The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 450: Wooden Boat What are you doing! If you become smaller, don’t pull me up!!!

"Is this guy dead?"

[I don’t know… Anyway, I won’t move…]

"Qingdeng, can you strike a bolt of lightning and see what happens?"

[Hmm! ...Still not moving, probably really dead! ]

"Then be careful and control it. I'll fly up and take a look. I hope it's really dead..."

Shen Le flew up unsteadily, flew far away, slowly approached from a hundred meters away, and observed carefully.

Before he could get within ten meters, the drone suddenly "whooshed" and rushed over again. A hundred meters away, it dropped a small drone and slowly swayed to the vicinity of Shen Le:
"Mr. Shen, are you okay? Are you safe? Are you injured?"

"Thank you, I'm fine." Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief and waved at the drone screen.

The quadcopter swayed to the left, then to the right. Shen Le guessed that it might be cosplaying the "swinging" action, and then, cautiously, moved closer:
"Thank you for fighting bravely and protecting the lives and property of the people. Um, can we go over and take a look at the monster?"

"Go ahead, be careful." Shen Le didn't care, and floated to the side, leaving a distance of one meter. The drone immediately flew over, approached for reconnaissance, and took pictures:

"It seems to be motionless... Uh, no chest rises and falls, no movement... Suspected death... Spiritual energy value... Mr. Shen, can you ask your spirit to remove the power grid?"

"But..." Shen Le landed ten meters away from the Black Wind Demon. He cast the Cleansing Technique while tiptoeing forward:

“I feel like it’s a zombie…”

"..."

Fortunately, two guys from the Special Affairs Bureau who were at the scene were already panting and running over to work.

Shen Le looked at them and suspected that they had not come up by the maintenance elevator but by climbing up the stairs:
Look at that sweat! Not only his head and face are soaked, but his clothes are also soaked on his chest!
The two guys held instruments respectively and approached carefully, first measuring from a distance and then from close range.

After a while, there was a strong sound of wind in the distance, a sharp green light, and a flying sword appeared, circling back and forth in the air for several circles:

Where are the enemies?
Where are the enemies?!

You asked me to come all the way here on a sword, and then tell me that there is nothing left here and all the enemies have been defeated?

So what's the point of me coming here with all my hard work?

"Master Qingyue?"

Shen Le stared at the flying sword curiously.

The flying sword shook twice and drew a big circle, perhaps to express something, but Shen Le and he lacked tacit understanding, and his ability to talk about pictures was really poor.

Finally, the drone approached carefully, and the drone's horn spoke instead:
"This is not Taoist Priest Qingyue, but his junior fellow apprentice, Taoist Priest Qingrong... Taoist Priest Qingrong received our request for help and quickly rushed over to help...

Taoist Priest, could you please control the monster so that we can get closer to study its situation?"

The flying sword did not move. I don't know if there was an old Taoist priest behind the flying sword who was talking to the Special Affairs Bureau on the phone. Anyway, after a while, the drone spoke again:
"The Taoist priest agreed. Mr. Shen, could you please remove a hole in the power grid so that we can study it closely?"

Shen Le made a gesture, and the small oil lamp converged the electric net. The flying sword dropped a green electric light, which wrapped around the "corpse" of the Black Wind Demon like flowing water, leaving only a few holes for people to explore.

Very good, the sharp sword energy is equivalent to suppressing the monster in all directions. Dare to move?
Swords are placed on your neck and all over your body, ready to cut you into pieces at any time. Do you dare to move?

The two special affairs bureau personnel were finally able to approach safely. Carrying the instruments, they moved forward to poke and fiddle with it, and after a long time, they finally confirmed:
"It's probably not dead yet... It still has a little bit of energy left, but it has lost its ability to move and is no longer dangerous. At least, for now, it won't jump up and hit people again?"

"That's good." The front and rear personnel breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The rear commander carefully asked Shen Le for his opinion via the drone:
"Mr. Shen, do you want this monster? If so, we will arrange for someone to deliver it to the place you specify?"

"No, no!" Shen Le shook his hands. What was he going to do with this crap?
Should I chop it up and use it as fertilizer and bury it under the roots of Ah Lu's tree? Or should I cut it in half and give it to the boss lady so that she can use it as fertilizer?

This thing was dirty and smelly, and he didn't even want to get close to it. How could he tolerate having it in his own garden, or give it to his personal chef and bury it where he usually ate!
"Then, do you mind if we take it away?" The commander in the rear continued to carefully solicit opinions:

"Don't worry, we will pay you a reward based on its value.

In addition, today you killed this monster and protected the thermal power plant and its personnel, and we will also pay you a reward..."

[Actually, it came for me... It wanted to take me away...]

The little oil lamp complained quietly.

Shen Le broke out in a cold sweat.

Shen Le broke out in a sweat.

