Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 389 Why steal someone else's dog?
Luo Ji noticed that Radiaz seemed to have some prestige in the area.

When people encounter Radiaz while he is freely exploring the complex wearing micro-engines, they will stop and greet him.

"Greetings, Elder."

That's what most of them said.

"Elder?"

Seemingly noticing the confusion in the logic, Rediaz took the initiative to explain: "The people here don't know my identity, nor do they know that I almost became the greatest demon in this world. Because I am the oldest, they call me Elder."

Luo Ji comforted him, "Don't say that, you're not the biggest demon in the world."

Radiaz glanced at him sideways: "Who are you?"

Luo Ji hurriedly retorted, "Neither am I."

Radiaz shook his head: "Our group of Wallfacers, except for Luo Qing, are all demons. I've also heard about Hines's situation. His wife used to be a Red Army soldier, and I guess she harbored resentment deep down, which is why the couple became enemies..."

Luo Ji interrupted Diaz's explanation: "Old Diaz, there are no more Wallfacers. Fleet International abolished the Wallfacer program two years ago, so there are no more Wallfacers now."

"Really gone?"

Luo Ji smiled at Diaz.
Radiaz chuckled, "What's gone is gone, it's all in the past anyway."

He began to tell Luo Ji about his past:

"I was the first settler in this bubble. When Luo Qing brought me to the bubble, he used his spirit sword to dig out a cave for me, then brought me enough living supplies, and finally brought a lot of air from Earth to fill the bubble. He even planted some trees, so I settled down completely in the bubble."

How long have you been living here alone?

"It was probably around 10 or 20 years, not really that long. During that time, Luo Qing would often fly over to see me and deliver supplies to Kongpao, such as water, food, building materials, steel bars and cement. He would stay in Kongpao for several months at a time. Luo Qing would be busy laying bricks and building houses. He built all the early houses in Kongpao by hand."

Luo Ji was very surprised when he heard this.

Such a great achievement, and the whole world is unaware of it?
"Is Luo Qing very good at building houses?" Luo Ji asked.

Radiaz nodded: "He often told me that in his hometown, monks basically had to dig their own cave dwellings. He would dig a cave dwelling for himself with his bare hands wherever he went. So when he first saw the Mercury bubble, he was very happy and thought it was a natural super cave dwelling. So he got a little itchy and built a lot of houses."

Following the direction Diaz pointed, Luo Ji saw that at the end of those floating buildings, there were many densely packed cave dwellings similar to traditional caves. Most of these cave dwellings had been developed into the current Mercury City government office area.

It seems these are Luo Qing's work results.

Rediaz remarked with some emotion, "He was truly capable of replacing an entire heavy machinery construction team by himself. By the time people from Earth were sent over, the inner edge of the entire cavitation bubble could already accommodate nearly 10 people, which significantly reduced the construction period of the Mercury cavitation bubble base."

After visiting the entire Mercury Void, Radiaz took Luo Ji back to his residence and began to inquire about Luo Ji's purpose for coming.

Luo Ji said, "I came to Mercury mainly to learn about cavitation and the construction of the Mercury engine. Now there's a guy called the Risk Eliminator who predicted the possibility of a solar helium flash..."

Rediaz nodded: "Since the realization of quantum entanglement technology, I've been getting news from Earth very quickly. There are many spaceships surveying the sun now."

"That's right, I hope none of this happens."

Just as the two were returning, a mechanical dog suddenly flew over happily, wagging its tail.

"This dog..." Luo Ji felt that it looked somewhat familiar.

"Oh, it's a mechanical dog that Luo Qing brought me from Earth when I was alone on Mercury years ago. He was worried I'd be lonely, so he said it was the latest research result from quantum computers and he borrowed it from a computer expert... Here, Benben, come here."

The somewhat aged-looking mechanical dog activated its back thrusters and shot towards Radiaz like a rocket. Stupid Dog Charge!

Radiaz caught the mechanical dog, but because there was no cushioning, he was thrown quite a distance. After a while, he slowly flew back with the dog in his arms.

"This silly dog ​​kept me company during those boring times," Radiaz chuckled, stroking the clumsy iron dog's head.

The original black paint had been completely worn away, revealing the silver underneath, making the iron dog look bald.

Benben clearly liked Radiiaz too, and kept headbutting Radiiaz with his iron head.

The more Luo Ji looked at this dog, the more familiar it seemed.

He suddenly remembered that half a month ago, when he was chatting with Einstein at his home, Tu Hengyu told them why he hated ETO so much. Besides the fact that ETO caused a car accident that ruined his family, even his pet dog in the car at the time did not survive.

In order to save his daughter's life, Tu Hengyu first uploaded his dying pet dog as a test subject before risking transmitting his daughter to the then-immature 550a quantum computer.

Because dogs' brains contain far less information than humans', the upload was successful.

Later, Tu Hengyu created a mechanical dog body for it and downloaded Benben's consciousness into it.

At the time, Tu Hengyu also showed Ding Yi, Luo Ji, and others photos. In the pictures, the mechanical dog looked clumsy and adorable.

Unfortunately, according to Tu Hengyu, the mechanical dog Benben didn't stay with him for long either, and mysteriously disappeared before the 550W was even born.

Tu Hengyu blamed the disappearance of his dog on the evil ETO.
The dog in the picture looks exactly like the dog in front of me, except that it's a bit old after 180 years, there's practically no difference.

They even have the same name.

Luo Ji couldn't help but say, "This dog... could it be Tu Hengyu's? I remember his dog was the world's first mechanical dog."

Radiaz was clearly not quite sure.

"This... I don't know. Luo Qing didn't tell me when he brought him here..."

Luo Ji called out to Benben, "Tu Hengyu?"

Benben paused for a moment when he heard the name of his former owner from over a hundred years ago, then became extremely excited and barked loudly at Luo Ji.

"It really is."

Luo Ji was shocked by the iron dog's reaction, and then puzzled.

Luo Qing, why did you steal someone's dog?
No wonder Tu Hengyu had been searching for his dog for years without success, and even mobilized Xiao Moss to search the entire Earth in the early years but still couldn't find it. It turns out it was on Mercury!
It would be a miracle if we could even find it.

"Can I take this dog back to Earth? Its former owner has been looking for it for decades, and even just half a month ago he was staring at a picture of this dog."

Luo Ji felt a pang of pity when he thought of Tu Hengyu's distraught appearance.

Although Regiaz was somewhat reluctant, judging from Luo Ji's description, the dog probably did have an owner.

"Okay... take Benben with you when you return. It's been over 170 years, Benben is probably tired of this empty bubble by now."

Luo Ji agreed, then picked up Benben and petted the little iron lump for a while.

Xiao Tu must be quite happy to see Benben again after losing him.

(End of this chapter)