Chapter 43 Special Assignments
Braving the heavy rain, the two brothers returned home in silence, of course, they lived in a serious house, most of the current aborigines on the planet Tanloner occupied the hollowed-out abandoned mine, and after a little tidying up, they have lived there ever since.
In the rows of holes, there are one family living another, and there is a faint light shining through the rain curtain, and sometimes in a larger mine, there will be several houses, and the light is divided into several parts.
Parker's family was lucky, the cave they occupied was not big or small, and his family had a large population, so they were able to occupy an entire mine, and the two brothers stood at the door with a body of water vapor, letting the rain drip all over their bodies, and did not go inside.
The rain was too loud, and my sister, who had not yet been named, was woken up, and she was playing with her little hands waving her little hands on the stone bed alone, not crying, and she looked very coaxing and sensible, which was a good thing.
Grandma sat on the edge of the bed, holding in her hand the huge leaves that Hulan and Parker had picked up next to the Yegu Forest before, and she was following the veins of the leaves, extracting the veins of the leaves one by one, and there were already thick handfuls next to them, all of which were more than a meter long.
The people of Tanlon, who could not grow or hunt, had used the leaves that had fallen from the Yegu Forest for clothing many years ago, and later it was discovered that they could extract the veins from the leaves and weave them into clothes, which would be more convenient and fitting, and if they were added to them, the warmth would be greatly increased.
Seeing the two brothers entering the door, Grandma hurriedly said hello, but the work at hand did not stop.
"Come in, it's raining so hard, you're going to get sick if you get cold, make a fire and roast it."
The only advantage of their ancestors living in the mining area is that there is no shortage of coal mines that can be burned for heating, and the interstellar people do not look down on this worthless mineral, so few Tanlonians will freeze to death in the winter due to the cold.
When the rain on his body was almost dripping clean, Parker and Hulan walked inside, and the two skillfully divided labor, Hulan went to pick up the coal mines piled up by the wall, put them under a simple and rough small stove, and lit them by flint, while Parker picked up a deformed metal pot, went outside to catch the rainwater, and put it on top of the ignited stove.
At this time, Parker said aloud, "Grandma, drink boiled water, otherwise you will get sick easily." ”
This is the information he perceives from the consciousness of Her Majesty the Great Queen, the knowledge that will allow his family to survive better.
"Know, know." Grandma couldn't help but look up at her son, as a mother, she could feel the changes in her son the most, but she had never been exposed to education, she had lived in this exploited environment since she was a child, and she couldn't think of more things, she only knew that this was already good, life became better, at least the family would not go hungry anymore.
After the fire in the stove was lit, Parker did not sit down to rest on the fire, but got up and picked up the barrel next to him, and went to the door to catch the rainwater.
The location of the mine where their family lives is good, even if it rains heavily, it will not be flooded, unlike those homes in low-lying places, it will be flooded when it rains, either soak in the rain and live, or pack up and go to a higher position to find a place to live temporarily, but no one lives in those places must have a bad reason, and when the rain stops, most of them still have to go back to the original mine.
It is not without benefits to be flooded by the rain, at least after the rain stops, the rainwater accumulated in the depths of the mine is enough for the family to use for a long time, and these families who are not flooded by the rain can only walk far away to go to a specific well to fetch water.
In addition to the lakes and rivers in the Yegu Forest, there are only deep wells and groundwater available in these mining areas outside, which is not only a long distance and troublesome, but also requires a long queue for many people to use water.
Therefore, most people will dig a pool for storing water in the depths of the mine, and when it rains, they will fill it with water, and use it slowly in the future, when there is no water, and then go to the deep well to draw water.
Parker was filling the reservoir deep in his mine, but the bucket was small, not a few times, and it took a lot of tedious round-trips.
Although you can't go to the Yegu Forest to cut down trees and hunt, if you just pick up some branches and leaves on the periphery, it is no problem, and some children who are not too old to go down to the mines to earn food will often go to pick up some and go home, and the branches can be used to make various furniture and other items, and the leaves can be extracted from the leaf veins, dried and woven into clothes, which are always useful.
After roasting the fire for a long time, Hulan's body warmed up a lot, so he got up and took the bucket in Parker's hand, took over the work in his hand, and continued to fill the reservoir with water.
The water on the stove was already boiling, bubbling, and Parker poured hot water into the water bottle, and then took another pot of rainwater, and the fires in the stove on the left and right should be boiled, and it would be good to boil more hot water.
"Babble" Listening to his sister's voice, the expression on Parker's face softened a lot.
No one asked Abba how it was and why he didn't come back, because the answer was so obvious, and they were used to it.
Parker seemed to be sitting in front of the stove and pretending to sleep, but in fact he was thinking about Akuli, and after snatching the Starfall Worm from them, Akuli couldn't wait to drive the car that the interstellar people left for them, and went to the interstellar people to pay their respects.
It is said that hundreds of years ago it was a minecart dedicated to mining, and there were dozens of them in a mine, and the interstellar people used it to carry ore back and forth, instead of relying on the Tanlons to carry it on their shoulders as it is now, and the cart also lost its original purpose and became a scooter for the Overseer, and there was only one in a mine.
Mine 9956 is almost at the very edge, and Akuli spent "one day and one night" going back and forth, which is equivalent to thirty-six days on Earth, that is, in the turmoil of hundreds of years ago, most of the creatures gathered in the Yegu Forest. There are no other creatures left in the outside world, otherwise with a minecart that is not very fast and has no defense, whether Akuli can come back is two words.
Parker didn't know what use Starfall Worms were for interstellar people, most of them weren't for food, and they didn't need to wait for these natives to dedicate themselves if they wanted to eat Starfall Worms, but Akuli's expression when he came back also proved that he had indeed gained enough benefits from the interstellar people, saying that Starfall Worms still had value to interstellar people.
