It's snowing in Yanan City.

This is the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter. The ice cones hanging on the eaves have not yet melted after the last snow melted. The new snow has dyed everything white again. Every morning, the smoke produced by burning coal in every household fills the entire city.

The city was shrouded in a deep layer of fog, which even the wind and snow could not dispel.

Most people don't have heating, so the business of heating companies is not good. Fortunately, people have long been accustomed to such bitter cold, and have turned the winter methods they learned since childhood into their own instincts. Even if it snows for a whole month,

It won't make people feel too depressed.

At around 7 o'clock in the morning, there were already fewer people commuting on Walker Street. Most people entered the factory before 6:30, came to their workstations, and started working day after day.

This kind of life, even in such windy and snowy weather, will not be any different from usual.

The renovation of the kitchen in the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street was completed at around 10 o'clock that morning. Chen Yan spent some extra money to purchase a double-door refrigerator and refused the decoration company's efforts to promote the entire apartment's electrical system.

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“Everyone will need electricity soon, and that’s because electricity is not yet widely available, so we organize activities and offer discounts.

When electricity becomes popular, every household will have to install an additional circuit system. We will be too busy at that time, so there will definitely be no such thing as discounts. It would be great if there is no price increase. Wouldn't you think about it again?"

The decoration company's business was obviously not that prosperous, and the manager's words failed to impress Chen Yan, and their proud electrician team couldn't get any favor from Chen Yan.

After nailing the last rivet on the security window outside the kitchen window, Chen Yan paid them the final payment.

Chen Yan had planned from the beginning to ask the shrimp man George Lebster to build the entire electrical system for the apartment. As a reward, Chen Yan would allow the use of a small portion of the electricity from the Shekiss Rock pure ore——

Chen Yan has already decided on the fate of the first-generation mining machine: he will use the knowledge in the ice blue memory fragments to transform the mining machine into a mobile power bank - more accurately, a mobile charging fortress.

The fundamental reason why he was prepared to do this was because Chen Yan had a more delicate "feeling" of the outside world in his heart. This indescribable "feeling" gave rise to a huge sense of alienation in his heart.

The alienation from society made him sensitive, fragile, manic and lost most of his sense of security. Skylark-300 and Egret-1 could no longer make him "feel" safe enough.

He needs a fortress, or a shell that can wrap himself up, shrink inside, and protect himself.

He knew that all his "feelings" were amplified, which was the result of not being promoted when his inspiration intensity reached a threshold.

He desperately wanted to find the [Mermaid's Mouthpiece], even if it cost him his voice.

He decided to go to the high street and go to Green's drugstore to ask if there was such a thing, hoping that this kind of thing, which sounded very expensive just by the sound of its name, could be given on credit.

What he didn't expect was that a sudden visitor interrupted all his plans.

The apartment door was opened with a key from the outside.

It was Ogami who entered the door accompanied by a gust of wind and snow.

And closely behind Ogami was a young man with brilliant blond hair from the traditional Ruk people.

The young man looked to be in his twenties, only a little younger than Chen Yan. He wore a large dark blue jacket with no visible material on his upper body, a pair of thin gray jeans on his lower body, and a pair of still-looking shoes on his feet.

He wears clean snow boots, and his face, which is not too handsome, has two dark circles under his eyes, but he looks good and energetic.

Chen Yan realized something, so he just looked at the young man and remained silent.

Ogami looked at Chen Yan and said:

"Things got complicated and we needed him to stay in the apartment for two days."

Chen Yan nodded and said it was okay on the surface, but his hand unconsciously reached into his pocket and grasped the handle of the Skylark-300.

Ogami obviously noticed Chen Yan's behavior. He was surprised and realized that there was something wrong with Chen Yan's mental state.

But the young man obviously didn't notice anything unusual about Chen Yan. He was just an ordinary person.

He just looked at Chen Yan with curiosity on his face, as if he had discovered a very interesting toy.

"You came back alive!"

He did not name himself, but treated everything with a seemingly innocent but actually arrogant attitude.

"Did Wilk die underground? I had known his fate. He should have died back then. There is no right way to dig. You have to dig in the direction of the waste abyss. Doesn't he know that the university has been throwing away discarded experimental objects?

Entering the waste abyss? Otherwise, why would it be called [the waste abyss]?"

After he came in, he kept talking, as if he was a chatterbox.

