Chapter 115
Looking at the inverted triangle mark on the map, Tang Yu'an even suspected that there was something wrong with the system.
Although he also hoped that Brother Chi Hao's companions could survive, but... that was the center of the deserted city, and there were not just one or two terrifying creatures like the mutant giant bear, but a group of them!
So how did he survive for so long in such a dangerous environment? Or did he have some kind of adventure?
Tang Yu'an used the attachment function to confirm again and found that he was not wrong. The light spot was indeed the "Old Xie" who was with Brother Chi Hao.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Qi asked after noticing his abnormality.
Tang Yu'an told him about his new discovery, and then hesitated, "Should we tell Brother Chi Hao and Sister Hong Li?"
Zhou Qi frowned slightly, thought for a moment and shook his head: "Let's not talk about it for now."
The center of the deserted city is so dangerous, and I don’t know what the specific situation is with Old Xie. Besides, Chi Hao has already returned to Qingmu Fort, so there is no point in telling him.
As for the red carp...
They also couldn't explain the source of this clue. The prerequisite for saving people must be to save yourself first and not expose yourself to danger.
So let’s keep it secret for now.
"Oh well."
Unable to figure out what was going on, Tang Yu'an closed the map and continued, "I'll reinforce the remaining floors first."
Only three floors have been reinforced so far, and the remaining floors are not habitable. People need to be careful when walking around because the ceiling and room partitions may collapse at any time.
They have to go to Jufeng Town to do business tomorrow, so Brother Xiaoqi has no time to reinforce the building.
Given the current situation of No. 1 Store, it is no longer possible to ask the Bashi brothers for help.
So, Tang Yu'an opened the 3D map of No. 1 Store and began to upgrade the hardware from top to bottom.
Although the system does not have a reinforcement option, as long as all the walls and floors are replaced with new ones, it can be considered reinforcement.
The first thing is the floor. Since the outer walls and load-bearing columns have been reinforced, the first priority now is to reinforce the floor so that you don’t have to worry about falling down or being hit by the ceiling while walking.
Each floor is about 500 square meters, with a total of 6 floors of cement floors from the seventh floor to the second floor, which cost a total of more than 3,000 points.
There was no rush to deal with the wall, so Tang Yu'an closed the interface.
After all this operation, his points balance was only over 8,000 points.
"I'll have to spend a lot of points to install doors and windows tomorrow."
Fortunately, five days later, Hongli delivered the remaining 500 kilograms of soybeans, and they earned more than 10,000 points!
As the points increased, Tang Yu'an's mind became active again.
"Brother Xiaoqi, do you think we should build a teleportation point at the swimming pool before the flood comes?"
He wrinkled his nose and said, "We worked so hard to clean up the swimming pool, but when the flood comes, all our efforts will be wasted."
They've been busy with No. 1 Store these past few days and haven't had time to go to the swimming pool. They don't know if Emerald misses them...
"Let's wait and see after five days." Zhou Qi said.
It should be possible at the moment. After all, it only takes 6,000 points to upgrade the protective barrier. After trading with Hongli, if there is nothing else urgent, you can build branch No. 3 first.
Even if we just open the protective barrier, we can close the shops first to protect the swimming pool from being destroyed by the flood.
"good!"
Tang Yu'an nodded happily, and then he and Zhou Qi returned to the main store through the teleportation array.
None of the four pets followed.
Compared with the cramped space of the main store, they actually prefer the spaciousness of No. 1 Store, which is comfortable no matter which form is used.
After eating the bear paw meat, Yinbi and Wangcai became drowsy again and soon fell into sleep.
Yuanbao was guarding them right next to them.
As for the Black Pearl, it also rarely returned to its abandoned parking lot immediately.
Of course, it didn't stay with the dogs. As soon as Tang Yu'an and the others left, it started walking around in the building.
The pitch-black environment at night is no problem for cats with night vision.
After inspecting all the floors, the kitten finally ran to Old Li's room, jumped lightly to his side, and nestled down on the emerald green double bed.
This bed is as good as it feels.
Even though there was a snoring old human next to it, it did not affect its sleep quality at all.
Black Pearl yawned and soon fell asleep comfortably...
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi went home to take a shower, then climbed up to the attic, but did not go to bed immediately.
Obviously, the space here is much smaller than that of Store No. 1, but Tang Yuan lay in the attic and felt that there was no place more comfortable than this.
"Is there no lottery today?" Zhou Qi asked.
“I almost forgot!”
Tang Yu'an turned over and sat up, then said expectantly: "Please pray that I can draw a huge amount of points today!"
The seven-day sale will be refreshed tomorrow, and it will definitely cost a lot of points. After experiencing the embarrassment of having almost run out of points, what Tang Yu'an wants most now is points.
