Chapter 187
The magic tent is the absolute domain of the magic core.
No matter how the black pearl attacked and bit, and even used its special powers, it could not do anything to the little black ball.
Black Pearl stared at the small black ball in the air for a full minute, and finally walked towards the tent exit cursing.
Zhou Qi thought it had given up, but...
When Tang Yu'an came out of the shower, he saw Yuanbao had run into the magic tent at some point.
The four-eyed puppy was holding the little black ball under its belly, while the kitten was lying beside the puppy, scratching the little black ball hard with its claws, as if venting its anger.
Tang Yu'an was a little confused and was about to tell them not to bully the magic core when he saw the little black ball suddenly disappear.
When it appeared in mid-air, Yuanbao also flashed, hugged the little black ball again, and then flashed again...
Looking at them flashing back and forth, not to mention Tang Yu'an, even Black Pearl felt dizzy.
Finally, Yuanbao didn't stop until the little black ball hid in Tang Yu'an's clothes. It was also panting, but its eyes were surprisingly bright.
It is obvious that Yuanbao regards the magic core as a training object.
"Yuanbao, Tuantuan is tired, let it rest for a while." Tang Yu'an persuaded.
Yuanbao couldn't help but look back at Black Pearl.
As the instigator, it snorted coldly, as if it had finally let out its anger, turned around, walked like a cat, and jumped into the attic to find a comfortable place to sleep.
Without support, Yuanbao had to suppress his playful mood. After shouting, he ran outside to keep watch.
Tang Yu'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He touched the little black ball hidden in his pocket and comforted it, "It's okay, they are playing with you."
The little black ball rubbed against Tang Yu'an's fingers, the soft and sticky touch was very wonderful.
[The magic core is asking you: Master, do you need me to prepare a midnight snack for you?]
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but laugh, "You can cook too?"
[The magic core is responding to you: Yes, Master.]
"Can you prepare breakfast for us tomorrow?" Tang Yu'an picked and chose in the portable warehouse and handed the ingredients to the magic core.
This way, Xiaoqi brother doesn’t have to get up early to cook!
When Zhou Qi came out and learned the news from Tang Yu'an, he reacted indifferently and did not seem very happy.
When Tang Yu'an woke up the next day, he saw that he was already awake and he had made breakfast for him.
Xiaoqi really loves cooking! But...
"Brother Xiaoqi's cooking is still the best!" Tang Yu'an's cheeks were bulging with food, and the food tasted especially sweet.
A smile finally appeared on Zhou Qi's face.
"Yes." He said softly, "I will make it for you every day from now on."
"Okay!" Tang Yu'an nodded without thinking.
The little black ball, whose job was taken away, was suspended in mid-air. He silently swallowed his accusations and went to the attic to make his bed.
When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi set out again, the sun was already high in the sky.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi sat on the back of Black Pearl and moved forward. They were wearing black cloaks made of room-temperature cloth, which made them feel very comfortable even under the scorching sun.
Because of the presence of Black Pearl, the Shadow Umbrella was not deployed for the time being. Several daggers made of mutant metal were controlled by Black Pearl and flew lazily around them.
A giant eagle flew by in the sky, but after careful assessment, it did not dare to come down to provoke it.
As they advanced and searched across the grassland, they decided to find a place with water to settle down.
This grassland probably hasn't had any rain for a long time. The land is very dry, the grass is green and yellow, and there are many places where the soil is exposed and not covered by plants.
The animals living in this grassland must be going through a hard time.
As they continued to move forward, they cleared the layers of fog on the map.
After leaving the deserted city and Jufeng Mountain, they finally realized that the population in this wasteland was really sparse.
After running on the grassland for most of the day, they didn't see a single person. If they had started here, it would probably be more difficult than in the deserted city.
Finally, near dusk, they found a depression in the eastern part of the grassland.
The area of this depression is not small, and it is estimated to be as big as two football fields. It was originally supposed to be a lake, but under the scorching sun, the water is almost dry.
I don’t know if there is groundwater, but it is obvious that the outflow of groundwater cannot keep up with the evaporation rate of the lake water.
"Let's build the new branch here." Zhou Qi said.
"But this place is still quite far from the obsidian..." Tang Yu'an looked at the map, feeling a little hesitant.
"A wolf's territory is not fixed. Once there is no food in the territory, they will migrate."
Zhou Qi said, "If we make this place prosperous, they will naturally come here."
Tang Yu'an thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.
