Chapter 129
"You just started working, how do you feel?"
In the hot pot restaurant, Shu Mo handed over a cup of soy milk.
The lifeguard sister came to the appointment after work, slumped on the chair in the hot pot restaurant in a very ungraceful manner, took Shu Mo's soy milk, drank it in one gulp, said "Ha", and wiped her mouth.
Shu Mo: “…”
If you don’t know, you might think she was drinking beer because she was posing like this.
It turned out to be just a cup of soy milk with ice, and I drank it so much that a white milk mustache grew around my mouth.
The contrast between this and her actual appearance was quite great, Shu Mo was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and handed over another tissue.
After wiping the corners of his mouth, the other person said, "It was a great experience. I even saved two tourists today."
After Chen Yi, another child slipped and fell into the water while chasing an inflatable beach ball. Because he was just at the edge of the swimming pool, she quickly rescued him.
He also used his supernatural power to "fish" the beach ball that had drifted away, but from the perspective of other players, they would probably think that the ball was just pushed back by the floating water current.
"You did a good job." Shu Mo said, "I received three good comments about you today. You've worked hard."
After slowly exploring, she also discovered another function of the praise system, which can easily locate the good deeds done by some employees and then reissue bonuses or other rewards.
For example, just now later, she heard the trembling voice of an old man, saying that he had difficulty moving, but had always wanted to go to a high place to see the waterfall. As a result, an employee who was passing by on holiday actually carried him all the way to the observation deck on the top of the mountain!
Shu Mo checked the employee information and found out that the employee was hired by the men's bathing area of the annex to move a player who fainted in the sauna room. As a fighter, his strength and physique far surpassed other players, so carrying an old man up the mountain was easy for him.
His daily work content was similar, except that he had to work overtime. It was a piece of cake for him, but for the old man, it was his first time climbing a mountain in ten years... or even more than ten years.
He said that when he saw the brilliant sunset clouds from the observation deck, he felt that he had no regrets in his life.
Therefore, I am particularly grateful to this employee and Nuannuan Hot Spring.
That voice full of gratitude was conveyed to Shu Mo, and she was slightly touched when she heard it.
Although Shu Mo had a barrier, it was impossible for her to watch the entire area 24 hours a day, and she was unaware of most of these things.
For some reason, these employees seem to be accustomed to doing good deeds without leaving their names. In the past, customers' gratitude was almost always directed towards Nuannuan Hot Spring - because the hot spring has good welfare benefits and the employees have a strong sense of belonging, so they are more willing to act as a collective.
But now, Shu Mo can finally locate individuals through the evaluation system.
Although there is no assessment and rating system for hot springs, these good people and good deeds should still be encouraged.
What's more, for employees, knowing that what they do is remembered is heartwarming in itself.
The next time they encounter a similar situation, they will not hesitate.
As for the lifeguard in front of me...
Shu Mo glanced at her calmly. The beautiful sister sitting opposite him had already started putting food into the hot pot.
Her long golden hair, as bright as the sun, was draped over her shoulders, but the ends of her hair seemed to be twisting strangely as if they had life, like long snakes, greedily reaching out for the duck blood in front of them.
And frozen tofu.
mushroom.
Beef balls.
And fennel fritters.
...Shu Mo choked for a moment.
Sure enough, no matter how terrifying and strange the supernatural power was originally designed to be, once it was used for eating, the sense of fear would immediately disappear without a trace.
The doomsday game designed this long hair for you, it shouldn’t be for hot pot, right?
The prototype of the lifeguard sister is the super S-level sea monster in the game, the boss called "Ama".
Similar to the Charm Mushroom, it is also a tyrant in the ocean, in charge of countless powerful marine monsters, and its own combat power is also quite excellent.
When Shu Mo first proposed hiring a lifeguard for the aquarium, the cashier at the store immediately volunteered to take the job. "Speaking of a lifeguard in the water, there's no one more suitable than a water monster, right?"
After several introductions and news passed around countless times, the Ama girl was finally found.
