Chapter 28
"Who are you calling a rat?!"
As soon as Xiyue finished speaking, Brother Sanpi exploded, and his two pig nostrils squeezed together, looking extremely ferocious.
Xiyue had no reason to be afraid of him. She looked at him coldly and said, "Pigs and rats are not the same species."
"What did you say, you bitch?!" Brother Sanpi raised his fist.
Xi Yue: "Is this considered raising your hand? Do you want to find your seat?"
The tit-for-tat words stunned everyone present.
Originally, when the residents saw Xiyue sitting behind the table without saying a word, they thought that the young girl was scared.
Fear is natural. Gangs in the Garbage Zone are often violent and scoundrels. They roam freely, demanding protection money from anyone with a little extra food. Even the recyclables collected in the contaminated zone are taken in half by them, otherwise they'll keep you up all night.
I really didn't expect that this unfamiliar girl, who was obviously an outsider, not only dared to contradict Brother Sanpi, but even spoke in a sarcastic tone. Everyone around her was worried for her when they heard it.
However, many people listened to Xiyue's clear and logical words.
Not to mention the empty talk about building a survival barrier and providing jobs, the main thing is that the land ownership is indeed in the hands of the central star region.
There are security guards sent by the central government right on the edge of the North District. Who would dare to refute this fact?
So when Sanpi Ge angrily pointed at everyone around him and said, "Raise your hands! This bitch is taking up everyone's territory, and why don't you raise your hands?!"
Although no one dared to meet his gaze, no one responded either.
Until suddenly a loud shout came from above: "Brother, this woman wants to buy a starship!"
Sanpi was stunned. Buy a starship?
How could someone who ends up living in a garbage planet be that powerful? Sanpige believed that Xiyue's talk of building a survival barrier was nonsense and that they just wanted to occupy the land.
But my younger brother told him that the other party wanted to buy a starship?
"Really? The prototypes have arrived! Ten of them!"
I guessed his question, turned on the camera and sent him a video call.
As the "top" of the star zone, Sanpi naturally has a light computer.
The picture on the light screen pulled out by the flying camera was shaking, because my brother's light computer was a piece of junk bought from a second-hand market, and the camera's flying function had long been broken, so he could only hold the light computer and run while shooting.
But this did not prevent the people present from clearly seeing the brand new and stylish private starships on the screen.
For a moment, everyone's eyes looking at Xiyue changed.
Can people who have drifted to the garbage star zone, even if they are not garbage citizens, have the money to purchase a starship?
Even the lowest-configuration starship costs over 100 million!
Suddenly, a man raised his hand.
Xiyue said that raising one's hand indicated one's disapproval. Brother Sanpi saw this and laughed.
Unexpectedly, the man mumbled, "I...I want to apply for the job. This boss has money to buy a starship, so he must have money to build a barrier."
Not to mention Brother Sanpi, even Xiyue reacted.
So the little hooligan who sneaked up to check the situation was actually assisting the opponent?
After just a few seconds, a few more courageous residents raised their hands: "I want to sign up too... Boss, is the salary the 100 Star Coins a day that Li Kangwen mentioned?"
Just as he finished speaking, a figure flashed by and the person who was speaking was kicked to the ground by Brother Sanpi.
"Fuck you! A hundred bucks a day! Do you have any fucking brains?! She's got the money to buy a starship! Occupying public land? Fine, you're taking it, and we want compensation!"
Brother Sanpi kicked the man hard several times, then glared fiercely at the people around him, forcing everyone to put down their hands.
Then he walked up to Xiyue with his hands on his waist and his chin raised.
"Ten thousand star coins per square meter, isn't that too much, Boss? We can afford to buy a starship worth hundreds of millions, and build a survival barrier worth who knows how many billions. A few hundred million in compensation, you can come up with it, right?"
"Ten thousand per square meter. Once the money is paid, you can take up as much land as you want!"
Without waiting for Xiyue to answer, Sanpi Ge narrowed his eyes and glanced at the residents.
