hotmtlnovel Chapter 92 My heart aches!
Chapter 92 My heart aches!
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At the same time.
At the same time that Lu Chen thought of Yu outside the ranch in the northern city;
Yu, who remained near the South Gate, also happened to think of Lu Chen.
To be precise, it was the situation around the South Gate that made Yu instinctively want to talk to Lu Chen about it.
Before she knew it, Yu found herself instinctively wanting to consult with Lu Chen when faced with problems.
Although the two had only known each other for half a month, they had only gone out of the city together twice.
However, the bond between the two seemed to have become quite deep in a very short time.
"The struggle in the hibernation pods has reached a fever pitch —"
Standing in the parking lot inside the South Gate, while watching the people at the auto repair shop modifying the pickup truck, Yu's attention was uncontrollably drawn to a few scavengers who had just returned from outside the city not far away.
In recent days, a steady stream of dormant cells has continued to be transported back from outside the city by scavengers.
The number is even higher than in the previous few days.
However, correspondingly, the number of scavengers who are injured and go straight to clinics after returning to the city has also visibly increased.
Yu Xin understood.
—After the initial brief period of peace, or rather, the period of low-intensity fighting, the scavengers gathered in the hibernation warehouse have entered a new phase.
Previously, there were dozens or even hundreds of scavengers surrounding dozens of hibernation pods in the hibernation pod area, with three to five people vying for one pod;
Now, hundreds of scavengers are vying for the remaining dozen or so hibernation pods.
On average, there are no fewer than ten people vying for each hibernation pod.
Furthermore, as time goes by, the scavengers in the hibernation warehouse must have formed teams.
For example, three to five people can form a team and work together to compete for one or two hibernation pods;
Even more extreme, teams of more than a dozen people compete for the remaining dozen or so hibernation pods, one for each person.
The emergence of such a force will inevitably force other onlookers to form a united armed group capable of confronting it.
Thus, the original single-player mode of PUBG was transformed into a team mode.
The intensity of the fighting will inevitably escalate, and casualties will skyrocket.
"It's installed."
As she pondered, the repairman's whispers reached her ears, pulling Yu's thoughts back to reality.
Please sign to accept the document.
As he spoke, the repairman took off his construction gloves and handed a document and a capsule to Yu.
Yu calmed herself down, but did not rush to sign the acceptance document or settle the bill.
First, he went to his pickup truck and looked up at the roof.
Not being able to see very clearly, I simply jumped onto the back of the truck, raised my hand, and touched the brand-new solar panels on the roof.
At the same time, the mechanic under the car also began to explain to Yu.
"As per your request, we will recycle your original fixed solar panels at a price equivalent to [120 days]."
"The one we replaced it with is a foldable solar panel."
"With the new charging kit, you can charge while driving without having to stop to charge."
As he spoke, the mechanic went to the driver's seat and gently pressed a button on the side of the steering wheel.
The solar panels on the roof of the car folded up slowly, like the wings of a satellite.
With another press, the retracted solar panels reopened and once again spread out on the roof of the pickup truck.
Yu nodded in satisfaction, very pleased with the new solar panels.
In addition to being foldable, this new solar panel also charges faster than the old one.
In addition, the ability to charge while driving indirectly improves the pickup truck's range.
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Originally, Yu's pickup truck needed to be charged for 4 hours while stationary to be fully charged.
With a full charge and normal load, it can travel a little over 300 kilometers.
Under excessive load, it will shrink further.
Now that we've replaced the solar panels, the charging time has been reduced to less than 3 hours.
Moreover, it can be charged while walking.
This means that outside the city, as long as it's daytime, Yu's pickup truck can theoretically travel indefinitely.
With a range of 300 kilometers and a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour, it would take nearly 8 hours to run out of battery.
During the 8 hours of driving, the solar panels can be charged continuously.
It takes 3 hours to fully charge, but 8 hours to use up the battery, which is slower than charging!
This means that, under normal circumstances, during the day when there is sufficient sunlight, Yu's pickup truck will not lose any mileage.
I drove it from morning till night, and even after dark the battery was still full, with a range of 300 kilometers, enough to drive for another 8 hours overnight.
If the battery runs out, you don't need to stop for 3 hours to fully charge it and then drive for another half hour to charge it. You can set off as soon as you have a little power.
Then I charged it while walking, and it was fully charged as I walked.
"really."
"The only downside to expensive things is that they are expensive."
As soon as those words were spoken, Lu Chen's slightly teasing voice appeared in Yu's mind.
Its high price is not necessarily a drawback.
We think it's too expensive because we're poor.
"That's fine."
Shaking off the teasing thoughts in her mind, Yu jumped out of the pickup truck and nodded slightly to the mechanic.
He took the documents from the repairman, signed them perfunctorily, and then placed his left wrist on the capsule.
【01：231：18：37：46】
Before returning to the city last time, Yu deposited her own [253 days] and Lu Chen's [83 days] in the bank.
Since the extra time of the two was stored by Yu, and the total amount did not reach one year, only one bank service fee was charged.
