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99 - Needles and Nerves

  Jenna's eyes lit up upon hearing Jason's comforting words, and she nodded in agreement.

  Jason was right; fried rice was a good choice since the main ingredient was rice.

  The rice Jason had planted would be ready in a few days, so at least she wouldn't run out of rice for her fried rice.

  No matter what dish she learned to make, she needed all the ingredients. Otherwise, it would be like being a skilled cook without any rice to cook.

  With that thought, Jenna felt that learning to make fried rice from the token was a great idea since the ingredients were the easiest to find.

  But soon, Jenna thought of something else and quickly said, "Jason, after the rice and wheat mature, they need to be husked and peeled..."

  Jenna had thought about this before. Rice and wheat couldn't be eaten straight from the ground; they had to go through complex processes like husking rice and peeling and grinding wheat.

  Jason knew this, so he explained, "We don't need to rush to eat rice and noodles. Let's collect and store the matured rice and wheat first, and then find a rice-husking machine later."

  Jason knew that such machines weren't hard to come by; some pursuers who sold seeds even had them. He could buy one when he saw it.

  Jenna understood that these things couldn't be rushed. She looked at the time and realized it was almost evening, so she would have to wait until tomorrow to learn the remaining tokens.

  At her current rate, she could only learn one token per day. The remaining two cooking tokens and one brewing token would take another three days to learn.

  "Jason, are you guys hungry? I'll go make dinner." Jenna realized that everyone hadn't eaten yet, so she quickly said.

  Ellie and Lily offered to help in the kitchen.

  Seeing that it was getting late, Jason said to Jenna, "It's pretty late, so don't bother making a big meal. Let's just make some instant noodles."

  Jason wasn't greedy for good food and drink. There was no need to trouble Jenna to make a big meal. Everyone could just have some instant noodles.

  Besides, many people on the bus couldn't even afford instant noodles.

  Jenna nodded and went to the kitchen to cook the noodles, with Ellie and Lily following to help.

  Meanwhile, as people who had used tokens returned from the Dungeon world, the Group Chat App and the bus became lively.

  Everyone who had learned skills from the tokens became the focus of attention.

  Many RV owners wanted to recruit these talents because it was much cheaper than buying a token. The RV owners could do the math.

  But these people weren't having an easy time on the bus.

  Some were captured and forced to reveal what skills they had learned from the tokens, then suffered a beating.

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  Some were isolated and ostracized, while others were flattered and fawned over. There was a mix of everything.

  But the most talked-about topic was how good the skills they learned were.

  Some had learned combat skills and indeed became more skilled fighters.

  Others had learned cooking skills, which weren't very useful on the bus.

  This made those who sold the tokens feel relieved. They were glad they hadn't used the tokens and instead bought a pair of boots that improved their strength.

  Tiffany's status among these people was greatly enhanced.

  They had all added Tiffany as a friend because there would be more opportunities to trade in the future.

  Tiffany made her purchases privately and didn't attract too much attention, but she had more and more friends.

  And these friends weren't ordinary people. They included not only RV owners from various teams but also leaders with strength and resources on the bus.

  In short, Tiffany's network of contacts had secretly expanded throughout the Group Chat App, but she rarely sold things openly and didn't attract much attention.

  Not long after, a white light descended inside the RV, and Sophie's figure returned to the RV.

  Kira and Tiffany were the first to notice her return and exclaimed with delight, "Sophie, you're back?"

  Sophie smiled and nodded, greeting the two women.

  Since she got on the RV, she no longer had to deal with infighting and danger and had returned to her carefree self.

  Jason was lying in bed, recovering his Physique and Spirit. Hearing that Sophie had returned, he curiously got up and asked, "Sophie, you're back. Tell us what medical skills you learned from the token."

  Sophie had wanted to share what medical skills she had learned for a while. Hearing Jason's question, she immediately said, "Jason, the medical skill I learned is acupuncture."

  Acupuncture?

  Jason's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked Sophie to tell him more.

  It turned out that after Sophie was transported to the Dungeon world, she gained various acupuncture knowledge in her mind. Then, she used acupuncture to simulate treating various patients in the Dungeon world.

  And the acupuncture Sophie learned wasn't simple. It required consuming Spirit and Physique to infuse into the needles to achieve special medical effects.

  Jason couldn't help but marvel. It seemed that the medical token Sophie used was extraordinary.

  But Jason thought of something else and quickly asked, "Sophie, do you have acupuncture needles with you?"

  Acupuncture needles weren't like ingredients; they were hard to find. Unless they built a medical room like the kitchen, there might be medical tools like silver needles inside.

  Hearing Jason's question, Sophie smiled and took out a needle case. Opening it, there was a row of dozens of silver needles, which made Jason and Kira's hair stand on end.

  "Jason, look... This is a set of silver needles that the system rewarded me."

  Jason nodded calmly on the surface, but in his heart, he thought that he must never get sick or injured and fall into Sophie's hands. He didn't want to be pricked into a hedgehog.

  However, Sophie didn't know what Jason was thinking. Seeing Jason lying in bed, her eyes lit up, and she asked, "Jason, are you resting? I can use acupuncture to help you recover from fatigue. It's very effective."

  Jason's expression changed, and he quickly got out of bed and stretched his limbs: "I'm just lying in bed for a nap. No need for acupuncture."

  Sophie was a little disappointed. She wanted to show Jason her acupuncture skills.

  Kira and Tiffany covered their mouths and giggled. They naturally knew that Jason was lying in bed to recover his Physique and Spirit, so this performance clearly showed he was afraid of acupuncture.

  But not to mention Jason, they also felt a little scared when they saw dozens of cold, gleaming silver needles.

  Sophie seemed really eager to give Jason a few needles, so she said, "Jason, how about acupuncture when you rest tonight?"

  Jason's expression changed again. He was sure that Sophie wouldn't harm him and could see that the girl just wanted to show off her acupuncture skills.

  But he was not sick or injured, so why would he want to play with needles for no reason?

  So Jason declined: "I'm a little busy tonight, and I have to drive... When we have time, let's go to the kitchen for instant noodles first."

  After Jason finished speaking, he pulled the confused Sophie to the kitchen. He had already decided that he would collect more of Sophie's Favor Points tonight so that she wouldn't always be thinking about giving him acupuncture.

  Sophie was obediently pulled to the kitchen. She didn't know that she just wanted to show off her acupuncture skills but would receive special attention tonight.

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