Chapter 120 – List
The scorching sun roasted the earth, turning the entire mountainous area into a blazing furnace. The excavators wore loose uniforms, exposing their skin that had been tanned to a deep brown by the ultraviolet rays. Some held hammers, while others held small shovels, sweating profusely on the excavation site.
A shovel fell into the soil, producing a crisp sound like the clash of gold and iron. The worker wielding the shovel raised an eyebrow, hesitantly brushed away the dirt, and saw something hidden beneath the soil.
A strange spherical object, with no patterns or irregularities on its entire surface, looked like a shiny black jade.
"I've found something here!"
He shouted, and immediately everyone around gathered to take a closer look. The sphere felt smooth to the touch, and beneath its black exterior seemed to hide endless mysteries. From a distance, it resembled stars in the night sky, faintly flickering with mysterious light.
The excavators held it in their palms and examined it in the sunlight. They felt that the surface was saturated with a deep darkness, as if any light and color would be swallowed by it.
"It doesn't look like a conventional excavation find. Should we contact Sky Eye?"
"Not necessarily. It doesn't seem like it."
"Something's not right." A young man holding an instrument looked surprised and raised his head. "It's being activated, there's some kind of energy inside, it's about to..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a surging shockwave erupted.
The sound, coming from an unknown source, roared like an angry deity. The entire excavation site suddenly sank, as if an invisible giant palm had slapped the cracked ground.
Screams immediately filled the scene. Light, sound, temperature, all senses were turned upside down. The soil under the scorching sun was pushed into a forbidden territory by an invisible authority, as if time and space collapsed in that moment.
In just an instant, the excavation site turned into nothingness, and any sound ceased as if choked by a silent hand. And that forbidden territory showed no signs of stopping, but continued to expand with a momentum as if it wanted to devour everything, extending towards the peaceful little town not far away.
"It's time for dinner~"
Xiao Qi forcefully dragged Jiang Bei from the control interface in the hall. Jiang Bei reluctantly left his panel and was forced to come to the dining table.
After being promoted to Sequence B, many of the transcendent skills in the list were unlocked, and each major ability had many minor branches beneath it.
For example, under the framework of Thermal Vision, there were branches specialized in heat, cutting, impact, and perspective, as described by Xiao Qi before. Super strength also had different emphases on aspects such as punching power, jumping, and weightlifting, based on the foundation of enhanced arm strength.
Combining different abilities with the auxiliary effects of the biological force field would give rise to various functions with different focuses.
In short, it was dazzling to look at, and just organizing the entire system of various branches seemed quite laborious.
The tableware on the table had already been set, and the white tablecloth was neatly spread. Xiao Qi brought over the steaming bowls and dishes, still wearing the apron she bought for her new interest.
It was an apron embroidered with a cute Pikachu.
Believe it or not, she really looked more and more like a housewife now.
Jiang Bei came to the table and was surprised to find that there were three seats prepared today. On the third seat was a small panda lying down.
The reason it was lying down instead of sitting was because it was indeed too small. For the pocket-sized Little Bean, the table was too high. It stood on the chair with its entire body, with its two short panda paws resting on the table, eagerly waiting for the meal.
Jiang Bei was puzzled, "Why is it here?"
"To eat, of course. It feels better to eat together."
Xiao Qi smiled and served a bowl of bamboo shoot fried rice for it, with two pieces of Transcendent Ore as side dishes. Little Bean was moved to tears, as if it had reached the pinnacle of its panda life.
"You've worked hard in training today, so you should eat well."
Only then did Jiang Bei notice that Little Bean had been in the training room all morning.
Damn, this lazy and gluttonous stupid panda actually took the initiative to train?
"Oh, because it said it enjoyed the last mission so much and wanted to go again. So it's training hard, hoping to get the next mission opportunity as soon as possible."
Xiao Qi said as she refilled Jiang Bei's rice.
Jiang Bei: "."
Just imagine, it should indeed be enjoying the meal. You can imagine the pained expression on the face of the person in charge of Sky Eye in Haiming Town.
Little Bean took a big bite of bamboo shoots and let out a "ao" sound.
"It's asking when the next mission will be, it can't wait."
Indeed, eating is the most productive activity, and only the impulse to eat can drive a lazy bear to stop slacking off.
"Here, your meal. Let me know if it's not enough~"
"Thank you."
Jiang Bei took the rice that Xiao Qi handed over.To be fair, Jiang Bei thought Xiao Qi was making rapid progress. Not long ago, her disastrous cooking was almost inedible, but now she had surpassed him, the one who had introduced her to the culinary world.
Today's main course was bass, sprinkled with a honey sauce she learned from a cooking blogger, baked to a crispy exterior and tender interior, delicious and appetizing.
The side dishes included stir-fried vegetables, crisp and slightly sweet. There was also a dish of garlic broccoli, refreshing with a hint of garlic.
The aroma was overwhelming, and the presentation was quite exquisite, showing that she had put a lot of thought into it.
This made Jiang Bei feel that teaching her to cook was a wise decision.
"Is it delicious? Is it?" Xiao Qi asked expectantly.
Jiang Bei timely praised, "Delicious."
Xiao Qi showed a satisfied smile and proudly put her hands on her hips, "Of course. This is a special recipe that I've been working on for a long time, and I've made some improvements.
I know you like soybean paste, right? I went to Old Chang's shop this afternoon to buy it."
Jiang Bei was taken aback, somewhat puzzled, "How did you know I like soybean paste?"
He did love it in the past, especially during his undergraduate years. But once he ate too much and got a bit sick, so he gradually ate less and forgot about it.
He hadn't had it for a long time, and it tasted pretty good now. But the problem was, he didn't remember ever mentioning it.
Xiao Qi was taken aback, then casually said, "Oh, you must have mentioned it, you just don't remember."
"Is that so?" Jiang Bei was suspicious.
He had no recollection of it. He felt like he had never mentioned it.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw a message flashing on the screen.
It came from the module bound to the alliance task search.
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"Another name popped up?"
After the last upgrade of the Endless Hall, all modules were improved, including the task module.
Jiang Bei had a general understanding of how this task module worked. It was like the super AI machine in the early TV series "Person of Interest", which monitored all cameras and communication devices in real time, and extracted names through a large amount of information filtering.
Each name represented a person who was about to be involved in a dangerous event. That person could be a victim or a perpetrator in the event.
The task module was similar, but its monitoring indicators were more extensive than just communication devices and network information. Its principle was not to monitor information data, but to calculate and predict a person's future trajectory from a more fundamental level.
Generally, when a name appeared, Jiang Bei would first assign a member of the alliance to investigate, understand the specific situation and rate the task. If it could be handled, the member would solve it on the spot. If not, the alliance would send other suitable personnel.
But this time, the content that appeared on the interface was unprecedented. He had never seen such a situation, so his first reaction was a thought that popped up in his mind - was this thing broken?
Because it was indeed very abnormal.
He saw many, many names.
Densely packed, row by row, column by column.
Occupying the entire field of vision in the light screen.
(End of the chapter)