But I heard that the struggle behind this is far more complicated than Shu Mo imagined.
Now many monsters know the benefits of working in an inn. Not to mention the stable salary, the staff dormitories are what they envy the most.
The environment in the deep sea is similar, even slightly worse than the living conditions of monsters on land. Many monsters are vying for this good job.
It is because the Ama is the strongest that she was given this opportunity.
It was only after this incident that Shu Mo gradually realized that she seemed to have underestimated the strength of the sea monsters.
After all, before this, whether it was the system or other players who introduced monsters to her, they mainly focused on land monsters. Shu Mo really knew very little about them.
It was only after this time that she found time to do her homework.
After the game came out, the world map was greatly changed. The continents merged and became the main living and fighting areas for the players, while the sea became a dangerous place where few people set foot.
Many players speculate that the boundary of the game map should be at the end of the ocean. Therefore, to some extent, the dangerous ocean also acts as an air wall, preventing players from exploring.
With these mysterious buffs protecting it, the ocean has almost become the world of monsters over the past ten years.
The density of monsters is high, and once they are refreshed, they will not disappear. Although no players come to challenge them, frictions will arise from time to time between them due to level differences or territory conflicts. They fought like this for ten years without interruption, constantly gaining experience in battle, and the fittest survived. The end result was that although the ocean area was not as large as the land, the number of elite monsters was just as large.
In fact, the average strength is even higher.
With only a portion of the elite monsters on the mainland gathering at the hot springs, water-type monsters like the cashier boy and the lifeguard sister are naturally more popular.
After the mermaid reported in, Shu Mo observed her and found that except for powerful land monsters like Mo Bai and Mei Mushroom, other elite monsters who came to the store to trade would run away quickly from a distance when they saw the mermaid.
However, this powerful ocean overlord eventually became a lifeguard in the mixed bathing swimming pool.
From 9am to 8pm, eleven hours a day, no rest for the time being, basic salary is 120 points a day, bonuses are calculated separately.
The job content roughly includes sitting on a high chair to observe the situation of the entire swimming pool. In addition to ensuring the safety of tourists, they also have to warn against uncivilized behavior.
For example, not wearing a swimming cap properly, running around in the pool, affecting other people's normal play, etc.
She seemed to be enjoying what she was doing.
According to the Ama herself, "It's so rare to be out of the water, and it's really not easy to see so many living people!"
Besides, Shu Mo himself felt a little embarrassed about the long working hours.
She originally wanted to suggest finding someone else to take shifts with the Ama, but the latter firmly refused with an attitude of "Who dares to steal my job?"
Shu Mo had no choice but to follow her.
I have to say that the Ama does a very good job.
Those long hair that can fly in all directions are her main means of attack. Not to mention one or two players who fall into the water, when she lets her long hair fly in her original form, it is no problem for her to drag a pirate ship several dozen meters long into the sea.
Flexible and powerful, he can easily lock onto players who have fallen into the water and rescue them to shore. One person can do the work of ten people. This is simply the most suitable superpower for lifesaving work.
The only problem is that you need to be careful when using it so as not to scare people.
However, I didn’t receive any negative reviews from players this day, which means that the Ama is hiding well...
Shu Mo thought optimistically.
No matter what the entity is, as long as the working ability is strong, he is a good employee! (thumbs up)
The female diver involved was completely unaware of the boss's complicated thoughts. She stared intently at the pot in front of her and let out a gloomy "chuckle" from her throat, her tone seeming to be wet and dripping with moisture.
"One, two, three, four... you can eat now!"
One of the tufts of hair squirmed and suddenly shot out at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, controlling the chopsticks, quickly and accurately picking up a piece of cooked and discolored meat, dipped it in the dipping sauce twice, and put it into the mouth.
Chewing happily.
Shu Mo: “…”
I was just counting how many seconds it took for the meat slices to go down. Don't talk as if you were going to eat a child!
She raised her head again, looking at the other tufts of hair in the air ready to scoop up food. Suddenly she remembered the surprised expression on the hot pot restaurant owner's face when she asked for ten pairs of chopsticks. "Are you going to have a banquet? Do you want me to reserve a bigger private room for you?"