Shen Le was sweating profusely.

Shen Le quietly asked the little oil lamp in his heart:
"Can this guy be saved at all? Can he still answer questions?"

[I don’t know!] The little oil lamp answered quickly and confidently:

[How about I give that guy another blow and kill him completely? ]

Oh no... That's not necessary... Shen Le was so scared that he grabbed it in his hand and held the handle tightly.

While trying to stop it in my heart, I picked up the small oil lamp and showed it to the drone:
"To be honest, this monster might be coming for my spiritual weapon. It just completed its advancement and passed the thunder tribulation, and this monster pounced on it. I suspect it wants to take it for itself... This..."

I hope you don't mind me destroying the thermal power plant...

Or, if I have to pay, should I pay as little as possible?
The person behind the drone seemed a little surprised, and was silent for a moment, then laughed briskly. After a pause, he changed to a mellow and soft voice and explained to Shen Le:

"Mr. Shen, it has nothing to do with you where the monster attacks you. We certainly won't ask you to take responsibility just because it attacks you.

Back to the subject, do you mind if we take it away?"

"Take it away, take it away!"

Shen Le took a big step back. Two members of the Special Affairs Bureau rushed downstairs, dug out a box, and rushed up to take the Black Wind Demon's body into it.

The large drone that was to perform the collision mission flew over quietly and landed smoothly. Two members of the Special Affairs Bureau opened the drone's belly hatch, stuffed the box in, and locked the door:
"Go away!"

The drone flew into the sky carrying the monster's remains.

The flying sword turned around, "nodded" at Shen Le, and then flew away. It might be escorting a shipment, or it might just be going in that direction.

Only two guys from the Special Affairs Bureau continued to represent the Bureau and communicated in depth with Shen Le:
"Do you have any other requests? For example, which parts of this monster wreckage do you need?

Or, do you have any specific requirements for supplies, or what is your target price for the reward for this battle?"

Shen Le didn't intend to worry about this kind of thing. He didn't need the wreckage and supplies. As for the reward, financially independent people were not very sensitive to the reward.

Anyway, can you still cheat me of my payment?
Or, if I have any needs, can you still extort a huge sum of money from me, so that I can instantly lose my financial freedom?
Obviously it's impossible! For example, this time, I traveled all over the country, and I was allowed to enter the military-managed nuclear power plant, the largest hydropower station and thermal power station in the country.

And they can spare a separate generator set to power the small oil lamp! Can this be done by just throwing money? Obviously not!

He waved his hand vigorously and lifted the small oil lamp:

"It's okay, you just need to think about these things. I would rather continue working now - the peach wood sword is not finished yet!"

[That’s right, I want to eat electricity! Eat electricity! ]

The small oil lamp in his hand was crackling, and the electric snakes were running around in the wick, which frightened the two young men from the Special Affairs Bureau.

Xiao Youdeng didn't care what they thought at all, and just kept urging Shen Le:
[Hurry up! I'm not full yet! I just played for such a long time that I vomited out all the electricity I ate! ]

"If you spit out all the electricity you eat, do I have to take you and start over from the nuclear power plant?"

Shen Le lifted it and shook it, lowered his head and asked with a smile. The small oil lamp shrank:
[In fact, I have already built the Five Elements cycle... If you take in a little more electricity, it can be automatically converted into the Five Elements Thunder, so you don't have to start from scratch one by one! But! ]

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed:
[We still have to eat! Let them work! Start working now! Generate electricity now! Let me eat! ]

Without waiting for Shen Le to call out, two guys from the Special Affairs Bureau rushed into the factory and tried their best to coordinate.

Soon, the staff of the photovoltaic power station rushed over and respectfully invited Shen Le to come over. The small oil lamp was overjoyed, emitting silver light all over the factory, and began to eat electricity in big mouthfuls:
eat!
eat!
Eat with abandon!
I just had a battle with that black wind monster, and he wants to eat back double the electricity he spat out!

Shen Le smiled and watched the small oil lamp work. This molten salt tower solar thermal power station has a unit power of 100 megawatts. When running at full load, the daily power generation can exceed 212 kWh.

Eat, eat whatever you want, eat as much as you want!
The little oil lamp was very familiar with the eating process. After eating for a whole half a day, it finally shot out a bolt of lightning, which landed on the peach wood sword closest to it.

The peach wood sword was covered with a layer of faint yellow light, and then the five-colored strips continued to circulate, began to flow actively, and quickly merged.

Shen Le stared with eyes wide open, and saw the five light bands spinning faster and faster, gradually, to a speed that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and visually seemed to merge into one color.

It continued to spin rapidly, spinning, accelerating, and finally, with a "pop", it exploded into wood chips all over the sky, fluttering and scattering all over the ground...

Shen Le: "...Didn't you say that you have experience in building the Five Elements Cycle, so there will definitely be no problems?"