"Think carefully with your stupid brains. When the compensation is received, we'll all share it. Each person will get at least a million! Do you want to make a measly hundred a day, or a million in one go?!"
Xiyue looked at him coldly. This guy was indeed a little clever.
Her biological father was a gambler, and ever since she was old enough to understand, she had been surrounded by loan sharks demanding repayment. No one knew better than her how fragile human nature could be.
Sure enough, the man who had first expressed his willingness to participate in the recruitment a few minutes ago raised his hand again: "I, I want one million!"
With someone taking the lead, the atmosphere suddenly became enthusiastic, and there were more people asking for money than those asking for jobs before.
It can be said that the public sentiment is surging.
The crowds on both sides began to move forward. Seeing this, Xipo immediately walked to Xiyue and stopped her sister behind him.
Xiyue caught a glimpse of the broken gun in his sleeve.
She shook her head secretly. Ever since she bought the gun, it could only scare people like Zhu Yuanfu who looked strong but were weak inside. It had no effect on gangsters like Sanpi Ge.
Now that Sanpi Ge has the support of public opinion, he will not be afraid.
Unless it can actually fire a gun.
And once the scene becomes chaotic... it's easy to open the contaminated zone, but within such a narrow range, all residents will be shrouded in gray fog, and at best they will become infected and sick, and at worst they will mutate.
This was not the result she wanted.
At the table, Xi Yao hugged Shi Hanyi and leaned against the wall. Seeing the situation turn around again and again, she felt anxious.
Before he knew it, Shi Hanyi broke free from her hand and walked out.
"Han Yi!"
The little boy seemed unaware and walked straight towards Xiyue. No one noticed, but his eyes were staring at Xipo's sleeve where the gun was hidden.
Xipo suddenly felt a sharp pain on his forehead and subconsciously reached out to press it.
"He has a gun!"
Sanpi shouted, and his sharp eyes noticed a section of the gun barrel sticking out of his sleeve.
"Everyone come together and catch them!"
There were guns... Faced with such overwhelming force, the residents hesitated. But Brother Sanpi's followers were much more decisive. At the eldest brother's command, they rushed towards Xipo and Xiyue.
"Bang!"
The gunshot rang out, and everyone's eyes turned white and they were blinded instantly.
"No, don't shoot!"
"Please, I don't want to die..."
The timid residents immediately knelt down, begging for mercy while scrambling away in all directions. Their vision had not yet recovered, and they bumped into each other, creating a chaotic scene.
However, the center of the crowd was as quiet as a reef.
Several younger brothers remained frozen on the ground, still in the posture of running. Although they raised their hands, they did not beg for mercy.
Xiyue was even more puzzled. The gunshot didn't come from nearby. The broken gun didn't even have bullets, let alone a shot. If it wasn't Xipo, who else could it be?
Could it be Corporal Chen of the security force?
She blinked hard, looked up following the sound of gunfire, and when her blurry vision recovered a little, she found that she had guessed wrong.
The person who fired the shot was someone she had never expected - Ge Sheng.
Ge Sheng lay on the ground, half of his upper body stretched out to look down at the bottom of the ditch, his two hands tightly gripping the gun handle, the muzzle pointing at Sanpi Ge.
"How dare you blackmail me in broad daylight! I'll count to three, get out of here!"
Brother Sanpi also saw him clearly and quickly pulled out a stone knife from behind him.
Ge Sheng fired a shot into the sky without hesitation.
"roll!"
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An unexpected incident ended because of an unexpected person.
After the crowd dispersed, Xi Yue led a group of people to the ground and looked at Ge Sheng carefully.
His face was pale, but a sickly red flush appeared near his cheekbones from his excitement. His eyes flickered, not daring to meet her gaze.
Xi Yue smiled slightly and extended her hand: "Thank you this time."
Ge Sheng was startled, and hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his palms on his trouser legs and shook hands.
"Miss Ji, you're welcome. This is what we at Photosynthesis Technology should do for our customers. It's just..." He hesitated for a moment, "Can I..."
