Chapter 68
From Rongyuan's subtle attitude, he realized that what he said was inconvenient was just an excuse. The real reason was that he was now lazy about earning merit points. As a contractor of the Merit Book, this was of course very serious. Pea did not "expose" it immediately. It maintained a serious expression, thought for a moment, and decided to take it slow.
After not seeing him for ninety years, Rong Yuan had changed a lot compared to what he remembered. Wandou saw it with his own eyes and took it to heart.
It thought: He must have suffered a lot over the years, and it is time to take a break. However, too little merit is still a dangerous signal. It is better to start with some small things around you, which is simple and easy to get without much effort, and accumulate slowly, and it is also a way.
Wandou gave up his original plan to exchange for a high-level virus to kill the orchid, and looked around the Merit Mall. He found a suitable product and immediately recommended it to Rong Yuan, saying, "How about we exchange it for this Merit Search Locator?"
It took out the "Book of Merits" and spread it on the table, pointing its little hand to the page of the mall. On the page was an enlarged picture of a locator. On the surface, it looked like a light gold pocket watch, with mysterious patterns engraved on the outer shell and a dozen sesame-sized gems inlaid to form a simple star map. There were no three pointers of different thicknesses and lengths on the dial, but nine concentric circles, engraved with various characters such as directions, numbers, letters, lines, etc., a bit like the compass used by the Sugar Kingdom on Earth to survey Feng Shui in the past.
Next to the picture is the product introduction. Merit Mall is not attentive in this regard. There are no user reviews, after-sales services, coupons, etc., and it does not introduce the product from the inside out. It embellishes and exaggerates its functions, making people feel that life cannot go on well without buying this thing. If all online stores were like this, business would definitely be bleak, but this is a monopoly economy, so it can only be like this.
According to the introduction, this locator can search for nearby locations, distances, events, merit values, etc. that can obtain the most merit. Each search consumes ten merit values, and the range is within a radius of one kilometer; and for every additional ten merits, the search radius can be expanded by one kilometer. It is a continuous merit consumable.
In fact, this thing should be a good auxiliary tool for the contractors who have just obtained the "Book of Merits". After all, even if ordinary people want to do a good deed like "helping an old lady cross the road ", they may not be able to find the old lady who is stuck in traffic. Especially in modern society where high-rise buildings are everywhere and human relationships are extremely cold, there should be a lot of people within a radius of one kilometer, and some of them may be in trouble and urgently hope to get help, but separated by thick walls and solid anti-theft doors, most people don't even know the last name of their neighbor across the street.
However, apart from a short period at the beginning when he used the people and things around him to accumulate merit, Rong Yuan quickly entered the realm of strategizing and gaining merit from thousands of miles away. This kind of positioning device was just a useless thing for him.
However, this does not mean that this thing is completely useless. The moment Rong Yuan saw the product introduction, he thought of more than a dozen ways to use it. The search function is secondary, and the real power is its positioning function.
Probably because it costs merit every time you use it after purchase, the price of this locator is not high, only 8800 merit. Rong Yuan has already decided to exchange it, but still pretends to be uninterested. Seeing Wandou looking at him expectantly, he deliberately teases it: "Hmm... It seems useless. And you can only search for one object at a time. Maybe you can't even earn back the merit you spent. It's not worth it."
Wandou advised earnestly and earnestly: "No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. You have so little merit now, and it is not convenient to quickly and massively gain merit for the time being. This is the only way. Moreover, you may run into interesting people or interesting things by searching with the locator. Everything is unknown. Isn't this more interesting than sitting here and watching the scenery?"
Rong Yuan lazily refused twice before finally agreeing to complete the exchange after Wandou's repeated persuasion.
Finally, Rong Yuan was persuaded to move. Wandou let out a long sigh of relief, raised his hand and patted his chest. When he looked up, he saw that Rong Yuan didn't even look at the locator he had just exchanged - he tilted his head , smiling, and looked at it lovingly, without any of the indecisive and lazy look that had embarrassed it just now.
Seeing Pea staring at him blankly, Rong Yuan gently touched its head and asked, "Are you tired?"
