Chapter 96
"Xiao An! Xiao Qi!"
Seeing Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, Lin Yu's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Xiao Qi, help me get the meat and egg pie back!"
Lan Lin looked at the two young men, and there was a hint of interest in his eyes, which were faintly blue in color.
"Are you the two kids from Qingmu Castle?"
Lan Lin looked them up and down. "How dare you, such weaklings, venture into the wasteland?"
Zhou Qi frowned slightly, and Tang Yu'an had already climbed into the house through the window. He glanced at Lin Zhen, who was surrounded by ice, and said, "Are you Sister Lin's friend? It's wrong for you to bully people like this."
"Bullying?" Lan Lin shrugged. "It was just a joke."
"Joke? But Sister Lin doesn't find it funny." Tang Yu'an said seriously.
"That's right!" Lin Zhen quickly echoed.
Lan Lin curled his lips slightly and said nonchalantly, "She's just too weak."
Lin Zhen's eyes widened, staring at him as if breathing fire.
But before she could yell, the fair and delicate boy who looked particularly harmless tilted his head and thought for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "Then I'll play a joke on my brother too."
Lan Lin frowned slightly and stared at him with some vigilance.
However, his mental power just circled around the young man and he did not find that he had any special abilities. Instead, the tall young man behind him was obviously a person with special abilities, but he was still very weak.
Lan Lin relaxed a little, curled his lips and said, "Oh, what a joke?"
"A joke that can make you laugh." The boy said with a smile.
"That's true..."
Before he could even utter the word "interesting," Lan Lin suddenly felt something hit his foot. It was a very light impact, and there was no pain, but...
The slightly curved corners of his mouth continued to widen.
It didn't stop until it turned into a very bright smile, and in the end it turned out to be——
"Hahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!"
Lan Lin couldn't help but burst into laughter. He wanted to stop, but he couldn't. Because of this loss of control, the indifference in his eyes disappeared, and was replaced by confusion and fear.
In the end, he laughed so hard that his stomach hurt and he had to cover it with his hands, but he still couldn't help laughing so hard that tears came out.
"Lan Lin, what are you doing?"
Lin Zhen looked at him like this, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
The big parrot Amu also widened his eyes and looked at Lan Lin as if he were a fool.
Tang Yu'an walked to the corner and picked up the happy marbles.
After the merchant level is upgraded to lv10, his remote placement range has been increased to 8 meters, making the Happy Marbles almost impossible to defend against.
Moreover, he no longer needs to hide the existence of Happy Marbles.
Because Brother Xiaoqi told him that people with special abilities possess something called mental power, and powerful people with special abilities can definitely sense when they are attacked by something.
In that case, it would be safer to pick up the happy marbles.
Not only can it be used again, but it also avoids harming innocent people.
"Haha ..." Lan Lin laughed so hard that he had no image at all.
Zhou Qi looked at him and couldn't help feeling sad.
Of course, he didn't sympathize with Lan Lin.
Zhou Qi also climbed into the house, walked to Lin Zhen's side, and reached out to knock on the ice. "Sister Lin Zhen, are you okay?"
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Lan Lin only trapped her with an ice wall and did not hurt her. What made her angry was that her meat pie was stolen.
She makes such delicious meat omelets!
Giving him a quarter would have been good enough, but he actually wanted the whole one!
Thinking of this, Lin Zhen became a little angry again, but when she saw Lan Lin rolling on the ground laughing, she suddenly deflated again.
What's going on?
She had never seen Lan Lin, that annoying guy, laugh so disregarding his image.
At this time, Zhou Qi stretched out his hand and pressed on the ice wall.
A faint blue light appeared on his palm, and then the ice wall melted noticeably faster.
After about a minute, the thick layer of ice in front of Lin Zhen melted completely and turned into a ball of water floating in his hand.
Lin Zhen was surprised and asked, "You also have water-related abilities?"
Zhou Qi paused, nodded vaguely, and then asked, "Do you have a container for water?"
“Yes, yes!”
Lin Zhen quickly crawled out of the ice wall and led Zhou Qi to a water tank. Then he watched him put the water balls into the box, filling it up.
