342, April 22, 8:00 AM.
Tang Li was naturally unaware of what had happened at Song Pinxuan's place.
After waking up, Tang Li had breakfast and watched the news with Tang Guo as usual.
"...Recently, the national temperature has been extremely hot with no rain. Rivers and lakes across the country have seen their water levels drop rapidly. Everyone is urged to prepare for drought..."
"According to monitoring, surface rivers and lakes contain a large amount of delta particles, posing a significant danger as sources of ionizing radiation contamination. Direct consumption is strictly forbidden..."
"The first mealworm factory in Jiangcheng has been completed. It is reported that this factory can produce 100 tons of mealworms per week, which is sufficient to fill the grain deficit caused by delta particle contamination..."
While watching the news, Tang Li was also thinking about what to sell at the black market today.
Soon, breakfast was over.
After Tang Guo finished eating and washing the dishes, just as she was about to leave, Tang Li called her to a halt.
She took out a device and placed it on Tang Guo's temple, operating it.
Tang Guo asked curiously, "Lili, what is this?"
"This is a brainwave frequency collector. I've customized a mechanical exoskeleton for you. Once you input this brainwave frequency into the exoskeleton's brain-computer interface, you can use it."
Tang Li explained.
This brainwave frequency collector was something Tang Li had asked Song Pinxuan for at the research institute yesterday.
In her spatial dimension, she had an undamaged mechanical exoskeleton.
Although she couldn't use it herself, she could replicate it for others.
However, the brain-computer interface of this mechanical exoskeleton could only receive Tang Li's own brainwave frequencies, so others couldn't use it.
That's why Tang Li specifically asked Song Pinxuan for this brainwave frequency collector.
As long as the new user's brainwave signals were collected and then input into the brain-computer interface of the replicated mechanical exoskeleton, the new user could use the replicated mechanical exoskeleton.
Upon hearing Tang Li's words, Tang Guo quickly refused.
"No need. I heard that the cheapest mechanical exoskeleton costs at least 1 million積分. I don't need it, and I can't afford it. Please don't waste your money."
Tang Li knew Tang Guo would react this way.
This was also one of the reasons why she hadn't taken Tang Guo to the exchange.
Since leaving City A, except for the Lunar New Year and the journey from City A to Jiangcheng, Tang Li had never taken Tang Guo to the exchange.
Whether it was for exchanging physical resource allocation coupons or purchasing other limited items, Tang Li had never used Tang Guo's quota.
This was because Tang Li knew that Tang Guo absolutely refused to take advantage of her.
If she took Tang Guo with her, Tang Guo would definitely buy protective gear and other necessities herself and wouldn't use what Tang Li gave her.
Moreover, because Tang Guo didn't have many 積分, she wouldn't buy the best.
Rather than letting her buy inferior items, it was better for Tang Li to buy the best herself and then replicate a copy for her. Comparatively, it was more 積分-saving.
On the other hand, if she brought Tang Guo along, it was highly likely that Tang Guo would discover that Tang Li could produce two or even more copies of items after only buying one.
If Tang Guo's quota was used to redeem local limited universal coupons in City A and the seven cities along the way, she might also notice discrepancies in Tang Li's 積分 balance.
Tang Li felt that with Tang Guo's intelligence, she would quickly discover Tang Li's spatial replication ability from the subtle clues.
Tang Li did not want to expose her spatial replication ability so soon.
This was another reason why she didn't take Tang Guo to the exchange.
At this moment, hearing Tang Guo's words, Tang Li appeased her:
"Sister Guo Guo, please use it with peace of mind. This mechanical exoskeleton is free."
"You work hard every day moving these appliances, so consider this employee welfare from me."
Tang Guo knew that she couldn't refuse if Tang Li insisted on giving her something.
She sighed, "Lili, you are too good to me. How can I ever repay you?"
"Initially, I took care of you to repay Uncle and Aunt for their care. But now, you not only saved my life but have also been so good to me all along... I truly don't know how to repay you!"
Hearing this, Tang Li wore a mischievous smile and leaned closer, asking, "Can't repay?"
"Sister Guo Guo, are you planning to offer yourself in marriage, or will you be a cow or a horse in your next life?"
Tang Guo looked at Tang Li's suddenly close, beautiful face and blushed instantly upon hearing her words.
Suddenly, Tang Li turned serious and said, "Sister Guo Guo, shall we call each other sisters from now on?"