Chapter 312: Dolls and Explorers
"Trust me, seven days at most."
Yi Yi stood at the door, looking at the angry crowd, feeling helpless and couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, he was not sure either.
If the masked man doesn't come back, he will have to go to the southern coast himself to look for the venom glands of that sea fish.
Yuan Hua muttered, "Boss Yi, look at how Ah Mo has become, how can you still endure it? If it were me, I would have left this shabby place long ago!"
"Boss Yi, you are not reluctant to give up the position of store manager, right?"
"Boss Yi, say something..."
“…”
Everyone looked at Yi Yi, and each pair of gazes was like a knife that wanted to cut Yi Yi in half.
Perhaps because they have endured for too long, many people have resentment in their hearts, and some of their words inevitably seem sharp. Under normal circumstances, they would never say such words.
Just like last time, Chang Yu once again stepped forward to rescue Yi Yi. As the eldest brother, he always looks at the problem from a longer-term perspective.
The injuries he suffered from Fan Lu last time had almost healed. He looked at everyone, waved his hand and said, "Everyone, be quiet. What's the point of making such a fuss? Let's listen to Boss Yi's detailed explanation first."
As he said that, he turned and looked at Yi Yi: "Since Boss Yi said the exact number of seven days, there must be a reason, right?"
"Um……"
Yi Yi nodded slightly. Fortunately, Beifeng Story has a rational leader like Chang Yu.
At this point, he could no longer hide it and had to release some specific information to appease everyone.
"Amo, and Shen Yu , their diseases can be cured." Yi Yi reiterated, "But we are still missing one kind of material. That material must be freshly extracted and can only be found on the southern coast. Coral City is inland, and the tavern only has air-dried materials, which are not fresh enough."
“I see…”
The restless crowd looked at each other and slowly calmed down.
They all knew that there was really no need for Yi Yi to lie to them, after all, his apprentice Yi Mo was not awake yet.
Yang Liang thought for a moment and asked, "Boss Yi, what material is it? Is it hard to get? Tell us about it and let us find it. You don't have to do it alone."
"No need, the mask is gone."
Yi Yi looked at everyone and calmly told them the information.
"What?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
"mask?"
"Boss Yi, are you still in touch with the mask? How is he now?"
"No wonder there has been news of masks coming out of the south recently. Could he really be there?"
Everyone couldn't help but feel worried when they thought about the increasing amount of news recently.
Are the people in those blurry photos and videos in the messages really masks?
If it is true, then the mask is in danger. Now many tavern killers have rushed to the southern cities. Once he shows up, he may be hunted down and face a life-and-death situation.
"No, Boss Yi, you need to make Mask stop right now!"
"Fan Lu and the others have also gone to the south. If Fan Lu finds Mask, it will be hard to predict whether he will live or die!"
"Yes, Boss Yi, go contact Mask..."
“…”
Their impression of Su Xia's strength still remains on the battle of Yuling City. Although Su Xia was strong at that time, he could not withstand the encirclement and suppression of the Mechanical Clan.
During this period of time, everyone stayed in the tavern, almost under house arrest, and endured a lot of pressure from Fan Lu.
Over time, Fan Lu left an impression of being powerful, dangerous, and invincible in the minds of many story club members.
What's more, Fan Lu has an entire team, while Su Xia is only one person, and the strength gap is huge.
They didn't know that Fan Lu was already dead. His body was cold and was almost taken away by wild dogs.
If you knew, I wonder how surprised you would be.
"Trust the mask." Yi Yi said in a deep voice, "He won't do anything he's not sure of. As his friends, the most important thing you should do now is not to cause trouble for him. Do you understand?"
"We... understand."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent, as they all understood this truth.
If they went south, they would easily be caught by other hunters and used as bait to lure the masked man to appear.
In fact, everyone's strength is quite good, they are all psychic creatures, but after all, they have to face the elite killers of the entire continent, even many level four creatures.
A terrifying net has taken shape in the southwest of the entire continent. I don't know how many people are waiting for the masked man to show up.
"Then wait another seven days."
After Yi Yi said this, everyone calmed down and waited quietly for follow-up news.
…
At the same time, over on the old street, Su Xia was having breakfast with two Bafu and a group of children.
The early morning sun shines down, illuminating the streets, shining like gold.
The construction team has arrived.
“Let’s get started!”
