"Oh my son, why didn't you call me back in such a long time?"
At night, after taking a shower, Ren Suo was sitting in front of the computer when he suddenly received a call from his distant old mother.
As soon as she arrived, she took the initiative: "Hey, if your father and I don't call you, you won't call back. My son has grown up, has wings and feathers, and is flying around outside and doesn't miss home anymore..."
Ren Suo guessed that when he was chatting with his sister in the morning, his sister noticed the desolation in Ren Suo's words, turned around and reported to his parents, and then his mother finally remembered that she had a biological son...
But when his mother called, Ren Suo felt a warm feeling in his heart and said, "Mom, I miss your crab fried eggs too. I have a day off tomorrow, so why don't I bring my sister back?"
"Ah? That's not good. Don't you want to practice?" To Ren Suo's surprise, his mother's first reaction was to refuse.
"One or two days is nothing, and I haven't been home for a long time. It's time to come back and let the neighbors know that you have a monk son..."
"Your mother has already taken your photo and told everyone that you are my son. You are a great monk in Lianjiang. There is no need for you to come back specially."
"Then I'll come back to eat your meal. By the way, give me a copy of the recipe."
"I can give you the recipe, but you don't have to come back. Just make a good living in Lianjiang!"
After refusing three times in a row, Ren Suo finally sensed something was wrong. He calmed down and listened to the voice on the phone, and found that his mother seemed to be quite noisy: "Mom, are you outside? It's very noisy."
Mom: "No! What time is it now? Why would I be outside? This is the sound of the TV. I'm at home watching TV!"
Ren Suo: "I heard the sound of beer bottles colliding."
Mom: "I'm watching a Hong Kong drama on Channel 3. It's normal to hear such noises..."
Ren Suo: "But the accent is not Hong Kong accent, I can hear it clearly!"
As if she realized she couldn't deceive him anymore, my mother said with a "tsk". "Well, your dad and I are traveling in Sanya and we're having a midnight snack. The mantis shrimp and nine-segment prawns here are cheap and big. The female crabs have lots of roe and crab paste. They're so delicious. Your dad's glasses are dirty from eating so much and he's licking his fingers."
Then Ren Suo heard his father's voice: "Hey? My glasses...are really dirty. They were splashed with the juice from the mantis shrimp."
The mother continued, "Yes, yes, you two are finally not at home. Your father and I have a day off, so we didn't tell you and secretly came out to play. We have been playing for five days and will not go back until the day after tomorrow. You have eaten well and lived well these days, hum!
In the past, I always had to take care of you two bone dragons when I traveled, but this time I’m alone with your dad, I’m so happy!”
Ren Suo: "...Then have fun, but be careful not to be cheated by unscrupulous merchants."
"Don't worry, I'm a smart mom. I won't buy souvenirs and won't be cheated by those gift shops. I checked Dianping beforehand for food and drinks. I'm just taking your dad around to have fun!"
Oh, don’t tell Xingmei. As a brother, you should set a good example. Telling tales is not a good behavior.”
Ren Suo looked at his phone with a confused look on his face. His mother seemed to be afraid that he would take a plane over there and destroy their world. Would he do that?
He doesn't like traveling. If he does, his favorite tourist destination is definitely a hotel, especially a hotel with a hot spring buffet restaurant and massage room.
Traveling is to go from a place where you are tired of living, to a place where others are tired of living, to spend money, and finally return to the place where you are tired of living, exhausted...
Ren Suo put down his phone and checked the information on the intranet.
First, there was a message about his recommendation for acceptance: "Researcher Suo, your answer to "How to pursue the nameless greatsword girl in the "Destiny" live broadcast?" has been accepted and has been labeled "Special Thanks", so the details of the research points you received are as follows..."
This message was completely within Ren Suo's expectations. In order to make You Jian think that this suggestion was useful, he even made jokes in the game. It was simply "I'll give you some advice on how to pick up girls, and I'll even become a girl for you to practice." He was a model of conscience in the sales industry.
If this is still not adopted, it can only be said that the authorities did not want to expose the idiots in the organization who actually believed in such suggestions... But now it seems that the authorities did not avoid this point, but instead gave it a special label of "special thanks".
In the intranet, only a few answers can receive "Special Thanks", which is almost the highest honor officially awarded to researchers, representing that the researcher's answer has created great benefits for the country.
Can I get this honor for helping You Jian pursue the Messenger of Disaster in the Asgard? Well, as the only suggestion so far that has allowed Xuanguo officials to establish a "deep relationship" with the people in the Asgard, perhaps it deserves this honor.
After all, this is not just a small step for Xuan Kingdom, but a giant leap for mankind.
