61 Days of Scavenging

As soon as I entered the school, news about the upcoming relocation of the campus was everywhere. On the way to the classroom, the little robot could hear the students talking about this topic all around it.

Upon entering the classroom, Zhang Lanyue, as the class monitor, was explaining the precautions for this relocation to her classmates in detail.

When everyone saw the little robot come in, they all pulled him over to listen together.

As for what happened during yesterday's march, they all agreed to remain silent.

The school has too many teachers and students, and its various valuable equipment and books are not small items, so this relocation will likely require several groups. As for the specific destination, it's a place the little robot has heard of: Beiyan.

To be precise, it was a city nearby. Although it was a bit far away, it was at least much more stable than Beiping, which was occupied by several different forces.

As for the relocation time, it is tentatively scheduled for one week later.

The school does not require all students to go with the group. Those who wish to go will have their safety ensured by the school. Those who do not wish to go need to decide where they plan to transfer to within this week, and the school will assist with providing recommendation letters and completing the transfer procedures.

In short, it can be considered that he did his utmost in terms of benevolence and righteousness.

What's causing so much discussion is the struggle with this choice.

However, they are still students, and most of them cannot make this decision on their own; they will definitely have to go back and discuss it with their families.

After hearing this, Ning Ruo turned her head and asked the little robot, "Naji, do you want to come along?"

As classmates, we all know that the little robot lives alone, with no one else at home, and can make all its own decisions.

The little robot thought of what Ren Wenhan had said yesterday, and nodded without much thought.

"Yes, we're leaving."

They only attended half a class that day before the little robots were told they were on holiday to prepare for the relocation.

Upon returning to the villa, the little robot relayed the news to Ren Wenhan.

Ren Wenhan was clearly delighted to hear that the school was also moving and that the little robot was willing to go with them to the northern extension.

However, after thinking for a moment, he said, "How about I talk to the higher-ups and you come with us? My family members who are willing to come along will have family member slots available, so it won't be a problem."

At least, there are fewer people on his side, so both the comfort and safety should be much higher than when so many people from the school are traveling together.

The little robot had no opinion about which team it should follow.

The school didn't object to this; after giving the little robot the new school address and contact information, they let him do as he pleased.

So, the next step was to pack up.

The relocation of Ren Wenhan's laboratory is much faster than that of the university; they have to leave in three days.

Including yesterday, there are only two days left.

However, neither Ren Wenhan nor the little robot had much to pack. The former hadn't lived in the mansion for very long, while the latter had stuffed everything into the recycling bin.

As for the daily necessities displayed outside, they were all arranged by the little robots in the shape of humans as a smokescreen.

The only thing he needed to deal with was the trash cans that had already been set up.

The little robot doesn't intend to move all the trash cans back here.

As for the teleportation scrolls that need to be replaced periodically, he also has a solution.

Over the next three days, the little robot retraced all the streets where it had placed the trash cans.

However, this time the goal wasn't to see where there was the most trash, but rather to find a more secluded location where no humans would be present.

Then, he placed a seemingly inconspicuous leaf in a corner of these places that was unnoticed by humans.

Of course, these are not just ordinary leaves. They are actually the "corresponding points" for locating teleportation arrays.

This is, of course, a product of the magical world—a magical device capable of long-distance teleportation. Simply by holding the main branch and channeling magic power, one can teleport to the location of the corresponding leaf.

There are eight leaves on the main branch of a magical artifact.

Although its teleportation effect is greatly reduced because there is no such thing as magic in this world, it is still sufficient for use only in China.

This magical artifact wasn't something the little robot found while scavenging; it was given to me by a magician through a barter system to buy things.

It is said to be a very rare magical artifact.

After getting his hands on the little robot, he studied it carefully. Unfortunately, one of its building materials was a "white flash bird's chest cavity," a creature unique to the magical world and extremely rare and difficult to catch; he had never obtained one before.

Therefore, there is no way to make this magical tool by oneself.

However, the little robot was not discouraged.

This instantaneous teleportation function can also be achieved through technological means. At least the original world in which the little robot lives already has such technology, although it would require a high level of physical fitness from the user, but this does not hinder the robot at all.

However, the little robot currently lacks the special materials and instruments needed to make such devices, so even if it knew the manufacturing method, it wouldn't be able to make them.

In short, with this teleportation device, even if the little robot goes to Beiyan, it can quietly return here to change the scroll before going back.

As long as you avoid people you know, there won't be any problems.

After everything was arranged, the team heading to Beiyan finally set off.

The impact of the defeat was obviously significant, with a steady stream of people leaving for safer places. Ren Wenhan and his laboratory team blended in among them without attracting much attention.

