Chapter 40 Black Thorn
As soon as Zhu Yu's fingertips touched the Flame Heart Stone, they were instantly burned by the scorching temperature and shrank back.
She looked down at the stone that was emitting a fiery red light, her brows slightly furrowed, her eyes hesitantly moving back and forth between Yi Yi and the Flame Heart Stone.
"If Yiyi eats something this hot, won't she get burned?"
Zhu Yu muttered to himself, his fingers subconsciously stroking the edge of the box.
However, before she had time to think about it, the little fire dragon that had been quietly watching nearby suddenly pounced over excitedly.
"Why!"
Zhu Yu was startled, his hand slipped, and the small box fell from his knees, and the Flame Heart Stone rolled to the floor.
"Yiyi, don't--!"
Before Zhu Yu finished speaking, Yi Yi had already lowered his head and picked up the Flame Heart Stone, swallowing it without hesitation.
"..." Zhu Yu was stunned: "Yi Yi!"
Unfortunately, shouting was of no use, the Flame Heart Stone had already entered the little guy's stomach.
Zhu Yu covered his forehead helplessly. Before he could open his mouth to blame, the little fire dragon's body suddenly lit up with a blazing red light. The temperature of the entire conference room suddenly rose, as if it was in a furnace.
Yi Yi paused for a moment, and then her body continued to heat up.
Its body began to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye, its wings quickly widened, its claws became sharper, and the scales on its tail began to emit burning flames.
Zhu Yu watched as it filled up the entire conference room, and it felt like the room would burst in the next second.
She quickly stretched out her hand and waved, taking the changing Yi Yi back into the summoning space. She turned around and walked quickly to the elevator, pressing the button to go to the seventh-floor pet paradise.
When she arrived at the park, she went straight to the fire area. As soon as she entered the area, she was overwhelmed by the high temperature.
Zhu Yu endured the heat and released Yi Yi from the summoning space.
As soon as Yi Yi appeared, it immediately showed its completely changed appearance.
Its body has become five times larger than before. When its wings spread, it creates a gust of hot air. The flame on its tail is even more intense, like a ball of dancing flames.
It growled, raised its head, and spurted out a stream of blazing dragon flame from its mouth, as if it was adapting to its new power.
Zhu Yu stood not far away, looking at the completely renewed Charmander, and smiled helplessly:
"It seems that this Flame Heart Stone was not wasted... But, can you not be so sudden next time?"
Yiyi turned her head to look at her and called out softly, as if she was acting coquettishly.
Zhu Yu shook his head and sighed:
"Forget it, since you're okay, just be happy."
She opened Yi Yi's summoning panel, and her eyes suddenly lit up - the current level that had been displayed as "?" before finally showed as "S level".
An uncontrollable smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Yu's face.
Yi Yi seemed to sense its master's emotions, flapping its wings happily and circling around Zhu Yu a few times. Its tail lightly swept across the ground, stirring up tiny sparks.
Afterwards, Zhu Yu brought Yi Yi to the fire area and started a thorough relaxation and training.
The environment of the flame zone perfectly simulates a high temperature zone, surrounded by burning rocks and rolling magma, and the air is filled with a scorching breath.
Zhu Yu stood by, watching Yi Yi flying and breathing fire to its heart's content, occasionally jumping into the molten pool to swim, and then using its powerful dragon breath to ignite the target.
During several hours of playing and skill training, Zhu Yu watched the little guy's movements become more and more flexible, the flames he exhaled became more precise and powerful, and the smile on his face became brighter. He felt a sense of relief and pride that "a dragon in my family is growing up."
When it was getting dark, she returned to the City Lord's Mansion with the exhausted little fire dragon.
Along the way, the shrunken Yi Yi nestled obediently in Zhu Yu's arms, occasionally purring with satisfaction. Zhu Yu looked down at it, his eyes full of tenderness and doting.
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In the following days, everything in the dungeon was normal and peaceful.
The players each performed their duties, some fought monsters, some completed quests, while Mingwei was completely isolated by Zhu Yu in the empty office next to the conference room.
Her eating and daily life are all taken care of by robots, and all contact with the outside world is cut off, as if she had never existed.
The residents of the underground city knew nothing about this and their lives continued to be stable and orderly.
Taking advantage of this relatively stable period, Zhu Yu concentrated on upgrading and improving the facilities in the dungeon.