Seeing the empty water tank being filled again, Lin Zhen couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha, that's great. I don't have to fetch water for the next few days."
At this time, Jin Lili, who was curled up in the backpack, finally poked her head out cautiously.
Then he met Lin Zhen.
When Lin Zhen saw her, his eyes widened: "Oh my god, you stole Tie Jin's daughter?"
Tang Yu'an waved his hands quickly.
"No, no, Uncle Tiejin is going to Jufeng Town for a few days. He asked us to take care of Lily. He will send her back when he comes back."
"Oh, that's it."
Lin Zhen nodded and couldn't help but reach out and touch Jin Lili's little head. "You are so cute. Who braided your hair?"
"Dad, Dad..." Jin Lili responded to her in a low voice.
Lin Zhen was surprised again, "Your father can actually tie your hair?"
Tiejin looks so big and strong that it is hard to imagine him tying his daughter's hair with a rope.
Jin Lili nodded vigorously and puffed out her chest happily, "Daddy! Daddy! Tie me up!"
Seeing how proud she looked, Tiejin must have been very happy to see her.
Zhou Qi, who was standing next to him, kept looking down at Lin Zhen's water tank. He stared at it for a while, then finally reached into the water and scooped up the black particles at the bottom of the tank.
"Sister Lin Zhen, what is this thing?" he asked knowingly.
"Oh, this one."
Lin Zhen looked over and said, "I accidentally made this when I was refining medicine. Then I found that this thing has a strong ability to absorb impurities, so I put it in the water."
If you put this thing in water, the water will become much clearer. It is very helpful whether you drink it yourself or make medicine.
"Do you want it? I can sell it to you at a discount!"
Zhou Qi looked at Lin Zhen and felt a little unbelievable. This thing was the activated carbon he needed. She actually made it and discovered the properties of activated carbon.
"Sister Lin Zhen, you are such a genius." He couldn't help but say.
Lin Zhen uttered a puzzled "ah" and then scratched his head a little embarrassedly. He laughed and said, "Xiao Qi, when did you become so sweet?"
"Sister Lin is very powerful!" Tang Yu'an said with certainty.
He really admired Lin Zhen very much. When he thought about how she dared to break into the giant lizard's nest alone to explore the way, he felt that she was super amazing.
Although she has not awakened any superpowers, she possesses abilities that are more powerful than superpowers.
That's why when he heard Lan Lin say that she was weak, he took action to teach him a lesson.
At this moment, Lan Lin's laughter finally stopped.
These ten minutes seemed so long to him that when the "torture" was finally over, he felt like his soul was leaving his body.
Obviously, no matter whether it is an ordinary person or a person with powerful abilities, no one can withstand these ten minutes of "happiness".
As soon as he stopped laughing, he heard what Zhou Qi and Tang Yu'an said.
Lan Lin couldn't help but snort coldly.
He was a little annoyed. When he looked up again, he saw Amu still looking at him with his head tilted as if he was a fool. Lan Lin froze and his face became even colder.
But thinking of the weird laughter just now, he became wary of the two young men.
Although I don’t know how they did it, the state he was in just now was definitely caused by them!
"Hey, why aren't you smiling?"
Although Lan Lin only hummed softly, Lin Zhen still heard it. She put her hands on her hips and looked at him with some sarcasm.
She knew that it was Tang Yu'an who vented her anger, and the effect of this ability surprised her, but there were so many strange and bizarre abilities in the wasteland, and she felt that there was no need to be too surprised.
Seeing Lan Lin being humiliated, Lin Zhen couldn't help but laugh.
Lan Lin looked at her coldly, pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "You don't want ice cubes anymore, right?"
Lin Zhen froze.
Shit, I almost forgot about this.
Although Lan Lin was annoying, his ice-making skills were indeed very necessary during hot weather, and she relied on his ice cubes to keep her leftover meat and egg pancakes fresh.
Just as Lin Zhen gritted her teeth and was about to lower her head, Zhou Qi said, "Sister Lin Zhen, I can trade ice cubes for these black particles."
Yell! Zhou Qi also has water abilities!
