Zhang Chi drank porridge and pickled vegetables: "Uncle He, you don't miss your past life at all?" He was still thinking about the photos Rui Fu showed him. He Donglai and Huang Chunxiao had met. What were they?
relation?
He Donglai said: "Nostalgia has no meaning, living in the present is the most realistic thing." He took a bite of wild garlic and ate the porridge with his head, then turned around to get another bowl.
Zhang Chi somewhat understood that He Dong was here, so he stopped asking and ate breakfast in silence.
While the two were eating, the bell in the stone room rang. He Donglai raised his head and said, "We have a visitor."
The visitor was Cao Chengguang. Cao Chengguang walked in wearing a big bamboo hat. His short body had the advantage of being short. A bamboo hat was enough to cover his whole body. He walked into the stone room, took off his bamboo hat and said: "Old He, the rice is very fragrant..." He
Seeing Zhang Chi sitting there drinking porridge, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Why are you here?"
Zhang Chi said hello to Cao Chengguang.
Cao Chengguang understood immediately and said with a smile: "Did you get kicked out by the base? Young man, so you have to be kind!"
He Donglai said: "Are you worthy of mentioning the word "honest"?
Cao Chengguang said with a smile on his face: "Old He, when I run my business here, I have always relied on the word integrity. Otherwise, who would still do my business?"
He Donglai said: "Did you bring the things?"
Cao Chengguang nodded and handed a cloth bag to He Donglai. He Donglai opened it, took a look, took out a longan-sized spiritual stone from his pocket and handed it to Cao Chengguang.
Cao Chengguang studied it with a magnifying glass.
Zhang Chi said: "Where did you take Liu Sanman?"
Cao Chengguang chuckled and stretched out his hand to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi said: "What do you mean?"
"My principle is to never give in vain. As long as you can afford the price, I can sell you anything."
Zhang Chi took out the amber crystal ball from his pocket. He was not prepared to give it to Cao Chengguang. He just wanted to verify the value of the crystal ball through Cao Chengguang.
Cao Chengguang's eyes widened when he saw the crystal ball: "What's going on? Are you crazy? You're using this worthless thing to make money? It's only worth 10g of spiritual stones at most." He sighed deliberately and said, "Look.
For Lao He's sake, I will reluctantly accept it." He stretched out his little hand to grab the amber crystal ball.
Zhang Chi raised his hand, and Cao Chengguang jumped up anxiously. Unfortunately, he was too short and couldn't reach it even after jumping.
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "Fuck me, your acting skills are a bit poor, 100g crystal stone..."
"Deal!" Cao Chengguang said angrily.
"I won't sell it!" Zhang Chi said the second half of the sentence slowly.
Seeing Cao Chengguang, an old fox, being played around by Zhang Chi, He Donglai smiled slightly. He didn't say anything and ignored the matter.
Cao Chengguang was anxious: "Old He, to be fair, how can anyone be so ridiculous? Make a price!" A pair of small glasses stared at the amber crystal ball, clearly determined to win.
Zhang Chi said: "I don't know the value of this thing, how can I set a price?"
Cao Chengguang said: "I won't deceive you either. This thing is called Bee Crystal. It can be regarded as a rare thing. It's just a little smaller. It's of no use if you keep it. I'll give you 500g of spiritual stones. This is what I can open."
The highest price offered." As he spoke, he did not forget to secretly wink at Ho Tung Lai, meaning to tell him not to interrupt, so as not to ruin his business.
Seeing Cao Chengguang's nervous look, Zhang Chi already knew that this thing was of extraordinary value. Not to mention 500g of spiritual stones, I'm afraid it was more than 5000g. He twisted the amber crystal in his hand and said, "You are right, should I keep this thing?"
Use it, but I can't give you a free gift, and I don't need the spirit stone. I'll ask you a few things, and you answer me honestly. If you satisfy me, I will give this thing to you. What do you think?
"
When Cao Chengguang heard that it was not easy, I would answer the questions that were easy to answer, and I would lie to you if the answers were difficult. After all, this guy is still too young after all.
Zhang Chi said: "Before I ask you a question, you must first swear a poisonous oath. If you dare to lie or know but don't tell, then..."
"Just let me be struck by lightning and die." Cao Chengguang was cruel enough.
Zhang Chi shook his head and said: "There is no need to curse yourself like this, just say that the little Mintian who is waiting for you will die if he is struck by lightning."
Cao Chengguang took a breath of air. This kid was so vicious. He looked at the relaxed black face with his small eyes and couldn't make up his mind for a long time.
