Wasteland Garbage Planet 9 Picking up garbage
Today's dinner was particularly long.
Themis drank the soup mouthful by mouthful, his eyes fixed on the beautiful pattern on the soup bowl.
Try to ignore the fiery gaze from someone around you.
Although Xie Yunsui liked to watch him eat every time before, his eyes were not so bold at that time. It was just a kind of vague restlessness. Ximis always thought that he had some small thoughts like "wanting to leave" or "wanting to assassinate".
I didn't expect that they all had... that kind of thoughts.
Themis couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and gave him a sharp look: "You can go and rest first."
"Themis, we are in love with each other."
Xie Yunsui sat beside him, leaning his head and whispering devilishly.
Ximis said coldly: "I haven't said I like you yet..."
"Don't you want me?"
Ximis' words were interrupted. Since his eyes recovered, he has not looked at Xie Yunsui seriously and carefully.
After he said this, Ximi's attention naturally fell on Xie Yunsui's face.
Soon they retreated.
Xie Yunsui is undoubtedly a flower in his heart, otherwise, when he just opened his eyes and saw that the person kissing him was a person he couldn't stand, Xie Yunsui would have been used as fertilizer at this moment.
Xie Yunsui was not the only one who was amazed.
The reason why he kept avoiding Xie Yunsui's sight was because he was afraid that he would accidentally fall for Xie Yunsui's beauty.
...When kissing, his body seemed to be out of control. This was an experience Themis had never had before, and he was afraid of this happening.
But the feeling was so comfortable that Themis couldn't say he didn't want it.
Just not used to it yet.
Xie Yunsui noticed that he was a little unnatural, and finally gave up teasing him.
Well, time is long anyway, they have a lifetime.
"I've been digging through the garbage dump lately and found a lot of materials that can be repurposed." Xie Yunsui smiled and changed the subject. Seeing Ximis breathe a sigh of relief, he smiled and continued, "I've been thinking about renovating the villa. I see the small rooms downstairs are being used as storage for supplies. Why not build a dedicated storage warehouse behind the villa?"
Themis was curious: "Why did you leave the small room empty?"
"I'll use it as a studio. The black grass I planted not only absorbs toxic substances in the soil, but can also be used as a raw material for some kind of detoxification potion. It's quite effective."
Themis: "The Rustmen have evolved and have antibodies against most toxic substances in their bodies. Their body structure is very different from your new humans, so antidotes are useless to them."
"It's useless against those pirates?"
"You want to contact the pirates?" Themis's face suddenly darkened.
Xie Yunsui raised his hand and swore, "I don't want to leave Rust Star. Didn't you and Moira say last time that we didn't have enough energy crystals to trade with the pirates? With this antidote, can we exchange it for more supplies?"
Themis pondered for a moment.
Antidote potions are popular on every planet, but they are most popular in places where order and morality have collapsed.
For example, pirates would fight with each other for routes and markets, and the burst of firepower would be too conspicuous, especially to federal officials.
More often than not, pirates prefer to deal with each other without bloodshed.
They planted undercover agents on each other, engaged in sexual transactions, and even poisoned each other.
In the early years, the Scavenger Alliance was poisoned by the Ghost Fleet, which destroyed a starship, resulting in the deaths of more than 500 people on the starship, and the scavengers lost three high-profit lines.
The Scavenger Alliance naturally fought against the Ghost Fleet for a while, but it soon stopped.
Aside from the fact that the Ghost Fleet was too powerful for them to confront head-on, there was also an Interstellar Federation Star Navy Industrial Fleet lurking behind the scenes.
The pirates are fighting each other, and the Federation is eager to add fuel to the fire.
The Scavengers Alliance learns from every failure. As much as they hate poisons, they crave antidotes. Throughout history, 80% of the antidotes sold at black market auctions have been bought by the Scavengers Alliance.
This is no secret on StarNet.
Xie Yunsui also saw this when searching for information about prosthetic limbs, so he made a note of it.
The Rust Planet has no special products except garbage. If Themis wants to trade with the Scavengers Alliance, he can only use energy crystals that are still usable, because these are the only ones that can be resold.
But what if you add a new and effective antidote?
Black grass has very demanding growing conditions and cannot grow unless the soil is toxic.
Just looking at how big the market is, their planting area can be continuously expanded.
In other words, under current conditions, the detoxification potion made with black grass as raw material can be regarded as one of the specialties of Rust Star.
Speaking of this, Themis's mind began to unconsciously analyze the situation.
Seeing that his expression didn't relax, Xie Yunsui couldn't help but ask, "Is this method not feasible?"
Ximis said: "If the benefits are great enough, the Scavengers Alliance will choose to flatten us and take over this place instead of just making a deal with us."
