After the flood season lasted for five days, the heavy rain stopped.
The water level slowly dropped and thick grey fog came in from all directions.
Zhong Ruying told Lu Yao that the new round of impermanence was a poisonous fog.
This time there wasn't even a transition period, everything seemed to be accelerating.
The toxic mist contains dust, pollutant particles, virus particles, etc., which can cause respiratory infections and damage the nervous system if inhaled.
Not only is it harmful to humans, but even mutated animals and plants will be affected.
The mutant plants have a different structure from the human body and are relatively less affected.
Mutated animals are similar to humans. Once they inhale too much toxic gas, they will be poisoned and become sick.
The blind box store has a magic barrier that can isolate physical attacks and also prevent the penetration of water, acid rain, and poisonous fog.
There is no need to worry about the toxic fog spreading into the blind box store, but the situation is not good either.
Lu Yao spent a day preparing a batch of "anti-virus fog limited edition" blind boxes, filling up the blind box machine and an entire glass shelf.
All the shop assistants wore gas masks, and filter mesh was installed on the door of the blind box store just in case.
However, few people came to the blind box store during the poisonous fog.
Wei Xuan and Nie Yu stayed in the store for the time being and did not return to their residence at night.
Lu Yao was reading a book in the laboratory. He had been too busy recently and had not been getting enough sleep. As he was reading, he fell asleep on the table.
Little Linglan was originally sitting quietly in the flowerpot, chewing an apple with great interest. Suddenly, she stopped and slowly came to Lu Yao.
She sniffed left and right to make sure Lu Yao was indeed asleep.
The branches slowly moved out of the flowerpot, stretched out and rolled Lu Yao up into the air, and the lily of the valley buds raised their faces, revealing their serrated teeth.
Lu Yao frowned slightly, slowly opened his eyes, and felt his body suspended in the air. He turned his head to face Xiao Linglan's mouth, "Are you planning to eat me?"
Xiao Linglan suddenly lowered her head, feeling inexplicably guilty.
Lu Yao moved his fingers slightly and tickled the slender branches that bound him.
Lily of the valley is ticklish, loosen up a little.
Lu Yao touched the ground with his toes, stood up, and turned to look at Ling Lan: "With your ability, it wouldn't be difficult to eat me directly, why are you sneaking around?"
Don't be fooled by her small size, she is not at all delicate when eating and the way she eats meat can be described as ferocious.
The small lily of the valley shakes its buds.
Although alien plants seem to have the ability to think, they are essentially different from humans. Lu Yao would not even feel angry, but he did not want to indulge them all the time.
Lu Yao said sternly: "It's no use to act like a spoiled child. Just tell me what you want. I can't guess what you want if you're being coy."
[It is detected that the favorability of the blind box store's alien clerk "Xiao Linglan" towards the store owner has increased by 10%, and the current favorability is 11%.]
Lu Yao: “…”
Even though he was provided with delicious food and drinks, the little thing didn't gain any favorability at all.
After cursing for a while, I actually started to like it.
It's just... it's hard to figure out...
Lu Yao couldn't help but ask one more question: "Do you think that if you eat me, you can inherit the blind box store and become the owner, and then you can eat all the food in the store as you like?"
All the buds of the small lingorchid suddenly turned upside down, looking shocked.
[It is detected that the favorability of the blind box store's alien clerk "Xiao Linglan" towards the store owner has increased by 10%, and the current favorability is 21%.]
Lu Yao scratched his head: "… How come you suddenly become so understandable? Forget about making trouble with me, but don't scare other people in the store, or I'll throw you out."
The little lily of the valley came over and tried to rub Lu Yao with its flower bud.
Lu Yao took a step back, avoiding the outstretched green stems of the lily of the valley, and suddenly remembered what Chi Jin said that day, "Don't be too nice to her."
[It was detected that the favorability of the blind box store clerk "Xiao Linglan" towards the store owner increased by 20%, and the current favorability is 41%.]
Lu Yao: "... just... your preferences are indeed a bit special."
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In the thick gray fog, a small orange monster the size of a palm ran as fast as it could, whirring as it ran in the only direction where it could smell a special smell.
Gradually, his speed became slower and slower, his vision became blurred, and double images appeared.
The little strange beast stopped, shook its head, reconfirmed the direction, and continued running forward.
After running for an unknown amount of time, he stared ahead with his round eyes unwillingly, then slowly stopped and lay prone on the ground.
He couldn't move after inhaling too much poisonous mist.
The store was clearly right in front of him, but no matter how he ran, he couldn't get there.
The little strange beast gently closed its amber eyes.
