Chapter 223 Betsy Is Self-Taught

Hilda hardly said anything on the way home. She was wearing the new clothes Hao Ren bought for her, and the clothes bag she was carrying contained her old, shabby and dirty dress - this package The bag was also the kind of disposable packaging that seemed unbelievable, extravagant and wasteful to her. She looked at the bag in her hand and seemed to be deep in thought.

The two were walking on a sparsely populated street in the southern suburbs. Because there was nothing urgent, Hao Ren did not teleport back directly. He thought that letting Hilda experience the public transportation on earth might help the worried Elf Queen relax a little. Divert her attention. After all, although Hilda will only stay here for two or three days, she can still be considered a trip to the earth. However, these efforts seemed to have no effect. Hilda was not in the slightest mood to pay attention to how novel and interesting the things around her were. She spent most of the time frowning and raising various questions about the way of life of the people on earth. The rest of the time she just bowed her head. brooding, completely immersed in worries about his home kingdom.

Hilda did not show any of these symptoms during the few days she traveled in the Dream Plane, because at that time she and everyone were walking through a wilderness area from beginning to end. In the middle, she only slept one night at a simple and cramped lakeside outpost, not much. Given the opportunity to observe and judge the lifestyle of the residents of the Dream Plane, she lamented that the vast blue sky and large naturally growing forests in the Dream Plane were enviable - but Hao Ren didn't think about it carefully at that time. Now seeing Hilda's strange behavior, Hao Ren couldn't help but asked: "What is it like in your hometown?"

He heard Hilda mention that the reason why she traveled across time was because her hometown was short of resources and had no choice but to use space teleportation to find a new world where she could survive. However, the teleportation gate malfunctioned and she was thrown into the dream plane. But Hao Ren did not delve into this issue at that time.

Resources are scarce. To what extent are they scarce?

Hilda was silent for a moment and pointed to an old iron frame on the corner of the street that had been abandoned for several years. This iron frame was placed there as a support for an advertising light box when the southern suburbs were still a little more prosperous: "See Are those metals being wasted?”

"oh……"

"We have to re-smelt these substances from various waste materials, and each piece of waste has been recycled countless times before. The energy and other chemical elements required for re-refining come from a facility located near the star. That facility, called a coronal station, collects energy and trace elements from the sun's jets. Every year, radiation and light disasters on the coronal station kill hundreds of elves."

Hao Ren was stunned.

Hilda saw the dull look on the man's face, and she smiled as expected: "You can't imagine it, right? I was born and raised in such a world, and I have slightly higher material rations than other elves. But until I was transported to a world with vast blue skies and fresh air (the Dream Plane), I also couldn’t imagine what a world with abundant resources would be like.”

Hao Ren didn't want to admit it, but he really couldn't imagine what Hilda's hometown would be like, so he could only bow his head vaguely and began to think about what he could do - as a prosecutor.

The two of them returned to their residence in silence. The moment Hao Ren returned home and opened the door, he put these things aside for the time being. The dream plane, the day of return, aliens, the "wall" that is about to collapse, and the spaceship that needs to find its owner. There are so many things that require him to use his brain. It is best to take one step at a time.

"I'm back!" Hao Ren stood at the door and greeted the living room. He immediately heard Vivian's voice coming from the kitchen: "You're back? Go and have a rest first. You'll be ready for lunch soon!"

Hao Ren likes this living situation very much: the noisy and abnormal tenants in the house are not just living here as tenants, these guys with special identities and sharing special secrets are more like a family getting together to keep warm. . No matter who comes home, he can stand at the door and shout "I'm back", and then a response will come from somewhere in the house. This is the real return home.

A few months ago, Hao Ren could only welcome a silly cat rolling around when he came home every day, but now he could welcome a table of good food.

Oh, and there’s also a silly husky whose tail is wagging so much that it almost falls off.

When Hao Ren came to the living room, Lily immediately smelled the smell and rushed over. The target was the snack bag in Hao Ren's hand. The dog girl's tail was wagging here and there, tumbling over various snacks: "Where are the spicy strips? Where are the spicy strips..."

"Eat less spicy strips," Hao Ren sighed, "What if you accidentally transform after eating too much?"

Lily is the first werewolf in history who is not affected by moonlight, but will completely transform into a beast if she eats too many spicy strips - we have said this before.