So he agreed to Zhou Qi's proposal, climbed down from Black Pearl's back, and then took out the construction robot.
Then they used their telekinetic skills to transfer the cement and bricks from the No. 1 Store warehouse, and then Zhou Qi used his earth-related abilities to get a lot of sand.
While the construction robots began to build the house, Tang Yu'an was not idle.
He looked at the nearly dried-up lake, roughly estimated its size, and then transferred half of the water from the swimming pool's reservoir.
A giant block of water, 30x30x3, totaling 5040 cubic meters, appeared in Tang Yu'an's sight in an instant, and then fell down due to gravity, falling into the depression that was about to dry up.
The water rumbled towards the lowest point of the depression, covered it, and then quickly rose until the entire water surface was level.
It is extremely shocking to create this scene with your own hands and witness it happen with your own eyes.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at the water level that was raised by one third in an instant, making the depression finally look like a lake, and they couldn't suppress the excitement on their faces.
At this moment, there are still people who are as excited as they are.
I saw two figures lying in a low bush opposite the lake. They were hiding in the shadow of the bushes, motionless.
Because the distance was too far, even Black Pearl didn't notice them, and the map was shrouded in fog, so Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi didn't notice that someone was secretly watching them.
The person lying in front, holding a pair of binoculars in his hand, saw everything happening in front.
"Dad, please take a look for me, I can't see..."
Lying behind him was a young man in his early twenties. He was also looking at the lake, but because of the distance, he couldn't see clearly with the naked eye.
The middle-aged man next to him finally took off the telescope and handed it to him.
"So much water..." the young man muttered, "Who are those two people?"
Because of the distance and the dark sky, they could not see the faces of the two men in black cloaks even with a telescope.
Suddenly, the young man's expression changed.
“It’s started again!”
The middle-aged man hurried over, and each of them looked through the telescope's tube and saw what was happening on the other side of the lake.
I saw a slightly shorter cloaked man standing in front, another cloaked man on his left, and a huge black panther on his right.
Even when the black leopard was squatting, the tall cloaked man was only at the height of its chest. However, such a terrifying beast stayed obediently beside the two cloaked men.
The light, which had gradually turned dim, fell on them, making the scene look even more mysterious.
As they watched, a huge transparent cube suddenly appeared in front of the cloaked man.
A cube made of pure water sparkled beautifully in the afterglow of the setting sun, and then the next moment—
"boom!!!"
The huge water cube fell into the lake again, stirring up layers of surging waves, and finally merged into the lake.
Because the terrain of this lake is bowl-shaped, after the same amount of water enters, the water level does not rise as much as before.
However, this lake that was about to dry up is now half full!
Is such a mighty power even achievable by a human? Those two mysterious cloaked figures... could they be messengers of the gods?
The young man swallowed and said, "Dad, do we still need to go get water?"
Their main purpose of coming here was to fetch water, but before they even got close to the lake, his father discovered the supernatural power by the lake and hurriedly pulled him down to avoid it.
Then they witnessed this divine power that was beyond their imagination.
The middle-aged man frowned. Just as he was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed. He whispered, "Go, go!"
The young man also quickly noticed the reason why his father was so frightened -
They saw the huge black panther squatting next to the cloaked man, looking towards them, and their sights collided through the telescope!
The young man felt his heart stop and all the blood in his body froze.
His father snatched the binoculars and stuffed them into his backpack, then pulled him back quickly.
However, how could their speed compare to that of a giant black cat that was over three meters long? Not to mention that the giant black cat also possessed supernatural powers!
"call out--"
Arriving before the big black cat was a mutant metal dagger, which flew over and stabbed directly into the father and son's retreating path.
The young man was so frightened that his soul flew away. He subconsciously grabbed the spear in his hand and looked at the big black cat running towards them.
"Black Pearl!"
When the big black cat rushed out, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi noticed it immediately and realized that something might be happening on the other side of the lake.
Tang Yu'an immediately summoned the dormant Yuanbao from the pet box, and then prepared to go over to check.
However, Zhou Qi held him back.
"Brother Xiaoqi?"
"The other side might be human."
Zhou Qi concentrated his scattered mental power in one direction and could sense that they were two ordinary humans, not dangerous creatures.
"Oh oh." Tang Yu'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already given instructions to his pets that they should not actively harm humans unless they were attacked, so Black Pearl should not do anything to those two people.
Of course, just in case, he still thought they should rush over immediately.
Zhou Qi asked, "Does the plane store sell masks or something like that?"
"Let me take a look."
