latelenovela Chapter 458 Xiao 5 goes home 8
Chapter 458 Xiao 5 goes home 8
Muchen and Sirong moved swiftly and steadily, and soon returned to Aunt Li's counter.
The transaction went very smoothly.
Aunt Li was obviously impatient and had already prepared the promised 120 star coins almost the moment they got their footing.
He couldn't wait to operate his old-fashioned bracelet-type smart brain and transfer it to their smart brain.
Her movements carried the urgency and sureness of someone completing a major deal.
Muchen looked down at the light on his wrist indicating that he had received the transfer and nodded subtly to confirm.
Star coins are virtual currencies without physical entities. Although people on the Garbage Planet cannot connect to the Star Network, they all have intelligent computers.
They are just older styles, most of them look heavy and have simple functions, and cannot connect to the Federal Empire's star network.
But their garbage planet has its own local area network, which barely maintains basic transactions and information exchange.
Muchen raised his head, with a polite smile on his face, and looked at Aunt Li: "Aunt, please just transfer a hundred star coins to me."
He paused briefly, his eyes casually glancing at the corner where the second-hand goods were displayed. "The remaining twenty dollars are just enough to buy the intelligent computer core."
His tone was steady, as if he had already figured this out.
"Oh?" Aunt Li was stunned for a moment, and seemed a little surprised that he wanted to buy that "junk piece", but then she put on a smile, after all, it was an extra income.
"Okay, okay! That one is yours!" She immediately operated on the intelligent brain and neatly completed the splitting of the transaction amount and the transfer of ownership of the item.
The transaction was completed. Mu Chen stepped forward, took out the inconspicuous metal lump from the corner pointed by Aunt Li, and weighed it in his palm.
The cold touch trembled with a faint energy. "Auntie, how did this come about?"
Muchen rubbed the slightly rough surface of the intelligent computer core with his fingertips. He held the intelligent computer core in his hand, turning it over from side to side, with a hint of curiosity about the source of the "waste" on his face.
"This?" Aunt Li squinted her wrinkled eyes, trying hard to recall, her fingers tapping unconsciously on her smart computer screen.
"Hmm...it seems that not long ago, the second son of Chief Situ came to sell it."
As she spoke, her expression relaxed, as if she felt confident in the source. "Yes, that's him, the guy named Situ Ming," she added, her tone a little familiar.
"Oh, Chief Situ?"
Mu Chen pretended to have suddenly understood something, and his voice was filled with just the right amount of respect. "I know this. Aunt Wang introduced us to it when we first came here."
He nodded, temporarily shifting his gaze away from the intelligent computer core, and looked at Aunt Li sincerely.
"Well," Aunt Li mentioned Chief Situ, and her expression immediately became soft and full of gratitude.
She nodded vigorously, "Chief Situ is a very good man!"
Her tone unconsciously became more serious. "The reason why we can survive until today and not starve to death or fall into chaos like other places is all because of the Situ family."
The voice was filled with emotion from the heart.
"What do you mean by that?" Mu Chen asked, his face full of inquiring interest. He leaned forward slightly, as if listening attentively.
Aunt Li: "Hi," she sighed.
His voice deepened as he looked at the gray settlement outside the counter, which was surrounded by mountains of garbage.
"There are many trash planets like ours in the alliance. They are places with a hard life."
Her face showed a bit of numbness towards fate, mixed with a hint of resignation and luck.
"Before the war started," Aunt Li retracted her gaze and looked at Muchen, her eyes becoming clearer. "The Situ family is a leading family on our planet."
She paused, as if weighing her words, "Usually after a defeat, families like theirs, who have power and connections,
They can all leave their original planets, board transport ships, and go to other main planets to continue living a prosperous life."
There was no accusation in Aunt Li's tone, only a calmness that came from recognizing reality.
"As for the people on the original planet?"
The corners of her mouth pulled up into a bitter smile that was almost self-deprecating and tired.
"Then we can only accept our fate and hope for the best." His tone revealed deep helplessness and a trace of almost imperceptible compassion.
"But! The Situ family didn't leave! Not a single one of their family left! They all stayed!" Aunt Li's words were full of gratitude and respect.
"Over the years, the Situ family has been relying on their original assets," she said in an almost sacred tone.
"Helping everyone, little by little, improve life here."
She gestured slowly in the air with her hands. "Really, young man,"
She looked at Muchen steadily, and every wrinkle on her face seemed to express her gratitude for surviving the disaster.
"If it weren't for them, we would have been boneless long ago, and our lives would have been even more miserable, too miserable to even imagine!"
She finally shook her head vigorously, as if to dispel that terrible assumption, and when she looked at the small bag of corn she had just exchanged in her hand, the gratitude in her eyes almost overflowed.
As Muchen listened, an expression of seriousness, emotion and sincere admiration appeared on his face at the right time.
He nodded vigorously along with Aunt Li, and followed her gaze to look at the bag of corn, as if it was not just food, but also a heavy symbol of protection and persistence.
At the same time, the intelligent computer core that he had calmly put into his sleeve seemed to feel even warmer and more meaningful.
The two said goodbye to Aunt Li and did not stay any longer. They quickened their pace and walked silently and quickly along the narrow passage between the messy shacks, returning to their simple residence built of discarded metal plates.
The door curtain fell behind him, isolating him from the dusty world outside.
After the two of them agreed, Sirong stayed outside to guard in case Aunt Wang and the others came.
Muchen took the spaceship's intelligent computer into space.
After entering the space, the relaxation on Muchen's face was instantly replaced by concentration.
He followed Xiao 5's instructions and operated the tools carefully.
Replace batteries, replace damaged parts... His fingers were steady and dexterous, and his eyes moved quickly between the intelligent brain core and the operating panel.
Finally, the last step was completed and the smart brain was powered on.
"Master..." A familiar electronic synthesized voice sounded, carrying with it a hint of fatigue from surviving a disaster.
"It's not the master, it's me, Xiao 5! Intelligent computer number 0571!"
Mu Chen's tense body finally relaxed, and a smile of accomplishment appeared on the corner of his mouth. He didn't even realize that he had breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately focused his attention on the report from the intelligent assistant.