Chapter 199
"Dream Message in a Bottle Accelerator?"
Hearing Tang Yu'an's words, Zhou Qi couldn't help but take a breath.
After a while, he said, "This is really good. It's exactly what we need."
"Yes!" Tang Yu'an smiled happily, "Let me see how to use it."
He took out the Dream Bottle Accelerator and found that it was a small clock with a button on the top.
He first checked the item information.
【Dream Bottle Accelerator】
Description: Special props
Function: Can make the dream bottle on the way back return immediately
Cooling time: 72 hours
"72 hours?" Tang Yu'an calculated, "So it can be used once every three days?"
And unlike what he imagined, the accelerator can only shorten the return time, which means it can save 50% of the time at most?
"But this is also good. Half the time is still a long time."
In a plane like Cosona, it takes about half a month to go back and forth. If they can save half the time, they can deliver the remaining water earlier.
Of course, this time is difficult to control, because they don’t know when Kosona will put the bottle back, so they can only estimate a rough time.
Tang Yu'an tried to press the button and saw a system prompt pop up.
Please install the "Dream Bottle Accelerator" on the materialized "Dream Bottle" tile before using it.
Tang Yu'an stood up and checked Meng Hai's window. Finally, he fixed the clock in the lower right corner of the window, so that it just blended in with the window frame.
[The advanced function of "Dream Message in a Bottle" has been activated: drift acceleration, which can be used by pressing the start button]
Zhou Qi couldn't help but nod and said, "It seems that this function is only unlocked after the merchant level reaches a high level. We have mastered it in advance."
“Hey, that’s awesome!”
Tang Yu'an cheered and then tried to press the button.
Anyway, it can be used once every three days, and the bottles they give to parents will not reach them so quickly, so it doesn't hurt to try it now.
[Do you want to deduct 1000 points and 1 dream fragment to allow the Dream Bottle on its way back to return immediately?]
Tang Yu'an: "..."
I knew the system couldn't be so generous!
But it was only 1,000 points. He had just won 1,898 points in the lottery, so he could afford it.
It’s... dream fragments?
Tang Yu'an recalled that every time he completed a transaction with the dream wisher, he would obtain a dream fragment, but he didn't know what its specific function was before.
Was it originally used here?
He quickly checked the number of dream fragments he currently possessed: 67.
Although it’s not much, it’s enough for now.
It seems that if conditions permit in the future, I will have to catch dream bottles as much as possible to collect dream fragments.
So Tang Yu'an confirmed the deduction.
As the points were successfully deducted, the pointer of the small clock hanging on the window frame began to move rapidly, and the window gradually emitted flickering light.
When the clock hands stopped, Tang Yu'an saw through the glass window of Menghai that there were three more drift bottles of different colors outside.
[All the dream bottles on the return journey have returned, please check them carefully]
Tang Yu'an quickly opened the window and fished out the three bottles.
The first gray-blue message in a bottle came from Cosona. This time, three space capsules appeared in the bottle, expanding the bottle to 30 cubic meters.
Although he was very envious of the three space capsules, Tang Yu'an still filled the drift bottle with water and threw it into the dream sea.
Kosona and the others were still waiting for water to save their lives, and since it belonged to the guests, they couldn't embezzle it just because they needed it.
If you need a space bag, you can spend points to buy it at the plane store.
Then he turned his attention to the two remaining bottles.
One was purple, the other green. He first turned over the bottom to take a look.
MR23582, DM386881.
The first one is Doomsday, and the second one is Low Magic? Tang Yu'an opened the Low Magic one first.
A ball of light slowly floated out from the bottle, and a language that Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had never heard of came from the light, and it seemed to be mixed with the roar of wild beasts.
However, thanks to the translation package, they can understand what the dream wisher is saying.
"Hello Tang Yu'an, nice to meet you. I'm Mo Sang from the Feiyu tribe. I like your name very much."
Tang Yu'an no longer communicated with the wisher in the guise of a mysterious businessman with this message in the bottle. Although it seems to be somewhat dangerous now, it did achieve good results.
Mo Sang's voice sounded like that of a young woman, and she communicated with him in a very friendly and equal manner.
"Although I don't know if you really exist, if you can truly fulfill my wish, please guide me in finding a way to heal my people."
"Since the rainy season arrived, more and more people have fallen ill. My mother has also fallen ill. My father is too busy every day. I am worried that sooner or later he will also fall ill..."
It seems that this young lady named Mosang has also encountered trouble, and her voice sounds very sad.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but ponder it with Zhou Qi.
"Many people in the tribe have fallen ill since the rainy season began. Could it be a plague?"
"Do they live in the rain forest?"
Judging from the sounds of wild beasts mixed in with her language, it was probably from some primitive tribe.
However, judging from the plane number, this is a low-magic plane, where incredible powers like superpowers should exist.
"Give her some cold medicine first, grind it into powder and soak it in water to drink, and try it?" Zhou Qi suggested.
Cold medicine is the safest option, but for primitive people like these, a single pill might be too strong for them, so it would be safer to take it after diluting it.
"Okay, then give her three first."
They now have hundreds of cold medicine pills on hand, and three of them are worth 100 points, so it wouldn't be a big deal to give them to her to try.
Zhou Qi agreed to this plan.
Tang Yu then placed three cold medicine pills into the bottle, then explained the specific usage to Mo Sang, and finally said:
"Because your tribe is in an urgent situation, as a token of friendship, I'm giving you these three cold medicine pills as a greeting gift."
"If you could tell me about your tribe and where you live in exchange, I would be very grateful. I am very interested in it."
"Of course, if you've tried the cold medicine and it's proven to be effective, and you need more, you'll have to exchange it for something else of equal value."
