Chapter 207
Ping An Grocery Store, attic.
Tang Yu'an pressed the accelerator of the dream bottle. As the pointer turned, flickering lights soon appeared in the sea of dreams.
Which drift bottles will come back today?
He and Zhou Qi both went to the window to look out, and saw three drifting bottles flashing in the sea of dreams!
One purple and...two blue ones!
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but look at each other, and then with a nervous mood, they opened the window of Menghai and fished out the three returning drift bottles.
The purple one is MR23582, which is the plane of Tours.
The first blue one should be from Cosona's plane. Tang Yu'an glanced at it and didn't look closely, because the remaining blue bottle...
MR168845.
When Tang Yu'an saw this plane number, his hands trembled, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Qi: "Brother Xiaoqi..."
"It's our world." Zhou Qi couldn't hide his excitement. He looked at Tang Yu'an and said, "Open it and take a look."
"Okay..." Although he responded like this, Tang Yu'an's hands were shaking violently.
After longing for so long, he is finally about to know news about his family, but he can't help feeling a little homesick. He is worried that the news he will receive will be bad.
A big hand reached out and pressed hard on the back of his hand.
Tang Yu'an raised his head and saw Zhou Qi's gentle and calm eyes. He said to him: "No matter what happens, I will be with you, so don't be afraid."
Tang Yu'an looked at Zhou Qi and felt his anxious heart floating in the air slowly landing on the ground.
"Um!"
He took a deep breath and then pulled the cork out with force.
Silence, long silence...
There was no sound coming from the message in the bottle, which made Tang Yu'an's face turn pale and his eyes turned red.
"Don't panic." He heard Zhou Qi's calm voice ringing in his ears, and it quickly soothed him like a stabilizing force. "There's still something in the bottle."
Only then did Tang Yu'an notice that there was a brooch lying at the bottom of the bottle. It turned out to be a light computer, and the space bag they had stuffed into the bottle before was nowhere to be found.
He guessed something and quickly took out the computer and started it up.
After seeing the new video in the optical brain, the boy's face finally regained color, and then he asked the intelligent system to play it in a trembling voice.
On the pop-up image, Tang Xueyun's figure appeared first, followed by Tang Sheng, and then Tang Yuxin who was sitting in the back seat of the car.
As soon as she saw them, Tang Yu'an's tears welled up in her eyes.
They still looked the same as I remembered, but they looked very bad, especially Tang Xueyun, who looked extremely haggard and emaciated.
Tang Yu'an was heartbroken. In his impression, his mother had always been beautiful, and he had never seen her in such a miserable state.
"Mom..." he cried out in a choked voice.
"An An." Tang Xueyun's gentle voice sounded, as if responding to him.
"Mom picked up the message in a bottle you sent her in her dream..."
So it was mom who picked it up?
Yes, isn’t the person closest to him by blood in this world his mother?
Tang Yu'an felt tears blurring his vision, and he quickly raised his hand to wipe them away, then looked greedily at every relative in the video.
"You suffered in the other world. You were so young. You must be scared to suddenly go to a strange world?" Tang Xueyun said.
Tang Yu'an couldn't stop crying again. It was obvious that the old world was also the end of the world, and her mother and the others would have a much harder time...
"Xiaoqi, thank you for taking such good care of An An. You've worked so hard. You've always been a very good child."
Zhou Qi was stunned, and his eyes, which had been relatively restrained, turned red.
He blinked and looked away.
But soon, Tang Xueyun began to talk about the news of the original world, which attracted his attention back.
"I didn't want to tell you this."
Tang Xueyun said, "But your father said that unless we only record the conversation, we can't hide it at all."
"I know you must be eager to see us again, just like we missed you, so I finally decided to record it."
Then she began to explain what had happened during those three months.
Tang Yu'an was very distressed when he heard this, but...
"So, the system saved our lives?"
Zhou Qi nodded, then pondered, "I never thought the end of our world would be like this..."
Tang Yu'an nodded. "A mutated species, that sounds terrifying."
Being in such danger, facing battle at any moment, it seems that simply providing them with daily necessities is not enough...
"I'll see if I can buy some weapons and equipment and send them back." Tang Yu'an said, "Luckily, Dad persuaded Mom not to hide this important information from us."
Although she finally asked them to stay in this world peacefully and not think about going back, how could Tang Yu'an agree?
However, they have no way to go back for the time being. It is very lucky that they can communicate through the dream bottle and deliver supplies to them.
After the recording ended, Tang Yu'an clicked on the replay button.
