, pursed his lips and took a small step back: "Take them away, don't buy me these expensive things anymore. I'm only five years old now, and I may never grow up. If you can't pay it back in the future, you will lose a lot."
While saying these words, the favorability level above Mianmian's head increased by +1, while the emotion level decreased by -1, and finally dropped to only 7. The pouring thunderstorm outside and the increasingly gloomy sky were particularly appropriate.
Yun Lejin felt a bitter taste in her throat. She took a deep breath, then opened her mailbox and received the reward for completing the task.
Then open the backpack and choose to use [Record Message].
Yunmian waited for a long time, but the invisible person did not take back the raincoat and rain boots on the ground.
Just when she didn't know what to do, a white conch shell suddenly fell beside her.
Yunmian looked up at the sky in a daze, then looked at the thing he had never seen before, then squatted over and picked it up.
Before she could figure out what this thing was, a particularly gentle voice came from the conch.
"Once you buy something, you can't return it. Be good, wear these so you won't get wet in the rain. Remember to bring your knife with you, and be sure to pay attention to safety."
[Recorded message*1 time, used.]
"This lowest-level message can only be played once, and only 10 seconds of audio can be recorded at a time." Xiao Tiangao explained in a low voice to the stunned Yun Lejin.
Moreover, this kind of thing is not available in the mall. It can only be unlocked when the favorability between the player and the cub reaches a certain level.
Yun Lejin looked at the little girl on the screen who was holding a conch and listening obediently. She was stunned for a moment, and then she gently poked her daughter's not-so-round cheek with her fingertips.
After hearing that, Yun Mian couldn't help but put the conch next to her ear and waited for a long time. After making sure that there were no more sounds, she sat on the small broken stool with a puffed face, feeling a little lost.
This voice sounds so gentle and nice.
It was like, like petting her head and coaxing her softly and gently to be obedient.
No one had ever coaxed her in such a tone.
It was like she had never eaten sugar or drunk milk.
Yunmian should be happy having received so many expensive gifts today.
But for some reason, after listening to the voice in the conch, she suddenly felt a little sad.
His eyes were moist as if they had been accidentally touched by the rain outside, and a strange and unfamiliar feeling of grievance also spread out little by little along with the red eye sockets.
"Who are you anyway?"
The child raised his hands and rubbed his eyes vigorously, and asked in a low voice: "Why are you so nice to me all of a sudden? Even if you take me away and sell me, I'm not worth anything at all..."
Mianmian: Is she going to trick me away and sell me?
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine:
Zishujun and Yangyang are both good;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution:
Monster 30 bottles;
4 bottles of Yansi Sheng;
Also picked 3 bottles;
2 bottles of Aaaa;
Weeds, 1 bottle of Cangyuezi;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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