Although he didn't understand why Zhou Qi asked such a question at this time, Tang Yu'an still opened the plane store to search as he was told.
"Yes, the cheapest one costs 1,000 points and has the effect of adjusting the voice."
Seeing this, Tang Yu'an understood. He looked at Zhou Qi: "You mean..."
"Since we are building a branch here, it is better not to use our original identities as it is easy to be exposed," Zhou Qi said.
This place is not far from Jufeng Mountain and Lanhulin. If people on the grassland go to these two places, it will be easy to spread their news.
The characteristics of the two of them are so obvious that anyone who has come into contact with them can easily make the connection.
Tang Yuan nodded in understanding and quickly spent 2,000 points to buy two masks.
【Voice Changing Mask】
Description: This is a high-tech product that automatically adheres to the face after being worn. It will not fall off no matter how strenuously you exercise, and only the user can take it off.
The user's voice can be changed according to the user's needs.
One of these masks is silver and the other is black, both are made of metal and have a very technological design.
Tang Yu'an tried putting it on his face and found that apart from the soft touch at the beginning, there was no other special feeling.
Once the mask was completely attached to his face, the soft foreign feeling disappeared.
Although it is a full-face mask, it does not affect breathing. If you don’t look in the mirror, you probably won’t remember that you are wearing a mask.
Tang Yu'an tried to adjust his voice, then looked at Zhou Qi and asked tentatively: "Brother Xiaoqi?"
The clear yet childish voice became somewhat mature, sounding like a young man in his early 20s.
Zhou Qi also adjusted his voice and sounded like he was in his 20s, but it was obviously deeper than Tang Yu'an's.
Looking at the metal masks on each other's faces and the black cloaks wrapped to their ankles, even if Chi Hao was here, it would probably be difficult to recognize them at first glance.
After all, they had grown a lot taller because they had been in the other world for eight or nine months.
"Let's go!"
The two climbed onto Yuanbao's back and reached the other side of the lake in a few flashes.
The father and son hugged each other in fear. Around them were flying mutant metal daggers, as if they would shoot down and take their lives at any time.
Black Pearl was squatting not far away, wagging its tail and staring at them leisurely.
When they saw two cloaked men riding on another four-eyed giant wolf and appearing in front of them in the blink of an eye, the father and son screamed and almost fainted.
But soon, the middle-aged man pressed his son to the ground and knelt down in front of Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi.
"My Lords, we are just passing by by chance and have no intention of offending you! Please spare our lives!"
The young man also reacted and began to beg for mercy tremblingly, his whole body shaking. His already dark face became even more discolored with snot and tears.
Looking at this poor father and son, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel sorry.
Having said that, out of caution for the wastelanders, he did not step forward to help, but stood beside Yuanbao and kept the necessary distance from the two strangers.
"Get up," he said. "It will not hurt you."
Although his voice had changed, it still sounded clear and crisp, and his gentle tone soothed the frightened father and son.
And after Tang Yu'an looked over, Black Pearl also put the dagger back.
It yawned boredly, walked away with elegant cat steps and swung its tail, which made the father and son finally believe what Tang Yu'an said.
"Who are you?" Zhou Qi asked.
"We live nearby..." the middle-aged man replied in a trembling voice, "We originally wanted to come here to fetch water, but we didn't expect..."
Having said this, his face suddenly turned pale and he didn't dare to say any more.
"Did you see it?"
The black-masked man's leisurely voice sounded. Although he sounded young, to the ears of the father and son, it sounded like a death spell and was full of oppression.
"No, no! We didn't see anything!"
"You didn't see anything about us, please don't kill us..."
Perhaps they thought they had discovered some secret and were worried about being killed to silence them, so the father and son repeatedly denied everything they had just seen.
"You don't have to be so nervous."
Zhou Qi's deep voice sounded, "We are not bad people."
The father and son fell silent, hugged each other and trembled, obviously not believing what he said.
Zhou Qi looked at them and asked, "Are you here to get water? Where are your water containers?"
The middle-aged man pointed to the bushes not far away.
"Go and get it." Zhou Qi said.
Without his father's words, the young man ran over and grabbed a wooden barrel from the bushes.
In order to prevent water from spilling out while walking, the wooden barrel had a lid. Zhou Qi asked him to open the lid.
He estimated the capacity of the wooden barrel, and then used his telekinesis skill to fetch water from the reservoir of No. 1 Store, filling it exactly 80% full.
The father and son stared at the scene in amazement.
There it is again, this ability to create water out of thin air!