Pea is still very weak now. Sometimes it takes several hours or even days to wake up. After waking up, he will fall asleep again after a while. Rong Yuan once asked Pea if there were any items in the Merit Mall that could help it recover, but the answer was no. As the spirit of the Merit Book, it cannot use the medicine items in the mall for treatment. However, Rong Yuan thought that sleep is a mechanism for biological self-repair and self-protection. Maybe Pea is the same. It is always good for it to sleep a little longer.
Wandou had been awake for a while, and had said a lot, and even exchanged money. He was much more active than usual, and his eyes were full of fatigue, and his face looked even paler. Rong Yuan said, "Let's stop here today, you should rest."
Pea hesitated for a moment, then nodded obediently. She put away the small teapot, small cup, small table, small sofa, and small handkerchief one by one. Then she took out a soft little bed the size of a palm, lay down on it, pulled the quilt up to her chin, yawned loudly, but still forced herself not to sleep. She grabbed the edge of the quilt with both hands, staring at Rong Yuan intently.
Rong Yuan stretched out his hand to block the light for it and whispered, "Go to sleep."
Pea closed his eyes and fell asleep immediately.
Alpha silently placed a long flower pot beside the balcony, and then poured a bottle of quick-acting growth liquid into it. A few seconds later, green vines pierced out like swords, growing and climbing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the balcony was surrounded by an independent world, with many white and red flowers blooming on it. In this way, Rong Yuan could still see the outside through the gaps between the vines, but people outside could not see them. Even the detection of the machine would be blocked by this special vine. Only the cold sunlight passed through the gaps and cast mottled light and shadows on the ground.
Rong Yuan withdrew his hand and stared at the pea-like sleeping figure for a long time before looking away.
He played with the merit locator, set the search range, paid merit, and then pressed the cylindrical switch on the top of the locator to start the first search.
A second later, Rong Yuan looked at the search results on the watch face and thought: It’s really interesting.
The content after the search is: [9, 3307, -206, rescue the god of war Luca, 390227].
Since meeting Emilida, Serinda's health has recovered rapidly, and her lingering illness has also improved a lot. When they met, Lance had been waiting by their side, and he naturally knew that the Queen and her best friend did not have any meaningful communication, and it was even a bit awkward. But the effect was unexpectedly good, Serinda was even able to attend the Holy Light Ceremony, and he was naturally amazed, and could only sigh that this was the power of friendship.
Serinda had just recovered from an illness, so for safety reasons she couldn't handle too many things for the time being. She just listened to the latest news broadcast on her bracelet.
The empire has developed to this day, and it is no longer like the feudal monarchy in the past, where the most critical administrative departments of the entire country are almost paralyzed once the emperor falls. Although the emperor is important and has considerable power, he is still subject to many constraints. The empire is not a one-man show of the emperor, and department officials do not need to ask the emperor for instructions one by one when handling various affairs. Therefore, Serinda was ill for nearly a month, and the operation of various parts of the empire was hardly affected at all, and it was still as orderly as before.
In the past, Serinda would have applauded the high quality of the people of the empire, its mature and efficient operating mechanism and its ability to deal with crises. But now that she is in a different position, she feels a little sad.
She didn't want the empire to change because of her temporary absence, but she also didn't want to see that no matter what happened to her, other people and things would not be affected at all. Although many people wanted to visit her during this period, the false concern and formulaic attitude made her feel more lonely.
Her meeting with Amirida was not as open and heartfelt, crying, encouraging each other as some people had guessed. They didn't even say a few words. Amirida looked worried all the time. When they said goodbye, she hesitated to speak. It was obvious that she had something to say, but she didn't say it in the end.
But Serinda knew what she was going to say.
No, it should be said that she knew what Emilida was going to ask.
——Why betray Rong Yuan?
No matter what the reason was, in Emilida's opinion, Serinda's behavior was no different from betrayal. She was willing to believe her, so she was sad, angry, and wanted to confront her face to face.
Serinda didn't think she had done anything wrong, but she couldn't answer.
The pleasant female electronic voice in the bracelet was still reporting that a new plant suitable for human consumption had been cultivated on a habitable planet within the empire, but Serinda's thoughts had drifted to a year ago, when the previous emperor was about to die.
That was also... when she decided to put Rong Yuan into the ice coffin and took action immediately.