Lin Zhen's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately: "How much do you need? I can make it for you!"
Lan Lin's expression became even uglier.
He got up from the ground, snorted again, and waved his hand to leave.
"Hello!"
Seeing that he was about to leave angrily, Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment, but still called out to stop him.
"What for?" Lan Lin asked unhappily.
Lin Zhen picked up the meat and egg pancake on the ground. Because it was wrapped in leaves, it didn't look very dirty.
"Here, here." She ran over, grabbed Lan Lin's hand, stuffed the meat pie into his hand, and said impatiently.
Lan Lin raised his hand high, but in the end, under Lin Zhen's fierce gaze, he still did not throw the cake to the ground.
"Who wants your stinky cake!"
He put the meat and egg pie on the table, then left with a harsh remark and climbed over the windowsill.
"Bah!" Lin Zhen stood by the window and cursed, "I don't care what you're snatching for!"
Then she came back with the meat pie, smiled at Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, and then reached out and patted Tang Yu'an on the shoulder.
"Thank you! You just helped me vent my anger."
Tang Yu'an waved his hand and asked curiously, "Uncle Tiejin told us that there is an ice-type ability user in Desolate City. Is that him?"
"Yes, his name is Lan Lin." Lin Zhen nodded.
Although Old Li also has water-based abilities, he cannot freeze. There are very few people like Lan Lin who have ice-based abilities. I heard that only those with higher-level water-based abilities can comprehend it.
Because of this, Lan Lin's business in the deserted city was very good, and gradually he became a little arrogant.
Lin Zhen has known him for more than ten years, so they can be considered childhood friends. But as Lan Lin's abilities became stronger and stronger, and she did not awaken, she seemed to be drifting away.
"Oh, never mind him!"
Lin Zhen waved his hand, "You guys sit down first, I'll take care of this piece of ice."
Zhou Qi only melted one side of the ice wall to rescue her, and now there are still three sides standing there. This is the ice directly generated by Lan Lin, very clean. It would be such a waste to just melt it like this!
Seeing Lin Jue taking a small hammer and preparing to smash the ice wall, Zhou Qi stopped him and said, "Let me try."
He reached out and pressed against the ice wall.
As time went by, Zhou Qi found that he no longer needed to "steal" knowledge from other people with special abilities, and he could understand the use of special abilities according to his own ideas.
He concentrated his supernatural power on his palms, and as they touched the ice wall, the structure of the entire ice wall seemed to appear in his mind.
Then he moved his mind slightly, and the entire ice wall clanged and turned into square ice blocks.
Lin Zhen's eyes widened, and Tang Yu'an was also full of surprise.
Brother Xiaoqi is so awesome!
Jin Lili looked at Tang Yu'an, then at Lin Zhen, and also learned to widen her eyes, slightly opening her mouth with an expression of amazement.
"Amazing! Really amazing!"
Amu shook the feathers on his head and spoke loudly.
Then, with a loud crash, the broken ice cubes fell to the ground and rolled all over the floor.
Just as Lin Zhen bent down to pick it up, he saw Zhou Qi reach out his hand again, and some of the ice on the ground flew up and fell into the wooden box that Lin Zhen used to store ice.
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment and was once again amazed at Zhou Qi's extraordinary abilities.
But she didn't rely entirely on Zhou Qi. She bent down again and quickly picked up the ice cubes and put them into the wooden box. Tang Yu'an also came to help.
Jin Lili in the backpack also stretched out her little hands to pick it up, but she couldn't reach it at all.
Finally, all the ice walls were cut, and Lin Zhen used all the containers he could find at home to fill them. Although he couldn't stop the ice from melting, the melted water was still very useful!
Lin Zhen laughed as he looked at the ice cubes, and felt that Lan Lin was not so annoying anymore.
"Would you like some meat and egg pancakes?" Lin Zhen took one out of her insulated box. "I'll heat it up. It tastes even better!"
Tang Yu'an waved her hands quickly, "Sister Lin, we've already eaten and are very full, don't worry about it."
"Oh well."
Seeing his firm attitude, Lin Zhen had no choice but to nod.
