Chapter 228
50 children, big and small, were gathered in the courtyard of the garrison.
They huddled together, their wide-open eyes filled with fear, and they were all confused and afraid of the unknown fate that lay ahead.
The guards stood by calmly and indifferently.
They also didn't know what the mountain master wanted to do by collecting these children. In short, they just had to follow orders and didn't need to think too much.
Hongli felt a headache when looking at these 50 skinny children.
She looked at Black Bear and said, "Have someone cook some soybeans for them to eat. Be careful not to eat too much, or they'll get sick."
Soybeans are not easy to digest. A guard had stomachache after eating too much.
"Arrange two rooms for them to stay temporarily tonight."
The conditions of these children are not very good, and we need to make careful arrangements on how to send them to the deserted city.
Otherwise, I'm really afraid they would die on the road.
Black Bear took the order and made arrangements.
Among this group of children, there were two newborn babies who definitely could not eat soybeans, so they had to be fed by the family members of the guards who had just given birth.
While Hongli was away, Black Bear stayed in Jufeng Town and had no idea about the situation in the deserted city.
But he could clearly feel that the state of the guards who came back with Hongli had changed.
Each of them seemed a little dazed, not knowing what they had experienced in the deserted city.
Originally, Black Bear thought that Red Carp had lost half of its men in the deserted city, and these guards were frightened by the mutant creatures in the center of the deserted city.
However, listening to their private whispers, he soon discovered that this was not the case.
"So what happened in the deserted city?" Black Bear asked the guards.
"The mountain master won't let me tell you."
"Where are the other brothers? Did they all die in the deserted city?"
Then, he saw the guards say with jealousy, "He's not dead, he's enjoying himself in the deserted city!"
After confirming that the guards were not joking, Black Bear became more and more confused.
He didn't ask any more questions. After arranging the 50 children, he went back to report to Hongli, but he finally found her in the warehouse.
I don't know why, but her expression wasn't very good.
"Mountain Master." Black Bear said respectfully.
"Yeah." Hongli nodded. "Have the soybeans produced today not been put into storage yet?"
"Yes."
"Take me there to have a look."
"good."
Black Bear led the way, and Red Carp followed him to the outside of the warehouse, where they just saw several guards transporting soybeans.
After handing it over to Black Bear for inspection, he said to Red Carp, "Mountain Master, here are 263 kilograms of soybeans. They are the new harvest produced by the planters today. Please take a look."
"These soybeans were given to you by the grower, right?" Red Carp said to Black Bear.
Black Bear paused and nodded in confusion.
After confirming the "ownership", Hongli nodded slightly, then took out two 10-yuan coins and handed them to him.
"These two peace coins are for you, and these soybeans are for me."
Black Bear felt something was strange when he heard this, but he still took the two new coins respectfully.
As soon as he got it, he felt the difference.
Hongli reached out and patted the soybeans. After Hei Xiong took the peace coins, she received a profit reminder from the system.
Although her points balance only increased by 1 point, her monthly turnover increased by 6,555 points.
Based on the percentage of salary commission, this transaction brought her more than 300 personal points and more than 600 purchasing points.
Hongli nodded with satisfaction.
She just tried it with the soybeans in the warehouse and found that there was no profit reminder. Even if she offered to give it to the guard and asked him to trade it to her, it would not work.
Fortunately, the new batch of soybeans had not been put into storage and was not considered her property.
Now that the level has been raised to lv5, Hongli’s need for employee experience points is not so urgent.
As for the long-term mission reward of 1 point for every profit, she wasn't too impressed.
Each person can only get 3 points if he trades three times a day, which is still too little for Hongli.
She prefers to do large-scale transactions. As long as she can hold on for 30 days and wait until the day when salary is paid, she can enter a positive cycle.
Given her status and strength, a month is not difficult to endure.
Hongli waved his hand and asked the guards to take the soybeans to the warehouse, and then began to think about how to get more supplies.
