Zhang Daoling looked out of the car window with half-squinted eyes. Unlike first- and second-tier metropolitan areas, Quan City, as a fifth-tier city, does not have wide four or eight lanes. A straight yellow line simply divides the passing vehicles, and the traffic lines are clearly divided. The lines extended all the way forward like his completely changed life. Sitting in the car, he couldn't see the edge at all, just as he never thought that he would come back to live here again.
Everyone is running to the big city, but he prefers the leisure and comfort of this small county town, sitting in his private broken van and enjoying the bumpy dirt roads.
It's hard to see any luxury cars in this small county town, and the air is a bit dirty. You can see the dust rising at any time. Only when you are close to the suburbs and national highways can you smell the fragrance of green grass belonging to the countryside and farmers. This smell is as beautiful as the big city. Different from the moving green belt, the wild flowers and foxtail grass growing in the loess and rock cracks are more unpretentious.
These grasses and morning glories don't need anyone to take care of them. Zhang Daoling likes the vitality reflected by wild grasses and wild flowers.
Looking at several Chinese pastoral dogs running by on both sides of the road, Zhang Daoling suddenly felt a real sense of going home. As a 24-year-old social worker in a bidding company, he had been working outside for a year after graduating from Erben University. In 2011, I didn’t make much money, but I had to work more and more classes. I never had a holiday during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. I suffered from many physical problems after sitting in front of the computer for a long time.
He never smokes, and rarely drinks unless he is socializing. Because he is a bit obsessed with germs, Zhang Daoling never goes to nightclubs or foot-washing towns with his colleagues who follow the project. In addition, he does not like to flatter company leaders. Zhang Daoling knows that such a job is his own. You won't be able to work for long at all. Sooner or later, your boss will give you little shoes to wear.
Since he won't be able to work for long and can't find a path with the company, it's better to resign early before his body is broken. He has had enough of the days of involution.
It has never been his style to be procrastinating. He just spoke to his father on the phone and wrote a resignation statement.
It was just that his original plan was to work some odd jobs in a small county town, find some jobs such as looking after supermarkets or working as security guards in shopping malls to stabilize first, but a package mailed by his father who had been missing for many years disrupted all his plans.
After uncovering the animal skin of unknown material, an illusory attribute table appeared in his mind. This illusion, which looked as absurd as the game attribute table, made him have no intention of looking for a job. Even the original world view has been severely impacted.
Looking away from the car window, Zhang Daoling began to meditate on the shape of the animal skin. In just the blink of an eye, a form written in Chinese characters appeared in front of Zhang Daoling.
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Name: Zhang Daoling
Age: 24 years old
Root bone: 44
Comprehension: 39
Luck: 1
Qualification: Acquired Immortal Body
Allocable attribute points: 0
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This is not a VR world, nor is it an hallucination caused by eating too much Nayun mushrooms. No matter how many times you visualize it, the attribute table in your mind will appear. This table made Zhang Daoling understand three things.
First, this ordinary modern world is not as simple as imagined. It is very likely that there are other extraordinary forces secretly pressing on Newton's coffin, otherwise Newton would have opened it long ago.
Secondly, my father who likes to play missing is actually quite awesome. With this kind of animal skin that makes him have 'hallucinations', his father is definitely not an eel.
Third, I seem to be a novice. After all, the average attribute point in general games is 60 points, or the average value for a normal adult is 1.
Judging from the passing level of 60, his bones and understanding are almost the same as those of a severely disabled person, not to mention that he only has 1 point of luck. If a normal person's luck is 10, he may have to hit his heel when he farts.
Of course, this was just his somewhat pessimistic personal conjecture. He couldn't figure out what the situation was without other reference points. Before he could figure it out, he decided to keep his opinion as a cripple.
Since he is a cripple, he can't let anyone get hold of anything, and he can't let anyone discover the animal skin roll he has.
He wasn't sure whether the vegetable vendor on the roadside was some kind of congenital being. He thought the animal skin rolls were fun, so he helped him spread the ashes and spread them in this poor mountain ravine. It would be a shame to scatter them anyway. at the seaside.
If you want to live, you can't expose yourself stupidly. Making a fortune in silence is the last word.
Compared with being at a loss when he got the animal skin roll two days ago, Zhang Daoling is now able to calmly observe and study what his father left for him, and think about some useful conjectures.
Although this thing is always reminding me that my qualifications are not good, at least I still have the fate of an acquired supernatural body, so it is not useless after all.