He watched it over and over again until his emotions completely calmed down, and then he finally stopped.
"They all look malnourished. They must have had a very hard time recently. We need to send them some more food."
According to the time calculation, it takes at least 18 days for their message in a bottle to make a round trip, and this is the result of accelerated drifting.
Tang Yu'an was not sure whether the supplies delivered before could guarantee their survival for the next 18 days.
Moreover, if any accidents occur in the middle, the communication time will definitely be extended, so it is still necessary to store food as much as possible.
"By the way, why don't we give the automatic water storage thermos to Mom and Dad?" Tang Yu'an suddenly said.
During this period, they gathered all the materials and upgraded the automatic water storage thermos. Now the water storage space of the thermos has reached 100 cubic meters.
With this thermos cup with extra large capacity and automatic heating function, mom and dad don’t have to worry about not having water to drink!
Zhou Qi thought about it, then shook his head and said, "The automatic water storage thermos is a magical piece of furniture, and its level has reached level 3. We only have two of them at the moment."
High-level magical furniture is one of the conditions for upgrading the store level. If the thermos is given away, their upgrade time will be extended a lot.
Tang Yu'an was about to say something when Zhou Qi said, "Compared to the thermos, I think Ryan's magic tent might be more suitable."
"Magic tent?"
"Yes, Uncle Tang and the others probably haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time. The magic tent is obviously more suitable for them in terms of privacy and comfort."
The magic tent is divided into inner and outer spaces. When the original world is mainly on guard against mutants, the outer space will be extremely confusing.
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up, "Yes, and as long as there is a psychic stone, Heituantuan can produce water and fire!"
Even excrement, the magic tent has a magic circle to deal with it.
The processed excrement can also be used to generate fertilizer for growing potted plants - there are also magic lamps in the tent that provide light specifically for the plants.
They have never used this function because they don’t need it, but it would be different for mom and dad!
They can rest in the magic tent at night, eat, drink, bathe, sleep, and grow their own vegetables. As for meat and carbohydrates, they can replenish them through dream bottles...
I feel like there's no problem staying in the magic tent for a long time!
"Brother Xiaoqi, your suggestion is good. Let's send the magic tent back." Tang Yu'an said excitedly.
Zhou Qi frowned and said, "But this will cause a problem to be solved."
"What's the problem?"
"Access to the space inside the magic tent."
With Zhou Qi's reminder, Tang Yu'an finally remembered that, yes, in order to enter the inner space of the magic tent, he needed his authorization.
But now that we have crossed dimensions, how can we grant authority to our parents and sister?
He scratched his head, thought for a moment and said, "Let's ask Hei Tuan Tuan!"
Then he took out the magic tent, and he and Zhou Qi went in, and the little black ball immediately came over.
[The magic core is welcoming you: Master, welcome back! ]
Maybe it was because Tang Yu'an and the others hadn't been here for a long time, so the little black ball was being particularly enthusiastic. It might feel lonely staying in the inner space for a long time.
Tang Yu'an told it about his next arrangements for the magic tent and asked it if it had any solution.
[The Magic Core is asking you: Do you want to add a new rule that allows people with a blood relationship to enter the inner space?]
Such a smart option!
Tang Yu'an naturally chose yes. After the little black ball replied that the rules had been generated, he couldn't help but hug the little black ball and feed it another crystal.
The little black ball wrapped the crystal and ate it happily with a smacking sound.
Tang Yuan stroked it and could feel the magic core emitting a joyful emotion.
Thinking that after sending the magic tent back to its original world, he might not be able to see Hei Tuan Tuan for a long time, he felt a little reluctant.
"Hei Tuan Tuan, my parents and sister are going to be in your care."
[The magic core is responding to you: Good Master, I will do my best to take care of them.]
Tang Yu'an hugged the little black ball and rubbed his face with it. Then he took out a box and filled it with crystals of the three elements: water, earth, and wood.
These crystals were collected by him and Zhou Qi in the other dimension. There were still many in the portable warehouse, filling up half a grid.
"Hei Tuan Tuan, these crystals are for you. You can use them when your energy is exhausted."
[The magic core is responding to you: Thank you, generous master! ]
The black ball jumped a few times on the box, and it was obvious that it was really happy.
Tang Yu'an smiled. It was great that the permission issue could be resolved smoothly.
These crystals are compensation to Hei Tuan Tuan, but at the same time, Hei Tuan Tuan is also using these energies to take care of his family.
Suddenly he thought of something and turned to Zhou Qi and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, if we can bring the magic tent back, then we can bring more supplies back!"
