Chapter 11 – Emergency Rescue
This Old Li that Granny Guo mentioned—could he be the “potential customer” besides Kangkang on the map?
Tang Yu’an’s eyes brightened. He originally wanted to ask Granny Guo to take them to see him, but when he glanced at the map, he found that the light green dot representing Old Li had disappeared.
Huh? Did Old Li go out?
He scanned the map but didn’t see the green dot again; obviously, Old Li had gone beyond the unlocked area.
At this moment, Zhou Qi had already asked, “Can you take us to find him?”
“I can, but we might have to wait until tomorrow,” Granny Guo said.
She didn’t explain the reason, but Tang Yu’an guessed that perhaps Old Li had told her he wouldn’t be home today.
“No rush; we’ll come back tomorrow then.”
After all, they planned to trade with Granny Guo again tomorrow, so they wouldn’t need an excuse.
As Tang Yu’an and Zhou Qi took their leave, Granny Guo saw them off through the window, with Kangkang following behind, leaning on the window and looking at them eagerly.
“We’ll come see you again tomorrow,” Tang Yu’an said, patting his head.
Kang Kang nodded and then extended his little pinky finger.
“Haha, you know how to pinky promise?”
Tang Yu’an laughed heartily, gently hooking his pinky with the child’s small finger, making a promise together.
“Brother, tomorrow, come…” the child said in his soft voice. “I’ll give you lanterns.”
Kang Kang was referring to the glowing plant called “Lantern Grass.” Although it couldn’t be eaten, the fruit it bore could emit light and be used for illumination at night.
Granny Guo had told them about this earlier. She seemed to notice Tang Yu’an’s interest and wanted to make more trades.
But she didn’t bring it up directly, and Tang Yu’an refrained from mentioning it.
They had used up their effective transaction counts for today; they’d save it for tomorrow. They couldn’t “drain the pond to catch the fish.”
Tang Yu’an smiled slightly, patted the child’s head again, said goodbye to Granny Guo, and then climbed out through the window with Zhou Qi, leaving the place.
Kang Kang watched their figures disappear from sight with reluctance. For him, it was so rare to meet someone his age to play with…
Even though Tang Yu’an was quite a bit older than him.
Granny Guo wanted to carry him back. Unintentionally touching his pocket, she felt a strange hard object. When she took it out, she discovered the candy that Tang Yu’an had secretly slipped into Kangkang’s pocket earlier, and was stunned.
“Candy! Sweet!” Kangkang exclaimed upon seeing the packet of candy, finally showing a happy smile again. “Candy brother, I like!”
Seeing her grandson so joyful for the first time, Granny Guo also smiled with relief. She put the few pieces of rock candy back into Kang Kang’s pocket.
“Eat them slowly,” she said, patting the child’s head and murmuring somewhat absentmindedly, “You must grow up well…”
Kang Kang looked at her blankly and nodded with a soft “Mm.”
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“Little Kang Kang is so cute~” Tang Yu’an exclaimed joyfully as he jumped off a broken wall.
Being able to complete the tasks smoothly today was largely thanks to Kangkang’s cooperation.
Zhou Qi didn’t say anything, just smiled at him.
“What shall we do next? Should we clear dangerous creatures?” Tang Yu’an thought of something and added, “Wait, let me finish the daily tasks first.”
He exchanged for 5 liters of water for the grocery store, completing the last daily task and successfully obtaining today’s lucky wheel spin.
“Shall I do the draw now?”
“Go ahead.”
Tang Yu’an rubbed his hands together, chose to spin the wheel, and then stared at the pointer nervously, silently praying.
Items, items, items… give me items!
He chanted in his heart, and the result—
[Congratulations! You’ve obtained a special skill: “Lightness Technique Lv1”]
Tang Yu’an: 0.0
[Skill panel unlocked; you can view it on the system homepage]
Tang Yu’an found that his system homepage now had an additional section—Skills.
He curiously clicked in. The panel was simple; he currently had only one skill.
[Lightness Technique Lv1]
[Attribute: Magic-type skill.]
[Lv1 Effect: Can release a wind force, granting the target the effect of being “light as a swallow”—a must-have skill for delivering goods and traveling as a merchant.]
[Duration: 120 minutes per use, usable 3 times daily.]
[Remaining Uses: 3 ]
Wow!
Seeing the skill description, Tang Yu’an’s eyes lit up.
A magic-type skill! Does this mean he can use magic now? “Delivering goods and traveling as a merchant”—isn’t that exactly what they’re doing now?
Tang Yu’an quickly shared this good news with Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi was also surprised. “Lightness Technique?”
“Yes, it can be used three times a day, each lasting two hours!” Tang Yu’an said happily. He studied the skill panel for a bit, then looked at Zhou Qi and concentrated his attention—
Lightness Technique!
Seeing that the remaining uses on the skill panel decreased, indicating the skill had been successfully activated, Tang Yu’an quickly asked, “Brother Qi, do you feel anything?”
