Chapter 9: House Building Machine
“Alright, I’ll trade you these gold coins for the House Building Machine, but don’t tell anyone about this. When you’re out in the wilderness, make sure to put the House Building Machine away.”
Sang Chu was shocked by this. She only knew that the House Building Machine could construct houses, but she never expected it could be retracted at any time!
“Okay, I understand, thank you, Doctor!”
She glanced at Hua Xi and was about to pull Sang Chu away when Sang Chu spoke up, “Doctor, wait, I want to sell these monsters first.”
Sang Chu took out the storage box, and Hua Xi and the other person suddenly remembered that Sang Chu had just returned from the wilderness.
Dr. Li: “Alright, I’ll wait for you here. Hurry up.”
Hua Xi led Sang Chu towards the trading area.
“Sang Chu, just hand the storage box to that robot. After the settlement, the Star Coins will be automatically transferred to your account. Each mercenary’s storage box is bound to their squad leader’s optical computer. Since you’re alone, it’s directly bound to your optical computer. You can get another storage box next time you’re ready for a mission.”
Monsters aren’t easy to clear out, so usually, the gold coins are settled first, and the monsters in the storage box are kept for later processing.
Sang Chu didn’t know about this process, so she could only nod and leave with Dr. Li.
Research Institute
Dr. Li handed a small round ball to Sang Chu: “This is the House Building Machine, the latest light and energy robot. To construct a normal house, it takes about a minute. If it’s a city, it might take a month.
You need to pay attention to the three lights on it. A green light means the light energy is sufficient. An orange light indicates the light energy is at a low level, and you need to replenish new energy in time. After the red light flashes three times, the robot will enter sleep mode.”
“Doctor, how do I recharge the light source?”
There’s no light energy in the apocalypse for her to charge it!
Dr. Li smiled and said, “I have five permanent light energy systems here. As long as you can afford the price, I’ll give them all to you!”
“How many Star Coins will it cost?”
Dr. Li: “That depends on how much golden substance you can give me!”
Looking at the smile on her face, Sang Chu’s pupils involuntarily widened slightly, and she took a step back.
Dr. Li chuckled softly: “Don’t worry, I won’t reveal your secret. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have brought you to the research institute. This is my place, and no one else will come in. My glasses can see that you have this golden element in your body, so these should have been created by you, not found.”
Seeing Sang Chu remain silent, Dr. Li feared she might think she was a bad person and explained:
“I’m not trying to threaten you, but the monsters cause us too much harm. You saw it in the wilderness, didn’t you? The areas occupied by monsters are larger than those occupied by humans. This is because monsters secrete a toxic gas that accelerates plant growth.
Although these plants are not as dangerous as monsters, they cannot be ignored. The areas where humans can live are shrinking, and monster plants are increasing. The difficulty of clearing them is immense. This also leads to people living in smaller and smaller areas, further apart from each other. It takes five months to travel from our City A to City B by hovercar. You were out for so long and didn’t see another city, did you?”
Sang Chu nodded. She thought using plants to attack monsters would be simple, but she didn’t expect it to be such a difficult matter for the locals.
Dr. Li: “So, Sang Chu, I’m not threatening you, but I’m begging you. If you still have these substances, please sell them to me. I’ll give you any price. I don’t want to wake up one day and lose the home I currently live in, forcing me to move to another city.”
Tu You: 【You can agree to her, she’s not a bad person.】
Sang Chu hesitated for a moment and asked, “Doctor, besides seeing the golden element in my body, what else do you see?”
Dr. Li instantly understood Sang Chu’s thoughts and quickly walked to a machine nearby, synchronizing what her glasses had observed.
“Wind element, golden element. This should be wood element, fire element, earth element, and water element. They all form a sphere and rotate within your body, with the wind element being the strongest.”
The diagram was very clear. It was also the first time Sang Chu knew that she appeared like this in Dr. Li’s eyes.
“Dr. Li, I wonder if you can sell me one of those glasses?”
“That’s probably not possible. These are uniformly issued by higher-level leaders and have serial codes. Outsiders cannot use them. I haven’t been able to research them yet. The House Building Machine I’m giving you is something I developed myself, so it’s fine to sell it to you. The light energy storage device is also something I tinkered with myself.”
“Alright, then I’ll refine the gold for you. What else can you give me?”
“What do you want?”
Sang Chu thought for a moment: “Food, a large amount of food and water, also a Space Link, a Physiological Inhibitor, weapons. Hovercars and optical computers are very expensive, but I want at least two of each. Of course, the more of these things, the better.”
Dr. Li looked at Sang Chu with shock, gritted her teeth, and said, “Okay, I’ll prepare them for you.”
Sang Chu: “Make it quick. Within four days, you prepare the items for me, and I’ll refine golden pearls for you.”
Dr. Li: “Give me an approximate price?”
Sang Chu pointed to a box beside them: “I can give you about a box of golden pearls of this size.”
Dr. Li: “Okay, I understand. You should go back and rest. I’ll find you anytime within these four days. Don’t be unreachable like last time.”
Sang Chu smiled: “I won’t.”
After adding each other’s optical computers, they parted ways.
‘Ding dong——’
A sound rang out, and Sang Chu saw a message pop up on her optical computer: 【You have received twenty million Star Coins.】
Tu You saw the message and excitedly jumped on Sang Chu’s shoulder: 【Wow, so much money! As expected of the ticket holder I chose~】
Sang Chu was also infected by the excited voice: “Then I’ll transfer it to you.”
【Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm!!】
Sang Chu didn’t know how to operate it, so Tu You did it itself. Its little rabbit paws tapped on the optical computer, and ten million Star Coins instantly disappeared from her account.
It was as if an invisible thread connected her and Tu You, giving them a sense of shared life.
【A Chu, you still have ten million left, what should we do?】
Tu You flapped its large ears and flew in front of Sang Chu, asking with great interest.
Just as Sang Chu was about to speak, Tu You said: 【You don’t need to say it out loud, you can communicate with me using your consciousness.】
【Like this?】
【Mhm, mhm, I can hear you.】
Sang Chu thought about it. She couldn’t place all her hopes on Li Yue; who knew if she would go back on her word? So, she decided to buy some things herself.
【I’ll transfer the money you want first, and then the remaining money will be used to buy food.】
Tu You: 【In that case, why don’t you give me the money for the next train ticket too? Just in case you can’t earn enough for a ticket when you return to the apocalypse and are unable to make your next trip, you’ll be killed by the rules.】
