After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 420: Charging the golden egg, the giant salamander in the ditch!
in the room.

Chen Yang took out the charging cable and tried to charge the Purple Lightning Sword.

The moment the power was plugged in, the lights in the house flickered slightly.

There is a small screen on the hilt that shows the charging status, and the battery is only about 60%.

He went outside again to check the electric meter and record the amount of electricity.

I want to roughly calculate how much electricity it takes to fully charge the battery.

The electric meter was whirring and it looked like it was about to smoke.

I’m afraid the electricity bill will be in trouble this month.

……

Half an hour later, the battery was fully charged.

Chen Yang calculated that it consumed more than 500 kWh of electricity, which means that a full charge would consume at least a thousand kWh of electricity.

The electricity bill is several hundred dollars.

It's still acceptable.

He held the Purple Lightning Sword and practiced it a few times in the yard. He felt that it was indeed smooth and more powerful than the Fufeng Sword.

I just don't know if this thing will leak electricity?
Also, will a voltage of one million volts penetrate the air and hit you?
My aunt must have done some experiments when she forged this sword, right?

Although he believed in science, Chen Yang did not dare to try it easily.

I didn't even dare to put it around my waist, in case there was an electric leakage, it would be no joke.

He put the sword directly into the system warehouse.

This is safer.

He still wrapped the Fufeng sword around his belt. Although this sword was worthless in the eyes of his great aunt, it was indeed a rare treasure.

He should have asked his great-aunt to help look after his butcher knife. With her skills, it shouldn't be a problem for her to help him fix the gap on the knife, right?

Forget it, let’s talk about it later when we have a chance.

Chen Yang shook his head, and a flash of inspiration came to his mind, as if he had thought of something.

He removed the socket and then cut the wires.

Then he closed the door and took out the golden egg.

Plug into the socket, with the neutral wire on the left hand and the live wire on the right hand.

After hesitating for a moment, he went straight for the golden egg.

Electricity is also a kind of energy. This golden egg can absorb fire energy, so can it absorb electricity energy?
Chen Yang suddenly had an idea.

Logically speaking, they are all energy, so there should be no reason for this golden egg to be picky about food.

He didn't dare to apply a voltage of 100,000 volts or 1 million volts to it, for fear of electrocuting it to death, so he tried it with normal household voltage.

If this golden egg could digest electrical energy, then he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of sending it to the mine in Sipan Mountain.

"Zizi..."

Tiny arcs of electricity flickered on the surface of the golden egg.

Chen Yang let go as soon as he touched it, for fear of hurting it. After all, electricity is very dangerous.

If you lose the intimacy that you have worked so hard to build up, it will be a waste of time.

The arc of light flashed and quickly merged into the eggshell of the golden egg.

The golden egg shook slightly.

Chen Yang didn't understand whether it was shaken by the electric shock or it was too sensitive to energy.

But soon, when he brought the two wires together again, he clearly felt a suction force.

A slight suction force sucked the two wires together.

Chen Yang's eyes moved slightly, revealing a hint of joy.

Can it really absorb electrical energy?
Zizizizi, arcs of light swirled around the golden egg, and the golden egg vibrated gently, seemingly very excited.

It was almost the same as when I absorbed the fire jade ore before.

"Click..."

There was a crisp sound coming from outside.

The room was plunged into darkness in an instant.

Lights went out!
The power circuit breaker tripped?
Chen Yang was stunned for a moment and hurried to the electric meter to check.

The gate knife was ejected, and there was a burning smell.

The fuse also blew.

"This……"

Chen Yang's face trembled slightly. Is this golden egg so edible?
He had charged Zidian before and the circuit breaker didn't trip!

There was no way, there was no fuse at home and he couldn't fix it himself.

It's late now. I can only wait until tomorrow and find an electrician to replace the fuse with a better one.

He opened the system panel and took a look.

The intimacy and hatching progress have not changed.

In other words, the amount of electricity absorbed by the golden egg in that short period of time was not enough for the hatching progress.

This little thing must have a big appetite.

But now, Chen Yang is not afraid of it eating, but is afraid that it will not eat.

In comparison, obtaining electricity is much easier for him.

