Chapter 108 Chapter 106 White Car
The next day, Zhuang Xuteng returned to his safe house, drove his armored vehicle, and arrived at the Tomato Car Repair Factory in Hongxiu City when the first ray of sunshine shone on the earth in the morning.
It was too early, and services like car repairs or adding water and gas were not open. Zhuang Xuteng drove the car into the yard, parked it, and waited at the door of the office. After a while, Kelly walked over quickly, her smile illuminated by the morning sun, looking warm and overflowing.
"The leg is healed, can you no longer use crutches?"
"I can walk and drive, but I can't run or jump, so I let it adapt and speed up recovery." Zhuang Xuteng was infected by Kelly's smile, and he also smiled without knowing it. "How are you doing? How's Buck recovering?"
"Buck is in good condition and is trying to learn to take care of himself. I think he is more stable than before - it would be better if he did this earlier." Kelly smiled, patted the armored vehicle and said, "What are you driving it for? You won't break it, will you?"
"There is something that needs to change its color." Zhuang Xuteng gently touched the car and said, "Let it turn white in one day. Do you know Bai Moji? It's the kind of white she usually uses. I'm not sure what it's called. What is white..."
"I know, I know! Onion white, with the purity of amber on the edge!" Kelly jumped up excitedly, with little sparkles in her eyes. "You also like Bai Moji?"
Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "I only listen to the songs and don't know the singers, so I can't say whether I like the singer or not. It would be great if you know what white it is. Can you finish it in one day?"
"It can be sprayed in half a day and dried before evening. It's no problem to wrap it around my body." Kelly suddenly stopped smiling, looked at Zhuang Xuteng nervously, and asked, "You won't accept the commission to get close to the White Devil. Ji then kill her?"
"Hahaha, no. I'm going to be a driver, hauling goods and picking up people. I probably won't be able to see Bai Moji at all, and I have no interest in her - unless you give me extra money."
Kelly thought for a while and said: "Naike, if Bai Moji is in danger, you can save her as soon as you can. I like her songs very much and I am her fan."
"Okay, but you'd better hope you don't need me." Zhuang Xuteng said: "People living in Taiping District have their own elite security teams. If they really need me, it means that that team is finished. I am very self-aware. The elite team is gone, I will prioritize saving my own life.”
"Then... let me ask you to do another favor... I have an album of hers that I have never opened. If you see her, would you like her to sign it?"
"I don't promise to do it. It depends on luck, but I will definitely remember this." Zhuang Xuteng nodded and agreed.
"Give me the car keys. You can go rest in the house and wait for me to finish. In addition, this time I will give you a discount from an acquaintance. Five hundred euros is enough."
Zhuang Xuteng nodded and gave the key to Kelly. He didn't know much about the price of vehicle painting, but he remembered that when assembling this car, simple painting cost 300 euros, so 500 euros for another spray should be reasonable. He told Kelly that the car might change colors frequently to meet the requirements of different tasks. Pure white is too eye-catching and will be changed soon, so he tried to use cheap and easy-to-clean methods.
Then he went to visit Buck. The young man has no feeling below his chest. He no longer talks about becoming a mercenary or going out to work, and concentrates on helping his sister maintain the store. He has learned to get up on his own, carry and secure himself into his wheelchair. With the help of a wheelchair, he can move around the garage and handle business at the counter.
After chatting with him for a while, Zhuang Xuteng noticed that Buck was embarrassed and nervous in front of him, so Zhuang Xuteng stopped disturbing him. It’s good as long as you don’t lose your confidence in life, and being half-body doesn’t delay you from becoming a complete person. Besides, as technology continues to develop and medical imaging implants are subsidized, there's no guarantee that we'll be able to find a way to get him back on his feet in the future.
Zhuang Xuteng still preferred to accompany Kelly, but she only had a sealed suit and a sealed room here. The painting work had to be completed independently, but there was no room for him to interfere. So Zhuang Xuteng threw tennis balls in the yard of the garage to practice his listening, and noticed several guys poking their heads in this direction.
Buck told him before that Doyle gathered some people and asked them to keep an eye on strangers in the town to prevent gangs and other random people from disturbing them, so Zhuang Xuteng waved to them to express his friendship. After a while, those people didn't understand what Zhuang Xuteng was doing, so they kept staring from a distance, with no intention of leaving.
Zhuang Xuteng didn't like the feeling of being watched, so he returned to the garage and asked Buck to find a quiet place, set up a chair to sit and meditate, and continued to practice the Wraith Servant spell. He has been able to draw filaments composed of wraiths from his palms and use them to move small and light objects. He originally thought of using these filaments as ropes to hook himself or strangle others, but he could not further increase their strength and they would break if he applied too much force. He wanted to solve this problem, so he entered the 72 Stone Pillars Hall during meditation to find the Lich Master for clarification.
