Chapter 1: The Quest Appears
"Whew!"
As soon as the bus door opened, Luo Yuan squeezed down the station with the flow of people, and his snow-white shirt was already soaked with sweat, and it was covered with all kinds of abstract paw print stains. The daily bus is like a nightmare for Luo Yuan, and it has to be repeated day by day, repeatedly testing his endurance and nerves!
"It's getting hotter and hotter." Luo Yuan tugged at his soaked shirt. Coupled with the difficult customers he encountered today, which made him feel a little irritable, Luo Yuan grabbed the briefcase and stepped up his steps towards the nearby Jingyue Community.
Jingyue Community is close to the suburbs of Donghu City, at least a dozen stations away from the city center, but the rent is not cheap at all, he is now sharing a house with a couple, two bedrooms, simple decoration, complete kitchen and bathroom appliances, 3,000 rent per month, he only needs to pay 1,000 two, which is quite affordable in this domestic first-tier city. Although there are some inconveniences occasionally, the tenants are good people and the relationship is quite harmonious.
A good smell of grass wafted from afar, and several workers were pushing lawn mowers to clean up the lawn in the community.
"What's going on? Didn't you just clean it up once in ten days? Luo Yuan was a little puzzled, he looked at the uncleared grass, only to find that the grass was growing really fast, almost close to half a foot, and then looked at the nearby trees, it seemed to be a little taller, it looked luxuriant, dense and impermeable.
Speaking of which, this year is really abnormal, 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 more and more lush. Now there are things on the news, what ocean currents are going against the current, what sunspot activities, and even more outrageous is the supernova explosion in the nearby star field, all kinds of strange things! A casual search on the Internet, you can find a lot of reasons, there are pictures and truths, it seems that each one is logical, it makes people dizzy, dizzy, and deeply thought of it after the most!
"Let's leave these things to the experts to discuss, why do ordinary people consider these things?" Luo Yuan shook his head.
A few minutes later, Luo Yuan opened the security door, the smell of food was already coming from the kitchen, he changed his slippers, Zhao Yali came out of the kitchen, saw that it was not her boyfriend, was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Ah, it's Xiaoyuan who is back, there is a lot of food today, come and eat together!" As he spoke, he walked into the kitchen again, apparently still busy.
Zhao Yali is actually not very old, twenty-seven years old, only four years older than him, fair and delicate skin, slender and graceful, with a melon seed face, willow eyebrows, and a little charming smile, a standard Jiangnan water town girl.
"Okay, so I can save money for a meal." Luo Yuan smiled, and did not refuse, too polite and hypocritical.
"By the way, Brother Qiang, why haven't you come back yet? Isn't it usually early to see him get off work! Ben also wants 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, so he couldn't help asking.
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 half past four.
"Just know the game!" Zhao Yali tied an apron and said angrily: "Yesterday, you actually took advantage of my sleep and played until one o'clock, and you didn't persuade him." ”
"I'll persuade him next time." Luo Yuan changed into slippers, walked into the door, and said with a smile: "But he is more addicted to games than me, I can't guarantee it." ”
"As long as you don't play, he can still force you!" Zhao Yali was dissatisfied.
Zhao Yali also understands that she can't blame Xiaoyuan, what kind of virtue his boyfriend is, she naturally knows how to say, saying that the good thing is the Gu family, and the bad thing is that it is a house, usually there is no communication at all, and as soon as the unit gets off work, she hurriedly runs home, and then it is completely game time, but if she doesn't play until eleven or twelve o'clock every day, she basically won't sleep, and she won't listen to persuasion, and she will get angry if she talks too much.
"Okay, I'll go to bed before eleven in the future." Luo Yuan also felt that he had been playing too late recently, and he was often sleepy at noon.
Luo Yuan walked into his bedroom, took a change of clothes, went into the bathroom and started to take a shower, and then played another game of dota, and then looked at the sky, and found that it was already dark, he clicked on the next plate, and just started playing, Zhao Yali walked in.
"Xiaoyuan, we're eating, don't wait for him?" She said quietly, with a hint of worry on her face.
"Sister Yali, why didn't you call him?" Luo Yuan asked.
"I've beaten it, but no one answers!" Zhao Yali stroked her hair, thought about it and said: "I heard him say this morning that he wants to compensate the leader to go to Gaotang Town to check the forestry situation there, maybe there is something busy, regardless of him, let's eat first!" ”
Seeing this, Luo Yuan didn't ask anymore.
The two walked to the dining table and sat down, Zhao Yali has good skills, five dishes and one soup, and several home-cooked dishes are full of color, flavor and flavor: "This old duck pot is my favorite, I loved to eat this when I was in college, and I still often miss it, let me try it first!" ”
Luo Yuan took a piece and put it in his mouth.
"How's it going, is there too much salt?" Zhao Yali said a little nervously.
"Sister Yali, it's okay to be a chef with your skills, it's too condescending to only cook for Brother Qiang." Luo Yuan exclaimed.
