While Big Beardy and the other three were still immersed in the indescribable state of mental shock, Hao Ren was excited because of what Raven 12345 said: Year-end bonus! Bonus! Oil and water!
Hao Ren felt that ever since he signed the contract, it was as if he had boarded a pirate ship. He had experienced a bunch of things that left him between death and laughter. But there was one thing that he was satisfied with, and that was that the new job benefits were not too bad. Even if the unreliable Raven often messed up the things that were supposed to be given to him, which company on Earth would give you a car and a spaceship in less than six months? A spaceship too!
Hao Ren was suddenly looking forward to the year-end bonus.
Raven 12345 did not keep Hao Ren waiting for too long. She opened up a spatial rift and moved everything out one by one. "According to our company contract, the year-end bonus is here …"
Hao Ren's expression quickly changed from anticipation to shock. He looked at Raven as if she was saying, "Are you kidding me?"
"Fifty catties of rice, fifty catties of noodles, ten catties of oil … Why, is there a problem?" Raven 12345 noticed that Hao Ren was not moving. She raised her head and asked curiously. The latter looked like he was crying and laughing at the same time. He did not know what to say. "… This … This is our year-end bonus?"
"Yes." Raven 12345 nodded matter-of-factly. "Didn't you know when we signed the contract? The year-end bonus of the Celestial Realm is rice, flour, grain, and oil. Of course, this is only limited to the standard carbon-based ecosystem. Some places give out sulfuric acid gasoline and silicon crystal plates …"
Hao Ren looked down at the pile of things. He felt that these things were more suitable to appear in the street office than in heaven. But that was indeed what was written in the contract. He could only sigh, thinking that God was indeed a bunch of lunatics. The usual small bonus was a car and a spaceship, and the year-end bonus was two bags of rice and noodles …
But soon, he realized that he had underestimated the ability of these lunatics. Raven 12345 was still taking things out. "... And here are two boxes of peach pastries, half a bag of oil tea, a box of golden apples..."
Hao Ren saw a small box filled with more than a dozen golden fruits. The fruits were surrounded by some kind of mysterious light. He immediately shivered. "What do you think this is?!"
"The Golden Apple," Raven 12345 said disapprovingly. "It's a classic breed bred by the Goddess of Life. It's quite similar to a legendary fruit on Earth, so it's called the Golden Apple. Of course, it's not real gold. It's edible. "
Hao Ren's voice began to tremble. "Eat … What's the effect of eating it?"
Raven 12345 thought about it and said, "I don't feel anything when I eat it, but it is said that if an ordinary person eats it … it would at least have the effect of regrowing severed limbs and getting rid of all kinds of diseases. Oh, right, it can also extend your lifespan by a few hundred years … "
Hao Ren's heart trembled. He was sure that Raven was not joking. He looked at the box of divine fruits with green eyes. "You're giving it to me just like that?!"
Raven nodded. Hao Ren could not help but feel puzzled. "But the problem is... there's a box of heavenly treasures mixed in with the rice, flour, and oil. Don't you think it's weird?"
"It's not weird. The year-end welfare is rice, flour, oil, pastries, and fruits. The rice, flour, oil, and oil don't spoil easily, but the fruits don't last long. So, we changed it to the long-lasting Golden Apple. It's been done for thousands of years."
Hao Ren was about to cry. "Just for this reason? Just because this thing has a long shelf life? "
"Yes."
The celestials were a bunch of lunatics!
"There's one last thing," Raven 12345 said as she took out some red paper from her Dimensional Pocket. "It's almost New Year, so I'll give you a couplet. I wrote it myself. Stick it on your door and turn the area around your house into half of Sanctum."
Hao Ren took the couplet with a weird expression. He unfolded it and saw that it was written in flamboyant calligraphy. The first line was: I don't know what to write for two months; the second line was: I thought for three days and came up with two lines of nonsense; and the horizontal line was: As long as there are words...
The whole couplet was so crooked that Hao Ren suspected that Raven had painted it with a paint brush. But the paper felt warm in his hand. A dim glow surrounded the handwriting, giving the place a tranquil and sacred atmosphere.