The worst that can happen is that you'll have to pay more for electricity.

There is a power station on the Qingyi River next to Pingqiang Town, so they have never lacked electricity in this area.

Of course, using too much electricity will still arouse suspicion from the power department and may cause trouble.

This is not a difficult problem to solve. As for official matters, we can just ask the Mountain-Ganning Association to help coordinate.

It's all little things.

……

-

Silent all night.

The next morning, Chen Yang found the village electrician to help replace the fuse with a better one.

Regarding electricity usage, he did not ask Wang Yuanchao for help, but directly asked Hu Kai for help in coordinating with the power supply department.

He doesn't care about electricity bills at all. If it affects the village's electricity consumption, he can even pay the power supply department to pull a line from the power plant to his doorstep.

He has hundreds of millions of dollars lying around in his account now, and if he doesn't spend them, they'll get moldy.

It's just a small matter. If it has no impact on the village's electricity use, the association only needs to inform the power supply department.

Chen Yang just didn't want to get into any trouble.

In the future, there will be the Purple Lightning Sword, which is a big electricity consumer, and its consumption of electricity will definitely be huge.

He made a simple charging device using a socket, placed it in the corner of the bedroom, and put the golden egg directly on it.

"Little guy, take it easy, don't burn the fuse again!"

It was not known whether Jindan understood what Chen Yang said, but he ate more gently than he did last night.

The fuse I just replaced was saved at least.

But I just don't know if the meter can be saved.

The electric meter was humming, running even faster than when I was charging Zi Dian last night.

Eat, eat, see how much you can eat.

……

-

The end of the year is approaching, and after the winter solstice, more and more families in the village slaughter New Year pigs.

The Song Daneng family next door started preparing early in the morning.

The squealing of pigs broke the tranquility of the village.

There are a lot of people at home, and the little guy Song Ping is back too.

Although winter vacation is not here yet, it is coming soon.

After one semester, the little guy has grown a lot taller, entered the voice change period, and started to speak in a duck voice.

There was already fragrance wafting from the kitchen, and a group of people were playing cards in the main room.

Song Ping came up to Chen Yang and said in his somewhat comedic tone, "Brother Yang, after dinner, are there any activities?"

There was hope in his eyes.

Thanks to the summer vacation when Chen Yang took him to sell mountain products, they made a lot of money. This little guy has become a big name in school this semester.

Now that I have a rare chance to come back, I naturally wonder what kind of program Chen Yang can arrange so that I can make some extra money.

When it comes to making money, this little guy is very active.

"programme?"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "What can we do in this snowy place? Building a snowman? Having a snowball fight?"

Song Ping said embarrassedly, "Only children play with those. Huang Can just said that he wanted to go to the ditch to catch stone geese. I think it's too cold. Do you want to go?"

Stone goose, the local dialect, actually means frog or stone frog.

It is winter now, the time when stone frogs hibernate. The water in the ditch is shallow, and it is easy to find them by breaking open the stones.

This thing can also be considered a delicacy on the table.

"How's it going? Are you going?"

Huang Can was helping to shave pig hair outside for a while. He heard the conversation between the two and came over wearing an apron.

Chen Yang didn't hesitate much. He didn't have anything to do anyway, so he nodded and asked, "Where should we catch it?"

"Of course it's Jiapigou."

Huang Can spread his hands and said, "During the past few months when the paper mill stopped working, the water in the ditch has become clean. I walked by the ditch yesterday and turned over a few stones. There were quite a few stone geese."

"Row."

Chen Yang didn't say much. It had been a long time since he went down to the ditch to catch stone geese.

……

After lunch, Chen Yang went home first.

Look at the situation of laying golden eggs.

“Congratulations to the host, you have obtained [Unknown Creature Cub Intimacy +2 Points].

"Congratulations host, the hatching progress of the unknown creature cub is +1.1%."

……

Called out the system panel and looked at the hatching progress.

In just one morning, the hatching progress only increased by 1.1%.

This speed is too slow.

His current mood is a bit like that of a geek who is staring at the download progress and waiting to watch a movie.

It was like a fire on fire. But there was no rush.

By this calculation, the hatching progress can be at most about 4% at the end of the day.

