Chapter 49 After asking around but still getting no results, Ying Yuanxing sighed. He felt that these strange things were actually very harmful to the village...
After asking around and still getting no results, Ying Yuanxing sighed. He felt that these weirdos didn't know much about the village. Perhaps because they were not strong enough and didn't dare to travel around, they might not know as much about Taoxi Village as he did.
The remaining few families that were not questioned were the Yuan family, the ranch family, and his next-door neighbors.
The owner of the ranch had not returned yet, and as for the neighbor's house, Ying Yuanxing knocked tentatively on the door, but it was not opened. However, before he knocked on the door, there was clearly movement in the house, which could only mean that the other party did not welcome him.
Ying Yuanxing thought about it and decided not to force his way in. After all, he just wanted to ask something. If a conflict arose and the other party lied when answering the question, it would be a waste of time and effort.
However, before leaving, Ying Yuanxing turned around and found a small head appeared on the window, like a child peeking out through the window. However, as soon as the child's eyes met Ying Yuanxing's, the small head was pulled down by a hand. It was obvious that Ying Yuanxing was discovered by someone around him while peeking.
Ying Yuanxing was a little frightened, but then he was amused by this scene.
Although it is weird, apart from the danger and uncontrollability, there is not much difference between weird things and humans, especially this kind of little weird things, whose personalities are not much different from those of children, and they are all extremely curious.
Ying Yuanxing turned around and prepared to go back to the farm. After thinking for a while, he placed a small piece of strawberry cake on the stone pier outside the gate and shouted to the children to come out and get it later, otherwise it would be taken away by other monsters. After that, Ying Yuanxing left.
[Ah, why did Ying Yuanxing send Xiao Guiyi something to eat, and it was strawberry cake]
[Maybe he wanted to get closer to them. After all, this weirdo is too close to the farm. I don’t know if I offended this weirdo by knocking on the door just now.]
[However, if I have the time, I might as well sell the cake on Joygoo. I feel like this cake must have some kind of effect.]
[No, this is a cake made by the anchor. It is his prerogative to give it to whomever he wants. Why do you care so much?]
[Don’t be too possessive of the host’s things]
[The anchor has helped us enough, don’t treat all those agricultural products as yours]
[I really see what it means to be grateful for a little help and resentful for a big help. The more the anchor helps us, the more critical some people become. We really can't tolerate them.]
[If you really think that the items obtained by the players of the salvation game should be returned to humanity and that they have no autonomy to control them, I suggest you go to other live broadcast rooms first, especially those of foreign players, and let them do it first, instead of pointing guns at good people]
The Shuguang Bureau paid a lot of attention to Ying Yuanxing's live broadcast room. As soon as someone expressed dissatisfaction, they immediately arranged for staff to suppress such remarks. However, before the Shuguang Bureau could take any action, other viewers had already fought back, scolding these people so much that they dared not even raise their heads.
"Team leader, these accounts have left the live broadcast room." The staff member recorded the accounts that had just expressed their dissatisfaction and looked at the team leader, wondering what to do.
"Send them a reminder to be careful with their speech. If they continue to make inflammatory remarks on public platforms after leaving the live broadcast room, their credibility points will be deducted by five points," said the team leader.
"Yes." The staff nodded.
Every Xia citizen has a full credit score. Doing good things will increase your credit score, and doing bad things will decrease your credit score. If two people are in danger and there is a shortage of manpower, the person with the lower credit score will have to wait in line. When encountering something strange, if the rescue force arrives a little late, you may lose your life.
If these people were just a little dissatisfied in the live broadcast room, and only talked about it in private social interactions after leaving, which only affected their own emotions and did not prompt other people to have negative emotions, then it would be fine. But now that they have been reminded, they still dare to post it on a public platform, then their actions are illegal.
Although this kind of violation will not lead to arrest, the penalty of deducting credit points is still severe. After all, points will not be reduced easily, and it is also difficult to add them.
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After Ying Yuanxing returned to the farm, the tightly closed gate was not opened, but through the crack in the door, one eye was staring at the strawberry cake on the stone pier.
The pink cream was filled with the scent of strawberries, which was extremely sweet. Xiao Qi had never smelled such a smell before. If he came over to look at the strawberry cake out of curiosity and had no intention of eating food given by outsiders, now, greed took over.