Zhao Yali chuckled and scolded: "Don't pat yourself on the back, it's just a few home-cooked dishes, since it's delicious, eat more." ”
After some jokes, the previous dull atmosphere was swept away, and the two talked and laughed while eating, and the atmosphere became more and more harmonious. But as dinner gradually ended, Zhao Yali's face appeared sad again.
She took out her phone and dialed it again, and her face suddenly became a little ugly.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yuan asked.
"The phone is off!" Zhao Yali said in a low voice.
"It may be that there is no electricity, and Brother Qiang will go below to check, it is inevitable that the place will have to socialize, and Brother Qiang's amount of alcohol may have already been laid down." Luo Yuan smiled and comforted.
"That's the same, he has never been good at drinking, and he can get drunk with a bottle of beer!" Zhao Yali thought of this possibility, and her tone became brisk.
At this time, Luo Yuan heard a dripping sound, and a mechanical voice sounded in his heart:
Luo Yuan's face changed slightly, he meditated on the system, and almost at the same time, a green frame appeared in the void:
Character: Luo Yuan
Occupation: Foreign trade salesman of Chimei Trading Co., Ltd
Level: 3
Experience: 900/1200
attribute
Force: 10(10)
Dexterity: 11 (10)
Constitution: 11 (10)
Intelligence: 13 (10)
Perception: 10 (10)
Will: 11 (10)
Skills: Science 16, Math 14, Chinese 19, English 16, Finance 17, Computer 9, Dance 1, Painting 3, Game 6, Negotiation 9, Communication 7, Cooking 3, Driving 1, Hand-to-Hand Combat 4
Special Ability: Forensics
Unassigned attribute points: 0
Unassigned Skill Points: 4
Unfinished Mission: F-level Mission, Became the Regional Deputy Manager of the Foreign Trade Department of Chimei Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. within one year (Cancelled)
Optional mission: F+ mission, investigate the cause of Chen Weiqiang's disappearance, with a time limit of five days. (Accept/Cancel)
He looked stunned, Chen Weiqiang is missing? How so?
Luo Yuan usually gets along well with Chen Weiqiang, but when he heard the news of his disappearance, Luo Yuan was also a little depressed in his heart.
He glanced at Zhao Yali, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, and his heart was even more uncomfortable!
"Gotta get him out!" Luo Yuanxin said!
He stared at the task on the attribute board, the F+-class short-term mission, and this was the first time he had encountered it. Luo Yuan's usual short-term tasks are only F-level, such as rescuing children who have fallen into the water and participating in the school sports sprint. Most of them are easy to complete, only those who get a scholarship and take English level 6 can have F-level tasks, and it takes a lot of effort to complete them every time.
F+, in itself, proves his difficulty and danger!
However, the strange thing is that why the task of becoming the regional deputy manager of the foreign trade department of Chimei Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. within one year will be canceled?
Could it be that something is wrong with the company and it is going to go out of business? CHIMEI Trading's annual trade volume of more than one billion yuan is not too big or small, and its performance has always been good. It won't go out of business that soon, right?
Speaking of which, this system appeared when he was a sophomore, when Luo Yuan's parents died in a car accident not long after, and his girlfriend, who had been in love for more than a year, broke up with him again, and his mood was extremely low. Every night when he goes out late and returns early to surf the Internet all night, when he staggers back one morning, an object inexplicably falls from the sky, smashing his head and bleeding.
After he came out of the hospital, he suddenly became a hard-working student from a third-rate university who was absent from school, so that everyone who knew him was shocked, and he won the third-class scholarship in the second half of the semester, and then he was out of control, taking the English level 4, level 6, export salesman qualification certificate, international trade document qualification certificate, and then it was a college upgrade.
All the way down the level, invincible, after graduation left a heavy resume, his original destiny trajectory was affected by the system, fragmented.
It's just a pity that every upgrade is very difficult, the task is hard to find, and there is only one attribute point reward for each level, otherwise he would have become a superman. After all, the system's bonus rules are different from ordinary games, and each time you add a point, you will increase the current attribute by 50%! Two of the three attribute points he got were added to wisdom, and the remaining one was added to a little agility, and now his 100-meter speed can almost catch up with the world champion if he trains a little.
"What are you thinking? It's so boring to talk to me! 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, so he hurriedly covered it up and said: "How dare I, there is a customer today who is very difficult to entangle, and I am exhausted, and everyone is a little in a trance." ”
Zhao Yali said with concern: "Don't always remember work, it's time to find a girlfriend, do you have a favorite, do you want my sister to introduce you to one?" ”
"Take your time, let it be." Luo Yuan was thinking about his heart and casually perfunctory.
A few more small talks. Zhao Yali stood up: "Let's finish eating, I'll clean up the table!" ”
"I'll 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 better go back to your room and play games." Zhao Yali said with a smile, while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.
Luo Yuan politely said a few words, then went back to the bedroom, lay on his back on the bed, thinking about the task released in the system, tomorrow is Friday, if you take a day off, there will be three days to complete this F+ task. Since he judged that Chimei Trading would go out of business within half a year, he didn't pay much attention to the job.
