114 Chapter 114
Chapter 114
"Wait here for a moment. We'll hand this over first, and then we'll take you back to our team's rest area to rest."
As soon as they stepped into the ability center, the nervous expressions on Captain Dai and others' faces relaxed, and their tightly furrowed brows softened. They thought that this little calmness was not enough. If they kept the mutant skin mice in their hands, it would still consume the energy of the cage, which would cause greater losses.
Thinking of the cage energy lost along the way, based on the principle of not wasting, even though the team members were very tired after rushing back, they did not stop to rest at this time. Instead, they actively followed Captain Dai to complete the task together.
"They've all left. Why don't you wait here with me?"
Seeing Captain Dai and the others walking away, Zhuang Dun turned around and asked Ye Wenheng.
"Yeah, okay."
Although they had been together for two days, it was still too short a time for Ye Wenheng to let go of the strange feeling in his heart, and his social anxiety was slightly alleviated.
After waiting for a long time, Captain Dai and his team finally came out of the research institute's gate.
The expression on his face didn't look like he hadn't made any money back.
"Captain, have you recovered the energy from the cage?"
Seeing someone coming, Zhuang Dun hurried over and asked curiously.
"Well, not only did I earn back the money I spent on Cage Energy, but I also earned a lot of extra resources."
When talking about the resources they had earned back, Captain Dai and the others showed obvious joy on their faces.
The research institute has developed equipment that can be loaded with spirit stones as energy for attack. It is not only supplied to ordinary soldiers in the army, but also to ordinary people who spontaneously form teams. Even some capable people will buy it from the research institute so that they can still have the attack power to protect themselves after their abilities are exhausted.
So even though no one from the research institute would go out directly to fight those mutant creatures and collect resources, there was no shortage of resources.
Unlike in the beginning when the government needed to allocate resources to the institute for research, now the institute has been able to maintain a balance between income and expenditure, and more often the income can even cover part of the research expenses.
"And earned it!?"
Zhuang Dun was very happy after hearing what the captain said.
"Yeah, I made some money. I thought breaking even was good enough, but making some money is a pleasant surprise."
Ye Wenheng was standing in the corner. Although he didn't know how much Captain Dai and the others had earned, he was so happy to see that they had earned a little. It was obvious that they didn't have many opportunities to earn money in normal times. He was even more grateful that he had given up because of social phobia when the capable people around him went out to respond to the official call.
I'm afraid he's now suffering from social anxiety while running around to complete tasks, and in the end he's still spending more than he earns because of the need to complete tasks.
Ye Wenheng, who had a deep understanding of his own abilities, was silent for a moment, and chose to give up continuing towards that possible imagination, and followed Captain Dai and others to rest.
Captain Dai's team rested at the Ability Center for two days before they recovered from their fatigue.
"It's almost time. Let's go find a kid in Team Three."
After making sure that the team members had rested well, Captain Dai did not accept the task, but instead took his men to look for the children of Team 3.
"The kid from Team Three?" The deputy team leader was puzzled. Why would they go to Team Three to look for someone if there was no mission?
"Well, the kid from Team Three is from Daxi Village. He's played with the kids there before. We can ask him to talk about some toys for reference," Captain Dai explained.
He didn't know this at first, but he had a father who liked to inquire about the news around him. When they contacted each other, he would talk to him about serious matters. When there was no topic to talk about, Captain Dai would talk to him about those things.
He had heard about the drunkards in Daxi Village.
When the incident first happened, his father asked him to help see if he could ask someone to find an investigative team with better investigation capabilities to help find the child.
Although there was no result in the end, he did contribute a lot in the process.
Now is the perfect time to ask that child for help. The gift I choose will satisfy the children in Daxi Village. I can also meet that child and build a relationship with him.
Although Captain Dai had not had much contact with the child, their team of top-tier ability users still had a vague idea about the child's abilities.
After all, for a period of time, the leaders above were selecting someone among them who was suitable to be a teacher for the child.
The reason why Captain Dai and others were not selected was not because of their lack of ability or any other problems, but purely because the workload and difficulty of the front-line team were relatively high, and they were very busy and had no time to take care of the children.
In the end, the task of teaching the child was assigned to the Taoist priest and the teachers who followed him to learn how to train people with special abilities. Captain Dai and others didn't need to worry about the practical aspects. The child belonged to Team Three and usually followed Team Three on missions.
As for Captain Dai and others' sudden urge to contact the child, it happened that the drunkard had been with the child recently, and the child was not on any missions but was studying cultural knowledge at the Ability Center, so they happened to be free at this time.
After hearing the purpose of the visit, the drunk uncle did not object and agreed directly. He turned around and waited for the child to finish class, then picked him up and walked out.