As I was hesitating, the aroma of strawberry cake spread and an insect was flying towards me following the scent.
With a creaking sound, the tightly closed door opened a crack, and then a hand stretched out, reached a distance, touched the strawberry cake, and quickly took the cake away, leaving the insects attracted by the aroma empty-handed.
It smells so good!
A piece of strawberry cake is not big, but in the hands of a one-year-old baby, it looks so huge that it can hardly be held in one hand.
Xiao Qi looked around and realized that he had secretly opened the door to take the cake, but his mother didn't allow him to go out before she left. If he was seen by his other brothers and sisters, they would definitely complain. After making sure that no one was watching him, Xiao Qi quickly took the cake back to his room.
Before returning to the house, Xiaoqi went to the kitchen to get his own plate, and then happily carried the plate back to the house.
Putting down the plate and looking at the cream on his hands, Xiao Qi licked his hands and was stunned. What was that smell?
Xiao Qi licked his hand again, licking off a large piece of cream, and the sweetness spread in his mouth again, with a fresh and sweet fruity aroma, which was something he had never touched before.
Soon, Xiao Qi licked the cream off his hands clean, and his hands were covered with saliva and wet. But he didn't stop yet, because the scent of strawberries still remained on his hands, and he seemed to be able to taste it if he took a breath.
As for the cake on the table, Xiao Qi was reluctant to eat it so quickly because he found that the strawberry cake was eaten too quickly. It looked like a lot, but a lot could be eaten in one bite.
"Xiao Qi, you've been eating secretly again. Be careful not to get sick or you'll get smaller. If you get smaller, you'll be sent to the human world and won't be able to be with your mother anymore."
A little boy who looked about three years old rushed into the room. As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help sniffing and his eyes unconsciously fell on the strawberry cake on the table.
Xiao Qi quickly climbed onto the table, protecting his food and looking at his brother unkindly.
"Mom said you are not allowed to eat food from outside. I'm going to tell..." Xiao Ba was just saying this when suddenly a piece of sweet cake was stuffed into his mouth, blocking it tightly. He was unable to speak for a moment.
"You ate it too. If you go and tell mom, she will punish you." Xiao Qi said proudly, but also felt a little distressed. He was in a hurry just now and didn't pay attention to the size of the cake he stuffed in Xiao Ba's mouth. Now he saw that the cake that could block Xiao Ba's mouth took up almost a quarter of the cake, and he didn't eat that much.
Seeing that Xiao Ba was still standing there in a daze without chewing his food, Xiao Qi hesitated for a moment, then pounced on him and prepared to take the cake out of his mouth. After all, whether he ate too much or too little, he would still eat, so he might as well let him eat less.
But just as his hand touched it, Xiao Ba suddenly closed his mouth and started chewing with big mouthfuls, his eyes shining.
Xiao Qi had never eaten cake and had never tasted the sweetness of it. Xiao Ba had never eaten cake before, and he was a little overwhelmed at the first touch. He didn't know what this wonderful feeling was. But when Xiao Qi started to protect his food, he was also stimulated and his food-protecting attribute was triggered. After just a slight taste, he felt the deliciousness of the strawberry cake.
"Get out of here!" Xiao Qi fiercely kicked Xiao Ba who rushed over to grab the cake, but he was too small and lacked the cunning energy to beat his brother Xiao Ba. Seeing that Xiao Ba was about to snatch the cake away, he shouted, "If you take my cake, I won't tell you where the cake came from."
This sentence made Xiao Ba stop and hesitate. Xiao Ba only looked thin, but he was not young. He naturally knew that the cake in front of him was precious, but the channel to obtain the cake was more precious.
After all, even if he ate the cake sparingly, there was only so much of it. But if there was a way to get more cakes...
"Seventh brother, eat quickly, otherwise the cake will get cold." This was what their mother often said, and Xiao Ba used it subconsciously, ignoring the fact that they were strangely not afraid of eating cold food and that the cake would not get cold.
When Xiao Qi heard him call him Brother Qi, he could not help but know what he was thinking. However, he did not lie. Ying Yuanxing had just knocked on the door outside and asked about the ore, and he heard it too.
Since Ying Yuanxing can ask the question, this ore must be useful to Ying Yuanxing, so he can use the ore to exchange for cake.