After saying that, Tang Yu'an put the lid back on and immediately threw the bottle back into the sea of dreams.
[You completed a loss-making transaction with a dream wisher, experience points +6, dream fragment +1]
Very good, the consumed dream fragments are back!
Tang Yu'an then looked at the other purple message in a bottle and said, "Then should I open this one?"
"Wait a minute." Zhou Qi reminded, "Use the points doubling card first."
Today is the first day of opening of Jufeng Grocery Store, and business is booming. Lan Yunqing is also making crazy deals to obtain the right to move into store No. 5.
It is definitely beneficial to use the points doubling card at this time. Moreover, it is now past noon, and they can continue to retrieve the drifting bottles and trade with the wishers after midnight.
"Oh ok!"
Tang Yu'an just remembered this and quickly took out the points doubling card to use it. Soon the prop card turned into a spot of light and disappeared.
[Employee "Lan Yunqing" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +78 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
[Employee "Xiao Cao" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +68 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
[Employee "Haijing" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +240 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
[Employee "Lin Zhen"...]
Seeing the points balance begin to soar, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but smile.
When Grandpa Li harvests potatoes and sweet potatoes in the evening, the price will continue to rise sharply!
With the points doubling card, there will be no problem in making a profit of 200,000 points within three days!
He seemed to see the space bag being put into his pocket, and then being sent to his parents with a lot of supplies.
Tang Yu'an closed the page happily and then picked up the purple bottle.
"Then I'll drive?"
"Well, go ahead."
So he pulled out the cork, and a bright light floated above the attic. At the same time, a tired young man's voice sounded.
"Tang Yu'an? From a country in the East? I remember that's how they name people there..."
"If this bottle didn't appear because of my imagination, then haven't you been invaded by strange beasts and plants? Or... is this a way you invented to save yourselves?"
"This bottle looks ordinary, but it seems to contain a kind of power that I can't comprehend with my level of understanding. Even the little round biscuit can't sense it. I thought I finally went crazy because I couldn't bear the pressure..."
"I'm really going crazy... Grandpa Ferry starved to death yesterday. Before he died, he asked me to cut off his flesh and blood and feed it to the children..."
"I can't do it... I really can't do it..."
"I am a human being, the youngest and most talented engraver in Xiaya, and the pride of Xiaya! I can't do such a thing, don't force me anymore..."
The young man muttered to himself. From his narration, one could tell that they were suffering from a terrible famine, and also... strange beasts and plants?
Are you talking about mutants? It seems the mutant plants there are quite aggressive.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but think of the plants in the giant forest. If it weren't for the umbrella, they would have died countless times in the giant forest.
MR23582 is indeed a doomsday plane.
The young man's crying gradually stopped and his emotions slowly returned to normal.
"Although I don't know if you really exist, I feel much better after talking to you."
His voice is gentle and he must be a person with a good personality.
Thinking of his current situation, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel sad for him. If it were him, he would definitely collapse.
"I'm Turs from the Roland Empire, the inscriptionist of Xiassa. I wonder if you've heard of me?"
"If you can provide us with food, I will exchange anything for it."
Obviously, although young Turles did not quite believe in the dream bottle, he still held on to the last glimmer of hope.
"I placed a stone cabinet into the bottle. The left side of the cabinet has a restoration inscription. As long as I inject magic power into it, the cabinet will return to its original state."
"There are some crystal cores in the stone cabinet, which were plucked from strange beasts... I'm sorry, but because we need to defend against the strange beasts, we can't give you weapons and equipment for the time being."
Hearing this, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were both stunned.
They picked up the purple bottle and after careful inspection found that there was indeed something at the bottom of the bottle.
Tang Yu'an tilted the bottle and poured out the little thing, and found that it was a mini cabinet, very, very small, about the size of his little finger nail.
This mini figurine can actually be enlarged?
And Turles' voice continued: "Although the alien beast crystal core is small, it contains powerful energy. It can replace the magic crystal as a power source... You may need it."
"If you are willing to provide food in exchange, please place the food in the stone cabinet, then input magic power into the inscription on the right side, and the stone cabinet will automatically shrink."
"The shrunken stone cabinet can be placed into the bottle... Please note that only inanimate objects can be placed in the stone cabinet for now, otherwise the inscription may collapse and burn."
"I'm researching patterns that can shrink living things. If successful, it might solve our food crisis... but the children might not be able to hold on until then..."
"Anyway, you just need to put the shrunken stone cabinet into the bottle and then teleport it into my dream in the same way. Please!"
Having said that, Turles's voice finally stopped.
Tang Yu'an held the mini stone cabinet and looked at Zhou Qi in surprise. Everything Tours said seemed so magical to them, full of magical mysteries. But the problem was...
"What is magic power? How do I inject it into the inscription?"
Tours may not understand the meaning of other planes, thinking that they are in the same world, so he assumes that they know what magic is and how to use it.
But the thing is... they're not!
Tang Yu'an scratched his head, put the mini stone cabinet on the small table, and then found the magnifying glass through the list of items.
Through a magnifying glass, they saw that this mini stone cabinet was indeed very delicately made, with intricate patterns engraved on it, which finally converged on the left and right sides.
These two should be shrinking and restoring the inscription.
"Could the magic power he mentioned be the power of psychic energy?" Zhou Qi guessed.
"Then let's give it a try?"
Tang Yu'an was about to inject wind power into the inscription pattern when Zhou Qi stopped him. He said, "I don't know how big this stone cabinet is. Don't damage the attic floor."
"Oh, then let's go to the other dimension."
If they delay any longer, Tours and the others may have to suffer more, so it would be better for them to go to another dimension to shorten the time.
