Since Sister Yi Guang said so, Xiao Qin felt a little relieved.
She looked around at the contestants in this sea area and found that the traveler brought by her grandfather was Mu Guiying. Perhaps she originally thought that the traveler could help. She often heard her grandfather at home say that Mu Guiying had rarely seen the sea, so she liked the activity of catching the sea.
As for other people, Xiaoqin saw many familiar ones and many not so familiar ones, but among them, the most eye-catching one must be Xiao Baicai.
——Because what Xiaobaicai brought was not a traveler, but a black and white dumpling.
When Xiao Baicai stepped deeply and shallowly through the coordinates to enter the exclusive sea area for the sea-hunting competition, his panda dumpling was hanging on his leg, clinging so tightly that he couldn't get rid of it. Originally, Xiao Baicai wanted to bring other travelers with him, but when he was about to leave, the panda clung to his legs and refused to get down. Xiao Baicai didn't think too much about it, and just teleported here with the panda. Then the system directly prompted that his carrying slot was full and he could not bring other travelers.
Xiaobaicai: ...Is this all right?
Now that things have come to this, we can only put the panda in the spectator position.
But even when the competition was about to start, the panda clinging to Xiao Baicai's legs was still whining and refusing to let go. Xiao Baicai tried to bargain with the competition system, asking if the panda could be allowed to go in like this, saying that his panda cub was very shy.
[System: According to regulations, except for players, all travelers and pets can only wait in the spectator area and are not allowed to enter the competition area.]
"Please be flexible~"
[System: According to regulations, except for players...]
Xiao Baicai had no choice but to rely on other players and travelers for help. A player with bamboo in his backpack used it to coax the panda cub to let go.
"Don't worry, we can help take care of it here." Shi Yiguang, who was also in the viewing area, said generously. Most of the other travelers also showed that they loved it very much, and surrounded the panda cub, rubbing and caressing it.
"But Xiaobaicai, you're spoiling it too much, aren't you?" another player sighed.
"Oh, is there anything else I can do except pamper it?" Xiao Baicai shook his head and sighed with a sweet and troubled expression.
Xiaoqin saw through Xiaobaicai's true nature of showing off her panda side at a glance.
You should know that pandas are almost SSR pets. If you want to get a panda now, you can only open the mall and buy a random pet gift package with krypton gold. Only then will you have a chance to get it randomly. The probability is really very low.
Take Xiaoqin herself for example. She has spent a lot of money on this random pet gift pack. So far, her paradise is full of cats and dogs. She has even set aside two large houses to raise them. She even got Persian cats, peacocks, white cranes and other relatively rare ones, but she still hasn't seen a single panda hair.
Xiaoqin also took advantage of the situation and secretly rubbed the black and white ball a few times, secretly deciding to go back and draw a few more random pet gift packs.
[System: All participating players, please prepare. The sea-hunting competition in Sea Area 1357 is about to begin. The scoring method is as follows...]
Following the system's announcement, the players turned their attention back to the sea and checked whether the sea-hunting tools they brought were complete.
[Countdown: Five, four, three, two, one, start!]
As soon as the system prompt sounded, Xiaoqin jumped out and ran towards the target she had set her sights on from the beginning.
It was a piece of white cuttlefish bone, and because it was relatively rare, it was worth quite a lot of points. However, Xiaoqin wasn't the only one who had her eye on that cuttlefish bone. It was just that it was closer to her, so Xiaoqin immediately took the lead.
Following closely behind was Xiaoqin's grandfather, who was relatively close to Xiaoqin.
Grandpa caught up with Xiaoqin at a speed that was very unlike that of an elderly person, and the two of them almost simultaneously clamped the cuttlefish bone with pliers.
Xiaoqin: ...
grandfather:……
"Xiaoqin, Grandpa knows you..."
"Don't say anything, Grandpa. I understand your intentions!" Xiaoqin quickly interrupted her grandfather, her face tense and serious, "Those are just children. Children can't drink."
She abandoned the pliers and went straight to work.
"That won't do. Grandpa is not all children." Grandpa also decisively grabbed the cuttlefish bone and began to play the victim. "My dear granddaughter, look at my body. I can only participate in the sea-hunting competition once. This time, let me win. Next time, if we meet again, I will let you win, okay?"
Xiaoqin's eyes were dead, "Then I can give you a break next time, Grandpa."
The talks between the grandfather and grandson broke down, neither of them was willing to give in, and both sides were trying to force each other.
Finally, the cuttlefish bone could not bear the weight and split in the middle, leaving just half for each of the two people.
——The scoring is also half and half.
Xiaoqin put the cuttlefish bones into the bucket and immediately headed straight for the next target.
