Chapter 13 Don't Mess with My Antenna
High-grade metals and usable parts can be judged by naked eyes and experience, but energy stones cannot be seen at all, and the remaining energy value must be known with the help of a test box.
The process of checking the energy value is like opening a blind box, which makes people feel up and down.
Brother Man picked up two pieces of gray iron and eight energy stones today. After testing, he found that three of the E-level energy stones had residual energy, and the highest one had a residual energy value of 82%. In addition, there were three spare parts that could be used to repair the airship. It was considered a good harvest.
The tall and thin man in the co-pilot seat picked up a half-new guidance instrument and seven energy stones, but all the energy stones turned out to be useless and none of them were usable.
The black-haired guy picked up two small parts that could be used on the airship and an old-fashioned mini household robot with a round head and a round brain. Brother Man said that the damage was not serious and could be sold after some repairs.
Qi Huan looked at it enviously for several times, thinking it would be nice to pick it up and use it at home.
"The garbage ship from the high star field is indeed delivered. Today is much better than the previous times." The black-haired man was quite content and looked happy. The tall and thin man and the workwear vest also nodded. Today felt really good. After all, for them, working in vain and a morning is also normal.
Quan Hai picked up a large piece of gray iron and thirty-eight energy stones. In the end, four E-level stones had residual energy, and two F-level stones, with energy values of about 50%. He and Brother Man were lucky, one was lucky and the other was "more lucky", so their harvests were always the best among the group.
Soon, only Qi Huan and the work vest were left to be inspected. Qi Huan thought that there was no time wasted, so he stretched out his hand and made a 'please' gesture, indicating that he could go first.
The man in workwear vest picked up thirteen energy stones, with a smile on his face that he couldn't suppress. However, when he checked them one by one, they were all empty. His expression gradually became gloomy. It was not until he checked the second to last piece that the box reported the energy value for the first time, [E-level energy stone, remaining energy value 20%].
After putting the last piece into the test box, the man in workwear clenched his fists tightly. After a few seconds, the glaring red [0] on the display shattered his last hope.
"How could this happen?" He stared at the pile of empty waste stones, holding his head in frustration. Except for Quanhai, he had picked up the most energy stones, but in the end, it was all in vain.
When it was Qi Huan's turn, he first took out the pile of colorful large metal parts on the backpack and gave them to Quan Hai. Quan Hai shook his head and said that the airship was useless and could only be used as welding parts for furniture makers, which were worthless.
Qi Huan was just trying his luck, so he wasn't disappointed when Quan Hai said it was worthless. He took out four energy stones from his small bag to check, and the first three were also empty.
Hearing that his side was also empty, the work vest seemed to be relieved, and his face was slightly brighter, but then the fourth energy stone exploded with the highest value of the day, E grade, and the remaining energy value was 98%! Almost brand new!
The guy in workwear vest's eyes immediately turned red.
"I still have a piece of gray iron." Qi Huan reached into the bottom of his bag and touched two long thin metal strips. He took them out and saw that one was the piece of gray iron he had picked up that time, and the other was a blue metal piece only ten centimeters long.
He was a little dazed when he looked at the extra piece of blue metal. Later he realized that it was probably the piece of metal that was sandwiched between the pile of large items and stuffed into the bag in the last half minute. Because it was relatively small, it fell through the gap to the bottom on the way.
The surface of that thing was fine and smooth, and also had a strong mirror-like feel. Qi Huan thought about it and tentatively shook it towards Quan Hai and Man Ge, "Is it gray iron?"
Quan Hai shook his head. Qi Huan thought he was overthinking and was about to throw the object into the pile of scrap metal. However, Brother Man took a few quick steps and almost snatched the object from his hand, "Let me see it."
Qi Huan: ???
Qi Huan looked at Quan Hai in confusion, but found that Quan Hai was also staring at the thing excitedly and didn't pay any attention to him at all.
"Blue bronze!" A few seconds later, Brother Man gave the result in a firm tone.
Except for Qi Huan, everyone else present gasped.
Although it was the first time Qi Huan heard this name, he could guess from everyone's reactions that it was a high-grade metal, and it was definitely rarer than gray iron, which of course meant it was more valuable.
