Chapter 165
"God, miracle?"
Shazi and Luo Xiaolei were dumbfounded. They never expected Lao Mo to say that.
"That's right!" Lao Mo said firmly.
Ever since Gan Lin told him that the mysterious businessman was going to send them a flood, Lao Mo has been thinking about how to deal with this matter.
Can it be concealed? Of course it cannot be concealed.
Since he couldn't hide it, he might as well go big! Especially after constantly exploring the panel opened for him by the mysterious merchant, Lao Mo felt that there was something interesting to do.
Only with a group of loyal believers can his and Gan Lin's safety be protected, and they can also conduct transactions openly and obtain more points.
That’s right, Lao Mo wants to create a god!
"I won't hide it from you anymore." Lao Mo said seriously, "I have become the apostle of the mysterious merchant. This is the water he gave us."
"God, the mysterious businessman?" Sha Zi looked at him blankly, feeling that the name of this god didn't seem very impressive?
"Yes," Lao Mo said calmly, "He is a newborn god. This is just the code name he uses when walking among the human world."
"But..." Lao Mo pointed to the full well of water.
"As you can see, although His power is still growing, it is already enough for us to change our destiny!"
The sand has been completely subdued.
Luo Xiaolei still looked at Lao Mo with suspicion. She said, "Lao Mo, you've been to the fortress before, so you should know that the fortress has strict control over missionary work."
In such an end times, people's mental state is constantly impacted, so some people seek comfort from gods, and naturally many religions are derived.
Yanlong Fort does not encourage religion and strictly prohibits missionary activities, so religion has not spread in the fortress.
Lao Mo smiled and said, "It seems you don't believe me."
Who in their right mind would believe this?
Faced with Luo Xiaolei's questioning, Lao Mo did not rush to explain, but just maintained a faint, charlatan-like smile on his face.
"You'll believe it later," Lao Mo said. "The mysterious businessman really exists, there's no doubt about it."
Luo Xiaolei thought for a moment, then looked towards the well and said, "If you give me water to drink, I will trust you."
Lao Mo laughed.
"The mysterious merchant not only gave us water, but also food and weapons!"
Lao Mo raised the mantis sickle in his hand. "This is a deity that draws power from commerce. I need to complete the transaction to gain his approval and receive his blessing."
"Are the soybeans you gave me also from the mysterious merchant?" Shazi asked curiously.
"That's right." Lao Mo nodded.
"It seems that this is a kind god!" Shazi said sincerely.
He could obtain supplies just by trading. Among all the religions he had come into contact with, this one was very kind and practical.
If this was a god who encouraged people to be good, the sand would have been the first to run away, but the deal...
Don’t they do it every day?
Lao Mo looked at the sand with satisfaction. He was indeed a veteran who had been working in the wasteland for many years. He was more knowledgeable than the young people.
"You're right. This is a benevolent and kind God. He saves all living beings and relieves those in need. If it weren't for Him, Gan Lin and I would have died under the fire dragon's glare..."
Speaking of this, Lao Mo couldn't help but feel more sincere.
Yes, he was about to die, but the mysterious businessman extended his life and gave them hope.
Whatever He is, He is a god to them!
Looking at the fanaticism in Lao Mo's eyes, Luo Xiaolei opened her mouth and finally closed it again.
And Shazi asked, "So this water is given to us by the gods? Can we use it as we please?"
Lao Mo glanced at him and said, "Of course not. You need to find the Fire Stone and come to me to trade."
"What do you need so many fire stones for? The weather is so hot..." Shazi muttered.
"Aren't you afraid that we will take over this well?" Luo Xiaolei suddenly asked.
Lao Mo sneered, "Can you hold on? Without me, where would you get these supplies?"
He raised his left hand, and a handful of white salt appeared out of thin air on his palm. He raised his right hand, and 100 grams of red-skinned peanuts appeared on his palm.
The peanuts fell to the ground with a clatter, and Sha Zi and Luo Xiaolei, who were standing in front of Lao Mo, were stunned.
The two of them looked at each other, then Shazi squatted down, picked up a red-skinned peanut and put it into his mouth.
“It’s real peanuts!”
Although it is raw, for those who have even chewed grass roots, it is truly a delicacy.
Luo Xiaolei also took a step forward, and at Lao Mo's nod, she dipped some white particles with her fingers, put them in her mouth to taste, and then her eyes lit up.
"It's salt! Refined salt without any impurities!"
Luo Xiaolei was really surprised.
She had been staring at Lao Mo and her mental power was covering him, so she knew very well that Lao Mo was not playing any tricks just now.
These two things really appeared in his hands out of thin air!