Zhang Chi said: "You don't want to send it?"
Cao Chengguang shook his head and said: "Why should innocent people be hurt in the matter between you and me? I, Cao Chengguang, also have principles."
Zhang Chi said: "Okay, I'll believe you once, and I won't let you swear. Tell me, who is Liu Sanman? Who put a reward on Mi Xiaobai? And who are those people called Netherworld?
What?"
Cao Chengguang breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought it would be so difficult.
"Liu Sanman is also a refugee like us. This person has the ability to mimic and has strong self-healing ability. You have already experienced these. Those people called Netherworld first appeared in the first base explosion and were the first to store souls.
The place where we can do it is here. Because the spiritual energy leaked, an explosion occurred here and the base was damaged. More than 200 people responsible for guarding the base disappeared in the explosion. We all thought that they were wiped out in the explosion, but then they continued to
Someone shows up."
He Donglai lit his pipe silently, sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and smoked.
Zhang Chi said: "Are they also from the base?"
Cao Chengguang said: "To be precise, they can no longer be called humans. They have no past memories and no emotions. However, they rarely attack humans on their own initiative. They have been at peace with the base for so many years. Anyway, there is no need to worry about them leaving and leaving here.
They can't survive even a second in such an environment outside, so we call them ghosts."
Zhang Chi said: "Not necessarily, I've seen it outside."
Cao Chengguang laughed as if he heard a joke: "How is that possible?"
Zhang Chi didn't want to argue with him about this issue: "Tell me, who put the reward on Mi Xiaobai?"
Cao Chengguang said: "I don't know, we are also very surprised. These ghosts are like lonely ghosts, but they rarely attack humans. I asked Liu Sanman, and Liu Sanman didn't know. I promise that everything I said is true."
He stretched out his hand.
He Donglai said: "Why don't you talk about Tieshan?"
Cao Chengguang's expression changed, and He Donglai actually exposed his lie to his face.
He Donglai said: "Liu Sanman must have obtained the reward order from Tieshan."
Cao Chengguang said awkwardly: "When you said that, I remembered it. It should be Tieshan. I just forgot about it. Now you can give me this thing."
He Donglai said: "Why didn't you tell Zhang Chi that this is called the Bee Royal Crystal? If it were you, even if someone used a kilogram of spiritual stones, you wouldn't change it, right?"
Cao Chengguang glared at He Donglai, daring to be angry but afraid to speak.
He Donglai said: "These things are not a secret in the first place. Why would you, Cao Chengguang, deceive a young man? You can't afford this thing. Looking at the entire tiankeng, whoever has the strength to buy this Bee Royal Crystal, except
The only base is Iron Mountain."
Cao Chengguang nodded: "Lao He, it turns out that you also like this thing. No wonder it ruined my affairs."
He Donglai said: "You'd better go."
Cao Chengguang turned around, already gritting his teeth.
He Donglai said: "You'd better not mention the things here when you go out, otherwise I won't be able to spare you."
After Cao Chengguang left, He Donglai said to Zhang Chi: "Cao Chengguang is cunning and changeable. He will definitely tell others about the Bee Emperor Crystal."
Zhang Chi said: "Is this thing really so precious?"
He Donglai said: "It is of no use to you, but it will be of great use to those with superpowers who can absorb spiritual energy. Such Bee Royal Crystal can at least double one's own spiritual pressure."
Only then did Immortal Zhang understand why Cao Chengguang was so eager for this Bee Royal Crystal. Doubling the spiritual pressure means that he can absorb more spiritual energy. If it falls into the hands of a superpower with strong strength, his ability will be improved.
Very scary.
Zhang Chi said: "Uncle He, I give you this Bee Royal Crystal."
He Donglai smiled and said, "I've accepted your offer, I don't need it." He stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the base." He had great distrust in Cao Chengguang's character. Zhang Chi would definitely stay here if he continued to do so.
It would cause unnecessary trouble. He Donglai was not afraid of trouble, he just didn't want Zhang Chi to make any mistakes, and Zhang Chi didn't want to cause him any more trouble.
He Donglai gave his raincoat to Zhang Chi, and then found another, more tattered raincoat to put on. Zhang Chi was not polite to He Donglai. Facing a person who treats each other with sincerity, too much politeness would make him look awkward.
Hypocritical. Zhang Chi said: "I'm afraid the base still won't let me in."
He Donglai said: "Let's talk about it after we get there. There is no need for them to embarrass a student all the time."
