She has been found.
The book of Tao Te Ching emitted golden light and shrank continuously until it was the size of a palm.
Jian Tanxi's personal space suddenly opened, and the Tao Te Ching entered into it.
Jian Tanxi was very surprised. She reached in, wanting to take out the Tao Te Ching to read, but the Tao Te Ching flew around in her personal space, dodging Jian Tanxi's hand, and no matter what she did, she couldn't catch it.
Jian Tanxi found it strange because her personal space could only store ecospheres and some special items.
Could it be that this Tao Te Ching is also a special item?
What is its origin?
Jian Tanxi couldn't figure it out, so she treated it as a special prop. Maybe she could use it sometime in the future.
At that moment, she remembered the items and ecospheres she had obtained from the previous game.
Now that there's no one around, she can take it out and look at it.
She took out a small teapot and a small box of rouge from her bag; these were the rewards from the last game.
The small teapot is brass-colored, very delicate, but also very small; it can probably only hold a small cup of water.
The rouge box was printed with a picture of a beautiful woman in ancient style. When you opened it, you found red rouge inside, which looked no different from ordinary rouge.
She can't try the rouge now because the item can only be used three times; she should wait until she needs it.
There was a teapot on the table, with some water inside.
Jian Tanxi poured the water from the teapot into her own boiling kettle. As soon as the water was poured in, it started bubbling and then boiled.
Jian Tanxi poured the water into the cup, just enough to fill a small teacup.
She blew on it, took a sip, and it was indeed ordinary hot water.
In today's world, it is a rare treat to still be able to drink hot water.
Without a kettle, she would have to find a stove and coal briquettes to boil water, both of which are hard to find these days.
Even in the Taoist temple, electricity has been installed, and electric kettles are used to boil water.
She felt that this boiling teapot might be of great use in the future and probably wouldn't just be used for boiling water.
After drinking a few cups of hot water, she felt much better, stretched, and exercised for a while.
She found some exercise books in another room, with illustrations that made the movements easy to understand.
She practiced with them for a while and felt completely refreshed.
However, these movements are only for fitness and not for combat.
She searched the entire Taoist temple but couldn't find any martial arts books. So she could only rely on her memory, recalling the few martial arts books she had read before and practicing some moves she still remembered.
After getting tired of practicing, she decided to take a look at her new ecosphere.
She went to the back mountain, took out the ecosphere, and kept enlarging it.
Gradually, the ecosphere was enlarged to about 20 meters in diameter, and Jian Tanxi said "Stop".
At this size, it's basically clear enough to see.
The closest thing to her in the ecosphere was a garden, where a girl was dancing.
Jian Tanxi felt that the girl's dance looked familiar, but she couldn't make out the girl's appearance.
So she continued to enlarge the ecosphere, until it reached a diameter of 30 meters.
Now, she could vaguely see that the girl dancing in the garden looked a lot like her friend—Gu Xinrou.
Gu Xinrou has loved dancing since she was a child. She has attended many training classes and participated in many competitions.
Jian Tanxi used to watch her competitions often, so she was very familiar with her dance steps.
Jian Tanxi placed her hand on the ecosphere and said, "Gu Xinrou, are you dancing in the garden? If so, wave. I'm far away, but I can see you."
Inside the ecosphere, the dancing girl indeed waved her hand, seemingly quite excited, and kept jumping around.
So, she must be Gu Xinrou.
Gu Xinrou was Jian Tanxi's best friend since childhood, and she disappeared from Jian Tanxi's home. Jian Tanxi has always missed her.
Unexpectedly, now that I've seen Gu Xinrou, she's doing well in the ecosphere, and Jian Tanxi can finally rest assured.
It's daytime inside the ecosphere now, and everyone inside heard Jian Tanxi's words.
They were all very panicked and discussed among themselves, wondering why such a sentence would come from the universe.
Therefore, noisy sounds emanated from the ecosphere.
Gu Xinrou, who was in the garden, also recognized Jian Tanxi's voice, but she didn't know where Jian Tanxi was.
Therefore, she shouted, "Jian Tanxi! Where are you? Say something again!"
However, many people were talking inside the ecosphere at the same time, discussing the sounds coming from the universe. Gu Xinrou's voice was drowned out by these sounds, and Jian Tanxi couldn't hear it clearly.
Once Jian Tanxi confirmed that Gu Xinrou was still alive, she shrunk the ecosphere and put it back into her personal space.
This Taoist temple is built on a high mountain, where the mountain winds are very strong.
Jian Tanxi is currently in the back mountain. She wants to test her superpower, "Immovable as a Mountain," so she stands in the windiest spot to experience it.
She discovered that although the wind was strong, it couldn't move her at all, and the wind felt like a gentle breeze on her.
But you can tell from the howling wind that the wind is very strong right now.
It seems I have indeed become stronger.
Just then, she heard a faint whistling sound coming from afar.
