It was not until dark that the members of Yichuan's team discovered that Luo Huian was missing.
At first they didn't want to alarm Xi Tingran, so the four members of the team searched secretly in the base.
I couldn't find them, and unfortunately I ran into Xi Tingran and Xi Ruiyang who were returning from the river.
The truth could no longer be covered up, and the four confessed that the youngest fat boy in the research group was missing.
Xi Tingran asked: Why did he run
Yi Chuan made up an excuse, saying that the fat boy was in poor health, had a bad temper, and hated taking medicine.
He was forced to take bitter medicine these days, and he probably got angry.
Xi Tingran had a serious look on his face. After thinking for a long time, he asked someone to send the four researchers back to the dormitory and prepared to lead a team out to look for people himself.
The first thing he thought of was the blind box store, but a snowstorm suddenly broke out at night, making it difficult to go out.
There is still stock in the blind box machine and the store will not close, but there will be no customers at night.
Luo Hui'an stayed in the blind box store, holding a filtered heated water cup and drinking hot water to fill his stomach.
Lu Yao came back from the snack bar and saw him leaning against the blind box machine alone. He walked over and asked, "Why aren't you going home yet?"
Luo Hui'an struggled to move his body, tried his best to sit up straight, raised his head, and said, "It's warm here. I like this store."
A gurgling sound was heard, and he pressed his stomach hard. His ears popped and turned red. He lowered his head with flickering eyes, not daring to look at Lu Yao.
Lu Yao saw the water cup in his hand and was a little surprised: "You didn't exchange the food, but bought this cup?"
She was sure that this little fat boy was visiting the blind box store for the first time. She didn’t think much about it when she saw him holding the crystal core blind box.
At this point, it seemed that the crystal core coins he had were probably enough to exchange for a crystal core blind box.
But when converted, the money from one crystal core blind box can be exchanged for four food blind boxes.
Most customers who come to a blind box store for the first time notice the food at first glance, and she didn’t think he didn’t notice that.
Luo Huian picked at the water cup with his fingers, looked forward an inch, then quickly retracted his gaze and whispered, "The crystal core energy blind boxes in the store are so interesting. I was curious about their internal structure and couldn't help but buy them. But after buying them, I found that I still couldn't understand them without opening them."
An abnormal blush appeared on his face, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his voice became increasingly unclear, and suddenly his hands lost strength and the cup rolled to the ground.
Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then reached out and pushed him, "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
System: [Shopkeeper, this little fat guy is sick. ]
Lu Yao stood up: "I'm not stupid."
System: […Why are you still asking?]
Just to make sure he was still conscious, Lu Yao raised his hand and drew a magic circle, and Luo Huian's body floated up.
She opened the door to the backstage space, moved the little fat boy in, and placed him on a chair. "Check his body. If he needs any medicine, I'll get it."
System: [He is so fat because of the side effects of long-term medication. He looks fat, but he is actually very weak. He is cold, tired, hungry, and has a high fever.]
Lu Yao went to the nail salon to get a few bottles of diluted medicine, and then went to the snack bar to get a bowl of porridge with some side dishes.
The antipyretic medicine worked quickly, and in less than half an hour, Luo Huian's forehead was no longer hot.
He woke up in a daze, and before he knew where he was, a bowl of corn porridge, a plate of blanched Chinese cabbage, and a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes were pushed in front of him.
Lu Yao sat opposite: "Eat something first, and then talk."
Luo Huian quietly looked up at the shop owner, but the other party did not look at him. Instead, he lowered his head and wrote and drew on a piece of paper.
He carefully leaned forward, looked for a while, pointed to a spot on the drawing and said, "Shopkeeper, there is a problem here. The concentration of the crystal nucleus liquid is too high and the material is too thin. It may not be able to withstand it."
A moment later, Luo Huian sat in the lobby of the blind box store with a tray, drinking porridge pitifully.
Give him another chance and he will definitely not say anything more.
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The three members of Lin Yan's team made an appointment with Ji Feiming to meet in a secret teahouse in Yaoguang City and handed him the recent investigation materials about the paradise.
These materials were not given for free. Ji Feiming offered a very good price, which was enough for the three of them to live a carefree life.
The special department of 955 also offers quite generous compensation, which temporarily alleviates some of the depression of "unemployment".
The door of the private room was pushed open from the outside and Ji Feiming walked in.
Unlike the elite that Tang Qi had imagined, Ji Feiming was very unkempt, with a rough beard covering half of his face. He wore a black leather eye patch on his left eye, an old leather jacket, and carried a black leather suitcase in his hand, looking like a decadent middle-aged man.
He walked to the table and sat down. Without further ado, he opened the box and said, "Here's the money. Let me take a look at the information first."
Lin Yan pushed a brown paper document bag and a tablet to him: "The information we have investigated these days is all here."
Ji Feiming opened the file bag and casually flipped through a few pages of the report. He said expressionlessly, "These are all data that have already been investigated. They are worthless."
Lin Yan lowered her head and took a sip of tea. Her voice was dull and cold. "The headquarters has all kinds of information, but unfortunately it is not open to outsiders. Only people from the Ji family can borrow it. We don't know which information belongs to the scope of the investigation."