Parker thinks about the relationship between these people, although he was also very smart in the past, but his vision and knowledge limited his ability to think, after being transformed into a Zerg, not only his body has been greatly improved, his mind has become more flexible, and when he encounters things and things that he doesn't understand, the Zerg spiritual network linked to the depths of his consciousness will also bring him various hints.
Even if this means that Parker is being assimilated by the consciousness of the Zerg Queen, but this whole process has brought him a very big change, he doesn't have to study it deliberately, some knowledge naturally appears in his brain, if being assimilated is the price, he is willing to suffer such consequences.
"Parker." The gentle voice of the Zerg Queen rang in his ears, and Parker was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was not a hallucination, but that Her Majesty was really calling him.
Parker looked around, in the dim and warm room, Grandma was looking down and smoking the veins of leaves, a bunch of broken leaves on the ground, waiting to be put away to fill the bed, and his sister fell asleep quietly while playing, without anyone notifying, well-behaved and quiet.
Hulan was still using the not-so-big wooden barrel to catch the rainwater, pouring it into the cistern over and over again, except for him, no one else really heard the voice from the Zerg Queen.
Parker suddenly got up, and Grandma and Hulan looked up at him at the same time.
"I'll go out."
Parker spoke firmly, undeniably speaking, and walked out into the rain, and soon disappeared.
"Parker ......" Grandma opened her mouth, she actually felt something, but she didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't want to think about it, so she lowered her head again and continued the work in hand, but she couldn't calm down anymore.
All she knew was that it was indeed her child, and that was enough.
Hulan took two steps out, and was drenched in the rain, but finally stopped, and did not continue to chase Parker, he knew where Parker was going.
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In the makeshift base at the spawn point, the players quickly became a little impatient, they were not like the bricks and the two coolie players, they found something to do, tasting herbs and studying spider silk were just temporary fun, after playing for a while, they couldn't figure out anything, and they almost lost interest.
Especially the few players who logged in later, after getting through the initial excitement, they couldn't wait to show their skills, only to find that they could only stay in this simple, and even occasionally local novice base where the rain seeped, and they couldn't wait for a moment, not to mention that the rain obviously wouldn't fall for too short. According to the ratio of "one day and one night" in the game to 36 days on the earth, it is not necessary to have "one day and one night" in a row.
Players can repeat something for a long time in a monotonous and boring way, provided they are voluntary, rather than being forced to do something where they are, as in this case, a group of players sit in a row, looking at the rain and looking eager to get out.
"It's raining so hard that you can't see anything."
"Don't we have anything to do?"
"When will the rain stop? It's not fun to stay here. ”
"It's boring, I want to get out, let me out."
"Wow! It's raining here! Wow! It's collapsed! ”
"Save the roof!"
The players were broken by this sudden change, and the noisy shouting was so lively, some people watched the play and watched the excitement, and some people were full of feelings for the base they participated in building, and they sincerely asked people to go out in the rain to repair the part that had collapsed.
When they heard that they were going out, even if it was raining, the players were all so excited that they ran into the rain regardless of whether they could help or not.
The rain is not small, for players with a mental power value of more than 1, in fact, the impact is not so big, the main reason for stepping on the sword and viewing Shu Mountain is because the mental power value is below 1, it is not good to control the body of the game character, plus the rain is poured on the body from top to bottom, and the terrible weight brought by it increases the difficulty of him controlling the game character, so it will appear in the rain and cannot come back.
The other players learned his lesson, and only players with a mental power value of 1 or more walked out of the rain and watched the excitement outside, and worked hard.
The player's base at this spawn point was originally a temporary project, and because of the rush of time, the wood used was of different sizes, and there was no time to choose one by one, so something went wrong.
This time the problem is one of the smaller than the other trunks of the wood, the size is not suitable, resulting in the first problem in the heavy rain watering, fortunately, the players have a surplus tree reserve before, at this time just replace one, it can be considered a successful solution.
The players cheered again, the rain leak was solved, and the players who found that they had no effect in the rain were reluctant to go back.
Humans will catch a cold when they rain it, and they will get sick if they catch a cold, but the body of the Zerg is nothing in common with humans, let alone wetting, the outermost shell glowing with metallic light, and the rain can't even leave traces, let alone wet.
The game system does not react in any way to the player's departure, neither supporting them leaving, but also not opposing their departure, highlighting the "freedom" within the game.
"I said, 'Where are we going?' The player with the sun shining above their heads shouts in the rain.
"I don't know!" [The flowers smiled at me] replied confidently.
In the heavy rain, all the pheromones and smells have been washed away, and not only can the players not find the ones left in the forest before, or the guidance, but even the basic judgment ability has been overwhelmed by the heavy rain.
Let these two players spin around in the heavy rain casually, keeping them unrecognizable from which way they started.
But isn't the game just a thrill? It's not fun to follow the mission in a proper way, and the fun of the open world is to keep exploring and exploring all kinds of details that no one else has discovered.
In addition to two or three players teaming up together, there are also lone rangers who are always alone, such as Meng You.
He didn't mix in the forum much in the first place, he didn't know most of the people on the forum, and he didn't have much to talk about when he entered the game, and he didn't plan to leak it out at all.
Maybe after quitting the game, he will talk to his good brother Tang Lei, and the others will forget it.
Meng You randomly chose a direction close to the edge of the forest to walk, compared to other players, he who had already unlocked the Zerg Spirit Network, he was not so easy to get lost, but he could distinguish his own position, and even find the location of other players.
Because of this heavy rain, most of the creatures had already hid to avoid the rain, so Meng You was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw a dark figure appear in front of him.
The emotionless system notification sound also sounded at this time.
"Congratulations to the player for triggering the special mission in the dream swim!"