Chapter 179 The 179th Day of the Beginning [Second Update] (Not even halfway through)
Day 179 of the story [Second Update]
After Halloween, Yin Yu announced that everyone at the Strange Paradise would have a day off.
While the monster employees were still asleep, Yin Yu filled all of their personal storage space with their bonus red envelopes.
Yesterday's total operating revenue reached 3.73 million points, while the net profit was as high as 5.87 million, thanks in no small part to the monster employees.
Now that the resort town is included in the park area, it means that the monster employees can also go to the town area to shop and play after the park closes. Therefore, Yin Yu has increased the reward currency issued to the employees, so that the monster employees have the ability to spend in the resort town.
Yesterday's employee bonus was uniform, with each employee receiving a bonus of one thousand yuan, which included an additional reward for all employees attending the parade exhibition.
In addition, the fox received three new game console cartridges, the zombie bride who loves social media updates got the GoPro sports app she had been eyeing for a long time, and the werewolf got a monster cat scratching board from the system store.
Even the World Serpent received a jar of applesauce as a reward for not causing trouble that day.
Yin Yu personally packed all these physical rewards, decorated them with colorful gift paper, and piled them up at the entrance of the monster employees' gate.
Each package was labeled with the recipient's name, just like a Christmas gift.
But considering that Halloween means the same to monsters as Christmas means to humans, packing up all these gifts is actually quite fitting for the occasion.
While helping Yin Yu wrap the gift paper, He Lianzhou scratched the red rash on his neck, pouted and sighed at Yin Yu, "They all have gifts, why don't I?"
"Why do you deserve it? Isn't playing all day enough?" Yin Yu replied without even looking up.
"Isn't this allergic rash caused by the costumes and props considered a work injury?" He Lianzhou groaned from the itch. "I still have to accompany you to distant lands, going through ups and downs with my beloved."
Hearing this, Yin Yu looked up and saw He Lianzhou reaching out to scratch again. Without thinking, he raised his hand and slapped it away: "Scratching again? How many times have I told you not to scratch?"
It snapped with a crisp sound.
Yin Yu hadn't expected the force and angle to be so subtle and precise. He Lianzhou's hand was immediately reddened from the slap. He Lianzhou seemed not to have reacted yet, maintaining his original posture while slightly widening his eyes to look at Yin Yu.
Yin Yu coughed lightly, then quickly grabbed He Lianzhou's hand, placing his palm on the back of He Lianzhou's hand as if this would make his crime invisible.
He changed the subject, saying, "You're not an employee of the amusement park. At most, we gave you a free ride as a family member. We were already being generous by not charging you for your ticket. And you call this a work injury?"
He Lianzhou stared at his hand, which had been grabbed and forcibly covered, and his lips twitched: "Don't block it. Do you think I won't feel pain if you block it? Are you trying to fool a three-year-old?"
Yin Yu coughed lightly, released his hand, and saw that He Lianzhou's hand was covered in red marks.
Yin Yu guiltily looked away: "Tsk, so weak."
"Just tell me how you're going to compensate me." He Lianzhou laughed in exasperation, then simply lay down on the pile of gifts Yin Yu had prepared for the employees, looking like a shameless rogue who wouldn't get up until Yin Yu gave him a gift.
Yin Yu stared at He Lianzhou for a long time before saying, "Then I'll reward you by letting you take your favorite concubine back with me. How about that? So you two won't have to keep breaking up and getting back together."
He Lianzhou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up: "Is that possible?"
Yin Yu nodded.
"I guess I'll have to make do then." He Lianzhou stood up, speaking with reluctance, but he continued to diligently wrap the gift for Yin Yu, clearly quite satisfied.
Seeing this, Yin Yu found it amusing and shook his head subtly.
After all the gifts were wrapped, Yin Yu redeemed a racing game simulator from the system. It was about the same size as a two-person racing chair and looked more like a high-tech game pod. It could be used for two-person battles or for single-person play, and it was much more immersive than the controller that He Lianzhou had tried before.
It wouldn't be appropriate for such a large gaming pod to appear out of nowhere, so Yin Yu placed it in his bedroom.
