Chapter 920: Prosperous Small Market, Second Cornerstone Point!

"Get ready, we should go back.

Looking at the large map mapped out on the adventurer's terminal, Sumo was very satisfied.

According to this progress, it may not take a few days to complete the perimeter detection and call in the hungry scavengers in the village to come over and sweep.

It's not just the small items that have no "value" that are valuable here, but also the concrete, steel bars, and worn-out furniture that are extremely difficult to move. They all have a lot of value.

As for the high-rise area further inside,

Sumo is not stupid and clearly knows the fighting power of the village.

In the future wasteland, it was the battle at the end of the year that forced the village's militia to undergo a qualitative change in their combat effectiveness. They gained experience in blood and tears, and finally achieved a feat in battle that was famous throughout the wasteland.

Now the updated version of the game has postponed the war, but with Qinggang City as an alternative, it can be gradually improved in a more gentle way.

Not urgent.

Don't be in a hurry.

"Director, I always feel like there is something spying on us." Feng Long stepped out from a corner and shook the ash on his hands. He scanned the surrounding fog vigilantly and couldn't help but ask.

The helmet popped open, revealing Somo's face and answered casually.

"Maybe they are the aboriginal people around here."

"Aborigines? Then we won't catch up?"

"Catch up? Fight them to the death in this strange environment?" Sumo laughed: "This is not the Blue Star of the Butterfly Universe, and Qinggang City will not grow another leg and run away."

"Won't run away"

Feng Long seemed to understand and closed his mouth and stopped talking.

His head was spinning just now, and he was just afraid that these people were not like the aborigines who were trapped and died upstairs in the fifth floor area. If they ran away from the mist, it would be difficult to find them.

But now he suddenly turned around and understood the underlying meaning of Somo's words.

This Qinggang City is not a "Fifth Floor District". These people follow the city and appear here. Is it possible that they can escape?

Secretly remembering the feeling of being spied on just now, the Longming team quickly assembled and returned along the original route.

The mist behind them closed up, quickly burying the traces left behind by everyone.

Only occasionally a few black shadows ran across the footprints left on the ground, screaming, as if condemning these uninvited guests.

Around 6 p.m.

The Dihu, bringing with it a billowing smoke, quickly approached from a distance and stopped in front of Tianyuan Military Camp.

The goods received from this trip to Qinggang City were still very generous even without counting the peripheral maps. Dihu’s trunk was already filled with all kinds of small items, including two gold rings weighing 5g!

This is good stuff, one step closer to creating the first adventurer terminal.

Instructing Feng Long to send some of the items with repair value to the underground shelter, Sumo took a few steps toward the village, and his attention was involuntarily attracted by the square in front of the village wrapped in thick fog.

Compared with the desolation before, the current bustling of the small square is simply exaggerated.

Thousands of people crowded into this open space, and stalls of various sizes were scattered in a scattered manner.

Except for some people watching the excitement, most of the people setting up the stalls were scavengers, selling supplies found in the ruins of buildings and charging them at low prices or not at all.

"I giao, no one needs such a good safe, put it in something to keep it safe so no one can steal it!"

"Two pieces of flower cloth, are you short of clothes? Is there anyone who is passionately in love and wants to send his wife to propose marriage?"

"Six big crickets. You don't care why they have such big fists. This thing is high-quality protein. You can just say whether you want to eat it or not."

"A tire, only exchange for Tianyuan coins, nothing else."

"Is there anyone from the South 49th direction who will set out at 7:30 tomorrow to form a team and find some reliable reserve soldiers?"

"Liu Meng, you idiot, don't let me run away. You cheated me of two iron coins today. I have to take you to the Public Security Department!"

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The outermost market was in chaos. Even though there were many militiamen responsible for maintaining order, their voices were suppressed by the continuous shouting.

These villagers who chose the scavenger route, after the first day, already fully understood the purchasing power of Tianyuan Iron Coin.

Even buy better equipment in order not to go hungry.

They urgently need to sell what they have to ensure that their exploration progress is always at the forefront.

Those on other routes who work in or around the village also have idle Tianyuan iron coins in their hands and need to exchange materials to improve their lives.

The demand of the two came together, and the market size increased more than ten times in just one day.

Going inward along the only passable road, there were many people setting up stalls and "performing" along the way.

Most people put in front of them a discarded brick they found somewhere, with specialties and routes written on it in black charcoal.

