Chapter 32 Daily Operation of Dungeon
After drinking the mango sago, Zhu Yu did not linger in the dessert shop for long. Instead, he got up and left, leaving the empty seat for the players queuing behind him.
After walking out of the dessert shop, she subconsciously turned a few steps to the right, but soon stopped and abruptly changed direction, walking towards the City Lord's Mansion.
She originally wanted to go back to the lounge and lie down comfortably for a while, but she suddenly remembered that with the emergence of the City Lord's Mansion, the lounge in the fruit tea shop had already moved to the City Lord's Mansion.
Although it is called a "lounge", after several major renovations, it can no longer be described by such a simple name - the current "lounge" is more like her private suite.
Zhu Yu pushed open the door of the City Lord's Mansion, walked through the spacious hall with ease, and went up to the second floor along the winding spiral staircase on the left.
Her current residence is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. After a facial scan, the door in front of her opened.
After entering the door is the entrance hall.
Zhu Yu lowered his head to put on slippers and casually placed his shoes on the shoe cabinet next to the entrance.
There was a small mirror above the shoe cabinet. She raised her hand to tidy up her hair and then walked into the living room.
There was a low coffee table next to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, on which was placed a small night lamp and a cup of still warm scented tea - these were what she had left here before watching a movie.
Zhu Yu came to the window and opened the blackout curtains. Soft light poured into the room, brightening the entire space.
Then she turned into the kitchen, poured the scented tea into the sink, washed the cup, opened the refrigerator, and took out a box of refrigerated fruit slices, which were neatly stacked with cubes of watermelon.
Zhu Yu reached out and took a cup of the new drink that the fruit tea shop had just launched - bayberry and lychee drink. After inserting the straw, she rummaged through the refrigerator and found the yogurt she bought from the supermarket, so she simply brought it out as well.
She held the fruit tea in one hand and put the cut fruit and yogurt on the tray in the other hand and walked back to the living room.
Zhu Yu originally wanted to lie back on the sofa, but suddenly remembered the hanging chair on the balcony.
She turned around and pushed open the glass door of the balcony, and fresh air mixed with the scent of garden grass and trees blew in her face.
There are several pots of green plants in the corner of the balcony, and the sunlight shines through the simple white gauze curtains onto a rattan hanging chair.
Zhu Yu placed the tray on the small round table, curled himself up in the hanging chair, and lightly pushed the ground with his feet, and the hanging chair began to rock slowly.
She picked up a piece of ice watermelon and put it in her mouth. The refreshing, sweet taste and the perfect warm sunshine made her so comfortable that she couldn't help but squint her eyes.
After eating the watermelon slices, Zhu Yu picked up the bayberry and lychee drink beside him and took a sip.
The fruit tea tastes sour and sweet when you take a sip. The sweetness of lychee and the sourness of bayberry blend perfectly, like a cool breeze in the afternoon of midsummer, instantly sweeping away the heat in your mouth.
But I don’t know if it’s because I ate watermelon beforehand, or because I added too little sugar when ordering fruit tea this time, Zhu Yu felt that the sourness of the bayberry and lychee drink was a bit prominent.
However, she was not resistant to the sweet and sour taste. Instead, she felt that it was appetizing and refreshing, and the taste was quite good.
But as he drank, Zhu Yu gradually noticed something strange.
The temperature in the dungeon was obviously suitable, even a little warm, but she felt chilly, as if there was a cold air surrounding her.
Zhu Yu frowned slightly, took a soft blanket from the sofa and put it on himself, trying to dispel the inexplicable coldness.
But the temperature was still slowly dropping, making her more and more uneasy.
After a while, Zhu Yu finally couldn't help it. She opened her player bracelet and quickly edited a message to Lin Li:
"President Lin, have you felt the temperature around you suddenly drop recently?"
The other party was probably busy, and after a while Zhu Yu received a reply:
"No, everything is fine here. What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing Lin Li's concerned inquiry, Zhu Yu raised his hand and touched the goose bumps on his arm. After thinking for a moment, he decided to go to the hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, Zhu Yu walked straight into the intensive care unit. As soon as she entered the room and was about to explain her purpose, she saw Luo Xi frowning and looking up at her:
"Wait a minute, just stand there and don't move. Stay away from me."
"?" A string of question marks instantly popped up in Zhu Yu's head, "What's wrong with me?"
Then she reacted and asked tentatively:
"You felt the temperature drop, too?"
Luo Xi sighed slightly, raised his hand and rubbed his brows, and explained helplessly:
"I received several players this afternoon, and they all had the same symptoms as you."
When Zhu Yu heard this, he suddenly felt nervous:
"So what was the result? Was it some new disease?"
Luo Xi's eyes fell calmly on the unfinished bayberry and lychee drink in Zhu Yu's hand, with a subtle expression:
"As the owner of a fruit tea shop, you don't even know the special effects of your new drink?"
Zhu Yu was stunned and looked down at the fruit tea in his hand: "Special effects?"
Luo Xi walked forward quickly, picked up the bayberry and lychee drink in her hand, and tapped the bottle:
"This special bayberry and lychee drink has the added benefit of lowering the temperature within a one-meter radius around the drinker by 15 to 20 degrees. This effect can last for half an hour to an hour. Don't you know that?"
Zhu Yu's expression froze, and he instantly recalled that when he hurriedly bought fruit tea in the morning, he didn't seem to pay much attention to the special and ordinary versions of fruit tea options...
Besides, the additional effects of orchard fruits have always been random and unexplained. No one knew what the effects were at the beginning!