"The Wraith Servant will never reach the strength you need. It cannot be compressed or entangled with each other. The only way to strengthen it is to increase its quantity and use a larger volume to reflect the quality. Do you want to use it to support yourself? Then accumulate more resentment. Spirit, about four vengeful spirit servants of the same size as you can lift you up."
The resentment that Zhuang Xuteng had collected just now was only enough to generate a resentment spirit as big as two fists. It seemed that this work had a long way to go.
"You think it's not enough? In my opinion, the current achievements are already a lot! You always stay alone, and most of the resentment is caused by you, which is a lot! If you want more, you should go out more and go to places with heavy resentment." The Lich Master snorted and said, "I say, have you forgotten something?"
"What?" Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head.
"A month ago, you made an appointment with Dr. Booker and Miss Hill. Now the time has come. Have you made any preparations?"
"Oh! I really forgot! There have been too many things recently, especially meditation, which made me overwork my brain. I put this matter behind my mind." Zhuang Xuteng hurriedly said, "Come on, let's do this first and sort out the information you allowed me to tell you."
Since Booker and Hill are both company people, and the Lich Master is a "shadow follower" who escaped from the company's control, Zhuang Xuteng has never dared to cooperate with them in depth for safety reasons. He would be satisfied as long as he could get some internal information of the company.
At the same time, Booker and Hill did not trust each other much, and they were also carefully maintaining the current situation, trying to find something beneficial to themselves under the premise of being safe. Several people knew about this situation of mutual defense and mutual use. The key now is to see whether Zhuang Xuteng can continue to maintain his personality and play the role of "Undead Master" well.
After doing his homework and memorizing his lines, the Lich Master summoned. "Huh?" The Lich Master was suddenly stunned. He asked Zhuang Xuteng to look at the summoning disc. This time they encountered something strange.
The two green light spots representing Booker and Hill quickly approached the pink light spot representing himself as before, but there was a new, motionless green light spot in the vortex. It stands to reason that it represents the third person, just like the arrogant fool who was teleported last time. But the green light spot gradually turned white and then flew over, which was very strange.
The smoke dissipated, and the old doctor and the beauty looked around calmly, looking like they knew everything. Later, they also found that the transmission did not stop. A ball of white light rose between the two of them, and then a young man with black hair and black pupils appeared.
Zhuang Xuteng knew who this person was at a glance: Mr. Qian of the Black Flag Grocery Store in the black market! He changed his hairstyle, wore very casual clothes, and had a magnifying glass hanging around his neck - that was nothing - he held a flagpole with both hands, and a white flag was flying on it. All the white light came from the flag, completely covering him.
Boss Qian looked at the 72-pillar hall excitedly, nodded to several people, bowed to the Lich Master, and said: "Oh my god, I knew there must be some transcendent or quasi-transcendent guys in this world, and I finally waited for it. It should be you who summoned me, right? Qian Jing, acting manager of the White Flag Grocery Store, I am happy to serve you."
Isn't it Black Flag? Zhuang Xuteng was a little confused, but he remained calm, nodded and said: "You can listen first."
"No problem." Boss Qian immediately shut up, hugged the flagpole honestly, pretending that he didn't exist.
Dr. Booker and Hill had seen "newcomers" being teleported, but none of them were as different as Boss Qian. The premise of summoning teleportation is to hold the correct ancient items from another world, and Boss Qian must be the same. Both of them wanted to figure out what kind of items were qualified, but they were afraid to expose their own things, so they could not exchange information.
According to the previous agreement, Zhuang Xuteng told them the history of the shadow world and translated some of the texts and patterns they found. Booker brought the research and development records of the shadow implant. Although it was two hundred years ago and the technology has been updated for many times, it is still kept secret as the basis of the research on the shadow implant, and only the company and the army know about it.
Miss Hill brought a bottle of potion with only about two milliliters of liquid in it. She said it was an extract of "marshmallows" that could greatly reduce the side effects of the shadow implant. The specific principle and production method are still unknown, but she will find a way to find out. In addition, she has already selected the implant and is about to undergo surgery, and said that the lich master can actually contact the implant through her, so that he can have a more intuitive understanding.
"I wish you success." Zhuang Xuteng nodded, without accepting or rejecting Hill's proposal. The essence of this proposal is to get closer to Zhuang Xuteng. No matter whether Hill takes the throne or Zhuang Xuteng goes on, the distance between the two will inevitably shorten. As for what kind of back-up plan will be after the distance is shortened, Zhuang Xuteng can't see it for the time being, so he can only be careful.
After leaving the potion and exchanging knowledge and information, Zhuang Xuteng sent them back. He didn't make another appointment to meet, just said that he had to study the potion first. Next, he had to deal with Boss Qian, which was the most important thing today.
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