Thinking of something, she looked at Black Bear and asked, "How is the experimental field we arranged earlier going?"
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[Employee "Red Carp" completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, earning +6555 points and +1 experience point]
Looking at the prompt that popped up on the system, Tang Yu'an cheered happily.
Wuhu! Sister Hongli is awesome! She just completed a big order after returning to the garrison!
He glanced at the map, then looked at Zhou Qi and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, it seems that Sister Hongli has collected all 50 children."
Zhou Qi was putting away the dog's Frisbee.
In front of him, a black puppy was wagging its tail. When he took the frisbee away, it looked confused and then ran away whimpering.
Because the RV was parked by the river, they left the RV to protect the construction robot while it was repairing the bridge. They then cleared out the mutant creatures nearby, preparing to complete the task of clearing out dangerous creatures (4).
The mutated creatures near Jufeng Mountain no longer pose any challenge to Zhou Qi.
So he was too lazy to bother and just used cat teasers and dog frisbees to solve the problem. After turning into a cat or dog, if he saw some materials he liked, he would turn into a mouse to destroy them.
If not, let them escape.
Anyway, as long as you don't actively attack them and don't encounter danger, these mutated creatures that have turned into cats and dogs will not be able to return to their original form.
"Have you collected all 50 children?"
Zhou Qi was also surprised when he heard Tang Yu'an's words, "You're quite quick."
"Yes, should we send the peace coins over and take a look at those children?" Tang Yu'an asked.
When they sent out the task last night, they notified Grandpa Li.
Grandpa Li has already arranged for people to clean up the rooms and is preparing to build kangs in the bedrooms and living room.
Since they are all children, they should be able to fit in the two largest suites if they squeeze in.
Children are easy to raise and don’t require too much living space. As long as they have food and drink, it is definitely better than starving and freezing in Mount Jufeng.
Zhou Qi glanced at the task Tang Yu'an had shared with him and said, "Clear one more."
To clear out dangerous creatures (4), 60 need to be cleared out. They have already cleared out 29, and one more needs to be cleared out to make it an even number.
"Oh ok!"
Tang Yu'an took the dog frisbee, looked at the map, and flew towards the nearest red dot.
This time, what appeared in their sight was a leopard.
It was about three or four meters long and was limping along the road. There were obvious bite marks on its hind legs, and they were still bleeding.
The mutant leopard also discovered Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi. It bared its teeth and let out a threatening growl.
"He should have run here from the center of the deserted city." Tang Yu'an said.
Most of the mutant creatures they cleared out were mutant insects, and large carnivores like this were relatively rare.
Hearing the leopard's growl, Black Pearl, who was sleeping in Tang Yu'an's pocket, suddenly poked his head out.
It stared at the leopard, narrowing its eyes slightly.
Tang Yu'an didn't give it a chance to attack. Instead, he flew in the air and shook the cat toy at the mutant leopard. After attracting its attention, he threw the dog frisbee out.
Despite being injured, the mutant leopard was still attracted by the dog's frisbee after noticing it. It then took a step forward to chase after it and bit it.
Then, it ran towards Tang Yu'an with the dog frisbee in its mouth.
When Tang Yu'an retrieved the dog frisbee, the mutant leopard had turned into a little yellow dog.
Black Pearl stared at the Leopard brand little yellow dog for a few seconds, then jumped out of Tang Yu'an's pocket. It landed on the ground and sniffed at the confused little yellow dog.
Tang Yu'an didn't have time to take care of them for the time being, because - a system prompt popped up.
Congratulations! You've earned the special title "Dog Team"!
[Description: Obtained when using the "Super Cool Dog Frisbee" to tame 100 dangerous creatures into docile puppies]
[After wearing this title, the pet grid is increased by 1, and when there are three or more dogs among the pets, the special skill "Excitement" is obtained.]