"Are you involved in this project?" Xi Yue interjected, nodding readily. "Sure. As you can see, there might be disruptions in the subsequent construction, so we need someone with intimidating power. What's your mental strength level?"
Ge Sheng was overjoyed and immediately replied, "C-level, enough for this light blast gun to fire ten bursts! Not only me, but all of us technicians are also C-level or above, and can use mental weapons!"
Team Leader Lu said, "The level is sufficient, but... not everyone has a spiritual weapon. None of us three have one."
The places they usually work in have good security, so there's no need for psychic weapons. Furthermore, weapons are expensive and require a license to own. Even if someone buys one, not everyone would dare to use them.
People are not pollutants, so how can you shoot them casually?
Xi Yue took a general look and nodded, saying, "You don't have to use it, but you have to keep it ready. After all, the survival barrier I need will definitely be placed in Sector 29. I need the barrier, but I don't want you to get hurt while you're working."
She thought about it and made up her mind. "How about this? We aim to complete the construction within a month. You decide how many technicians to send. I'll pay for each person to be equipped with a spiritual weapon. Ge Sheng, I'll leave the procurement of weapons to you. Shan Zhuang said you're meticulous, so I think you can handle it, right?"
This sounds simple, but in reality, it depends on each person's mental strength level, choosing the most suitable weapon. First, it needs to be able to start, and second, it can't just be a hammer. For someone like Ge Sheng, he needs to be able to fire ten rounds in a row.
"Of course, Miss Ji, don't worry!" Ge Sheng felt that his illness was completely cured. "But, Miss Ji, even the cheapest pistol would cost around 30,000 star coins..."
"I've already placed orders worth tens of billions, and I'm still short of this little money?"
"……clear!"
A few steps away, Xipo couldn't help but press his forehead again while blaming himself.
If it weren't for the sudden headache, he wouldn't have exposed the gun in his sleeve, almost making the situation worse.
But why does it cause headaches?
It was like there was an extremely long needle inserted from the side, drilling back and forth in the brain.
Beside him, Xi Yao hugged Shi Hanyi's shoulders tightly, and whispered again and again: "Hanyi, don't move around anymore. It was so dangerous just now, we almost..."
However, the little boy still turned a deaf ear.
He raised his calm gaze, first looked at Xiyao, then turned and fell on Xipo's head.
The delicate eyebrows were slightly wrinkled with an almost imperceptible degree.
After a while, Xiyue called Xipo and Li Kangwen, and took the two of them and the technicians to go through the design drawings from beginning to end.
At the invitation of Shan Zhuang and his classmates, Xi Yao took her three children to visit the private starships one by one.
Before Xihai passed away, the family had three private starships, one for Xihai, one for Xiyue, and one shared by Xiyao and her brother.
She wasn't very interested in the starship, Han Yi didn't care at all, and Yaya was too shy and only dared to show wonder in her eyes. Only Fern Head was shouting all the way.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiyue came out of the Photosynthesis Technology's dedicated starship, found Xiyao in a private starship, and pulled his sister to the driver's seat to talk alone.
"This is Ge Sheng's gun. I'm coming over." Xi Yue stuffed the light explosion gun into Xi Yao's hand. "You are the only one with the highest mental power among the three of us, so I'll keep it with you."
Xi Yao only found out later that Xipo's mental strength level had dropped to E, and she felt sad for her brother for several days.
Thinking of this, he also looked gloomy.
Losing the ability to control a mecha is like taking half the life of a mecha warrior.
"But..." Xiyao said slowly, "My mental power is only D20... Big sister, I can't use any weapons."
"D" is the level, and "20" is the specific value. 20 is the lowest level of D-level spiritual power.
Xi Yue was about to say something when she noticed her gaze and looked back. She saw Shi Hanyi sitting next to the noisy Fern Head, watching her quietly.
She adjusted her sitting position to block the light blaster and patted Xiyao's hand: "It's better than E. It's most suitable for you."
"……Um."
Xiyao bit her lip and agreed, but she felt in her heart that if she really encountered a situation where she needed to use a gun, she would definitely disappoint her elder sister.
D20, it's really weak...
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