Due to the shortage of supplies in the end times, the trading area is equivalent to a small market, which is convenient for the residents of the Lucheng base and a few vendors and passers-by from outside to sell and exchange goods.
Maybe Pei Zhaozhou needs to buy something, but…
Si Huaixi thought about it for a moment and determined that his own Pei Maomao might have entered by mistake.
After all, the house was as simple as when he was first found, without even any spare clothes.
Pei Zhaozhou: “Zhang Lu, whom I met in the observation room, took me there, and we also met a superpowered person from the base…”
Listening to Pei Zhaozhou’s account of what happened, Si Huaixi suddenly realized that his own Pei Maomao had made many friends while he was not paying attention.
He was both relieved and disappointed, especially since he came back so late after making friends…
Si Huaixi felt an inexplicable lump in his heart and pursed his lips unhappily. But when Pei Zhaozhou mentioned that Professor Hu wanted to use the crystal core to buy his energy gun, Si Huaixi frowned and interrupted, “Have you sold it?”
Pei Zhaozhou paused and replied, “No.”
Si Huaixi calmed down, frowned and looked at Pei Zhaozhou and said, “That gun doesn’t do much harm to me, but it’s deadly to most low- and mid-level zombies. You don’t have any special abilities to protect yourself, and your immunity to the zombie virus is basically zero. This energy gun is your self-defense weapon. Don’t give it to anyone who wants to buy it.”
Pei Zhaozhou’s thoughts were in a mess all of a sudden, his amber eyes fell into blank thought, but a warm current surged in his heart, his nose was slightly sore and he couldn’t speak.
He learned that the level of technology in the end times was very low, and the Lucheng base where Si Huaixi was located was equally backward and desolate, with zombies everywhere outside. With the high-tech weapons he made, Si Huaixi and everyone in his base could live a better life.
If Si Huaixi forced him to give him these high-tech weapons, Pei Zhaozhou would be willing to give them to him, but he would feel a little sad…
It was as if he remembered that when he was in the Interstellar Empire, he was threatened by that group of stinky politicians and the mastermind behind the scenes, the Second Prince, to hand over the latest mecha blueprints. They greedily coveted his talent for mechanical manufacturing, but were also afraid that he would restore his strength and reputation as an S-level alpha major general.
After all, he was the youngest major-general of the Empire and was born into a civilian family. He participated in battles all over the Empire and even on marginal planets, and repelled countless malicious federal enemies and Zerg. The number of Imperial civilians he saved was tens of thousands times more than that of the so-called Imperial nobles. When his reputation was at its peak, Imperial civilians voted on the Star Network in the hope that he would become the next Imperial Marshal.
As a result, this kind of entertainment voting on the star network became a hot topic. When Pei Zhaozhou was informed of this by his subordinates, he thought it was just a joke. The empire marshal was usually a prominent noble who nominated his own people behind the scenes to take the position. How could a mere civilian major general be qualified to take the position?
Pei Zhaozhou saw it clearly and had no delusion of rising to that position overnight, but he also did not expect that he would fall so badly in the end.
He didn’t die at the hands of the Zerg Queen, but almost died in a mecha accident after the battle. Is the second prince really the only mastermind behind this?
But when he was forced to produce the blueprints for the new mecha, it wasn’t just the Second Prince who was his enemy, it was also the group of nobles…
A trace of sadness flashed across Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes. The more he saw through the coldness and indifference of human nature, the more he could not see through Si Huaixi’s complexity and warmth.
As a powerful man with supernatural powers who has been tempered in the cruel environment of the end times, and a leader-level figure in a base, Si Huaixi is by no means a simple-minded man. On the contrary, his keen wisdom can be detected from the subtle details of many things.
Such an unusual person easily accepted him, a man of unknown origin. It is hard to say whether he was confident or arrogant.
Compared to the high-tech weapons that everyone else is rushing to get, Si Huaixi doesn’t care too much.
If Pei Zhaozhou said that Si Huaixi was not clear about the value behind this, he would never believe it.
However, compared to the value of the energy gun to the base, Si Huaixi valued the energy gun’s role in protecting Pei Zhaozhou more.
“This is for you.”
Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes moved slightly, and he took out a fluorescent green crystal core from somewhere and handed it to Si Huaixi. Si Huaixi was confused for a moment as he looked at the crystal core that suddenly appeared in his hand. He certainly knew that this was a seventh-level crystal core, but why did Pei Zhaozhou give it to him?
Pei Zhaozhou continued, “This is the first crystal core I earned here. I originally wanted to buy an apple for you, but it was too late when I came back and the trading area was closed. I planned to give it to you directly. You are a superpower, and the crystal core must be very important to you…”
“I got this crystal core from Professor Hu. I didn’t agree to sell him the energy gun, but he still gave me the crystal core. He just took me to the research institute to explain the principle to him. Other professors were also there, so we talked until very late. Zhang Lu, who I met in the observation room, even sent me back…”
“Later, I realized the value of the seventh-level crystal core. If it were replaced with apples, it could fill up an entire house. This crystal core is very rare for the people here. After I finish making the new generator, I plan to continue improving the weapons and make more energy guns…”
Si Huaixi didn’t pay attention to the following words. He only received Pei Zhaozhou’s first sentence.
Maomao gave him the first crystal he earned!
I also thought about buying him an apple as a gift. If the trading area hadn’t been closed, he would be eating the apple given by the cat right now!
Si Huaixi was so moved and regretful that he couldn’t help but shed tears of emotion like an old father.
—The cat has grown up and can earn money to support the family.
——He wants to save it for the cat, and save up money to marry a wife later (crossed out). Otherwise, he should just buy some food that the cat likes. It is still too early for the cat to get a wife.
