Chapter 197
There was a moment of dead silence in the attic of Ping'an Grocery Store.
When that voice suddenly rang in his ears, Tang Yu'an felt like his scalp was about to explode. The next moment, Zhou Qi reacted and quickly pulled him to his side.
"Who are you?"
Zhou Qi did not see the system's warning, but he noticed that Tang Yu'an did not open the bottle cap, and no dream light ball emerged.
This strange voice appeared out of nowhere in the attic.
He sounded like a young man, with a cold and indifferent voice and a lazy and casual tone, as if there were few things that could pique his interest.
Tang Yu'an swallowed and exchanged information with Zhou Qi on the message board.
A real...god?
Do gods really exist in the world?
Zhou Qi couldn't help but widen his eyes and felt his scalp tingling.
Could it be that they were pretending to be gods and ghosts and ended up attracting the real gods?
Cold sweat slid down Zhou Qi's forehead. He held Tang Yu'an tightly behind him. Although he was frightened in his heart, he still maintained his composure on the surface.
A light laugh was heard.
"The so-called mysterious merchants turned out to be two little kids?" the young man said to himself. "The power of trading rules? That's quite interesting..."
Tang Yu'an held the message in the bottle in his hand, lowered his head and secretly glanced at the number on the bottom of the bottle - KJ25668. He was stunned.
It’s the plane of Langze!
Although they didn't know why gods appeared on the technological side, at least they had a breakthrough. The other party shouldn't be causing trouble for them because of the Shangshen Cult.
"Hello..." Tang Yu'an said cautiously, "Excuse me, do you know Langze?"
The young man hummed.
Tang Yu'an had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him lazily say, "This kid has been crying to me for days, saying that he kindly invited a mysterious merchant to eat fruit, but the mysterious merchant cheated him out of his spirit storage bag."
Tang Yu'an: "..."
Zhou Qi: “…”
Case solved! So here lies the problem!
Tang Yu'an quickly said, "We didn't steal Langze's soul storage bag. We returned it last time! We even put a lot of snacks in it..."
“Crack, crack…”
The sound of chewing could be heard, and the young man said vaguely, "Oh, I know that."
Tang Yu'an: "..."
He couldn't help but look at Zhou Qi, and they both saw the confusion in each other's eyes. Was this god eating the snacks they gave to Langze?
Although I'm a little confused about the situation, but...
【Message Board (Admin Channel)】
[Dongtu Datang]: This deity seems quite friendly?
[Handsome Porridge]: Yeah.
Tang Yu'an held the message in the bottle in his hand, and his heartbeat quickened as he thought of his expectations every time he threw out the dream bottle.
He mustered up his courage and said to the ceiling, "Sir God, hello, my name is Tang Yu'an."
"Little kid, let me remind you not to reveal your real name to strangers casually." The young man's voice sounded again.
Tang Yu'an was startled, "Why?"
"Your name is your symbol, representing you as a living being. Although you probably haven't figured out your true name yet, it's better to be careful."
"Okay, okay, thank you!"
Tang Yu'an quickly wrote it down, and then continued, "Lord God, is there anything you need?"
The young man smiled softly, "Why? You want to make a deal with me?"
"Yes, I... I want to go home and be with my family. What can you do?" Tang Yu'an said with red eyes.
He felt that this was the closest he had ever been to home.
In his perception, he had been in this world for over a year. He didn't know whether time flowed fast or slow in his previous world, nor did he know what had happened to his parents...
"Go home? I can't help you with that."
The young man's words made Tang Yu'an's eyes dim instantly.
Even gods can't do it?
"However..." The young man changed the subject, "I can teach you a technique that can summon the user's blood relatives to his side."
Hearing this, Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up again.
"Really? Can you really summon my parents and sister to me?" he asked anxiously.
Seeing how excited he was, Zhou Qi quickly held his hand and then asked, "Will there be any side effects?"
"Side effects? I can't guarantee that." The young man said very bluntly.
Tang Yu'an finally calmed down a little.
If there are any particularly serious side effects, like shortened lifespan or serious injuries... then it would be better to let Mom and Dad stay in their original world while they find another solution...
Then he heard the young man's lazy voice again.
"Besides, I am only responsible for teaching you the techniques. Whether you can learn them depends on your own understanding."