The two left in the rain. It was night when they came here yesterday. Zhang Chi didn't see the way they came. Today, they followed He Dong back and forth. Only then did they realize that they were basically walking close to the cliff. When it was narrow, they had to go sideways. If they were a little careless,
You will fall off the cliff. Due to the falling rain, streams of water flow down against the cliff above, forming large and small waterfalls in many places.
Zhang Chi thought of a question, why is there so much rain when the tiankeng is obviously in the Gobi? After asking He Donglai, he found out that the place where it rains is limited to the tiankeng, and there is no rain in the surrounding Gobi all year round.
It seems that the local weather here has also changed due to the leakage of spiritual energy in the sinkhole.
He Donglai was very familiar with the internal environment of the tiankeng. It didn't take long for him to lead Zhang Chi to the place where he took shelter from the rain last night. Now that the rain was much lighter, he could already see the base from here. He Donglai pointed at the base.
Xiang Xiang said: "You can go there by yourself for the rest of the journey. I don't want to meet these people."
Zhang Chi nodded and said: "Thank you, Uncle He." He was still unsure. After all, today was still the same as yesterday. Walking over like this still might not pass the verification. He took off his raincoat under the giant rock and gave it back to He Donglai.
He Donglai said: "Wait!" He handed Zhang Chi a piece of soft white gel the size of soap, which was a little sticky when he pinched it.
"What?"
He Donglai said: "Isinglass has strong adsorption capacity and can help you clean your face."
Zhang Chi followed his instructions, took the isinglass and rubbed it on his face. The white isinglass became dark because it absorbed the ink on his face. After it turned completely black, he soaked it in a puddle. After a while, the color disappeared.
After the isinglass faded, its whiteness returned. After repeating it twice, the relaxed face had basically returned to its normal skin color.
He Donglai smiled and said: "You are quite a handsome young man, let's go!"
Zhang Chi returned the isinglass to He Donglai, and He Donglai asked him to keep it. This thing was not considered a rarity in the tiankeng.
Zhang Chi said: "Uncle He, see you later."
He Donglai waved to him and watched Zhang Chi arrive at the gate of the base before turning around and leaving.
When Zhang Chi arrived at the base gate, the rain had completely stopped.
The person in charge of verification this time was Xue Hongguang. Seeing that Zhang Chi had changed his look today, a night rain actually made this guy look white.
Xue Hongguang still followed the regulations and asked him to be certified first. This time it was extremely smooth, and the normal skin tone was restored and the certification was successful.
Xue Hongguang said while checking his ID: "Classmate Zhang Chi, you are late! You have missed the prescribed registration time." There is no shortage of people in any unit who hold the sword of the system as a sword.
"Is it my fault?" Zhang Daxian was furious when he heard what he said. Yesterday, you shut me out, and now you still have the nerve to say such things.
Xue Hongguang said: "Go in, as for how to deal with you, it depends on the college's wishes."
Zhang Chi secretly greeted Xue Hongguang's uncle in his mind, and then swaggered towards the base with his luggage on his back.
On the training field of the base, nine trainees were standing upright with their hands behind their backs and receiving instructions from the instructor. Seeing Zhang Chi walking into the base with his chest held high and as if no one else was around, the stone in Bai Xiaomi's heart finally fell to the ground, and he secretly cursed Zhang Chi for never forgetting to pretend.
Wow, he walks like a crab.
Ma Da was happy, grinning and looking at Zhang Chi, winking at Zhang Chi as much as he could to say hello, but Zhang Chi didn't look at them at all.
The black-faced instructor said angrily: "Motor!"
Ma Da shivered with fright and quickly stood up.
Only then did Zhang Chi wave to them: "Hello, comrades!" No one dared to pay attention to him.
Zhang Chi felt quite boring and regretted coming in. It looked similar to military training. If he had known it would be so boring, he might as well have stayed outside and had fun. He went to Wang Xiangyang's office first, knocked on the door, and entered the office after getting permission.
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Wang Xiangyang was sitting at his desk practicing calligraphy. Zhang Daxian glanced at it and realized that the calligraphy on his hand was really bad.
Wang Xiangyang continued to copy the Heart Sutra without raising his face: "Classmate Zhang Chi, why are you here so late? Do you know that the registration time has already expired?"
Zhang Chi threw the backpack on the ground: "Teacher Wang, you don't know the reason?" This guy is full of negative emotions. Is it because of the failure of the recognition system?
Wang Xiangyang said: "The college has strict regulations on the registration of trainees. If you fail to report within the specified time, you have not completed the task and you are unqualified."
Zhang Chi said angrily: "Since I'm not qualified, please send me back. I don't want to stay in this hellish place for nothing."