As for other things, they may not have them yet, but Xiaoqi accompanied her mother to meet a friend, and mining can be done in that place. With the relationship between the two parties, it should be no problem to go there to mine.
However, Xiao Qi did not say it immediately, but ate the cake first, otherwise he was afraid that after he finished speaking, Xiao Ba would snatch his cake away.
When they had almost finished eating, Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Ba, suddenly thought of something, stopped eating, picked up the cake and was about to go out.
"You haven't said anything yet?" Xiao Ba stopped him.
"Come with me to see Third Brother, and I'll tell him after we meet him." Xiao Qi wanted to say that, but he suddenly thought of something. His current strength is not as strong as Xiao Ba's. What if Xiao Ba knows the way and goes past him to find Ying Yuanxing? Naturally, he has to find a reliable weirdo to help, and the weirdo he chose is Third Brother.
Walking to the door of the third brother's bedroom, Xiaoqi knocked on the door and shouted, the door opened, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba walked in. The boy in the room was reading a book by the window, suddenly he smelled something wrong and looked over.
"Which farmer sent this?" The third brother could tell at a glance that in addition to the scent of his two younger brothers, there was also a strange yet familiar scent on the cake. It was from the farmer next door.
Although the farmer next door had never entered the Xue family's house, he would walk back and forth outside the gate one or two times every day, and Xue San's perception was so good that he could not ignore the aura outside the gate.
"Yes, Third Brother, this is for you. Try it, it's delicious." Xiao Qi said, holding the plate in front of Xue San. However, he was too small, and even if he stood and held it up, it only reached a little above Xue San's knees.
"It's really delicious." Xiao Ba also spoke up.
When Xue San heard that his two younger brothers had eaten the food sent by the farmer, he frowned. He felt helpless that his two younger brothers had no guard against him. He looked at the cake carefully and made sure that there was nothing wrong with it before he took a bite while his two younger brothers looked at him reluctantly.
Unlike Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba who only cared about the taste of the cake and didn't pay much attention to the strange energy in the cake, Xue San discovered the problem as soon as he ate it. The amount of strange energy was actually not that much. As the son of a strange mother, Xue San had also eaten a lot of good things, and some of the strange foods had much more strange energy than this.
However, there are still some impurities in it. He has heard that some strange foods can be free of impurities after special processing, but that kind of strange food is too precious and the price is extremely high. Unless you have to have it, you won't be willing to spend money to buy it.
Even my mother only bought it nine times, letting them try each one once, and then she never bought it again.
"Did you sign any contract with him?" Xue San asked nervously. Such precious strange food, even if it did not have much strange energy, would not be given to anyone casually. So there was only one possibility, that the other party had signed a contract with Xiao Qi using this cake.
"No...right?" Xiao Qi saw Xue San so excited and wanted to reject it, but then he felt a little confused. Naturally, he had also heard his brother talk about contracts. Some weirdos would use contracts to deceive little weirdos, and if little weirdos were not careful, they would become slaves of the contractors.
Xue San carefully examined Xiao Qi and found nothing abnormal. He hesitated whether he should go to his eldest brother, but he was afraid that the contract would affect the strangeness he knew. If it implicated other brothers and sisters, then...
"Wait for mom to come back and let her check you out." Xue San decided to wait until Gui Mu came back. He believed that no matter how powerful the farmer was, he was not as powerful as his mother.
It would be best if there was no contract, but if there was a contract, then what did the contract require Xiaoqi to accomplish?
After asking Xiao Qi to repeat Ying Yuanxing's words in detail, Xue San went around the village and inquired about the news. Then he came back with a heavy heart. He suspected that Ying Yuanxing wanted the mine, but fortunately, he only mentioned ore when he talked to Xiao Qi, so even if there was a contract, he probably only needed to give up the ore.
After hearing Xue San’s guess, Xiao Qi felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have been so greedy.
Seeing Xiao Qi's flustered look, Xue San had no choice but to pat his head and said, "Don't be greedy next time."
Xue San originally wanted to go mining ore by himself, but Xiaoqi and Xiaoba insisted on following him. Xue San thought about it and was worried that the contract would require the contractor to act, so he decided to take them with him.
They were received by the youngest flame monster. After all, the mine was so desolate and terribly desolate that ordinary monsters could not stay in such a place. Only the flame monster, because it liked light and heat, had to create fire without fire, which aroused the disgust of other monsters. It was constantly expelled and finally driven here.