A complete team of scavengers, except for the scavengers whose physical strength depletes very slowly and can constantly rummage through the ruins.

At least two able-bodied construction apprentices are required to remove the debris blocking the road and carry the picked-up items.

In addition, it is best to have a reserve soldier to protect against possible dangers during exploration and further ensure the efficiency of the team.

Now that the main channel can only chat on the public screen but not privately, this kind of showmanship is indeed a good way.

However, these stalls on the periphery are far different from those near the village.

Taking a closer look through the fog, Sumo was a little stunned.

Before, he thought that the flow of people blocked at the entrance of the village was caused by people queuing up to go to the village and stopping to chat along the way.

Now when I look at it, I can see where the crowds are blocked and there are clearly several long lines.

Those brightly lit stalls were all selling food, and business was booming.

"Hey, Ramen Juice He opened the ramen stall to the entrance of the village?"

Sumo was softly surprised.

He did not expect that the person with the largest number of people in line would be Ma Haoge, who was the first to pass the route test and successfully choose the chef apprentice route.

Chen Shen had previously said that this person wanted to go out and work alone and break away from the village canteen system.

Looking at it now, his choice was indeed the right one.

Even if one person only earns 1 iron coin from doing business here, the nearly 100 people waiting in line can provide a day's income for ordinary route users.

If the profits were higher, the number of people would be larger.

Dozens of iron coins a day

Good guy.

Food is the most important thing for the people, this is the real craftsman!

At this rate of collecting money, Su Mo fully believed that Ma Haoge was going to open the first small store in the village that did not rely on loans.

"No, there are so many people, I'm going to have a taste too."

When Somo came to the ramen stall and stood behind the queue, he looked left and right, feeling strange.

I don’t know where these geniuses in the village who have chosen to be chef apprentices find their seasonings and kitchen utensils.

Except for the ramen stalls around.

There is also no shortage of people queuing up in front of stalls selling multigrain pancakes, stone-ground rice rolls, wild vegetable fried rice, dry steamed flatbreads, and more.

Compared with the prices in the canteen, there is no need to pay rent for the stalls, which can naturally further reduce costs.

Especially the dry steamed pancake. You can buy a palm-sized pancake for just one iron coin.

Even though the taste may be average, it is perfect for satisfying hunger or as dry food.

"It seems that I was negligent. At this stage, the canteen is purely a luxury consumption. Not only the villagers have to spend an extra sum, but the people who contract the windows also have to pay an extra sum."

"Stall economy"

Regarding everything that happened before him, Sumo quickly figured out the negligence in the reform process.

Again, it’s the relationship between demand and market.

In his initial thoughts, he never expected that these people would move their stalls to such a place so quickly to achieve scale.

Now that I think about it, the poor and destitute villagers would like to break every penny in half and spend it, and save whatever they can.

Under such huge demand, it is also the public's wish to set up street stalls quickly to save costs.

If public buildings in the village are to be developed in the future, or those who open shops will not be burdened by rent pressure.

Either introduce restrictive policies to suppress these stalls and charge fees similar to those in buildings.

Or increase the attractiveness of the building, at least with benefits that can be clearly seen.

"Upgrade the building?"

Thinking in his heart, Sumo continued to follow the queue and came to Ma Haoge's stall.

“Hello, we now have dry ramen and vegetarian ramen, may I ask?”

Subconsciously showing out the only menu, Ma Haoge raised his head and was so frightened that he almost threw out the noodles in his hand.

Damn it.

Is Su Shen here?

Why did the lord come to visit my ramen stall on the first day it opened?

Could it be that the lord was dissatisfied because he opened the business here without any formalities and robbed the canteen's business?

"Lord, are you coming to eat some noodles?"

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Ma Haoge's forehead, and the smile on his face stiffened.

But what surprised him was that the lord, who seemed to be thinking about the problem with a frown, didn't say much.

He reached into his pocket and found five iron coins in Somo's hand.

"Take one of each."

"okay!!!"

Staring at the lord sitting on the small table he had propped up, the singer Ma Hao waved out the phantom.

Crack!

Snapped!

The crunching sound of the noodles hitting the chopping board made people salivate, and the steam from the iron pot that had just been cooked next to them was steaming.

A unique noodle flavor surges out along with the heat, seeming to merge with the noodles flying in the mist.

At this moment, Ma Haoge's attention reached an unprecedented level of concentration.

