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As soon as the bus door opened, Luo Yuan squeezed out of the station with the crowd. His snow-white shirt was already soaked with sweat and was covered with various abstract paw prints and stains. Taking the bus every day is like a nightmare for Luo Yuan, and he has to experience it repeatedly every day, repeatedly testing his endurance and nerves!
"It's getting hotter and hotter today." Luo Yuan pulled at his soaked shirt. The hot weather and the difficult customers he met today made him feel a little irritated. Luo Yuan held his briefcase and walked quickly towards the nearby Jingyue Community.
Jingyue Community is close to the outskirts of Donghu City, at least a dozen stops away from the city center, but the rent is not cheap at all. He is now sharing a two-bedroom apartment with a couple, with simple decoration, complete kitchen and bathroom appliances, and earns 3,000 yuan per month. He only needs to pay one thousand two thousand for the rent, which is quite affordable in this first-tier city in China. Although there are occasional inconveniences, the tenants are nice people and the relationship is quite harmonious.
A nice smell of green grass wafted from a distance, and several workers were pushing lawn mowers to clean the lawns in the community.
"What's going on? Wasn't it just cleaned once in more than ten days?" Luo Yuan was a little confused. He looked at the grass that had not been cleaned, and then realized that the grass grew really fast, almost half a foot long. Look at the nearby trees, they seem to be a bit taller too, they look leafy and airtight.
Speaking of which, this year is really unusual. It’s almost December and the weather is still like summer. Like previous years, the maple trees in the community have long been bald and leafless, but this year they are growing longer and more lush. Nowadays, the news is talking about things like ocean current countercurrents, sunspot activities, and even more outrageous, supernova explosions in nearby star fields, all kinds of strange things! A casual search on the Internet will reveal a lot of reasons, with pictures and facts. Each of them seems to be logical. It makes you dizzy and dizzy, but in the end you are convinced!
"Let's leave these things to experts for discussion. Why should ordinary people consider these things?" Luo Yuan shook his head.
A few minutes later, Luo Yuan opened the security door. The smell of food could already be heard in the kitchen. He changed into his slippers. Zhao Yali walked out of the kitchen. Seeing that it was not her boyfriend, she was stunned for a moment. She smiled and said, "Ah, it's Xiao Yuan." I'm back, I cooked a lot of food today, let's eat together today!" As he said this, he walked into the kitchen again, obviously still busy.
Zhao Yali is actually not that old at all, she is twenty-seven years old, only four years older than him. She has fair and delicate skin, a graceful figure, a melon face, willow eyebrows, and a charming smile. She is a typical Jiangnan water town woman.
"Okay, this way I can save money on a meal." Luo Yuan smiled and did not refuse. Being too polite seemed pretentious.
"By the way, where's Brother Qiang? Why haven't you come back yet? He usually gets off work very early! I wanted to play a game while waiting for dinner!" Luo Yuan looked at his shoes and found that there was still a pair of slippers left. , couldn’t help but ask.
Zhao Yali's boyfriend Chen Weiqiang works in the Forestry Bureau. His work is relatively leisurely. He goes to work at nine o'clock every day and gets off work on time at four thirty. He rarely goes out to socialize. Basically, Luo Yuan can always see him when he comes home from get off work. Today Something abnormal!
"You know the game!" Zhao Yali put on an apron and said angrily: "Yesterday you actually took advantage of me to sleep and played until one o'clock, and you didn't even try to persuade him."
"I'll persuade him next time." Luo Yuan put on his slippers, walked into the door, and said with a smile: "But he is more addicted to gaming than me, I can't guarantee it."
"As long as you don't play, he can still force you!" Zhao Yali said dissatisfied.
Zhao Yali also knew that she couldn't blame Xiao Yuan. She naturally knew what kind of character his boyfriend was. At best, he was a homebody, and at worst, he was a homebody. He had no social interaction at all. As soon as work got off work, he hurried home, and then he was completely It’s game time, but if I don’t play until 11 or 12 o’clock every day, I basically won’t sleep, I won’t listen to advice, and I’ll get angry if I talk too much.