A figure wearing a full-body protective suit tore through the thick fog, walked slowly over, picked up the little strange beast that looked like a rag doll on the ground, and turned back to the blind box shop.
Zhong Ruying stood at the door and saw what Lu Yao had picked up. She was a little surprised: "A stunted mutant cat?"
Lu Yao looked at the deep and light orange markings on the strange beast and nodded, "It's still a little orange cat. It looks small, but it's round and a little cute. It inhaled too much poisonous mist and can't move."
Zhong Ruying's base was destroyed by mutant beasts, and he himself was injured by mutant beasts. He looked at the little orange cat with cold eyes: "Don't underestimate mutant beasts. The owner plans to save it?"
"Try feeding some antidote first." Lu Yao did not miss Zhong Ruying's eyes. He found the antidote and pushed it into the kitten's mouth little by little with a syringe. "This little beast just fell outside the store. It seems to be running straight to the blind box store. When he wakes up, we will know what he wants to do."
Conscious individuals may appear among alien plants and may also appear among alien beasts.
Perhaps, it is not just humans who struggle with impermanence.
After feeding the antidote, the little orange cat's breathing gradually calmed down.
The little animal lay in Lu Yao's hand. It was only the size of a palm, and its fur felt very soft.
Lu Yao spread a towel on the table, made a small nest, and put the little strange beast in it.
Lily of the valley came out from the backstage holding the flowerpot and stepping on the ground with its branches and stems. Seeing Lu Yao looking at the table with a gentle expression, she jumped up on it.
He saw the little strange beast curled up in the towel, and then looked up at Lu Yao.
The owner looked so loving, and she stepped back in shock, nearly falling under the table.
The owner is beginning to like exotic animals!
Little Linglan was devastated. She took small steps over and tried to act coquettishly towards the shop owner.
At this time, the little strange beast opened its eyes drowsily, its amber pupils were watery. When it saw the fingers stretched out in front of it, it stretched out its tongue and licked them gently without thinking.
Lu Yao's eyes lit up and his heart almost melted.
He is so cute.
Small and cute.
Lily of the Valley: “…”
The little alien beast licked it a few times and suddenly woke up. It looked up at Lu Yao, then turned its head to look around, as if it didn't understand why it was here.
Suddenly seeing the blind box machine, he jumped off the table lightly, patrolled the store, found what he wanted, and started jumping up and slamming into the blind box machine.
Lu Yao observed for a while and thought that he might want to exchange the blind box, so he tentatively reminded him that crystal cores were needed to exchange the blind box.
As expected, the little alien beast could understand. It tilted its round little head and looked at Lu Yao for a while, then turned around and walked to a corner blocked by a blind box machine and hid inside.
Xue Ge said that the crystal core is as important to alien plants and beasts as the human heart.
The items used for exchange in each world are automatically determined after system evaluation and are not controlled by the store owner.
Lu Yao tiptoed to the back of the blind box machine and cautiously poked his head in to see the condition of the little strange beast.
When he came, he was just a bald cat, without anything, and without any crystal core on his body. Could he be autistic
Linglan seized the opportunity, jumped into Lu Yao's arms, and together they peeked at the little strange beast.
The little strange beast squatted in the corner, facing the wall, with its back to the outside, and was humming hard.
After a moment, the golden crystal core fell to the ground.
He stood up and scratched with his claws, as if he was counting the number. When he thought it was enough, he looked up and saw Lu Yao peeping at him. His amber eyes flickered: "Ouch!"
It’s ready, take it.
Give me the blind box!
Lu Yao & Xiao Linglan: "..."
Isn’t the crystal core equivalent to the heart of the mutant beast
Is this a newly evolved beast? Or is this little strange beast the only one that is special
Fresh golden crystal core blocks are more valuable than red crystal cores and can be exchanged for a lot of blind box coins.
The little strange beast redeemed all the blind boxes that could be redeemed in the store.
Lu Yao put it into a sturdy box, tied it up with a rope, and put a gas mask on the little monster.
The little strange beast looks only the size of a palm, but is very strong.
He put a rope on his front feet, pulled a box of blind boxes, and disappeared into the gray fog in the blink of an eye.
After watching the little strange beast leave, Lu Yao turned around and went back to the store.
The little lingorchid stretched out its branches and rubbed her cheek gently, more passionately than ever.
[It was detected that the favorability of the blind box store clerk "Xiao Linglan" towards the store owner increased by 20%, and the current favorability is 81%.]
Lu Yao: “…”
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Deep in the forest, a strange little beast was pulling a box of blind boxes, running as fast as the wind.
Our fellow tribesmen are trapped in thick fog and must return quickly.
With antidotes and gas masks, they will surely recover, just like him.