The two stayed outside the city for 6 days, thus losing the service fee for [6 days].
After returning to the city, Yu retrieved the [330 days] from the bank and returned [80 days] of them to Lu Chen.
My share is [250 days].
Five days have passed since I returned to the city, and Yu has also paid this month's apartment rent for 12 days.
In preparation for their next trip out of the city, they prepared black bread for themselves and Lu Chen, and also sent several jugs of rusty water to the black market for filtration.
After deducting all expenses, Yu only had a little over 231 days' worth of cash left.
I thought this amount of time would be enough to modify the pickup truck.
After all, a used pickup truck only costs [240 days].
With the time you could spend buying a car, modifying another car should be more than enough, right?
However, once she arrived at the black market, Yu realized that she had been too naive.
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Based on the demand for "fast charging speed + long driving range", the auto repair shop offered two solutions.
The first approach is to address the root cause.
To speed up charging, replace the solar panel with a better one;
To further increase the driving range, a better battery pack was installed.
Neither of them is expensive.
In addition to the old solar panels worth [120 days] and the old battery pack worth [60 days], Yu only needs to pay an extra [90 days].
In other words, the total cost of the 270-day modification was barely within Yu's budget.
The balance in Yu's hand was enough to cover the additional fees for [90 days].
However, the second proposal from the auto repair shop completely killed Yu's interest in considering the first one.
Clearly, the second option, which was the one Yu ultimately chose, was foldable solar panels and a brand-new charging kit that allows charging while driving.
expensive.
Very expensive.
In addition to the old solar panels worth [120 days], Yu will also have to pay an extra [1 year 120 days]!
The total cost of the modification has now reached [1 year and 240 days]!
You can buy two used pickup trucks and still have some left over!
But in the end, Yu gritted her teeth and chose the more expensive second option.
With insufficient funds, Yu could only withdraw one year's worth of money from the [capsule]'s savings.
With a total of 12 years of savings, there are now 11 years left.
Previously, Lu Chen and Yu agreed that whichever of them needed to deposit or retrieve time from the capsule, the other person would have to do so in a 4-6 ratio.
The jade has been used for 1 year, which means that when Lu Chen returns, he will also need to take away the corresponding 240 days.
Inside the capsule, there will be 10 years and 120 days remaining.
Based on their previous habits, the extra 120 days will most likely be split between them, trying to keep the savings in the capsule a whole number.
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After paying for the pickup truck modification for 1 year and 120 days, Yu only had about 111 days left in her hand.
After Lu Chen returns, he will also have to pay Yu's private debt principal and interest for [60 days].
"Phew~"
"Why does my chest hurt so much?
Muttering to himself, Yu rubbed his chest with a pained expression.
Yet they felt no regret whatsoever about the expense.
—As Yu said before: The only drawback of expensive things is that they are expensive.
With this brand-new set of solar panels and charging components, Lu Chen and Yu's mode of operation outside the city will undergo a dramatic change.
Previously, the two of them would typically start charging in the morning, fully charge by noon, and then set off.
We drove from noon until night, but the car ran out of power and it got dark, so we had no choice but to spend the night in the same spot.
The next day, after dawn, it charged from morning until noon.
The efficiency is not low, but it is definitely not high either.
Now, after modifying their pickup truck, the two of them basically no longer need to worry about parking and charging.
During the day, the pickup truck's range is always at full capacity, so you can go wherever you want;
Even at night, the pickup truck was still fully charged, enough to last another night.
The only situation where they needed to charge was when Lu Chen and Yu were traveling at night and drove all night after dark.
As dawn approached, the car ran out of power.
At times like these, you need to charge your phone for a mere half hour after dawn—
At first glance, the two are not much different.
The former charges in the morning, travels in the afternoon, and rests in the evening;
The latter claims that one can travel during the day, but in reality, half a day is still needed for digging and collecting.
Lu Chen and Yu were scavengers, not travelers.
The purpose of traveling is to reach the resource area, collect resources, and then return to the city, not to travel for the sake of traveling.
As for the evening—even if the car was still fully charged, the two of them, who had spent half the day traveling and digging, still needed to rest.
So, it still involves half a day of traveling, half a day of scavenging, and resting at night.
At first glance, both appear to be the same.
The only difference is that the former is forced to do so out of necessity, while the latter, although having a choice, will most likely still end up doing the same thing.
But as a scavenger, Yu couldn't possibly be unaware of the difference between the two.
—Before, when they were outside the city, the two of them had to charge their devices every morning;
You must rest at night too;
There was no other choice.
However, in the future, the two can arrange their schedules flexibly according to the situation.
You can travel in the morning and dig in the afternoon;
We can travel in the afternoon and dig overnight;
They could also travel overnight and dig the next day.
Do whatever is convenient for you.
More importantly, Lu Chen and Yu are two different people.
If necessary, the two can keep driving without stopping, with one driving and the other sleeping, for a day and a night, or even several days and nights.
Under normal circumstances, the two of them would certainly not need to push themselves this hard.
But what if it's a critical moment?
What if you are ambushed by a large group and have no choice but to flee?