"Okay, I'll go to bed before November." Luo Yuan also felt that he played too late recently and often felt sleepy at noon.
Luo Yuan walked into his bedroom, picked up a change of clothes, went into the bathroom and started taking a shower. Then he played another game of Dota. When he looked at the sky again, he found that it was already dark. He clicked on the next game and just started playing. Zhao Yali walked in.
"Xiaoyuan, we're having dinner, why don't we wait for him?" She said quietly, with a trace of worry on her face.
"Sister Yali, why didn't you call him?" Luo Yuan asked.
"I called, but no one picked up!" Zhao Yali flipped up her hair, thought for a while and said, "I heard him say this morning that he wanted to compensate the leader for going to Gaotang Town to check the forestry situation there. Maybe he was busy with something. Ignore him, let’s eat first!”
Luo Yuan stopped asking about his current situation.
The two of them walked to the dining table and sat down. Zhao Yali was very good at cooking. She made five dishes and one soup, and several home-cooked dishes that were all delicious and delicious: "This old duck stew is my favorite. I loved eating this when I was in college. I still miss it often. Let me try it first!”
Luo Yuan picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
"What do you mean, did you add too much salt?" Zhao Yali asked nervously.
"Sister Yali, you can be a chef with your skills. It's too unqualified to only cook for Brother Qiang." Luo Yuan praised.
Zhao Yali chuckled and scolded: "Stop flattering me, it's just a few home-cooked dishes. Since it's delicious, eat more."
After some banter, the previous dull atmosphere was gone. The two of them were eating and laughing, and the atmosphere became more harmonious. But as dinner gradually came to an end, Zhao Yali's face showed sadness again.
She took out her phone and dialed again, her face suddenly turned ugly.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yuan asked.
"The phone is turned off!" Zhao Yali said in a low voice.
"It may be that the battery is out. Besides, Brother Qiang went downstairs to check. There will inevitably be socializing at the place. Brother Qiang may have fallen asleep long ago due to his drinking capacity." Luo Yuan comforted with a smile.
"That's true. He has never been a good drinker. He can get drunk with just one beer!" Zhao Yali's tone became lighter when she thought of this possibility.
At this time Luo Yuan heard a beeping sound, and a mechanical voice sounded in his heart:
Luo Yuan's expression changed slightly. He recited the system silently, and almost at the same time a green frame appeared in the void:
Character: Luo Yuan
Occupation: Foreign trade salesperson at Chimei Trading Co., Ltd.
Level: 3
Experience: 900/1200
Attributes
Strength: 10 (10)
Agility: 11 (10)
Constitution: 11 (10)
Intelligence: 13 (10)
Perception: 10 (10)
Will: 11 (10)
Skills: Science 16, Mathematics 14, Chinese 19, English 16, Finance 17, Computer 9, Dance 1, Painting 3, Games 6, Negotiation 9, Communication 7, Cooking 3, Driving 1, Hand-to-hand combat 4
Special Skill: Identification
Unassigned attribute points: 0
Unassigned skill points: 4
Unfinished tasks: F-level tasks, becoming the regional deputy manager of the foreign trade department of Chimei Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. within one year (cancelled)
Optional mission: F+ level mission, investigating the cause of Chen Weiqiang’s disappearance, limited to five days. (Accept/Cancel)
He looked stunned. Chen Weiqiang was missing? how come
Luo Yuan usually gets along well with Chen Weiqiang, but when he heard the news of his disappearance, Luo Yuan felt a little depressed.
He glanced at Zhao Yali who was smiling, and felt even worse!
"We must rescue him!" Luo Yuan said in his heart!
He stared at the mission on the property board, an F+-level short-term mission. This was the first time he encountered it. The short-term tasks Luo Yuan usually does are only F-grade, such as rescuing children who have fallen into the water and participating in sprints in school sports meets. Most of them are easy to complete. Only those who get a scholarship and take the CET-6 test have F-level tasks, and each time they take a lot of effort to complete.