On this side, the fire ghost began to resist. Because there was only ore in the mine, and ore was not afraid of burning, the fire ghost could use its abilities without any scruples. Seeing this, the other ghosts thought that they would not come here and gave up.
Seeing them coming, Huo Gui rushed over, looked at Xiao Qi and said, "Xiao Qi, you've shrunk a lot."
He remembered that when he saw Xiaoqi a few years ago, Xiaoqi was still a little boy who looked about seven or eight years old. Now, he was only the size of a one-year-old baby.
Xiao Qi was already in a bad mood, and his face became even worse after hearing this. He squinted at Huo Gui and said, "How can I compare to you? I was one meter tall before, but now I'm only two centimeters."
If we talk about shrinkage, the other side shrank more significantly, and it turned from a big torch into a candle flame.
The Fire Ghost didn't realize that his words just now offended Xiao Qi. He just sighed, and the flame trembled. Compared with other ghosts, the Fire Ghost was at a huge disadvantage.
It is burning all the time, so the dissipation of the evil spirit is naturally more severe. Some more powerful fire ghosts can hide in the magma in the mine, and survive with the help of firepower. Some smaller fire ghosts can enter the cinder state, which consumes less energy. But they are not big or small. They cannot enter the magma, and entering the cinder state is suicidal. They can only endure it and go to absorb power wherever they see a fire.
However, the fire in this strange world that could allow him to pass through was becoming less and less. If he went through secretly, he would probably lose his freedom.
The Fire Gui would rather die than lose his freedom.
Xue San glanced at Xiao Qi. They were all going to mine in other people's mines. Was it appropriate to say this?
Xiao Qi reacted and looked at the fire ghost nervously. Fortunately, the other party was only depressed for a moment and did not stop them. He also led them into the mine.
"You guys mine here, I'll go to the deeper mine to take a look." Xue San said, passing through the mine wall, sinking continuously, and began mining.
If Ying Yuanxing saw Xue San's ability, he would probably cry with envy. The most difficult part of mining is going down into the deep mines. Xue San is like carrying an infinite staircase with him.
However, the deeper the ore layer, the more difficult it was for Xue San to dig. Xue San did not dare to reach his limit, so he stopped and started mining.
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Ying Yuanxing sighed and put down the iron ore. This was not the iron ore he had mined, but the iron ore that Xia Guo had entrusted No. 1666 to deliver because he saw that he had always wanted ore.
I dare not send ghost coins through No. 1666, the message cannot be conveyed, but it is still no problem to send some ordinary items.
Because of this, Ying Yuanxing went to find the village chief and bought the blacksmith shop, and then successfully got the production drawings of the furnace. Unfortunately, the ore he got from the trash can before could make metal ingots, but the ore sent by Xia Guo could not.
Although it had been predicted before, Ying Yuanxing still felt a little disappointed when the result was confirmed.
If you can't get the ore, many things on the farm will be difficult to make, or they won't be able to be produced in large quantities.
Maybe the weird food brewed in a canning jar won't be much worse than that brewed in a wine barrel.
Ying Yuanxing pushed open the door of a small hut, ready to see the results of the experiment. There were ten cans and two wine barrels in the hut. The reason why there were so few wine barrels was because the barrels required metal ingots and oak resin.
Oak resin requires a sap collector, but Ying Yuanxing can use a sap collector and then learn the collection method. Although the efficiency is lower, some resin can still be collected. However, metal pads cannot take this shortcut, because metal ingots require ore as raw materials, and no shortcuts will work.
Cans only require wood, stone, and coal. Although the quantity is larger, these things are relatively easy to obtain on Yingyuan Star. At least at this stage, these things are in large surplus.
Ying Yuanxing found that the pickled garlic was ready, but the garlic juice in the wine barrel would still take some time.
Ying Yuanxing took out the pickled garlic and put the garlic back in quickly. After all, the cans had to be used immediately after they were made. Wasting a minute would be a blasphemy to his previous hard work.
Ying Yuanxing took out a portion of pickled garlic and looked at it. When he put them in, he added some salt, some sugar, and some plain garlic. He didn't add anything else. He didn't know what it would taste like.
This seems to have salt added, you can smell the saltiness.