The small robot was placed in the vehicle of the researcher's family by Ren Wenhan.

The first day of the journey went very smoothly. Apart from the family members being a little anxious, there were no obstacles or other crises encountered.

But this smooth sailing vanished in the middle of the night.

The car, which was driving smoothly, suddenly stopped abruptly.

Everyone, whether they were asleep or awake, was startled and stumbled by the sudden braking.

Some people who weren't seated properly bumped into the back of the chair in front of them, bruising their foreheads.

Fortunately, the car was not traveling fast at night, so it did not cause any major danger.

But that was enough to wake everyone up.

"What's wrong?!"

"The car stopped? What happened?"

The little robot wasn't asleep; it had just closed its eyes and pretended to be asleep. Now, it opened its eyes and poked its head out of the car to look.

The problem wasn't with their cars, but with the one at the very front.

The little robot saw someone get off the car and was checking the wheels. The car's wheels had been punctured by spikes on the ground, and three of the four wheels were flat.

If the driver hadn't reacted quickly and kept the steering wheel steady, the whole car would have been swept into the roadside ditch by this sudden turn of events.

This road is not easy to travel on, and it is not wide. When the car in the lead had a problem, the cars behind it were naturally forced to stop as well.

However, the little robot noticed that the person who got out of the car to check the wheels changed his expression almost the instant he saw the condition of the wheels.

He then loudly issued a warning.

"Be on alert! Something's up!"

Everyone instantly regained consciousness.

However, it was too late.

A group of soldiers who had been lying in ambush jumped out from the dark roadside. One of them shouted, "You are surrounded! You can't escape! Surrender now, and we won't kill you indiscriminately!"

Upon hearing that clear and resonant voice, someone in the car lost control and cursed, "Traitor!"

However, his statement was not entirely accurate, because the group blocking the road was not Japanese soldiers, but rather people sent by the Southern Army.

The lab was clearly not going to compromise. They first sent people to talk, but it's unclear what they discussed. However, judging from the increasingly tense atmosphere of the standoff, they obviously didn't reach an agreement.

At this moment, Ren Wenhan came looking for the little robot and brought it to his car.

Besides the driver, the other two people in Ren Wenhan's car were about the same age as him and were researchers in the laboratory.

When they saw the little robot coming over, they looked it up and down with curiosity.

One of them asked, "Is this the kid who was intercepted and demanded by so many Kuomintang people overnight?"

"Little one, what did you do to them?"

The little robot could tell they were talking to it, but it couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

He could only look at Ren Wenhan with a puzzled expression.

Ren Wenhan patted the little robot's shoulder reassuringly and explained the current situation in a soft voice.

It turned out that when the Kuomintang members who had blocked the road earlier went over to negotiate, they made a clear condition: they would let their group leave, but they had to hand over a white-haired student and all his belongings to them.

They not only pointed out the white hair feature, but also mentioned Ji Tong's name.

It is clear that they had gathered all the intelligence before taking the action to intercept the person in question.

However, judging from the situation of the negotiations ahead, the other party should only be focused on finding out information about Na Jitong and does not yet know the identities of the other people in their convoy.

Even so, it was enough to surprise Ren Wenhan and the others.

Ren Wenhan, in particular, almost thought he had misheard when he heard the message secretly relayed by the people negotiating ahead.

Why is my child suddenly receiving so much attention?

He hurriedly called the little robot over to ask about the situation while trying to guess the reason in his mind.

Some even wondered if the boy had been an important figure before he smuggled himself into the country.

It's not impossible, after all, it's impossible for an ordinary person to be raised so well and carry so many gold coins with them.

Now that the person has been called to the car, Ren Wenhan, after explaining the current situation, couldn't help but ask the little robot what was going on.

Of course, whatever the reason, Ren Wenhan believed that his side would never easily give up on anyone!

The little robot was completely bewildered when it heard the person on the other end specifically ask for it by name.

"I don't know what happened either." He thought about it carefully and was quite certain.

It definitely couldn't be the identity issue that Ren Wenhan guessed; he hadn't appeared in this world before he showed up on the smuggling ship.

After that, I just went to school and picked up trash honestly, and didn't do anything else.

They would never take anything from the other party.

Even among the trash he collected, there was nothing particularly noteworthy. It was all ordinary household garbage that you could see every day.

The bewildered little robot had clearly forgotten the potion he had casually given it to.

Regardless of whether the little robot can remember or not, the laboratory has no intention of handing it over to anyone.

Negotiations quickly stalled, and in the blink of an eye, the two sides had already reached the stage of close combat!

The muzzle flashes of gunfire crackled in the darkness as the fighting grew increasingly fierce.