"The reason why he did that back then was because he always had his own little idea. He got some kind of information and knew what was buried underground. He wanted to get a 'treasure' underground."

The young man smiled happily, and Chen Yan was sure that there was no sarcasm in his happiness. It seemed to him that Wilke Young's life was just a joke that could bring him happiness.

"This kind of person has too many clevernesses, and regards his little cleverness as the authority and support he has, so he is ultimately destroyed by his little cleverness."

"What a pity for that mutated spherical Tunguska. It is obviously a new evolved species, but its consciousness was wiped out and turned into a container."

"As for the strain later... I thought that strain would attach itself to you and return to the surface, but I didn't expect it to stay underground. It's really strange."

He didn't know that the strain had returned to the Fungus City on the other side of the universe.

He spoke words that were familiar yet unfamiliar to Chen Yan. They were just simple sentences, but they inexplicably reminded Chen Yan of a lot.

He walked into the apartment hall as if he were familiar with it, looked at the environment in the hall, and sighed with emotion:

"I never thought before that a lucky man like you still lives in such a shabby place. How did you get a warrior like Ogami to die for you? Does it also rely on luck?"

Young people are constantly "tsk tsk tsk".

Chen Yan had a ridiculous idea in his heart, that is, he wanted to shoot his tongue out with a Skylark-300.

"You deserve better."

After looking around the apartment, the young man turned around and looked at Chen Yan.

"Although people like you don't have much ability, your luck is really good. You relied on luck to get everything you have today. This is not something to be afraid of. Luck is very important. My father went to sea and has gained so much now.

All achievements are inseparable from luck."

He was obviously cursing, but there was no trace of ridicule or derogation in his tone, as if he was telling an objective fact.

He stood next to the sofa and turned to look at Chen Yan.

"You deserve more. Now, I'm here, so you have a new opportunity, a chance to change your destiny."

The young man blinked at Chen Yan and still said something incomprehensible.

"We are allies because you also want Chen Changsheng dead, right?"

Chen Yan's eyelids twitched suddenly.

After coming to the empire until now, he has never wanted to kill someone so much.

In order to suppress the murderous intention in his heart, he shifted his sight to Ogami's face.

Ogami's calm expression cooled down his murderous intent, and his firm eyes soothed the mania in his heart.

The young man could not see the change in Chen Yan's expression, so he understood even more that Chen Yan's heart had exploded.

The young man smiled. He confirmed his guess and became happy:

"I want to invest in you."

The young man points to the location of the street:

"I want to leave the operation of Walker Street [Lighthouse] to you and let you be responsible for the electricity-related business. Someone will follow up with you on specific matters."

His calm tone was filled with no doubt, as if Chen Yan would never refuse his "invitation", and as if this was a "big deal" that no one would refuse.

Chen Yan said nothing.

After the young man entered the apartment, Chen Yan always showed indifference and indifference.

But the young man didn't care, or in other words, in the young man's mind, Chen Yan had no reason or possibility to reject him, he just looked cold.

"Now, let me see the entrance to [The Wilderness]."

The young man said, minding his own business and walking upstairs.

Ogami looked at Chen Yan and found that Chen Yan did not stop him, but just followed silently, as if he had become the young man's follower - was this a gesture of accepting the young man's "invitation"?

Ogami thinks so.

Based on his understanding of Chen Yan, it was impossible for Chen Yan not to accept such a huge benefit - this was one of the reasons why he brought this young man to the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street.

Ogami understands Chen Yan's dilemma in life.

In fact, on that windy and snowy night, when Chen Yan opened the door and welcomed them in, after Ogami saw his clothes and the decoration of the apartment, and later after Ogami learned the imperial language, she

Recalling that when Chen Yan hesitated to talk about the rent, he already understood that Chen Yan was short of money and would definitely like money very much.

There is nothing wrong with liking money.

Ogami has experienced a lot and knows what money means to ordinary people like Chen Yan - this is the reason why Ogami has so much gold hidden in his lapel.

Because in a sense, Ogami is also an ordinary person.

Chen Yan remained silent, even walking up the stairs with his head lowered.

Ogami was worried about his mental state.

The three of them quickly reached the roof of the building.

"Wuhu~"

The young man stood at the mouth of the chimney, looked at the dark space under the chimney, and whistled in an excited tone:
To be continued...