He decided to buy some more delicious food to compensate the girl.
"What is stinky tofu..." Luo Lixi didn't quite understand, but she also sniffed the air and then whispered, "Sir, it smells like authentic No. 37 engine oil. Someone around here is drinking engine oil."
"It's not motor oil, it's stinky tofu. Never mind, I'll just buy you some to try."
Su Yi walked to the front of the shop and after a brief conversation with the boss, he ordered the largest portion of stinky tofu. The taste of this shop was indeed very authentic, at least it smelled authentic, and it lingered in the nose for a long time. In addition, there was a poster hanging in the shop that read "Yeah, I'm so tired", which made people feel a little nauseous.
But the boss was very quick and handed him what he wanted in no time.
"I have some braised pork at home. Add this and some instant noodles and we'll have dinner." Su Yi said, holding a small plastic bag. "Be good and stay home tomorrow. I'll buy you some seafood. There's no fish in the wasteland."
"Yes, sir."
Lolisi didn't know what seafood and fish were, but the reward the superior mentioned must be good. The instant noodles at home were extremely delicious.
"Sir...why are all the things on Blue Star so delicious?"
Su Yi waved his hand: "With sufficient resources, there will naturally be room for operation."
As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. It is too difficult for the chefs of Blue Star to prepare appropriate food in the wasteland where water resources are scarce and green vegetation cannot survive.
You can't blame the food in the wasteland for not being tasty.
"No, no." Lolisi didn't dwell on this issue, but raised her finger as if giving an example and said:
"Sir, based on my observations, all the food we eat is processed, with multiple energy sources mixed together. Pursuing a breakthrough in taste with this complex process, consuming time, resources, and energy, is simply too cumbersome."
“And the nutrients are even less than before processing.”
She had this question when she was observing the production of stinky tofu just now. Although it tastes good, she knew from the chip that the nutrients contained in the food were significantly reduced after being fried at high temperature.
This behavior of neglecting the important things is really puzzling.
"If you ask this question, you could become a philosopher..."
Su Yi glanced at the girl secretly and fell into a brief contemplation. There were many vendors calling out for food near the street, and the two of them walked side by side on the road.
"People always seek some emotional value in this world, and eating delicious food is also a kind of happiness."
"hapiness?"
As usual, Lolixi tilted her head, her brows particularly solemn.
"Well, taste can stimulate the body to produce a sense of comfort and excitement. You should have experienced this when eating."
It makes sense that food replenishes energy and taste replenishes emotions.
Su Yi recently saw a foreign "rice fairy" on the Internet. Every day he would eat rice with only a little bit of side dishes and force it into his mouth. The painful and torturous feeling he felt also won him many fans.
That's the price of no taste.
"But... is it really worth it? Just for happiness..." The education she received since childhood, coupled with the influence of the wasteland environment, the concept of saving has been deeply rooted in Lolisi's bones.
“Everything in the world is exchanged for an equivalent value, but the meaning of the word ‘equivalent’ depends on whether you think it is worth it or not.”
Su Yi spoke freely.
Many times, objectively speaking from the perspective of others, it is indeed not worth it. For example, his helping Mu Xiaowei today was a bad move from a rational point of view. Su Yi knew it deeply.
But as to whether he would regret it later, his relaxed and happy mood now is the answer.
"Hmm..." Lolixi's eyes became even more confused. She was trying hard to understand the rules of this world and to figure out what her superiors had said, but the more she thought about it, the more confused her mind became.
Su Yi picked up a piece of stinky tofu with a bamboo stick and threw it into the girl's mouth, blocking her little mouth. He held his shoulder bag with his right hand and quickened his pace.
"There's no need to think so much now. Maybe one day you'll find your own happiness."
......
The sunset completely faded, and the sky entered a brief moment where dusk and night intertwined. The surroundings gradually became gloomy. Su Yi took two more bottles of Coke from the convenience store, greeted the doorman, Mr. Zhang, as usual, and quickly returned home.
"Hey? Are there new neighbors?" Su Yi saw from afar a furniture delivery vehicle parked near his apartment. The other party lived on the first floor with a small courtyard.
