Rebirth of a Portable Space: Transforming My Hometown

Chapter 150 Two Old Antiques

Where there are people, there is a world of intrigue. Yufei never imagined that this garbage dump would have so many hidden complexities.

According to Li Pingdong, their garbage dump is divided into nearly 100 areas of varying sizes, all controlled by different bigwigs, hence the many rules governing them.

However, they all have one thing in common: they all charge a fee. Of course, if you join one of the organizations, you'll need to pay protection money when scavenging in that organization's territory, but you'll also need to hand over a portion of the materials you scavenge that day to the organization.

Of course, just like with fees, different organizations and different territories have different standards for charging fees and collecting supplies.

Li Pingdong brought them to their organization's territory, which wasn't particularly large, but it wasn't small either.

Their organization is considered one of the more ethical ones in the dumping grounds; their fees are reasonable, unlike other organizations that charge exorbitant prices and practically squeeze every last drop of blood from everyone who comes.

If most people didn't come here hoping to one day find an energy core, who would come to this wretched place to endure such exploitation?

Of course, this doesn't include the organization Li Pingdong belongs to. Therefore, Li Pingdong feels a strong sense of belonging to his organization, and whenever outsiders want to experience treasure hunting in the garbage mountain, he will bring them to their organization's territory.

It can also increase the organization's revenue. Of course, it would be even better if they wanted to come to the garbage dump to scavenge long-term and join their organization, as people are an important resource in the garbage dump.

In the later development and competition for new territory, those with more people will always have an advantage. In Li Pingdong's eyes, Yufei and her group are definitely top-tier customer service representatives; they're not the kind of people who can simply come up with 500 Dawn Coins each.

"I've sent you the map. The lit area is our Flying Fox Gang's territory. You must always remember what I told you before: don't cross our territory or break the rules of the junkyard, or I won't be able to save you."

Looking at the group of people whose eyes were shining brightly, Li Pingdong couldn't help but repeatedly remind them, afraid that they would get too excited and forget the principles he had told them.

"Got it! Got it~ Don't worry, Dongzi!" Li Gang, who might have been related to Li Pingdong five hundred years ago, patted Li Pingdong's shoulder heartily to reassure him.

Following Yufei's team, the five members who had come to the garbage mountain began their excited exploration.

Their goal was clear: it wasn't the elusive energy crystal core. They had a clear division of labor: one searched for familiar weapon remnants, another for technological products similar to their Great Xia technology, and the third for obsolete design documents.

Also, look for books or exercises that were discarded or finished by students in schools during this period, so that they can quickly learn about the knowledge of this era.

The last thing they checked was whether there were any obsolete computer or electronic products similar to those from their Great Xia. They didn't find any. Yufei felt that the smart wristband given to them by the Kukochi family was very powerful and easy to use.

However, they certainly can't produce it with their current technology. If they could find the very first, original version and give it to their scientists, it might be possible to break down the technological barriers between the two worlds.

After the division of labor was clear, the five of them began to take action.

Li Pingdong spent the last two nights in a state of constant anxiety, always keeping an eye on the positions of the five men he had brought with him. For the past few days, they had been teetering on the edge of crossing the line.

He watched with bated breath, and many times he couldn't help but want to warn them. He felt like he was on a rollercoaster, his heart pounding wildly with every move they made.

He was always ready to step in and bail someone out. Suddenly, he realized this money was hard to earn, and... cough cough.

This group of people really came to experience scavenging, which reminded Li Pingdong of himself two years ago when he first entered the garbage mountain, full of curiosity about everything.

He was overjoyed, just like them, to find a piece of junk, but reality taught him a lesson; what he found was worthless.

Over two years, he learned from the organization how to identify which items in a garbage dump were useful and which were worthless.

In the past two years, he has also quickly learned to look beyond worthless items and only pay attention to things that can be exchanged for value.

Although he didn't become incredibly wealthy after two years of accumulating experience by finding an energy core, he was still able to support himself.

When a person gains something, they are destined to lose something else. He has now lost the ability to appreciate the scenery along the way because he's focused on making money.

Yufei and her friends have found something: that genuine smile, a smile that represents their lost youth.

Li Pingdong shook his head and smiled. It was unlike him that a 20-year-old young man was reminiscing about his youth and becoming so sentimental.

"Sigh, those are ancient relics from so many years ago. Talking to you about them is useless! Looks like I'll have to personally teach you how to find good stuff."

Li Pingdong joined their scavenging army with a smile on his face.

Although Yufei and her group didn't have a particularly fruitful nine nights, they still gained some small rewards.

They found a machine similar to the Great Xia computer, and a rusty pigeon egg.

Li Pingdong was also taken aback when he saw the two items, not because they were particularly valuable, but because he was astonished that they had actually found two such antiques.

The computer they found was the first generation of learning computers provided to students when they first established the Dawn Base.

The major bases later jointly developed a holographic network, and their AI systems moved in. After several generations of improvements by these AI systems, the holographic network was finally transformed into a suitable learning environment for children.

Then all the students logged into the holographic network to receive knowledge, and the quantum computer completed its mission, thus exiting the stage of history.

Unexpectedly, these few people actually managed to find this incredibly ancient artifact.

And that rusty pigeon egg is even older than this generation of quantum computers. Li Pingdong vaguely remembers seeing a video about it when he was studying on the holographic network as a child.

These were pioneers living in a turbulent era, before the invention of radiation evolution devices. Everyone relied on a few ancient bases for survival.

Although the major bases of that era did not have purification machines, a genius discovered that energy crystal cores, combined with certain materials and arranged in a specific pattern, could purify the radiation within a certain range of that pattern.

However, this method was extremely expensive. It took the entire human race the resources to build five survival bases using the materials they had, and they also invented the pioneers.

Pioneers were sent to high-radiation areas to find purification materials and to find new homes.