Zhu Yu defended himself, "This fruit tea is a new product that has just been unlocked. I was in a hurry when I bought it and didn't take a close look."
Luo Xi glanced at her calmly and said, "Next time, check the label before you buy something. Otherwise, don't come to me next time you catch a cold."
It turned out that everything was just a misunderstanding. Zhu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the problem was not serious and it was not a sudden disaster.
She left the hospital and returned to her residence, only to find that there were still at least 20 minutes left before the additional effect took effect.
The temperature around her had dropped to single digits. If she continued to stay in the dungeon, she might really catch a cold.
What to do? Go outside and get some sun?
Zhu Yu shook his head. Wouldn’t it be more tiring to go out in such hot weather?
She lay in the hanging chair and pondered for a moment, then suddenly lowered her head and held the white jade pendant hanging around her neck, her expression brightening.
The next second, Zhu Yu entered the orchard space.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the orchard, she felt the temperature around her gradually returning to normal.
Zhu Yu exhaled, feeling the coldness gradually dissipate, and his whole body relaxed.
After solving the problem of falling temperature, Zhu Yu turned his attention to the heavy ripe fruits in the orchard.
She clapped her hands and decided to use this free time to finish all the work in the orchard.
Use a virtual sickle to harvest fruits, exchange for new land, sow seeds, fertilize some fruits that take a long time to mature, speed up their growth, and harvest the ripe fruits again...
After this cycle continued three or four times, she stopped to check the inventory in the storage space.
As the amount of fruits continued to increase, Zhu Yu's mouth corners gradually lifted.
Just as she was about to take a break, a familiar system prompt suddenly came to her ears:
[The total amount of fruits reaches 10,000, successfully unlocking the new function of the fruit processing area: dried fruits]
Zhu Yu immediately stopped what he was doing and ran to the fruit processing area impatiently.
A brand new sign appeared at the entrance of the fruit processing area.
The function of the newly unlocked area is marked on it: "Dried Fruit Making Room".
On one side of the dried fruit production room, there are several stainless steel automatic slicers. The cutting blades are flashing with cold light. Obviously, they can easily handle fruits of various sizes and cut them into evenly thin slices.
Zhu Yu noticed that there was a baking room surrounded by transparent glass in the center of the production room. The temperature and humidity inside the glass wall could be adjusted through a precise control system.
An operation panel is installed on the wall near the entrance of the baking room, displaying a variety of options, allowing users to choose the type and sweetness of dried fruits according to different needs, such as sugar-free, low-sugar or honey flavor.
In addition, a packaging area is set up in one corner of the processing area.
The processed dried fruits will be sent here and automatically packaged into small and exquisite bags after being divided. Labels generated by the system based on the type of fruit are also affixed to the outside, such as "honey-dried pineapple" and "original dried mango".
Zhu Yu stood next to the fruit drying machine, tapped his finger on the operating panel, and selected the processing mode for a batch of dried mangoes and dried pineapples.
As the start button is pressed, the mango and pineapple are quickly peeled and sliced. Then a slight buzzing sound is heard inside the machine, and the cut fruit slices are sent into the baking chamber.
Zhu Yu stood outside the bakery. She saw through the glass door that the sliced fruits were slowly losing moisture and becoming dry.
A rich fruity scent gradually filled the air.
After a while, the machine made a slight "ding" sound, indicating that the processing was completed.
Zhu Yu walked to the packaging area and watched bags of packaged dried fruits being conveyed out and placed on the automatic display racks.
She picked out a bag of candied pineapple, unwrapped it, grabbed a piece and put it in her mouth.
The dried pineapple has a slight sour taste, but the honey-making process adds a perfect sweetness. The texture is soft and flexible with a hint of chewing satisfaction.
Although Zhu Yu could only stay in the orchard and it was inconvenient for her to go out at the moment, through her special connection with the underground city, she was keenly aware of the changes in the orchard specialty area on the first floor of the underground city.
In addition to cut fruits, there is apparently a new range of dried fruit products.
Now that the orchard specialty store has been updated and improved, it’s time to put other stores on the agenda.
While munching on some freshly-baked dried pineapple, Zhu Yu opened the business panel for inspection.
The panel shows that the fast food restaurant has reached the upgrade requirements to a high-end store, the dessert shop has met the conditions for upgrading to a mid-level store, and the ice cream shop is still a little short of reaching the standards of a high-end store.
Zhu Yu waved his hand and upgraded the fast food restaurant to a high-end store, and at the same time upgraded the dessert shop to a mid-level store.
After the upgrade, she opened the task panel again.
New side quests have already appeared.
[Side Quest—Countdown: 39h]
1. Collect 50 positive reviews after the community event. (Progress: 12/50)
2. Sell 100 tickets of any movie. (Progress: 21/100)
3. Go to the garden to decorate and upgrade to level B. (Progress: 0/1)
The first task should not be difficult to complete. At worst, I can ask Lin Li for help and ask her members to post more good reviews.
The second task is probably the easiest to accomplish as the advertisements are promoted and some neighborhood committee members will definitely go to the cinema to watch a second screening or a new movie.
As for the third task, it was a bit tricky. She had to think carefully about the design of the garden. Perhaps she could post a reward on the community task panel to solicit some good suggestions.
Zhu Yu looked at the three new side quests in front of him and touched his chin.
If she remembered correctly, after completing this mission, not only would she be able to accumulate 10 chances to draw a lottery, but Yi Yi's new skill would also finally be unlocked.
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