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I got another special title! And it was triggered by using a dog frisbee!
Tang Yu'an quickly put on the title of "Dog Team", and sure enough, he saw a new skill added to the skill panel.
【Excited】
Description: "Dog Team" exclusive skill, after using it on a pet, all attributes are increased by 20%, lasting for 20 minutes.
After the skill ends, the pet will fall into a weak state for 24 hours.
Wow! All attributes +20%!
Tang Yu'an quickly told Zhou Qi about the new skill he had acquired, "It feels really useful!"
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "Well, although the duration is a bit short, it is basically enough in battle."
Moreover, this skill has no cooldown time.
Although a single pet has a 24-hour weakness period, you can switch pets to use it!
"Hahaha, that's great!" Tang Yu'an said happily, "I wonder if cat teasers and mousetraps can also get titles?"
Because the frisbee is more useful, the other two props are used less frequently.
"I'll have to use it more often in the future!"
Tang Yu'an said with a smile: "This title also comes with a pet slot! That's great, I can contract the little red bird as a pet."
Otherwise it would have to stay in the other dimension, which is really pitiful. Fortunately, it has Wangcai and silver coins to accompany it.
After checking the rewards, Tang Yu'an wanted to go back to the RV, but when he looked down, he saw the kitten running after the little yellow dog.
"Black Pearl?"
Tang Yu'an called it, and the little kitten stopped, turned around and meowed at him.
"Did it discover something?" Zhou Qi said.
"Go and take a look!"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi followed Black Pearl. After passing through several collapsed houses, they saw Black Pearl stop.
The little yellow dog also stopped. It turned around and saw them, and once again showed its ferocious expression with bared teeth.
But considering its small body, it looks like a bluff no matter how you look at it.
“Meow—meow—”
At this moment, two childish cries were heard, and two little leopards emerged from under the ruins.
When the mother leopard saw the two cubs, she immediately tried to push them to hide. However, after she turned into a little yellow dog, her body was even smaller than the little leopards, so she couldn't push them at all.
When the two little leopards saw Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, they were not afraid and ran towards Tang Yu'an.
When Tang Yu'an saw them, his eyes lit up: "It's you!"
When the flood just happened, he met two little leopards on the way to the swimming pool and helped them avoid the swarm of mutant mosquitoes.
Now two or three months have passed, and the two little leopard cubs have grown a little, but they look skinny and it is obvious that they did not have a good time during the flood.
Tang Yu'an touched the heads of the two little leopards and looked at the mother leopard.
It squatted there, obviously a little overwhelmed by the reactions of the two cubs.
Tang Yu'an smiled at it and said, "You seem to be injured. Can I bandage you?"
The little yellow dog looked at him, then looked at the two puppies who were clinging to Tang Yu'an and rubbing against him, but in the end he did not avoid Tang Yu'an's hand.
Tang Yu'an disinfected its wound with alcohol and then applied a primary healing bandage.
After being bandaged, the little yellow dog looked visibly relieved.
He put the little yellow dog down and gave them some dried chicken to eat.
The two little leopards were not polite at all and started to eat the dried meat with a loud roar. The mother leopard hesitated for a moment and also took a piece of the dried meat and started to chew it.
Black Pearl squatted beside them and watched, his eyes fixed on the two little leopards. It must have discovered the two cubs just now, so it followed the mother leopard to come and see.
"Do you want to collect them?" Zhou Qi squatted down beside Tang Yu'an and asked.
“I feel like we’re destined to be together.”
Tang Yu'an said, and revealed a distressed look, "But I don't have that many pet slots..."
"Then let's keep it at home." Zhou Qi said, "If we raise it from a young age, we should be able to tame it."
The mother leopard turns into a little yellow dog. As long as it doesn't encounter danger, it will not return to its original form and should be able to enter the protective barrier.
"When we are not at home, it would be nice to have them guarding the house and deterring the enemy." Zhou Qi continued.