She looked at the water in the well, then at the two supplies in Lao Mo's hand, her expression becoming more and more incredulous.
Lao Mo...
Isn't everything he said true? Is there really a god named "Mysterious Merchant" in this world?
-
Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had no idea that Lao Mo was playing such a big game. After trading 8 cubic meters of water, they got 20 fire stones.
Although there are fewer today, there is nothing Lao Mo and the others can do if they want to dig a well, so there will probably be more in the future.
Tang Yu'an continued to fish out the bottle.
He still reached out to the pile of brightly glowing bottles. When the light balls in the bottles floated into the air, an unexpected sound rang out in the attic.
"Mysterious merchant...Mysterious merchant...Are you there?" The man's voice was filled with weak pleading.
Xie Chaori? Didn't he refuse the deal?
Tang Yu'an was a little confused. He said, "I'm here."
"You finally show up again!" Xie Chaori's voice was obviously excited.
Tang Yu'an was getting more and more confused. He exchanged glances with Zhou Qi before asking tentatively, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Nothing..." Xie Chaori's voice sounded a little broken. "How many days has it been now?"
"Has it been since we last communicated?"
"Yes."
Tang Yu'an calculated the days and said, "About five days."
"Only five days?" Xie Chaori asked doubtfully, "Why do I feel like it's been at least a month?"
"I don't have to lie to you." Tang Yu'an said confidently, "Only five days have passed."
"Then why didn't you show up?" Xie Chaori said aggrievedly.
Tang Yu'an was speechless.
He had already refused the deal, so why would he show up? Besides, he hadn't picked up his bottle in the past few days.
"I remember you refused the deal last time." Zhou Qi also spoke.
"Yes, I rejected the deal. Even if I healed my injuries, I would still die. But now I feel like I'm going crazy if I continue like this!"
The world underwater is dark and gloomy.
Most of the time, it is quiet and lonely here except for the sound of water, and only occasionally do animals pass by.
Xie Chaori was in such an underwater world and had no sense of time at all.
He could only tell whether it was day or night from the dim light, but no matter what time it was, time was so unbearable.
"I really can't stand it anymore! If no one talks to me anymore, I'm really going crazy!"
Hearing Xie Chaori's cry, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but feel sympathy.
That does sound scary.
Tang Yu'an felt that this was no different from being locked up in a small dark room.
"But we can't help you with anything." Tang Yu'an said.
"I know, I just hope you can talk to me..." After the excitement just now, Xie Chaori became weak again.
"Perhaps you need another drop of healing potion?" Zhou Qi said, "One drop of potion cannot heal your injury, but it can improve your perception."
Xie Chaori smiled bitterly and said, "In my current state, even if my perception is improved, it won't be a good thing..."
"So the center of the deserted city is so dangerous, why did you go there in the first place?" Tang Yu'an asked.
Xie Chaori fell silent.
"Can't you tell me?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"When we came here, we didn't know there would be so many mutant creatures here..." said Xie Chaori.
"So you discovered a secret in the center of the deserted city?" Zhou Qi asked pointedly, "Right?"
Xie Chaori was silent for a while before he said, "Indeed, if you can get me out of here, I will tell you."
"By that time, the secret you discovered will be of no value to us." Zhou Qi said coldly.
Xie Chaori smiled bitterly again.
"So what do I get from telling you this secret now? Can you keep talking to me?"
That is of course impossible.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but think, buy him a light computer? But even if the light computer is waterproof, it will be difficult to keep it safe in a place like the center of the deserted city, right?
What's more, Xie Chaori is now a stone. He can't speak and can't issue commands to the optical computer, so the optical computer naturally can't communicate with him.
Suddenly thinking of something, Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, and he said, "You actually feel bored, right?"
It’s not that he needs someone to talk to him, he just wants someone to talk to him because he is bored!
"What you mean is..." Xie Chaori was puzzled.
"You can become my employee. I'll give you certain points and benefits. You can use the points to redeem courses, and then someone will talk to you."
Although the course teacher is AI, he is highly intelligent and can engage in conversation.
What’s more, you can choose the conscious communication mode!
Although conscious communication is a bit difficult, once you start to lose focus and think about other things when asking questions, the course teacher will receive garbled text.
After becoming his employee, you can also see the message board of the forum.
Although Xie Chaori was unable to upgrade to level 5 and enable message permissions, he could at least see the information everyone was communicating on the message board.
This shouldn't be so boring, right?
"But after you become my employee, we won't be able to talk in dreams. It's your choice."
Or you can become an employee, and when you are bored you can take classes or lurk on the message board.
