Chapter 16 Forum
With a "click", the switch of the gas stove was turned on.
Gu Nian brought out her dinner from the villa kitchen. The cold-weather soup could not fill her stomach, so she left the farm space and hurried to make dinner for herself. In the winter, nothing can warm people up better than a bowl of steaming hot spicy hot pot.
The snow-white bone broth is used as the base, and tomatoes are added to make a thick soup. The cooked bamboo shoots, Chinese cabbage, bean curd skin, and vermicelli are spread in the soup, and beef balls, beef rolls, crispy sausage, and prawns are piled on the surface. A small pot full of food is served.
In the living room of the villa, there was a plush carpet in front of the coffee table. The carpet had just been vacuumed and was very clean. Gu Nian simply sat cross-legged on the carpet barefoot. The warmth from the floor heating came over her, making her feel so comfortable that she relaxed all over. She put the small pot on the coffee table and the computer next to it. She ate while browsing the forum on the computer.
Gu Nian was looking at the exclusive forum for Evolvers that Jing Li had sent her. She used the invitation code that Jing Li had given her to open the webpage.
This forum has a rare name, Lihuo Gantian, which sounds like some outdated martial arts novel, or the kind that is put on the street and no one cares about it. It doesn't look like a forum at all. However, the settings in the forum are similar to other forums, with a standard design. At first glance, it looks like a computer technology exchange forum. There are four sections in it, information exchange, task bounty, item trading, and chat.
Gu Nian opened the information exchange area.
She scanned the post from beginning to end.
These posts give a lot of information about mutant animals and plants. Currently known common livestock, chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs have all mutated, but the mutant animals seem to have only greatly enhanced their physical fitness, and are generally taller than before, but their intelligence has not increased significantly, at least there is no need to worry about encountering a talking dog in the future.
Plants generally showed more resistance to cold, able to survive in low temperatures, and showed no aggression. In the posts, the various mutated plants seemed to contain spiritual energy and have more benefits for the human body. In one post, the poster even said that an orchid plant that had been passed down for hundreds of years had a fragrance that could heal injuries after it successfully mutated.
In the forum, Gu Nian also saw many posts introducing spirit crystals obtained from mutant animals. Everyone was still studying how to use them, but almost everyone agreed that these spirit crystals were formed after highly purified spiritual energy and might be able to become a new type of energy.
Gu Nian browsed through it and after making sure that he had not missed anything, he opened the task bounty section.
The forum popped up a page, "You are currently a visitor. You must register an account to become a formal user before you can open the task bounty and item trading sections."
Gu Nian chose to register. The forum prompted her to enter a user name, and she picked a name at random - Hoarding Little Gu.
The mission bounty section opens.
Gu Nian looked carefully. According to the difficulty of the reward, the tasks were divided into D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level and S-level. Currently, Gu Nian could only open D-level posts. According to the forum's prompts, she had to complete certain tasks before she could view the next level of posts.
This makes sense. Gu Nian opened the D-level bounty mission and found that most of the posts were posted by the same ID, the Noah Research Institute Action Team. She remembered Jing Li's words, the official research institute seemed to be called this name? In this case, these are the official missions?
Putting down his chopsticks, Gu Nian carefully looked through the D-level tasks. Most of them were tasks of expelling mutated animals and collecting mutated plant specimens. The difficulty level was not high. Maybe he could also take on some tasks on this forum?
Gu Nian thought about it carefully and thought that this idea was feasible. The cold-proof soup made in the farm kitchen was mainly made of spiritual crystals, the transactions in the farm market were made with spiritual coins, and even the vegetables produced on the farm had a faint spiritual energy... All of this pointed to the fact that this mysterious farm space was operated by spiritual energy.
I am afraid that the more I explore this farm, the more spiritual energy I will need. If I want to survive this world-destroying disaster, this mysterious farm space is my biggest reliance. Gu Nian thought to himself. In this case, while the mutant animals are still relatively weak and there are not many people fighting for them, I should get as many spiritual crystals as possible. This will be of great use on the farm. As for how to get more spiritual crystals, accepting tasks on this forum is a good way.
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Anda Archery Club is also well-known throughout Jiangcheng. The owner's archery skills are surprisingly accurate. Many regular customers have rumored that the owner used to be a special forces soldier and opened the archery range after retiring. It can be said that there is no archery enthusiast in Jiangcheng who doesn't know about this store.
After the cold wave hit, everyone stayed indoors. How could anyone play archery? Anda Archery Club has been closed for a long time.
Until today, the boss Shi Xingfa received a call.
"Want to practice archery? And you need a professional coach to teach you?" Shi Xingfa couldn't help but laugh: "Sorry, girl, please ask somewhere else. Our store has been closed due to the cold wave."
Gu Nian didn't feel surprised when she heard the rejection. Nowadays, except for the essential livelihood industries in Jiangcheng, almost all other industries are closed. She just said to the boss: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I can exchange it with supplies. Just name a price."
"You can practice as long as you want, but you need 50 kilograms of rice a day." Shi Xingfa said casually. Nowadays, the price of a kilogram of rice in the black market of Jiangcheng has soared to 2,000 yuan, and 50 kilograms of rice is 100,000 yuan. He doesn't think the girl can afford this price.
"Sure." The female voice on the other end of the phone answered.
Shi Xingfa was stunned, almost doubting his ears. Someone was willing to spend money to practice archery? Did he meet a rich man who had plenty of supplies?