The money saved from work is enough to last two or three years. Now he has no work pressure and no life pressure. He has a lot of time and free time. He is not really mentally retarded. His father has stuffed the welfare gift package into his head. He didn't have to worry about food and shelter, but he still didn't believe that he couldn't figure out the reason.
"Podi Village has arrived."
The driver's words interrupted Zhang Daoling's thoughts.
The van carrying thirteen people came to a slow stop. The elderly and aunties in the van smiled and handed a dollar to the driver. However, Zhang Daoling, who was sitting in the back seat, took out his mobile phone and grinned at the middle-aged driver.
"Brother, would you like to scan the code?"
…
Podi Village is located on the edge of the river beach, adjacent to the double track of National Highway 404, and backed by rolling green hills. Zhang Daoling, who is somewhat short-sighted, squinted and looked into the distance, but he still couldn't see clearly the fire prevention sentry box built on the green hills, so he could only look away in frustration.
There are not many people living in the village, only about 200 households at full count. Most of them are left-behind elderly people whose children have gone out to work. In addition, for the sake of environmental protection, it is strictly forbidden to cut wood and burn briquettes in the village. From a distance, you can’t see anything. What vitality.
I didn't think there was anything in Podi Village before. This time Zhang Daoling stood on the hillside overlooking Podi Village, but he always felt that something was wrong.
Zhang Daoling, who always believed in his own inspiration, looked around Podi Village and the surrounding mountains again with his eyes wide open, but he still couldn't figure out the reason. This feeling of contradiction was as strange and itchy as a cat's paw scratching his heart. .
"Is it my imagination? I always feel like something is missing from this continuous mountain range."
His thoughts seemed to have passed countless years, and it seemed to be a mysterious and mysterious moment. Zhang Daoling was surprised to find that there was an additional subtitle on the originally unchanged attribute table.
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Name: Zhang Daoling
Age: 24 years old
Root bone: 44
Comprehension: 39
Luck: 1
Qualification: Acquired Immortal Body
Kanyu skills: 0 (fledgling)
Allocable attribute points: 0.01
】
Staring blankly at the sudden appearance of Kanyu Technique and an assignable attribute point on the attribute panel, Zhang Daoling returned his gaze to the mountains and rivers of Podi Village and calmed down.
Well, his eyes were almost watering and he still couldn't tell the difference, and his attribute points didn't increase to 0.02.
Zhang Daoling rubbed his astringent eyes and thought to himself,
He had played a certain immortal cultivation game, and there was Kanyu Technique in that immortal cultivation game. Naturally, he could recognize what Kanyu Technique meant. It was nothing more than talking about a yin house and a yang house, and how to lay it out to gather wealth and anger. But before that, , he always thought it was a scam played by fortune tellers.
"Don't you think those Feng Shui and Physiognomy techniques are just for bluffing people?"
Deciding to wait until he got home, he would try to find some information on Feng Shui and Kan Yu on the Internet. Zhang Daoling dismissed the attribute table in front of him and decided not to act rashly yet.
The time it took to get the animal skin was too short, and my father didn't give me any information. It was as if I would be struck by lightning if I said a few words.
He still hasn't figured out how to obtain attribute points. Naturally, he has to use them as treasures. Every time he adds points, he has to use them on the edge. No matter what happens, he has to ensure that he gets more useful information. Blindly adding points is never advisable. Anyway, the points will not disappear on the attribute table.
The village square is not far from the self-built house of Zhang Daoling's family. In the afternoon, a dozen old people and their grandchildren were fanning themselves in the square to enjoy the cool air. The lively Rhubarb was chasing and playing with the majestic Black Back, sticking out his tongue. Noticing the somewhat unfamiliar Zhang Daoling, the old people stopped fanning their hands for a moment and subconsciously glanced at their grandchildren who were playing.
Although the country is now peaceful and the people are safe, human traffickers, like dog traffickers, will never disappear.
On the other side, Zhang Daoling, who was observing the old man, knew that he had aroused the old man's alertness, so he took the initiative to say hello to several old men he did not know.
"Hello, grandparents, I am Zhang Daoling from the old Zhang family. I am going back to the village to stay for a while."
Looking around, Zhang Daoling quickly noticed the old man who was closest to him, or in other words, standing in front of all the old people.
The energetic old man had a gray beard and white hair, his temples were slightly bulging, his eyes were bright, and he stared at Zhang Daoling who was approaching him without blinking.