The pointer of the lucky wheel turned and turned, and finally stopped at——
[Congratulations! You've obtained the rare material "Space Stone"]
Huh? Tang Yu'an blinked. Space Stone? Why does this look so familiar?
"How's it going? What did you win?"
When Zhou Qi saw Tang Yu'an's expression, he knew that he definitely didn't win the points. Sure enough, after he asked, the boy took out a stone from his portable warehouse.
The stone is about the size of a finger, pitch black and with a very smooth surface.
A hint of red light appeared in Zhou Qi's eyes.
Feeling the fluctuations of the parasite in his body, he frowned slightly, closed his eyes and relaxed. After suppressing the parasite, he asked, "What is this?"
If it can attract the covetousness of parasites, it must be a good thing, but he can also feel that this is not a psychic stone.
"Space Stone."
Tang Yu'an replied: "The system said it's a rare material. I feel like I've seen it somewhere..."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qi fell silent.
After a while, he took a deep breath and said, "Can you open the furniture upgrade interface and take a look?"
Tang Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then finally reacted.
"Yes! Furniture upgrade materials!"
He opened the interface to check, "That's right, many furniture upgrades require space stones!"
For example, the super-capable cargo container and the automatic water-storing thermos require space stones to be upgraded to level 2. Because they were confused about how to obtain space stones, they had temporarily put them on hold.
This space stone is actually quite important.
Because the main shop level is upgraded to lv3, one of the conditions is that it needs to be equipped with 5 pieces of lv2 furniture.
They don't know how to obtain some materials for upgrading to level 2, such as space stones, which is one of the obstacles encountered in upgrading the main store level.
Unexpectedly, there was a ray of hope after a dark period. He actually drew a space stone in the lucky wheel!
“Haha, great!”
Tang Yu'an said, "I thought space stones could only be bought in plane stores."
He had noticed it in the plane store before, but it never appeared, so he forgot about it. He never thought it would appear in this way.
"An An, let's appraise the space stone." Zhou Qi suddenly said.
This way, there will be a system prompt when you see a space stone in the future. Maybe you can also pick it up on the road like a crystal stone? Although this sounds a bit far-fetched...
But if it's An An, how can it be impossible?
Tang Yu'an had no idea that Zhou Qi had such great confidence. Hearing his words, he nodded: "Oh, okay."
He used the primary identification skill on the space stone.
[Do you want to pay 5000 points as the appraisal fee and use the primary appraisal skill on this item? ]
When the appraisal fee came out, Tang Yu'an was stunned.
How much...how much?
The appraisal fee is 5,000 points! Tang Yu'an's pupils trembled.
"Brother Xiaoqi, each space stone is worth 50,000 points..." Tang Yu'an said stutteringly while holding the stone.
He finally understood why space stones were rarely sold in plane stores.
Such a small stone is actually worth 50,000 points! If it were sold at 10 times the price, that would be 500,000 points!
Obviously, this is not something he can access at his level——
Tang Yu'an also realized that the display windows he had seen in the plane store seemed to be worth less than four digits, and he had rarely seen anything worth five digits.
So is it because his level is too low, or is it because he has too few points?
Tang Yu'an looked at the space stone in his hand, his head becoming a little confused.
Zhou Qi couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
He said, "If I use this stone to trade with Kang Kang tomorrow..."
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up. Wouldn't that mean he would make a fortune?
But he quickly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's not possible. This space stone is bound to me."
Because the appraisal fee was too high, Tang Yu'an naturally could not spend 5,000 points to appraise this stone, so he chose the close option.
However, he still found some simple information in the item list function.
【Space Stone】
Description: Rare material
Status: Bound
Bound by: Tang Yu'an
Bound items cannot be traded, and will return to his hands after exceeding a certain distance.
Zhou Qi was a little disappointed, but it felt like it was within his expectations. After all, something so valuable would definitely be treated more carefully by the system.
But it shouldn't be something he was particularly cautious about, otherwise how could he have been so easily picked as a reward from the lucky wheel?
Zhou Qi looked at the space stone in Tang Yu'an's hand, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that upgrading the store is becoming increasingly difficult."
If each of the 5 level 2 furniture pieces requires a rare material, then the shop upgrade will probably take a long time to reach the next level.
"That shouldn't be the case. Not every furniture upgrade requires a space stone."
Tang Yu'an was optimistic. "I've already won a level 1 automatic water storage thermos before. Maybe I can get a level 2 magical furniture directly in the future?"
“…”
Zhou Qi was silent again.
Perhaps this is the confidence of the European Emperor.
He decided to end this sad topic, so he said, "Should I upgrade the super-capacity container first, or the automatic water storage thermos?"
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "Thermos cup?"
