12dz Chapter 125: No Energy
Chapter 125: No Energy
After many twists and turns, Song Jue came to us. Now that he is here, he can be considered a member of our family for the time being.
I reminded him that he couldn't just stay here for nothing, he had to work to get the food he needed to live.
Song Jue nodded and said, "I agree. I am willing to do anything." The child stuttered.
I originally wanted to take out the big crystal to increase his energy, but then I thought, what if he was lying and uncontrollable? I should be skeptical for the time being and observe him for a few more days.
He has suffered a lot for doing good things in the past. I'll go to his ruins in a few days and see if he tells the truth.
In a short while, Song Jue cleaned up the shabby room, and Xiaobai brought him bed sheets and quilts, which were also brand new ones bought before.
Song Jue was very touched. He said excitedly that he could finally have a good sleep today.
Seeing his look, I felt a little soft-hearted. After all, he was only a seventeen-year-old boy. I took out some snacks and gave them to him for him to eat in the evening.
He hugged me and cried, saying that no one had been so nice to him for a long time. He cried so sincerely and even hysterically, with snot all over me.
The next day, after feeding Song Jue, I observed whether he could use his superpowers to help the Bian sisters install window guardrails in their house and seal the front door.
In the end, after working for a whole morning, he still couldn't build a two-meter balcony guardrail. In addition, he was found to be a big eater. In order to replenish his energy, he ate five bowls of rice, meat and vegetables at noon. The way he wolfed down his food made Pearl very disgusted, so she went back to her room without eating a few bites.
This made Song Jue restrain himself and stop picking up his chopsticks to eat away everything.
I advised him that it was okay, that he just had nothing in his stomach and it would be fine after a while.
Lin Lin said that it might be because he would consume a lot of energy to place things out of thin air, so the child could eat so much. After working for a while in the afternoon, he was crying hungry again. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I called Song Jue to my side, took out the big crystal stone, and let him touch the crystal stone. Sure enough, the child had an effect after touching it. He also absorbed the energy in the crystal stone crazily. His face was distorted, as if every cell was struggling hard, showing a painful state as if being pressed by a heavy burden. We quickly cheered him up: "Hold on, victory is just around the corner, just be patient!"
Gradually the crystal turned silver. When I saw this, I immediately took the crystal back in my hand. I had to be on guard against others because this crystal was a treasure. If he snatched it away, where would we find it?
Sure enough, after the upgrade, Song Jue's ability was much better than before. When he saw that he had created a larger steel plate out of thin air, he said to me in surprise and excitement: Brother Huo, my ability is too strong now. He also created a two-meter-wide steel plate out of thin air in front of me, and he could change the style of the steel plate at will, and put it together like a puzzle at the elevator entrance on the 16th floor, blocking a hole first.
I'm telling you that if you encounter danger in the future and need to escape, you can build a steel house and seal yourself in. That would be much safer.
Song Jue said that it would allow me to escape temporarily, but if I was hungry, I would not have this ability and I would not be able to change the shape of the steel plate. It would be like I was building a coffin for myself.
The project is quite large and it would take Song Jue at least half a month to complete it.
Lin Lin suggested that we go get some steel plates and let Song Jue directly assemble them into a guardrail. He wouldn't have to eat so hard.
That's true. Now that the government is vigorously building walls, there must be a steel plate factory that provides steel plates. Why don't we go there and have a look, and by the way, go to Song Jue's house and get the crystal back.
I said okay, let’s go out early tomorrow morning and try to be back in one day.
I told Song Jue our purpose, which was to go to his original home and asked him to lead the way tomorrow.
When Song Jue heard that we were going to his house, he asked with an embarrassed look why we were going there.
His behavior made me a little suspicious, and I asked him why everything you said was made up?
Song Jue quickly shook his head and said no, he was just curious about why we wanted to go. In fact, his home was quite far from the Mid-Mountain Base.
I thought to myself, could this guy really lie to us? But this is just what we need to verify it ourselves, so I secretly told Lin Lin that we should be careful tomorrow. Lin Lin saw that I was suspicious, so he told Xiao Bai to keep an eye on this guy at night.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly at night. The next morning, Lin Lin and I brought Bian Hui with us, because we had seen Bian Hui's abilities before, and she could provide us with auxiliary protection, so we brought her with us.
And promised to give her corresponding benefits when she came back.
Bian Hui quickly shook her head and said that we have taken good care of her. She felt pity for Song Jue after hearing about his experience, thinking that they were both orphans who had lost their loved ones and were lonely and helpless. Fortunately, she had a younger sister, although she had some minor problems.
Recently, under the treatment of his grandfather, Bian Yue seems not so stupid anymore. His intelligence has basically reached that of an eight-year-old, and he won't do anything embarrassing in public. Bian Yue stays by his grandfather's side every day, treating him as if he were his own real grandfather.
I am actually very relieved. If there is any danger, Bian Yue has the ability to protect herself. If there is an emergency around her grandfather, she can at least protect her grandfather and sister. At the same time, I let Xiaobai stay at home and tell him to protect the elderly and girls.
When we were going downstairs, we met the Wang brothers. They stopped us and wanted to talk to us about salary increase. Now the daily labor fee for repairing the fence for the base is 500 yuan. With this calculation, one person can earn 15,000 yuan a month, and the two of them only earned 10,000 yuan a month by delivering water. The calculation shows that each person only earned 5,000 yuan a month. Now the price of rice has risen to 1,500 yuan. How can they spend all this money?
After listening to their reasons, I also agreed: That's fine, you can go do that job, you can quit this job, but you have to think about whether the job that pays 500 yuan a day is hard or not.
At this time, Wang Mubai said that he could deliver water alone, and his brother could do the job of repairing the fence, but he must be given a raise.
I'm really too lazy to take care of their shit, so I can only tell him perfunctorily that I'll go ask the owners. If everyone disagrees, you two can go and fix the fence.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered that Wang Musen’s wife might be giving birth soon?
Although I don't want to get involved in their family's mess, but when I think about the pile of baby diapers in my space, I think it's useless for me to keep them anyway, so I might as well give them to them out of pity. There is not much water these days, so diapers are still very useful.
I called out to Wang Musen to wait for a while, and I went back to get a large box of diapers. I told him that I had picked them up somewhere else and that it was useless for us to keep them, so he should take them back and use them after the baby is born.
Wang Musen was obviously stunned. His wife was due to give birth next month, but they had nothing on hand. Why did it feel like our family had everything? This was too unfair!
Wang Musen’s happy mood instantly turned bad when he thought of this. He took the box of diapers and asked me again, “Is this all you have?”
I sighed to the sky, how could I have such a relative? Forget it, just treat it as a dog. I told him coldly that there was nothing else.
What was Wang Musen’s attitude when he angrily scolded me?
I... forget it, let him say whatever he wants. Children who have been lacking in education since childhood may be like this. I will just ask him if he wants it, and if he says yes, then go away!
The two brothers stared at me for a long time, but finally they couldn't bear to throw away the food given to them out of pity, so they put the diapers in the car and drove them back home.