She had to hurry up and find a place to build a shelter.
Song Xu sprinted all the way, with 5 green-named toads remaining behind her.
Returning to the edge of the swamp, she found a safe spot clear of monsters and had the toads surround her, stationing one every dozen meters or so.
She herself lit a campfire in the central position.
Quickly digging up ten pieces of moss, she opened the ‘Recipes’ in the panel.
Items that had been crafted once before, such as torches, shelter, cooking pot, snail wristguards, and so on, were all displayed inside it.
As long as she gathered the materials, she could make another one at any time.
Song Xu placed the newly synthesized doghouse within the range of the firelight, while ensuring the distance was sufficient so as to not set it ablaze.
Crawling into the doghouse, Song Xu quickly browsed the mall.
Primary Gene Repair Fluid, 80 points, buy!
Next, redeem sober duration.
To ensure she had enough time during the day to accompany her daughter, she gritted her teeth and directly redeemed 14 hours, consuming 140 points.
Remaining points: 144.
Song Xu was hesitating whether to save them to redeem the next sober duration.
However, she suddenly discovered a very familiar item.
[Screen-Peeking Bear · I’m Just Looking and Not Talking]
[Attributes: Monitoring range 10 meters, high-definition picture quality, clear audio quality. Durability: 10/10 (Consumes 1 point daily)]
[Price: 50 points]
Looking at that ugly little bear icon, Song Xu’s heart instantly accelerated.
They had this doll at home!
That was something Liang Yan had brought back from who-knows-where, a particularly ugly-looking brown bear plushie.
With button-sewn eyes, its head was even crooked, the fur on its body was of uneven length, its butt even had a patch on it, and it didn’t feel soft to touch.
He had casually placed it at her daughter’s bedside.
She had even asked at the time where he bought such an ugly doll, nearly throwing it away.
Yet Liang Yan had said that this was an anime merchandise item he particularly liked.
Liang Yan rarely had anything he particularly liked, so she had kept it.
Later on, two or three identical little bears were added to the home one after another.
She had even scolded him for this, telling him not to keep wasting money buying these useless things.
Liang Yan had merely scratched his head with a naive smile back then, saying: “This doll is so cute, I couldn’t help buying one when I ran into it.”
Now, she understood completely.
Where was this any merchandise plushie? It was clearly a monitor he had redeemed with points!
Each little bear had a usage limit of only ten days, which was why he needed to replace them constantly.
No wonder he could hear her talk even when entering the game, and could even reply a couple of sentences in a timely manner.
So it was because of this item!
Song Xu’s eye rims turned slightly red.
Without any hesitation, she immediately chose to purchase it.
[Points -50, Remaining Points: 94.]
[Obtained: Screen-Peeking Bear x1.]
Night fell, the firelight flickered, and the countdown reached 6 hours and 12 minutes.
Song Xu crawled into the shed.
The novice guide had stated that after redeeming sober duration, she could return to the real world at any time.
Her body in the game world would fall into a deep sleep.
The time flow ratio was 10:1.
Bringing up the task list, 5 available tasks appeared again.
4 of them were collection tasks that yielded points but no experience rewards.
1 was a kill task with fairly high experience and point rewards.
After accepting them all, she curled up on the straw mat, opened the system panel, and chose to depart from the game.
Suddenly, a system prompt popped up:
[Player detected departing from the game for the first time, rule explanation as follows]
[1. After the player returns to reality, the system panel can only be viewed; functions such as the Mall and Backpack will be unavailable.]
[2. To bring items from the game back to reality, they must be held tightly with both hands, and a cross-dimensional handling fee must be paid.]
[3. If bringing items back causes unrest and exposes the existence of the game, it will be regarded as a violation of the Law of Silence, resulting in immediate obliteration.]
[4. After the sober duration ends, if the player does not actively return to the game, a hundred times the player’s real-life lifespan will be deducted as compensation.]
Song Xu’s heart tightened.
She hastily took out the Gene Repair Fluid from the Large Stomach Bag, took out the bear plushie from the backpack, and grabbed them in her hands.
Immediately after, the system actually prompted that bringing away this plushie required paying a 100% handling fee.
While the Gene Repair Fluid required a 1000% handling fee!
Damn!
This was way too predatory!
She glanced at the remaining 94 points, grinding her teeth in hatred.
It seemed she could only bring away the little bear this time.
[Points -50, Remaining Points: 44.]
A sense of weightlessness violently struck; after a bout of dizzying spinning, the familiar ceiling appeared before her eyes.
She was back, lying on the bed in her own small bedroom.
“The handling fee is actually so expensive! Truly fucking…”
Grumbling, she sat up, but in the next second, her entire body froze.
She abruptly looked down at her wrist.
That light-pink, chubby steamed-bun tattoo was still there.
Large Stomach Bag?
It actually came out along with her!
With a thought.
A small bottle appeared out of thin air in her hand.
Light blue liquid glimmered faintly in the small glass bottle.
Song Xu’s face filled with wild ecstasy, her hands fluttering.
A pile of messy things instantly appeared on the ground.
Cooking pot, snail meat, toad oil, half a bottle of water…
With another wave of her hand, everything returned to the Large Stomach Bag again.
She, what kind of dog-shit luck did she hit, to actually bring things out without spending a single point!
Did she actually exploit a system bug?
“Hahaha, my goodness, this is really…”
A whimper from her daughter suddenly came from the bedroom.
Clutching the medicine bottle tight, she raised her leg and rushed over.
“Oh, Baobao, I’m sorry, Mommy came late!” Song Xu hugged her daughter while swaying and patting her: “How long has Baobao been awake? Were you scared?”
Wiping away the teardrops from the corners of her daughter’s eyes, Song Xu affectionately gave her two big kisses: “Don’t cry, don’t cry, shall Mommy take you out for a stroll, alright?”
Hearing her voice, Baobao gradually quieted down, blinking her big eyes.
Song Xu laid her on the bed and changed her into a new diaper.
“Baobao be good, Mommy brought you new medicine, let’s take the medicine first.”
Song Xu carefully opened the blue medicine bottle and brought it close to her daughter’s mouth: “Ah~”
Her daughter subconsciously opened her tiny mouth to suck, swallowing the light-blue liquid in a few gulps.
“How does Baobao feel, is it tasty?” Song Xu asked softly, subconsciously using her skill intending to check her daughter’s status.
Only to find that See Food Is Eat Food didn’t work.
Could only the Large Stomach Bag be used?
Forget it, don’t worry about that for now.
Just as Song Xu was about to get up to fetch water, her finger was suddenly grabbed.
“Wu, wu, mu… ah… mu…”
Her daughter pouted her tiny lips, blowing bubbles and making indistinct sounds.
Yet Song Xu was struck as if by lightning, instantly crouching down.
“Baobao? Baobao! What are you trying to say?” She was filled with shock.
Her daughter had never spoken before; this was the very first time she heard accurate syllables from her daughter’s mouth!
“Mu… mu ah… mu ah, Ma~”
Baobao seemed to exert all her strength, her small face turning red from straining, and finally called it out.
Instantly, Song Xu’s tears fell like rain.
Crying, she kissed her daughter’s face wildly all over, “Boo-hoo, Mommy’s here, Mommy heard it, Baobao, my Baobao can call Mommy now! Boo-hoo, you can finally call Mommy!”