Seeing that He Lianzhou was still enthusiastically flipping through the "mountain of gifts," Yin Yu chuckled and nudged He Lianzhou's knee with his own: "Go back to your bedroom."
"Finally let the laborers go to sleep?" He Lianzhou raised his eyes, got up, dusted himself off, and teased Yin Yu.
Yin Yu rolled his eyes.
He Lianzhou grinned and walked back to his bedroom.
"Hmm?" A questioning nasal sound came from the bedroom. He Lianzhou quickly realized what was happening and surprisingly strode out of the bedroom to look for Yin Yu. "Is that for me?"
“I can’t believe anyone else is so obsessed with racing games besides you,” Yin Yu said.
He Lianzhou took a light breath and quickly crawled back into the game pod to experience it.
"Can I exchange my spot to bring my favorite to your place for this?" After playing a game, He Lianzhou came out of the cabin, gently stroking the game pod, trying to bargain with Yin Yu.
The World Serpent hovered on He Lianzhou's wrist and took a deep sip.
Yin Yu: ""
Yin Yu naturally refused He Lianzhou outright, so He Lianzhou had no choice but to play a few more rounds before reluctantly saying goodbye to the new game pod.
After getting a good rest, Yin Yu used the teleportation channel.
Originally, Yin Yu only intended to take the little blue dragon away, but no matter how much Yin Yu threatened and persuaded the lion cub, it was unwilling to let go of the little blue dragon's claws, acting as if it were its little follower and that it was under its protection.
Yin Yu had no choice but to bring the lion cub along with him.
The monster passage was the same as Yin Yu's shuttle passage, but Yin Yu still put a leather chain on both the big lion cub and the little blue dragon, since he didn't know the rules of the passage and was afraid that the two little guys would get separated during the journey.
The World Serpent was able to coil around He Lianzhou's wrist.
The lion cub was no stranger to the leather chain around its neck. In the first few weeks after it was allowed to roam around the park, it was led around by the monster staff on a leather chain. It wasn't until the tourists got used to it and confirmed its gentle and friendly nature that the chain was removed, allowing it to run and cause trouble as it pleased.
It stood obediently beside Yin Yu, while the little blue dragon seemed quite uncomfortable with the leather chain around its neck.
Despite the collar being made of soft leather, the little blue dragon kept kicking at it with its hind claws.
Seeing this, Yin Yu gently scratched the little blue dragon's chin a few times. The dragon slowly lowered its hind paws that were kicking the collar, and instead raised its chin comfortably, tilting its head close to Yin Yu's palm, as if indicating that Yin Yu should scratch it a few more times.
"Bear with it, I'll release you soon," Yin Yu said softly, then stroked the little blue dragon's nose.
Upon hearing this, the little blue dragon reluctantly folded its wings and chose to stand on Yin Yu's shoulder, its sharp claws carefully and gently avoiding tearing Yin Yu's clothes.
The World Serpent hung lazily on He Lianzhou's wrist. Seeing that the little blue dragon and the lion cub were wearing leather chains, it swayed the tip of its tail.
Hmph, it, the great world serpent, of course deserves special and distinguished treatment!
With everything prepared, Yin Yu opened the threshold connecting the two worlds.
The familiar feeling of weightlessness washed over them. Yin Yu and He Lianzhou were somewhat prepared, but the lion cub was clearly experiencing this kind of loss of control for the first time. Even though it only lasted for a few seconds, it made it roar several times in unease.
As soon as it stepped onto the ground, the lion cub didn't care where it was anymore and found an open space to start vomiting.
I'm going to die, I'm going to die! This must feel like I have a serious illness. Ugh, ugh!
The lion cub whimpered and gagged, finally curling up pitifully into a small ball.
The World Serpent watched from the sidelines, turning its eyes away and flicking its tail. It was useless, utterly useless!
The little blue dragon seemed to accept the dizzying sensation quite well, and was unharmed. Seeing the lion cub lying pitifully on the ground, it flew over, not minding the dirt, and lay down next to the cub, offering silent comfort.