So they took the mini stone cabinet and arrived at the hut in the other dimension through the teleportation array.
Because all the fertilized eggs have been hatched, the incubator is temporarily closed and the housekeeping robots are responsible for producing clothes and quilt covers.
When the robot discovered that Tang Yu'an and the others had returned, it came over.
"Master, all the clothes have been made. Is there any other work you need me to do?"
"Not yet. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard. If the master is alright, I'll go and rest first."
Then the robot moved out of the cabin and found a place in the yard to continue basking in the sun and charging.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi also came to the yard and placed the mini stone cabinet on a relatively flat piece of land. Then Tang Yu'an released a force of wind towards the inscription on the left.
When the power of wind came into contact with the inscription, Tang Yu'an felt that the inscription was absorbing his power at a very fast speed.
In just a moment, he felt all his strength gone.
He sat down on the ground with a pale face. When Zhou Qi supported him with concern, he shook his head and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."
Tang Yu'an's attention was still on the mini stone cabinet.
I saw a mini stone cabinet that absorbed the power of the wind. The patterns on the cabinet body glowed with a faint blue-green light, and finally submerged the entire stone cabinet.
Immediately afterwards, the ball of light grew larger and larger, and Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had to step back.
Wangcai and Yinbi, who ran to the giant forest to look for food, were attracted by their movements. They lay on the rocks around the cabin and looked into the yard curiously.
As they watched, the dazzling light gradually dissipated, and finally a thick and heavy stone cabinet appeared in its place.
This stone cabinet is two meters high and one meter thick. The intricate patterns engraved on the cabinet give it an ancient and mysterious atmosphere, as if it has been passed down from some ancient era.
It’s hard to imagine that it is only as big as the nail of your little finger!
"If we have a stone cabinet like this, do we not need a space bag?" Tang Yu'an said excitedly as he circled around the stone cabinet.
"If Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang didn't have special abilities, they probably wouldn't be able to restore the cabinet to its original state." Zhou Qi shook his head.
"Well, that's true."
While they were talking, Wangcai and Yinbi also jumped into the yard and sniffed the stone cabinet.
However, unlike Tang Yu'an's excitement, Wangcai bared his teeth at the stone cabinet, while Yinbi turned around and bit the corner of Tang Yu'an's clothes, pulling him back.
"What's the matter? Is there any danger?"
Tang Yu'an's heart couldn't help but rise. He felt that Turles was not a bad person and should not harm them, right?
However, the reactions of Wangcai and Yinbi forced them to be cautious.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Give me a blessing spell, and I'll open it and take a look."
Tang Yu'an hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in agreement.
After all, they have a protective barrier. If there is really any danger in the stone cabinet, it should be excluded from the barrier, right?
He cast the Light Blessing Technique on Zhou Qi, and then stepped aside with Wangcai's silver coin.
It’s a pity that the purple-red sleeping pillow has not been upgraded yet and cannot achieve a 100% damage reduction effect, otherwise Tang Yu’an would really like to take out the pillow and lie down.
After seeing them retreat to a safe distance, Zhou Qi mobilized the power of wind to cover his entire body.
Then he grabbed the cabinet door handle, opened it quickly, and quickly stepped back.
A strong smell of blood hit them in the face. Wangcai and Yinbi couldn't help barking and were full of hostility towards the stone cabinet.
However, the danger that Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi imagined did not happen.
The stone cabinet was empty, and nothing could be seen. Only a few crystal stones of different colors were placed on the second layer from the top, sparkling in the sunlight.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but look at each other, and finally they approached the cabinet carefully.
Until they stood in front of the cabinet, they were not attacked, and the origin of the bloody smell... Their eyes fell on the crystals.
There was some dried deep red color remaining on the crystal, and it was obvious that the bloody smell was coming from the crystal.
Although they look very similar to Psionic Stones, they are probably not the same thing.
Tang Yu'an cast an identification spell at the crystal.
[Do you want to spend 30 points to appraise this item? ]
[Points deduction successful! The appraisal results are as follows]
[Name: Third-order Star Beast Core]
【Value: 300 points/piece】
[Origin: MR23582, GM23575...]
[Description: The crystal core of a third-tier star beast. After the star beast devours and absorbs spiritual energy, it condenses within its body. The spiritual energy contained within is chaotic and violent. Direct absorption is likely to cause side effects, so use with caution.]
These should be the crystal cores that Tours mentioned that can replace the magic crystals? They are indeed different from the psychic stones.
Zhou Qi looked at the identification information and speculated: "The psychic stone should be something like an ore, born in nature, and this crystal core is condensed by a star beast."
The origin of this kind of star beast is basically the high magic plane. The mutant creatures they killed before did not have this kind of crystal core in their bodies.
The life level of star beasts should be higher, so Wangcai and Yinbi are so scared just by smelling the blood.
After Tang Yu'an made sure there was no danger, he picked up a crystal core curiously.
He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but after his fingers touched the crystal core, he seemed to hear a beast roar in his ears, which scared him so much that he quickly withdrew his hand.
Thinking of something, he quickly looked at Zhou Qi.
Seeing him staring at the crystal core, his expression gradually became a little strange, Tang Yu'an made a prompt decision and quickly put all the crystal cores into his personal storage through visual inspection.
Zhou Qicai came back to his senses from his trance.
"Has the spirit insect revived again?" Tang Yu'an asked nervously.
Zhou Qi nodded.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but feel scared. Just absorbing the relatively mild and pure energy of the psychic stone could easily cause the spirit insect to retaliate, not to mention the crystal core energy that the system identified as violent and chaotic.
Next time, I’d better ask Tours not to send this kind of thing over!
After the crystal core was put away, Wangcai and Yinbi also calmed down. They walked around the stone cabinet and looked around curiously.