The porters were constantly delivering things inside. A little old man with gray hair and a beard was standing with his hands behind his back, inviting several workers to have tea with a very warm smile.
"It seems that sooner or later this place will be renamed from Happy Community to Nursing Home." Su Yi complained in his heart, but the new neighbor seemed quite kind, so he didn't care much, but took Luo Lixi towards his home.
"Hey, young man, you just got out of school. Students these days are really working hard to come back so late. Would you like to have a cup of tea?" The old man greeted him with a smile.
Su Yi smiled back and shook his head slightly: "Thank you, old man, but I'm not thirsty."
He had no intention of getting along too well with his neighbors, so he could only be like Uncle Zhang, asking questions everywhere he went out. Just when Su Yi wanted to go upstairs, the old man's next words made him tremble all over.
The old man held a bowl of tea, looked at the invisible Lolisi with a smile, and said kindly:
"Would the silver-haired girl next to you like some West Lake Longjing tea?"
Chapter 26: Luo Lixi explores and reports again! (More updates on Tuesday, please read later)
Looking at the tea handed to her, Lolixi was a little confused. She knew that she was invisible now, and the other party must be very powerful since he could see her. If it were normal, she would have taken out her dagger.
But this time the old man in front of her was very friendly, and Su Yi even addressed him as "Sir". This attitude made her confused as to whether he was a friend or an enemy, so she could only look up at Su Yi's face.
"She can't sleep at night and can't drink tea!"
Su Yi found a random excuse and shouted loudly. His eyes scanned the old man three times, then he pulled Luo Lixi up the stairs, taking two steps at a time, and disappeared from his sight.
"You're already suffering from insomnia at such a young age? What a poor child."
A wave of pity welled up in the white-haired old man's heart. He took a sip of his teacup and grumbled quietly in his heart, "What on earth does that Xidai kid want to do? He begged me to come to Luocheng and take charge without saying anything."
"Forget it. I'm retired now, why should I think so much? I'll just go find someone to play chess with."
The old man returned to his house with a smile on his face.
......
“Why did this guy move in next door to me? Wasn’t my acting in school perfect enough, so I was exposed like this?
The government's efficiency is a bit too high. It's only been an hour, and the monitor is already living next door to me."
Su Yi paced back and forth at home with his hands behind his back, constantly thinking about the purpose of the old man downstairs.
According to observation, the old man's body curves are very strong, he must have practiced, his body is different from that of ordinary blue star people, and a careful feeling shows that he has weaker energy fluctuations.
This was the first Blue Star person Su Yi discovered to have energy fluctuations, although he could beat a hundred of them with one hand with this little fluctuation.
But some strong people like to restrain their aura and play the role of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. One cannot judge a person's strength by energy fluctuations.
Not to mention that the other party can see through Lolisi's invisibility at a glance...
"It's still not right." Su Yi pinched his chin, his expression extremely solemn: "Even if you can see through it, why didn't you show any abnormality when facing the invisible Luo Lixi?
Even for him, he could only see it through the perception of breath, temperature, and energy fluctuations.
The old man didn't seem surprised at all, as if he had been secretly observing them for a long time and knew it already.
The act of handing over the tea just now was like declaring war on himself.
Su Yi silently speculated in his heart that he had always been keeping a low profile, trying not to be conspicuous, and not taking the initiative to provoke anyone, but that didn't mean he would be afraid when danger really came.
It was already weird that all the teachers in the school were replaced.
Now there's a watcher of uncertain strength living next door.
This has seriously violated Su Yi's bottom line. No one would allow a vicious wolf that could attack at any time to live outside their residence.
He will find out the other party's purpose. If they really have ulterior motives and pose a threat, Su Yi will not hesitate to let these people feel what fear is.
"Lorixi, there has been a change of plan. You must continue to go to school with me tomorrow." Su Yi made up his mind, turned his head and instructed the girl.
[Having no idea of Su Yi's thoughts and thinking that his attitude was too friendly, she thought the old man next to her might be a high-ranking member of the Sword Bearer who was eating stinky tofu], Lolixi suddenly raised her head when she heard this.
"Yes, sir..."