Shu Mo: "...No, a small package will do."
She couldn't even explain that there were only two people on her side.
Fortunately, after living in this world for a long time, her ability to accept things has improved significantly. She has gradually been able to accept the somewhat unbelievable setting of "the siren waving her long hair just to cook vegetables in the nine grids of the nine-grid hotpot at the same time".
The only thing she found difficult to accept was...
Is it true that using hair to scoop up food won’t impart a hot pot smell?
How difficult it will be to wash it when I get home! !
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【Today's swimming exercise check-in completed√】
[Basic Stamina +1]
[Current number of days persisted: 1]
[Please keep up the good work!] 】
In the swimming pool, after more than two hours of exercise, when Xu Jiancheng was about to leave the pool, a pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of him.
He nearly slipped and fell back into the pool.
"What's wrong?"
Bao Yunya behind him subconsciously wanted to help him, but when she saw her husband stand firm again and stare at the void in front of him with horror, she withdrew her hand and asked in confusion.
"You..." Xu Jiancheng was a little confused. He didn't have time to say anything more. He pulled Bao Yunya out of the pool first and asked, "See if you have given any warnings?"
"What reminder--" Bao Yunya's voice suddenly stopped.
Because the same pop-up window appeared in front of her.
"Basic physical strength +2?" Bao Yunya was speechless.
Xu Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, "Why did you add 2? I only added 1."
Is this thing random?
"No, that's not right." Bao Yunya pondered for a moment, "Yaoyao, look, how much did you add?"
Xu Yao was not yet a formal combat player and was unfamiliar with the game. She pointed at the screen in front of her awkwardly and said, "I am the same as my father, also +1."
Hearing that her daughter's basic physical strength had also improved, Bao Yunya felt much more joyful than herself. She tried to restrain herself, but the corners of her lips still lifted up involuntarily, and the joy almost overflowed from her eyes, "That's great, that's great, even Yaoyao's physical strength has increased!"
Xu Yao had just said goodbye to the friend she met in the swimming pool, and had not yet recovered from the joy of making new friends. Hearing this, she asked in confusion: "Mom, what does this mean?"
Bao Yunya paused, but Xu Jiancheng answered first: "Basic stamina is the stamina that each player has, not counting equipment enhancement and career bonus points. Like other attributes, it generally increases with level."
When the level increases by one, basic attributes such as agility, strength, and intelligence will increase by two points, and physical strength and health will also increase, but the increase will be relatively larger.
For every level increase in the player's level, physical strength will increase by 10 points.
Xu Yao is still at Lv.1, and her initial physical strength is only 10 points. This improvement directly increases her physical strength by 10%.
"I don't know if this is permanent." Bao Yunya's heart was beating fast.
Recalling the special effects she experienced from eating various foods and soaking in foot baths in the Nuannuan Hot Springs over the past two days, she suddenly realized a possibility.
The possibility made her whole body boil.
Xu Jiancheng quickly checked his own player profile panel, and in the numerical column, the black number for basic stamina had indeed risen by 1 point.
It is not in the form of a short-term buff or equipment enhancement, but the original value is directly changed.
He was well-informed, and seeing this, he was certain in his mind, "It should be permanent."
Bao Yunya held her breath, "Oh my God."
She looked back at the swimming pool in front of her, her voice a little weak, as if she were stepping on a ball of cotton, and her whole body was a little dizzy, "So, clocking in and exercising in the swimming pool can increase your physical strength?"
And it's not just a temporary bonus, but a permanent improvement...
In addition to working hard to upgrade, there are other ways to improve yourself?
Physical strength and endurance are linked together, which not only determines the distance players can travel in the wild area, but also determines the number of times some physical skills can be used.
For example, rolling and sprinting, these low-level skills are very useful in battle and can help players avoid many enemy attacks. However, if the physical strength is too low, the player will not dare to use skills freely and will be at a significant disadvantage in battle.