[Ah, the peach wood sword is different from me!] The little oil lamp laughed awkwardly. After laughing, another lightning bolt struck down: [Come again!]

【Come again! 】

Twenty peach wood swords, if I can make one, it means this trip is not in vain;
I was very surprised to be able to make five of them, which was enough to save the wooden boat.
Ten swords can be made, and Shen Le even needs to find a buyer for the extra peach wood swords. ——What's the point of having five or six more peach wood swords at home?

right?

Anyway, he already has a small oil lamp, which is the best lightning protector. As long as he doesn't mind the electricity bill, he can produce things like the Five Thunder Peach Wood Sword in a few minutes...

He squatted leisurely by the side, calmly watching the small oil lamp work, calmly watching the peach wood swords explode, explode, and explode one by one.

Only two guys from the Special Affairs Bureau were squatting on the side with sad faces. They were operating the instruments to measure from a distance, while whispering to each other:

"I'm so miserable... A monster attacked me out of nowhere... I don't know where it came from... My performance will be deducted to death..."

"Who isn't... I was responsible for protecting Mr. Shen, but when we encountered a monster, Mr. Shen went up to fight it himself, leaving me behind... Although I can explain it clearly, but..."

"Well, even if you don't hold me responsible, I'm going to go crazy writing this report. Where did that monster come from? Where was it hiding before? Why wasn't it discovered?
- How much damage has been done to the power plant, what parts have been damaged, and what cleanup work needs to be done afterwards? "

The tour guide counted on his fingers one by one and sighed:
"With so many reports, it will take at least ten days or half a month to finish writing them. It will take me half a day just to clean up the evil spirit in the power plant!"

"Be content, at least you can still explore and measure each place one by one. Here, the young man who was accompanying Shen Le pointed to the distance and lowered his voice:
"When did Mr. Shen's fighting ability increase so much? How did his behavior pattern change?
——Is the heliostat changing its angle controlled by the spirit? Can the spirit hack into other electronic devices? I need to evaluate all of these and write a report on them..."

"Ugh……"

The two of them almost hugged each other and cried. Shen Le turned his head and glanced over, his mouth twitching:

Hey, if you have anything to complain about, can you please say it on WeChat?

Just whisper near me, I can hear you, okay?

He could hear it, but he could only pretend not to hear it. He waited patiently for half an hour until all the peach wood swords were finally processed:

Very good, the color is light brown, the surface is slightly translucent, smooth and solid, similar to patina. It feels slightly warm, no electric shock, and the mental perception is stable.

There were eight such peach wood swords, and two of them were a bit prickly to the touch, and the mental perception was not very stable...

"Done!" He jumped up:

"Hurry! Go back quickly! My wooden boat has been waiting for too long, and it can finally be liberated!"

Well, I'll give priority to the two less stable ones, so I won't feel bad. After the salvation is completed, you can pick two or three good ones for yourself, and give the rest to the Special Affairs Bureau and let them buy them back:
I don't expect to get much money back, but at least, I don't have to pay for the electricity bills consumed this time, as well as various scheduling and coordination fees. Can you do that?
Fortunately, there is a direct flight from Mogao Grottoes to Shanghai. The Special Affairs Bureau guy drove Shen Le all the way and they just caught up with the nearest flight.

We took off at night and arrived in Shanghai in the early morning. We rushed to the wooden boat at two in the morning.

At this time, one of the two peach wood swords that felt a bit prickly had begun to crackle, emitting visible sparks.

Shen Le almost ran up, wielding the peach wood sword that was about to explode, and pressed it against the bow:
"……Then what?"

The ship didn't respond!

【Then you move aside.】 The little oil lamp almost sighed:
[Back off, back off, back off again—back off again! Back off to the outside of the scaffolding! Good, very good!]

A flash of lightning broke through the air and landed on the peach wood sword. The next moment, the sword body of the peach wood sword exploded, and a burst of dazzling lightning ran around and penetrated into the hull.

The black gas surged up. This time, the sharp howling and desperate screams in the wooden boat gradually disappeared in the lightning as the black gas faced the lightning.

The black air became lighter and clearer, and the howling and screaming gradually became weaker. Shen Le even felt that he saw the paper figures standing on the bow of the ship, with smiles on their faces:
It was not a sinister sneer, nor a miserable smile that would send chills down one's spine, but a truly soothing, relieved smile:

The despair and pain were washed away by the lightning, leaving only a little bit of reason and spirituality. Then, some of the remaining souls gradually became clear and disappeared;
Some spirituality gradually sprouts and grows...

Unfortunately, until the lightning on the peach wood sword exploded, only one third of the black air on the entire wooden boat was eliminated.

Shen Le waited patiently for a long time, until the peach wood sword completely disappeared, and then put down a second, less stable peach wood sword.

