Chapter 42
In the end times, vehicles are scarce, and the armored vehicles in Shanhai City are only used in critical periods. Therefore, a cool pink bus with three carriages like this one has attracted a lot of attention.
Deng Hailong got up early in the morning and walked around the bus proudly, showing off to everyone he met.
"Yes, it was upgraded last night. Now it can accommodate 150 people!"
"Yes, tickets are much easier to buy than before."
"Well, I was the first one to take that trip~"
The bus fare is still 20 crystal cores one way, which is still a bit expensive considering the average salary is only a few dozen. However, this scenario is based on the situation where there are more people than fare, and it will be gradually adjusted according to the bus upgrade situation.
Deng Hailong drove to Shanhai City in a proud manner. Lin Zhi, who was patrolling with the inspection team, couldn't help but frown when she saw her current colleague getting out of the car as proudly as a rooster. Fortunately, the work handover with him only involved sending people and receiving rewards, otherwise she would not be able to stand this man's eccentric temper.
Seeing this, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but smile. He closed the small notebook Ye Qing had given him and comforted him, "Brother Deng is just like that, but he's still reliable."
Linzhi glanced at Deng Hailong, whose shirt was unzipped and a lollipop was in his mouth, and compared him with Xiaojiu's neat outfit and meticulous work attitude, and she finally felt a little better.
She turned around and followed the patrol team to the inspection, leaving a message for Xiaojiu: "Okay, I have other things to do, so you will be the one to connect with him today."
Xiaojiu nodded with a smile, then straightened his clothes and went to Deng Hailong: "Brother Deng, you're here. This bus seems to be longer than yesterday's."
Deng Hailong's lips curled up with immense pride. "Yes, it was just upgraded last night. By the way, are you the one to coordinate today? Where's Miss Lin?"
Xiaojiu: "She has other things to do."
Deng Hailong patted his thigh and said, "That's great! She's too demanding. You don't know how much pressure I feel when I'm with her. Luckily, you're here today, Brother Nine!"
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After TV commercials, the news that weapon shops could forge their own weapons spread widely.
Some people with special abilities who had collected a lot of supplies and had no place to spend them came here one after another. Such a large scale event naturally attracted many interested customers, who gathered together to watch the forging process on site.
"I'll go, I'll go first!"
The person who spoke was a low-level psychic. He had no team and had just migrated here from Shanhai City yesterday. He was used to being free on weekdays, so he didn't have much inventory, but he had collected a few decent exotic beast objects. Today he wanted to make a handy tool.
This is a set of eagle claws, and he plans to make a pair of claw boxing gloves.
He handed the eagle claw to Wang Peng, a staff member at the weapons shop. Wang Peng didn't take it immediately, but instead warned him seriously, "This forging furnace has only a 60% success rate. If it fails, there will be no compensation. Have you made up your mind?"
The low-level psychics were eager to see the finished product as soon as possible, so they had no time to think about his words. Without thinking, they urged: "I've thought about it, I've thought about it, please put it in!"
Wang Peng frowned, but seeing that he was so determined, he didn't say much. He supported himself on one leg, took the Eagle Claw, opened the furnace lid and put the items in. After pressing the start button, the forging furnace erupted with flames and started working.
The object was small and it didn't take much time. One minute later, a "ding" sound came from the forging furnace, like a microwave oven finishing work. Wang Peng took the opportunity to open the drawer below.
There was only a black mass on the drawer, with traces of burning.
Wang Peng said regretfully: "Sorry, I failed."
The low-level psychic was furious when he saw the thing that had been burned to charcoal. He pointed at Wang Peng and cursed:
"What's going on? Did you try to cheat me by exchanging a fake for the real thing? That's a Level 2 mutant eagle claw. Do you know how long it took me to get it?"
Finally, he made a loud demand: "No, you have to compensate, 1,000 crystal cores, not 10,000 crystal cores!"
Wang Peng has been here for so many days and everyone has been friendly with him. This is the first time he has seen such an unreasonable person. Although he is not good at speaking, he is a principled person, not to mention that this is the boss's business.
His face was stern and his tone was firm: "I can't compensate you. I told you at the beginning that the success rate of the forge is only 60%. If it fails, there will be no compensation."
The Flying Tigers members standing nearby were old acquaintances of Wang Peng, and now they all stood behind him to support him: "We can all testify."
The people beside him also echoed: "Yes, people warned you a long time ago, but you ignored the advice and insisted on trying. Now that you failed, you regret it. You can't be so immoral!"
The low-level psychic thought he could play helpless, but he didn't expect everyone to speak up for him. He immediately screamed and shouted: "I know you guys, your son is his Flying Tigers, you are all in the same group, just bullying me, the new helpless one."
This was a bit of a scheming bitch, but it hit Wang Peng right in the nick of time. He didn't want his sons and his team to get a bad reputation for helping him, so he stopped them and said, "Thank you, but this is something I should handle, don't worry about it."