After continuing to check the stone cabinet and satisfying his craving, Tang Yu'an said, "Then let's prepare more food for Turles!"
"good."
Zhou Qi had already suppressed the spirit insects again. He stared at the stone cabinet and said, "If you can't put living things in it, then it's best not to put plant fruits in it either."
"Yeah, let's put the processed goods!"
Tang Yu'an exchanged 20 kilograms each of whole wheat flour, sweet potato flour, medium-gluten flour and high-gluten flour, and then exchanged them for chicken jerky and beef jerky, adding salt and glucose after careful consideration.
In addition to food, they probably also lacked water, otherwise they would not have even washed the blood stains on the crystal core.
Tang Yu'an filled a 1L mineral water bottle with water and threw a few crystal stones into it. Since Tours could use magic, there should be a way to condense water through crystal stones.
"Do you want some medicine?"
"You can put some common medicine in it."
So they changed the alcohol, hemostatic powder, cotton swabs and cotton cloth, as well as several commonly used antibiotics, and stuffed them all into the stone cabinet.
These things cost them less than 10,000 points.
As for the vacant space, after discussion, they stuffed it with the materials collected from the mutant creatures.
These materials include hard insect shells, sharp serrations, sharp claws, and the mutated mantis sickle that was previously traded to Gan Lin and the others.
After making sure that nothing was missed, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi closed the stone cabinet again, and then Zhou Qi injected the power of fire into the inscription on the right side.
The inscription on the stone cabinet burst into bright light, then became smaller and smaller as they watched, finally returning to the size of a fingernail.
Unlike Tang Yu'an who was exhausted, Zhou Qi was still as normal after withdrawing his hand.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but sigh, "I still have to practice!"
They returned to the attic of the Ping An Grocery Store, put the mini stone cabinet back into the bottle, and left a message for Turles.
"Hello, Turs, I'm glad to have your trust. We've prepared some food for you. I wonder if it's enough? If not, we'll prepare more next time."
"We're very interested in the inscriptions you mentioned. Do the weapons and equipment you mentioned also have inscriptions? Do they also have special effects?"
"So in addition to food, we have provided some materials, hoping that you can make them into more powerful weapons and equipment for us."
"Also, I'd like to ask, can you create space items? The kind that can be used without magic power?"
"Looking forward to your reply, I hope you and your children can get through this safely!"
The author has something to say:
Does anyone still remember Tours and Biscuit in "Infrastructure Construction in a Holographic Game" [let me take a look] They are probably the parallel line of the Trial World. I hope they can have a good ending.
After Tang Yu'an finished speaking to the message in the bottle, he put the cap back on and threw it back into the sea of dreams. He then spent 10 points to choose to go to the plane where Tours was.
Looking at the message in the bottle drifting away in the sea of dreams, he couldn't help but sigh.
"There's actually such a magical power as inscriptions in this world. I hope Tours can bring us good news!"
With the current balance of points, I can only buy one space bag at most. After delivering the supplies to my parents, I must let them keep this space bag.
After all, it is the end of the world, and it is definitely safer to have space equipment. It is best for a family of three to be equipped with one for each person.
Including this for transporting supplies back and forth, they need a total of 4 space bags.
If you buy them all from the Plane Store, you'll need at least 800,000 points, and you may not even be able to buy them - the cheapest one right now is 220,000 points, and the others are more expensive than that.
If only Tours could make equipment similar to the space bag, they could save a lot of points!
After all, if points are used simply to buy food, the purchasing power is still very high, and what Tours and his team lack most now is food.
Zhou Qi was also quite interested in the inscription patterns. He said, "Perhaps when we get to know each other better, we can ask Tours to teach us some knowledge about inscription patterns."
"Sure! If he can't make space equipment, let him teach us inscriptions, and we'll pay for it with food!"
Having seen the effect of the stone cabinet inscription, they can clearly feel the power of this inscription.
And this is likely just the tip of the iceberg.
"Let's build a good relationship with him first, I'm afraid he won't be willing to teach." Zhou Qi said.
"That's true..."
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "He seemed to have mentioned small round cookies in his message to us? We should prepare some cookies next time, as well as some snacks like candy."
"Well, he mentioned children many times, snacks and things like that. I think children would like them."
Zhou Qi has already opened the memo in his light computer and created a special document called "Dream Message in a Bottle".
He recorded the dates for the three drift bottles to be released today, as well as the things that need to be paid attention to and prepared for next time. It seemed well-organized and clear at a glance.
After finishing writing, Zhou Qi said, "Let's go to Jufeng Town."
"good!"
The business of Jufeng Grocery Store was still booming. Seeing that Shitou Xiaocao could handle it, they did not stay but went straight to the garrison.
They went to the guard post to find Black Bear, intending to exchange the soybeans previously stored there while the points doubling card was still in effect.
There were crowds of people at the entrance of the garrison, with a long queue. At the front of the queue were two teams of ferocious-looking guards, and the guards were guarding two people who were scooping soybean soup for the townspeople.
A month later, the garrison finally snatched two wood planters from the local stubborn forces.
Speaking of which, this matter is related to Tang Yu'an - after the Jufeng grocery store was burned down, Hongli directly detained Jin Fu, and those wealthy people sent four people with special abilities to the garrison to rescue him.
As a result, they didn't even get into the guardhouse. Two of the four people were burned beyond recognition, and two rolled down the cliff on the way back.
Even Jin Fu, who was later released, encountered many bad lucks.
Taking advantage of this critical moment, Hongli sent Black Bear to snatch people, because the four psychics were injured or dead, which greatly weakened the opponent's strength. In the end, they actually managed to snatch two planters successfully.