Tang Yu'an quickly asked, "How long does it usually take to learn it?"
"The advanced ones can master it in a moment, the average ones need ten to twenty years, and the low ones... probably won't be able to learn it in their entire lifetime." The young man said lightly.
Tang Yu'an's expression suddenly fell.
Twenty or twenty years, can his parents wait that long?
But after thinking about it carefully, he quickly cheered up. At least there was finally a practical way. He had to learn this technique first!
"I want to learn, Lord God, please teach us. Whatever the price is, just tell me!"
"Have you thought it through?" the young man asked loudly.
"Think it through!"
"good."
Suddenly, a light of pale golden color appeared in the quiet attic. After the light reached its peak, the light suddenly shot into Tang Yu'an's brow.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but close his eyes and take in the massive amount of information.
at the same time--
[Unincluded skills detected, intelligent system awakening...]
"Host--"
At this moment, the young man's voice, which had calmed down, suddenly sounded again, and his originally lazy tone became a little colder and more majestic.
"Who the hell are you? How dare you act so presumptuous in front of me?"
Tang Yu'an only heard a "beep" sound in his ear, and the intelligent system that had just called him fell silent again.
He couldn't help swallowing, not daring to be distracted anymore, concentrating on feeling the additional knowledge in his mind.
In addition to the technique that can summon the person closest to you by blood, there is also an introductory technique for cultivation.
Only by mastering the entry-level skills can one master the summoning technique. It feels like a buy one get one free deal, which is very thoughtful.
By the time the dull pain in his head stopped, Tang Yu'an was already sweating profusely.
He opened his eyes, looked into the void and said, "Thank you, Lord God. What do I need to pay?"
"I've already taken what I needed."
Sensing that this friendly deity was about to disappear, Tang Yu'an thought of something and quickly said, "Can we still be friends with Langze in the future?"
They heard another chuckle, and then the voice said, "That depends on your luck."
After saying this, the lazy voice completely disappeared in the attic, and the dream bottle held in Tang Yu'an's hand shattered into star-like lights with a bang.
As the light faded, the dream bottle disappeared, and all the strange visions in the attic also disappeared.
"An An, are you okay?" Zhou Qi came back to his senses and asked nervously.
Tang Yu'an shook his head, just looked at his empty hands, and said with some regret: "The bottle is broken."
This is a message in a bottle rewarded by the system. It is different from the ones they caught in the dream sea. Once it is broken, it is really gone.
"No wonder that deity said that just now..."
"It's okay. If you're lucky, there's a chance Langze will pick up the bottle in the future." Zhou Qi consoled him, then asked nervously, "What was the deal just now?"
Tang Yu'an was also a little confused. He glanced at the system prompt.
[You completed a transaction with a new customer, experience points +3]
Fortunately, although the intelligent system seems to have been muted, the system functions are still functioning normally.
Maybe the god was communicating with them directly, so the system determined that he was not a dream wish maker.
But why is there no indication of profit or loss? Not even break-even?
So what did the deity take?
Tang Yu'an felt that he hadn't lost anything important, and that deity didn't seem like an evil deity...
He hesitantly opened the inventory, then his eyes widened.
There are so many pages missing! He quickly flipped through them one by one to check what was missing.
Finally, Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi and said with a strange expression: "Brother Xiaoqi, that deity took away all the snacks, drinks, seasonings, and the wine produced in the refrigerator... everything."
Zhou Qi, who was originally nervous, had a look of stiffness and cracks on his face.
He looked at his portable storage and found that the food he had put there before was gone.
When he ran downstairs to check, he saw that not only the shelves in front of the shop, but even the half-used seasonings in the kitchen were gone!
-
KJ25668 plane, Earth Nursery.
A black-haired young man was sitting lazily and casually on the sofa, and a ball of light mist in the void reflected the image of the attic of the Ping An Grocery Store.
When Tang Yu'an's message in the bottle shattered, the ball of light mist also shattered into light spots and disappeared.
The young man looked to the side, and as his gaze locked on something, a bag of potato chips flew over and opened automatically.
The young man opened his mouth slightly, and a potato chip flew out and into his mouth.
He savored the crisp texture and flavor of the potato chips, nodded, and said, "Not bad, better than the ones produced at the base."