Or continue like now, meeting them in dreams once every few days or longer, and have a brief conversation with them.
Xie Chaori became quiet and seemed to be hesitating.
Finally, when Tang Yu'an thought he was going to refuse, he said, "If I become your employee, will I be controlled by you?"
"I won't control you, but you have to follow some rules."
After a moment, Xie Chaori made up his mind.
"Okay, but I can only tell you half of it," he whispered.
Tang Yu'an thought about it and nodded: "That's fair."
For Xie Chaori, being his employee does not bring much benefit. He can only get a little spiritual comfort, and his memory may be erased by him at any time.
So it was fair that he only told half the secret.
"However, you need to tell me the secret first before I will send you the recruitment information." Tang Yu'an said.
"How can I trust you?" Xie Chaori said.
What if he told it and the mysterious businessman went back on his word?
"Then that's your business." After all, they didn't necessarily have to know this secret. In this transaction, Xie Chaori's need was more urgent.
Xie Chaori gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree!"
After all, he was able to survive until now thanks to the potion given by these two people. Without them, he would be dead now.
From these two contacts, it can be seen that this mysterious businessman is not a vicious person.
So, Xie Chaori decided to take a gamble.
Otherwise, he felt that if he continued like this, it wouldn't be long before he would go crazy due to a mental breakdown.
He took a deep breath and said, "Every fortress will want this place."
"You mean the center of the deserted city?" Tang Yu'an was surprised.
"That's right."
"Why?"
Faced with this question, Xie Chaori fell silent and did not answer.
Obviously, he had told half of the secret.
To be honest, this half secret... is indeed quite valuable to Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi.
If all the fortresses want to get here, then after Chi Hao returns to Qingmu Fort to report on his work, will Qingmu Fort send more people here?
I'm afraid there will be more than two people sent this time.
In that case, the development of the deserted city home will definitely be hindered, and it may even be attacked because of exposure!
By that time, it would probably become a reality that Hongli would lead the guards to attack them...
The expressions of both of them became very solemn.
"I've said it all, you will keep your promise, right?" Xie Chaori's voice sounded again.
Tang Yu'an opened his mouth but was stopped by Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi said, "You said that all the fortresses would want to obtain the center of the deserted city. How much would they be willing to pay for it?"
"Some... probably will do it at any cost." Xie Chaori said, "Okay, I've said enough."
He was unwilling to say more, and Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had no choice but to send the recruitment information.
[You complete a no-profit, no-loss transaction with a dream wisher, experience +6, dream fragment +1]
["Xie Zhaori" has accepted your recruitment...]
[The wisher in this dream has become your employee. You can no longer trade with him in the dream. The dream is about to be shattered.]
"Mysterious businessman, I..."
Just when Xie Chaori was halfway through his words, his ball of light dissipated, and the bottle in Tang Yu'an's hand shattered into light spots and finally disappeared.
Just as they guessed, after turning the dream wisher into an employee, they could no longer pick up his message in a bottle.
Tang Yu'an looked at Xie Chaori's panel information.
【Xie Zhaori】
Staff level: lv0 (0/10)
Age: 36
Height: 185cm
Skill: Earth Element Control
Title: None
Comprehensive ability: B
Potential: S
Special status: shared ecology, seriously injured (health value less than 25%), petrified
Xie Chaori's overall ability is one level higher than Chi Hao's! It's a pity that he is petrified and can't help him make a deal.
As agreed, Tang Yu'an opened the mall for him, unlocked the twelve-year compulsory education courses, and gave him a 120-point bonus.
This was enough for him to redeem all the courses.
At the same time, he was given separate permission to view the message board - currently employees need to upgrade their level to lv1 to view the message board, and he can set this separately.
As for the permission to leave messages, he could do nothing about it.
Perhaps he needs to raise his level a few more levels before he can unlock the relevant permissions.
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Deserted city center.
Xie Chaori woke up from his dream.
The underwater world around him was still dark and he could only hear the sound of the waves, but this time it was different.
A light screen appeared in front of him.
What is this? Could it be the course the mysterious merchant mentioned... Then system messages kept popping up.
[The mysterious merchant has unlocked the mall panel for you...]
[You receive 120 personal points...]
[Forum is open, message board viewing permission has been enabled...]
Xie Chaori was stunned. Forum message board?
He stared at the light screen, and as he wished, the light screen automatically entered the forum page and displayed the message board.
It's night time now, and the message board is quite lively.
[Rock]: Brother Little Green, have you really defeated the mutant giant dog?
【Green as Blue】: Isn’t that a piece of cake?
[Panshi]: Wow! You're amazing! I want to awaken my superpowers too...