She dug out a few lumps and found a few cat's eye snails. She didn't even bother to squeeze them and threw them directly into the bucket. Then she squatted in front of a breathing hole that looked quite fat, reached back, took out salt and poured it on the breathing hole.
Although she did not have the ability to predict where the King Clam would run like others, she could use salt to try to force the King Clam out. If not, she would not dig it out, but would just give up on it and go to the next one.
Hewlett is very good at digging out king clams. Because king clams are difficult to dig out, they will be given a slightly higher score. He can always calculate the angle and distance of escape based on the direction in which the king clams tend to escape.
As Xiaoqin's grandfather said, the main method is to go to the sea by walking. As Xiaoqin said, most of the travelers in his Peach Blossom Spring are minors. He didn't have any special ideas about the reward from Jiuquan, he just came to join in the fun.
As for Xiao Baicai, he... well... mainly relies on Europe.
As a result, when the competition was halfway through, everyone looked up at the scoreboard and were surprised to find that Xiaoqin was in first place with a slight advantage.
Even Xiaoqin herself didn't expect this.
"Huh?" Xiaoqin looked blankly at the score difference between herself and the second-place Xiaobaicai and the third-place Hewlett. She was a little surprised, but she didn't stop and grabbed a handful of clams and sea bean sprouts and threw them into the bucket.
In fact, the reason why she was able to lead by so many points was that she didn't waste any time. She always remembered to grab a handful of small things that were only 1 or 0.5 points in between looking for things. Only by accumulating small things over time could she rank first.
"Sister Xiaoqin, come on!" Shi Yi Guang in the viewing area cheered her on.
As Shi Yiguang cheered, Xiaoqin saw a fish floating by with its belly turned upside down. With quick eyes and hands, she grabbed the fish, only to find that it looked like it was about to die, but after being caught, it was still very active, bouncing and struggling.
There are quite a few points.
"Sister Yi Guang, can you give me some more encouragement?" Xiao Qin felt that this seemed to be some kind of metaphysics, just like the Panda Man drawing cards, and quickly turned around and shouted.
Shi Yi Guang followed suit and shouted "Come on!"
But this time it didn't work so well.
Xiaoqin was not discouraged. After putting the fish away, she continued to work hard for the first place.
During the half-time break, Xiaoqin counted the harvest of this half of the game and found that there seemed to be a little more fish here than in other places, but only a little more. Xiaoqin took a closer look at the rules and did not find that the traveler brought would bring any buff to the sea-hunting competition. In the end, she could only attribute it to metaphysics.
During the intermission, some players tried to trade or give away the items they found, but found that the system had restrictions on this.
Even if the seafood is not handed over to the other party personally, but thrown on the beach for others to pick up, as long as it has been picked up and thrown out again, it will not be divided again, eliminating all unfair means.
"Maybe I still have a chance to get first place this time!" Xiaoqin gradually gained confidence.
Xiaoqin's grandfather was also very happy, forgetting the previous quarrel between them over a piece of cuttlefish bone. He said to Xiaoqin, "My dear granddaughter, keep up the good work. I can bring my children to visit your place and see Jiuquan in the future."
Xiaoqin reluctantly agreed, "Okay."
The competition in the second half was more intense. Xiaobaicai's score was very close, and the others gradually caught up after mastering the scoring rules.
However, Xiaoqin was particularly lucky today and maintained her advantage.
A passerby who was playing in the same stadium with Xiaoqin, Xiaobaicai, Hewlett, and Grandpa Fish was a little more Buddhist.
...Actually, it's mainly because I was addicted to "The Hell Distance" for the past two days and the aftereffects are a bit serious.
When he saw the octopuses and squids hiding in various shells, jars, and crab shells, he couldn't help but think of the tentacles in "The Hell's Distance" that secretly stretched out from the sewers and then wrapped and swallowed humans unexpectedly. What's more, some monsters do look very similar to octopuses in their overall appearance.
So when this person encountered octopuses and squids, he would quietly avoid them and pick up some whose hallucinations were not so serious.
As time passed, the simulated sky gradually grew darker. As the race neared its end, the tide began to rise. This person compared his bucket with the others' and decided that this was not going to work. He planned to go forward and pick up something to make his plan look too ugly...
A dark shadow rose and fell on the sea surface with the waves, getting closer and closer to him...
At this moment, the image of the water ghost's hair slowly emerging from the water in the reservoir copy suddenly appeared in this person's mind, and he froze.
What's more, as the sky darkened, he seemed to actually see something moving under the black 'water ghost hair'.
He thought of the tiny, scary tentacles poking out of the ghost girl's cracked face.