Zhou Qi blinked, looked down at his body, slightly bent his knees, then gave a light jump…
Whoosh—
Tang Yu’an had to tilt his head back.
With just a light jump, Brother Qi had leaped five or six meters high!
In mid-air, Zhou Qi was also startled.
Suddenly finding himself at such a height without warning, and beginning to descend after reaching the peak, anyone would be taken aback.
But he quickly realized that he was descending very slowly.
He was like a feather, floating in mid-air, finally landing gently on the ground.
“Wow, Brother Qi, you jumped so high just now!” Tang Yu’an exclaimed excitedly.
Zhou Qi nodded, then tried jumping, diving, slowing down, running… Before long, he had fully mastered his body in this state.
Watching him leap and sprint like a superhero, Tang Yu’an couldn’t help but feel eager to try.
“This is so fun; I want to try too!”
However, Zhou Qi stopped him.
“The Lightness Technique can only be used three times a day, each time for only 2 hours. Let’s save the remaining uses for now. I’ll carry you and see how it goes.”
“Makes sense.”
Tang Yu’an nodded, obediently climbing onto Zhou Qi’s back.
Zhou Qi carried Tang Yu’an, and with another light leap, jumped onto a huge rock nearby, at least three or four meters high, and carrying Tang Yu’an didn’t affect his movement at all.
“Wow!” Tang Yu’an exclaimed, wrapping his arms tightly around Zhou Qi’s neck.
“Brother Qi, we just flew!”
Being at an age full of playfulness, after the initial nervousness, Tang Yu’an quickly became excited.
“Yes,” Zhou Qi replied, jumping back to the ground with him on his back.
Tang Yu’an got off his back, jumped in place, and was disappointed to find he could only reach his usual height.
Zhou Qi picked him up again and effortlessly leaped high.
“It seems this Lightness Technique only affects one person, but that person can easily carry heavy objects. I wonder what the weight limit is.”
This is a Lightness Technique, not a Strength Enhancement.
When Tang Yu’an climbed onto his shoulders, Zhou Qi could feel the weight, but once he was fully on his back, he suddenly felt lighter, as if they had become one person.
Tang Yu’an nodded, “So what shall we do next?”
“Are you hungry?”
“Not yet.”
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, “Then let’s walk around and unlock other areas of the map?”
“Okay.”
So, Tang Yu’an opened the map again, first marking the dot representing Kangkang with a name, then began directing Zhou Qi to walk toward areas still covered by fog on the map.
They didn’t head northwest for now but planned to unlock the areas around the grocery store first.
With the Lightness Technique, their speed was much faster than before.
They jumped over obstacles that were hard to cross and temporarily avoided places where red dots appeared.
They moved effortlessly, without any fatigue.
“This Lightness Technique is so useful!”
Just as Tang Yu’an was feeling delighted, the map suddenly showed a change—
A green dot representing a potential customer appeared in his vision, entering the unlocked area from the edge of the fog.
Before Tang Yu’an could rejoice, a red dot emerged from the fog, chasing after it.
Someone was being chased by a dangerous creature!
At this moment, a new system prompt popped up before Tang Yu’an’s eyes.
[Attention! You have triggered a normal mission: Emergency Rescue! ]
[Description: You witness a potential customer being chased by a dangerous creature, life in imminent danger.]
[Mission Content: Help the potential customer escape danger and develop them into a new customer (Incomplete).]
[Reward: Credits ×20, Lucky Wheel spin ×1]
A new mission! But…
“Only 20 credits? That’s so little!”
Is it because it’s the apocalypse, so human lives aren’t worth much?
Tang Yu’an muttered, but he still explained the situation to Zhou Qi and then said, “Brother Qi, let’s go save him.”
Just as well, they hadn’t completed the task of clearing dangerous creatures yet; they could handle one along the way.
Zhou Qi nodded in agreement. “Alright.”
After responding, he carried Tang Yu’an and headed quickly in the direction he indicated.
Zhou Qi soon arrived at the scene. From a distance, they saw a figure stumbling and running along a small path.
Behind that person, a lizard larger than an adult Komodo dragon was chasing him, only a few hundred meters away from catching up.
The man appeared to be injured; bloodstains were visible on the ground. The scent of blood made it difficult for him to shake off the giant lizard; being killed was only a matter of time.
“That lizard is huge!” Tang Yu’an couldn’t help but exclaim.
Although Wang Cai’s true form was also large, its furry appearance wasn’t as frightening. This giant lizard was much more menacing, and the saliva dripping from its mouth seemed to emit a strong stench of decay.
The situation was critical. Suppressing his fear, Tang Yu’an listened to Zhou Qi’s plan and cooperated by taking out the Invincible Cat Teaser and the Dog Frisbee.
“Brother Qi, I’m ready!”
“Alright, I’m going.”
Zhou Qi carried Tang Yu’an, quickly approaching the giant lizard—500 meters… 300 meters… 100 meters…
At that moment, the man climbed onto a low wall, but before he could get over it, the giant lizard bit tightly into his calf.
“Jingle jingle—”
Invincible Cat Teaser, activate!