Although the space inside the magic tent is not very large, it can still hold much more things compared to a space bag that is only 8 cubic meters.
"Indeed." Zhou Qi said, "We can put the things in the inner space and take them back."
To be on the safe side, Tang Yu'an asked the little black ball first. After getting a positive answer, he couldn't help but cheer.
[The magic core is responding to you: Master, I now have sufficient energy and can also provide freshness preservation services.]
"Wow! Heituantuan, you are really versatile!" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but admire.
[The magic core is responding to you: Thank you for the compliment, Master. I will continue to work hard.]
So, Tang Yu'an directly moved 100 kilograms each of potatoes, soybeans, and sweet potatoes, and packed a box of mutant star chain fruits and green vegetables.
He stopped when the magic core's preservation limit was exceeded, and instead exchanged a lot of canned meat and dried meat from the mall.
Of course, flour, sweet potato flour, wheat flour, as well as coarse grains such as refined rice, millet, red beans, and lotus seeds are also indispensable.
Then there are more daily necessities and consumables, clothes made of room temperature cloth, batteries, fuel, shampoo, shower gel, toothbrushes, toothpaste and toilet paper...
Before, we could only bring food first because of limited space. Now that we have a magic tent, of course we have to bring personal hygiene products as well!
Yes, seasoning is also necessary.
Now that we have the conditions, we must not let our family members suffer any injustice.
Tang Yu'an wanted to take everything he had with him, but unfortunately the space in the magic tent was limited.
If I keep installing more, there won’t be any room to move around, so I’ll have to stop.
Even so, he spent more than 50,000 points.
After coming out of the magic tent, Tang Yu'an was about to buy a space bag when he heard Zhou Qi say, "Let's take a look at the other two drift bottles first."
He pointed to the purple one and said, "See if there's any good news from Tours."
"Okay, okay."
Tang Yu'an nodded. They had previously asked Tours about the space bag and weapons and equipment.
But in such a short time, Tours probably couldn't make too many inscribed equipment, right? The inscriptions on that stone cabinet looked very complicated.
He pulled out the cork of the bottle, and the young man's gentle and peaceful voice suddenly rang out in the attic.
"Tang Yu'an, my friend from the East, thank you very much for the supplies you brought us. You saved us all!"
Compared with the previous decadence and madness, the young people's voices have become obviously different.
Not only did he not look so weak anymore, but he also sounded energetic and full of hope.
Tang Yu'an smiled, then couldn't help but wonder, "Friends from the East?" Could it be that in Tours' world, there was also a Chinese-like civilization?
"I'm sorry it took me a week to reply to you because it took some time to create the inscribed equipment and weapons."
Turles' voice continued, "There are three sets of armor and five weapons in total, all placed in the stone cabinet."
"As for the space equipment you asked about that doesn't require magic power to use, I already have some ideas and am currently trying to make it. Perhaps next time I write back, I'll be able to bring you good news."
Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up when he heard this. He didn't expect that Tours was so efficient.
Only a week had passed since he received the message in the bottle, and he had already made eight sets of weapons and equipment. This speed far exceeded his imagination.
Of course, he soon found out why.
"If you need better weapons and equipment, you may need to prepare higher-level materials."
Tours said, "These materials can only bear one basic inscription, so the effect of the equipment made is relatively limited. I hope you can understand."
Oh, it turns out that the material has an impact on the performance!
"We hope to exchange our inscribed equipment for more food, water, and magic crystals... Can you give us a few more?"
"Of course, if it's too difficult, we understand. After all, magic crystals should be very precious now."
"Thanks again for your help, I look forward to hearing from you!"
After listening to what Tours said, Tang Yu'an poured out the stone cabinet in the bottle, and then went to the other dimension with Zhou Qi.
With the experience of the first time, they quickly restored the stone cabinet to its original size.
The supplies in the stone cabinet had been taken away, replaced by three sets of armor and five weapons.
The three sets of armor should be made of insect shells. Tang Yu'an saw a note stuck on them and took it down to have a look.
[Sturdy Armor: Defensive equipment, engraved with a solid inscription, doubling the strength of the original armor.]
This armor is not fixed and can be adjusted to fit the body tightly.
Zhou Qi took out a mutated metal dagger.
He tried to stab the armor with the dagger, but found that the mutated metal that could originally pierce the insect shell could only leave a white mark on the armor.
"This one is quite sturdy." He said with some surprise.
Mutated metal is much stronger than ordinary metal. He feels that its strength is comparable to the bulletproof vests in his original world.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of the mutants that appeared in the original world is still unknown...