The man froze for a moment, then turned and ran in shock and fear, warning as he ran, "Don't stay in the water! Run! There's a water ghost!"
“Run!!!”
...People generally have a certain herd mentality and a desire for refuge. At this man's genuine, fearful cry, the person next to him hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran a few steps. As he ran, the people next to him, thinking something was really going on, also hesitantly ran a few steps toward the shore.
"What's wrong?"
"what happened?"
"Is it a tsunami?"
“…”
The man paused, propped up his knees and said, "There's... there's a water ghost! Over there!"
As he spoke, he pointed, and the others looked in the direction he pointed... To be honest, they couldn't see clearly, but they could vaguely see a group of black hair-like things rising and falling with the waves, as if a female ghost would emerge from the water in the next moment.
"The ones from Tomb Mountain Reservoir?" Everyone else, including Hewlett, looked grave. "How could the ghosts from 'The Hell's Distance' appear in Peach Blossom Spring? Is there a bug?"
"Should we report a bug?"
The people who ran to the shore were talking about it, but Hewlett had a serious look on his face and was about to go closer to take a look.
"What are you doing?" Xiaoqin, who had been digging for oysters on the reef a little further away, was walking back when she saw everyone on the beach running ashore. She was confused. "Is the game over? I didn't hear any notifications. I shouldn't have exceeded the time limit, right?"
She spoke with some uncertainty, and gradually approached the shore. The people on the shore saw her getting closer and closer to the group of "water ghost hair" and hurriedly asked her to stay away.
"What's that water ghost hair?" Xiaoqin was even more puzzled. She took a few steps forward and picked up the waft of 'water ghost hair' that was floating in the water. She was speechless for a moment. "Isn't this Gracilaria? When did it get renamed water ghost hair?"
But this bunch of asparagus also has a big blue crab on it.
Xiaoqin threw the asparagus and blue crabs into the bucket.
At the same time, the system sounded the end of the game time.
Contestants who ran to the shore: ...
They silently looked at the person who took the lead and ran away shouting "water ghost hair".
The man fell silent for a moment, then shrank back behind Zhang Fei, the traveler he had brought with him, trying to shift the blame. "Well...well, it's all the fault of 'The Distance Between the Dead'. If CH hadn't made this asparagus so much like a water ghost's hair, I wouldn't have admitted my mistake!"
Zhang Fei, who was brought by this person, scratched his head and said, "I don't think this is very similar."
...In short, the winner of this game is undoubtedly Xiaoqin.
After receiving the winning prize and the competition prize, she happily returned to her own paradise and put the locations of the two places [Building: Hot Spring] and [Special Building: Jiuquan] together, both in the southern bamboo forest, with the two springs next to each other. In this way, when she and her traveler sisters take a bath together, they can bring a cup and use the cup to scoop wine from the nearby Jiuquan while taking a bath.
Thinking this way, Xiaoqin built some other buildings next to the two springs, including a pavilion, a stone table, and a house for changing clothes.
Oh yes, we also need to plant some peach trees. After all, bamboo is too thin. Planting some peach trees can not only provide shade, but also create a unique beauty in the hot springs when the peach petals fall.
Well, perfect! Life is becoming more and more promising!
…
Xu Piao arranged the activities for the sea-hunting competition and asked 079 to take care of everything else. After she had clearly arranged all the game activities, she breathed a sigh of relief and welcomed the long-awaited rest time.
Even because 079 can connect to the Internet directly, he can pay attention to maintaining the game while doing other things. Xu Piao does not feel guilty at all when asking 079 to run errands everywhere.
"What day is it today?" Xu Piao stood up and stretched a little, suddenly feeling as if he had forgotten something.
"3." 079 answered her without waiting for Xu Piao to check the time on the computer.
Xu Piao frowned and thought hard, trying to recall what he had forgotten.
It shouldn't be something in the game, she remembered hearing it clearly in the game, so it must be something in reality... In reality, the only people she interacted with were the old man in the scrapyard, Ajin, and the little girl next door who helped her pick chestnuts in exchange for Alliance Coins... Wait, the Shanhailu event is over and a new month has begun, which means that the nutritional supplements she gave to Ajin last month should have been used up, and she has to give him new ones!
Xu Piao slapped his head and finally remembered what he had forgotten.
She had always maintained the agreement between the original owner and Ajin, "I'll give you nutrients, you help me," as a backup plan. This way, if 079 left or needed to do something, she wouldn't be unable to find a reliable person to help.
It’s just that usually Ajin would come to see her on his own, but three days have passed this month and Ajin hasn’t shown up yet.