Tang Qi and Xiao Zhou were a little surprised. Lin Yan's behavior in front of the former boss was different from usual.
Even if the special department suddenly disappeared and the superior-subordinate relationship was dissolved, the transition was a bit too fast and not like her usual style.
Ji Feiming was not provoked at all and picked up the tablet to play with it.
He saw the photos of Qi Jue and Zhuang Liang, took off the blindfold, looked at them for a few seconds, quickly browsed through the other information, put down the tablet, stood up and said, "The money is yours."
Lin Yan stopped him and said, "Wait a minute. How could 955 suddenly disappear? At the beginning, you, the Ji family, tried your best to promote the establishment of a special department. How could you be willing to let 955 be abolished so easily?"
Ji Feiming paused for a moment and said calmly, "Because I submitted the application for revocation to the higher-ups."
"Why do you do this?" Lin Yan was puzzled.
Ji Feiming: "Nothing, Jiuwuwu really has no need to exist anymore."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Tang Qi couldn't help but say: "Tablet, aren't you going to take it away?"
Ji Feiming kept walking, his voice hoarse and low: "There is nothing valuable, no need."
"Wait." Tang Qi pinched his pants and stood up with courage. "Boss, I used to be a monitor in the special department and I am familiar with all kinds of testing equipment. The department is gone now. Do you think I can continue to investigate the 'Paradise' project with you?"
After hesitating for a long time, Tang Qi still wanted to fight for it.
Ji Feiming looked back at him and said in a cold tone: "You have no qualifications, so find a new and solid job."
Tang Qi sat down dejectedly, feeling very discouraged.
Xiao Zhou was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Sister Lin Yan, who are the Ji family?"
Lin Yan looked at the tablet that had not been taken away, and was slightly lost in thought. It turned out to be an old fox, and she was very alert. She whispered, "I don't know either, but there was a rumor before... Forget it, let's go back to Yuheng City first."
After Ji Feiming left, he first found Zhuang Liang based on the information on the tablet, and then found Qi Jue through Zhuang Liang.
He could easily see the anomalies that Lin Yan's team did not discover.
The aura of death surrounding these two people is more intense than that of ordinary park players.
They may have come into contact with the being he was seeking.
After Qi Jue completed the mission of assisting Lin Yan's team, he went to another province to carry out a new mission.
Ji Feiming failed to contact him, so he drank twice with Zhuang Liang and learned the name "Lu Yao".
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[Successfully reached a blind box coin turnover of 200,000 yuan within ten days, mission completed! Reward popularity value 200,000 points, 2 blind box categories, 2 blind box machines, 2 glass shelves, and the weight of blind box items is expanded to 1.5 kg. ]
[Complete the task three days in advance and receive an extra 100,000 popularity points and 100,000 RMB! ]
[Lu Yao's blind box store is making a fortune and has been upgraded to a four-star store. Rewards include 50,000 popularity points, 1 blind box category, 1 blind box machine, and 1 glass shelf. Please keep working hard, store owner!]
[You have a new task! The blind box store is very popular and it is difficult for the store owner to support it alone. Please recruit at least two employees within three days. The reward is 20,000 popularity points, 50 blind box machine capacity, and 30 glass shelf capacity. ]
The day after Chi Jin took the snowmobile out of the blind box, the blind box store's customer flow reached an all-time high, and all the goods in the store were sold out within half a day.
The sales target of 200,000 blind box coins was completed ahead of schedule.
!!!
Lu Yao clicked on the store manager's status bar, and his popularity value was updated to 1,453,500 points and his assets were updated to 915W.
The system really gave RMB rewards.
"What's going on?" she asked.
System: [Excellent performance in missions will occasionally trigger special rewards. ]
Lu Yao: "Oh! Tell me about this kind of good news sooner!"
One hundred thousand RMB is a drop in the bucket for her current situation.
But mosquito legs are still meat, and she doesn't dislike it at all.
System: [The new task is to recruit shop assistants. What do you think? ]
In the first two shops, the owners quickly recruited new clerks.
But for the third store, the owner had no intention of actively hiring people until the task appeared, and the system was a little curious about her thoughts.
It’s not that Lu Yao hasn’t thought about this problem, but unfortunately he has never found a good clerk.
Blind box stores are quite special in that shopping is almost entirely self-service and in most cases no store clerks are required.
However, the raw materials for blind boxes are purchased from two worlds, and the goods have to go through two processes: packaging at a snack bar and stamping at a nail salon.
When she opens a new store, it will probably be difficult for her to fully focus on the blind box store.
In other words, she may need to recruit a clerk in her own world to be responsible for moving the goods of the blind box store and stocking the store.
It is extremely difficult to recruit suitable store clerks without exposing the secrets of the shopping street.
Lu Yao has been worried about this recently, but he didn't show it.
In addition, she also plans to recruit a few shop assistants in the Impermanence World, but the selection is still a problem.
What she wants to recruit most is a blind box designer, who understands the needs of the residents of the Impermanence World better than she does, has certain knowledge, and has relatively good character.
A single condition is not high, but when several conditions are added together, in this world of impermanence, the difficulty is suddenly raised.
Lu Yao quickly made a decision: "First, post a recruitment notice in the blind box store."