Although a super-capable container is definitely more cost-effective in terms of space, a thermos cup that can automatically store purified water is naturally more practical in terms of functionality.
"Then let's upgrade the thermos first." Zhou Qi said, "We'll prepare the materials tomorrow."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an nodded and carefully put the space stone into his personal storage.
Although this stone is bound to him and cannot be lost no matter what, he cannot help but treat it with caution when he thinks that this stone is worth 50,000 points.
After putting away the space stone, he went to the window of the dream bottle and took a look.
As the night deepens, more and more bottles drift in the sea of dreams.
Tang Yu'an discovered that there was another bottle drifting in the dream sea, with a brighter glow. Together with the ones with blue and green eyes, there were three in total.
The brightness of the light from these three drifting bottles was almost the same, and he couldn't tell which one was Xiao Hailan's.
Because of the transaction with Hongli, all the sea salt they had was used up, so they had to find Xiao Hailan to replenish it as soon as possible.
Fortunately, after the store level was upgraded to lv2, the number of drift bottles he could catch every day became two, and the probability of getting the small blue one was relatively high.
So Tang Yu'an opened the window, reached into the sea of dreams, and grabbed a brightly lit message in a bottle.
As he opened the bottle cap, a ball of bright light floated in the air. At the same time, a strange voice sounded in the attic.
“Save me…save me…”
This was a strange man's cry for help. His voice was very weak and no one knew what had happened to him.
So far, except for the one with green eyes whose age could not be determined, the other dream wishers seemed to be relatively young children. This was the first adult they had encountered.
Tang Yu'an cleared his throat and said in a serious tone, "I am a mysterious merchant of magical power. Tell me what you need, and perhaps I can satisfy you."
“Save me…save me…”
Unfortunately, the man seemed to be a little conscious and could only repeat this sentence.
Tang Yu'an didn't want to waste this opportunity to send a message in a bottle, so he tried to ask, "Are you injured? Or are you sick?"
“Save me…save me…”
Hearing the man's repeated words, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other.
"His light is very bright, just like the one with green eyes. I feel that he might be quite special, perhaps with superpowers or other special abilities." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an sighed, "Yeah, but he can't communicate at all like this. How can we do a deal?"
Zhou Qi thought for a moment, then said, "Let me try."
He looked up at the ball of light and said, "Give me half of your psychic stone, and I can give you this bottle of primary healing potion."
Zhou Qi took out a bottle of primary healing potion from his personal warehouse. There were only 4 drops left in it. Although the blood-restoring effect was not as good as the healing bandage, it could slowly heal the injury.
"If you answer 'Save me,' you agree to the terms of this deal."
After Zhou Qi finished speaking, he stopped, and the strange man's voice soon sounded again.
"Save me... Save me..." The voice was very weak, but it was still clearly audible in the attic late at night.
then……
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +920 points, +6 experience points, and +1 dream fragment.
[You have obtained 5 Earth Psychic Stones, please select the delivery address]
[1. Ping An Grocery Store Warehouse]
【……】
"Wow, five earth crystals!" Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi, his eyes full of admiration.
Zhou Qi was also stunned. He was just trying it out, but he didn't expect that this person actually had psychic stones in his hand, and there were as many as 10 of them.
"It seems this person is an earth-type ability user."
Zhou Qi looked at the earth crystal stone in Tang Yu'an's hand. Although the parasite in his body was still stirring, it could no longer control his consciousness.
"Yeah!" Tang Yu'an nodded. "I don't know how badly he was injured. Even in his dream he only had a faint sense of calling for help. There's no way to communicate at all."
After the transaction was completed, the light gradually dissipated.
Tang Yu'an threw the bottle in his hand back into the sea of dreams, hoping that the next time he picked up the bottle, the person would have regained consciousness.
Tang Yu'an was quite interested in the earth-type psychic stone in his hand.
Although including the 5 he just traded for, he now has a total of 18 crystals of various types in his hands, but he doesn't think it's too much at all.
After all, it will be needed to upgrade the furniture!
Thinking of something, Tang Yu'an opened the map, wanting to see where the dream wisher was. If he was in the deserted city, perhaps they could save him...
"Huh?"
Looking at the location of the newly added dream wisher on the map, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but be stunned.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Qi noticed his abnormality and asked.
Tang Yu'an stared at the map for a long time before looking at him and saying, "Brother Xiaoqi, that person just now... seems to be Lao Xie."
Zhou Qi's face showed surprise.
"Really." Tang Yu'an said, "His light spot is also in the center of the deserted city, overlapping with Lao Xie's."
On the map, a large golden light spot appeared in the center of the deserted city, which was originally covered by heavy fog. It stayed there motionless.
