DipNovel Chapter 6 Cooperation, Battery Boxes and Night Watch Shifts
Chapter 6 Cooperation, Battery Boxes and Night Watch Shifts
Shortly after Lu Sheng saw her, she also noticed him, raised an arm, and called out to him:
"Boss, let's talk business!"
A few minutes later, Lu Sheng understood the other party's situation.
Her car broke down.
Last night, she blocked the door with her car and was attacked by a ferocious beast in the night. By the end of the night, the car was almost falling apart.
She also fought a fierce battle with the ferocious beasts that rushed into the house, killing three of them. She was injured, but after receiving basic treatment with the first-aid kit she carried, she was fine.
Just as the body needs time to recover, the car also needs time to be repaired.
So she proposed a plan: Lu Sheng would provide her with shelter until she recovered and her car was repaired, in which case she would pay him and assist him in running the gas station.
"I can't do heavy work for now, but I know how to repair cars, I can do simple wound care, and I can do laundry, sweeping, and mopping."
The woman, seeing that Lu Sheng wasn't very interested, added:
"I peeked through the gap in the wall last night and saw that you were the only one at the gas station. With me here, we can take turns standing guard at night."
She took out another certificate, and Lu Sheng took it and saw that it belonged to Hanling Heavy Industry as a level three technician: Lin Ran.
Looking up at Lin Ran again, the latter raised her hand in assurance:
"You can check my identity through the terminal; I'm a legitimate person with a job."
Lu Sheng tossed the documents back to her.
"There are quite a few gaps outside the gas station warehouse. Try to fix them. I'll be back at dusk, and then I'll decide whether to agree or not."
Seeing that Lu Sheng had set conditions, Lin Ran pursed her lips and nodded in agreement:
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
Watching Lin Ran lean against the wall and walk towards the gas station warehouse, Lu Sheng ran back to the gas station warehouse first, placed an order for a corpse recycling company to come to his door, and then drove the trailer into the building ruins.
He didn't go too deep into the area, staying on the outskirts to ensure he could collect steel while the recyclers came by.
Ten minutes later, Sun Zhiyuan parked his car on the road and waved to Lu Sheng, who was cutting steel bars.
"Lu Sheng, what's going on? You killed three more this time?"
Lu Sheng walked to the car and briefly explained the situation to Sun Zhiyuan.
"I see. Okay, you go ahead with your work."
Sun Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but just told Lu Sheng to continue doing what he needed to do, and walked towards Lin Ran, who was squatting by the gap in the warehouse wall.
Later, Lu Sheng kept an eye on the two men's movements while cutting the steel bars.
Sun Zhiyuan helped Lin Ran to where she was spending the night, then quickly ran back and reversed the car. A little while later, he drove the car back, first stopping next to the gas station, then letting Lin Ran out, before stopping in front of himself.
"This girl is fine, and her identity is real. I used to work at Hanling Heavy Industry, and she knows some things that only insiders know."
After stating his opinion, Sun Zhiyuan added:
"Moreover, her skills and courage are top-notch. She didn't carry a gun, but last night she managed to kill three man-eating rats with a crowbar."
As for whether to keep her or not, that's up to you.
Lu Sheng nodded and watched Sun Zhiyuan drive away.
In the time that followed, Lu Sheng didn't go looking for Lin Ran. He just kept collecting steel. As the steel bars on the cart piled up, they finally emitted a faint glow when he placed a thick steel bar on it while panting.
One unit of steel has been obtained.
"Finally, we've collected them all."
Lu Sheng exhaled, looked up at the horizon, and was immediately dumbfounded.
While he was working hard, four hours passed by unnoticed, and the sun had reached the western horizon and was beginning to set.
The day is coming to an end.
Lu Sheng pulled the heavy cart back to the gas station warehouse. As he approached, he saw Lin Ran hammering away.
Noticing the movement behind her, she turned around and saw Lu Sheng. She reported the progress to him:
"I've already patched one of the three biggest gaps, and this one will be done soon. Let me go in and patch the last one; we should be able to finish it tonight."
"How was it repaired?"
"Bend the steel bars inside to make the frame, fill it with rubble, and reinforce it with wooden strips and nails. It should be able to withstand the impact of small nocturnal creatures without any problem."
After Lin Ran finished speaking, she paused for a moment and then added:
"It should be fine for a day or two, and with regular maintenance, it should last for eight to ten days."
Lu Sheng sighed and waved to her.
"Come on, let's go inside."
Back at the gas station, Lu Sheng glanced at the terminal screen. Yesterday's profit minus expenses plus today's income left him with 380 credit points.
Not to mention that we are far from the lowest standard set by the family, we are currently in a deficit of 150 points due to advance expenses.
If I can't fill it out by the end of the month, the armed legal department will come to negotiate amicably, and a third of the month has already passed.
"It's not a big problem. I'm not the same person I used to be."
Lu Sheng took a deep breath to calm himself down, opened the recent weather forecast, and then frowned deeply.
"Starting in three days, is it expected that there will be three consecutive days of overcast and rainy weather?"
Upon seeing the weather forecast, Lu Sheng gave up on climbing to the roof to check the solar panels and instead pulled his trolley straight to the storage box deep inside the warehouse.
"A small battery box can be upgraded to a medium-sized battery box by consuming one unit of steel."
Upon seeing this notification, he pulled the cart in front of him, handed over the materials, and proceeded with the upgrade.
The steel bars piled on the cart transformed into streams of light and entered the battery box. A prompt with three options appeared before Lu Sheng:
"The small battery box will be upgraded to a medium-sized battery box. After the upgrade, the capacity will be increased by 50% and fully charged. Please select the enhancement entry."
1. Capacity Expansion: The capacity has been increased again, with the total capacity increased to 200% of that of the small battery box.
2. Fast charging: Energy storage speed is increased by 50%.
3. High efficiency: Increased power supply capacity, supporting power supply for large equipment.
Lu Sheng was pleasantly surprised. He thought that upgrading would involve choosing three upgrade paths, but he didn't expect that he would upgrade first and then choose one path for secondary enhancement.
Looking at the three options in front of him, he thought for a moment and chose to expand the capacity.
In an instant, the battery box was upgraded. The height remained the same, but the length more than doubled, and the original 57% capacity became 100%.
Fully charged with twice the previous capacity, Lu Sheng felt reassured and happy just by looking at it.
The energy problem of upgrading from manual tools to power tools was solved directly; all that remained was collecting materials.
After upgrading the battery box, he turned around and called to Lin Ran:
"Lin Ran, let's decide on the night watch order first. I'll take the first half of the night, and you can go to sleep. You'll take over for the second half. Wake me up if there are any special circumstances."
"Reinforce the second gap, which was almost there, from the inside. We'll fix the remaining large gap tomorrow. I'll move some things to plug it up in a bit."
Lin Ran nodded obediently.
She was injured last night and has been working all day today. Her body is in so much pain it feels like it's going to fall apart, but she's actually very happy because she can finally get some sleep tonight.