Although Themis is powerful, together with Ethan and the other three, they are not enough to fight against the Scavenger Alliance, let alone the Rust People.
“But they can’t survive in this environment for long?”
"Just buy a batch of sufficiently obedient robots."
"But I'm the only one who has the potion formula. If I don't hand it over, they won't be able to do anything even if they get the black grass."
Themis looked deeply at him, a rich but naive new human.
"Pirates are not philanthropists. They can kidnap you and use cruel means to force you to reveal the formula."
Xie Yunsui: "..."
It seems that this antidote is not suitable for use before there is sufficient power.
If one trick fails, there is always another. Xie Yunsui's alchemy and medicine making skills are far inferior to those of weapon refining. Recombining waste materials into new weapons... can also be considered a kind of weapon refining, right?
"Themis, your arm...can you let me see it?"
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The pool was built and the Rust people returned to picking up trash.
Ethan and his friends also had some free time. Apart from the weekly material exchange activities, they had free time for the rest of the time.
Imola will patrol several surrounding garbage mountains and intervene if he finds Rustmen fighting.
Ethan likes to stay in a cool secret base, and he can only be seen at night.
Sarah sunbathes outside during the day, letting her entire back absorb the sun's energy.
Xie Yunsui looked around, and finally only Victor was available.
"Go pick up trash with you?" Victor yelled. "Those Rustmen are good enough to pick up trash. Why should we do it?"
Xie Yunsui said gently, "We're looking for suitable materials. Ximis said the alloy mechanical parts on your body haven't been replaced in a long time?"
"Ha, you mean to use that junk to replace our mechanical prosthetic limbs?" Victor sneered: "Do you think our prosthetic limbs can be made casually..."
Xie Yunsui took out a mechanical arm.
Victor fell silent for a moment, his eyes darting back and forth at the familiar mechanical arm. Then he said in disbelief, "You actually stole Themis's arm?"
His attitude towards Xie Yunsui had softened somewhat, but if Xie Yunsui targeted Themis, Victor would abandon any new friendship. His eyes were filled with anger as he stared at Xie Yunsui.
It seemed that if he didn't give a good reason, he would let him taste the energy cannon.
"Victor."
Themis's slightly cold voice sounded, Victor turned around and saw Themis' figure.
He was wearing a combat uniform that could block out slight radiation. It fitted his body, outlining his slender and powerful figure. Victor noticed that he was wearing white gloves on both hands, just like before.
Victor: "Is your hand... okay?"
Themis walked in and took off the glove on his right hand. The mechanical fingers were still flexible, only the gold had turned silver. "I changed some component materials."
"Is your arm still as susceptible to rust as before?"
The temperature and humidity here are different from those in the research institute, so even if it is maintained, it is more likely to be damaged.
Victor lowered his head and hummed, "I disassemble and maintain it every day."
He looked as if he was afraid of being blamed by Themis.
Themis said, "Before, there were no conditions for replacement, so I asked you to always remember to maintain it and delay the deterioration of the prosthesis. Now there is a solution."
Simply put, Xie Yunsui has the ability to refine and forge discarded alloy materials.
Ximis was also shocked when he heard it for the first time. Xie Yunsui didn't know how to explain his ability to refine equipment, so he just said that he had worked in a robot manufacturing factory before.
The purpose of creating prosthetic cyborgs is to transform humans into machines while retaining the thinking of the human brain.
So the mechanical parts on their bodies are similar to those of robots.
Then it would be possible if Xie Yunsui could make mechanical prosthetic limbs to replace them... right?
Themis was not omniscient or omnipotent, but after seeing Xie Yunsui squatting in a small room and hammering away for a long time, he used waste materials to make a part, and he inexplicably felt that he could do it.
Xie Yunsui has the ability, but lacks the materials.
The energy of the Rust Planet, including the underground minerals, has long been exhausted. If more mechanical parts are to be replaced, the only way is to scavenge out the waste materials and rebuild them.
If Xie Yunsui was alone, Victor would not be able to obey, but with Themis around, Victor climbed up the garbage mountain to pick up materials.
He is very strong and has a robotic arm to help him, so he works very quickly.
I dug up a large garbage block, which contained two broken home robots, so there were plenty of spare parts.
When he turned around to report his bountiful harvest to Ximis, he saw Ximis and Xie Yunsui standing very close to each other, talking and picking up materials.
Victor's brain processor was not good enough to notice that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two of them. He just thought, if they could work more efficiently separately, why were they getting together?
Victor rushed forward and separated the two of them, pushing Xie Yunsui to the other block. "You do it here, and do it quickly."
Xie Yunsui: "..."
Themis: “…”
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