Chapter 15 Value Investing, Borrowed Money!
Maybe he didn't travel across the world, but across time, which was good news for Cheng Ye.
It means his roots are still on this planet. Perhaps one day he'll be able to return to the ruins of Guangzhou, find the room he once rented, dig out the change hidden between the mattresses, and see the motivational slogans written on the wall about preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam...
Of course, eighty years have passed, and with the changes in supernatural powers, no one knows what the ruins have become.
Perhaps everything has become unfamiliar to Cheng Ye, but isn't the purpose of life to have a little hope?
"If things had continued along the normal timeline, even if I could land in my first year after graduation, I probably wouldn't have survived the S-1 virus seven years later."
"But the end of the world... could the Mayans even predict alien life forms visiting Earth?!"
Cheng Ye secretly complained and preferred to believe that this was a beautiful coincidence.
Putting the Origin of Infection back on the bookshelf, he took out the second book and started reading.
Extraordinary Diary
The autobiography of an extraordinary person fully records the entire mental journey of an ordinary person who suddenly obtains extraordinary things and reaches the pinnacle of life.
Although the text was not as impactful as the video, Cheng Ye could still see two words between the lines:
Eat people!
If you want to become extraordinary, you must climb up by stepping on the corpses of others.
You have to fight and compete, otherwise you will never get ahead in your life.
Because of this, some extraordinary people with deep obsessions and special abilities, after being infected with the S-4 virus and losing their sanity, became beings similar to earthbound spirits.
It is difficult to find its traces, and once it appears, it cannot be killed, and it will be infected and spread once it comes into contact.
Humans simply deleted these areas from maps and history, isolating them from human exploration.
Opening the third book, "Distribution of Original Sources of Infection", it turned out that it was not the distribution map of the Sanctuary City provided by the checkpoint, but the world map that Cheng Ye was familiar with, except that many sections were missing.
For example, Wa Island, or the entire Antarctic plate.
On the domestic map, Cheng Ye focused his eyes and saw a dark block and four orange-red blocks.
"Pitch black means no entry, and orange means extremely dangerous?"
Like a cracked sponge suddenly falling into water, Cheng Ye greedily absorbed the hard-to-find information in the wasteland.
The sound of rain outside the window became the best white noise, perfectly isolating the chaos in the buffer zone.
I don’t know how long it took.
The sound of rain stopped for a while, and the thick dark clouds gradually dispersed, revealing a thin ray of sunlight.
The defense communication device on the table suddenly vibrated and sent a message. Cheng Ye suddenly came back to his senses.
"It's already half past six?"
It was only nine o'clock when I entered the library, but in the blink of an eye, nearly nine hours had passed.
On the wooden table, there were three piles of books half a person's height.
Gwen allowed this because Cheng Ye read so fast and was very focused.
After randomly testing Cheng Ye with two questions and confirming that he was not just skimming through the books, Gwen readily agreed to let him take multiple books at a time and move them over to read, saving time walking back and forth.
"Mr. Cheng, are you hungry? We have nutrient paste for sale here, the price is the same as outside."
Gwen poked her head out from behind the bookshelf and waved.
"If you have any other needs, please don't hesitate. The Survival Library will provide the utmost preferential treatment to intelligent and studious guests like you."
"Hmm..."
Glancing at the defense communication, Cheng Ye smiled and shook his head, "Excuse me, I'm here for work. Thank you for the hospitality. I will come here to read again tomorrow."
"Okay, the rain stopped at four o'clock. I've helped dry the raincoat you hung by the window and put it in a bag at the door. Just give it to me when you come back tomorrow."
"Also..." Gwen walked over, and Cheng Ye only then realized that her left leg was a little disabled and she was limping. No wonder she had been curled up in the small bed.
"You can go now. I'll put the books back in their proper places and record the parts you haven't read."
"Thank you very much!"
Cheng Ye nodded, knowing that this was a way for Gwen to invest in him, similar to the nutrient solution Uncle Dong gave him that morning.
A real wasteland...
As long as you show the value that the other party cares about, you will get the best treatment.
Perhaps at some point, these investments will be paid back tenfold or a hundredfold, changing the trajectory of your life.
When I left the library, the sky had indeed turned from leaden gray to clear.
Most of the heavy dark clouds faded away, and the remaining dark clouds were like crumpled cotton wool, lazily scattered across the sky.
A few rays of sunlight poured down through the gaps in the clouds, one of which fell right on the bluestone slabs in front of the library, mixed with the unique crisp scent after the rain.
Cheng Ye took a deep breath and felt the heaviness in his chest was swept away.
“It feels so good!”
Compared to the body that had been destroyed by academic studies several times before the time travel, this body now is simply terrifyingly strong.
The sore neck, slightly stiff back, and numb calves all returned to normal after just a few slight movements.
However, looking at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, Cheng Ye knew that the current rainstorm had only subsided temporarily.
As long as no new cyclone is formed to push the warm air flow forward, the rainstorm line will continue to linger on the Sichuan-Chengdu line.
Drop, drop, drop...