The little alien beast returned to the place where its fellow tribesmen had settled, but found that the surrounding area had become an empty space and there was not a single fellow tribesman to be seen.
He looked around helplessly.
A tall dark figure walked out from behind the tree, "Xiao Hu, you're back."
The little strange beast took a step back, identifying the breath of the beast king, and its round eyes blinked rapidly, full of confusion.
The Beast King turned into an appearance that he was not familiar with, very similar to the two-legged creature in the blind box store.
The beast king, who had transformed into a human form, walked out of the thick fog, squatted in front of Xiaohu, reached out and grabbed him, and held him in front of him: "Where have you been playing? There is a strange smell on you."
Little alien beast: "Awooo."
Beastmaster: "You went to that store and exchanged 'hmmmm' for antidote and gas mask?"
Human preferences have always been perverted.
The Beast King's golden eyes were full of disbelief. He casually placed the tiger cub on top of his head and leaned over to open the blind box.
Take out various foods, crystal core props, as well as potions and gas masks.
The Beast King put on a gas mask and played with the crystal core knife with a stern look in his eyes. He then folded the knife and stuffed it into the tiger cub's hand, "Take this knife with you."
The little tiger cub opened his mouth and swallowed the knife into his stomach, "Ouch?"
What about the same ethnic group
The Beast King picked out the food and props and took them with him. He stood up, touched his belly, and walked to the edge of the forest with the cub on his head. His voice was cold: "Don't worry about them. Let's do the final cleanup."
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Changming Base.
Yao Yiyi and Li Xin were lying on the bed, their faces pale and their bodies stiff.
The medical staff at the base took a quick look and turned back to Jiang Han and said, "He inhaled too much toxic mist and got poisoned."
The two men collapsed outside the base in the morning and were found unconscious.
The base has stockpiled a batch of blind boxes of medicines, but there are no antidotes in them.
There is poisonous fog outside now, so it is not easy to go to the blind box store, and I am not sure whether the blind box store has new antidote blind boxes.
Based on his understanding of the store owner, Jiang Han felt that the store might already have a series of blind boxes related to anti-gas mist, but they couldn't sell them out.
Jiang Han sat aside, thinking for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'll go find Brother Chi and ask him if he can make some herbs to make an antidote."
Grandpa is not at the base, so I can only ask Chi Jin about this.
Jiang Han put on the cold-proof mask he got from the winter limited blind box, then put on the snowmobile helmet, and ran quickly to the research area.
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Blind box shop.
Bai Jing came again to give Zhong Ruying an IV drip.
Zhong Ruying's wound has recovered well. Today is the last time he will have an IV drip. From now on he will just need to take medicine to recuperate.
After the acupuncture, Bai Jing prepared to leave.
Either Ji Feiming or the shop owner can remove the needle.
Lu Yao stopped him and handed him two file bags. "These are the physical examination reports of two employees in my store. Can you help me take a look?"
Bai Jing was stunned: "Where did they do the examination?"
The system produced a full body examination report with a popularity value of 100,000, and two people spent 200,000.
Lu Yao exhaled slightly, not intending to say more, "Take a look first, can it be cured?"
Bai Jing took out Luo Huian's report and glanced at it, then looked up at her: "I'll take it back to the hospital and send you the treatment plan later."
He had to take the reports from two people, one old and one young, with different symptoms, and he would take them back to have them diagnosed separately by experts.
Lu Yao nodded, "Thank you for your help."
In the afternoon, Bai Jing sent a complete diagnosis with a treatment plan attached.
Jiang Shanrun is too old and his organs are failing normally, so we can only take medicine to treat him, there is no other way.
Luo Hui'an's condition is better than expected.
His disease was considered a difficult disease to treat more than ten years ago, but in recent years there have been effective treatments.
But he cannot be hospitalized, and the conservative treatment option is to hang water and take medicine, which takes a long time.
After Lu Yao talked with the fat man, he accepted the treatment plan provided by Bai Jing, paid 50,000 yuan in medical expenses in advance, and got some medicine for Jiang Shanrun.
The system was a little puzzled: [Why didn't the store owner just extend the lifespan of the two people? ]
The shop owner already has too much time to spend, so he could just use some of it instead of going through so much trouble, wasting popularity, money, energy and time.
Lu Yao: "I like to do my best first."
The system doesn’t understand: [What? ]
Lu Yao: "Nothing. There are conventional methods. As long as the result is good, it doesn't matter if it's a little troublesome."
The next day, Luo Hui'an began treatment and needed to receive intravenous drips in a dark place.
Each time it takes about six hours, and when taking medication, my body will have some discomfort and I will be unable to continue my research work.