A Yan looked at him, then looked at the food that filled half of the room. He felt a little amused, but he still silently began to sort these things into categories.
In any case, the children will have plenty of snacks for their afternoon tea for the next period of time.
At this time, the door of the breeder's dormitory opened automatically.
A little boy with a pair of big furry ears appeared at the door. He peeked inside furtively and saw Su Ci on the sofa. The little wolf cub was immediately happy.
"Susu, you're awake!"
He came skipping in, and when he saw all kinds of snacks and drinks piled up in half of the room, his eyes widened.
"Brother Ayan, you guys ran out to buy some goods!"
At this moment, there was a rumbling in his pocket, and then a fluffy little black cat popped out. It seemed to have just woken up, and its expression was still a little confused.
Langze had already run to Su Ci's side, pointing with his fingers very skillfully and said, "Su Su, do you want to touch your ears? One potato chip for each ear you touch."
Then he shook his big, fluffy, soft tail and said, "If you touch the tail, it's two pieces~"
Su Ci glanced at him lazily, then looked at the kitten nestled in his pocket with only its head sticking out.
The kitten has a pair of beautiful blue eyes, but unfortunately they are dull and out of focus.
As if it had noticed his gaze, the little black cat shuddered and finally woke up. It quickly retreated into Langze's pocket, trying to reduce its presence.
You can't see me... You can't see me...
Su Ci indifferently withdrew his gaze and asked Langze to stretch out his hand. Then a bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips fell into Langze's hand.
The little wolf cub was visibly startled, then his eyes lit up: "Can you give me the whole pack?"
Su Ci yawned and said sleepily, "Well, a kid named Yu An gave it to you."
"Wow!"
Langze cheered and jumped up and down a bit, "Then thank him for me!"
Then he ran away happily with the potato chips, but soon ran back, opened the package, ate one piece himself, and then took a piece and stuffed it into Ayan's hand.
"Brother Ayan, this one is for you!"
Then he happily went to find his friends with the potato chips in his arms, and soon the cheerful voices of the cubs came from outside the window.
A Yan smiled and was about to talk to Su Ci when he saw that the young man had fallen asleep on the sofa, with fatigue more obvious than usual between his brows.
He couldn't help but suppress his smile.
Cross-world communication is still too laborious...
A Yan waved his hand to block out all the noise, then gently picked up Su Ci and tiptoed into the bedroom.
-
Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
Tang Yu'an has copied down the first chapter of the cultivation method and is ready to practice with Zhou Qi.
The goods in the shop will eventually be used up, so it is worth it for them to use them to practice martial arts in exchange for the hope of seeing their families again.
What's more, this method can help them improve their strength, so any amount of snacks and seasonings are worth it.
"I don't know what the relationship between that deity and Langze is?" Tang Yu'an said, "I also want to trade a spirit storage bag with Langze..."
Zhou Qi patted his head and said, "Let's go to the plane store and have a look. This kind of spirit storage bag seems to be produced in the cultivation plane."
"But Langze and the others are on the technology side." Tang Yu'an said.
Zhou Qi pointed at the mental formula he had copied down and said, "This is ancient text."
Moreover, it is an extremely abstruse and difficult-to-understand ancient text, and it will probably take them a long time to figure it out.
"It certainly doesn't look like something produced by the tech industry..."
Tang Yu'an carefully checked the mantra several times, and only after confirming that there were no mistakes did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, he heard Zhou Qi ask again: "So halfway through, the intelligent system woke up once?"
"Yeah." Tang Yu'an nodded, "It seems like he wanted to steal my skills, and then he was taught a lesson by the gods?"
He wasn't quite sure what happened, because after the beep, the intelligent system disappeared again.
Now even if he shouted, he couldn't shout it out.
"Okay, let's first fish out today's message in a bottle," Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an stood up and walked towards the window of the dream bottle, but when his hand touched the window of Menghai, words popped up on his panel again.
[It is detected that the host has skills that are not included in the Doomsday Grocery Store system and are not yet mastered. Please choose from the following options]
[1. After all points are deducted, the system will record this skill and the host can use it an unlimited number of times]
[2. Deduct 50% of your points and merge this skill with the Dream Bottle. After the fusion is complete, the bottle you release will be directed to the dream of your closest blood relative.]