Of course, later on, because Red Carp suddenly went into seclusion and there was no one to cover him, Black Bear didn't dare to push too hard for fear that the other party would become desperate, so in the end they barely maintained a peaceful state.
Thanks to the efforts of many growers, the soybean reserves in the garrison also increased.
Because he had some spare energy, Hongli, who was still in seclusion, ordered that 50 kilograms of soybeans could be taken out for relief every day, and anyone living in Jufeng Town could come and get a bowl of soybean soup.
First come, first served, while stocks last.
Of course, one pound of soybeans contains about 2,500 beans, and 50 pounds contains 125,000 beans. Based on the number of residents in Jufeng Town, each person can get 20 to 30 soybeans a day.
Although it is impossible to eat your fill, you won’t starve to death either. The most important thing is that salt is added to the soybean soup!
Although the amount of salt is certainly not much, it is already very good for many residents who cannot afford salt.
Such relief measures undoubtedly brought Hongli huge prestige and made many people at the bottom of society begin to support her sincerely.
The customs of the people in Jufeng Town are also quietly changing.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi had not been to Jufeng Town for a long time, and they did not expect to see the garrison distributing soybeans to the town residents.
Seeing the people with happy faces after receiving the soybean soup, they couldn't help but smile.
They traded soybeans and salt to the garrisons, and the garrisons could use them to benefit the residents. This can also be considered a change they brought about, right?
After observing for a while, they used their light body skills to fly over the crowd, entered the guard post, found Black Bear, and explained their purpose to him.
Black Bear readily redeemed the voucher.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +21,150 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
Then they took out another 20 fire stones and exchanged them with the black bear for 200 kilograms of soybeans.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +8800 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
"Do you have any salt left? If you have any extra salt, you can exchange it." Black Bear said finally.
Tang Yu'an smiled and said, "We have a lot. It depends on how much you need."
Black Bear looked at the crowds of people outside. Soybeans can be produced every day, but salt is a consumable. If you use it a little, it will be less. It is better to stockpile more.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Another 100 pounds, is there any?"
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, "Of course!"
"Okay, follow me."
Then Black Bear took them to the garrison warehouse and took out 1,000 kilograms of soybeans.
[Employee "Zhou Qi" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +45,000 points (points doubling card in effect), and +1 experience point]
Seeing that nearly 75,000 points had been credited to his account in just over ten minutes, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but smile.
When Black Bear ordered his men to carry the soybeans to Jufeng Grocery Store, Tang Yu'an stopped him again, and then deposited them at the guard post along with the 200 kilograms of soybeans that were traded for the Flame Stone.
Hearing this, Black Bear naturally smiled and quickly asked someone to issue the receipt.
"We'll come back to you next time to get these 1,200 kilograms of soybeans." Tang Yu'an said as he put away the receipt.
"No problem, you're welcome to pick it up anytime!"
What the garrison lacks now is time accumulation. As long as time is long enough, the soybean reserves can continue to increase and more things can be accomplished.
Of course, after discovering that it could be mortgaged, Black Bear couldn't help but become more active.
He knew that the mountain owner had mortgaged all of his soybean stock in exchange for cotton cloth and cotton, so he brought it up like Hongli did.
"Besides the 1,200 kilograms of soybeans, we still have over 3,000 kilograms in stock. Can we mortgage them as well?"
To be honest, Tang Yu'an was very moved, but she rejected him in the end.
He will always remember that he was too complacent and used a bug to cheat points with Kang Kang. As a result, the amount was too large and the system detected it, so the loophole was fixed.
When it comes to using this kind of card bug to gain points, it’s better to use it in small amounts and multiple times.
Although Black Bear felt very sorry, he still said, "I will tell the mountain master about your help to Jufeng Town!"
"How is Sister Hongli now?"
"Everything is fine."
Black Bear didn't reveal too much, because even for him, it wasn't possible to meet the mountain master casually now.
Seeing this, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi didn't ask any further questions.
Calculating the time, it has only been less than a month since the fire spirit insect in Hongli's body was devoured. I wonder how much damage this incident will cause her...
If there is a way to remove the spiritual insects in Brother Xiaoqi's body in the future, will he be seriously injured like her?
After leaving the garrison, Tang Yu'an was still thinking about this matter.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Zhou Qi saw his worry, reached out and touched Tang Yu'an's head, comforting him.
"Yes! You will definitely be fine!" Tang Yu'an nodded.
He must use his ability to make his wishes come true and think positively about everything, only then can Brother Xiaoqi be safe and sound.
There was no other way to earn points, so they could only hand it over to the employees. Then the two of them took the teleportation array back to Store No. 6.
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The grassland is sunny in the afternoon.
The sparkling lake attracted many animals to the lakeside to drink water and hunt. A field of green grass had grown in the area near the cabin.
The ditch continued to extend through the green grass, and the two construction robots were still working tirelessly.
Occasionally, one or two insects would fall on the robot, and would be shot down by the Black Wolf King controlling the wind blade.
Although the wind blades occasionally hit the robot's body, they were too small to have much power and did not leave any marks on the metal body.
After working for most of the day, the two construction robots dug ditches in a large area.
Under the protection of the wolves, the robots were also safe. During their absence, they were not attacked - except for the occasional wind blades from the Wolf King and his wife.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi appeared on the teleportation array.
The door to Shop 6 was open, just as it had been when they had left it, but no wolf appeared to have taken the initiative to enter the cabin.
They left the house and soon found them under the shed.
They had already dug several caves, and the injured and sick wolves lay under the shed to rest, while the mother wolf hid in the caves with her cubs.
Upon noticing Tang Yu'an's arrival, the little wolf cubs ran out immediately and circled around Tang Yu'an.