In other words, it takes about a month for complete hatching.

He looked at the electricity meter and saw that it was more than 2,000 degrees.

In other words, 200,000 kWh of electricity should be enough.

It doesn’t seem to cost a lot.

……

-

The entrance of the village, Jiapigou.

After the snow in the mountains melted, it flowed into Jiapiqiao, and the water flow in the ditch increased a lot.

There was still ice in some places.

Although the sun was out, the temperature dropped rapidly on the days when the snow was melting, and it was cold enough to chill people to the bones.

In this kind of weather, going down to the river to catch stone frogs is simply crazy.

When Chen Yang arrived at the ditch, Huang Can had already rolled up his trouser legs and had been standing in the freezing water for who knows how long.

Song Ping sat by the ditch, curled up into a ball, tightly wrapped in his down jacket, shivering.

It's not like he had gone down before just now, but his small body couldn't handle it, so he got up in less than half a minute.

When the villagers passing by saw these two people going into the water to catch stone frogs in the middle of winter, they all called them idiots.

"If you're cold, go back and warm yourself by the fire."

Chen Yang patted Song Ping on the shoulder.

"No, it's not cold."

The little guy was shaking all over, his teeth were chattering, his face was blue from the cold, but he still stood there pretending to be tough.

"Go back quickly, don't catch a cold."

Chen Yang took off his down jacket and gave it to him. The little guy then stood up angrily and walked home trembling.

How can this little guy compare to Huang Can?

Huang Can was wearing only a T-shirt and dared to wander in the icy water barefoot. Even so, there was sweat on his head.

The power of this fire silkworm is not to be underestimated.

If there weren't people passing by from time to time, he would probably have dared to swim naked in the water.

"What are you just looking at? Come down quickly, there are so many stone geese here!"

Huang Can looked up and saw Chen Yang coming. This guy was squatting on the shore, just watching him busying himself. That was not going to work, so he quickly called Chen Yang down.

Share the blessings and share the difficulties.

Chen Yang rolled up his trouser legs, stepped on the snow, and went down into the ditch.

It’s cold. It’s really cold.

Although he was physically strong, the cold ice water still made him shiver.

There are no fire silkworms in his body to provide him with fire power continuously. He can only circulate his internal energy to dispel the coldness in his body.

Jiapiqiao is wide and narrow. The widest part is more than 20 meters, and the narrowest part is only about 3 to 5 meters.

When the water level rises in the summer, it can flood the embankment. Now it is winter and the water is only knee-deep in some places.

The ditch was full of stones of all kinds and strange shapes.

Chen Yang casually placed a washbasin-sized pebble by the ditch.

We were lucky enough to find a palm-sized stone frog hibernating with a few crabs lying next to it.

The water suddenly flowed into the nest, the crabs were startled and ran away quickly, and the water suddenly became turbid.

The stone frog was sleeping soundly and had no time to escape, so Chen Yang reached out and grabbed it in his hand.

It's icy cold, wet, slippery and numb.

He scooped up some water, came to Huang Can, untied the lid of the plastic bucket next to him, and threw the stone frog in.

Huang Can's harvest was also pretty good. He had caught about ten of them in the bucket, as well as some crabs and small fish.

"It seems that the water quality in this ditch has improved a lot."

Chen Yang closed the lid of the bucket.

After the paper mill stopped operating, there is no smell of alkaline water in the ditch in the past few months. The water quality has improved and fish and shrimp can survive.

Nature's ability to heal itself is extremely strong.

When the paper mill was in operation, alkaline water was discharged into the ditch every day, making the air stink, but no fresh river food was ever seen.

"Hey."

Huang Can smiled and said, "Cherish the present moment. When the paper mill resumes operations, everything will be the same as before..."

Chen Yang frowned when he heard this, "The paper mill is going to reopen?"

"Probably so."

Huang Can said, "When I was having a pig-killing dinner at Song Daneng's house at noon today, I heard from some elders that after the paper mill stopped operating, the village lost a lot of income. I heard that the village doesn't seem to be distributing money this year. After the beginning of next spring, they plan to use the profits from the first half of the year to rebuild the factory. If it's not enough, they may have to raise funds..."