After the second sword was blown up, he selected a complete, top-quality peach wood sword, held the hilt according to the instructions of the small oil lamp, and gently tapped the center of the wooden boat's steering wheel:
"go with!"

【go! 】

In the Dantian, the golden ball spun, outputting a huge heat flow that poured into the sword. At the same time, the small oil lamp struck out a thick and large golden purple lightning, which landed in the center of the peach wood sword:
The two merged into one stream, flowing into the steering wheel, and then from the steering wheel to all parts of the hull. Soon, the whole ship creaked and shook slightly:

The sail moved automatically without wind, rolling up, then lowering, rolling up again, then lowering again. Black steam rose from the huge sail, becoming lighter as it went up.
On both sides of the deck, two rows of lanterns lit up with a faint phosphorescent glow, changing from green to red, and then from red to green, back and forth, like a row of broken traffic lights constantly jumping;

On the deck, paper servants pounded paper fire and water sticks, making muffled thumping sounds, and paper singers waved wide paper sleeves, dancing gracefully.
Soldiers made of silk rushed to the drum made of real cowhide and beat the drum with all their might, making it thump and thump loudly...

Cows mooed and horses neighed, weapons clashed, and patients tossed and turned on their beds, groaning in pain. Shen Le stood still at the bow, holding the peach wood sword tightly, repeating silently:

"I am protected by lightning, and I am immune to all evil... I am protected by the electric net of the small oil lamp, and you can't do anything to me..."

He exerted all his strength, coordinating with the small oil lamp to strike out an electric current. The Five Elements Divine Thunder circled in the peach wood sword, becoming soft and mellow, and then poured into the wooden boat, sweeping back and forth.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...

Shen Le had lost his sense of time. He only knew that the color of the sails was getting lighter and lighter, and the green light of the lanterns was getting shorter and shorter, tending more and more to red.
The whole wooden boat gave him a feeling of becoming lighter and more transparent, and those gloomy and dark things became less and less:
"Qingdeng, work harder! We are almost done! We must finish it all today! We will never leave it until tomorrow!"

[No problem!] The small oil lamp perked up and struck out another bolt of lightning.

The peach wood sword in Shen Le's hand became warmer and brighter. Gradually, it felt like a branch broken off a tree, which might sprout new buds at any time.

And inside the boat, something small, warm and firm began to sprout and grow, becoming stronger and clearer:
"Are you awake?"

Shen Le subconsciously expanded his mental power to touch the tiny thing.

The feeling when I touched it was a little soft and a little fragrant, like walking to a thick green tree in a tropical rain forest and taking a deep breath:

A breath of dew, a scent of flowers and leaves, a scent of the bark itself...

It’s a very comfortable smell!

A little guy with a smell like this must be a good kid!

Shen Le smiled. The little guy didn't shrink back all of a sudden, didn't reject him, nor did he warmly welcome him;
It just instinctively absorbed the power of thunder, growing, growing, growing...

very good!

It would be great if this little guy was the spirit of the wooden boat, the conscious subject of the wooden boat!
He stretched out his other hand and pressed it on the steering wheel, inputting as much heat as possible to help the ship grow and help the little guy grow.

The thunder became thinner and denser, from a thick, sweeping torrent to a fine net of thunder, carefully sweeping every corner of the wooden boat.

The little creature in the wooden boat took on the lightning and continued to grow, extending its power to every corner of the boat:
Those plague gods, those plague ghosts, and those guys who are condensed on the ship because of pain and death must all be purified!

All must be cleared away!

The moment the salvation is completed and the little guy's power covers the entire ship, that is the moment the ship is completely repaired!
Shen Le concentrated on sensing the changes in the wooden boat, feeling it becoming cleaner and brighter little by little.

Inside the ship, the patterns of the runes he had repaired and carved also lit up one by one:
Responsible for the integration of the entire ship...

Responsible for housing those ghosts...

Those who are responsible for operating the masts, those who are responsible for controlling the water flow, those who are responsible for reinforcing the hull, and those who are responsible for providing power to the hull...

The most important thing is that it is responsible for making the hull expand or shrink, and for making the hull move!

Every line and every symbol lit up, and was filled with energy...

Suddenly, as if the purification was complete, or as if it had reached a critical point, the entire wooden boat shone brightly.

The bowl-thick cables were retracted, all the sails were raised and turned at the same time, the steering wheel turned sharply, and the rudder swayed -

Shen Le watched helplessly as the scaffolding surrounding the ship grew larger and larger until it was as big as a bamboo leaf, seemingly catching up with his height...

Wooden boat, have you become smaller?

If you become smaller, don’t pull me along with you!

"Wait! What are you doing!?"

It was too late. The ship shook violently and leaped high into the air...

A huge green wave swallowed him and his boat, sinking them into the green and dark waterway.

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