Seeing this, Yin Yu first unchained the two little guys, then quickly picked them up, one in each hand, to prevent them from getting covered in vomit. He didn't plan to give his pets a bath as soon as he got back.
"Bang bang bang!" There was an urgent knocking sound at the door.
Yin Yu shuddered subconsciously, and instinctively tried to hide the two little ones out of guilt.
He Lianzhou looked at Yin Yu with amusement: "What are you doing? Hiding? Are you serious?"
Yin Yu coughed lightly, stopped what he was doing, and muttered under his breath, "A subconscious reaction."
When he was a child, his family didn't allow him to keep dogs or cats. He brought home a stray cat and hid it in the house for two months before it was discovered. He was experienced in hiding things.
"Captain Yin, you're back? The alarm suddenly went off in Guanshan! A monster has broken into Guanshan! We're conducting a secret investigation now!" Zhou Zhou's voice rang out from outside the door.
Yin Yu's eyelids twitched slightly upon hearing this; he had forgotten that Guanshan had a mechanism for detecting monsters.
He called out, "It's me. No need to check, it's with me."
"What?!" Zhou Zhou's voice suddenly rose.
The next second, Yin Yu opened the door.
Zhou Zhou almost couldn't wait to stick his head in, and the first thing he saw was several puddles of vomit on the floor.
"Huh!?" Zhou Zhou made a nasal sound in surprise, which was immediately interrupted by Yin Yu.
“Here it is.” Yin Yu said with a smile, gesturing to the dazed lion cub in his arms and the little blue dragon lying on top of the lion cub.
The little blue dragon folded its wings and lay there, looking like an ice-blue lizard at first glance, while the lion cub looked no different from a cat.
"I'm having some trouble adjusting to the new environment," Yin Yu explained vaguely.
Zhou Zhou took a deep breath, then burst out laughing: "That's it?! An invading monster?! It's clearly someone's pet!?"
Yin Yu: ""
That's not wrong.
"Hey, let me tell Commander Fang and the others to lift the alert first." Zhou Zhou slapped his forehead and quickly notified Fang Bo, "Alert 302 lifted, alert 302 lifted, secret invading creature detected, secret invading creature detected. Commander Fang, please come to cabin 07 on the seventh floor immediately. No need for weapons. It's Captain Yin. He brought two little gadgets, nothing much to do with monsters, chuckle."
Zhou Zhou couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.
Yin Yu rubbed his brow.
Alert 302 is the code name for a monster's secret invasion. It's used when a private investigation is needed. Yin Yu never expected that he would be the one to trigger this alert.
"You came back quickly this time!" Fang Bo arrived soon after. His attention was at least better than Zhou Zhou's at first glance. He didn't see the puddle of vomit, but was attracted by the ice-blue lizard in Yin Yu's arms.
"Why is it this color?" Fang Bo blurted out, "A mutant lizard?"
He pointed his finger at the little blue dragon's nose, but the next second He Lianzhou slapped his finger away: "Be careful."
As if offended, the little blue dragon suddenly spewed out icy blue flames, instantly freezing the area in front of it into a small icicle, which then crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Without the restrictions of amusement parks, there are obviously no rules against attacks on humans.
Upon seeing this, Fang Bo immediately gasped, quickly closed his fingers, and looked at He Lianzhou with lingering fear: "Thank you."
"Hiss, the one Captain Yin brought back, even a small lizard shouldn't be underestimated in terms of attack power," Zhou Zhou muttered to himself.
Yin Yu's lips twitched upon hearing this. Is it possible that it's not a lizard?
However, the little blue dragon had clearly established its authority and had no intention of continuing. It was too lazy to even spread its wings and simply continued to curl up on the lion cub's body, leaning against Yin Yu's embrace. It was so comfortable that its eyes were about to close, as if it wanted to sleep.
As for the lion cub, it was still in a state of "airsickness," sickly shrinking to the size of a kitten, making it easier to recover.
So much so that within half a day, the news that Yin Yu had brought back a cat and a lizard spread throughout Guanshan.
Yin Yu: Sometimes I really want to call the police and arrest all the people spreading rumors.
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