Chapter 186
Ping An Grocery Store Attic.
Tang Yu'an looked at the twenty or so light spots surrounding Gan Lin, Lao Mo and others on the small map, and was somewhat curious about how their "miracles" were displayed.
"Want to go and see it with your own eyes later?" Zhou Qi said.
"Haha, okay."
Now that they have the RV mode, once they learn how to drive, they can take Ping An Grocery Store around. Just thinking about it makes people excited!
Tang Yu'an marked the people around Lao Mo and recorded them as the second batch of believers, and then distinguished them with numbers.
Although I don’t know their names and appearances, this way I can see at a glance what new people Lao Mo has recruited in the future.
Then they took the teleportation array back to the other dimension.
After a good night's sleep, Tang Yu'an started studying again. Because he had been busy traveling during this period, his progress had slowed down again and he had to catch up quickly.
Zhou Qi entered the giant tree forest and improved his strength by fighting giant insects and small and medium-sized creatures.
At present, he still doesn't dare to confront large creatures head-on, such as tigers and lions. In front of these real big guys, even the original forms of Yuanbao and Black Pearl become miniature.
Seeing this creature, Zhou Qi had no choice but to run away.
During Tang Yu'an's breaks from studying, they would go to the river together to catch giant crabs. It must be said that the crab claws, which were plump and tender and almost as big as footballs, were really delicious to eat.
And after discovering that the giant crab's claws can regenerate, every time they catch a crab, they only remove the claws and take them away, and then release the crab.
After all, such a big crab is not easy to cook.
After spending another ten days in the alternate dimension, when they returned to their own plane and saw Old Li again, he couldn't help but sigh, "You guys are really changing every day..."
Tang Yu'an chuckled, ran behind him and massaged his shoulders, then talked about using cement and bricks.
"If you need it, just take it yourself." Old Li smiled slightly. "Thanks to Miss Lin's improved production methods, our factory's efficiency has increased significantly."
It turns out that it was all thanks to Sister Lin!
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Tang Yu'an said.
Old Li waved his hand. He looked at the two teenagers and said, "Thank you for recommending Mo Ke and for placing such great trust in him. Don't worry, I will take good care of him."
For the never-married old man Li, Lin Zhen and Mo Ke had long been considered his family. Of course, now...
He looked at Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, and there was a bit more tenderness in his eyes, but he quickly restrained himself, waved his hand and said: "You guys go and do your work, I will go and do my work."
Watching Old Li leave, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi did not rush to leave.
[Do you want to deduct 5,000 points and 500 store popularity points to unlock the "Grocery Store Electricity Usage" feature for "Ping An Grocery Store No. 1"?]
The popularity spent by No.1 Store is 100 less than that of the main store.
Tang Yu'an chose yes. After unlocking the electricity supply of No. 1 Store, he connected the circuit and socket in Room 501, and bought light bulbs from the furniture mall for installation.
Then he bought 1,000 kWh of electricity for Store No. 1, tried turning the lights on and off, and after confirming that there was no problem, he sent a message to Lao Li using his optical computer, and then took away the green light strip and the spirit gathering grass.
He then installed electrical circuits in the stairwell and light bulbs so that residents wouldn't have to worry about falling when they returned home from the chat room at night.
Then the corridor on the 9th floor and Room 901 were also arranged.
After finishing all this, they went to Room 801 to find Grandma Guo. She did not go out to work today and was resting at home.
When they arrived, Grandma Guo was talking to Lin Lu, teaching her how to identify plants.
Lin Lu saw Tang Yu'an and the others, and hurriedly stood up, a little nervously saying: "Boss An... Manager Zhou..."
Tang Yu'an smiled at her, handed her the gift in her hand, and then said, "We have something to ask mother-in-law."
Lin Lu accepted the gift tactfully, then went out under the pretext of going out for a walk.
"Grandma, where's Kang Kang?"
"Alian took him and Lily to play in the yard."
Kang Kang is now much more lively than before. Although he still likes to stay with plants most of the time, at least he has made human friends and is willing to play with them.
But sometimes, he would say that Jin Lili was a plant, and this cognitive bias sometimes still made Grandma Guo worried.
But she felt relieved when she thought that as long as the deserted city home continued to exist, even if Kang Kang had the same personality in the future, it didn't seem to be a big problem.
"Mother-in-law, we have something to discuss with you."
Tang Yu'an told her that he wanted to take Kang Kang out for a trip in a few days. No matter how well they planned this, they had to get Granny Guo's consent first.
"Take Kang Kang out?" Granny Guo was a little surprised. "Where are you taking him?"
"We need his help with something." Tang Yu'an said vaguely, "Don't worry, we will ensure his safety. Whether the task is successful or not, he will be rewarded handsomely."
Granny Guo waved her hand. "Don't mention the reward or anything like that. Just one question: will what you want him to do be helpful to our home?"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were both stunned.