Ren Suo thought more deeply: As the saying goes, 'a thousand gold coins are enough to buy a horse's bones', if he could get special thanks for an answer like this, then when the messenger of disaster appears again in the future, wouldn't the researchers rush to give You Jian advice on how to woo girls?
Then let You Jian travel thousands of miles to chase his wife?
Does the official want to highlight You Jian’s silly attributes?
However, a love-struck man in love with the Asgardian messenger is a good gimmick, if it doesn't reveal that You Jian is a legendary straight male cancer...
This idiot You Jian might be able to be the center of attention.
Ren Suo continued browsing the posts and soon found what he wanted to see.
"Analysis of the Source of the Disaster of Fear", "Analysis of the Source of the Disaster of Pride", and "Analysis of the Source of the Disaster of Laziness".
After all, it was his own great achievement, so of course Ren Suo wanted to see how the researchers on the intranet praised him and see what kind of future he had saved.
The first is the Source of Fear and Chaos, which contains three foreshadowing cards: "Monster Age", "Deep Sea Age" and "Fire Age".
"...The Monster Age is an era in which extraordinary beings fight against extraordinary creatures. At this stage, humans should still be in an absolute advantage, using technological means to hunt down extraordinary creatures that roam the wild areas.
In the deep sea age, gigantic deep-sea fish monsters invaded the land and even invaded cities through sewers. Although humans could still maintain their advantage, the situation was extremely difficult, and the long coastline was difficult to defend. As for the sea, it completely became a forbidden zone for humans.
In the last era of the fire, the power of the source of fear and chaos was maximized, blocking the sun's rays through some means, and the deep-sea fish monsters became even bigger. In order to survive, the human cultivation system also changed accordingly. Everyone cultivated themselves into giants and then fought against the huge sea monsters that had spread to the land.
When the giants fight, they will burn themselves and emit light, illuminating the entire world. After the giants die, their huge skeletons are probably transported to the center of the city and used as firewood to add to the bonfire, so that the light comparable to the sun can be used to grow crops.
The messenger of disaster destroyed a future where humans trembled in fear of darkness, giant monsters, and cold. "
Sea monsters invade the land, a very traditional apocalypse.
Humans have always been afraid of the ocean, whether it is the tsunami that can destroy everything, the deep sea that humans cannot reach, or the monsters in the deep sea. Humans have created countless classic works by depicting this fear.
The source of the fear and chaos is the deep sea, which breeds deep-sea creatures and turns the deep sea into something that humans fear, ‘as humans wish’. Finally, it even invades the sky and blocks out the sun...
Ren Suo looked at the analysis of the source of arrogance and disaster again. The foreshadowing cards of the source of arrogance and disaster are "Age of Prayer", "Age of Conferred Gods" and "Age of Gods".
Unlike the previous analysis, in the arrogant analysis, the researcher's first sentence is:
"Even though the future predicted by the source of arrogance and chaos has been destroyed by the Monkey King, it is still possible for it to appear.
In the Age of Prayer, humans seemed to become more pious to the gods because of the appearance of extraordinary people, and the number of believers of various sects increased. Finally, because of the power of faith, the Kingdom of God appeared before humans.
In the Age of Conferred Gods, it is pointed out that these kingdoms of gods are open to human beings, and those who successfully enter the kingdoms of gods will ignite the divine fire and become immortal gods. Although it is unknown how to compete for the qualifications for Conferred Gods, it is probably only extraordinary people who have the possibility of winning the Conferred Gods War, and the winner will be polluted by the arrogant soul and turned into a tyrant.
In the final age of the gods, all the kingdoms of the gods were ruled by gods. The gods treated all living beings as chess pieces and used the earth as a chessboard for their battles. They did not care about human casualties and would only start wars because of their own likes and dislikes.
Now the source of arrogance and chaos has been crushed by the Monkey King, but once the power of the extraordinary people reaches the level where they can be called "gods", the feudal era of "individual will overrides the collective" may still appear.
Compared to the future predicted by other sources of disaster, the future predicted by arrogance is likely to happen even without other external forces as long as the spiritual energy continues to revive..."
The researcher's pessimism reminded Ren Suo of Bai Ji, who also held a similar view.
"When the strength of an individual is greater than that of the group, an arrogant tyrant may emerge..."
Ren Suo blinked and stopped thinking about it. If that time really comes, we'll talk about it then.
Now that the World-Devouring Spirit has destroyed this future, it is estimated that Ren Suo will not be able to see the arrival of the Age of Tyrants in his lifetime.
Ren Suo looked at the last analysis - laziness is the source of disaster.
