Volume 5: The Destruction of the Gods Chapter 17 "Hua Ba Tie!"
Before Shen Jin and his partner could explain their purpose, Uncle Bucky warmly invited them into his home. "Hey, bro! We are your good brothers. Ba Tie! Hua Tie! Hua Ba Tie!"
The uncle was very happy and felt honored to meet Chinese people after the end of the world.
After the two of them walked into the yard, Uncle Bucky struggled to move the stone back to block the iron gate, and Shen Jin said, "Let me do it!"
"No, No, No! Our Chinese friends should stay in the room. Laura, hurry up and pour some water for the guests!"
The uncle insisted on moving by himself. As a third-level transcendent, Shen Jin knew there were two people here before he stepped into the yard. Both of them were ordinary people. A timid little girl came out of the house. She was about 8 or 9 years old, with blonde hair and brown eyes, like a Barbie doll. She carefully poked her head out, and after seeing the appearance of Shen Jin and Li Moxiao, she seemed to be relieved a lot. She smiled at the two of them, revealing two little fangs, then went to the house to get out a thermos, and poured two cups of hot water for them.
“Please…drink some water!”
Shen Jin and the other man took it and said, "Thank you~!"
The little girl named Lola ran in again with the pot in her hand, her face flushed with shyness. After the uncle blocked the iron door with stones, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There are a lot of monsters. It's safe this way!"
Shen Jin felt more at ease sitting in this enclosed small space. Perhaps this was a common problem among MC players, who had to hide in a sealed matchbox to feel comfortable...
"Hello, my name is Shen Jin. I'm from China and came to Lavaca to look for something... Did you live here before?" Shen Jin asked.
The uncle sat on a stone pier in the yard: "My name is Abbas Sedlan, I am a shepherd on this mountain. Inside is my daughter Sedlan Lola. We have been here since the crisis. You are the first Chinese I have seen since the end of the world. It's a surprise!"
Abbas's Chinese became more and more fluent, and he soon became able to communicate fluently. This did not embarrass Shen Jin, who was poor at English. "Uncle Abbas, your Chinese is very good. What did you do before?"
Abbas had a look of nostalgia on his face, with a rich expression: "In the past... I worked on the railway project assisted by China in Pakistan for 20 years. I have been to almost all the railway projects assisted by China. These years, I have grown old and returned to my hometown to herd cattle. I didn't expect the end of the world to come... Fortunately, I can protect this little daughter at home!"
This reminded Abbas of his sad past. He began to curse the cruelty of the zombie virus, which took away his wife and eldest son. He killed them and buried them on the back hill. Then he built this little nest and lived with his little daughter...
Shen Jin also sighed with him, and thought of his parents who had no news...
After drinking a glass of water, Li Moxiao went to play with Laura in the house, while Shen Jin asked Abbas, "Uncle Abbas, we came here to look for a mine nearby - the iridium mine. Before the end of the world, your country and our China were going to trade, so it should have just started to dig. Do you know where it is?"
Abbas thought for a moment and shook his head. "I usually go to this mountain range and town. I haven't heard of any mining of iridium ore anywhere. I'm sorry, my Chinese friend. Maybe you should go to the Laval settlement to ask!"
"Okay... then please tell me the location of the official settlement!"
"It's about 10 kilometers north from here, but there..." Abbas hesitated, "Why? What's wrong there? By the way, since it's not far from the official settlement, why don't you go there and join the official organization? At least it's safer than here!"
Shen Jin discovered a clue. Logically speaking, Abbas and his daughter were ordinary people, and it would be difficult for them to survive in today's apocalypse. There were evolved zombies everywhere, and it was difficult for ordinary people to deal with them.
It would be difficult for the two to escape if they were targeted by an M-type evolved zombie. It could just climb onto the roof and pierce the plastic shield to eat them. So... something was wrong. Abbas sighed and said, "That place... may not be safer than outside for ordinary people. I once took Laura there, but the life there... made me choose to escape and come back here!"
"Why? Is there no food or place to live over there?"
"Neither... The people in power there are from the Taliban organization. They are not the peace-loving Pakistani government, but a brutal organization! There is no order there, and the people at the bottom are just slaves who can be sacrificed at any time. Allah will spit on them! Instead of living there, it is better to live on your own. At least... I can prevent Laura from being bullied!"
Shen Jin understood a little at this time: "That means the people in power there are all evil people, right?"
"Yes! Evil! Very evil! If... you don't have particularly strong power, you will probably get yourself into trouble if you go there, especially your... beautiful female companion. She will attract the greed of the people in the tower and bring disaster to you!"
"Oh? So scary? Even if they are irrelevant people, they will do this? Uncle, do you know what level of extraordinary people the strongest there are?"