Lu Yao took over his position, helping with experiments and recording plant growth data and soil changes.
Xue Ge was also helping out in the laboratory. Every day when she saw Lu Yao, his face looked the same as usual, with no expression on his face.
After recording the growth of the latest group of plants, Lu Yao took off his gloves, washed his hands, returned to the lounge, set up his tablet and prepared to watch two episodes of the TV series.
I counted to three in my mind, and the system prompt came as expected.
[It is detected that the favorability of the blind box store clerk "Xue Ge" towards the store owner has increased by 5%, and the current favorability is 60%.]
Lu Yao didn't need to look back, Xue Ge was standing behind her, staring at the screen on the tablet.
She found that Xue Ge liked to watch the blind box advertisements on the display screen in the blind box store lobby, so she took a tablet from the nail salon and tried to play TV series.
Two episodes were shown during the break every day. Xue Ge was quickly attracted and always hid behind the screen quietly to peek.
His favorability increases slower than Lily of the Valley, but it will always increase a little as long as he plays the TV series every day.
As a human being, Lu Yao cannot fully understand the alien's thought process and only hopes to complete the task as soon as possible.
The poisonous fog spread for five days and dissipated in the early morning of the sixth day.
The sun slowly rose from the east and the sky finally cleared.
After experiencing cold waves, floods and poisonous fog, the buildings around Fairy Tale Square are more dilapidated than before.
The blind box store is very conspicuous among the ruins.
Not far away, some people came in groups.
As soon as the poisonous fog dissipated, customers began to arrive.
Lu Yao stood at the door for a while, then turned around and went back into the store.
Xue Ge suddenly ran out and said helplessly: "Shopkeeper, Linglan, Linglan has grown up."
Lu Yao walked in, thinking that little Lily of the Valley ate too much all day long, and if she didn't grow up, she would have to apologize for the food that was consumed.
Linglan was standing in the research room. When she heard footsteps, she slowly turned around and saw the owner. She was delighted and ran to the door quickly. She hugged Lu Yao and said in a soft and tender voice, "Sister!"
The little girl looked about five or six years old. She was wearing a white puffy skirt with an emerald green bow ribbon tied around her waist. She had two buns on her head and a bunch of lily of the valley in her hair. Her black eyes were like grapes, big and round.
So this is what growing up means.
Speaking of which, Xiao Linglan hasn't appeared much in the past two days. It seems that she has been hiding and evolving.
Lu Yao squatted down, looked at her carefully, and then frowned slightly: "Lily of the Valley?"
Linglan hugged Lu Yao and put her face close to him, "Sister!"
Lu Yao leaned back to avoid it, then looked up at Xue Ge: "Does she look familiar?"
Xue Ge deadpanned, "He looks a lot like the owner."
To say that they resemble each other is an understatement; Linglan looks almost exactly like Lu Yao when he was a child.
Lu Yao thought of Mumu and was silent for a moment, "Can I reshape my face?"
Xue Ge: "If you continue to grow up, your appearance may change."
The mutant plants are naturally more colorful than humans, and have the delicate temperament of green plants.
The reason why Lily of the Valley turned into the shop owner was probably because she admired him too much.
Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief and let Linglan kiss his cheek.
[It has been detected that the alien clerk "Xiao Linglan" has increased her favorability towards the owner to 100%, and the alien clerk "Xue Ge" has increased her favorability towards the owner to 90%. Mission completed! ]
[The ultimate mission has been started: find and repair the balanced compass. Please complete the mission within seven days! ]
This time the mission is a little different.
What is the equilibrium compass
System: [The shop owner can regard the Balance Compass as the god of this world. ]
Lu Yao: "If I repair the compass, will the impermanence end?"
System: [No comment. The only certainty is that the shop owner can only get the clue to the next world after completing the task.]
The small system is getting more and more powerful.
Lu Yao was in a dilemma. "Does this mean that I should go outside to find a compass? Without a picture or clues, how can I be sure that I have found the compass?"
System: [… Spend 50,000 popularity points to exchange for a special bracelet that can sense the compass position. Do you confirm the exchange, shopkeeper? ]
Lu Yao is a little hesitant because he has spent too much popularity recently.
This is different from the search for the Demon Lord. Finding items is more difficult than finding people.
“…Yes.” She chose to exchange.
There was immediately one more item in the portable warehouse, a black cloud-patterned bracelet with a red gem in the center.
Lu Yao took it out and put it on his wrist. It made his hand look whiter and did not look out of place.
The red gem on the bracelet suddenly lit up and pointed in a certain direction.
Lu Yao: “What is this?”
System: [There are compass fragments nearby, the shop owner is lucky. ]