“That’s a good idea!”
As for meat, you can exchange it for dried meat through the mall. As long as they eat enough every day, they shouldn't harm the residents, right?
However, there is a protective barrier, so if they show any danger, they will be repelled, so there doesn't seem to be much to worry about.
"Then take them back!" Tang Yu'an said.
After the three leopards had eaten their fill, he took out the cat toy again and turned them all into little orange cats.
Black Pearl immediately ran over and licked their heads respectively. The mother leopard ran away, and the two cubs accepted the licking of their fur very obediently.
Facing three of its kind, especially the two cubs, Black Pearl looked quite enthusiastic, without any of his usual aloofness.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but touch Black Pearl's head and said with a smile: "Black Pearl, they will be left to your care from now on."
Black Pearl nodded proudly.
Then, Tang Yu'an took out his backpack and put the three Leopard brand kittens in it.
Black Pearl jumped into his pocket again and hid there.
Because the three leopards could not use the teleportation array, they did not return to the RV, but flew directly back to their home in the deserted city.
They flew very fast and with the cover of the shadow umbrella, they did not encounter any attacks from aerial creatures.
In the evening, they returned home and handed the three "kittens" to Old Li.
Old Li did not underestimate these three cats. After all, he had already seen the four pets before.
But I couldn't help but be a little surprised at the speed at which Tang Yu'an collected pets.
"They are not my pets." Tang Yu'an said, "They will be kept in our home as guardian animals."
Then he asked Zhou Qi to scare the three kittens.
They immediately returned to their original shape.
The mother leopard's hair all over her body exploded, but she did not attack. She just stared at Zhou Qi tremblingly, her eyes full of fear.
The two little leopards hid behind their mother, and even Black Pearl stared at Zhou Qi with a wary look.
Tang Yu'an quickly came out to ease the atmosphere.
Under pressure, the leopard mother almost attacked him, but the next moment, she was teleported out of her deserted city home.
Seeing this, Black Pearl jumped out of the balcony and transformed in mid-air to return to her original appearance.
It jumped in the yard and ran towards the mother leopard.
The two little leopards looked at all this in confusion. They calmed down only after Tang Yu'an approached them and touched their heads soothingly.
"Guardian beast? It does feel good."
Old Li also came closer and fed the two cubs with dried meat in his hand. The two little leopards were attracted by the food and started eating with a loud roar.
"Let them live on the first floor for now," he said. "I'll go and make some arrangements for them."
"Then I'll trouble you, Grandpa!" Tang Yu'an said, "Black Pearl promised to help discipline them. If they don't obey, please tell Black Pearl."
Black Pearl has a pretty good relationship with her grandfather. She occasionally goes to sleep at his bedside and probably listens to him.
"Okay." Old Li nodded.
After he fed them the dried meat, the two little leopards became close to him, and then they suddenly ran to the balcony.
Tang Yu'an and the others walked over and looked downstairs, only to see two big cats, one black and one yellow, walking in the yard and heading towards them.
Obviously, under the "teaching" of Black Pearl, the mother leopard successfully restrained her ferocity and was able to enter her home.
"If there's no problem, we'll leave first!" Tang Yu'an said, "We still have to go to Jufeng Town to take a look."
"Go ahead." Old Li waved his hand.
He was used to these two kids being out of sight and about nowhere.
Looking at Zhou Qi's tall and powerful back, Old Li paused slightly.
Perhaps, we can no longer call him a "child"...
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Kyoho Grocery Store.
When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi came over via the teleportation array, Xiaocao and Lan Lin had just finished their business and were counting their earnings for the day.
Seeing the two young men coming out of the room, Xiaocao greeted them and continued with his work, but Lan Lin stood up.
"Manager!" He called out to Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi showed a puzzled look, and then he heard Lan Lin say: "That is... can I apply to be transferred back to my homeland?"