The mother wolf chased after him, but soon noticed several strange puppies behind Tang Yu'an, and immediately showed a hesitant expression.
These puppies are naturally the smaller forms of Yuanbao, Wangcai and Yinbi.
Black Pearl also followed, but after leaving the hut, it jumped onto the roof and lay down lazily, enjoying the breeze and sun alone.
The wolf cubs were not shy at all. When they saw Yuanbao and the others, they ran over with their tails wagging.
Obviously Wangcai and Yinbi looked more friendly and enthusiastic, but the cubs preferred Yuanbao, wagging their tails and licking and rubbing against the four-eyed puppy.
Perhaps because of the scent of the little wolves, the mother wolf finally let down her guard and ran over to lick the three little ones.
Yinbi was jumping left and right happily, Wangcai also played with the cubs, only Yuanbao squatted there coldly. Of course, from the little tail shaking behind it, it can be seen that it is in a good mood.
Among the three little ones, Yuanbao was the smallest cub. Even the malnourished wolf cubs were bigger than him, so he enjoyed special care from the mother wolf.
Watching the mother wolf lie down in front of it, ready to feed it.
Yuanbao: “…”
Tang Yu'an was laughing as he watched from the side.
However, after taking a few glances at the skinny body of the mother wolf, he quickly took out milk from his portable warehouse, filled a few basins with it and placed them on the ground to feed the cubs.
The wolf cubs immediately abandoned their new playmates, and the three little ones went to their respective bowls and drank milk with gurgling mouthfuls.
After Tang Yu'an threw a few pieces of dried meat to the female wolf, he placed a bowl of milk on the steps in front of the cabin.
Soon, Black Pearl jumped down from the roof, walked gracefully to the milk with a cat-like step, and licked the milk with her little pink tongue.
Tang Yu'an touched its head and then ran to find Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi had already filled the newly built ditch with water, and using his water-related abilities, he turned the water in the ditch into a miniature rainfall, which dripped onto the dry and hardened mud.
When Tang Yu'an ran over, he saw patches of rain fog that were more than one meter high.
The sunlight slanted down, forming colorful rainbow bridges through the rain and fog.
"Wow--"
He couldn't help but be attracted by this scene. He looked at Zhou Qi standing in the colorful rainbow light with his eyes shining and couldn't take his eyes off him.
Zhou Qi quickly noticed him and looked at him.
Tang Yu'an came back to his senses and quickly ran towards him, saying excitedly: "Brother Xiaoqi, you are so amazing! How did you do that?"
"This is the use of water that I just figured out." Zhou Qi activated the supernatural power in his body.
He didn't know what it was like for others to have multiple talents, but he seemed to have only one kind of supernatural power.
The fire power obtained from the fire spirit insect was absorbed by him. After expanding the capacity of his body's superpowers, it was converted into superpowers and stored in his body.
When needed, he can convert his supernatural powers into any kind of psychic power, instead of having different types of power existing in his body at the same time.
So when he uses his superpowers, he can last longer than An An.
Of course, there are differences in strength among different systems. For example, the ones he uses the most now are fire, wind and gold. These three systems are smoother when converted into superpowers.
However, elements like water and wood are rarely used, so there is a noticeable lag in the conversion.
As Tang Yu'an listened to Zhou Qi explaining his insights into his supernatural powers, he couldn't help but start to think about his own situation.
Could it be that the reason he has been unable to generate the power of light on his own is because his cognition is wrong?
While the young man was thinking, Zhou Qi had stopped the rain and began to sprinkle grass seeds on the moist land, and then used wood-type spiritual energy to induce growth.
After doing all this, he walked to the lake again, wondering what he was thinking about.
Tang Yu'an temporarily stopped his comprehension, jumped towards him, and asked, "Brother Xiaoqi, what are you looking at?"
"I think we might need to build a waterwheel," Zhou Qi explained. "Even though we dug a ditch, once the water level drops, there's no water in the ditch."
Because of the scorching sun during the day, the lake water evaporates very quickly.
Unless the ditch is dug as deep as the bottom of the lake, the water will not flow out once the water level drops below the bottom of the ditch.
"We can use wind power to turn the waterwheel." Zhou Qi continued.
It just so happens that the wind on the grassland is strong, and this can be used as power. If this works, there will be no need to worry about energy issues.
"Great! I just happened to learn that in class."
Tang Yu'an was very excited and interested in designing and making wind-powered water wheels.
Of course, before discussing the design with Zhou Qi, he used his telekinetic skills to transfer the water from the swimming pool reservoir and fill the lake again.
As a result, the ditch was filled with water again.
After putting the robot away, they returned to the cabin to discuss, and the wolves were summoned back to the fence by the Black Wolf King.
After nightfall, the number of mutant creatures near the lake increased significantly.
The wolves felt uneasy at first. Some of them hid in caves, while others wandered around the shed in fear.
If wolves can get into the fenced area, then so can other animals—if they get in by mistake, of course.
After discovering the wolves, some retreated in panic, while others wandered around the shed with a fierce look in their eyes. The wolves stared warily at the enemies who tried to approach.
However, under the restraint of the Black Wolf King, they all gathered around the shed and did not take the initiative to attack no matter how the other party provoked them.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi in the cabin naturally noticed it, but they didn't show up for the time being.
It's impossible for them to stay here every day and night, so the wolves need to learn to survive here, but... they taught so much during the day, Obsidian should understand it, right?
Under their gaze, the Black Wolf King took the initiative to walk out of the wolf pack. Silver Obsidian wanted to follow him, but was stopped by it.
It walked out alone and faced the mutant lion.
