Jiang Shuyin was really afraid that she would just pass out like that, so she quickly unscrewed the bottle cap and handed her water.
Long Ying took the water, gulped down two mouthfuls, and gasped for breath: "I almost choked to death, I nearly suffocated."
Jiang Shuyin blinked.
"These steamed buns are delicious, but they're also really awful. Rice is still the best," Long Ying muttered to herself.
It wasn't until he finished eating the steamed bun with water that he realized, "I...I can talk now?"
Jiang Shuyin: "A blessing in disguise."
Long Ying: "Sigh, I'm full, but I still want to eat something, preferably something so spicy it'll kill me."
These words resonated with her deeply. Jiang Shuyin said, "There's nothing on the bus, but when we get to the Southern Base, I can treat you to a meal."
Xie Yin drove fast, but the south is mountainous, and it took him three hours to navigate the winding mountain roads.
You need to have your serum tested and wait for the results before you can leave.
When I came out of the observation room, the sun had not yet set, and there were very few people walking around outside.
Food is precious, so if you have nothing to do, you can just stay home and lie down to save energy and eat less.
Ordinary workers have to work until sunset before they can leave work, and they don't work at night without turning on the lights.
Long Ying is an ordinary person; the staff at the Southern Base entered her information into her form.
When they filled in the rescuer section, the staff looked at them and said, "Whoever's name you fill in will get 10 points. Who wants to claim it?"
Seeing that Xie Yin had no interest at all, Jiang Shuyin gave her own name.
The name 'Jiang Shuyin' appeared, and after the review was approved, it was uploaded to the main network. The next second, Long Ying's information appeared on another screen.
The shadowy figure in front of the screen murmured softly, "Found it... I'm sorry..."
He was too ashamed to face her.
......
After registering her personal information, Long Ying received an identity card, which can be used to prove her identity and also serve as a payment card.
Jiang Shuyin and Xie Yin only need to show their personal codes on their wristbands to move freely within the base.
The staff told them, "The base's infrastructure is now complete. If you're willing to make a purchase, just walk straight out of the lobby for 800 meters to reach the shopping plaza, where you can find everything you need for food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation."
The task assigned from above is to actively promote consumer activities to those with supernatural abilities and facilitate the circulation of task points.
After leaving, Long Ying had to part ways with them. Firstly, she didn't have any money to spend, and secondly, she wanted to find a boyfriend first.
Long Ying: "Thank you for rescuing me and for taking such good care of me on the way. If there's ever anything I can do to help you, I'll do my best. Now that I'm safe, I don't want to trouble you any further. I'm leaving."
She bent down, her expression very sincere.
"It's nothing, just a small favor." Jiang Shuyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "However, I still have to treat you to the meal you promised."
If Long Ying had continued to follow her, Jiang Shuyin would have been in a real predicament. Now that Long Ying had taken the initiative to bring it up, it would have been much better for everyone.
The shopping plaza is divided into four main areas, with the food area being the most crowded. Prices are listed from the outside in.
The outermost area features cheap and affordable snacks, the middle area offers a large meal that ordinary people would only choose to eat once they get paid, and the innermost area is for outrageously expensive high-end dining.
Jiang Shuyin chose the middle-class meal, ordering sauerkraut fish with soup and three bowls of rice, and pushed the menu toward Long Ying.
She looked at the menu, somewhat confused by the prices: "Quest points are worth more than money, right? One quest point is equivalent to ten yuan?"
Jiang Shuyin: "That's mostly the case. It's adjusted according to scarcity, but money can't be exchanged for task points; you have to work to earn them."
Long Ying remained silent for a moment. During the two months she was trapped in the underground chamber, she knew nothing about the outside world.
If she hadn't stocked up on several bags of cat food and drinking water, she might have starved to death long ago.
Thinking of this, she worried about the cat she had released. It wasn't that she didn't want to keep it, but she simply couldn't afford to feed it.
As lunchtime approached, more and more people arrived with their families to dine.
The Southern Base has implemented a staggered holiday pay system, which effectively avoids the situation where people crowd together for meals and have to wait in line, resulting in a holiday system where people have money but no time. Every day, a work unit pays wages and gives holidays.
Jiang Shuyin arrived first, and the dishes were served quickly as well.
The fish with pickled cabbage is made by killing the fish fresh, slicing it into pieces, and adding pickled cabbage to make soup. As Jiang Shuyin requested, a small amount of Sichuan peppercorns are added.
Jiang Shu sipped a bowl of soup and sighed, "The wood-type ability user deserves a lot of credit."
Someone at the next table laughed, and when Jiang Shu looked over, they were a little embarrassed: "I have wood-type abilities. Sorry, please have some watermelon instead."
I also wanted to show off.
He took out a watermelon seed and nurtured a vine in his palm. The vine drooped to the ground and blossomed into small flowers, which gradually withered, revealing the small watermelon underneath.
As time went by, Little Watermelon grew up, and the wood-type ability user's face turned pale, a sign that his ability was about to run out.
But the watermelon isn't fully ripe yet, and if he uses up all his superpowers, all his efforts might be in vain.
Jiang Shuyin thought for a moment, then cut off the vine, leaving only one melon.
The wood-type ability user was slightly surprised, but his complexion recovered somewhat.
'You can do that?'
Everyone at that table had the same expression.
One melon ripened quickly, more than twice as fast as before.
Two minutes later, the watermelon, now free from the vine's restraint, rolled once on the ground.
Exhausted from his wood-type superpower, he slumped onto the table to recover. The person next to him picked up the watermelon and borrowed a fruit knife from the shopkeeper.
He gave half of it to Jiang Shuyin: "Your move has given us a new perspective. Thank you for the gift."
Jiang Shuyin accepted it with a smile.
Watermelons are high in water content, so Xie Yin should like them.
She cut the watermelon into pieces, all roughly the same size.
He gestured to Long Ying and Xie Yin, "Eat up."
The watermelon variety was good, especially sweet. After spitting out the seeds, she turned around and asked them, "Do you need them recycled?"
The young man with wood-type superpowers weakly waved his hand: "This kind of melon is grafted; the next generation won't be this sweet."
Jiang Shuyin: "Okay, then I'll throw it away."
The dishes were served one after another.
Xie Yin only ate some pickled fish and rice, and three slices of watermelon.
Jiang Shuyin didn't eat much either; the rest was all eaten by Long Ying.
Jiang Shuyin took out a tissue to wipe her mouth and stood up: "We're leaving now, you can eat slowly."
Long Ying paused for a moment.
He buried his face in the bowl and nodded emphatically.
Jiang Shuyin and Xie Yin looked around the base and then returned to the reaction team.
The escaped sea monster could return at any time, and not eliminating it would be a thorn in our side.
A day later, relying on her previous work experience and persuasive skills, Long Ying landed a job at a chip manufacturing company with a salary of 3,600 yuan, enough for her to bring her cat to live with her.
The next day, she was at work full of energy when her supervisor approached her with a complicated look in his eyes: "The boss wants to see you. Go now."
Long Ying was puzzled. She had only been working for one day and hadn't offered any opinions other than familiarizing herself with the assembly line work. Why would the boss ask her for help?
She touched her face, not thinking it was her appearance that was attractive; her first thought was of her boyfriend.
But when she saw the boss, her eyes widened slightly.
She didn't know this person at all.
The man's brows were gloomy, and even across a large desk, his icy aura seemed tangible.
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