"I think it's probably going to have to be reopened. Otherwise, where are we going to sell all the bamboo on the mountain? We can't make paper and sell it for money. How can anyone be happy..."

……

Chen Yang was speechless for a moment.

Compared with the environment, making money is the most important thing.

He had no control over what the village decided. After all, he was born in the provincial capital, and only his grandfather's name was on the household registration book in his hometown.

What the villagers need is a livelihood, so there is nothing wrong with doing this.

Although Chen Yang is rich, it is impossible for him to be so unjust as to give out money to distribute to the villagers just for this ditch, right?

After a few complaints, the two of them decided not to continue the topic.

Chen Yang said, "Your joining the Mountain Driving Association is a little bit more likely."

Huang Can stopped what he was doing when he heard it, stood up and looked at Chen Yang, with a look of surprise on his face, "Really?"

Chen Yang nodded slightly. "Find a time to give me a copy of your information and I'll pass it on. Then someone will contact you and give you the application form..."

Huang Can was overjoyed. He stopped catching the stone frog and stepped on the water to get closer to Chen Yang. "What information do you need? I'll go home and get it right now."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry."

Seeing him like this, Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Is it necessary to be so excited about joining a mountain-hunting association?

"ID card, photo, phone number, graduation certificate, etc., in any case, please be as detailed as possible..."

When Chen Yang joined the gang, Hu Kai and his team went to the gang themselves and provided him with a one-stop service.

Huang Can’s process this time was a little different, and Chen Yang didn’t ask what information the other party needed.

No matter what, you have to send some to them. It's just a matter of going through the process.

"You hold it first. I'll go home and look for information."

Huang Can couldn't wait any longer, so he patted his butt, threw the bucket to Chen Yang, climbed onto the shore, put on his slippers, and quickly ran away.

This guy……

He is really impatient and can't wait for even a minute.

Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

There were people coming and going along the ditch, and now he was the only one left there.

Carrying the bucket, he walked upstream.

Go to a quieter place to avoid those weird looks.

About a hundred or two hundred meters upstream, away from the main road, Chen Yang saw that there was no one around, so he started breaking stones one by one.

The experience points these stone frogs brought him were too low.

It is a D-level creature, and catching one only gives 1 experience point.

After working for quite a while, I caught about twenty or thirty of them, nearly half a bucket, but only gained about twenty or so experience points.

Simply.

Fortunately, he didn't come here for the experience points, otherwise, he would be really stupid.

It’s better to go up the mountain to dig winter bamboo shoots.

"This should be enough for dinner tonight, right?"

Chen Yang opened the bucket and took a look. It was half full and boiled in a pot. It should be enough for several people to eat.

Huang Can hasn't arrived yet, and he doesn't want to catch him anymore.

It's damn cold in the ditch.

"Wow……"

He was carrying a bucket and was about to go ashore when he suddenly heard a faint cry.

Chen Yang was stunned for a moment.

Looking back, there was a long-abandoned cable bridge a few dozen meters upstream. The shore was overgrown with reeds and weeds, and covered with a lot of snow.

The ditch water gurgled out from under the bridge, and the whimpering sound came from under the bridge.

"Wow……"

While I was stunned, the crying sound started again.

It sounds a bit like a baby crying.

It's also a bit like the call of the tourmaline toad when you first see it.

Chen Yang frowned slightly.

There is no one around at the moment, and there is a barren mountain on the other side of the chain bridge. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would get goosebumps.

If the older people in the village encounter this, I'm afraid it will be rumored to be haunted again.

Chen Yang is naturally not afraid.

He has encountered even more terrifying things, so even if he really encountered a ghost, he wouldn't even frown.

I'm more just curious.

He immediately walked under the chain bridge in the direction where the sound came from.

"Wow……"

As Chen Yang got closer, the screams became louder.

Behind a clump of water plants, there seemed to be a figure swaying, and the water ripples were spreading out in circles.

"Giant salamander?"

Chen Yang reached out and pushed aside the water plants, but what he saw in front of him made him slightly stunned.

A fat, black fish with four legs was trapped in a pond by ice formed in the water.

It has a big head and a big mouth, and its body length is probably more than one meter.

It was a giant salamander.

(End of this chapter)