Her mouth was full and she hadn't had time to swallow, so her words stuttered. She took a deep breath and swallowed everything before adding, "Sir, why can I go to school again?"
"Didn't you notice? The old man downstairs is abnormal. He was able to see through your invisibility the first time he saw it." Su Yi glanced outside the door and deliberately lowered his voice to the lowest level.
"First time meeting? A stranger! Turns out he's not someone the commander knows..."
"That's the enemy!"
Lolisi turned her head, and her soft face was instantly filled with murderous intent. She took a fighting stance and held the dagger in her hand, just like when the two first met.
"Sir, do you need me to kill him?"
His voice was extremely cold, and there was no emotion in his eyes.
"Not yet. Let's test the other party's strength and purpose first."
Su Yi held the girl's hand and shook his head. No matter what the circumstances, intelligence is always the most important. One cannot fight a battle without confidence. Now is not the time to take action.
"Then...how can we collect intelligence?" Lolisi asked in a low voice.
She is a soldier, and her only responsibility in the wasteland is lurking, assassinating, and fighting.
I've never really understood anything about gathering intelligence.
However, the silver-haired girl asked the right person this question. Su Yi, who had completed more than a thousand high-risk missions, had long since trained himself into a hexagonal warrior. Even the intelligence agent training rules for sword-wielders were made by him.
"Your database should contain the four elements of intelligence gathering."
Su Yi said as he took the girl to his bedroom.
"Yes, it's looking, smelling, asking and touching!" Lolixi's eyes flashed green and she answered quickly.
Su Yi nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that the Sword Bearer had not completely forgotten his teachings in the years since leaving the wasteland. These four words were summarized by him based on the diagnosis methods of traditional Chinese medicine.
Look: closely monitor and confirm the target's every move, and judge from the other party's actions and behavior.
Listening: It is not just limited to listening with the ears, but also to widely collect the target's public information and steal private intelligence to narrow the scope of the investigation.
Question: They use kidnapping, probing, seduction, etc. to target weaker people first and extract relevant information from them.
Cut: If all the above doesn't work and the other party's identity remains a secret, it means that they must be killed at all costs.
It is not time to cut yet, so Su Yi decided to use the first point of "looking". He lifted up the old-fashioned big-butt computer that had been covered with a cloth in the bedroom, patted the dust off it with his hand, and then turned on the monitor. The surveillance images of the entire community appeared on the screen.
After traveling back in time, he was not idle. He had already secretly hacked all the surrounding surveillance cameras.
Moreover, the angles of these cameras had been adjusted long ago, so there were no blind spots in the nearby buildings and any movement could be seen clearly.
The most important thing is that there are two of them now. Su Yi moved a small chair for Luo Lixi and asked her to sit in front of the window. Then he pulled the curtains and left only a small gap for observing downstairs. From this angle, he could easily see the situation in the old man's yard.
Whatever the other party does is impeccable.
"Keep your eyes on the other person and tell me if he shows up."
"I promise to complete the mission." Lolisi immediately saluted her.
Su Yi and Luo Lixi sat in front of the computer, one sitting in front of the computer, and the other sitting by the window. They had serious faces and did not blink. They stared at the movements below with wide eyes as if they were not afraid of dry eyes.
"Report to the commander! The other party took a square-shaped object and I don't know what he is going to do with it." Soon, Lolixi made a discovery.
"Cube?"
The next second, a figure appeared on the screen. Su Yi squinted his eyes and observed carefully. The square object seemed to be a chessboard?
"What is this guy doing with a chessboard?"
But he soon realized something was wrong.
He almost got fooled. Such a cautious observer actually wanted to use such a casual little thing to confuse his sight.
It's really cunning, but Su Yi is not the kind of person who can be fooled easily. The other party has found the wrong person this time!
No matter what happens, Su Yi will not be careless!
The surveillance in the security room is the clearest.
You can even see clearly whether the opponent is using a rook or a vaulting horse.
"Lolisi!"
"exist!"
"Probe again and report again."
"Yes, sir!"
"Yeah, very energetic."
Su Yi widened his eyes, letting the strong light from the computer shine on himself, staring intently at the old man who came to the security room and started playing chess with Lao Zhang.
This sit lasted the whole night...
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