Early the next morning, Luo Yuan finished her usual morning exercise, walked into the door, and saw Zhao Yali coming out of the bathroom with a heavy heart, and after seeing Luo Yuan, she smiled reluctantly and said hello.
Luo Yuan understood that Zhao Yali must be worried about his boyfriend's failure to return all night, but he couldn't comfort him.
He looked at the time, asked for personal leave for the regional manager of the company's marketing department, and went out.
The Forestry Bureau and Luo Yuan's Jingyue Community are not far away, but a few stops away, Luo Yuan didn't plan to take a car, so he jogged all the way over. Since getting the system, because the physical attributes can be quantified, Luo Yuan's interest in physical exercise has increased greatly, and in the past few years, although only the physical strength and will attributes have increased a little, and the exercise effect is not great, but the habit of exercising every morning has been formed.
Ten minutes later, Luo Yuan came to the Forestry Bureau, registered with the doorman, explained his intention, and walked into the gate of the Forestry Bureau.
At this time, it was time to go to work, and the door was full of public servants of the Forestry Bureau who came to work, and Luo Yuan called a young clerk with a pimple on his face.
"Chen Weiqiang, I seem to have heard of it, but he is not from our department, and I can't remember it clearly, or you should ask someone else." The little clerk had a natural arrogance on his face, his eyes turned around him, and he said indifferently.
Luo Yuan smiled and thanked him, and asked a few people in a row, either saying that he didn't know him, or he didn't know where he was?
At this time, a middle-aged man passing by interjected: "Are you looking for Chen Weiqiang?" What are you looking for him? ”
He held a briefcase in his hand, a beer belly, and a slight frown with a serious look. Luo Yuan glanced at it, and knew that this should be the leader, he said with a smile: "You are the leader of my brother-in-law, my sister saw that he didn't come home yesterday, and the mobile phone was turned off again, so she asked me to come over and ask?" ”
The identity of the tenant is obviously too far away, there is no relatives and no reason, who revealed the news 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 they should be back today, so you should go back first. Beer belly didn't suspect it, and walked away after speaking.
If only the F+ mission was so simple, you don't have to go through the hassle yourself! He thought silently in his heart and sighed.
Luo Yuanjian couldn't ask anything anymore, so he walked out of the Forestry Bureau!
He was too lazy to waste time, so he stopped a taxi and prepared to take a taxi directly to the forestry station in Gaotang Town.
The driver is a talkative person, foaming at the mouth since he got into the car, Luo Yuan still had a sentence to deal with at first, and he simply kept silent after the most reluctance. The driver talked for a while, but found that there was no response, and he was embarrassed to say it again. It was quiet in the car.
The traffic jam in Donghu City is serious, especially during the morning work hours, it is a three-step stop, until it passes through the suburbs, and it is all the way down.
The trees on both sides of the road grow tall and luxuriant, like two rows of large umbrellas, forming a lush boulevard, which makes people feel shocked at first sight, if you don't see one or two animal carcasses every other way, it is definitely a pleasure to walk here.
The most common carcasses of these animals are snakes, rats, and occasionally weasels and dogs.
"Are there a lot of snakes around here? How is it everywhere? Luo Yuan frowned and asked, he was most afraid of snakes since he was a child, even if he looked at it from a distance, his hair would stand on end.
"It's only recently that there are more, there are still few here, the more roads you go to the countryside, some people in our village can earn five or six hundred a day by catching snakes and frogs, and someone caught a wild boar a few days ago. It weighs four or five hundred pounds, and I don't know where it came from! Now the mountains are almost primeval forests. The driver had obviously been holding back for a long time, and he gushed as soon as he found the opportunity.
Donghu City is located in the plain, most of the peaks here are less than two or three hundred meters above sea level, not so much mountains as hills, coupled with artificial development and utilization, not to mention large animals like wild boars, usually even rabbits, pheasants are difficult to see.
Luo Yuan lives in the city, so he has never felt anything, but now after listening to the driver, he found that there have been drastic changes outside in the past few months: "According to what you say, isn't it very dangerous to go in the countryside." ”
"What's so dangerous about this, you can occasionally get some game, but there is some danger on the mountain, a few people have already disappeared, and even the bodies can't be found, and many people don't dare to go up the mountain! I heard that the town government was going to cut down the trees on the mountain. The driver teased disapprovingly: "I used to talk about tree planting, but now I have started cutting down trees." ”
"Missing, missing again!" He suddenly remembered the F+ mission in his heart: "Could it be that Chen Weiqiang also disappeared after going to the mountains." ”
Next, Luo Yuan had no interest in chatting anymore, what he thought was too simple, the F+-level task, which is so easy to complete, if he really wants to enter the mountain, with his bare hands now and unprepared, I am afraid that his life will be in danger.
But it's useless to think about it now, you can only take 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.
"Alright, this is the Forestry Station! Seventy-eight pieces in total, do I want to wait for you! The driver said.
"No need!"
After paying for change, Luo Yuan got out of the car and walked towards the gate.