"Of course I know about this thing." Li Lechen quickly covered up, "It's a colorimeter, a machine that automatically separates objects based on their different colors."
"Yeah, then why don't you buy it?"
"I...does that mean I can go into the store and buy things now?" Li Lechen asked, a sudden thought striking him. "Weren't many of my privileges restricted?"
Huo Jiujian breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost had a bold idea, but this explanation did convince him. So he said, "You can sell things, right? Of course you can buy things too. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of your ten million?"
"It's 12.5 million."
"Yes, yes, and there's also 2.5 million for application fees."
"Aren't you going to hurry up and get that sorted out for me? I've already put the pills on the shelves." Li Lechen quickly changed the subject.
This Huo Jiujian is a bit scary; he can read minds and has divergent thinking. After deciding on this matter, Li Lechen tried to minimize contact with him, otherwise he would eventually be discovered to be from two thousand years ago.
"Alright then, we'll get news in a day if things go smoothly, but it might take a week if things go slowly."
After ending his one-on-one video chat with Huo Jiujian, Li Lechen quickly entered the online store.
"Dear Wind Chaser, I've detected that you want to buy a 'chromatogram'?"
This time, surprisingly, the noisy online salesperson didn't waste time with nonsense and directly gave Li Lechen what she wanted. If this salesperson were always like this, Li Lechen would gladly give her a thumbs up every day.
"However, this machine is already an obsolete product; the manufacturer that produced it went bankrupt long ago, and the person in charge has been living in the quarantine zone for a long time,"
"Cough cough!"
Because he couldn't speak, Li Lechen could only cough twice, trying to keep his thoughts to himself. He'd just said the sales assistant had become more likable, and now she was rambling on like this. Just tell me directly if you have it!
"A 'chromatogram' analyzer has been placed in your personal inventory, deducting 1 Sunshine Coin. Furthermore, I determine that you have no intention of purchasing anything else, so this service is now complete. Thank you."
"..."
She has such a bad temper.
However, its efficiency is indeed undeniable.
Li Lechen quickly went into his personal items, found the "Color Spectrum Analyzer", and clicked "Use".
I thought this chromatogram analyzer would be some high-end machine, but it turned out to be just a box about the size of a pencil case, and the texture felt like plastic.
"This is made of plastic, so it's an obsolete product."
Just as Li Lechen was about to study it carefully, a voice suddenly rang in his ear.
I almost forgot about after-sales service.
"Products that have been phased out don't normally need after-sales service, but this product can be dangerous if used improperly, so I feel it's necessary for me to explain it to you."
"..."
Could there still be danger? Li Lechen instinctively regretted it. It was just a favor, nothing serious, but if it turned out to be something that could explode if not used properly, Li Lechen would go crazy.
However, it seems unlikely to explode, since it was agreed that the mall's cloud space would not store flammable or explosive items.
"The colorimeter you have here has been automatically sized according to your current needs. There are seven sample stages on the top of the instrument, which can distinguish up to seven colors of items. You need to place the samples on the sample stages one by one. It takes about ten seconds to identify and set the program. Then pour the items of each color into the opening, and the seven outlets will automatically distinguish the items of each color according to the classification on the sample stages."
This after-sales explanation is nonsense, because Li Lechen can roughly judge how it works just by looking at the structure of the instrument.
The question is, what exactly is this so-called danger?
"This product is outdated. My information storage is a bit messed up. Service ends here. No need for likes, thank you."
"..."
What's this all about? They tell you this thing is dangerous, then run away without saying what the danger is. So, are you supposed to use it or not?
However, judging from this chromatogram analyzer, it doesn't seem like a dangerous device at all. Moreover, the fact that the mall's cloud storage can store this information at least proves that it doesn't pose a risk of explosion.
Well then, let's use it for now.
As instructed by the after-sales service, Li Lechen picked out several colors of beads from the basin: red, white, yellow, blue, and green—actually only five colors. He placed them on the sample table, waited for about ten seconds, then grabbed a handful of beads and put them in through the opening.
Because the machine is very small, the beads only need to be put in for two or three seconds before they slide out from the openings.
Sure enough, the five beads that came out of the openings were completely distinguished by color, not a single one was missing.
The machine looked simple, and the principle seemed easy to follow, but when a large bunch of mixed-color beads were put in, and they were separated by color a few seconds later, Li Lechen was still very surprised.
The replacement of human labor with machines—such a small device has rendered the work done by Gu Xiaoman's grandmother meaningless.
Of course, the more advanced technology becomes, the more easily people at the bottom of society will be eliminated. If machines sweep the floors, cleaners will lose their jobs; if unmanned supermarkets are everywhere, cashiers will lose their jobs; if electronic payments are universal, bank tellers will lose their jobs. And it is foreseeable that in the near future, a large number of jobs will be replaced by machines.
Fortunately, judges are not going to lose their jobs anytime soon; otherwise, if machines were to adjudicate sentences, absolute fairness would be far more terrifying than reasonable fairness.
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