The sugar soup shop has met the requirements of a high-end store, and although the newly opened candied haws shop has not been in business for long, it has directly reached the level of a mid-level store when it opened because the accumulated amount of sales from the candied haws cabinet in the fruit tea shop was also taken into account.
Therefore, Zhu Yu upgraded these two stores to high-end stores with just one click.
At this point, all the shops on the first floor of the dungeon have reached the level of high-end shops.
During these days, Zhu Yu successfully completed four side quests. She was in a very happy mood as she watched the tasks on the panel being completed one by one - she unlocked four new fruits and accumulated four chances to draw prizes. Only one side quest was left for Charmander to unlock its next new skill!
That afternoon, Zhu Yu opened the business panel to check the new tasks:
[Side Quest—Countdown: 100h]
1. Sold 500 bunches of blueberry candied haws (progress: 0/500)
2. Added a new play equipment for summoned beasts in the Spirit Pet Park (Progress: 0/1)
3. Go to the garden to decorate and upgrade to level A (progress: 0/1)
Zhu Yu browsed through the new side quests, touched his chin lightly, and fell into a brief moment of thought.
Blueberry is one of the four new fruits she unlocked. Although its sales may not be as good as those of classic flavors such as strawberry and hawthorn for a while, she remembered that blueberry candied haws were not uncommon in real life, so it should not be too difficult to make. She thought that she could give the robot employees of the candied haws shop promotion instructions later, and post a new product recommendation post on the trading forum to let more players try the new product as soon as possible.
As for the second task, Zhu Yu decided to go to the Spirit Pet Paradise.
After arriving at the pet park, she discussed it with Bai Ning and others, and finally decided to add a new pet running wheel.
This running wheel is made of reinforced transparent material and is equipped with an intelligent sensing device inside, which can automatically adjust the resistance according to the size and running speed of the summoned beast.
There is also an LED screen on the outside of the running wheel, which will display the running data and energy consumed by the pet in real time.
When the running wheel was installed, Zhu Yu noticed that Bai Ning seemed particularly happy today.
The little girl was at an age where she couldn't hide her thoughts, so when Zhu Yugang asked casually, Bai Ning told her the good news all at once.
"Sister Zhu, I'm telling you a secret! We, the Beast Workers, have been selected for the last spot in the four elite unions! But this news will be officially announced in a few days, so we can't tell anyone about it now."
Zhu Yu raised his eyebrows: "That is indeed a great thing, congratulations."
Bai Ning: "My sister will come to the dungeon to see me in the next two days, and discuss the celebration banquet with me. Sister Zhu, you must come and participate!"
Zhu Yu readily agreed: "Since you have invited me, of course I will go."
Hearing Zhu Yu's agreement, Bai Ning smiled even more brightly, and then she couldn't wait to release Xue Bao from the summoning space, wanting to let it try the newly installed running wheel.
Olaf was very interested in this new toy that appeared on the lawn.
It first approached cautiously, touched the inner wall of the running wheel with its claws, and when it found that it was rotating slightly, it immediately jumped on it excitedly.
At first it ran very slowly, but as the running wheel turned, it gradually quickened its pace, until it was so fast that Zhu Yu could only see a shadow.
The numbers on the LED screen also jumped rapidly. Bai Ning looked at the data and couldn't help but encourage loudly:
"Olaf, that's great! Run faster!"
“This running wheel is very cleverly designed.”
Zhu Yu looked at the player of the Beast Guild who was recording data beside him and asked, "It can not only let the summoned beasts have fun, but also achieve the effect of training. It should be very popular among summoners, right?"
The player from the Beast Guild heard this and was about to respond when suddenly a burst of hurried footsteps interrupted their conversation.
A strange player ran over in a panic. He looked around breathlessly, locked his eyes on Zhu Yu, and shouted anxiously:
"City Lord, something bad has happened! The leader of the Blackthorn Guild is controlling his Blackthorn to kill players heading to the dungeon outside the city! Go and take a look!"
When the other players in the Spirit Pet Paradise heard this, they all stopped what they were doing.
Zhu Yu frowned and whispered a reminder from the player of the Beast Guild opposite him:
"The leader of the Blackthorn Guild has always been ruthless and cruel, and his methods are sinister. He is not a simple character."
"Isn't he too arrogant?" Bai Ning said indignantly:
"How dare you take action near the dungeon? You don't take me seriously at all!"
Zhu Yu's gaze lingered on the face of the player who reported the news for a moment, then he turned to Bai Ning and said calmly:
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
Then she turned around and let the player lead the way:
"I'll be right there now."
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