【Green as Blue】: How old are you?
[Pu Wei]: A friendly reminder on the message board: do not disclose your real information to others at will.
[Green as Blue]: Tsk, who cares to know!
[Rock]: Pu Wei didn't mean to offend you. Don't be angry, Brother Xiaolu. Can you tell me more of your heroic story?
【Green as Blue】: Huh
Looking at the messages that kept popping up on the message board, Xie Chaori couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
This message board is a bit like the chat group used in the fortress - this kind of communication equipment can only be used in the fortress, and there will be no signal outside the fortress, so it is relatively useless.
Green as Blue... His speaking style is quite similar to Chi Hao's, but...
Xie Chaori looked at his nickname again and shook his head. Even if he wanted to kill Chi Hao, he would not have this nickname, let alone be called "Little Green".
Soon, people with other nicknames appeared.
It seems that this mysterious businessman has quite a lot of employees, but why has he never heard of this organization before?
Xie Chaori thought about it and put the question behind him.
He doesn't even know if he'll ever see the light of day again, so why think so much?
The message board was bustling with activity, and Xie Chaori finally felt a hint of life. The only pity was that he couldn't join in.
You need to reach level 5 to leave a message... I don't know how to upgrade.
There was only one item in his mall, "Twelve Years of Compulsory Education (Full Education Edition)". After the message board gradually became deserted, Xie Chaori chose to exchange for the first-grade course.
Although the first grade sounded very simple and childish, he was bored anyway, and the courses in the upper grades were still in a gray area, so he decided to give it a listen.
When he saw the holographic image appearing before his eyes, Xie Chaori was surprised again.
He seemed to have underestimated the ability of that mysterious businessman...
Just listening to his words, he doesn't seem like someone from the fortress, let alone someone who has reached a high position.
Otherwise, after hearing the half secret he said, I should have guessed it...
Xie Chaori switched between three different versions of holographic images, and "teachers" of different age groups gave different answers to the questions he asked.
Moreover, these answers really sound like real people, not artificial intelligence at all.
Xie Chaori couldn't help but take a breath in his heart.
He seemed to have underestimated the mysterious merchant! This was definitely a big shot, and it wasn't just a matter of awakening the mysterious power of dream trading!
Thinking of his previous rudeness towards him, Xie Chaori couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
At the same time, hope arose in his heart.
If the mysterious businessman is also interested in the center of the deserted city... will he still have a chance to be rescued in the future?
The mysterious businessman knew Chi Hao, and also knew that he was on his way back to Qingmu Fort...
Was Xiaohao also recruited as an employee?
Unfortunately, he doesn't have permission to leave a message...
Xie Chaori sighed again, decided to continue observing for the time being, and immersed himself in the course.
I have to say, these courses are quite interesting...
-
The last message in the bottle, Tang Yu'an touched the one with green eyes.
He was also the last one yesterday. Because the mutant blueberries had been traded out, Green Eyes took out a new fruit - mutant strawberries.
It also has the function of detoxification, and is particularly effective against toxins from chemical substances. It can also repair damaged liver.
Green Eyes exchanged two kilograms of strawberries for a bottle of primary healing potion, but he didn't expect to find his bottle again today.
"Do you want to change the potion?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"No, I won't change." The green-eyed man's voice was no longer hoarse, and became a little more pleasant.
Moreover, his speech has improved rapidly and it is much easier to communicate with him than before.
"You seem very happy. Did something good happen?" Tang Yu'an asked with a smile.
"Well... okay... he's fine..."
"Who's better?" Tang Yu'an asked curiously.
However, Green Eyes did not answer, but just smiled happily, and soon his dream was shattered.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but move the map to the location of the green eye, and saw that in the area of the abandoned chemical factory, in addition to the light spot of the green eye, there was another green dot!
Because they were too close and Tang Yu'an didn't look carefully, he didn't notice it until now.
Besides green eyes, is there anyone else who can survive in the poisonous fog? It's amazing!
Tang Yu'an marked the green dot with information, then threw the green-eyed bottle back into the sea of dreams and drew a prize.
He drew the daily refresh card again today. He shook his head and went to bed with Zhou Qi.
That night, they slept soundly again.
When Tang Yu'an woke up the next day, he saw a system message pop up as soon as he opened his eyes.
["Lan Yunqing" has accepted your recruitment. Would you like to open the employee panel immediately? ]
【whether】
Wow! Did the lord of Lanhu Town finally agree to accept his recruitment?
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Anzai: I slept really well last night [milk tea]
Lan Yunqing: I didn’t sleep all night [melted]
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