"If you ask me, using electricity isn't really suitable right now. Although we all have electricity now, do you think the current voltage is reliable for charging bicycles? And aren't solar power companies getting a bit too big for their britches? I bet even if you modified it, we wouldn't be able to use it. Anyway, we definitely won't let such advanced technology run around on the streets."
"Let's use oil. Do we need a permit to use gasoline engine oil these days? Can we get one?" It seems like only government vehicles can use that.
"We don't need much, so we can still get it. But I reckon once it's made, someone will come looking for it."
"What are you thinking? You're reluctant to give it away?" It doesn't seem to be that important, you could probably modify it yourself if she studied the book carefully. But since it's not hers, she can't say too much.
“What’s there to be reluctant about? It’s not anything important. I’m just worried that they won’t let us use it ourselves. Wouldn’t that mean we’ve done all this work for nothing?” He had already drawn up the blueprints and was just waiting to finish modifying his bicycle and hand it over.
"That's true. How about we disguise it? When there are people, it's a normal bicycle. When there are no people, we'll use gasoline. Let me see how to disguise it well. I think we can weave some decorations out of bamboo to protect the bike. We can hide the stuff inside. What do you think?"
As Qian Xiao spoke, he gestured to demonstrate his idea, and Sun Kaicheng immediately understood: "I think it's feasible. Can you weave?" He knew that this person was barely good at sewing and mending, let alone handicrafts.
Feeling looked down upon, Qian Xiao retorted indignantly: "Who do you think you are? I'm quite good at weaving little things, but I need to cut down a bamboo first."
"Just cut it down, there's a whole lot of bamboo there," he said. There were plenty of bamboo in the space, but he didn't particularly like them; he just collected whatever he saw back then.
"Alright, I'll go inside and prepare the bamboo first. You can continue with your modifications. Once you're done, I'll cover it up according to the dimensions. Have you prepared all the parts and wires? Is anything else missing?"
"Let's see. It's okay if we're short of parts; I have plenty of spare parts, so there's no need to worry about not having enough."
After tidying up the bamboo in the space, Qian Xiao pulled it out and sat it in the yard, whittling it into strips for later use. Sun Kaicheng was tinkering with modifying bicycles on the side. Neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere felt very good.
Sun Kaicheng overheard a sound outside: "Did you notice anything when you came back?"
"I think I saw that whining monster, but I don't know if I saw it correctly." She didn't look closely, but the swaying manner of the monster immediately made her recognize it.
Sun Kaicheng clicked his tongue and whimpered that the analogy was quite apt: "You didn't see wrong, there's that person following us behind. Do you remember feeling like a lot of people came into the house a couple of days ago? That's probably that person."
"You heard them talking? No, how come your superpower is so useful? Why is mine useless? Yours is like a 360-degree surveillance camera with no blind spots, and it even has sound."
I'm so envious and jealous! We've both traveled through time, so why are you so outstanding?
Sun Kaicheng glanced at Qian Xiao's jealous face with amusement. Erdan always had no self-awareness, always feeling that she was just like any other ordinary person, not outstanding at all, and never thought that she was any better.
"If you want to, it's not impossible, but you should exercise every day. I've given you crystal cores, so you should meditate and absorb them." It's just that this person feels it's not very useful, so he only exercises sporadically.
"I'm always afraid I'll accidentally turn into a zombie," she really thought. What if she accidentally made a mistake and really turned into a zombie? There would be no place to regret it then, and she hadn't lived enough yet.
Sun Kaicheng's lips twitched. His mind was always wandering wildly: "I think I told you before that people with superpowers can't be infected by zombie viruses. Besides, those crystal cores have been checked by Shuangdan, so there's absolutely no virus that shouldn't be there."
Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken it out and used it like that. This is his real home. How could he bring something harmful back to wreak havoc on his own home?
"Can't we stop making such lofty excuses for our laziness?"
Qian Xiao chuckled foolishly: "Well, I'm actually a little scared. You don't know, once a person has experienced death, they become quite attached to life. I'm someone who's terrified of death."
"However, I am really lazy. Who can stand meditating all night without sleeping? I feel more comfortable sleeping in a warm bed."
"You tell me, we live in a very safe world, is it really necessary for us to make ourselves as indestructible as machines?"
Sun Kaicheng glanced at the oil stains on his hands, then tapped Qian Xiao's head with his fingers: "Why are you thinking such nonsense? Aren't we just doing this for our own safety? We're not thinking about dominating the world or anything. Our biggest goal is to make ourselves stronger so that no one can hurt us."
"You're right, I'll try my best in the future." Perhaps it's a mentality brought about by later generations that makes people lazy from time to time, lacking the drive of people from this era.
Both of them are very good at hands-on work, and Sun Kaicheng had already prepared everything needed beforehand. Qian Xiao's hands flew, and she quickly finished making the bamboo weaving that could both cover and beautify the bicycle. By the time the lamp was lit, the bicycle modification was completely completed.
Qian Xiao stepped back and looked at it: "This bamboo weaving doesn't quite match the black car body. Let's paint the bamboo weaving, the effect will probably be better."
Sun Kaicheng nodded in agreement, noting that the bicycle's dark color clashed with the bamboo weaving.
"There's quick-drying paint inside, which is better than the paint we have now. As long as you spray it evenly, it will dry quickly. Tomorrow, we can ride our bikes to work."
"What about the gasoline?"
"Have you ever really looked closely at my warehouse? It's the gasoline I've collected that's enough for the two of us to use for a lifetime."
Qian Xiao shook her head. She always felt that the warehouse was Sun Kaicheng's private property, and she shouldn't get too familiar with it, as that would be too much of an overreaction.
"Let's eat. I didn't cook today, and it's already this late. Can we eat what we made and stored before?"
“Sure, why not? There’s so much of it. We could eat it all even if we didn’t cook for a month.”
When the two of them have free time, they cook in their virtual space, making a lot of food and storing it. When they don't have time to cook, they can just take it out and eat it, which is convenient and saves time.
Otherwise, there would be no other use for so much grain. They haven't released any grain outside since the beginning of this year.
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