In addition, the higher your physical strength, the longer you can travel after a single rest. When you need to hurry or escape, your physical strength determines whether you will be left behind by the main group.
Once the physical strength is exhausted, no matter where the player is, he will faint immediately until his physical strength is restored to the red line. In the wild, this can also be life-threatening.
In short, melee professions may underestimate the addition of "intelligence", and mage professions may make appropriate choices between "strength" and "agility", but physical strength is equally important for any profession.
Certain professions are naturally weak in physical strength, so they will try to make up for it with equipment.
Otherwise, once your physical strength drops below the average, not only will it be inconvenient to fight, you may even be disliked when looking for a fixed team.
Precisely because physical strength is so important and there is a lack of effective and immediate means of recovery, the "quick recovery of physical strength" function of the hot spring is so useful.
...And now, Nuannuan Hot Spring has gone a step further and proposed other ways to increase physical strength besides upgrading and equipping.
Bao Yunya realized its purpose almost immediately. She pulled the father and daughter to sit on a chair nearby and lowered her voice, "You should have seen it just now. It says 'Today's' swimming exercise check-in completed."
"If this increase in physical strength is not a one-time thing, but can be checked in every day... doesn't that mean that as long as I keep swimming, my physical strength can increase by 1 to 2 points every day?"
As for why the father and daughter gained only one point, but Bao Yunya gained 2 points, she also thought of a corresponding explanation, "You gained less, probably because you don't have enough swimming skills, so you didn't practice enough."
Someone like Xu Jiancheng can only swim a dozen meters at most before he runs out of breath and has to stop and slow down. However, Bao Yunya can swim two rounds at a time. It is obvious who exercises more effectively.
Not to mention players like Xu Yao who held on to the swimming ring tightly and focused on "participation" throughout the whole process.
She could barely get to 1 point, and Bao Yunya probably owed it to the system's leniency.
Or maybe it’s because I’ve spent enough time on it and diligence can make up for lack of talent, so I’ve been able to pass the test.
"No, let's stay for two more days. I have to try out what the mechanism is." Bao Yunya's fighting spirit was completely ignited. "At least we have to find out whether we can check in every day, and how long it takes to count as checking in... these basic conditions are needed."
She had originally wanted to stay a few more days, and now she had even more reason to do so.
Xu Jiancheng also thought, "If we calculate it based on a 1 point increase every day, after a month, it will be 30 points. In a year, it will be about 360 points."
He took a deep breath.
360 points of physical strength!
It is equivalent to the basic physical strength of an ordinary player at level 36 without wearing any equipment or accessories!
This number is very interesting, because the average player can reach this level in about a year by leveling up (the experience required for initial level upgrades is low, and the upgrade speed will become slower as time goes by).
What if you keep swimming while leveling up?
Then after one year, it is entirely possible to go directly from a Lv.1 rookie to a big boss with a basic physical strength of 720 points.
This is more than just a crushing of players of the same level, it's already a double kill!
Physical strength cannot directly improve combat effectiveness, but it can help players explore farther areas, because the distance that can be traveled after a single rest becomes longer. At the same time, the marching speed is increased, and the leveling efficiency will also increase accordingly.
These are all subtle influences.
If the effects of the swimming pool spread, the physical strength of most players will be greatly improved, and the speed of human development and upgrading in the future will inevitably increase.
...It's just a swimming pool, but it can change the future of mankind?
Thinking of this, Xu Jiancheng was completely dumbfounded.
He finally understood why his wife was so excited.
Of course, once it is actually put into use, it is impossible for everyone to persist for 360 days a year, and the extent of physical strength growth will definitely vary according to individual circumstances.
For example, high-level players have to go deep into the leveling area every time they travel, and they cannot come back for a week or two, so their training is interrupted.
If we take into account the days of rest and actually implement it, it would be good if we could have 50 to 60 days a year.
In this case, who will have the greatest advantage?
——Of course, those who live in Nuannuan Hot Springs!
On rest days when you don’t have to level up, you can walk directly to the swimming pool in just ten minutes. They can't even envy it.