The defense communication interface vibrated again. Since Cheng Ye had turned off the do not disturb mode, this time it jumped directly from the message interface to the call interface.
It’s Luo Xiaoxue.
"Hey, Sister Luo, I was just in the library...Okay, okay, I'll be right there!"
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Ye easily squeezed onto the bus back to the main city within two minutes.
As the rainstorm subsided, the martial law in the main urban area also ended. Many workers in work clothes were sitting in the carriage, chattering about the special plants they encountered during the land reclamation today.
Cheng Ye subconsciously thought it was the kind of extraordinary plant that could bestow upon humans, but after pricking up his ears to listen for a while, he shook his head and chuckled, thinking that he had really gotten confused from reading so much.
After the S-4 virus broke out, the extraordinary plants were not spared. Most of them died, and only a small part of them completed symbiosis with the infected bodies.
This is the 'special infected body' that Gwen mentioned before.
This special infected body retains plant characteristics. Although it can move, it will not actively attack humans. It is widely distributed in various plates of the blue planet.
Rumor has it that the plant parts can still grant humans extraordinary powers without any risk of infection, so there is always a group of people scraping the ground and searching for it in the wasteland.
It’s a pity that after so many years of searching, I haven’t heard of anyone finding it or getting rich.
Now this group of workers is discussing the mutated plants, which is quite similar to the modern discussion of the lottery. Everyone knows in their hearts that this is not some kind of magical special infected body, but they still have a little unnecessary fantasy and hope to get rich.
"This is an extraordinary power, who wouldn't be tempted?"
To be honest, after knowing how powerful the extraordinary people were, Cheng Ye was actually very eager in his heart.
After all, in comparison, ordinary people in the wasteland have at most heard about how powerful the extraordinary people are, but he has "witnessed" that kind of power with his own eyes.
Of course, in movies and anime.
Hiss——
The tires that were about to be worn into bald tires made a sharp friction sound on the slippery road, and the station announcement device sounded the mechanical sound of "Happiness Bank Station is here" at the right time.
Cheng Ye stepped on the pedal to get off the car. This was his second time here.
The last time was on the second day after traveling to the wasteland, when he came to sign to inherit the legacy left by Cheng Long.
"Xiao Cheng?"
Cheng Ye was squinting his eyes and looking at the bank building not far away when a gentle female voice suddenly came from beside him.
Turn your head.
Luo Xiaoxue came over with a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair, and looked at him in surprise.
"I haven't seen you for two months. How come you've become so strong?"
"Ah? Really?"
Cheng Ye scratched his head and directly passed the blame, "It's all thanks to Brother B. He watches me train every day. Even if I slack off, I should see some results."
"Yeah?"
Luo Xiaoxue looked him up and down with some suspicion.
When Cheng Ye came out of the high wall, she followed Liu Bi to pick him up.
In my memory, Cheng Ye was a thin, pale-faced, taciturn person who always kept his head down and remained silent.
Unexpectedly, two months later, the young man in front of me had shoulders so broad that they almost filled up his shirt collar, the muscles of his forearms were clearly visible, his whole body was radiating masculinity, his eyes relaxed when he smiled, and a sense of decisiveness emanated from the gaps between his bones.
"Sister Luo, if I were still like before, Brother B wouldn't trust me to guard the North and South gates alone, would he?"
Liu Bi is 35 years old and Luo Xiaoxue is 34 years old.
Considering that the original body is only 19 years old now, calling her "sister" may be a bit abrupt, but before traveling through time, Cheng Ye was already 26, so the age difference is not much.
"That's true..."
Luo Xiaoxue studied him for a long moment before suppressing her curiosity and turning to introduce him, "This is your Uncle Song, one of the managers at the Public Works Department. He's very familiar with your father and Liu Bi. I'll ask him to lend you some contribution points first. You don't have to pay him back in a hurry later. I'll ask Brother B to cover the cost for you."
"Thank you, Uncle Song!"
Cheng Ye immediately called out, and the middle-aged man with his hair slung back gave him a kind smile.
"Don't be polite with me. Cheng Long and I were comrades in arms. Cheng Ye, if you have any problems in the future, just come to the Public Works Department and find me."
"How can I trouble Uncle Song? Lending you contribution points today is already a big help!"
After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them entered the buffer zone branch of Happiness Bank.
The internal structure is similar to that of a modern rural credit cooperative, with four service windows, but there is no one at this time.
Not surprising.
Unlike the freely circulated Happiness Coins, Contribution Points are strictly controlled within the entire Happiness City's sphere of influence. Every expenditure must be recorded and clearly traceable, so ordinary people rarely come here.
Trainee inspectors like Cheng Ye can only borrow 100 contribution points every six months.
This is also the main reason why Liu Bi opened the price at 100 points.
"Inspector Cheng, please note: Contribution points borrowed from others must be used for legitimate purposes and only by the borrower. If a subsequent investigation reveals that the borrowed points were circulated in other ways, a fine of two to ten times the amount will be imposed depending on the severity of the offense."
While Cheng Ye was signing, the staff sitting at the counter reminded him.
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