However, Ying Yuanxing did not plan to taste it himself, but wanted to give it to Xuanying. After all, he could not taste the difference.
[Ahhhh, I actually forgot that garlic can be pickled. But will the smell of pickled garlic be stronger? I don’t quite understand.]
[Maybe the weird foods in the past were quite unusual, so everyone forgot to use common methods to deal with them]
[I don’t understand either, but I think the smell should be very strong. I can already smell the pungent smell.]
[For a moment I didn't know whether garlic candy was more evil or pickled garlic was more terrible]
[But the production time of garlic candy is short. If you want to make pickled garlic, it will definitely take longer, and it will not be durable. You can't eat a clove of garlic for two hours.]
[Researchers, please take a look at this and study it to see if it can be used]
The audience was still discussing garlic candy and pickled garlic, while researchers from the Dawn Bureau had already begun their research, but they did not dare to use too much garlic because they had to wait for the finished pickled garlic from Ying Yuanxing to be delivered and use it as the standard answer for comparison.
After all, they had tried to make dried fish from fish fed on grass, which had the effect of attracting weird things, but the effect on physical health was weakened a lot. And Ying Yuanxing used a special tool to make the pickled garlic, which they might not be able to replicate here.
The researcher who developed garlic candy looked frustrated. He thought he was great that he could come up with this way to use garlic so quickly, but now it seems that he missed the simplest method.
"Don't blame you, we also..." Another researcher lowered his head and saw the questions in the barrage area. They were all ashamed. They were only thinking about how to extract the effective substances and divide them equally after purification, but they forgot that there is another way to use garlic as an ingredient.
Even if this method of utilization is not necessarily the most effective, it is wrong that they forgot about it and have not even tried it.
"I wonder what effect this pickled garlic has?" Zhao Changyan was also watching the live broadcast. When he saw Ying Yuanxing take out the pickled garlic, he became curious.
As for some omissions made by the researchers, Zhao Changyan didn't care too much about them. After all, garlic candy had a good effect and lasted a long time. It was already a very good food to expel weird things. There was no need to demand too much perfection. It was still time to experiment again.
Ying Yuanxing brought out some pickled garlic, and Xuanying immediately smelled the scent and looked over with some curiosity.
Lan Ying was watering the garlic field. Now, he has become a super skilled waterer and can finally squeeze out some rest time to enjoy the delicious food.
It can be said that the reason that kept him working was the delicious food, but a gust of wind blew by, and Lan Ying, who was swimming at the mouth of the well, smelled an overly pungent odor. He was already tired from working, and then the smell of garlic caused him to sink directly.
Ying Yuanxing was about to say something to Xuanying when he realized that the sound of watering the fields had stopped. Xuanying took a look and said, "He fainted from the smell of garlic."
"Is the smell so strong?" Ying Yuanxing sniffed the can and was silent for a moment. Well, the smell is a bit pungent, a bit more pungent than garlic without broken skin.
But it's still quite appetizing.
Ying Yuanxing couldn't help but pick out a clove of garlic and took a small bite. It was spicy, sour and salty, more stimulating than any other dish he had made before, and a little irritating to the eyes.
Ying Yuanxing blinked, his eyes unconsciously swept across Xuanying, and then saw a flash of white.
White?
Ying Yuanxing looked carefully and saw that there was no white. The shadow was still black cotton candy, but the white he had just seen was...
Ying Yuanxing hesitated for a moment, chewed another clove of garlic, and then looked at Xuanying. He looked with curiosity, then froze in place, quickly lowered his head, and the tips of his ears turned red.
"I'll go put these pickled garlics away." Ying Yuanxing walked towards the wooden house without looking back, his steps a little messy.
But it’s no wonder that he was a little panicked. After all, he unexpectedly saw some things he shouldn’t have seen. Who can be stable?
The audience did not notice anything unusual about Ying Yuanxing, but Zhao Changyan was different. He immediately realized that Ying Yuanxing seemed reluctant to face Xuanying. Why?
Could it be that something was wrong with Xuanying and was discovered by Ying Yuanxing?
Zhao Changyan's curiosity was quickly interrupted by Ying Yuanxing's words. Then, looking at the pickled garlic in Ying Yuanxing's hand, he wished he could reach into the screen and take the pickled garlic out.
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