Since Su Yao took out the card, Zhan Xing's gaze changed.
Taking the card, Zhan Xing held it under his nose and sniffed it carefully.
After a long time, Zhan Xing finally removed the object, and the card slowly dissipated into the air after Zhan Xing set it down.
Zhan Xing said, "I smelled this scent both before and after my slumber."
It was shortly after smelling this scent that Zhan Xing began to feel tired and wanted to sleep. When he woke up, he smelled it again, but by then the scent in the air had already faded, and he was in a hurry to find his treasure, so he didn't pay attention to it.
"Can you recall whose scent this is, War Star, or what might emit this smell?"
Zhan Xing shook his head: "I still need to think about it."
It always felt like it had forgotten something.
[Long-term mission 2 progress: twenty percent.]
A good start is half the battle won, and reaching twenty percent progress is more than half the success. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a stage reward: a Level 7 magic weapon fragment *1.
Zhan Xing thought for a while, but he always felt that a veil of ambiguity shrouded his memory, preventing him from identifying the most crucial clue.
At this moment, Zhan Xing had completely lost the spirited demeanor he had when he first arrived. His face was full of dejection, and his eyes were filled with sorrow.
"Solving a case can't rely on just one clue. No rush, we'll take our time to find more."
Zhan Xing sighed, frenzied, "But I've been away from my treasure for three hundred days, a full three hundred days! I can't take it anymore! Every night I dream, and all I dream about is my treasure. I remember every pattern on each coin clearly!"
"Dreaming!" Su Yao at this moment seemed like an NPC triggered by a keyword, "Do you really dream of gold coins every day?"
Zhan Xing looked at Su Yao strangely, "What's wrong? Dreaming isn't shameful, is it? I can dream every day, so what!"
Su Yao's face instantly turned red, a sign of overwhelming joy. "Zhan Xing, look!"
A small net appeared on the table.
This object was very familiar to both Little Snake and Ya. In fact, Little Snake's birth depended on it.
The dreamcatcher was a special item. There was no system prompt in Battle Star, so he didn't know its function. However, seeing Su Yao so happy, he didn't look down on the little net.
Carefully picking it up to examine, he asked, "There's a magical fluctuation on this. What is it?"
Since Su Yao got the dreamcatcher, she had only dreamed once. After getting the little snake, she didn't even have nightmares. Both Ya and the little snake in the hotel couldn't dream either, so this thing became even more useless than the table in the lobby.
Now that she had finally found a suitable match, Su Yao was naturally excited. She enthusiastically introduced Zhan Xing, and the more she introduced, the happier Zhan Xing became.
[Likes: being praised, gold and silver treasures, ??]
"The dreamcatcher is really that magical? It's hard for me to believe without seeing the results," Zhan Xing said calmly, though his eyes were already glued to the dreamcatcher.
"Of course."
Zhan Xing laughed cheerfully, "Then I'll give it a try..."
"However, this isn't free."
Zhan Xingbu sneered, "You want to charge a fee?"
Taking money from a war star, no matter how legitimate the reason, is considered robbery in its eyes.
Usually very reasonable, but when it comes to taking its money, it becomes unreasonable.
"I see you want to fight me!"
"It's not your money that I want." Su Yao's words once again soothed Zhan Xing.
War Star stiffened his dragon face and asked fiercely, "What is that!"
Su Yao flipped her hand, and a piece of paper appeared out of thin air.
Zhan Xing looked down at the content on the paper, "A contract?"
"Yes. You help me guard the safety of the store, work as my employee, and I will pay you with energy stones and dreamcatchers."
Zhan Xing looked down on this benefit: "I can totally kill you, and then all these things would be mine."
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"But you won't. You are a Golden Dragon, a traditional and mysterious flower-planting dragon! My bloodline is inherited from you. I am upright and kind, so your dragon character must be impeccable!" Su Yao gestured with her hands, accompanying her praise with descriptions that made Zhan Xing's figure seem very grand and impressive.
Zhan Xing began to reflect on why he was so greedy for money.
"And," Su Yao added, "this is a special item, and the entire hotel is also a special item, bound to me personally. If I die, these things will disappear too. By then, no one will investigate your original gold and silver theft case."
Zhan Xing was convinced.
"Sign it! Sign it now! Isn't it just to protect you and the hotel? This is too easy!"
[Warning! Warning! Warning!]
[The host found that the store clerk's strength was too high, which was detected by the system's review process and deemed as cheating. The protection permissions for the new clerk, Zhan Xing, are now being restricted.]
"Wait, no! We both agreed, how is this cheating?"
[The game must be played level by level, and strength must be gradually increased; trying to achieve everything at once is inadvisable. Moreover, its appearance has severely impacted the host's spending behavior, which is strictly prohibited by the system!]
The new employee Zhan Xing's protective abilities are limited to dealing with the undead guests' wires. For other daily protection and activities during the full moon, the new employee Zhan Xing is prohibited from participating.