They didn't expect Granny Guo to say that. They thought about it and nodded.
If we can save Lan Hulin and gain the friendship of Lan Hu Town, it will definitely be helpful to the deserted city home.
Perhaps they can share what they have with each other in the future, allowing the two places to support each other and survive better in this wasteland.
Moreover, what Granny Guo said was...
"Our Home".
Hearing this word, Tang Yu'an felt his heart skip a beat, and a wonderful sense of accomplishment surged in his heart.
"If you are sure..."
Granny Guo paused, her face showing reluctance and worry, but she still said, "Then take him away. I trust you."
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi both felt a heavy burden on their shoulders, and they couldn't help but review their plans again.
He simply teleported Kang Kang to Blue Hulin, then used an umbrella to take him to the hills outside Blue Hulin, pretending that he had just returned.
There shouldn't be any danger in the Blue Hulin...
"Well, we promise to take good care of him!" Tang Yu'an said seriously, and Zhou Qi nodded beside him.
Granny Guo smiled kindly, "Okay, thank you for your help then."
Afterwards, while Granny Guo went into the house to get them some fruit, Tang Yu'an directly laid the circuit in Room 801 and installed the light bulbs.
Grandma Guo came back and looked at them in surprise.
"Mother-in-law, from now on, just press this switch and the room will be brighter." Tang Yu'an turned on the light tube, and the whole living room suddenly became brighter.
"This... this is a light..."
"Yes, it's free for you to use. We've told Grandpa Li that he won't accept your things even if you go to him."
Tang Yu'an chuckled, then took her laptop, plugged it into the socket, and it was immediately charged.
"From now on, you won't have to worry about your optical computer running out of power."
Granny Guo didn't know what to say. She could only continue to stuff the fruit in her hand into their mouths, and then turn on and off the lights like a child.
"This is good... This is good..."
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi said goodbye to Grandma Guo and went to Lin Zhen's room.
She appeared before them with disheveled hair and dirty face.
"Sister Lin, how many days have you not cleaned the house?" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but ask, "You are an employee of the home, you can't take the lead in violating the hygiene rules."
"I know, it's just that I haven't showered for three days!" Lin Zhen scratched his hair, "Don't I just have no time?"
Tang Yu'an couldn't bear it, so he cast a purification spell on her and the entire room 801.
"Wow, this is so comfortable..." Lin Zhen closed his eyes in enjoyment.
"What have you been busy with recently?" Tang Yu'an asked curiously.
"Studying chemistry and physics in junior high school was so interesting! I also did practical work, which helped improve the production efficiency of the brickyard and cement factory!"
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhen has passed the midterm exam and started studying junior high school courses!
Tang Yu'an suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart. He asked, "Sister Lin, have you finished all the elementary school courses so quickly?"
"I studied science and mathematics, and after passing the exams, I unlocked junior high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics."
At this point, Lin Zhen said happily, "There's magnetite in the iron ore you got. I'm researching magnetoelectricity! The electricity needed for the optical computer should be related to this, right?"
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. This was too amazing. Sister Lin was actually researching how to generate her own electricity!
"Yes, I heard from grandpa that you have improved the production efficiency of the brickyard and cement factory. We decided to give you a reward. I hope you will continue to work hard." Tang Yu'an said.
"What reward?" Lin Zhen looked curious.
"Please leave the room for a moment."
"oh oh."
Lin Jue watched Tang Yuan close the door mysteriously and couldn't help scratching his head. Then he ignored it and pulled Zhou Qi to discuss the difficulties he encountered with him.
Only after Tang Yu'an opened the door again did Lin Zhen reluctantly end the discussion with Zhou Qi.
"Sister Lin, please go in and take a look!"
"What on earth is this..."
Before Lin Zhen could finish her words, she had already noticed the new sockets and light bulbs in the room. "Wow, wow, is this a light bulb?"
"Yes," Zhou Qi said. He operated the panel for a moment and then told her, "I've connected this circuit to your employee account. You need to redeem your electricity quota with points."
Lin Zhen opened the wholesale mall and saw that "Grocery Store Electricity" was unlocked on his interface.
She knew Zhou Qi was the manager of Store No. 1, so she wasn't surprised that he had this authority. She looked at the light again and asked, "So this is also the ability of the mysterious businessman?"
"Yes, the mysterious merchant saw our efforts and unlocked new features for us."
Lin Zhen tried to exchange 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity, then turned on the light. Seeing the room become bright, he cheered.
"Great! I don't have to study in the dark at night!"
Looking at her ecstatic look, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but persuade her, "Staying up late is bad for your health, Sister Lin, you should go to bed early and get up early."
Only after Lin Zhen said he understood did they leave.