"But it's much better than not wearing any defensive equipment." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but nod, and said with some joy: "I didn't expect it to be so powerful with just a basic inscription. If it's more complicated, it must be very powerful, right?"
He couldn't help but feel a little hopeful, but unfortunately they didn't have any particularly advanced mutant biological materials on hand—
Hunting in the giant forest is basically a battle with insects. When they encounter those giant creatures, they can only run away.
"Take your time. We don't know the standards for high-level materials yet. We need to get more information."
Zhou Qi looked at the armor again, "There are exactly three pieces here. Uncle Tang, Aunt Tang, and Yu Xin can each have one."
"Yes, yes."
And because it can be adjusted when worn, even my younger sister Tang Yuxin should be able to wear it.
Tang Yu'an nodded, then turned his gaze to the weapons.
[Sharp Claw Set: Offensive equipment, engraved with a sharp inscription, increasing the sharpness of the claw tip by at least twice its original level, and adding a slight bonus to its sturdiness.]
This claw set should be made from the claws of a mutant rat. Although it only has one inscription engraved on it, it has both sharp and sturdy effects!
Tang Yu'an put the claw gloves on his hands, and then scratched the stones standing around the hut with force, leaving three deep claw marks on the stones.
"This attack power is not bad!" he said happily.
Then he tried to attack the insect shell, and found that even the claws could only leave a white mark on the insect shell, which was slightly deeper than the mark left by the mutant metal.
If you use more force, it may be more powerful, but it may also break the claw tip.
Tang Yu'an stopped the test.
There are three sets of these sharp claws, and the remaining are two weapons made of mutant mantis sickles.
[Flying Scythe: An offensive weapon. After throwing the scythe, it can be controlled to fly in the air according to the user's wishes.]
The mutant mantis sickle itself is very hard, and the blade is also very sharp. Now it has the effect of controlling flying, it is simply a weapon for reaping lives!
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi each took one and tried to control it.
Then they discovered that the sickle could be controlled to fly without the use of psychic power, and it really danced according to the user's will!
After jointly harvesting the life of a giant insect, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi controlled the sickle to fly back.
"That's right, I can leave one for you and take the other one back with you." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an looked at the one-meter-long blade of the sickle and nodded, "It can't be stuffed into the space bag, but it can be put into the magic tent."
When you think about it this way, the magic tent is really useful!
After finishing the testing of weapons and equipment, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi purchased more supplies and stuffed them into the stone cabinet.
Because living objects cannot be placed in the stone cabinet, they cannot put plants in it, so this time they bought a batch of canned meat.
Canned meat is easier to digest and tastier than jerky.
Then there is the magic crystal that Tours mentioned, which is probably the psychic stone, right?
Although Tours only asked for a few, this thing was everywhere in the other dimension and they really had no shortage of it, so Tang Yu'an grabbed a whole handful, put them in a box and put them in.
Then, they filled the remaining space with a bunch of low-level materials.
After all, it’s difficult to get better materials in a short time, so let’s just make these low-level ones and wait until we get high-level materials later.
"Anyway, these low-level equipment and weapons should be enough to deal with the mutant creatures in this plane." Zhou Qi said, "We can give them to our employees."
After all, there is a trading area where you can sell anonymously, and it is also very convenient to sell to employees. It can be regarded as a way to recover points.
Tang Yu'an nodded, shrunk the stone cabinet again and stuffed it into the bottle.
After hesitating for a while, he decided to buy a light computer from the plane store and then recorded a message for Tours.
The message in a bottle can only be listened to once, but if there is a recording, you can listen to it repeatedly, which is much more convenient.
"Turles may not understand." Zhou Qi reminded.
Tang Yu'an then remembered the language barrier. They were now able to communicate smoothly because he had purchased a translation package from the system.
But this optical computer is not produced by the system...
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. Let Tours record it for us. This way we can still understand what he said."
As for what he said to Tours, he would have to say it to the message in the bottle.
After explaining how to use the optical computer, Tang Yu'an expressed his love for weapons and equipment and hoped to customize more.
"We are also very interested in inscriptions and hope to know more about their knowledge or history. If possible, could you tell us about it?"
Tang Yuan said: "We have prepared cookies and desserts, we hope the children will like them, and we look forward to hearing from you!"
Then, Tang Yu'an threw the bottle back into the dream sea, and then picked up the remaining blue bottle.
I thought the bottle would belong to Cosona, but when I opened the cork, a strange male voice sounded in the attic.
The fifth message in a bottle is back!
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