The F+ rating itself proves its difficulty and danger!
However, what is strange is why the task of becoming the regional deputy manager of the foreign trade department of Chimei Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. within one year was cancelled
Is there something wrong with the company and it's going to go bankrupt? Chimei Trading's annual trade volume of more than one billion is neither large nor small, and its performance has always been good. It won't go bankrupt so soon, right
This system appeared during his sophomore year of college. Not long after Luo Yuan's parents died in a car accident, his girlfriend of more than a year broke up with him, and he was in an extremely depressed mood. He went out late and returned early every night to surf the Internet all night long. One morning when he staggered back home, an object fell from the sky inexplicably, hitting his head and causing bleeding.
After he came out of the hospital, he went from being a third-rate student at a third-rate university who skipped classes regularly to suddenly becoming a hard-working student, which shocked everyone who knew him. In just the second half of the semester, he won a third-rate scholarship. The next step is getting out of hand, taking the English CET-4 and CET-6 exams, the qualification certificate for export salesperson, the qualification certificate for international trade document clerk, and then the next step is to upgrade to a bachelor's degree.
He passed all the tests along the way and was invincible. After graduation, he was left with a heavy resume. His original destiny was shattered into pieces by the impact of the system.
It's just a pity that every upgrade is very difficult, the tasks are hard to come by, and there is only one attribute point reward for each level up. If not, he would have become a superman. After all, the system's point-adding rules are different from those of ordinary games. Every time you add a point, it increases the current attributes by 50%! Two of the three attribute points he got were added to wisdom, and the remaining one was added to agility. Now, with a little training, his 100-meter speed can almost catch up with the world champion.
"What are you thinking? Talking to me is so boring!" Zhao Yali knocked on the table and said dissatisfied.
Luo Yuan came back to his senses and saw that he had been stunned for a long time. He quickly covered it up and said: "How dare I? There is a very difficult customer today. I am exhausted and in a daze."
Zhao Yali said with concern: "Don't always forget about work, it's time to find a girlfriend. Do you have someone you like? Would you like me to introduce you to one?"
"Take your time and let it go." Luo Yuan said casually, thinking about something on his mind.
Chatted for a few more words. Zhao Yali stood up: "Finish eating, I'm clearing the table!"
"It's better for me to clean up here. I can't let you cook and wash dishes at the same time!"
"I'm worried about you breaking the bowl, so you'd better go back to your room and play games." Zhao Yali said with a smile, while tidying up the dishes quickly.
Luo Yuan said a few polite words, then returned to the bedroom, lying on the bed, thinking about the task posted in the system. Tomorrow is Friday. If he takes a day off, he will have three days to complete this F+ task. After judging that Chimei Trading would go bankrupt within half a year, he became less interested in this job.
Early the next morning, Luo Yuan finished his usual morning exercises and walked into the door. He saw Zhao Yali coming out of the bathroom with a heavy heart. When she saw Luo Yuan, she forced a smile and said hello.
Luo Yuan understood that Zhao Yali must be worried about her boyfriend's absence all night, but he couldn't comfort him.
He checked the time, asked for personal leave from the regional manager of the company's marketing department, and went out.
The Forestry Bureau was not far from Jingyue Community, where Luo Yuan was located, but it was only a few stops away. Luo Yuan didn't plan to take a car, so he jogged all the way there. Since getting the system, Luo Yuan's interest in physical exercise has greatly increased because his physical attributes can be quantified. Over the past few years, although only his physical strength and willpower attributes have increased a little, and the exercise effect is not great, he has developed the habit of doing morning exercises every morning. .
Ten minutes later, Luo Yuan arrived at the Forestry Bureau, registered with the guard, explained his purpose, and walked into the gate of the Forestry Bureau.
It was time to go to work at this time, and the door was full of forestry bureau officials who came to work. Luo Yuan stopped a young clerk with acne on his face.