Next are the players from Guangming Town.
The Arctic Fox bus goes directly there and the price is very low.
Players like them who come from Qingshui Town have to walk through the teleportation channel and then take a bus every time they come here, and they have to go through untold hardships to reach the hot spring. Not to mention the cost of each trip, the training efficiency is already much lower.
Not to mention that there are some towns where the teleportation channels are not open.
The more Xu Jiancheng thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: Why did he feel like he had already lost at the starting line?
He originally thought that this hot spring was used to improve life, and that coming here occasionally was enough, and the teleportation channel was more than enough. But now that he has seen the benefits of the hot spring, and thinking about other people being able to check in every day, his heart feels like it's being roasted on fire.
It's too anxious.
With their savings, it’s not impossible for them to come once a week...but that’s too much trouble.
Xu Jiancheng was still struggling with his mental struggle when Bao Yunya suddenly spoke up: "We need to go out to fight monsters from time to time. We can't stick to checking in and exercising every day, but what about Yaoyao?"
Xu Yao didn't dare to go out for the time being, and she was staying at home anyway, so she might as well send her to swim.
With her time, it is entirely possible for her to be present 365 days a year.
If she persists like that for two years, by the time she is fifteen or sixteen and it is time for her to go out into the field to fight with the team, her physical strength will reach an extremely terrifying number.
Bao Yunya had been thinking this way from the beginning, but she brought it up now because she noticed that her husband seemed to have lost his mind.
Sure enough, when Xu Jiancheng heard this, he suddenly realized that he had missed such a thing.
My daughter has a weak constitution to begin with, and the town is not big enough for her to exercise. Swimming to build up her physical strength is actually a good thing for her!
Not to mention the additional effects.
If you persist for two years and have more than 700 physical strength... you will definitely be the best among all the leveling teams of the same level.
Xu Jiancheng's eyes lit up. "With so much energy, I don't have to save it in battle. I can use rolling and sprinting as much as I want... If I really encounter any danger, I can just roll out of the boss's attack range!"
Bao Yunya: “???”
How could you talk about your daughter like that…?
She couldn't help but imagine the scene.
My daughter was wearing thick protective clothing and was rolling around happily on the snow like a tumbleweed...
Don't mention it, although it's not elegant, it feels really useful...
Others don't dare to use these little dodging skills to their heart's content because they are worried that they won't be able to control their physical strength well, causing it to be consumed too much at one time, resulting in insufficient subsequent endurance.
But if Xu Yao persists in training for a few years to increase her physical strength as they expect, then she will probably have the most radical player panel in the entire game -
Pure physical flow.
If you are in doubt, just get out.
Mom doesn't have to worry about my safety anymore!
“……”Bao Yunya was shocked by her own imagination.
But she thought about it carefully and realized that basic physical strength ignores level. Even if Xu Yao did not go out to face monsters once in two years, she could still increase her physical strength by practicing hard.
And once her physical strength is increased, her escape will be guaranteed, and she and her husband won’t have to worry so much in the future.
It is definitely the strategy that best suits their family situation.
The only problem is, "How can I send my daughter to the hot springs for practice every day?"
The two looked up at each other, sparks flashed in their minds at the same time, and they spoke almost in unison.
“B&B area!”
We have to book a room quickly before the news spreads.
Ever since they got the map, the two knew that the hot spring provided long-term homestay business, but before that, they had never considered leaving their home in Qingshui Town.
But now it’s different. This concerns their daughter’s future. The couple has always been troubled by this issue, but now they finally have a solution. Of course I made a prompt decision and immediately packed up and went to the sales office on the commercial street.
On the way, Bao Yunya was still muttering.
"Starting tomorrow, Mom will teach you how to swim every day, and we'll try to get a 2 point increase as soon as possible."
Bao Yunya's entire aura suddenly changed and her eyes became sharp. She exclaimed: "Time is money!"
Xu Yao said weakly, "Ah?"
Is her future career direction determined?
Tumbling flow...why does it sound so socially dead!
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