Zhou Qi then told her about the activated carbon, "Can you tell me how to make it? In exchange, I can teach you how to make a water purifier."
Lin Zhen can produce activated carbon here, so he will naturally come to trade with her in the future.
But if this problem is not clarified, he might think about it when he goes to sleep at night, so it is better to ask clearly.
When Lin Zhen heard the first half of Zhou Qi's words, he was hesitant and resistant. After all, knowledge is precious wealth, which is a truth that has been verified in the wasteland.
She has a strong possessiveness towards the knowledge she has explored through research.
However, Zhou Qi's second half of the sentence made her eyes light up. How to make a water purifier? What is that thing?
"Water purifier?" Lin Zhen showed an interested expression.
"Um."
Zhou Qi took out the simple water purifier he made yesterday and demonstrated it to Lin Zhen again, just like he had shown it to Grandma Guo before.
"Wow! That's a great idea! Why didn't I think of it before?"
Because the water purifier was made of a transparent plastic bottle, Lin Zhen could see the internal structure clearly. She understood the principle of the water purifier with just a little thought.
filter!
Those stones and sand play the role of filtering impurities. The gaps between them will retain large particles of impurities, and the remaining water will seep into the next layer.
"Is this black stuff different from the one I made?" Lin Zhen asked.
Zhou Qi shook his head. "This is just crushed charcoal. Its ability to absorb impurities is very average."
"So that's how it is!"
Lin Zhen suddenly realized, "You can try adding some wood ash and then roasting it over a fire."
"Thank you!" Zhou Qi said sincerely.
It turns out that the activator that can replace lemon juice or calcium chloride is wood ash.
Although it sounds simple, finding it requires many experiments and a bit of luck. Now that we can get it directly, it undoubtedly saves a lot of time and effort.
Zhou Qi continued, "I can make you a larger version of a water purifier. Do you have any activated carbon?"
"So these black particles are called activated carbon." Lin Jue nodded, "Yes."
"Then use activated charcoal."
Zhou Qi left to find clay to make a clay jar, and Tang Yu'an and Jin Lili stayed behind temporarily.
Jin Lili was still looking at the ice cubes.
When Tang Yu'an looked at her, she raised her hands and waved them, imitating the sound of falling ice: "Hua La~Hua La~"
Tang Yu'an was touched by her cuteness.
"Splash! Splash!" The big parrot Amu also joined in the imitation.
Jin Lili couldn't help but look at it. She was also filled with amazement at this little talking animal that she saw for the first time.
She pointed at the big parrot and pulled Tang Yu'an to look at it.
"This is Amu." Tang Yu'an introduced her.
"Mu... Mu..." Jin Lili imitated his pronunciation with a cute smile on her little face.
Maybe it was because they spent more time together, but Tang Yu'an felt that Jin Lili seemed to have become a little more lively.
He chatted with the little girl for a while, then looked at Amu who had been staying in the chicken coop.
"Sister Lin, how are Amu's eggs hatching?" Looking at the big parrot incubating eggs diligently every day, and its feathers not looking as bright as before, Tang Yu'an couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
"They're probably about to hatch," Lin Zhe said. "Lan Lin said the three eggs are still alive, and there are no dead eggs."
Today, Lan Lin came to her to exchange the anthelmintic, so she asked him to freeze a piece of ice and use his special ability as a psychic to check and make sure that the three eggs were in good health.
Calculating the time, it feels like it should be about time.
"That's great!" Tang Yu'an said happily.
As long as the chicks are hatched, the first step has been taken successfully. As long as the chicks are raised, you can get a lot of eggs.
It’s impossible that all three eggs hatched are roosters, right?
Soon, Zhou Qi came back from outside holding a clay jar, and then demonstrated to Lin Zhen how to make a water purifier.
"This cloth..."
Lin Yu looked at the cotton cloth Zhou Qi used as a partition, his eyes slightly shining, "Is it the same material as the skirt Lily is wearing?"
Zhou Qi nodded.
"Do you have any more?" Lin Zhen asked, "I feel like this dress should be quite cool to wear during the day. I want one too!"
