The village wasn't large; apart from them and the production crew, there were no other villagers.
In reality, this Seaside Village had been abandoned many years ago; the production team was simply reusing it.
It's easy to imagine how poor the "small family" Yan Ming spoke of would be.
It barely provides shelter from the wind and rain, and uses an old-fashioned stove, a somewhat dilapidated wooden bed, two simple sets of bedding, and cosmetics consisting only of soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste.
You have to use your mobile phone to place an order and spend points to buy whatever you need.
These phones were provided by the production team and have the corresponding apps installed.
Ling Yi swiped his phone screen with his bird claws, looking at the task list from the program team.
There are quite a few tasks, ranging from easy to difficult.
Road construction, fishpond construction, tree felling on the mountain, and building courtyard walls... these are all basically physical labor jobs.
Ling Yi can do all of these tasks, yet he also cannot do any of them.
For example, when it comes to road construction, can Ling Yi push a cart to transport cement? Of course he can, but that would be too far-fetched.
For example, when it comes to cutting down trees, can Ling Yi carry a chainsaw to cut down trees? Of course he can, but he can't do it.
The same applies to most other tasks.
Ling Yi can appear very intelligent, but he can't appear too omnipotent; after all, he's just a parrot.
Not yet, at least not for now.
Therefore, Ling Yi had to find another way to earn points.
At this moment, Liu Yifei was also fiddling with her phone, but she was looking at the exchange prices for supplies.
"A bowl of instant noodles costs 15 points, insect repellent costs 30 points, a pound of rice costs 10 points, and the prices of vegetables and meat are even more outrageous... With our 70 points, we can only last for two days at most, no, not even one day!"
"I have to buy insect repellent, I'm terrified of bugs. I also need to buy two packs of instant noodles tonight, I can't go hungry. That's 60 points gone, leaving me with only 10 points, which I can't use for anything."
Liu Yifei looked at Ling Yi and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"What kind of ideas can you expect from a bird like me? I can't do almost any of the tasks the production team assigned."
"You don't expect me to do manual labor, do you?" Liu Yifei leaned over to look at the task list and said speechlessly.
"What else? At least you can still do manual labor!"
After a pause, Ling Yi said, "Doing missions is out of the question. Let's think of another way!"
The only thing Ling Yi could think of right now was the fish catch.
The program team collects the fish, and points can be exchanged based on the value of the fish.
"How about we go beachcombing? This is the beach, we can easily earn a lot of points just by picking up random things, right?" Liu Yifei said excitedly.
In her opinion, this is currently the best and fastest way to earn points.
"I've seen some videos of people beachcombing online, it's like they're picking up money off the beach."
Ling Yi did not say anything to discourage Liu Yifei.
Most of the beachcombing videos online are staged; if you take them seriously, you're mistaken.
Furthermore, if the harvest from beachcombing is truly substantial, will the original villagers abandon the Seaside Village?
It's not like picking up money off the street; it's not that easy.
But this is indeed a way to make money. I'll give it a try tomorrow; I'll earn something no matter how little I pick up.
Ling Yi, on the other hand, opened his system interface to see if he could use a cheat.
[ Infinite Rebirth System ]
[Host: Ling Yi ]
[Number of Reincarnation: 4]
[ Achievement Points: 1,137,720 (Updated daily at midnight)]
[Constitution: 100 points]
[Race: Parrot (Ordinary)]
[Special Bloodline: None]
[ Divine Ability Abilities: None]
[ System Shop: (Click to view)]
Opening the System Shop, Ling Yi directly entered items related to fish. Soon, his eyes lit up as he discovered several interesting items.
Fish Bait (Common): Has a deadly Gravity to most fish, effective range 500 meters, 5 Achievement Points points.
Fishing Skills (Common): Can directly make the host a fishing Big Shot, 20 Achievement Points!
Sonar Fishing Device (Common): Set the sonar frequency to catch the corresponding type of fish. Achievement Points: 35...
There's no need to look further; some are too outrageous, others too expensive. These three are the best choices for Ling Yi at the moment.
With these three things, there shouldn't be any problems!
We'll find out how effective it is after we try it out later.
At this time, Liu Yifei had already ordered two buckets of instant noodles and a bottle of insect repellent.
Less than three minutes later, someone knocked on the door, and staff delivered two buckets of instant noodles with the labels and logos removed, along with a bottle of insect repellent.
"Don't you guys bring hot water? How are we supposed to eat?" Liu Yifei frowned.
This show is so stingy, they might as well just shut it down.
"Hot water: 5 points for 500 ml."
Liu Yifei gritted his teeth and said, "Buy it, 10 points!"
As he spoke, Liu Yifei quickly opened the two buckets of instant noodles, then took the noodles out of one bucket and put them directly into the other bucket.
Ling Yi was completely bewildered. What was going on? He genuinely didn't understand.
Liu Yifei explained, "We'll just use one container for instant noodles, and fill the other one with hot water to drink when we're thirsty at night."
Oh, Ling Yi suddenly realized, this little house doesn't even have running water; if they want to drink water, they have to buy it from the production team.
Watching Liu Yifei skillfully prepare instant noodles, Ling Yi suddenly felt that this Fairy Sister was no longer ethereal at all.
However, Liu Yifei seems even cuter like this.
Just then, the sound of Loudspeaker broadcasting suddenly rang out outside.