Tang Yu'an searched for Xie Chaori's mark, and an inverted triangle icon appeared above the big golden dot, overlapping with it.
So he was at least 99% sure that the person who made the wish in the dream just now was Chi Hao's companion - Lao Xie.
Although it was a little unbelievable, it didn't seem strange that they would retrieve his dream bottle since they were in the same deserted city.
"It seems that although he is still alive, his condition is very bad." Tang Yu'an said, "I don't know how long he can live..."
"There is a primary healing potion that should be able to extend his life." Zhou Qi comforted.
Tang Yu'an was not so optimistic. He shook his head and said, "He is so weak and his consciousness is confused. Is there any way to drink the medicine?"
That’s indeed a good question.
Zhou Qi had no choice but to say, "It all depends on his own luck. We can't help him any more."
The center of the deserted city is so dangerous that it is impossible for them to go there to rescue people for the time being.
"Didn't Brother Chi Hao say he would come back? If he can hold on until then, we'll tell Brother Chi Hao the location and let him go rescue him."
Tang Yu'an nodded, "That's the only way."
He looked at the map a few more times, and finally decided not to pay attention to this matter for the time being. He reached out and took out a drifting bottle from the dream sea.
This time I finally got the little Hailan one.
"Mysterious businessman...mysterious businessman..."
The little girl pleaded in her dream, crying pitifully, "Please look at me... My father and I have prepared so much salt..."
-
It's been several days.
The mysterious businessman had not appeared in Xiao Hailan's dreams for several days. No matter how much she prayed, he never appeared again.
The down quilt obtained in the last transaction allowed her and her father to keep warm on cold nights, and the five kilograms of food called brown rice also kept them full for a few days.
In order to get more salt, the whale stopped going out to sea to fish and went to the beach to dry salt.
Compared to the rough sea and the danger of losing one's life at any time, salt drying is much safer.
As long as the seawater is exposed to the scorching sun, dried sea salt can be obtained in less than a day. The only step that may be dangerous is when taking the water.
Haijing also remembered his daughter saying that the mysterious businessman wanted to get salt of higher quality.
Although his daughter's words were unclear, he probably understood one thing, which was that when drying salt, one should not wait until the seawater is completely dry before collecting the salt?
He tried several times, and although it was not very convenient to operate because there was no filter, he finally made salt that was whiter in color.
About 30 kilograms of seawater can produce one kilogram of salt. He worked hard for several days and only produced less than 20 kilograms of salt.
But this was mainly because he had spent his time digging pits in the early stages - he dug some pits on the beach to dry salt, and when the tide rose, sea water would flow into the pits, so he didn't have to take the risk of carrying water.
His companions who were fishing in the shallows couldn't understand what he was doing.
Instead of working hard to catch fish and find food, you spend all your energy on drying salt. Isn't this crazy?
You can't finish the salt, so why bother?
Of course, some people also speculated that the sea whales might be drying a large amount of salt for trading, but after observing for a few days, these people did not see the sea whales have any contact with outsiders.
Although I was puzzled, I didn't pay any attention to him.
However, as the five kilograms of brown rice gradually decreased and the mysterious merchant did not appear again, Xiao Hailan's worries and fears became more and more intense.
Although her father always comforted her, she prayed for the mysterious businessman to appear almost every night.
Until this evening...
"You want to see me?"
The long-lost voice sounded again in her dream, and Xiao Hailan finally felt relieved.
"Great! You've come to see me again!"
-
Listening to Xiao Hailan's happy voice, Tang Yu'an couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
In fact, he deliberately did not retrieve Xiao Hailan's message in the bottle these days. After all, he could only retrieve it once a day before, and he needed to develop more dream wishers.
But now they can make money twice a day, so they can increase the frequency of transactions.
"How have you been lately?"
Seeing that the little girl's dream was relatively stable, Tang Yu'an started chatting with her to understand the situation in Linhai Town.
"Um!"
Little Hailan was still a child after all. After she found that the mysterious businessman not only responded to her but also became approachable, she opened up.
Soon, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi learned about the movements of the father and daughter in the past few days.
Hai Jing thought of digging a pit on the seashore to dry salt, so he wasn't stupid. Not only that, he was also very proactive...
Tang Yu'an continued to guide Xiao Hailan to speak.
Unfortunately, she was too young and had never been to any other place except the village and the beach, so she didn't know much about the power situation in Linhai Town.
"If you want to know, I can ask Dad!"
Little Hailan said, "As long as you can answer my prayer, I can tell you anything you want to know!"
Tang Yu'an didn't say anything.
After all, if he responded to this, the system would likely identify it as a transaction, so he changed the subject and asked, "What do you need this time?"
"Food! We need food!"
"Please give us food. I will give all the salt in my house!"
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