Fortunately, she would give him a few more days of nutritional supplements every month to be on the safe side, and she had long ago switched from inferior nutritional supplements to normal nutritional supplements. If Xu Piao were a mentally normal person, he would still worry about being exposed and being targeted, but with Ajin's mental state, he probably wouldn't notice even if the taste of the nutritional supplements changed, as long as he was full.
"079, do you have any plans for now?" Xu Piao looked at 079.
079 shook his head.
"Then please help me deliver this month's nutritional supplements to Ajin. I don't know why he didn't come by himself." Xu Piao said.
He agreed.
After a while, 079 packed up and went out. Xu Piao was thinking about the little girl next door who would pick some chestnuts and send them over at this time every day.
Originally, Xu Piao had only given her some nutrients from the old man at the abandoned station, and after helping her pick chestnuts for so long, she had already paid him back. But Xu Piao later discovered that some chestnut trees had peeled chestnut shells underneath them.
Maybe the little girl found out that Xu Piao was eating chestnuts, and sometimes she would feel hungry when she didn't get her nutritional supplements, so she tried eating some chestnuts.
After Xu Piao found out, he didn't do anything else. The next time the little girl came back with chestnuts, he put a bag of cooked chestnuts at the door, saying that it was for her to try.
She didn't know whether the little girl ate the bag of chestnuts, but the next day, there were more raw chestnuts in front of Xu Piao's door. Xu Piao wondered if the little girl wanted her to cook them. She placed cooked chestnuts in front of her door a few more times, but the next time she checked, they were gone.
Xu Piao was walking towards the door when he accidentally saw a figure flashing quickly in the forest outside through the door.
She didn't pay much attention at first glance and thought it was the little girl next door. After all, she often saw the little girl running around in the woods during this period.
But when she thought about it again, she found something was wrong.
Because the height of the figure was obviously not the same as that of the little girl. The little girl's shadow was thinner, but the figure was obviously that of an adult.
Xu Piao's heart skipped a beat.
This forest is some distance away from both Area C and Area D, and there aren't many people living around here, so few people usually hang out in this forest.
Who could it be?
Did someone just happen to come to pick chestnuts, or did they come specifically to watch the time when 079 would leave?
Xu Piao's hand on the door handle did not move, and his expression did not change, but his mind was racing.
Perhaps because she brought back 079 very quickly after traveling through time, and hadn't worried about anything in reality other than the game, Xu Piao had somewhat ignored the chaos on the third-class planet.
"Is that you?"
Just as Xu Piao was thinking quickly, she heard a strange voice coming from the window.
She looked up and saw someone standing by the window—not outside, but inside the room. Atop that window was an unknown device, transforming the entire window into an untouchable substance, allowing anyone outside to walk right in.
After being in the interstellar era for so long, Xu Piao has never seen an instrument that can change the composition of matter.
"Who are you? What are you going to do?" Xu Piao took a step back inconspicuously, with his hands behind his back, preparing to send out the 079 signal, but saw the man throw something on the ground and said with a smile.
"Sorry, I blocked the signal."
“…”
As a result, Xu Piao felt relieved.
Since this person who suddenly broke in when 079 appeared took the trouble to block the signal and brought in this kind of instrument for converting matter, it is estimated that it was not a simple burglary or murder, but had other purposes.
"If there is anything, please tell me." Xu Piao spoke calmly, and by the way, he looked at the man who broke in without any concealment.
She has a baby-like appearance, with a smile on her face, but this smile makes people feel uncomfortable, as if she is calculating something and has bad intentions. She has a small tuft of hair growing long at the back of her head and tied into a small braid... But for some reason, she looks strangely familiar?
"You are the sister of Li Sheng, who produced "Records of Mountains and Seas", "Peach Blossom Spring", and "Distance Between the Netherworld"? " The man looked at her strangely and said lightly that although Xu Piao did not deliberately keep it secret, she also did not publicize her identity as a producer.
Wait, sister? What sister? Whose sister?
Putting aside the fact that the producer's identity was suddenly revealed, the first thing Xu Piao noticed was the last title of "Li Sheng's sister".
…Her intuition told her that something seemed to be about to be revealed.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Xu Piao grew calmer at this point. She lowered her eyes, cautiously not acknowledging any of the identities, nor actively questioning the person's words, handing the initiative to someone else. Instead, she said, "But..."
"What is your relationship with Ajin?"
That's right. After a closer look, Xu Piao discovered that the young man's facial features seemed somewhat similar to Ah Jin's. This was probably the source of the familiar feeling. However, Ah Jin's appearance as a burly man with twin ponytails was so iconic that it was difficult to notice his facial features.
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