They are in the center of the ability users, so apart from anything else, there is no need to worry too much about safety. In addition, they have the ability to protect themselves, so there is even less need to worry.
The people from Team 3 did not follow. The drunk man followed Captain Dai and others while shopping with his child in his arms.
After all, this is a gathering place for people with special abilities, and the resources are much richer than in other first-tier cities. Merchants can earn resources here, so how could they miss such a precious land?
The world is changing, and many businessmen's original business industries are no longer viable. They can only look for other ways out, and the service industry opened to meet the needs of capable people is very suitable.
Among the numerous shops, there are also shops that specialize in earning resources from the families of people with special abilities. The items in these shops are even richer than the products in the shopping malls before the mutation.
There are many kinds of toys for children. There are many children with awakened abilities. Not only the government pays attention to it, but parents who know that their children will have a bright future also attach great importance to it. Therefore, they try their best to meet the children's requirements.
As long as there is a market and money can be made, people will continue to delve into it.
Just like the toys that Captain Dai and others are holding in their hands now, these toys are specially developed for children who have awakened their abilities.
There are things that can transform by charging energy, there are toy weapons that are modeled after the energy machines at the research institute, and even dolls that have input abilities and can transform.
Just choosing the toys took up a lot of time.
Looking at those interesting and novel toys, not only the babies like them, but even adults can't help but take a few more glances when they see them.
"You guys should go back quickly. You don't have to pay for these. We have money on us."
Seeing that Captain Dai and the others wanted to pay for the toys that the children liked, the drunkard quickly stopped them.
There are only the drunkard and his child in his family now. Not to mention that the drunkard himself has a job in the government and receives a monthly salary, but the child's level is much higher than the drunkard's, so his salary is even higher.
With their combined salaries, they can save a considerable amount every month, so there is no need to ask anyone else to help pay.
"Yes! This time, I asked Guaibao to help me choose so many things. He hasn't even played with them himself. These can be considered as toys given to Guaibao by us uncles.
Besides, we need to send toys to the children in the village. Guaibao is also a child of Daxi Village, so why can't we accept these toys?"
Captain Dai said this, and seeing that the deputy captain had already paid the money, he hurriedly took the team away.
They bought quite a few toys on this trip. Fortunately, those toys were not expensive. At most, they were novel. Compared with the value of the mutant mouse, they were a drop in the bucket.
They bought a lot of toys that could be played with using their abilities, and they also randomly picked out a bunch of normal toys. There were many children in the village, and Shitou's children were a little special. The leather mouse originally belonged to other children, so it was normal to give them the best toys.
But there were other children in the three villages above and below. Since they were giving them away and the toys were not expensive, Captain Dai and others simply bought them all. If there were any left over, they would directly ask the children at home if they wanted some, so that everyone could get some.
"I can see, Captain, we really made a lot of money this time, and you're willing to spend it like this."
Looking at the piles of toys in the living room, Tang Ji teased Captain Dai with a smile.
If their team wants to always be at the forefront, they have to constantly improve their capabilities. In addition to their own hard work, the only way to improve their capabilities is to continue to invest resources.
Since ancient times, practicing martial arts has always been expensive.
The same is true in this era of great changes in heaven and earth.
Therefore, in the past, in order to ensure that the team members had enough resources, Captain Dai had always been frugal and reluctant to waste any resources.
"Judging from their generosity this time, the research institute is really optimistic about that mutant creature."
Zhuang Dun smiled and commented.
"Okay, clean up and put all this away."
Hearing the teasing, Captain Dai's eyebrows softened. He did not refute their words, but just reminded Zhuang Dun to put his things away.
"By the way, Captain, why are the research institute so generous this time? What will they do with that mutant creature later?"
After they finished talking about toys, Zhuang Dun asked about other things.
"That mutant creature is special in that it can speak, and it was mutated from an object. It's quite unique. The research institute may study the cause of the leather mouse's mutation later to see if it can be applied to some existing technologies."
When Captain Dai heard the question, he gave a brief answer and said nothing more after that.
He just listened to some of the later ideas and was not sure whether the official would really conduct research in that direction and finally successfully realize it.
For now, it is still quite difficult.
The mutant mouse itself is a natural mutation, and the mutation is complete. It is extremely difficult to figure out its original mutation path.
"So, according to this, we will not only have energy devices in the future, but also mutation devices?
Just like the mechanical dog the research institute made before, can these mutant devices deal with and defend against mutant plants and animals?"
Mo Shan, who had been helping Zhuang Dun pack up, looked up when he heard this, his tone filled with confusion and anticipation.
His wife herself has no abilities, and these days because the mutated animals and plants outside have become increasingly powerful, it is now difficult for her to go out.
If it is really possible to create a mutated device by mutating objects, then can he apply to get one specifically to protect his family?
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