Idle and tranquil times are always especially precious.
Noah leisurely arrived at Panhua Restaurant and exchanged a crosstalk routine with the waiter Yihu.
[Daily Quest
After having breakfast, he asked Aunt Panhua to pack a portion of Clear Aroma Fish Soup. Noah then unhurriedly headed toward the central Resonance Beacon in Jinzhou.
Near the central Resonance Beacon, he found the folk researcher Xuanyin, cooperated with her to load the component, and successfully completed the cat language translation.
Clear Aroma Fish Soup -1.
Cat Language Translation Module +1.
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The daily quest is a continuous daily quest, and
As expected, the next few days might continuously be these two quests, stably earning 2400 Astrite per day. Just thinking about it made Noah a bit excited.
Especially
Completing the entire series would yield a total of seven language translation modules: cat, rabbit, dog, fish, frog, lizard, and bird.
In the game, these language translation modules were just for fun, but having truly traversed here, Noah genuinely admired this folk researcher Xuanyin.
Because he could really obtain animal language translation modules! Though useless, they were truly fun!
So talented, great scientist!
On a whim, he squatted by the roadside, took out a piece of poultry meat from his backpack, carefully tore it into shreds, and lured over a group of stray kittens.
"How do kittens meow?"
"Meow~ Meow~"
Cat meows rang out incessantly. Noah petted the cats while taking out his terminal and activating the cat language translation module. Soon, he received the corresponding translations:
"Hiss——"
"Hungry."
"Yummy."
"Thirsty~"
"Full, want to mate."
Once the kittens were full and satisfied, they dodged Noah's outstretched hand and scattered in all directions, leaving Noah with a face full of black lines.
Hakimi, you rascal.
Click. The sound of a camera shutter.
"The great hero has such refined interests, actually petting cats here."
Chixia hurried over hugging a camera, her face full of smiles. She selected the most satisfying photo from several and handed it over:
"Look at the photo I just took. How is it? Doesn't it make you look especially photogenic!"
Noah took out tissues from his backpack to wipe his hands before carefully examining the photo Chixia handed him.
In the photo, Noah was squatting on the ground, surrounded by kittens of various colors. He held poultry meat in one hand and his terminal in the other.
It seemed there was something extremely interesting on the terminal—he was engrossed, a doting smile unconsciously appearing on his face.
Midday sunlight filtered through the lush banyan trees, turning into mottled, fragmented shadows falling on him, making it appear extremely natural.
"Jinzhou's Blazing Dawn, you really have some skills in photography!"
Noah returned the photo to Chixia, giving a thumbs up in praise, and asked:
"Where did you get the camera? I want one too."
"Just bought it from the souvenir shop. I'll take you there later. With this Blazing Dawn here, I guarantee Miss Ganxue will give you the biggest discount."
"666, it has to be you, Jinzhou's Blazing Dawn!"
Laughing and joking, Chixia carefully put away the photo, planning to get a professional copy made later and give one to Noah.
Soon, the two set off toward the souvenir shop, casually chatting along the way:
"I lost my swift blade last night—the one you've seen. Probably in that alley."
Noah pointed in a direction, and Chixia nodded understandingly:
"This morning, someone turned in a swift blade they picked up. It looked very familiar, and everyone in the team praised it as a good blade. So it was yours."
The red-haired girl smiled: "That makes it easy. Later, come with me to the lost and found to claim it."
Noah couldn't help but be surprised. He hadn't expected his lost Commando of Conviction to be found so quickly.
He had already prepared himself mentally for it to be permanently lost.
Though Commando of Conviction was just a 4-star swift blade, it was after all the first weapon he owned after traversing here and had accompanied him through many things.
It held some sentimental value. Getting it back was truly great.
In his happiness, Noah couldn't help but sigh:
"Jinzhou is clearly a dangerous border city, yet the people are so honest and pure, even having the virtue of not pocketing found items."
"This is all thanks to our Magistrate."
As if a keyword was triggered, Chixia opened up and began talking nonstop:
"Jinzhou wasn't like this before. Everyone lived in fear—things like theft and robbery were commonplace."
"Later, after the Sentinel chose the Magistrate, at first everyone didn't trust this young Magistrate. But then she conquered everyone with her strength."
"In just a few short years, Jinzhou was governed in perfect order, incredibly peaceful and prosperous. We privately praise the Magistrate as the best in Jinzhou's history."
As Chixia enthusiastically introduced, Noah vaguely heard a woman's soft laugh.
Turning his head, he only caught a glimpse of half a red umbrella flashing through the crowd.
Such a familiar umbrella.
He didn't have time to think further before Chixia tugged at his sleeve:
"Look, we're at the souvenir shop!"
Chixia let go and quickly walked to the front of the shop, her face beaming with energetic smiles:
"Miss Ganxue, I brought a friend to patronize your business!"
She suddenly clasped her hands together, shaking them up and down, lowering her voice slightly—but Noah still heard clearly:
"My friend wants to buy a camera. Can you give him the same 10% off as me? Please, please!"
"Of course."
Ganxue smiled lightly, her gaze looking outside the shop. Upon seeing that tall figure, her face lit up with joy, and she unconsciously exclaimed:
"Hero of Jinzhou!"
"Hello."
Noah nodded, smiling politely as he walked to the front of the souvenir shop:
"I want a camera like Chixia's. How many Shell Credits?"
"If it's you." Two blushes appeared on Ganxue's cheeks. After meeting Noah's gaze, she quickly lowered her head:
"It can be free."
As Ganxue's words fell, Chixia instantly opened her mouth in shock:
"Huh?"
No way—she only got 10% off!
After some discussion, Noah ultimately didn't choose to freeload. Instead, he normally bought the highest quality deep-sense camera with a 10% discount and rounded down.
Shell Credits -10000.
[Exploration Module "Snapshot"—Activated.]
For this, Ganxue gave a pile of items, saying they were all free gifts.
Time quietly passed, and soon dusk arrived.
Desorock Highland.
Yangyang threw out her terminal, absorbing a golden Elite-class Echo, letting out a long breath and muttering to herself:
"I wonder if Noah will like this Echo? He probably will—he's always loved collecting Echoes."
Thinking of this, a hint of joy faintly appeared on the feathered girl's tired face.
A slight electric sound rang out. Yangyang took out her terminal—Chixia had sent several messages, mixed with a few pictures.
'Yangyang, Noah lost his blade, but luckily it was found.'
'Also, also—you absolutely won't believe it, but last night Noah even saved Miss Ganxue from the souvenir shop.'
'I took Noah to buy a deep-sense camera. Miss Ganxue gave him a ton of free gifts, but he only kept a guitar and generously decided to give the rest to us.'
'Na na, half for you, half for me. How about it? Jinzhou's Blazing Dawn is loyal enough, right! [Gift Pictures.jpg]'
'We took a lot of photos with the camera. Look—[Noah Pictures.jpg], [Jinzhou Pictures.jpg], [Group Photo.jpg]'
Fingers scrolling through Chixia's chattering messages, Yangyang couldn't help but feel a bit broken.
If she had known staying in Jinzhou would let her take photos with Noah, she wouldn't have accepted this Tacet Discord clearing task!
In the setting sun, the blue-hatted feathered girl looked at each photo of Noah one by one.
Finally, her gaze lingered on the cat-feeding photo for a long time.
Looking at the man's doting smile in the photo, Yangyang unconsciously curved her lips slightly—
He must have had a very happy day today.
That's great.