This lion was taller than the Black Wolf King, and one of its ears was missing a corner. It stared at the Black Wolf King with saliva dripping from its mouth.
It was obvious that it was very hungry, so it was unwilling to leave even in the face of a whole pack of wolves. Instead, it was planning how to have a good meal.
The Black Wolf King took the initiative to approach it.
Although all the hair on its body stood up, it just remained alert and did not show any aggression.
The mutant lion couldn't help it any longer.
It pounced directly at the Black Wolf King, and then - under the gaze of the wolves, the mutant lion disappeared from the spot, and the next moment, it appeared outside the fence wall opposite the entrance of Store No. 6.
Although the Black Wolf King was mentally prepared, he was still stunned for a moment.
At this moment, a metal dagger flew out from the direction of the hut and hit the mutant lion directly!
The mutant lion was confused because it was suddenly teleported out, and it was unable to dodge the sudden attack. It only had time to move to the side and narrowly avoided the vital parts, but a cut was still made on its body.
The Black Wolf King noticed this scene and couldn't help but look towards the direction of the hut.
A little kitten was squatting on the steps, looking coldly at the mutant lion. It seemed to have noticed its gaze and looked towards it again.
The Black Wolf King's heart trembled, and he was actually frightened by the gaze of a little kitten. He didn't come to his senses until the kitten's eyes gradually turned contemptuous when looking at him.
Inside the fence, you can attack creatures outside the wall! Even if you attack creatures outside the wall, you will not be pushed out!
The moment he realized this, several wind blades appeared around the Black Wolf King.
It howled loudly, and the wind blades all attacked the mutant lion, and Silver Obsidian also quickly ran to its side, and its wind blade attack followed closely.
The mutant lion outside the fence naturally couldn't see what was happening inside the wall. It only felt wind blades flying from all directions.
Although the power of these wind blades was much smaller than that of the mutant metal dagger, they still forced it to flee in panic.
Seeing that the two leaders had driven back the mutant lion without any harm, the wolves couldn't help but howl in excitement.
However, the protective barrier did not alarm the animals hunting by the lake.
Black Pearl looked at this scene, showing contempt again, then turned around slowly and went into the hut.
Tang Yu'an picked it up and rubbed it with his cheek, "Black Pearl, thank you for reminding them, you are so great!"
Black Pearl meowed, proudly raised his tail, and twitched the tip of his tail, releasing his joy.
Outside the house, the Black Wolf King had organized the wolves in the tribe who possessed wind-related abilities to patrol and guard around the fence.
Once they detect a mutant creature approaching, they will release wind blades in advance.
Those mutant creatures cannot see the wolves inside the fence and are often scared away by the sudden appearance of wind blades, thus ensuring the safety of the wolves.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi returned to Ping'an Grocery Store with peace of mind and began to retrieve today's dream message in a bottle.
The first message in a bottle today is from Xiao Hailan.
"Great and merciful God of Commerce, I am praying for you devoutly, hoping that you will exist for a long time and allow more weak and poor people like me and my father to have water and food..."
Xiao Hailan's prayer was comparable to Gan Lin's. It was probably Haijing who told her about the God of Business.
However, the content of this little girl's wish has changed. She used to hope that the mysterious merchant would pay attention to her and trade things with her.
But now she is praying for other poor people.
Tang Yu'an smiled and greeted her softly.
"Lord God of Business!" Xiao Hailan said excitedly.
"Just call me the mysterious businessman." Tang Yu'an said. He knew that he was not really the god of business.
"Okay, God." The little girl was unexpectedly stubborn.
Tang Yu'an had no way to deal with her. After thinking for a while, he said something nonsense: "I am not the God of Commerce, but the messenger of God, so don't call me that anymore."
Little Hailan nodded in confusion. After thinking for a moment, she finally changed her tone and said, "I understand, Lord Divine Envoy."
This sounds much better.
"What do you want to trade today?" Tang Yu'an asked straight to the point.
However, unexpectedly, Xiao Hailan said, "We are now well-off and no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold. You should give these supplies to those who need them more."
The little girl really listened to what her father said.
Tang Yu'an was somewhat touched, but he felt guilty if he didn't make a deal.
After all, he knew that since there had been no dream transactions for nearly 10 days, the amount of salt accumulated in the sea whale must have been enormous.
At this time, Zhou Qi spoke up at the right time: "In addition to having enough food and clothing, there is nothing wrong with pursuing a better life."
"As long as it's earned through hard work, you should have the right to keep your share of the wealth."
He said, "The God of Commerce hates unearned gains. As his messengers, we must strictly enforce this rule. Therefore, we will never accept offerings from believers for no reason."
Xiao Hailan opened her mouth slightly. She couldn't remember whether she had heard the voice of another messenger of God before.
However, she still remembered Zhou Qi's words firmly.
"Okay, I understand," she said. "If possible, I'd like to get more normal temperature cloth and low temperature cloth."
"Is the low-temperature cloth useful?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"It works great!" Xiao Hailan said. "Food used to spoil quickly, but now we have a low-temperature cloth, we can keep it for two or three days longer."
“After salting and drying, it can be kept longer.”
Hearing this, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but frown.
For those who own refrigerators, two or three days is still too short to keep food fresh. It seems that the freezing technology needs to be improved.
"Anything else you want?"
"I...I want to drink milk."
"no problem."
So Tang Yu'an prepared cloth and milk for Xiao Hailan according to her needs, and also prepared some flour, dried meat and seasonings.
Then we exchanged for paper and pen, then two flashlights, and a few pairs of rain boots.
The rain boots produced by the system are very strong and cannot be cut by ordinary scissors. Haijing and his companions wear them when drying salt on the beach, and they also provide some protection.