"Can I not stick it on?" Hao Ren looked at Raven 12345 in a dilemma. He felt that every time he met her, he would fall into this dilemma. "I can go back and treat it like a treasure."
Raven 12345 waved her hand generously. "You're welcome. I have high hopes for you. This is an extra reward for you. Maybe there'll be more next year."
Hao Ren was about to cry. He was too embarrassed to admit that he was worried that it would affect the cityscape...
After Hao Ren put away the "year-end benefits" with a pained expression, Raven 12345 discussed with him about the incident in The Plane of Dreams. Hao Ren frankly admitted that he had killed the First Born with an orbital bombardment (he did not go into too much detail in his report). Strictly speaking, even if it was forgivable, it was still against the rules. The only good thing was that the final result seemed to be not too bad.
But he did not expect that Raven 12345 would smile after hearing it. "Well, it seems that you're more familiar with the business..."
"Huh?" Hao Ren was puzzled.
"Sometimes you have to use simple and crude means to solve a troublesome situation," Raven 12345 laughed. "One bomb to solve a thousand worries. If you can't solve a thousand worries, it means that you're not strong enough. As long as you can solve the problem smoothly, it's actually good to be a bomb."
The corner of Hao Ren's mouth twitched. "This is not suitable to be said by a goddess."
Raven 12345 chuckled and said, "Anyway, things have been settled pretty well. But remember, there are still risks in this matter. 'Explosion' as a hobby is not objectionable, but it should only be used when there is no better option. "
Then she waved her hand. "Let's not talk about the explosion. You should have realized that The Plane of Dreams is wider than you think, right?"
Hao Ren nodded and said, "The sea of stars."
"Yes, the sea of stars. I told you a long time ago that The Plane of Dreams is a real world like the Surface World. You should have known that the universe of The Plane of Dreams is not just a background map. Next, are you going to investigate the situation of other planets in The Plane of Dreams? "
"Yes," Hao Ren laughed and explained his next plan. "I've decided to start from the origin of the sirens. They were the first to spread the news of 'The Day of Return'. I suspect that the real purpose of the sirens is not to let other otherworldlings return to the planet of Holletta, but they want to use it to return to their home. This is what I just figured out. If we can find the home of the sirens, we can probably figure out what caused the Great Crossing 10,000 years ago. "
Raven 12345 looked at Hao Ren happily. "Very good. In short, I've left this matter to you. Let's see what you can find out. I'm also investigating something here. Although I roughly know the cause of the incident in this universe 10,000 years ago, I haven't been able to find out the details. Maybe your information is the key … "
Just when Hao Ren was about to say a few polite words to see if he could get some more funding, he suddenly heard a loud roar from outside. "Psycho! Come out for this old lady! Where's my knife?! "
Raven 12345's expression changed when she heard this. She turned and was ready to run. Hao Ren did not react for a moment and shouted behind her, "Hey, hey, what's wrong …"
Raven 12345 did not even look back. "There's no time to talk. My enemy is here! We'll talk next time … "
Before her voice trailed off, a blue light flashed and the neurotic goddess disappeared before everyone's eyes. Hao Ren and Big Beardy stared at each other, not knowing what had happened.
A moment later, the door of the round hall was violently kicked open, and an abnormally tall woman with long brown hair rushed in with an aggressive aura. The woman was a little surprised to see Hao Ren, but then she sensed the residual smell of Raven 12345 in the air. She frowned and asked, "Where did that psycho go?"
Hao Ren did not know what was going on, but he knew that the person who dared to barge in like this must be an acquaintance of Raven 12345, so he did not want to offend her. "I don't know. She just said it was an enemy and ran away."
"Damn, another wasted trip …" The tall woman … or the goddess, punched her fist violently. At this time, another voice suddenly came from the corridor outside. "Sir! There's a teleportation gate in the Arcana Hall! "
The tall woman was overjoyed and disappeared in the blink of an eye. A moment later, they heard a loud explosion and fighting in the distance. Big Beardy and the other four looked at Hao Ren in confusion. "This is …"
Hao Ren quickly lowered his head and pulled them away. "Don't ask. Maybe it's a war of the gods …"
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