The low-level psychic climbed up the pole: "If I don't care, you have to compensate me. If you don't, I will report you to your boss!"
Speaking of the boss, Wang Peng was a little hesitant. It was not because he was worried about doing something wrong, but because asking Ye Qing to step in for such a small matter would make him appear incompetent. Ye Qing had given him a chance, and he didn't want to leave a bad impression on her.
Seeing that Wang Peng was starting to waver, the low-level psychic began to use threats and inducements: "It's okay if you don't tell your boss. You have to compensate me at twice its original value."
Wang Peng frowned. Not to mention that he didn't have so much money to pay compensation, even if his boss had it, he wouldn't let him pay.
Yes! The boss won’t let him pay for it, because the boss is not that kind of person at all.
After understanding the logic of the situation, Wang Peng gained confidence. He straightened his back and said seriously, "According to Article 18 of the Residents' Code, anyone who uses violence, threats, harassment, or other means to obstruct shelter staff from performing their duties will be punished according to the severity of the offense with a warning, labor reform, temporary deprivation of resident status, or permanent deprivation of resident status."
"Your actions just now constitute a threat. You will be temporarily stripped of your identity for one month. This will be implemented after the system has made its assessment."
The low-level psychic was a little frightened by his methodical approach, but he was skilled and fearless and retorted, "Hey, you said to deprive me, so I deprive you. Who do you think you are? You call it a system? System, what the hell..."
Before the last word fell, he retreated uncontrollably as if he had lost his personality, shouting in panic: "What's going on? Why am I retreating for no reason? Someone is using psychic powers to control me? Who is it?"
The sound gradually faded away, and everyone came to their senses. People with special abilities can sense each other, and everyone knows whether there are people with psychic abilities or not.
By the time the low-level psychic realized what was happening, it was already too late. He could only return to Shanhai City in disgrace and spend a long month of deprivation.
The shelter achieved an upgrade in just two weeks, let alone a month later. By then, he would have already lost the advantage of being a newcomer.
Now, no matter whether they were new or old, they all had a new understanding of the rules and regulations of the shelter. They all felt sympathetic and secretly wondered if they had done anything that violated the residents' code.
Wang Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the low-level psychic had really left.
When Ye Qing was training them and someone broke the rules and wanted to do this, he was full of worries and was particularly unfamiliar with the word "system". However, after this experience, he began to have a deep understanding of it.
Perhaps "system" is a trigger word, and after it is triggered, it is judged to be successful and then the punishment is implemented.
Wang Xing had been paying attention to his father. This time, he saw that his father's mental state was completely different from before, as if the high-spirited man he once was had returned. He walked over to his father and whispered, "Dad, you were really amazing just now!"
Wang Peng's back stiffened when he heard this, but then he smiled brightly. He gave his son a reassuring look and continued working: "Okay, anyone who wants forging tools can line up now."
Next are the members of the Flying Tigers. They could have waited until the forge was upgraded before using it, but there are always emergencies, and having a suitable weapon at the critical moment can increase their health.
As the team's space-based mutant, Wang Xing showed his advantage at this time. He took out a piece of supplies.
They were lucky. Out of the 10 tools, only 2 failed, especially Zhou Xiaohua's ivory. In addition to being forged into an exquisitely carved dagger and an extremely sharp sword, both weapons were of high-grade quality, which attracted the admiration of many people.
At noon, a group of more than ten people came into the shelter. They did not look like ordinary people in terms of their attire, but their behavior was timid and extremely strange.
Tang Chao was in charge of the inspection at the gate. He recognized these people at a glance, but thinking that they were so high up that they might not have paid attention to him, he kept quiet and just asked casually, "What are you doing here?"
The leaders looked at each other and pushed each other to get the other to speak.
Tang Chao felt something was a little strange, and couldn't help but frowned and asked again: "What are you doing here?"
"Applying for residency." "Tourism."
The two answered almost in unison.
Tang Chao's doubts grew, and he maintained a skeptical attitude. He immediately picked up the detector in his hand and checked them one by one.
The machine showed that the danger level was 0. It seemed that they had no intention of causing trouble for the shelter. Logically, he could enter after passing the instrument detection, but he could not explain where the suspicion in his heart came from.
At this time, someone stepped forward and cleverly explained: "We come here for sightseeing first, and then apply for residency if it suits us."
"Yes, that's what we planned."
They actually passed the test, so Tang Chao had no reason to stop them. He just looked at their faces a few more times and decided to pay more attention to them in the future.
"We passed, didn't we?"
"He must have passed to get in!"
"He actually got in. Why not just complete the resident application process? By the time we find any problems later, it's already a done deal. He can't possibly go back on his word and kick us out!"
"Old Zhao, you're really smart. Let's do it this way!"
A few people thought they had planned everything carefully, but they didn't know that an accident happened when signing the roster.
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