Su Jianshe said hello to Su Xia, then led the rest of the workers to start working, reinforcing and repairing the pharmacy.
After breakfast, Su Xia went to see the construction work at the school. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
"Good morning, Master Su!" A worker greeted him enthusiastically.
"Good morning, thank you for your hard work."
Su Xia responded with a smile and walked around the entire construction site.
He felt relieved as there was nothing he needed to do for the time being.
He planned to go to the southern seaside, find the poison gland material, successfully refine the "Dream Enchantment" potion and then come back.
This trip may take several days, so you must be adequately prepared.
"In the south, I don't know how many people are waiting for me."
Su Xia squinted her eyes and looked into the distance.
If this trip goes well, maybe I can even meet my dad's team.
He returned to the pharmacy, opened the basement door, went to the second floor, and took out a small box of fifth-level potion left by his father in case of an emergency.
Afterwards, Su Xia returned to the ground, brought a small stool, and sat in front of the door of the pharmacy.
The morning sun shone down, covering his entire body with bright warm sunshine, as if he was coated with a layer of golden light, and even his hair seemed to be glowing.
"With such nice weather, maybe we can win something good in the lottery."
Su Xia opened the system interface and found the exclusive page for the lucky draw wheel.
In the last mission [The Disappearing Guest·Continued], he was given two chances to draw a lottery, but he had never been willing to use them for fear of drawing a useless one.
Now we are preparing for a long journey, and the road ahead is full of dangers, so we have to use it.
On the page, various possible prizes popped up one after another, making Su Xia dizzy.
Magical plant seeds, cute alien animals, gold ore, "Interstellar Self-Rescue Guide", interstellar exploration ship, exoskeleton wings, golden paraglider, silver scale breastplate, "Full of Energy Argonian Maid", strange insect eggs, etc.
There are books, food, plants, animals, and some things whose names sound strange.
What you draw depends entirely on luck, and luck is a very weird thing.
Su Xia took a deep breath, and his hands were coated with a layer of gold in the golden sunlight, like the brilliant hands of God, and he gently tapped the [Lottery] button.
[You still have two chances to draw a lottery, do you want to use one?]
A prompt popped up.
Su Xia immediately clicked [Yes].
Then, the big turntable began to spin rapidly. Because the speed was so fast, Su Xia couldn't even see the names of the prizes that flashed by.
After about half a minute, the rotation speed slowed down.
The speed was getting slower and slower, the pointer passed over the name of one prize after another, and it would soon stop.
"What could it be?"
Su Xia held her breath and watched carefully as the pointer slowly moved across the last few prize boxes.
Finally, it stopped at a very strange name.
【Love Doll】
Stop here and never move again.
Su Xia's heart sank. Looking at this strange name, she felt something was not good.
The system pops up a prompt:
[Congratulations, you have won the prize "Narcissistic Doll", the prize has been issued, you can check it at any time]
[You still have one chance to win the lottery, do you want to use it immediately? ]
Su Xia immediately clicked [No]; he wanted to first see what this narcissistic doll was.
In the prize column, there was an icon that looked like a doll lying quietly.
After Su Xia clicked it, she got a long list of comments.
[Name: Self-Love Doll]
[Level: Unleveled Item]
[Type: auxiliary items]
[Description: A puppet. After being activated, he will have the same appearance and demeanor as you. He can be regarded as another you, but he cannot have your special abilities.]
[Note: Narcissistic Doll, a beautiful creation]
【……】
What does it feel like to fall in love with yourself?
[In the Seventh Empire in the starry sky, a mechanical engineer encountered such a problem]
[He felt that his appearance was too outstanding, and he had to admire it in front of the mirror for several hours every day, gradually becoming addicted and unable to extricate himself]
[Just like Narcissus who turned into a daffodil in Greek mythology]
[He couldn't get the love he wanted, and couldn't find another person exactly like him in the world, which made him very painful, so he decided to create another self]
This is the origin of the narcissistic doll.
【……】
After reading the notes, Su Xia remained silent.
He stood up from the stool, turned around and went back to the second basement floor of the pharmacy and clicked [Take Out].
The next moment, a very strange puppet appeared in front of him.
This doll has no facial features yet, its face is flat, its skin is fair, and it feels like some kind of animal skin with a fine texture.
"How do I use this?"
Su Xia looked around the doll but didn't find any instructions for use.
At this moment, two cracks suddenly appeared on the puppet's face, in the area of the eyes, and two faint light blue beams shone through them.