"What... level? Super... annoying?" Abbas seemed to be unable to understand the meaning. Indeed, this Chinese concept was only popularized after the end of the world. Shen Jin explained: "It means... humans who have awakened superpowers. Who is the most powerful among them? What level?"
"Oh! People with super powers! I know, there are many of them... The top leaders are all people with super powers, very powerful. No matter how many ordinary people there are, they can't shake them. That's the power of gods..."
Shen Jin was speechless. It seemed that Abbas was not clear about the classification of extraordinary people.
"This is a bit difficult to deal with. What if there is a third-level extraordinary person... we should be careful!"
Seeing that Shen Jin was still planning to go, Abbas hurriedly said, "I know that you are from China and must be superpowers, but if there are only two of you, there will be too few people and it will be unsafe! Pakistanis cannot watch their Chinese friends fall into danger. I will go and help you find out about... the iridium mine. I am a local and I know some people there. They will help me!"
"this……"
Shen Jin was actually somewhat touched. Uncle Bucky, whom he had just met, was willing to help him collect information for the sake of friendship between the two countries, even though he knew there was danger there...
He demonstrated through his actions what "Pakistan Iron Brother" means!
Laura stuck her little head out: "Lola wants to go with Daddy too!"
Abbas stood up and touched his little daughter's soft golden hair and said in English: "Lola, don't go. Be obedient at home and play with your brothers and sisters for a while. I will be back in the evening and bring you your favorite mushrooms, okay?"
Laura shook her head stubbornly: “I don’t want to be separated from my father…”
"Brother and sister are all friends of China. Have you forgotten what your father taught you since you were young? Chinese people are lifelong friends of Pakistanis. This is written in the textbooks. The teacher also said that you should treat your brothers and sisters in China well at home and be a sensible child, okay?"
Laura hesitated for a moment after hearing this. She grabbed the corner of her shirt and twisted it a few times. Then she thought about what . She glanced at Shen Jin and Li Moxiao and showed a determined look in her eyes: "Well! Laura will be sensible. Dad will go early and come back early. Laura doesn't want to eat mushrooms. She just wants Dad to come back safely. May Allah protect Dad from encountering monsters..."
Laura clasped her hands together seriously and prayed silently.
Li Moxiao's eyes rolled, and he seemed to not understand why these two ordinary people wanted to protect them. He gave Shen Jin a puzzled look, and Shen Jin said, "This is the friendship between countries..."
Although Abbas was middle-aged, he was still nimble. After talking to his little daughter for a few words, he was about to pack up . Shen Jin hurriedly stopped him: "Uncle Abbas, you don't have to go. We are all very powerful transcendents. Ordinary people can't beat us. We appreciate your kindness..."
"There's a saying in China... Two fists can't beat four legs. There are too few of you, and you look different from the Pakistanis. The Taliban will notice you, and you won't be able to escape. I'll go. Don't worry, this place used to be my ranch, just like Abbas's home. It's okay!"
Shen Jin looked at the overly enthusiastic Abbas and felt a little overwhelmed. He had to press him down on the small stool and said, "Really, there is no need... We will do something that is sure to work. Please believe in the wisdom of the Chinese people. They will not make any mistakes!"
"This..." Abbas thought for a moment and stopped struggling. "Okay, you're right. The Chinese are very smart. You must be careful. After you go in, quietly find some people to inquire... Marz, who works in construction engineering, may know. He is in the Rawal settlement. You can ask him when you get there. Just say that old Abbas asked you to come. By the way, why don't we go together so that we can take care of each other!"
"Hmm?" Shen Jin thought this was a good idea... But then he thought that if he took Abbas with him, he would have to take Laura with him. He couldn't just leave her at home. He felt that it was not appropriate. If a fight broke out, they would have to take care of both of them, which could easily lead to mistakes...
"No need, Uncle Abbas. We still need to pay attention to your safety. If you want to help us... you can tell me about the situation in that base!"
Abbas did not insist. When he was pressed down by Shen Jin just now, his hands and feet could not move at all. He knew that he would only delay this kind of superpower. So he began to talk about what he saw and heard in the Laval settlement...
Apparently he hadn't talked to his friend for a long time. Once he started talking, he couldn't stop. Shen Jin didn't rush him and listened to Abbas's story with great interest...
Li Moxiao felt bored. The words the two said were like chanting in her ears, and they were automatically filtered into "Aba Aba Aba~!"
Then he turned around and saw Laura, who was also a little bored, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Little Laura... can you speak Chinese?"
Laura tilted her head and thought for a while, then whispered back, “A little bit…My dad gave me a Chinese name, Jianguo!”