All in all, he spent nearly 10,000 points and finally exchanged them for all the salt in Xiao Hailan's house.
The transaction was soon completed and Xiao Hailan's ball of light shattered.
[You obtained 3758 kilograms of sea salt]
You completed a profitable trade with a Dream Wisher, earning +167,900 points (points doubling card active), +1 experience point, and +1 dream fragment.
Tang Yuan: 0.0
Seize, seize less?
Close to 168,000 points?!
Tang Yu'an counted carefully again and again, and found that he had not counted wrongly. He could not help but look at Zhou Qi and murmured: "Xiao, Xiaoqi brother, it seems that we have made a fortune?"
Just with this order of Xiao Hailan, you can buy a space bag if you add up the money!
"So many points! I'm going to be rich!"
Compared to Tang Yu'an's money-obsessed personality, Zhou Qi was much calmer. He said, "Wait until the points doubling card expires tonight, and then you'll see a bigger surprise when you look at your points balance."
The power of the points doubling card is not just talk!
"Hahaha, okay, I'll listen to you!" Tang Yu'an was very happy. He hadn't looked at the points balance since the afternoon, and he couldn't bear to look at it now.
He has to wait until after 12 o'clock to pick up all the drifting bottles before he can see!
Of course, what made him feel confident was that it was almost nine o'clock in the evening and the Kyoho Grocery Store was still open!
Yes, today is the first day of opening, and the Kyoho Grocery Store has been open from before dawn until dusk without closing.
Although Tang Yu'an really wanted to earn more points, he didn't think of exploiting his employees like this, so he had already let Shi Tou Xiaocao come back to rest in the store channel.
Although they responded, the reminders of profitable trades never stopped.
Finally, Zhou Qi had no choice but to grant the authority of the teleportation array to Lin Zhen and Lan Lin, and then asked Old Li to take them to the Jufeng Grocery Store to help.
Fortunately, it became much colder after nightfall, and the number of customers' lights around the Kyoho Grocery Store had decreased.
After serving this group of customers, they can come back and rest.
Tang Yu'an suppressed his excitement and stood up to take out a drifting bottle from the sea of dreams. This bottle belonged to Gan Lin.
I promised yesterday to cooperate with him to perform a miracle, so I naturally cannot go back on my word today.
So, Tang Yu'an opened the cork.
Gan Lin's prayers also rang out in the attic.
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Near Yanlong Fort.
The area around a newly built dry well was cleaned very cleanly. Because the Fire Dragon did not appear in the sky tonight, candles were lit around the dry well for lighting.
The dry well appeared red in the night because countless fire stones were placed in it.
Gan Lin lay beside the well just like last time, but this time the bed had been decorated and looked more sacred under the candlelight.
Lao Mo was still wearing a black cloak and holding a long mantis sickle in his hand.
This time, hundreds of believers around were prostrating themselves on the ground, and no one stood at the prayer site except Lao Mo.
Although the new believers were somewhat skeptical of the ceremony, under the guidance of their predecessors, they still pretended to be pious and lay on the ground, then secretly looked up to see what Lao Mo was doing.
Lao Mo ignored these people's peeking behavior.
He opened his arms and prayed to the god: "Great God of Commerce, I will faithfully carry out your will!"
"Great God of Commerce, I will loyally..." He recited a sentence, and hundreds of believers followed suit. Although it was not very uniform, it sounded particularly powerful.
"I will strictly abide by the religious rules and will not rob or steal, rape or plunder, eat human flesh, or buy or sell human beings!"
"I will respect the elderly and love the young, pay attention to hygiene and be polite..."
"I will love and protect my children, and will not abandon or abuse them..."
"I will be hardworking and brave, and use my hands to create wealth. I am willing to exchange the proceeds of my labor for food and water!"
"Please take the Fire Stone and give us precious water and food!"
When the last sentence was spoken, everyone's voice became unified and loud. If you heard it live, you would definitely be shocked.
Gan Lin was lying by the well, his eyelashes trembling slightly and his eyeballs moving rapidly under his eyelids.
Lao Mo knew that Gan Lin had contacted the mysterious businessman in his dream!
He had observed Gan Lin's reactions while sleeping many times before, and recorded his reactions when he was dreaming normally and when he was communicating with the mysterious businessman.
After repeated summaries and verifications, he was finally able to grasp the approximate time of Gan Lin's transaction with the mysterious businessman during the ceremony.
Without hesitation, he raised his arms and shouted again, repeating the last sentence: "Please take the Fire Stone and give us precious water and food!"
Hundreds of believers followed suit and shouted again.
As they finished speaking, the red color reflected in the dry well disappeared.
The moment the red light disappeared, Lao Mo raised his hand and exchanged the wheat that had been prepared on the interface.
"Thank you, great God of Commerce, for giving us food and water!"
The first group of believers, who were already experienced, had already started shouting, while the second group of believers, after being shocked, were pulled to their knees by the people around them.
In a deserted building in the distance, two figures lay among the rubble, using binoculars to watch the entire ceremony.
The moment the well water overflowed, both of them let out a low cry at the same time.
"Damn! Is there really a miracle?"
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ps: The story about Tours and Little Round Biscuit is roughly that the inscriptionist settlement where Tours was located was destroyed by star beasts, and he and the old people and children were trapped in an underground secret room. Because of hunger and disease, the old people and children gradually died, leaving only him and Little Round Biscuit (a little elf the size of a palm).
It took Tours hundreds of years to complete the inheritance stele alone. Before his death, he merged his soul into the stele. Little Round Biscuit has been guarding the underground secret room with his will, waiting for future generations to pass on the lineage of the engraver.
And now An An has contacted him in advance, so this fate will also change [covering face and peeking]
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