Chapter 180: This Is Just Too Impressive

And so, the mission started getting broadcast loudly over the loudspeakers in Earth Village, with every villager hearing the system notification in their minds.

Some were surprised, some amazed, and some suddenly understood.

Who would have thought you could announce a mission like this? This is just too impressive!

Pei Yu gave his two sons a big thumbs up.

If he hadn’t already promised Kui Hai to help Longteng participate in the hunt, he would have wanted to take this mission himself.

Pei Yu looked regretful.

After hearing the announcement, Yun Qimu, Wu Xingyu, and the others, who had also already promised to help, were filled with remorse and regret. If only they’d waited a bit longer to agree, they could have earned an extra bottle of Light Potion—how great would that have been?

Clothing Store.

Delise’s eyes sparkled as she listened, her pretty little face full of regret. “A Light Potion… That’s such a good reward. If only I had a Light Potion, I could give it to my father once I find him, and then he wouldn’t have to die.”

She puffed out her cheeks and looked toward the door, where Agulai was coming in carrying a bowl of noodle soup and some flatbread. Her eyes lit up. “Agulai, did you hear the announcement?”

Agulai looked a bit healthier than before, no longer so scrawny and frightening. His complexion was a little fairer, too. He nodded silently. “I heard it.”

Delise stood behind the counter, cupping her face in her hands and sighing again. “Sigh, too bad I’m not an S-rank ability user.”

Agulai looked at her, his green eyes full of disapproval. “The Forest of Mori is very dangerous.”

After he said that, Delise didn’t argue. She quickly gave up. “Alright, you’re right. The Forest of Mori is too dangerous. Even if I were S-rank, my useless ability wouldn’t help much. I just really want a Light Potion.”

“If I had a Light Potion, and offered it as a reward, do you think someone would take my mission to find my father?”

Without waiting for Agulai to answer, Delise sighed again. “I think offering just two pieces of clothing as a reward for news about my father was too little. That’s probably why no one has taken the mission to find him. What do you think, Agulai?”

Agulai pursed his lips and glanced at her. “Maybe someone is already looking, but just hasn’t found him yet.”

“Maybe.” Delise huffed and stomped her foot, then came out from behind the counter to help Agulai set the bowls and make space. The two of them sat down to eat breakfast together.

After taking a sip of the noodle soup, her eyes immediately squinted in happiness. “Ah, Sister Song’s soup is so good. If only I could eat her cooking every day.”

After sighing, she happily buried her head and started slurping away.

Across from her, Agulai paused for a moment, lowered his eyes in silence, and decided he needed to go out and hunt more monsters today.

So he said to Delise, “I won’t be back for lunch today, you—”

Delise immediately looked up and said enthusiastically, “I can eat the grilled fish you made yesterday. I still have it in my storage space. Don’t worry about me—go do what you need to do.”

She really felt bad about Agulai helping her with laundry and cooking these past few days.

Now, she’d already started learning to do her own laundry, and tried to watch and learn when Agulai cooked, but she just couldn’t get the hang of it.

So every day she thought about how to sell more clothes, how to earn more spirit coins, so she wouldn’t have to rely on Agulai all the time. Then she could use her own spirit coins to buy him food from Lou Wai Lou.

But right now…

Sigh, business was bleak, and she couldn’t even take Agulai out to Lou Wai Lou for a celebratory meal. The guy always stopped her, saying it was too expensive.

Having such an honest friend is a headache too!

“Okay,” Agulai nodded.

Then the two of them slurped away at their food. After breakfast, Agulai hurried out.

Delise cleaned up the dishes and went back to sketching designs.

She had to make her clothes even prettier, and keep improving her ability.

Elsewhere.

Early in the morning, after having a delicious breakfast of flatbread and noodle soup at Lou Wai Lou with the other villagers from their shared cabin, Kui Hai and his wife headed up the snowy mountain to hunt monsters.

Now, hearing Ming Mu’s broadcast, the couple were both surprised.

“Didn’t he just arrive at Earth Village? How does he already have two bottles of Light Potion?” Kui Hai straightened up, taking a break after fighting some monsters, looking stunned.

Thanks to the chatty roommate last night, he’d learned a bit about Earth Village.

For example, the Light Potion from the pharmacy workshop was the most popular item, but hardly anyone could afford it—so far, less than ten had been sold. Or the Ancestor Stone in the plaza, which was especially popular with couples…

So now, hearing that Ming Mu, who had only arrived yesterday like them, could actually offer Light Potions to recruit people for Longteng, Kui Hai was shocked.

At the same time, he felt a bit helpless.

With this move, how could Longteng just ask people for help with empty promises?

As Longteng’s all-round strategist, Kui Hai cared a lot about relationships.

They couldn’t offer Light Potions as a reward, so they’d have to find something else.

But what could they offer?

When it came to good stuff, Earth Village had plenty, but Longteng couldn’t even feed themselves now. Forget good stuff—even spare nutrient solution was hard to come by.

Sigh, such a headache!

For a moment, Kui Hai even considered bringing Longteng’s people to settle in Earth Village directly, skipping that damn hunting competition altogether.

Either way, win or lose, they’d end up in Earth Village.

The longer he stayed, the more he felt that Chaos City wasn’t a good place. Even if Longteng became the top power and Zhong Teng became city lord, it still wouldn’t be as comfortable as living in Earth Village.

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

They’d have to move eventually, but only after the hunting competition.

But the brothers who’d been butting heads with Xueshi for so long wouldn’t agree, nor would the proud old folks at their base, and certainly not Longteng’s leader, Zhong Teng.

If they just gave up, wouldn’t that be letting Lin Qiubai take advantage?

“Should we also put out an ad to recruit a few people? I think most of the villagers here are locals, but they’re strong, and with S-rank abilities, their combat power must be pretty good,” Ying Hua suggested after opening a treasure chest.

Kui Hai was tempted, but he just didn’t have any rewards that could attract S-rank ability users.

So he just gave a wry smile. “Forget it. We have enough people as it is, and we don’t have to win—just keep our brothers safe and stop Lin Qiu from getting first place.”

“Alright, whatever you say.” When it came to things that required brains, Ying Hua never argued with Kui Hai and simply agreed."