懒惰祸乱之源，在五个祸乱之源里是最特别的一个，它只有一张预示牌「观察时代」。
而关于它的解析，任索瞄了一眼高赞回答，都很模棱两可。
其中最高赞的回答是：「……王座应该是意味着一个强者，懒惰祸乱之源的威能，就在于压制住这个强者。
坐在王座的强者，一直在观察遭遇各种各样灾难的人类，但从来没有出手。
现在求道者斩杀了懒惰祸乱之源，就代表未来会出现一个可以拯救世界的强者。
也有可能是王座只是一个象征，代表的是未来如繁星涌现的各类人杰。
这些人杰本来会在懒惰的影响下疏于修炼，或者根本没有崭露头角的机会，只能默默经历各种灾难。
现在懒惰祸乱之源已亡，他们不再会被懒惰影响，从而努力修炼，最后成为能够影响世界的超凡强者。」
任索比较相信这个回答的后一种猜测：本来可以很强的人杰，因为疏于修炼而变成芸芸众生的一员，斩杀懒惰祸乱之源，就等于让他们在未来更加努力地修炼。
嗯，那么肯定不关我事了，我这种资质2.0徘徊的医疗兵，还是老老实实抱东承灵、白忌、乔木依她们的大腿吧。
此时内网还有什么问题，例如《美猴王在北极的目的》、《求道者的衣着风格解析》、《神秘蓝发少女的来历》等等，任索瞄了一眼，点点赞水水贴，就当作自己已经认真参与研究员工作了。
任索回到客厅，打开小世界游戏机。
“小世界，其乐无穷。”
今天的开机音，听起来好像是他自己的声音——任索记住了自己在卡拉OK唱出来的歌声，感觉跟开机音差不多。
进入「装备界面」，任索看了看求道者和吞噬世界之灵，无奈地叹了口气。
求道者，晋升到3星级。
吞噬世界之灵，晋升到4星级。
毕竟是在几亿人的直播间里出现，直接提升星级也是理所当然。
接下来，在任索提升「清泉流响」等级之前，他再也没办法召唤吞噬世界之灵了。
而求道者，恐怕也只能再被他在游戏里召唤一次。
不过，求道者和吞噬世界之灵并非白白出场，他们分别多出了不同的专属技能——
「懒于求道：求道者获取了大量懒惰命运之力，在长久的酝酿中，懒惰命运之力将化为她求道的灵感。每次召唤求道者，求道者经历‘懒惰的灵光一闪’，将某项随机能力进行推演，创造新的能力。
新的能力将增添到能力备选列表中，玩家可以自由选用。
本技能最低触发时间为30天，并且两次召唤时间间隔越长，求道者推演效果越好。」
「吞天傲骨：吞噬世界之灵获取了大量傲慢命运之力，强化了它的精神威压。所有与吞噬世界之灵视线交错的生物，都将进行一次意志检定，失败者将会慑服于吞噬世界之灵。
每一次视线交错都将进行一次意志检定。」
简直像是灾厄少女没能获得游戏奖励，全部落到求道者和吞噬世界之灵头上。看到这两个技能，任索感觉旁边的灾厄少女都馋哭了。
这两个技能确实不错，「吞天傲骨」让吞噬世界之灵多了一个‘瞪谁谁怀孕’的超级控制技能，强者可能不受影响，但若是进行大规模团战，吞噬世界之灵一个扫视，就能让所有杂鱼倒戈了。
「懒于求道」则是让求道者从消费者变成了生产者，虽然生产速度慢了点，但好歹也有个盼头。
检查完游戏角色的变化，任索打开「内容保存库」，检查自己最重要的收获：
「5星宝箱」*1，「能力融合铭刻符文」*1。
任索现在就可以用「光之钥匙」开启5星宝箱，但现在任索又有点贪心不足——不如将「光之钥匙」留到开启6星宝箱？
但若是真出现6星宝箱，任索就会想着留到用来开启7星宝箱……
他这种人，在moba游戏里，就是会直接存钱直接买大件，舍不得买过度装备的仓鼠型玩家。
不过任索现在也不急，打算等下个游戏出现跨越不了的坎，他才会打开5星宝箱，看能不能获得破解困局的宝物。
至于「能力融合铭刻符文」，任索本来是打算融合铭刻他的所有治疗能力，不过他现在却是有了新的想法。
毕竟任索已经将近三转，等他到了三转，就能学到更加强力的法术。
他也不欠这几天时间，自然等自己学到强力法术后，再进行融合法术铭刻——毕竟铭刻，是直接让自己完全学会法术，还不占能力位，任索当然想最大化利用这个奖励。
整理好自己所有奖励，任索便知道现在他要干什么——好好修炼，快点到三转！
好好存功勋，等待11月的免费游戏！
“好，开始修炼！”
穿好睡衣的任索走出房门，躺在沙发上闭上眼睛。
过了几分钟，闭着眼睛的任索直直地从沙发上弹起来，走去打开灵气聚合开关，然后坐在蒲团上，闭着眼睛运转《玄君秘录二章》……
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与此同时，莲江国际机场。
“回去代我向樊樊问好。”候机大厅里，赵火看着已经拿好机票的小孟，将粉色的小行李箱交给她。
“知道了，火哥。”小孟双手按在行李箱拉杆上，笑了笑，“真想多住几天，可惜那边催得紧，我要赶紧回去……”
“公事要紧。”
“真想回到以前，那时候我们天天都在一起……”小孟侧过头看了看安检通道，蝉翼般的眉毛轻颤，绝美的脸庞露出一丝落寞。
附近的男性旅客看见这一幕，眼珠子都快瞪出来，甚至还有人因此没看路撞到别人了。
“啊，这个……”赵火挠挠头，“有句话怎么说来着，就是分别是为了下次更好的重逢？但是一句古话来的……天下无不散之宴席？好像不是这个……”
“小别胜新婚？”小孟展颜一笑，恍如百花绽放。