After carefully reading the new message that popped up, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but be stunned.
He quickly shared these two options with Zhou Qi, "Brother Xiaoqi, as long as we spend all our points, we can learn this summoning technique immediately!"
Zhou Qi couldn't help but be surprised that the system actually had this function!
If they could really summon Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang to this world, they would be willing to do it no matter how many points it would cost!
They work so hard to earn points and level up, don’t they just want to go home and see them again?
only……
"That god seemed to say that he couldn't guarantee whether this summoning technique would have any side effects during use?" Zhou Qi frowned.
Tang Yu'an, who was originally planning to choose the first option, couldn't help but pause.
Yes, there may be side effects...
He read the options carefully and found that there was no statement that after the system included the skills, it could guarantee that there would be no side effects.
Tang Yu'an tried to call the intelligent system, but received no response.
The intelligent system was still dormant, and they couldn't get an answer from it. Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel conflicted.
He really missed his parents and wanted to see them right away...
Ultimately, however, his eyes fell on the second option.
Spend half of your points to merge the Dream Message in a Bottle with the Summoning Technique, allowing the Message in a Bottle to travel directly to the dreams of his loved ones...
The boy's hesitant eyes gradually became firm.
"Brother Xiaoqi, let's choose the second one!" Tang Yu'an said, "This way we can ensure safety and contact our parents. It's much more secure than the first option."
Even though he really, really missed his family, their safety was just as important.
He really couldn't make a choice that would have even a one in a thousand chance of bringing disaster to them. Even if they couldn't meet for the time being, as long as they were safe and sound, that was enough.
Looking at the boy's slightly red eyes, Zhou Qi understood the struggle he had gone through to make this decision. He couldn't help but reach out and hug him, patting his back comfortingly.
"This is the right choice," he said. "There will definitely be other ways to see them again in the future."
Listening to Zhou Qi's gentle voice, Tang Yu'an suddenly felt a lump in her throat. She could have held it back at first, but after hearing his comfort, she couldn't control her tears anymore.
He buried his face in Zhou Qi's arms and hugged him tightly. The boy's voice became choked with the sadness he suppressed.
"I, I just miss them so much..."
Zhou Qi listened to his crying voice, paused slightly, and finally couldn't help but lowered his head slightly, and very carefully touched the boy's hair with his lips.
This restrained kiss was as light as a dragonfly touching the water, as if it was just an accidental touch.
"I know." Zhou Qi tilted his head slightly and rested his cheek on the boy's head. He gently stroked the boy's back, his voice full of pity, "I know everything..."
After a long time, Tang Yu'an finally calmed down after venting his long-pent-up emotions.
He stepped out of Zhou Qi's arms and smiled at him embarrassedly.
"I'm crying again..."
Zhou Qi took out a tissue and gently wiped away his tears. "Cry if you want to. I won't laugh at you."
Over the past year or so, Zhou Qi did not feel happy as he watched An An grow up quickly and became more and more able to control his emotions.
He would rather An An grow up slowly, carefree, and happy every day.
"No, I'm not a child anymore." Tang Yu'an shook his head. "I'm going to be another year older soon. I'm an adult now."
Zhou Qi smiled, "Even after the lunar new year, 15 is still very young."
Tang Yu'an looked at him and said unconvincedly: "You are not a child anymore! You basically don't cry. Brother Xiaoqi can do it, so can I."
But thinking about his failure just now, he added: "Unless... unless I can't help it!"
"Everyone has different personalities and experiences. You don't have to look the same." Zhou Qi gently pinched his cheek, "Just be yourself."
I hope the boy he likes doesn’t have to go through the same hardships as him.
Tang Yu'an couldn't argue with him, so he changed the subject and said, "Then I choose the second one?"
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and stopped him, saying, "We don't know how long the fusion will take. Let's first retrieve today's message in the bottle."
"Yeah, okay!"
Tang Yu'an continued to fish out bottles, and the first bottle was Gan Lin's.
This time when he opened the bottle cap, nothing unexpected happened. As the ball of light floated into the air, the sound of sweet rain soon rang out in the attic.
"Great God, if you can hear my call, please descend into my dream. Your devout believers are waiting day and night to listen to your teachings..."