"Chen Weiqiang, I seem to have heard of him, but he is not from our department, and I can't remember clearly. Why don't you ask someone else to ask." The junior department member had a natural arrogance on his face, and his eyes turned around him. , said calmly.
Luo Yuan smiled and thanked him, and asked several people in succession. Either they said they didn't know him, or they didn't know where he was.
At this time, a middle-aged man passing by interrupted: "You are looking for Chen Weiqiang? What are you looking for for him?"
He held a briefcase in his hand, had a beer belly, and frowned slightly with a serious look on his face. Luo Yuan took one look and knew that this was the leader. He said with a smile on his face: "Are you my brother-in-law's leader? My sister saw him not coming home yesterday and her phone was turned off. Did she ask me to come over and ask? "
The identity of renting friends is obviously too far away, and there is no connection between them. Whoever revealed the information to you, after thinking about it, he used the title of brother-in-law.
"Oh! He and Director He went to the Gaotang Town Forestry Station and should be back today. You should go back first." The beer belly did not doubt it and walked away with official steps after saying that.
If only F+'s tasks were this simple, I wouldn't have to go through such trouble! He thought silently in his heart and sighed.
Luo Yuanyuan couldn't ask any more questions, so he walked out of the Forestry Bureau!
Not bothering to waste time, he hailed a taxi and planned to take a taxi directly to Gaotang Town Forestry Station.
The driver was a talkative person. He was frothing at the mouth ever since he got in the car. Luo Yuan responded to every sentence at first, but in the end he just kept silent. The driver talked for a while, but found that there was no response and was embarrassed to say any more. It was finally quiet in the car.
The traffic jam in Donghu City is serious, especially during the morning work hours. It stops every three steps until we pass through the suburbs, and the road becomes smoother all the way.
The trees on both sides of the road are tall and lush, like two rows of open umbrellas, forming a lush boulevard, which will make people feel refreshed at first sight. If it weren't for the fact that one or two animals can be seen every other section of the road. Speaking of corpses, walking here is definitely a pleasure.
The most common carcasses of these animals are snakes, rats, and occasionally weasels and dogs.
"Are there many snakes around here? Why are they everywhere?" Luo Yuan asked with a frown. He has been most afraid of snakes since he was a child. Even if he looks at them from a distance, his hair will stand on end.
"It's only recently that there are more of them. There are still few here. The farther you go into the countryside, the more roads there are. Some people in our village can earn five or six hundred yuan every day by catching snakes and frogs. Some people even caught a wild boar a few days ago. It weighs four to five hundred kilograms, and I don’t know where it came from! The mountains are almost turning into virgin forests now.” The driver had obviously been holding it in for a long time, and he kept talking when he found the opportunity.
Donghu City is located in a plain. Most of the peaks here are less than two to three hundred meters above sea level. They are more like hills than mountains. Coupled with human development and utilization, not to mention large animals like wild boars, even rabbits and pheasants are usually included. Hard to see.
Luo Yuan lives in the city, so he has never felt anything. Now when the driver said it, he realized that drastic changes have taken place outside in the past few months: "According to what you said, isn't it very dangerous in the countryside?"
"How dangerous is it? Occasionally you can get some game, but the mountain is a bit dangerous. Several people have gone missing. They can't even find their bodies. Many people dare not go up the mountain! I heard that the town government wants to Cut down the trees." The driver said disapprovingly: "We used to talk about planting trees, but now we have started to cut down the trees."
"Missing, missing again!" He suddenly remembered the F+ mission: "Could it be that Chen Weiqiang also disappeared after going to the mountains?"
Next, Luo Yuan had no interest in chatting anymore. He thought too simply. F+ level missions were not so easy to complete. If he really wanted to go into the mountains, with his bare hands and unpreparedness, his life would probably be in danger. .
But it's useless to think about it now. I can only take it one step at a time and go to the forestry station to ask first.
Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of a two-story building.
"Okay, this is the forestry station! It's seventy-eight yuan in total. Do you want to wait for me?" the driver said.
"No!"
After paying and getting change, Luo Yuan got out of the car and walked towards the gate.