Jian Tanxi listened carefully and found that it was indeed a whistling sound, not any other sound.
Only humans can whistle.
Could there be other survivors in the vicinity?
Jian Tanxi desperately wanted to see another living person, so she followed the sound, trying her best to conceal herself.
Now the survivors mostly have superpowers and items, and it cannot be ruled out that some survivors want to kill people to steal their items.
Therefore, Jian Tanxi was very careful.
She followed the sound to a cave and found a woman inside.
The woman was dressed in a business suit and looked very capable, but her legs were curled up.
The woman whistling was the one.
Unsure whether she was friend or foe, Jian Tanxi secretly took out the interstellar triangular pyramid and threw a stone into the cave.
The woman inside the cave asked warily, "Who's there?"
However, she did not come out to check.
Jian Tanxi threw another stone.
The woman inside the cave asked, "Who are our friends outside?"
After hearing the woman say a couple of sentences, Jian Tanxi suddenly felt that her voice was somewhat familiar.
Unfortunately, the cave was too deep, and Jian Tanxi couldn't see the woman's face clearly.
The woman shrank further into the cave, showing no intention of coming out.
Jian Tanxi asked, "I am a survivor. What games have you participated in? Perhaps we have even met in a game."
The woman said, "I've participated in the Mickey Mouse Cave, the thrilling Ferris wheel, the fun seesaw, and the cliffside roller coaster."
Jian Tanxi was surprised: "Fun seesaw? Did you participate with a girl named Jian Tanxi?"
The woman asked in surprise, "How did you know? Do you know Jian Tanxi?"
Jian Tanxi said loudly, "I am Jian Tanxi, and you are... Meng Yuening?"
"It's me."
The woman who had climbed out of the cave was Meng Yuening, the girl who had participated in the game with Jian Tanxi before.
She is a career woman who likes to wear business attire.
Seeing that Meng Yuening had crawled out and was covered in dirt, Jian Tanxi was a little surprised and asked, "Sister Meng, what happened?"
Meng Yuening said, "After I finished the previous game, I was teleported to a cave. However, I was on a small rock above the cave. I accidentally fell down and injured my leg, making it difficult to move. I remembered that I had a whistle with me, so I blew it to see if anyone would come."
"I see. Let me treat you."
Jian Tanxi has healing abilities. She placed her hand on Meng Yuening's wound, and her hand emitted a white light, causing Meng Yuening's wound to slowly heal.
Meng Yuening exclaimed in delight, "Your healing ability is amazing! I'm not in pain at all now."
Jian Tanxi smiled and said, "That's great. Sister Meng, I live in the Taoist temple up ahead, let's stay together. That way, we can do the next dungeon together."
Meng Yuening nodded: "Okay. By the way, I have a prop."
She took out a small bottle of spray and said, "This is a companion spray. If you spray it on someone, that person will team up with me in the next three dungeons and stay in the same place with me after being teleported out of the game. Do you want to use this?"
Jian Tanxi couldn't be happier: "That's great! Spray me with this spray and we won't be separated for three consecutive dungeons."
"Um."
Meng Yuening sprayed some mist towards Jian Tanxi, who smelled a faint grapefruit scent. However, there was no change in her body.
Jian Tanxi asked, "Will this prevent us from separating?"
Meng Yuening: "That's how they described the paper dolls. I think the props they gave us probably aren't fake."
"Yes, that's true. How many times can this spray be used?"
"We can use it twice, and we have one chance left. When we go into the dungeon next time, if we meet a reliable teammate, we can give her a piece of our mind. That way, we'll be a three-person team."
"Great, there's such a thing. I'll definitely play the game well and try to get this reward too."
"Well, it's a pity it can only be applied to three instances. After that, it still needs to be split up."
Jian Tanxi said, "It's okay, let's get through the next three dungeons first."
"Oh, by the way, thank you for healing me earlier. I'll give you something nice."
Meng Yuening took out a crescent-shaped prop with an eye on it.
Meng Yuening explained, "This is called the Crescent Moon Eye. It's a one-time use item used for lighting. To use it, press the eye on it, and it will light up for 20 minutes. However, the light it emits is quite weak and not very bright."
"Thank you, Sister Meng, but you should keep it for yourself."
"It's okay, I have two, I'll give you one."
Seeing Meng Yuening's insistence, Jian Tanxi accepted it.
They walked together toward the Taoist temple.
They stayed there for the next few days.
Jian Tanxi originally wanted to go down the mountain to look for places like the library, post office, bank, and school.
But when she glanced down the mountain, she realized it was very high, and she'd probably be teleported into the game before she even found the locations. She figured she might as well stay in the Taoist temple and rest for a few days.
Meng Yuening is a fitness enthusiast and has also learned some martial arts.
Jian Tanxi worked out and practiced martial arts with Meng Yuening, and her days were quite fulfilling.
That day, as they were preparing to go to sleep, they were suddenly transported to a beautiful garden.
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