"Attention all members, please arrive at the village center square in twenty minutes to complete the first day's Heartbeat Challenge. Those who fail to arrive on time will be considered to have forfeited today's Heartbeat Challenge."
This is Yan Ming's voice.
Ling Yi glanced at Liu Yifei, Liu Yifei happened to be looking at him as well.
"Pfft!" Liu Yifei suddenly burst out laughing, a laugh that left Ling Yi completely bewildered.
"Tell me, you silly bird, how are you going to complete the Heartbeat Challenge with me later?"
That's going too far! So what if I'm a silly bird? Pui Pui, I'm not a silly bird.
Believe it or not, I can exchange for a Transformation Pill and instantly turn into a Dashuai who'll dazzle you!
To be honest, at this moment Ling Yi really wanted to make the exchange.
Moreover, he has enough Achievement Points.
Ling Yi almost got carried away and even opened the System Shop, but stopped at the last moment.
Even if one wanted to exchange for the Transformation Pill, now wouldn't be the time.
Moreover, exchanging for the Transformation Pill would be completely meaningless for Ling Yi at this point.
Just to dodge Liu Yifei? That would be such a waste.
Moreover, he didn't know if suddenly transforming from a bird into a human would scare Liu Yifei, but he was certain it would frighten Liu Yifei.
They ate instant noodles in three minutes and finished them off with a bird in ten minutes, even drinking the broth.
Only then did they hurry towards the center of the village.
By this time, Wang Jinyu and the others had already arrived and were chatting with Jia Xiaoliang.
After seeing Liu Yifei and Ling Yi appear, they kept glancing in Ling Yi's direction.
Looks like these guys are up to something.
Jia Xiaoliang receives Heart-Flutter Value Halving Card every day.
This thing isn't particularly useful, but it's not insignificant either.
This thing is useless for guests who don't want to be in the same group, but it's quite deadly for guests who don't want to be separated.
Judging from how much the group fawned over Jia Xiaoliang, they clearly didn't want to be separated from their teammates.
At least that's how it appears on the show.
Jia Xiaoliang is now grinning, revealing two rows of bright white teeth; he's probably received a benefit.
For the current guests, the biggest benefit is probably the points.
As Ling Yi got closer, he increasingly sensed the ill intentions in the eyes of these guys.
" Liu Yifei, I think we don't need to participate in this ' Heartbeat Challenge ' anymore," Ling Yi said, landing on Liu Yifei's shoulder in Conan voice.
"Wow, Conan! It looks so much like him!" Redi exclaimed.
"Once the show airs, Brother Gray will have made his official debut with this skill." Bai Xiaolu looked at Ling Yi with envy, wishing she had a parrot like that.
Unfortunately, she's already taken.
"Why not participate?" Liu Yifei turned and asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, Jia Xiaoliang and his group must have made quite a bit of money, right?"
Wang Jinyu and the others' expressions immediately changed. "Wow, is this parrot really that exaggerated?"
"At least sixty points? Hmm, it seems to be sixty points, 10 points per person."
"It's Demonic Beast! This bird is truly a spirit!" Wu Ditao exclaimed.
"The only reason you'd willingly hand over 10 points is to prevent Jia Xiaoliang from using the Heart-Flutter Value Halving Card' on you."
"So, there's only one truth: the Halving Card Jia Xiaoliang has today must be for us." Ling Yi concluded in Conan's voice.
" Brother Gray, I didn't, how could I do that?" Jia Xiaoliang forced an explanation.
" Liangliang, stop pretending, this is the Brother Gray!" Wang Jinyu gave Ling Yi a thumbs up.
Redi ran to Ling Yi's side, her beautiful eyes fixed on him as Ling Yi asked, "How did you make so many noises?"
"Talent!"
Liu Yifei said, "Then, shall we leave?"
" Sister Yifei, please don't! I'm not letting you use this card. I'll use it myself, I'll use it myself."
" Jia Xiaoliang, please note that you are now Ravagers. The Halving Card can only be used by other groups," Yan Ming reminded him.
Can I not use it?
"No, today's card must be used today."
"My God, this kind of job that offends people is definitely not for me. I can't be a bad guy."
This card has to be used by Liu Yifei and the others. Liu Yifei can't spend the whole time playing a love triangle with a parrot, can he?
Even if this parrot can bring a lot of highlights to the show, arguing about being a couple with a bird is ultimately not a good thing.
Therefore, the person and the bird must be separated.
Even if we don't separate them for the entire season, we should at least split them up for a period of time.
Ling Yi understood Yan Ming's Ling Yi, and some other intelligent people naturally understood it as well, such as Jia Xiaoliang, Wang Jingyu, Yang Jinli, and Bai Xiaolu.
The others hadn't thought much about it yet.
"Alright, let's start with the Heartbeat Challenge, beginning with the first group."
"Today's Heartbeat Challenge is for the two men to carry each other on their backs and complete a 100-meter shuttle run. The men carry the women for the first 100 meters, and the women carry the men for the next 100 meters."
"Afterwards, the man and woman must maintain eye contact for three minutes, during which time they cannot look in any other direction, speak, or be disturbed by others; otherwise, it will be considered a failure..."
"Hey, Liu Yifei, Xiao Hui, where are you two going?" Yan Ming asked, Yan Ming suppressing a laugh, as he watched Ling Yi and Liu Yifei turn and leave.
"Let's go shark fishing!"