Tang Yu'an took out a measuring tape and measured her size. "Sister Lin, do you want long sleeves or short sleeves?"
Lin Zhen blinked, "So you made this dress?"
Tang Yu'an chuckled but didn't answer.
After a while, Zhou Qi finally finished making the water purifier. He went out and fetched a bucket of muddy water. The water purifier with activated carbon added was indeed much better than before.
“This water is so clean!”
Lin Zhen didn't expect the effect to be so good. Now her drinking water is guaranteed.
Next, Zhou Qi exchanged activated carbon with her for salt.
Although activated carbon can be used to absorb impurities, in Lin Zhen's opinion, it is definitely not as precious as salt. After all, wood and wood ash are easy to obtain.
"How about giving me half a spoonful of salt from this bag?"
The activated carbon she took out weighed about 400 grams, less than one pound - of course, the salt she was referring to was the refined salt.
Zhou Qi took out the salt shaker and scooped a spoonful of coarse salt for her.
“This salt is cheaper than refined salt.” Then he took out a gray gold salt ticket and gave it to her, and told her about the upcoming opening of the store.
"Wow, that's a great idea!"
Lin Zhen looked at the newly acquired coarse salt and asked, "Do you have any salt of worse quality than this?"
Unexpectedly, she could guess it. Zhou Qi nodded and took out a jar of coarse sea salt.
Although the color of sea salt was obviously not as white as coarse salt, Lin Zhen said firmly: "I want to change to this kind of salt!"
"Can."
Zhou Qi scooped two spoonfuls of sea salt for her. As for the spoonful of coarse salt, he did not take it back, treating it as a benefit for old customers.
After all, a pound of activated carbon is worth 30 points, while a spoonful of coarse salt is worth less than 1 point.
Afterwards, Lin Zhen traded the insect repellent powder to Zhou Qi for a few spoonfuls of sea salt. She said cheerfully, "This salt is much cheaper. Not bad."
Because her family didn't have much supplies to exchange, she didn't exchange them for salt tickets like Old Li and the others did.
However, for Zhou Qi, being able to harvest activated carbon and learn how to make it was a complete surprise.
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Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi said goodbye to Lin Zhen and returned to the grocery store with Jin Lili.
"Woof woof!"
Yinbi and Wangcai greeted them warmly, and then discovered Jin Lili in the backpack.
Jin Lili stared at the two big dogs nervously.
Yinbi and Wangcai looked at her curiously, and then both smiled.
"Lily, don't be afraid. They are very well behaved. You can touch them." Tang Yu'an held the little girl and guided her to play with the two dogs.
Soon, the friendliness of the two dogs made her relax, and she boldly touched Silver Coin's head.
Jin Lili widened her eyes slightly.
That fluffy touch feels so comfortable!
Of course, the most comfortable place was this crammed little house. Jin Lili had never seen such a crowded yet well-organized house.
Being so young, she didn’t understand what so many supplies meant in this wasteland. She just felt satisfied and comfortable.
After a while, she was playing with the two dogs.
When Zhou Qi came out of the kitchen with lunch, he saw the little girl hugging Yinbi's head, resting her head on Wangcai's body, and sleeping peacefully with her eyes closed.
Tang Yuan sat next to them, apparently browsing the system panel.
The gray-blue refrigerator and freezer were humming, bringing coolness into the house. This seemingly peaceful scene was filled with a faint warmth.
Zhou Qi looked at this scene, and an inexplicable emotion spread in his heart.
As if noticing his gaze, Tang Yu'an looked up at him, then smiled, then stood up and ran towards him.
After Zhou Qi placed the food on the table, Tang Yu'an lowered his voice and said to him excitedly, "Brother Xiaoqi, guess what I just saw in the plane store?"
"What?" Zhou Qi asked in cooperation.
"Materials for making eggs!" Tang Yu'an said excitedly.
Balls? What balls?
Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment before he remembered the cookbook "Eggs on the Tip of the Tongue". He remembered that the egg recipes in the cookbook all had special effects, but the ingredients were relatively difficult to obtain.
"Oh? What effect does the egg have?" he asked.
"To enhance physical fitness!"
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