"Pfft - how could a father give his daughter such a rustic name? Hahaha, my name is Li Moxiao, you can call me Sister Moxiao!"
Laura looked at Li Moxiao's clean white hand, then looked at her own dirty little hand, somewhat afraid to stretch it out. She blushed and began to twist the corner of her shirt again, timidly shouting: "Mo...Xiao...Sister!"
Li Moxiao didn't care about that. He grabbed Laura's hand and squeezed it, making the little girl blush even more.
"Uh... okay, the pronunciation isn't quite right, but it's not a big deal. As long as we can chat, that's fine~!"
Li Moxiao looked at Laura, who was wearing dirty old clothes, and asked, "Don't you have any other clothes?"
Laura tilted her head to understand, and pointed to her clothes: "They are all in bad condition..."
Li Moxiao looked at Laura, who was much younger than him, and knew that she couldn't wear his clothes. "Well...then wait, I'll get you some!"
After that, Li Moxiao climbed up the ladder to the roof, put on the [Electric Jet Pack] and flew away. Shen Jin took a look and said, "Be careful!"
"I know. I'm very strong, okay?"
Li Moxiao's voice quickly faded away from the crowd, leaving Abbas with a dazed look on his face, "So... so fast!"
Shen Jin smiled and said, "This is our confidence. Are you relieved? Continue to tell me what the organization in the tower has done..."
Ten minutes later, Li Moxiao landed on the roof, put away his [Electric Jet Pack], and returned to the courtyard. Laura was squatting at the door with an expectant look in her eyes. She could see that this big sister was very powerful...
Li Moxiao took out a pink dress for a little girl from her backpack: "Hey~!"
Laura looked at the beautiful little dress, and her eyes were full of stars. Loving beauty is a woman's nature, even for little girls. They like beautiful things. However, Laura took the little dress and smeared a gray spot on it with her dirty little hands. She quickly put it on the table and blew it carefully. Li Moxiao asked, "Why don't you let Laura wash her hands?"
Laura whispered: “Dad said…there’s not much water, we have to drink it all!”
"Oh... no wonder, this is easy!"
Li Moxiao had seen Shen Jin digging a groundwater well. The water below was clear and sweet, and there were no viruses. It was pure groundwater that had been filtered by nature.
She took out the [digging shovel] and [hammer], and "Puff puff puff—"
When we dug 50 meters behind the courtyard, water came out!
The water was getting more and more, and soon it spread out from the bottom of the well. Li Moxiao shouted in surprise: "Big hentai! I got some water! So much water! What should I do next?"
After Shen Jin heard this: (°ー°〃)
I looked back and realized that water was coming out of the well. Oh no!
It is very difficult to draw water from such a deep well by manpower, and mechanical assistance is needed. In the past, every household in the countryside dug a well and used a hand-operated pump to pump water out by repeatedly pulling it up, but... Shen Jin didn't have this thing, "You come up... I'll just install a [pump] for them!"
Li Moxiao stepped on the wall beside the well flexibly and jumped out easily. Abbas was stunned: "This... this... such powerful Chinese Kung Fu!"
Shen Jin patted Abbas on the shoulder and said, "Uncle, this is the power of a transcendent. Even the most basic first-order transcendent can do it!"
"That's really powerful," Abbas showed an envious look.
Lola pulled at the corner of her clothes and looked at Li Moxiao, her eyes full of admiration. Li Moxiao said arrogantly: "Want to learn, little Lola? I'll teach you~!"
"I do!" Laura nodded quickly like a chick pecking at rice.
"Hehe~! I don't know how to teach you, but I just learned it by myself... by eating. How about you try it too?"
Li Moxiao took out a large bucket of milk tea from his [Craftsman Soul Backpack] and drank about 1/10 of it. "It's time to drink tea~!"
Little Lola quickly ran into the house and took out four cups, "Sister, brother, dad... and Lola!"
Li Moxiao easily lifted the milk tea bucket and poured out four cups of steaming fragrant milk tea. The rich milk aroma filled the entire courtyard. Abbas couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva. However... compared to the milk tea, he was more shocked by the fact that Li Moxiao took out such a big bucket of stuff from the small backpack behind him!
"Oh my god! You must be blessed by the Lord. This is the power of the God of Space!"
Li Moxiao smiled without explaining. Every member of the extraordinary team in their Home No. 1 has this ability.
Abbas suddenly remembered something and quickly climbed to the roof to cover the house tightly with the plastic sheet. "The smell...can't get out, it will attract monsters..."
At this time, Li Moxiao remembered what Shen Jin said before he came in...Uncle Abbas was indeed very meticulous.
"Come on, cheers~!"