Lily mumbled and ran to the refrigerator with her precious snacks in her arms. Hao Ren suddenly found a familiar-looking girl sitting on the sofa not far away: she was wearing ordinary casual clothes and had very chestnut hair. It was draped casually on her shoulders. Her skin was a healthy wheat color and she looked like a mixed-race sports girl. She was sitting on the sofa watching TV while fiddling with the remote control awkwardly. She turned her head when she noticed Hao Ren's gaze. Lai waved his hand in a friendly manner.

Hao Ren was stunned for a moment before reacting: "Betsy?"

"Yeah," Betsy said excitedly as she waved the remote control, "You guys are really interesting here! This thing called a TV... and this remote control! Your alchemy skills are really amazing!"

"Okay, I didn't recognize it right away," Hao Ren marveled at Betsy's completely terrestrial dress. The mercenary girl who was originally dressed like a fantasy ranger changed into Nangong Wuyue's casual clothes. The ponytail was loosened and turned into a daily hairstyle, and there seemed to be a little light makeup on her face (Nangong Wuyue probably helped her do it), which made her seem like a different person, "This dress looks very suitable."

"Ah, it's good," Betsy tugged on her clothes, "but Nangong Wuyue said there is still something missing, and he wants to take me to the streets with him tomorrow..."

Just then Nangong Wuyue came over from the side: "Oh, I will buy her two pairs of underwear tomorrow..."

Hao Ren was immediately embarrassed to continue on this topic.

Betsy studied the working principle between the remote control and the TV with great enthusiasm. She even wanted to use magic to test the energy connection between the two "alchemy props", but after considering that she had no role here, After reading the article, she gave up the idea that she might sell herself to pay off her debts. She asked Hao Ren curiously: "You must be a pretty big shot here, right?"

Hao Ren was puzzled: "Why do you say that?"

Betsy pointed to the TV, then to the surrounding electric lights and air conditioners: "Look at these, the huge crystal screen, the magic lamp that doesn't require grease, and the temperature control device! I have never seen anything like this once when I went to the Earl's house to take on a mission. Awesome thing, you must be a big shot here! And you said that you specialize in managing world travel, I feel like I’m taking advantage of you..."

Hao Ren suddenly coughed: "Ahem... This is not the same thing. My job is confidential. In addition, the things you see here are actually common electrical appliances on the earth. Almost everyone here has them."

Betsy's eyes suddenly widened: "Are you kidding! Everyone has these luxuries?"

Hao Ren spread his hands: "Science is the primary productive force, and demand is the godfather of productivity. If your alchemy workshop over there can realize the importance of market economy and industrial transformation, you can also live like this, I know You have similar technical foundations, but they are limited to a small range of applications."

Betsy was stunned for a long time with her mouth open. Suddenly she reacted suddenly and took out the "music box" that Hao Ren had given her before from her pocket: "How much is this thing worth to you?"

Nangong Wuyue, who was lying down next to him watching the show, suddenly couldn't hold it back: "The siren girl is bad. She had already guessed that Hao Ren would soon face this kind of problem, and she has been holding it back until now."

Hao Ren's face instantly looked the same as Doudou's tail, and he couldn't get rid of one sentence in his mind: People from other worlds are not stupid!

"Okay, you don't need to say anything," Betsy knew what was going on just by looking at Hao Ren's face, but she didn't seem to care much about it, or perhaps another thought that fascinated her more completely overshadowed her being... Displeased by the deception, she looked down at the "music box" in her hand and muttered to herself, "This thing is probably just a toy here, but at least it can be replaced with several horses over there..."

Hao Ren's ears suddenly stood up: "What do you want to say?"

Betsy held the "music box" and raised her head expectantly: "Buy a lot of music boxes from the earth, take them back and sell them for money, and then send our worthless alchemical waste to you to sell as gems. I can make it in half a year." I accumulated a large amount of money, then opened trading houses in both worlds, monopolized cross-border trade, and hired many bodyguards to protect me. Someone might have noticed my secret and came to provoke me, so I spent money on myself. I will become a peerless master to kill them, and then I will use money to kill every guy who stirs up trouble. At the same time, I will use my unparalleled wealth and beauty to impress many, many handsome guys. I will be canonized as a Countess... or even a Duchess... ...No, I might as well buy a piece of land in the east to build a city and become king on my own, and then I have to fight against the evil forces in the world... If there are no evil forces in the world, I will spend my own money to build one. Anyway, I have to think A way to make myself famous in history... Hehe, hehehe... I don't have to be a mercenary anymore. From now on, I can eat bowl after bowl of stew..."

Hao Ren: "..."

I bet this girl is the protagonist, right? She knows the way of thinking of the villains in these two worlds without any teacher!