Chapter 78
The scene before him was a vast field of ripe wheat.
Wind swept across the field, stirring up rolling waves of golden wheat, creating a magnificent sight.
Xia Zhi stood on the field ridge, looking up at the sky, recalling the mysterious voice he had just heard, his brow slightly furrowed.
"World... legacy..."
The sentence seemed incomplete, uncertain whether she hadn't finished speaking or if the message had been lost in transmission.
Who was speaking? Some entity residing in the dream? Or a dream walker like himself?
And to whom was she speaking? Was it a lure? Or a cry for help?
After pondering for a while, Xia Zhi shook his head, deciding to ignore the matter.
After all, he was just a novice who came to the dream world to collect mushrooms. He only wanted to gather mushrooms, not meddle in affairs that didn't concern him.
Xia Zhi looked down at the vast wheat field before him, his expression becoming somewhat troubled.
There was grass everywhere, making it too difficult to find mushrooms.
When in doubt, might as well pay to win.
Xia Zhi opened the system panel and searched for an item in the [Shop].
[Treasure Compass]
Quality: Silver
Type: Support Item
Traits: None
Effect: If there are supernatural items of silver quality or lower nearby, the compass needle will point toward the direction of the nearest such item.
Hidden Effect: None
Price: 20 points
After thinking for a moment, he purchased it.
A small compass appeared in his hand.
It had a long chain attached to its exterior, looking like a black pocket watch, though instead of markings inside, it only had a single golden needle.
Xia Zhi looked down, watching as the needle slowly rotated before finally settling on a direction to his front right.
This meant there was a supernatural material in that direction.
Perhaps it was a Twilight Mushroom, or perhaps some other dream world material.
Following the compass's guidance, Xia Zhi walked on, eventually finding a black mushroom deep within the wheat field.
He stored the mushroom in his inventory, and the [Treasure Compass]'s needle began rotating again, this time pointing to the front left.
Continuing to follow its directions, Xia Zhi ended up finding two Twilight Mushrooms in total within this wheat field dream.
Pure profit: 2 points.
Xia Zhi left the wheat field, walking straight ahead in one direction until he exited the dream.
Countless colorful bubbles of various sizes appeared before him once again.
Instead of immediately entering another dream, Xia Zhi stood still and waited for about half an hour.
But during this time, he never heard that strange woman's voice again.
It was as if the previous instance had been an auditory hallucination.
Giving up on waiting, Xia Zhi randomly selected a dream and reached out to touch it.
A strange attractive force swept over him, and he entered another unfamiliar dream.
...
The next morning, Xia Zhi woke from his dream, opening his lifeless gray eyes to darkness.
"Can't see... back to reality, huh..."
Xia Zhi sat up against the headboard, feeling mentally refreshed but somehow uncomfortable.
This was the after-effect of dream wandering.
Xia Zhi raised his hands to his head, gently massaging it in a special way for a while, which made him feel better.
Then, he opened his inventory to check its contents.
Compared to when he went to sleep last night, there were now 24 more Twilight Mushrooms, 3 Sweet Dream Flowers, and 2 Nightmare Fruits.
They were all iron-quality supernatural materials, each worth 1 point when sold, meaning his income for last night alone was 29 points.
This was mainly due to the dream environment being too special, with very few people able to enter, so almost every dream had materials for him to collect.
Combined with the guidance of the [Treasure Compass], his collection efficiency had become quite high.
Although dreams that had been harvested wouldn't spawn new materials for a while, Liyue's population was so large that this wasn't a concern.
The future looked promising!
Xia Zhi put away the [Dream Pillow] and replaced it with his ordinary pillow.
Then he took out the [Blazing Incense Burner] and began crafting [Joy Incense].
This was his guaranteed income, and though it was tiring, he had to persist.
After finishing crafting the [Joy Incense], Xia Zhi changed his clothes and went downstairs to wash up.
Shenhe and Zhu Zi were already up, sitting at the table chatting.
There was no sign that last night's nightmare and sweet dream had any effect on either of them.
"Boss, good morning!"
"Good morning."
"Good morning to you both! Miss Shenhe."
"Hmm?"
"How did you sleep in the new bed last night?"
"Fine."
"That's good."
Xia Zhi nodded, walked over, and took out a contract to hand to Shenhe.
"This is a labor contract, with the same contents as the one Zhu Zi signed. Though given our relationship, we don't really need such a contract for constraints, but considering you want to integrate into human society, I think it's better to follow normal procedures."
"Mm."
"Take a look at the contract and see if there are any issues. If there are, we can discuss changes."
"Okay."
Shenhe took it, briefly looked it over, and signed her name.
Xia Zhi also signed his name.
Two copies were made.
Xia Zhi put away the contract and said with a smile, "Then I'll be in your care from now on, Miss Shenhe."
Shenhe looked at him and said softly, "Please take care of me, Boss."
"Let's go get breakfast. What would you two like to eat today?"
"Anything is fine with me, Boss!"
"Same here."
"Then let's go to the dock for fish noodles, to the place Zhu Zi recommended last time. Miss Shenhe, can you eat fish offal? It's cleaned very thoroughly, not fishy at all."
"I can try."
"Then it's decided."
The three left the shop and came to the dock area.
The morning harbor was a bustling scene of prosperity.
Shenhe looked around curiously.
At the shop, the three sat down.
"Three bowls of signature fish noodles, all with fish offal. One without spice, one normal, and one extra spicy."
"Certainly, please wait a moment."
Soon, three large bowls of steaming fish noodles were brought over by the server.
The soup was milky white, exuding a savory aroma.
Shenhe picked up her chopsticks and tasted it.
"How is it?"
"Delicious."
"There are many delicious things in Liyue. You should come out and explore more when you have time. If you want to integrate here, first you need to come to like it here."
"Mm."
"If you don't want to go out alone, you can go with Zhu Zi. She's not very familiar with Liyue either, so you two can explore together."
"Boss, you're not familiar with Liyue either, you could come explore with us!"
"What's the point of exploring with a blind person like me? You two girls should go by yourselves."
"What does that matter? Why don't we go exploring together today? I felt so bored exploring alone yesterday."
"Not today. We need to return to the shop later. I promised Qiqi yesterday that she could come over to play."
"Oh, I see. Next time then."
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Bubu Pharmacy.
Just as Qiqi walked out the side door, she suddenly heard someone loudly calling her name.
Qiqi turned around to see a little girl carrying a bamboo basket on her back running over cheerfully. Her brown hair was tied in braided butterfly bows on top of her head, with golden bells hanging on each side, resembling dumpling buns.
"Qiqi, Yaoyao came to play with you!"
"Yaoyao..."
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