"You can take this bucket of water, but you must exchange it for something." The young man's deep voice sounded again.
"Exchange?"
"Um."
"Excuse me...what do you need?" the middle-aged man asked, suppressing his fear.
Zhou Qi looked at Tang Yu'an, who also reacted. He looked at the two people and did not rush to answer. Instead, he asked, "What are your names?"
"Everyone calls me Lao Ping, and this is my son, Ashan."
Like most wastelanders, they have no surnames, only a name they choose themselves.
Tang Yu'an marked their names and continued, "There are a few herbs over there. Go pull them for me, and you can get this bucket of water."
He pointed to a bush not far away where several plantains grew, which he had already seen through the bubble of the identification skill.
Lao Ping and his son looked at each other, then quickly crawled over and carefully dug out the plants that they thought were wild vegetables. Then they held them in their hands and placed them in front of Tang Yu'an.
Tang Yu'an looked at the plantain plants and put them into his personal storage using the teleportation skill.
You completed a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +38 points and +3 experience points.
You completed a profitable transaction with a new customer, earning +28 points and +3 experience points.
After successfully developing Lao Ping and his son into customers, Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi again. When they went to dig herbs, they had already exchanged ideas on the message board.
Zhou Qi looked at them and said, "As you can see, the water in this lake was brought by us."
Lao Ping and A Shan responded tremblingly.
"Perhaps you are also curious about who we are and why we are here?"
Lao Ping lowered his head even lower, but A Shan raised his head, and then his father raised his hand and pressed it down.
Zhou Qi didn't care and his voice became serious and solemn.
"We are the apostles of the God of Commerce, ordered to spread the divine light in this wasteland, so that all the poor and weak can have water and food."
Both Lao Ping and A Shan showed surprise on their faces.
Although this may sound like something from a charlatan, considering what they had just seen, the mighty power that instantly transformed the Water Cube was truly like the work of a god!
Because there are also people with water-related abilities in their tribe, but in such a dry season, even with water-related abilities, it is very difficult to condense drinking water.
When the lake dries up completely, not even a drop of water can condense, unless you have crystal stones.
Moreover, the water condensation process of the water-based ability is very slow, and it is impossible to produce so much water in an instant.
I didn’t expect that it was actually a god!
Lao Ping and A Shan once again prostrated themselves on the ground, listening to Black Mask continue, "But the God of Commerce hates all unearned gains."
Hearing this, Lao Ping and A Shan couldn't help but wave their hands in fear: "We didn't get something for nothing, really not..."
Zhou Qi nodded. "So if you want water and food, you need to exchange something for them. Do you understand?"
“Okay, okay!”
"I understand, I understand!"
Feeling that it was almost done, Zhou Qi said, "Then you can take the water and leave."
Lao Ping and his son were as if pardoned. They quickly expressed their gratitude profusely, then tremblingly got up and were about to turn around and leave. It was only at Tang Yu'an's reminder that they hurried back to pick up the bucket of water.
However, after taking two steps, Lao Ping stopped again. He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and turned to look at Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi.
"I wonder what we should address you two adults?" he asked tentatively.
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "The mysterious businessman, Yin Guang."
Hearing this, Zhou Qi quickly gave himself a new name: "Wu Yue."
Lao Ping looked at the black and silver masks on their faces and quickly remembered their features. He said respectfully, "Master Yin Guang, Master Wu Yue..."
"What you just meant was that other people in our tribe can still come here to get water... no, change the water?"
If the lake was full of water and these two "messengers of God" suddenly appeared and occupied the lake, they would not dare to resist on the surface, but they must have resentment in their hearts.
But the problem is that the water in this half of the lake was brought by others!
Then shouldn't they exchange things? If they rob... Looking at the two giant beasts playing nearby, Lao Ping didn't dare to have the slightest idea.
If they were allowed to trade, they would have a much better life this year, and more children in the tribe would survive!
Then, he heard Silver Mask nod and say, "Of course."
Lao Ping was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.
He was about to take his son away, but he quickly thought of something and asked again tentatively, "So, are you two here to preach?"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at each other and finally nodded.
Since you've already pretended, just pretend it's more realistic.
"I wonder what religion it is?"
"We believe in the God of Commerce, so naturally we belong to the Merchant God Cult."
Then, they saw Lao Ping nervously rubbing his hands together and cautiously asking, "Is the Shangshen Cult still accepting believers? I just heard you two say...you can get water and food?"
Tang Yu'an: "..."
Zhou Qi: “…”
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