[Affection +30.]
[Host, please don't be angry. The system's judgments are all for your own good. Relying on others is not advisable; mountains can crumble, and people can perish. Ultimately, you are the most reliable. The best way forward is for the host to enhance their strength through various battles and monster fights.]
[The system also provides a compensation gift for the host! Knowing that the host really wants a concrete road, the system has automatically planned a reasonable route and supplied the necessary materials for this route. Once the host clears the obstacles, they can directly choose to apply the effect.]
Congratulations to the host for obtaining a cement road. (Note: The route goes from the inn's entrance to the southern Boots Town.)
What is this? This is like hitting someone with a stick and then giving them a sweet date!
Su Yao: Internally rejecting the CPU, but outwardly swallowing her anger.jpg
Taking a few deep breaths, Su Yao's puffed-up face finally softened, and then she revised the contract terms with Zhan Xing.
Ya seemed to sense something, but Zhan Xing didn't know. However, this didn't affect anything; the less he had to do, the better. He was quite happy to amend the clauses.
"Once I've digested, I'll go chop wood. I promised you this morning, and even if it wasn't in the contract, I'd still be willing to help you."
Su Yao marked the boundaries and handed over the task of clearing obstacles entirely to Zhan Xing. She then began using the communication card to contact Gerard.
She needed Gerard to help her purchase some magical ores. Her car was an off-road vehicle, and the reason she hadn't been driving it wasn't because there were no paved roads, but because she hadn't bought the magical ores and had no way to power it.
Gerald was inspecting the rice fields when he received a message from Su Yao.
Seeing a string of text appear before his eyes, Gerard initially thought he was feeling dizzy from not having eaten. But when he made out the content and realized it was a message from Su Yao, tears immediately welled up in his eyes.
He truly didn't know what to do. This was already the third day he had slept in the field, yet he still hadn't found a solution.
The rice seeds given by Su Yao were quite magical. Gerard's family spent a lot of time studying the planting methods provided by Su Yao. To research the soil environment, they even went out of their way to clear a piece of wasteland for experimentation.
In the early stages, the planting went smoothly. The rice seeds sprouted normally according to the instructions and quickly grew into seedlings. The seedling process was very successful. At that time, Gerard's family was also very happy. They planted all the seedlings overnight and came to check on them every day, eagerly anticipating their maturity.
However, starting five days ago, the seedlings suddenly began to wilt. Gerard thought it was due to the hot weather and lack of water on the leaves, so he quickly watered them to save them. But the recovery only lasted for two days. From three days ago, not only did the leaves wilt again, but many bite marks from insects also appeared.
Gerard didn't recognize this type of insect either and didn't dare to use pesticides indiscriminately. After trying several broad-spectrum, low-toxicity pesticides, the results were still unsatisfactory. It was from that time that Gerard began living in the field, spending his days catching insects by hand. Not only was he busy, but his sister and mother were also catching insects in another field.
Gerald wanted to go to the Misty Forest to ask Su Yao about the situation, but he was afraid that the insect plague would worsen on the way there and back. He felt like crying every day from anxiety, and today, upon seeing the news, he finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
Gerald didn't know he was limited to one hundred characters, so he wrote a lengthy message.
Su Yao knew how precious opportunities were, so after understanding the situation, she counted the words and edited the content.
List the missing items, have Gerard prepare and deliver them, and let Gerard directly use the gold coins from selling potions to hire people to catch bugs.
Su Yao's final message to Gerald was: "No need to save money, as long as the expenses are reasonable, I will agree. You have that authority."
This kind of trust, Gerard had never experienced from anyone outside his family. He didn't want to waste time, silently wiped away his tears, and ran to another field. He needed to quickly arrange things in the field with his mother and sister, and then hurry to the forest.
The communication ended, and Zhan Xing also returned.
"All set, you go pave the road."
It's another new thing, and Zhan Xing is brimming with excitement.
Su Yao generously invited the three non-human beings in the inn to watch the paving.
Clicking on the cement road application, the places where obstacles were cleared revealed cement road blocks one after another, rising and falling. In just a few seconds, the road extended beyond their line of sight.
Su Yao and the three non-humans reached out/extended their claws to touch the ground, feeling the hardness of the concrete.
"Cement ground, indeed not bad, quite hard. But... is it the same as mud? Will it also be very difficult to walk on when it rains?"
"It won't. As long as you don't press it with something very heavy, it will always stay like this. Even when it rains, it won't become muddy."
"Good stuff, good stuff!"
Despite the fact that the three non-humans could fly, it didn't change their dislike for the muddy ground after the rain.
"When we have the magic ore, I'll take you all for a ride in the off-road vehicle."
With all the good things they had experienced before, they all began to look forward to the off-road vehicle.
[The cement road has been successfully constructed. Congratulations to the host for unlocking the achievement "I Have a Road," earning one card draw.]
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