The old man's figure is not hunched over like other old people. He looks very upright and strong. He has a pair of sewing cloth shoes with a splayed shape and is rooted to the ground. He has his hands behind his back. His body bones look very strong.
In order to keep fit during college, Zhang Daoling had no other choice but to join the Tongbei Quan Martial Arts Association.
In addition to self-taught and practiced some simple and crude military fighting moves, he was too lazy to learn any traditional martial arts routines. Instead, he accidentally made a friend who liked traditional martial arts and joined the club at the same time and became a good friend of the martial arts president. ,
Having seen many martial arts practitioners, Zhang Daoling could tell from the old man's spirit and body posture that the old man had some skills.
Not to mention the price, if this old man punches him, he will probably get a Wuling Hongguang, which may replace the driver who sent him here just now and become the number one private car owner in Podi Village.
"You look familiar. Are you a child of the Zhang family?"
"Yes, my father is Zhang Junhong. Grandpa, do you know my father?"
Hearing the words Zhang Junhong, the old man's face gained a hint of Hexi's smile, and he turned around and said casually.
"It turns out he is the child of Lao Zhang's second son. I asked him why he looked so familiar."
After saying this, the old people knew Zhang Daoling's identity, and a grandfather wearing reading glasses adjusted his glasses and looked at Zhang Daoling.
"Oh, it turns out he's the child of Erxiao's family. By the way, kid, what's your name?"
Zhang Daoling's head was full of black lines. Before Zhang Daoling could say his name again, the old man at the beginning laughed and cursed.
"This handsome young man's name is Zhang Daoling. I just told you, Laotou Li, are you suffering from Alzheimer's disease? Do you still want to play chess with me?"
"Hey, I didn't hear you. I'm just deaf and deaf."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhang Daoling amidst the good-natured laughter of the other old people, his face a little more serious.
"Zhang Daoling, please go home first and take a look. Your home has been a bit chaotic recently. There was a thief last month. Unfortunately, the thief was not caught. There is no one in your home and the police cannot enter your home. The police contacted your father and left. La, it seems that I am not prepared to pursue the case.
Come back quickly and see what you've lost. If you don't have bedding, come to me. I'll get you two new ones. If you can't, you can come to my house for two days. "
"Thank you, Grandpa. Grandpa, what would be a better way to call you?"
The old man had a good impression of the polite Zhang Daoling, and said with a smile.
"Just call me Lao Zhaotou. My house is not far from yours. If you ask around, you can find him. Yes, kid, if you encounter a thief, come to my house and find me. I will help you catch the thief."
…
After bidding farewell to Lao Zhaotou and coming to the alley in the village, the smile on Zhang Daoling's face gradually faded away.
His father didn't even let him know that his family was being robbed.
Glancing at the ground, Zhang Daoling picked up a heavy round stone from the ground, kicked it into his pocket, and walked quickly towards his self-built house.
The well at the door is still sealed with cement. After all, people now use tap water pipes to get water directly, and there is no need to fetch water with buckets.
Putting his hand into the round hole, Zhang Daoling used the key to unlock the iron door of the yard. He frowned and looked at the four ajar wooden doors of green wood. Zhang Daoling smiled to himself and threw away the useless stone in his pocket.
The red bricks of the courtyard wall were torn down, and the broken glass that had been covered with butter on the courtyard wall was also removed.
If the thief who climbed over the wall is not here, he may have disappeared long ago.
Fortunately, the thief did not fall to the ground and was injured, otherwise he would have to pay for the medical expenses himself.
After calming down, Zhang Daoling took a few deep breaths, bypassed the hawthorn tree planted by his father, and entered each house one by one to look around. As a result, his fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his defense was quickly broken.
None of the kitchen, main room, side room and storage room were left. The thieves who rummaged through the cabinets dug out all the drawers and cabinets that could be seen. Bedding and sundries were thrown everywhere.
There was no place to stand in the messy room. Even the space for bedding in the wooden cavity under the bed had been pried open with a crowbar. The old lock was broken, and the thief took away the clean bedding. Throwing it on the ground, there were several messy mud footprints. Only mud lumps and black spots could be seen. The size of the soles of the feet could not be seen. There was no way to compare the soles and footprints.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the mothballs that were newly stuffed into the quilt were not sublimated very much, but they were stepped on and turned into pulp.
(End of chapter)