“对对对！……好像不太对？”赵火先是茅塞顿开地一拍手，旋即有些迟疑。
“好了好了，不逗你了。对了，任索好像还没跟东承灵在一起？”小孟转移了话题，没让赵火尴尬下去。
“没有吧。”赵火想了想说道：“你昨晚去吃饭的时候也看到了吧？他们好像还是普通朋友关系。”
“哎，外人看着都着急，这么明显了……”小孟若有所指地说道：“你不如帮帮他们吧。”
“怎么帮？”
“学院那个战斗训练场不是要开了吗？任索作为治疗修士肯定要到场，你作为教师，到时候找个‘示范’之类的理由，拉他上场战斗……”
不等小孟说完，赵火就摇头：“打伤他，东承灵会割我后颈的，不敢不敢。”
“没让你打伤他啊。”小孟笑着戳了戳赵火的胸膛，说道：“你到时候制造意外，将他打向东承灵的位置，让他和东承灵抱在一起就好了……”
“哦！我明白了！”说到这个，赵火就很懂：“就像后宫漫里那些意外操作吧？”
“没错，现在的问题是任索好像没意识到这点，让他与东承灵产生身体接触，自然会唤醒他身体里的兽性，让他发现自己的真正感情。”小孟说道：“到时候，任索和东承灵不仅不会怪你，反而会感激你呢。”
赵火若有所思地点点头，小孟看了看时间，说道：“那我走了，火哥再见！”
“一路顺风。”
转过头拖着行李箱往安检通道走去，小孟心想火哥多半会按照她的建议去做，到时候……
小孟可没忘记，昨天晚上任索跟火哥聊天时，突然问火哥喜欢女孩子哪一点，并且任索给出的选项十分有针对性——他就是想诱导火哥回答，然后笑看我和那个小骚蹄子的反应！
幸好火哥……
回忆起火哥的回答，小孟也微微郁闷了一下。
不过，小孟在昨晚的饭局里，敏锐地发现了任索身上似乎并不止一根红线。虽然不知道他的朋友圈有多乱，反正让火哥过去炸一炸就准没错。
哼，火哥是君子，不跟你计较，我是小女人，报仇从早到晚！
可惜自己要回去了，不能亲眼目睹这番盛景，只能从火哥口中聆听任索的下场……
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10月8日，早上8点45分。
刚刚起床的任索，洗漱完之后就一直在挑衣服——其实也没什么好挑的，他就只有几套。
“待我撕开半里这晨昏的乾坤，三尺青光轮转洗烟尘~”
任索拿起手机，看了看来电信息，接通说道：“干嘛？一大早想请我吃海鲜自助吗？”
“你怎么还没来？”赵火的声音从手机传来：“学生们也快进场了，战斗训练场开启时你必须在场啊，你可是我们莲江第一治疗修士，没有你不行啊……”
“行了行了，唉，没有我，你们真是成不了事。”任索说道。
Zhao Huo in the combat training ground curled his lips and said, "If you don't come, I will tell Director Huo that your salary this month..."
"Hey, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up." Ren Suo said unhappily, "Even if someone wants to hurry me up, it should be Bai Ji who should do it. Why are you so concerned about whether I am here or not today?"
"I should do my job well." Zhao Huo said solemnly, "As a people's teacher, I should be responsible for the safety of my students..."
Ren Suo hung up the phone, looked at his wardrobe, and finally chose a set of more casual and decent clothes.
This time, he officially appeared in front of the freshmen as a healing monk. In order to manage his image well, Ren Suo also put a lot of thought into it - after all, he would have to rely on the identity of a healing monk to harvest the keys of the students in the future.
After preparing shoes, socks, hats and clothes, Ren Suo nodded with satisfaction.
"Well then... I'm going to go back to playing games. You can get dressed and go to the combat training ground."