However, before Xia He could even leave the parking lot, she saw Xiao Lin rushing towards her. "You're finally back." Xiao Lin was much more serious than Xia He had imagined. Xia He felt somewhat guilty, so she forced a smile and prepared to get away with it.
However, Xiao Lin clearly had no intention of letting Xia He get away with it, and looked at Xia He with a cold expression.
Xia He ignored him and took out a lot of car keys from her bag, handing them to Xiao Lin. "Here, all the spoils I got on this trip are confiscated."
Xiao Lin remained indifferent. Xia He smiled and handed the car keys to Xiao Lin. "Alright, alright, I know I'm late. Can we talk about it later? I need to take some of my spoils to Professor Fu, and I haven't even explored the base yet." Xia He noticed Xiao Lin's displeasure, but she didn't bother to explain.
However, to show that the couple hadn't seen each other for a long time, Xia He still gave Xiao Lin a light hug. However, Xia He felt uncomfortable all over, as if after being away for so long, she suddenly found that she and Xiao Lin were much more distant.
Xiao Lin looked at Xia He and sighed silently, but still went with her.
Xia He followed her memory to Professor Fu's laboratory, where she found many familiar faces, including Zhou Zihao and Fu Jing. It seemed that Fu Jing and Zhou Zihao were now together. When Xiao Lin entered, he stopped calling her "Brother Xiao" as before and instead focused his attention on Zhou Zihao. The two of them were doing experiments together, and they even seemed to have a hint of mutual affection between them.
Professor Fu greeted Xia He warmly when she returned.
"Professor Fu, it's been a long time! How's work going lately?" Xia He asked warmly.
Professor Fu felt that this was a sore subject to being touched upon, and frowned as he said, "Well, it's just like that. The defensive wall has been built, and a basement has been added. The defensive wall can be directly stored in the basement. The second phase of the project is almost finished, but the resources are a bit tight right now. We're short of everything. The second phase of the project was originally intended to be the production area of the base, but now resources are extremely scarce, so I don't know if it can be built."
Upon hearing this, Xia He immediately smiled and said, "That's easy. I brought back quite a few good things this time. Why don't you take me to the second phase and see if there's anything I can use?"
Upon hearing this, Professor Fu's eyes lit up immediately. "That's great! The things Xiao He makes are usually extraordinary. Let's go!"
After saying that, the group set off for Phase 2 in a grand manner. There was actually no difference between Phase 1 and Phase 2. Both were spherical structures made of metal. Phase 2 was only missing the topping-out work. The lower parts could be used directly. Xia He went to Phase 2 and found that there was no living space in Phase 2. It was all empty rooms.
"I intended to use these rooms as various production workshops, but now the equipment is a problem." Professor Fu said, while hinting to Xia He. Professor Fu didn't expect Xia He to conjure up some finished machines for him directly; he would be happy if she could produce some scrap metal. He didn't expect this at all.
With a wave of her hand, Xia He conjured up a series of automated processing machines.
"Xiaohe, you, you really are amazing! These machines look brand new!" Professor Fu exclaimed in surprise.
Of course, Xia He couldn't tell him that these were supplies collected at the very beginning of the apocalypse. But then, with another wave of her hand, Xia He created many broken machine tools and some large pieces of equipment on the ground.
"Some of these machines are well-preserved, while others are rather dilapidated. I don't know why, but as long as they work, that's fine." Xia He chuckled, trying to gloat. Everyone present was shrewd; no one failed to understand Xia He's implication. They all chose to remain silent and stopped trying to find out where Xia He's things came from.
Afterwards, Xia He went to another room, which was the first floor of the second phase. This room was temporarily used to store supplies. Xia He put all the metal, steel bars, pillars, bricks and other materials that she had collected along the way into this room, and the room was immediately filled to the brim.
Everyone felt that Xia He's trip had been very fruitful, much faster than the scavengers in the base.
Professor Fu looked at the materials in the room and suddenly felt that he didn't need to worry about the materials anymore. So he happily hummed a little tune and returned to the laboratory with Fu Jing and the others. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin sent someone to guard the place.
With everything settled, Xia He knew it was time to face Xiao Lin. She sent A Yin back to her room, and Xia He opened her own room. Xiao Hua wisely floated back into the space, leaving only the two little ones outside. To avoid being caught in the crossfire, the two little ones also wisely went back to their room and pretended to be asleep.
In the living room, Xia He and Xiao Lin sat on the sofa. After a long silence, Xia He finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Xiao Lin, I need my own independent space. I am not your appendage. Do I need to discuss with you whether I go out once or for how long? Or do I need to endure your anger if I exceed your expectations?"
Xiao Lin's expression darkened upon hearing this. "Xia He, I never said you didn't have your own space. I just felt that you should at least have told me. You just left like that without saying how long you'd be gone or where you were going. I'm really worried about you."
Xia He said, "I remember, I told you that. Besides, that's just who I am. I'm used to being free and easy. You can get used to it if you want, but if you can't, there's nothing I can do."
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