(￣▽￣)~! ■□~! (￣▽￣)
Li Moxiao clinked his cup with Laura, who had already been drooling with greed, and some milk tea splashed out. Laura, feeling distressed, licked the milk tea on the outside of the cup clean before taking a sip of the rich milk tea and savoring it carefully. Abbas sniffed it and said intoxicatedly, "Authentic Afghan milk tea... I didn't expect that I could drink it in my lifetime!"
“Ton ton ton ton—”
The sound of three people drinking milk tea came from above. Shen Jin protested loudly in the well: "That's too much! The smell of milk tea is drifting to me!"
He stood in the 3×3×50 well that Li Moxiao had dug, calculated the height of the groundwater, and then put a newly made [pump] in it, so that the water intake was below the groundwater level, and then connected the [bronze pipe] and [insulated copper wire], step by step to the ground, and used the [bronze pipe] to make a water outlet in the yard. A [pull rod] was installed on the [insulated copper wire] as a switch. Li Moxiao touched the mouth of the [bronze pipe]: "Why is there no water?"
Shen Jin was holding a basic material synthesis machine nearby and answered: "Are you stupid? There is no electricity, how can it work?"
"Yeah...we don't have electricity! The water pump can't be used..."
Abbas only realized at this time that he had been marveling at the strength of the two men, but had not considered the most practical issue: the power was out! All electrical appliances could not be operated...
"Wait! Oh my God! When was such a deep well dug?"
He saw Li Moxiao coming over with a shovel, but... she had been down there for less than a minute!
"Oh! What I just dug out are all useless." Li Moxiao said modestly, but the corners of his mouth were getting more and more upturned.
After some operation, Shen Jin made four solar generators and placed them on Abbas's roof. "Pakistan's climate is relatively hot, and the sun shines more directly. Solar power generation should be good..."
Then a most basic [power storage box] is placed underneath, which can store 4,000 kWh of electricity, which is enough for civilian use.
It mainly stores the excess electricity produced by the [solar generator] so that it can be used as usual at night.
Shen Jin then connected the wire printed out from the well to the [power storage box], and the power was successfully turned on!
“Beep, beep, beep—”
The [pump] below the well began to pump water, and soon a stream of clean, clear water came out of the [bronze pipe] above. Abbas tasted it and said, "High-quality groundwater! Very sweet!"
The [pump] produced by the system can not only pump water, but also play a filtering role to ensure that there is no debris pumped up.
Shen Jin smiled and nodded. This small project was completed. Abbas' family would no longer lack water in the future. "By the way, where is the main power switch of your house?"
Abbas pointed to the bottom of two raised bricks on the wall, and Shen Jin connected the power input of the main switch to the [power storage box]. The next moment, the lights came on!
The lights in the courtyard and the house were on, and the old Chinese-made large fan in the house started to turn. Abbas was excited: "The power is on!? My God, you must be sent by God to save the world, this is amazing!"
Li Moxiao didn't care: "Although my uncle is a hentai, he is very powerful!"
Shen Jin said in his heart: "I may indeed be the savior of the world, but... I may also be a chess piece!"
But no matter what, Shen Jin will go in his own direction. Since someone has given him the ability of the system and let him be this chess piece, he will do his best.
Perhaps, the chess player may not be able to control the power of each chess piece, "especially... when the three chess pieces are held together." Shen Jin showed a meaningful smile on his face.
Find the owner of the "sword" ability and you must get him!
"Hahaha~! Laura, we have electricity. Go and thank your brothers and sisters. Thank God!"
"Brother...sister...thank you!"
Li Moxiao stroked Laura's little head and said with a smile: "Laura can take a bath at will in the future, go take a bath and put on the skirt that your sister got for you, okay?"
After Abbas translated it, little Laura finally understood it completely. Then she shyly took a basin of water and went into the house to take a bath.
Li Moxiao then took out several large bags of little girls' clothes from his backpack, ranging from small to large sizes, "Give these to Laura~!"
Abbas was shocked: "This... there are so many, Laura can't wear them all in her lifetime!"
Shen Jin shouted: "Good fellow! You robbed the clothing store!"
Li Moxiao nodded frantically: "Yes, yes! Uncle still understands me~! Come, have some tea~!"
Shen Jin finished half a cup of milk tea and asked with a hint of doubt, "Why is there only half a cup?"
Li Moxiao licked his lips which were covered with milk tea foam: "I only poured you half a cup~!"
Shen Jin: "Are you... sure?"
Li Moxiao nodded seriously: "It's definitely not because I drank half a cup before giving it to you! I'll give you four!"
"Kukuku~!"
Shen Jin looked at Abbas who was trying not to laugh, and his face was filled with toothache...
Am I being tricked?
Well...but...it's so sweet~!