The two beams of light intertwined and swept across Su Xia's body, scanning multiple times, as if creating a model of Su Xia's appearance.
The face with only two slits looks a bit weird.
Before long, changes began to appear on the person's face. The eyes began to sink, the nose slowly bulged, a gap appeared on the lips, and the areas on the left and right belonging to the ears were also changing.
"What is the material of the epidermis?" Su Xia observed carefully. "It is not much different from human skin in texture. If used properly, can robots blend into the world of ordinary people?"
The doll's skin seems to be made of a special bionic technology that has not yet been developed on this planet.
At the same time, the doll's body began to rise strangely, its skin stretched, and it grew more than ten centimeters taller, now as tall as Su Xia.
The skin on the top of his head cracked, revealing fine, dense short black hair. Palm lines began to appear on his left and right hands, and the skin texture became increasingly similar to Su Xia's current state.
After more than ten minutes, the rate of change slowed down and was approaching the final state.
Su Xia stroked his chin and stared at the doll for a moment, thinking about something.
"I'm so handsome?"
He put a coat on the doll and then stood it in front of a mirror. The two looked almost identical.
This thing is usually useless.
But at the critical moment, this puppet can be used as a bait to lure Su Xia's enemies.
At this moment, a crack suddenly appeared in the center of the puppet's chest, slowly opening to the left and right, revealing a pitch-black display screen.
The screen flickered for a moment, and then lines of text began to appear.
【Please click ……】
【Action simulation training】
【Expression Simulation Training】
【Voice Simulation Training】
【……】
Su Xia became interested and clicked on the first option, action simulation training.
Soon, a few more lines of text popped up on the screen.
[Please stand ten meters in front of the puppet and perform the following actions:]
【Walk slowly】
【Go fast】
【run】
【jump】
【……】
This puppet needs to capture Su Xia's movements so that it can gradually approach the most real Su Xia.
Su Xia slowly retreated to a distance of about ten meters and began to follow the instructions.
"I'm going to the south this time and will be gone for several days. I originally planned to use the excuse of contacting material suppliers to get by." Su Xia thought for a while, "Now it's good, I can use this thing to appear in my place, but... I can't show up too often, it's easy for acquaintances to find out the flaws."
In this way, Su Xia spent the entire morning following the puppet's instructions.
His movements, expressions, tone and even some habitual words were recorded by the puppet.
When the puppet started to move, Su Xia felt a little dazed, as if it was another him.
It was noon and the sun was shining brightly.
The door to the basement slowly opened, and a Su Xia doll wearing a pharmacist's robe walked out.
The workers around greeted him with a smile: "Master Su, good afternoon!"
"Well, good afternoon, you all have worked hard."
The puppet walked out of the pharmacy with a smile on his face and a calm voice, and headed towards the restaurant across the street.
Boss Zhao from the restaurant also greeted them and did not notice anything unusual. Even Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu, who passed by, did not notice anything wrong at first.
"It seems to be about the same."
Su Xia, who was observing secretly, felt much more relieved. He called the puppet back and put it into the storage space.
He returned to the store entrance, stood in the golden sunshine, opened the lottery page, and clicked the [Lottery Button].
[You still have one chance to win a prize, do you want to use it? ]
Su Xia clicked [Yes], and the big turntable in front of her began to spin rapidly.
Half a minute later, the speed gradually slowed down, and the pointer passed over the names of the prizes one by one, and finally stopped on a cigar-shaped mechanical tool.
[Congratulations, you have won the prize "Deep Sea Explorer"]
[Your chance to win the lottery has been used up, please try again]
After the lottery is over, the prize interface becomes dim and the buttons turn gray.
Click on the prize icon to see the basic information of this item.
[Deep Sea Explorer: A tool that allows you to navigate freely on the seabed]
Su Xia turned around and returned to the pharmacy, went back to the second floor of the basement, clicked [Take Out], and tried to take out the cigar-shaped mechanical tool, but got a long list of prompts:
[It is detected that there is insufficient space in your environment and the Deep Sea Explorer cannot be taken out]
[It is recommended to find an open space with a height of more than 12 meters, a width of more than 15 meters, and a length of more than 200 meters]
[Not recommended for removal on land]
【……】
Su Xia took a deep breath and stared at the cigar-shaped icon carefully, her heart pounding.
Did he pull out a super submarine?