Back in Room 901, Tang Yu'an looked at the hard-mounted panel and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiaoqi, do you think we should expand the protective barrier outward?"
He was referring to the upgraded function of the Guardian Barrier.
[4. Unlock the outward expansion function: Starting from the store building, every 1000 points and 100 store popularity points deducted can expand outward by 1 meter]
So far, their outward expansion has been achieved by enclosing land with walls, which are cheaper and more efficient.
However, the security of the wall is greatly reduced. Once the wall is damaged, the protective barrier will directly shrink back to the minimum closed range, and the land outside will lose protection.
They now have plenty of points, and the store's popularity has accumulated to seven or eight thousand.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and asked, "No. 1 Store should be able to continue upgrading. What are the conditions for the upgrade?"
"Let me take a look."
Tang Yu'an glanced at it and read out: "Deduct 2000 points, the merchant level reaches lv15, the store popularity reaches 2000, 10 hard decoration upgrades are carried out, and 5 pieces of lv1 magical furniture are owned."
Finally, he said happily: "Everything is satisfied!"
So, he first upgraded the branch level to level 3.
After the upgrade, the number of employees that can be recruited increases to 7, the hard decoration unlocks more floor and wall materials, and also adds wallpaper and other patterns.
As for other functions, they are not yet available.
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "Then let's expand. We have enough points now, and expansion is not expensive."
"good!"
Tang Yu'an directly spent 50,000 points and 5,000 store popularity points to expand the protective barrier to a radius of 50 meters.
However, due to the rapid expansion of Old Li, the "yard" of the deserted city home has completely exceeded this range, so in fact nothing can be seen.
Inspired by this, they returned to Ping An Grocery Store to test whether it would work in RV mode.
Tang Yu'an only exchanged 2 meters, and then he saw that the water outside, which was almost close to the RV, was pushed away by a transparent barrier.
It actually works!
He and Zhou Qi looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes. Then, the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, opened the door for the first time and left the RV.
They walked around the RV.
The exterior of the car is silver-white, with a sign that says "Ping'an Grocery Store" hanging above the left side of the car. They can open a window on the left side and do business like a mobile ice cream truck.
There are glass windows on the right and rear sides, so you can see the carriage from the outside.
They tried it out. Tang Yuan entered the grocery store and could see Zhou Qi standing outside from the back door, but Zhou Qi could only see the interior of the carriage.
"This RV is great!" Tang Yu'an said happily.
He looked at the stones blocking the front of the car, thought for a moment, and then expanded the protective barrier outward by one meter. Then he used the item list function to move all the stones in front away.
After the stones were gone, Zhou Qi used his earth-related abilities to create a gentle slope in front of him.
Then they ran back to the RV, fastened their seat belts, and Zhou Qi started the RV and rushed directly up the gentle slope.
The silver-white RV broke through the water wall, and after a roar, it finally rushed out of the triangle area!
"Wow, we did it!" Tang Yu'an cheered and high-fived Zhou Qi who was looking at him.
Zhou Qi smiled and continued practicing driving.
Unfortunately, the road conditions were very bad and the wheels soon got stuck again.
"It seems like if we want to drive around, we have to build roads first." Tang Yu'an sighed as he watched this scene.
Zhou Qi thought about it and asked, "Can I just use the hard installation function to pave it directly?"
"ah?"
"Isn't there a cement floor? Can we lay it outside?"
Reminded by him, Tang Yu'an quickly opened the 3D map, and then found that the ground expanded with points and heat could also be paved with floors!
It turns out that it’s different if you spend money!
He tried the operation and found that he needed to clear the debris on the ground before laying the cement floor.
Just like he did with the rocks before, he used the inventory function to move all the debris on the ground to the back of the car, and then chose to lay cement -
"Wow! It worked!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi got out of the car to check, and saw that the 3x4 ground from the front of the car to under the wheels had become a flat concrete floor.
"Then can we use this method to complete the road construction task?"
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and asked, "What is the content of that mission?"
It's been so long that he has kind of forgotten about it.
Tang Yu'an shared this task with him again.
[Side Quest: "If you want to get rich, build roads first"]
[Description: In order to increase customer flow to the grocery store, road repairs are imminent]
【Task Content】
1. Build a smooth road between the deserted city and Jufeng Town to facilitate pedestrian travel (0/1)
[2. This road must pass by Ping An Grocery Store (0/1)]
[Task Rewards: Random Points (up to 5000 points), 1 Landmark Building (Signboard Flag), 1 48-Hour Traffic Drainage Card, 3 Lucky Wheel Draws]
Among the mission rewards, the 48-hour drainage card and 3 big wheel draws are quite good.
and……
"We can drive the RV to the edge of the deserted city, so that the distance required by the mission can be shortened a lot." Zhou Qi said.
Although 1 square meter of cement flooring only costs 1 point, every bit saved counts, and...