"You are so lucky!" said the black-haired guy enviously.
"Let me rub it!" The tall and thin man excitedly grabbed Qi Huan's hand and rubbed it twice with his right hand, "Please bless me with some good luck today."
"Brother Man has a market and can help you get a good price." Quan Hai was also very excited and patted Qi Huan's shoulder.
Qi Huan was not familiar with high-grade metals, and was about to ask about the approximate price when the man in workwear vest suddenly jumped up from his chair and pointed at the piece of blue copper in Man Ge's hand and said, "Wait a minute, this thing was picked up from my area, and you must give me half of it."
The tall and thin man and the black-haired man were busy picking up things at the time and were not aware of the situation here. When they suddenly heard what the man in the work vest said, they couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Quan Hai sneered, "How did it become something I took from you?"
"I, I saw it! I saw with my own eyes that little bastard picked it up from me."
"Then I saw you taking apart the energy box over there!" Quan Hai was indignant.
The work vest immediately pointed to the pile of empty energy stones at his feet and said, "I can give him half of what I picked up."
How shameless! Quan Hai was choked by his shamelessness and was speechless.
"Anyway, that piece of blue copper was picked up from me." The man in workwear vest refused to give in.
Qi Huan glanced at Brother Man, then looked at the work vest, "We said at the time, 'If you find it, it's yours.'"
"Who can prove it?" The man in workwear vest rolled his eyes and refused to admit it.
"I can." Brother Man, who had been silent the whole time, handed the piece of blue copper to Qi Huan and looked at the work vest coldly. "You first rushed to the top of someone's head to dismantle the energy box and refused to leave. He was generous and didn't care. He suggested that 'whoever picked it up should own it'. You said 'OK' and told him not to regret it."
Isn't this just being a rogue? After listening to Man Ge's retelling of the situation, the tall and thin man and the black-haired man looked at the workwear vest with more contempt. After all, they were still "teammates", so how could they bully their own people?
The work vest was still a little afraid of Brother Man. He lowered his eyelids guiltily and softened his tone. "Well, I didn't think clearly at the time, so I regret it now, right? That little bastard took such a good thing from me. If not half, he should at least get one third."
Are you being unreasonable? Qi Huan laughed when he heard this. "Why, you are asking for one third of the property? You said I 'took' it from your place, but where is the evidence? Where is 'your place'? How long, wide, and large? Do you have a blueprint or a title deed? What is the scope of permission noted? Have you notarized it at the base's command hall? Have you paid the application fee and rent? Otherwise, how can you prove your ownership? Are you just daydreaming and talking nonsense?"
"You..." The rapid-fire questioning confused the man in workwear vest.
"What do you mean by you? If you can't understand the terms of the base with your IQ of 300 minus 50, then I will explain it to you. It's called slander without evidence! Deduct 50 to 500 points for law and order!!!"
"I..." The workwear vest was speechless. Qi Huan's good-tempered appearance along the way made him think that this newcomer was easy to bully and easy to control, but he didn't expect that he was wrong.
"F*ck!" His face twitched, and he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his vest pocket and pointed it at Qi Huan viciously, "You little bastard, are you looking for death?"
Playing with knives? Qi Huan, who had started to play with kitchen knives at the age of four, was not afraid of this at all. He raised his foot and gently hooked the discarded things next to him, and a metal piece about 50 to 60 centimeters long appeared in his hand.
Quan Hai quickly stood next to Qi Huan, looking ready to help at any time.
Brother Man stood up and warned, "Laopi, it will be meaningless if you continue to make trouble."
The man in the work vest glared at Qi Huan, then looked at the tall man and the black-haired man with obvious disapproval in their eyes, knowing that he would be at a disadvantage if they started fighting. After hesitating for a few seconds, he retracted the dagger, said "I'm giving face to Brother Man", and walked away in shame.
The time was almost up, and after his commotion, everyone lost interest in continuing and dispersed hastily. Qi Huan was short of money, so he asked Brother Man to sell the blue copper and gray iron. He kept the energy stone for himself, intending to use it to exchange for energy stones for kitchen utensils in the future.
Quan Hai was worried that the scoundrel in the work vest would block him on the road, so he said hello to Brother Man and sent him back first.