Having just experienced the coming of a true God, Tang Yu'an really couldn't bear to listen to Gan Lin's prayers.
It must have been taught by Lao Mo!
As for Lao Mo, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi have given up struggling. Ever since he was transferred to Store No. 6 and was on the same channel as Lao Ping, they have been chatting animatedly and have a lot of common topics.
Moreover, Tang Yu'an felt that Lao Mo might know that the "mysterious businessman" was peeking at the screen, and many of his words were deliberately said to him.
Now they have also created a "Ping An Chamber of Commerce", which is named after the Ping An Grocery Store.
They believed that since the name was given by a mysterious businessman, as employees/believers, they had to give face to the god, so the "Ping An Chamber of Commerce" came into being.
In the wasteland, the name of the Merchant God Cult is naturally more effective, but if it is in a fortress, the Peace Chamber of Commerce is more suitable.
After all, in some strongholds, religion is strongly suppressed. In order to facilitate business, the name of the Ping An Chamber of Commerce is more easily accepted.
This may also be the intention of the God of Business.
Whenever Tang Yu'an sees employees praising the God of Business in various ways on the message board, he really wants to say: It's not me, it's not me, don't talk nonsense!
Unfortunately, in order to keep his identity secret, he had no choice but to join in.
Tang Yu'an interrupted Gan Lin's prayer and started chatting with him.
Now Lao Mo's church has hundreds of believers, and with water and food, it is developing very fast.
However, Lao Mo did not expand blindly. What he needed were obedient subordinates who were willing to abide by the rules of the religion. Not only could those extremely vicious criminals not join, but they might also be dealt with by the Shangshen Religion if they met them.
"Lord God, don't worry, we will strictly abide by the rules and regulations and will never let you down!"
Tang Yu'an nodded, then asked, "Is the third well dug?"
"It's dug. It's more than ten meters deep this time..." Gan Lin said carefully.
However, for Tang Yu'an, who had tried to divert tens of thousands of cubic meters of water to fill a lake, these dozen cubic meters were really just a sprinkle of water.
"Well, prepare for the ceremony. I will be in your dream again tomorrow."
Lao Mo has recruited so many people, and he needs to show some "miracles" at the right time to intimidate these people.
"Okay, thank you, sir!"
Tang Yu'an traded with Gan Lin again. This time, he used some materials left over from their battle with the giant insects in the other dimension to exchange for the Fire Stone.
Some of these materials can be used as weapons, and some can be used for defense. Lao Mo and the others should need them more.
The two bottles at the back represent residents of Mount Jufeng, and one of them woke up from the dream without saying much.
After using up all the times, Tang Yu'an finally called up the previous interface and clicked to select the second option.
【50% points deduction successful! 】
[Dream Message in a Bottle is integrating new skills. It will take a total of 12 hours. Please be patient...]
After deducting half of the points, the account balance instantly returned to over 200,000. However, Tang Yu'an has gotten used to it. As long as it doesn't return to zero, there is no big problem.
"Brother Xiaoqi, you guessed it right. The fusion is not completed immediately!" Tang Yu'an said.
Zhou Qi nodded, "Besides, we don't have any more messages in bottles. Even if the fusion is completed, we have to wait for a while."
Now, in addition to Kosona's, they have three more dream bottles, all of which have been thrown into the sea of dreams.
They have to wait for the three drift bottles to come back before they can use one of them to contact Tang Yu'an's family.
"Oh, I almost forgot about this..." Tang Yu'an said a little disappointedly.
It already takes a long time for the message in the bottle to drift to other dimensions, and now he has to wait even longer, which really makes him anxious.
But he quickly remembered something and said, "Maybe he'll be back tomorrow!"
Brother Xiaoqi said that his wishes always come true, so he must think optimistically.
Zhou Qi smiled and nodded. Although he felt that it might not be such a coincidence, he still didn't say it out loud to spoil the fun.
So they made their beds and instead of going to the alternate dimension, they stayed home to sleep again, a rare occasion.
The next day, when Tang Yu'an woke up, he saw—
[Employee "Xiao Cao" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +10 points and +1 experience point]
[Experience value is full, merchant level +1]
[Merchant level reaches lv20, the mall has added...]
[Dream Message in a Bottle +1, Current Total: 5]
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