"After the flood, this road might attract more people from Jufeng Mountain to the deserted city, which might speed up the discovery of Store No. 1."
Hearing him say this, Tang Yu'an, who was originally quite excited, suddenly calmed down.
He thought for a moment and said, "But Brother Chi Hao is already on his way back to Qingmu Fort. It's only a matter of time before Qingmu Fort finds out about the situation in Desolate City."
Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi and asked, "Is it possible for us to win over Sister Hongli before then?"
"Strive for it?"
"Yes, just like fighting for Lanhu Town."
In the future, let Hongli become the manager of Store No. 2 and let her develop and manage the Kyoho Grocery Store. When the mysterious businessman shows her his magical power, won’t she be tempted?
Zhou Qi thought about this possibility seriously, then shook his head and said, "Red Carp is different from Lord Lan Hu."
Lan Yunqing is a native Lanhu person, while Hongli was trained in Qingmu Fort and sent to Jufeng Town.
"We can't underestimate her loyalty to Qingmu Fort." Zhou Qi shook his head and said, "I don't think we can win her over for now."
Even if she was hired as an employee, it would only restrict her from taking any action against the deserted city home.
She could have sent someone else. If she were to become the manager of the Jufeng Grocery Store and let her control the teleportation array, that would simply be giving someone else an advantage.
"We can't take that risk."
Tang Yu'an opened his mouth, then closed it again. "Okay, you're right."
Emotionally, he still likes Hongli very much, but rationally speaking, they really cannot place such trust in her.
At least for now.
"Then let's try it again later." Tang Yu'an said, "If you can fight for it, then try your best."
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "Let's put the road construction task on hold for now."
Delay the time for Jufeng Town to discover the deserted city home so that the deserted city home can be better prepared.
"Well, then, should we park the RV here?" Tang Yu'an asked.
It didn't seem to matter if we stopped here. After all, Ping An Grocery Store was always closed, and people outside couldn't see the RV at all.
What's more, they are still underwater, so it is even more unlikely that they will be discovered.
"Well, let's go to the grassland and choose a place to build a branch." Zhou Qi suggested.
"Okay!" Tang Yu'an became excited.
"Go find obsidian!"
So they parked the RV there and took the teleportation array to Lanhu Town. Tang Yu'an told the guards that he was going out and asked them to take him to the outside of Lanhu Forest.
This way you can avoid not showing up all day and arousing suspicion.
Of course after leaving, he greeted Mok on the store channel and told him not to worry.
After the guards disappeared from sight, Zhou Qi, who had been following them all the way, took Tang Yu'an under the umbrella, and then the two of them quickly rushed towards the grassland.
Because they set out a little late, they didn't walk out of the forest and into the grassland until dark.
The night on the grassland was very cold, almost like the deserted city before the flood, and the wind was strong, so they did not continue on their journey.
Tang Yu'an took out the magic tent and released the gold ingots and black pearls from the pet box.
Yes, he took them with him before leaving.
When we went from Jufeng Town to Lanhu Town, we left in a hurry and didn’t have time to bring him with us. When we got back, Black Pearl was a little upset, and Yuanbao was not very happy either.
So this time I finally brought them out, and the two little ones were quite happy.
Without Tang Yu'an's instructions, Yuanbao consciously changed back to his original form and stood guard outside the tent, while Black Pearl went into the tent.
Of course, it went into outer space.
Because the outer space was too simple, with neither a bed nor a source of warmth, the little kitten tilted its head and looked at Zhou Qi outside.
Zhou Qi felt its doubtful and condemning gaze and couldn't help laughing.
Tang Yu happily carried the kitten out, gave it and Yuanbao permission to enter the inner space, and then carried it in again.
Black Pearl found that the tent had turned into a small wooden house. She ran out in surprise, then ran in again, and then looked left and right and smelled.
When the little black ball flew out to greet Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, it was knocked directly to the ground.
Of course, the magic core quickly escaped and continued to fly towards Tang Yu'an relentlessly. In the process, it kept dodging the attacks of the black pearl and was not defeated by it again.
[The Magic Core is greeting you: Master, long time no see! How can I help you?]
Tang Yu'an touched its head with his fingers, then took out a crystal stone the size of a soybean and fed it to it.
Seeing the little black ball rolling up the crystal stone and swallowing it with a smacking sound, he couldn't help but smile.
"Please prepare some hot water for us. I want to take a bath."
[The magic core is responding to you: OK, Master, the heat array has been activated. Please enter the bathroom and open the valve.]
"Thank you."
Tang Yu'an touched the little black ball again, then went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Zhou Qi was waiting in the living room. Just when he was about to read a book, he saw that the little black ball was entangled by the cat again.
It dodged left and right in mid-air, like a fully automatic cat-teasing device, and was never scratched by the cat's claws, which aroused Black Pearl's desire to win!
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