"I didn't expect Lao Pi to be such a shameless person." Quan Hai angrily kicked a small stone on the road.
"Some people's skin is just disposable." Qi Huan patted his shoulder comfortingly.
Quan Hai's face was full of question marks. What does it mean?
"It means that people like him are shameless." Qi Huan casually bought two bottles of water from a roadside robot vendor, "Can those two things be sold for a lot of money?"
"About 25,000 to 30,000." Quan Hai took the bottle of water he handed over.
"Ahem~" Qi Huan choked after taking a big gulp of water. "How much?"
"More than 25,000," Quan Hai smiled and patted him on the back, "You are so lucky, kid. I have been there so many times, and I have only seen Brother Man pick it up once!"
"It's about the same as a C-class beast core?" Qi Huan was surprised. He guessed it should be valuable, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable. No wonder Lao Pi was so shameless and wanted to share the money.
"That's blue copper, the material that can be used to make mechas." Quan Hai held the water bottle and looked up at the sky, his face full of longing.
"Mecha?" Qi Huan was shocked. There were mechas in this world? Could the mechas he dreamed of that night be real? "Is it used by the hunting team?"
"Only a high-level hunting team with sentinels can do it. After all, only sentinels can drive mechas."
It seems that I have to check it out when I go back tonight. It sounds like the sentinels are not what I thought before. Qi Huan silently ordered electronic pickled mustard tuber for himself tonight's meal.
"Don't think about it. I've been looking forward to seeing it with my own eyes for so many years. High-level hunting teams basically won't come to a place like our Waste Planet." Quan Hai smiled bitterly and patted his shoulder.
"Who said I haven't seen it?" Qi Huan's eyes rippled and he raised his chin proudly.
"Have you seen it?" Quan Hai was stunned and immediately asked, "When?"
"The night before last."
"The night before yesterday?" Quan Hai scratched his head. "Where?"
"In a dream." Qi Huan winked at Quan Hai mischievously and ran away.
"You little bastard, are you trying to play tricks on me?" Quan Hai reacted immediately and chased after him, grabbing Qi Huan and giving him a good beating.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't mess with my antenna."
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After a whole morning of hard work, Qi Huan was so hungry that his hands and feet felt weak. He held his stomach and made up his mind that he would keep an eye on the cocoa powder in the food store to see when it was on sale. He would then make some homemade chocolate and carry it with him. At least he could replenish his blood sugar when he didn't have time to eat.
After returning home, he gave Quanhai three strings of mini candied haws, prepared a meal for the kitten, and posted a new notice looking for the owner. The morning was almost over, so he had a quick lunch and hurried to the unloading yard with the remaining candied haws, thinking about the use of this unexpected fortune as he walked.
When the time comes, he will give half to Quanhai and Man Ge - he actually doesn't mind giving it half, but the recipients should not be the work vests, but Quanhai and Man Ge. After all, without them two, he would have no chance to get a bargain.
After paying off Uncle Wan's debt and the management fees, he could consider using the remaining money to buy some ingredients, make some simple breakfasts, and try to start a breakfast business. Thinking of this, his steps became lighter.
Qi Huan handed the mini candied haws to Wan Lao Da and helped to organize the food cabinet. Everyone had just finished lunch, and the sweet and sour fruit skewers were just the right way to relieve the greasiness. Lao Wu and Wan Lao Er finished them in a few bites. Wan Lao Da said that his wife liked sweet food, and he diligently sent his share to the side yard.
In the afternoon, another hunting team sent over a stone beast. Lao Wu was very familiar with handling the D-class stone beast. While there was still time, the two of them dismantled the long-faced beasts that were left over from yesterday.
Seeing him looking at the pile of dissected internal organs, Lao Wu stopped him and said, "You can't pick up this stuff, it's poisonous. You should just take the bones and hooves."
Qi Huan, who had already imagined the stewed meat, felt disappointed when he heard that the internal organs were poisonous. The hair on his head drooped.
Wan Lao Er sighed and patted his neck gently, "You can also take those two long-faced beast heads with you."
When Qi Huan saw the long-faced beast's head, his beautiful eyes immediately lit up again. The head was also very good, a Baishui sheep's head!
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