"You pay for the electricity bill for the shop." Shi Xingfa hesitated and said again. He was generous, so he felt that asking for the electricity bill was too petty, so he explained: "You come to practice archery, even though you are the only customer, but I need to turn on the lights in the entire venue. The electricity bill is too high nowadays, and the cost of opening a shop is too high."
"Okay, you can send me the electricity bill, but I need to convert the electricity bill into supplies for you." said the female voice on the other end of the phone.
Shi Xingfa agreed immediately, which was more beneficial to him. Compared with cash, materials are now the hard currency. He hung up the phone, still feeling incredible, it was so simple, he waited for a big business? Since the cold wave came, Shi Xingfa has been closing the store, and his family relies on previous savings to live. Now the cost of opening the store is borne by the other party, and he can also make a lot of money, how can he not be happy?
However, who is the kind of person who can spend such a large amount of materials to practice archery? Shi Xingfa became curious.
The answer to this mystery was found the next day. In the morning, Shi Xingfa put on the thickest clothes in the house, put on a circle of heat packs around his waist, put on gloves, scarves and woolen hats, carried the two little suns in the house, and went to the archery hall in the cold.
The clock ticked to ten o'clock, the agreed meeting time, and he met this special guest on time.
She was a girl in her early twenties, with long black hair, white skin, a pair of clear black pupils, and a beautiful face. Compared to Shi Xingfa, she was dressed more casually, wrapped tightly in a long fur coat, with a sweater underneath and long boots underneath, but they were not thick and still looked comfortable for movement. She carried a quiver on her back and held a composite bow made of fine steel in her hand.
"My name is Gu Nian," she said.
"Shi Xingfa. Since you're here, let's get started." Shi Xingfa also briefly introduced himself. He didn't like nonsense. When he was a coach, he was always responsible for his students. Moreover, he had charged them a high price this time. He pointed to the target against the wall and said, "Shoot a few arrows for me first."
The bow in Gu Nian's hand was exchanged at the parking lot market under the supermarket, from an amateur archery enthusiast. After she got the bow, she also tried to draw the bow and shoot a few times on the farm.
Gu Nian stood in front of the archery range, took an arrow and put it on the string, then pulled the bow steadily. As soon as she let go, the arrow flew out of her hand and slammed into the target.
Shi Xingfa looked over and was surprised. Female archers were not rare. He had seen many outstanding female archers in his career. They had more stable psychological qualities than men. To some extent, they might be more suitable for this profession. But judging from the amateur level, this girl named Gu Nian was a little too strong. The arrow shot directly penetrated the target and almost penetrated it! The target hit the fifth ring. The accuracy was not good, but with such excellent physical fitness, I am afraid that if she practices more accuracy, her archery skills will be extremely amazing!
Although he was very surprised, Shi Xingfa did not show it. He just nodded and asked dutifully, "What are you training for? If it's for a competition, then there are training methods for competitions. If it's for other purposes, then the training methods are different."
Gu Nian found this archery hall on a local forum in Jiangcheng. Many archery enthusiasts praised the hall highly, so Gu Nian contacted the owner of the fencing hall according to the contact information above. The owner, Shi Xingfa, was a middle-aged man in his early forties with a neat crew cut, a determined look in his eyes, and a tall and strong figure. It was obvious that he had been exercising for many years. According to the forum, the owner himself was a special forces soldier in the past, and now it seems that he does have a kind of iron-blooded temperament.
It was for this reason that Gu Nian simply paid a high price to let the boss be her coach. She was not short of supplies now, so she might as well use them to exchange for an effective skill. Seeing that Shi Xingfa did not look down on her because she was a novice, but instead planned the training seriously, Gu Nian was quite satisfied. It seemed that she had found the right person.
She said to Shi Xingfa: "I practice archery because I want to use it for hunting, but it would be best if it can be used in actual combat."
It was normal to say that hunting was normal, after all, who among the rich doesn't have a few hobbies that cost a lot of money? But it was a bit strange to say that learning archery was for actual combat. But Shi Xingfa was not surprised by Gu Nian's words. After the cold wave, even in Jiangcheng, where the public security was good, there were several vicious incidents of looting supplies. The fact that this girl could take out such a large amount of supplies to practice archery at this time was enough to prove that her family was rich, and the more such people were, the more they should master the ability to protect themselves.
Shi Xingfa simply said: "In that case, we will not use this plastic target today, but solid wooden targets." As he spoke, he walked to the target wall and started to replace all the ordinary targets in the venue with solid wooden targets. There were also many rich people who went to the farm to hunt who came to his archery hall to train before. In order to hunt, they not only had to practice their accuracy, but also their bow and arrow strength. If you can't nail into the solid wooden target, it will be difficult to injure the prey. Therefore, Shi Xingfa's archery hall has a lot of solid wooden targets.
Then Shi Xingfa explained to Gu Nian how to shoot arrows. From the standing position, the posture of holding the bowstring, and the posture of drawing the arrow and putting it on the string, Gu Nian was entangled in it. And Gu Nian finally understood that there are so many details in archery. She had always followed the short videos and practiced casually on the farm facing the trees on the farm.
Gu Nian put aside all distractions, focused on the bow and arrow in her hand, and practiced at the solid wooden target. With her full concentration, Gu Nian could even sense the trajectory of the arrow through the air! Her archery accuracy improved rapidly at an incredible speed.
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