All he could see was the flying noodles and the rhythmic beating of the chopping board.

One point two, two points four, four points eight!

Knead again!

As the noodles are pulled and slapped, more and more force is transferred into them and fused with the gluten.

Wow!

After kneading the noodles six times and sweating heavily on his head, Ma Haoge dropped the noodles into the pot accurately with a flick of his hand.

But it was at this moment that all the villagers in Tianyuan's territory saw three prompts on the game panel.

[Record]: Congratulations to Tianyuan Territory player "Ramen Juice" for successfully completing the hidden route mission.

[Record]: The player's "Ramen Juicing" level is increased by lv1 and he gets "1" free attribute point.

[Record]: Congratulations to Tianyuan Territory player "Ramen Juice" for being the seventh player to successfully complete the hidden route mission, and automatically obtain free route points +1

"What the hell is this? The owner of the noodle stall at the door has completed the hidden route mission?"

"What the hell, there are also hidden tasks. What is the task of the scavengers? Isn't this a scam?"

"Quick, quick, hurry up and go find him and ask him what the hidden mission is. See if we can complete it and level up!"

"Damn, Europeans are so damned."

"The lord is eating noodles at the ramen juice stall. I'm afraid he needs to use cough cough to complete the hidden route mission. I mean, he needs the lord's help?"

"Wow, don't squeeze me, are you crazy?"

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Some villagers who were still resting in the village were shocked when they saw the new message in the territory group chat channel.

? ? ?

Hidden mission?

This thing that dragged everyone to the wasteland is really crazy. Is it really going to be regulated according to the game on Earth?

Now that everyone has not figured out how to improve their level, Ma Haoge took the lead.

Hidden mission, directly raise one level, and there are even rarer free route points.

Seeing the villagers queuing behind him shouting and rushing up, Ma Haoge reacted and quickly closed the game panel.

He coughed lightly, picked up the pot and spoon and knocked it on the chopping board calmly, and said loudly:

"Ahem, you are all pushing nm, right, right, I'm talking about you, a bunch of beasts, don't squeeze my stall down."

"This is the reward given to me by the lord, you are squeezing me and spilling the noodle soup."

Su Mo just came.

He completed the hidden task right after.

It's not a problem to say that this is the reward of the lord.

In addition, he completed this hidden task himself in a daze, and the game didn't tell him what he had completed at all.

Just looking at Su Mo's calm smile at the table, Ma Haoge paused and deepened his inner judgment.

However, what he didn't know was.

Under this smiling face, how much ecstasy Su Mo suppressed.

In addition to the three items issued to all players on the game public screen, there are two extra items on the territory management panel!

[Record]: Congratulations to the first player who successfully upgraded himself in Tianyuan Territory. Achievement: Upgraded (Entry; Achievement)

[Record]: Congratulations to the player "Ma Haoge" for becoming the first player in the game to complete the hidden task of the "Chef Apprentice" route. The game rewards the territory route-cornerstone action points (Chef Apprentice route)*1.

Achievement + points.

Two bowls of noodles actually brought such a surprise.

Looking at the villagers swarming in, Su Mo picked up a cleaned large ceramic bowl and simply put both bowls of noodles in it.

"I'll have someone bring it back to you after you finish eating."

Leaving a word, Su Mo hurriedly left along the path maintained by the guards.

It doesn't matter whether this bowl of noodles is fragrant or not.

The second time to obtain this action point, the points of a specific chef apprentice route are still specifically limited.

Su Mo is extremely curious about what new effects this route can bring by adding points again.

In addition, what exactly is the hidden task that Ma Haoge just completed, and it must be investigated as soon as possible.

"It seems that I must choose a route as soon as possible. If I can complete the hidden tasks, whether it is to upgrade the level or gain points, I can always be at the forefront of the version."

Sitting on the first floor of the shelter, slurping a large bowl of noodles, looking at the shelter below him, and then looking at the Hope Village hidden in the mist in the distance.

Su Mo made a decision.

Of the seven routes, the three routes of scavengers, reserve soldiers, and farmers with distinct advantages and disadvantages are naturally excluded.

The remaining chef apprentice needs to make a lot of food to gain experience, which is a waste of time and there is no way to choose.

Only among the last three remaining, handicraft enthusiasts, mechanical apprentices, and construction apprentices

"Game, open the cornerstone of route selection!"