After being hired as an employee and learning about the power of the "Shangshen Sect", the originally arrogant Lan Lin became respectful in front of the two teenagers.
"What's wrong? Isn't it good to work here?" Zhou Qi asked.
Lan Lin hesitated and said, "That's good, but I'm too tired..."
It is true that one can earn a lot of points at the Jufeng Grocery Store, but for Lan Lin, as long as food, clothing, housing and transportation are not too bad, he does not have too high a pursuit of wealth.
As the strongest psychic in the deserted city, he would rather spend his time on researching and practicing his abilities.
Of course, the knowledge learned from compulsory education courses is also very interesting, and he wants to study it seriously.
"Ever since I came to Kyoho Grocery Store, I haven't had much time to do anything else. I want to do something more meaningful, so can you transfer me back?"
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi couldn't help but look at each other.
I have to say that Lan Lin and Lin Yu are worthy of being friends who have been playing together since childhood, and their personalities are quite similar.
Both of them regarded points as dirt. After finding something more interesting, they were no longer motivated to earn points.
However, there is really no need for Lan Lin to stay here all the time now.
Because of the aura that keeps away bad customers, Jufeng Grocery Store can open its doors to do business. Even if it lets customers in, it will not threaten Xiaocao's personal safety.
So, Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Direct transfer is definitely not an option, but we can adopt a shift system."
Now that there are more employees, they can take turns. It is easy to get bored of staying in the same position.
"Do I have to take turns taking turns?" Xiaocao's weak voice sounded.
When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi looked at her, Xiao Cao mustered up the courage to say, "Little Doctor, Store Manager, I don't feel tired, and I don't want to be transferred back!"
Zhou Qi nodded and said, "Okay, then let Lan Lin, Lin Zhen and your brother take turns to assist you."
"good!"
Xiaocao finally smiled and said happily, "Thank you, store manager! Thank you, little doctor! I will continue to work hard!"
Although he didn't fully achieve his goal, Lan Lin was happy at the thought of being able to take a break.
But he quickly frowned and asked, "Lin Zhen and Shitou, can you hold this place?"
While helping Xiaocao sell salt, their journey was not smooth sailing, and they encountered several robberies and thefts.
Because he reacted quickly, and the grocery store only had a window open so people outside couldn't get in, no tragedy occurred. Intimidated by him, the people behind him restrained themselves a lot.
Once he leaves, those people will probably become rampant again.
In Lan Lin's opinion, it would be better to send a person with special abilities to guard the place.
Tang Yu'an said: "It doesn't matter anymore. Those bad guys can't get in anymore. You can open the door and do business."
"Why?" Lan Lin asked puzzledly.
Tang Yu'an smiled mysteriously, then pointed to the sky and whispered, "The divine messenger has issued an order that all evil guests who disrespect the God of Commerce will not be able to enter the shops opened by the God of Commerce."
Lan Lin widened his eyes in disbelief.
He originally wanted to refute, but he quickly thought of Li Feng and his group. He was also present at the time. Now recalling it, he found that what Tang Yu'an said was exactly the same.
"Such a magical power actually exists in this world..." he murmured, "Is the God of Commerce really that powerful?"
Tang Yu'an patted his shoulder and said, "Just listen to me. Let's open the grocery store tomorrow. Besides salt, we can also sell other things."
"Of course, you should not go out again in the future," he warned.
After Xiaocao nodded, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi left to go to the guard post to find Hongli.
Lan Lin watched their backs as they left, and the more he thought about it, the more he didn't believe it, so he opened all the doors of the grocery store.
"Xiaocao, let's give it a try!"
"How do you try?"
"Keep working overtime to sell salt! See if those nasty customers can really get in!"
When Xiaocao heard the word "overtime", her eyes suddenly lit up. Brother Lan Lin always finished work on time, so it was rare for him to be willing to work overtime.
Make more transactions and you can earn more points!
She nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay!"
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