Chapter 16: Stone Man

Hachi knows that he wants to run away, what should he do? Wait online, hurry!

If you know, you know, it's a big deal to be a guinea pig again, no matter what the result is, it doesn't matter anymore!

Broken jar broken!

She was thinking wildly when Hachi pushed open the door with a bowl of soup.

Chihiro continued to pull the steamed buns, didn't look at him, and said stiffly, "Morning! ”

Hachi couldn't help but shake her head and stepped over her packed package.

Who is this angry for, he has no plans to settle accounts with her!

"Let's eat!" He placed the soup on the small table.

"Huh?" Chihiro was quite surprised, the evidence of her escape was placed at the door with a big grin!

"What, not hungry?" Hachi moved the table and the bowl of soup to her and sat down across from her.

"I ...... I'm just about to eat it! She stirred the unknown leaves and stems floating in the clear soup and put the spoon down.

This kind of soup at the bottom of the bowl doesn't even have a piece of meat, even if you add some broken egg drops! At this time, the only old hen in the yard turned out to be damn sweet, and thinking of this, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Right now, there's a famine here, and it's nice to have a bite to eat."

What's more, this is already the best food the family can come up with.

Hearing this, Chihiro puffed out her cheeks, scooped up a mouthful of soup, and stuffed it into her mouth.

The taste is unexpectedly quite good, but it doesn't seem to be salted!

"I went to the field with Brother Jin in the morning." Fortunately, although Chihiro is willful, she is sometimes quite reasonable, and he was afraid that she would throw the bowl out.

"Hmm."

"Inquire about something." Hachi stared at Chihiro's somewhat messy hair, the woman hadn't re-tied her braids since she got up.

"Hmm." Chihiro nodded.

"We're in a country called Amerly now."

"Amelie?" She couldn't help but look up.

"The country's economy is still predominantly agricultural, and productivity is not high."

Although she knew it, Chihiro was still a little annoyed when she heard this. If he stays with Hachi and continues to carry out the mission, how can he complete the mission without modern mining equipment? Such a large untethered boat must require a large amount of ore.

"Interestingly, though, the pursuit of beauty in this country is unprecedented." Hachi saw her expression clearly and continued.

"What do you mean?" Chihiro got a little interested.

"Every five years, a nationwide beauty contest is held here, and the local government selects a certain number of beauties, and the beauties from other regions compete in unison. When the time comes, the king will give the winner the title of beautiful princess, and both rich and poor can participate. ”

"So good? Then you can try! Chihiro broke another steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth, and said vaguely.

Although Hachi is a robot, the designer's aesthetic is really high. With Xiaohachi's face, if he goes to participate in any beauty pageant, he will definitely be able to enter the top 5.

"Then we can only wait five years." Hachi said flatly.

"It's a shame." Chihiro felt sorry for him.

"Men can't participate."

"Huh? Don't the people here know that there is such a creature as a beautiful man in the world? Chihiro shook her head disapprovingly, "What a tyrannical thing!" ”

Hachi lifted her glasses, not knowing what she was sorry about.

"And then, what else?"

"This year's contest has just been held, and three days later it will be the day when the princess will be crowned. On the day of the canonization, the princess would ride a float and walk around the city, so that everyone in the city could admire the princess's beauty. It is said that those who are favored by the princess will have good luck this year. ”

It's really superstitious here!

"Our village is quite close to the Imperial City, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial City."

"It doesn't matter." Chihiro said.

They're here to mine, not to see Miss Beauty Pageant.

Chihiro finished the last bite, patted her stomach with satisfaction, and continued to ask, "Didn't you inquire about the situation of the mine?" ”

"What?" This time, it was changed to Xiao Ba's confusion.

"Aren't we here to find fuel?" Chihiro looked at Hachi's unexplained look, and sat up straight, "What kind of stone steamed bun are you talking about?" Is it a stone? Will it be hard to dig? Coal mines, oil and gas can't be replaced? ”

She asked five questions in a row.

Hachi closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, if it weren't for the urgency of not tying the boat's energy, Chihiro should have undergone a period of systematic training before he could be employed.

This is his problem, two people who have different perceptions of the world still communicate too little.

"Neither." Xiaoba said slowly, "Stone steamed bun is a kind of spiritual energy, which is the product of the seven emotions and six desires of living people. ”

"Psychic energy?" Chihiro came to her senses, her eyes lit up, "What's that?" ”

"For example, when I say you're good-looking, you feel happy, and that process generates mental energy." Hachi paused, giving Chihiro time to comprehend the meaning of the words, and then said slowly, "However, the energy of joy or happiness is not what we are looking for. Only the negative emotions of human beings can give birth to stone steamed buns, such as pain, hatred, sadness, and so on. ”

Chihiro put her hands on her cheeks and listened with relish.

"Your task is to seal the stone steamed buns when they appear."

Hearing this, Chihiro raised her hand and asked, "Then I still have a question, how can I seal it?" I don't know anything. ”

This question not only stumped Chihiro, but also Hachi.

"This begs the question, what exactly did you see in the laboratory......

Appraisal room? It turns out that the ability identified by the appraisal room is used like this!

Her center of gravity shifted back, her waist was not as straight as it was just now, she lowered her eyes, and said, "I said I didn't see anything, do you believe it?" ”

A glimmer of light flashed behind the gold-wire glasses, and Xiao Hachi sighed silently in his heart, his face was not visible at all, and his voice was still calm: "Faith." ”

Unexpectedly hearing Hachi's answer like this, she was actually not sure whether to tell Hachi the truth. If those images were really her own memories, then she couldn't tell him.

Therefore, no matter whether he believes it or not, as long as he does not continue to ask for it, she will be spared.

She raised a smile and pretended to be relaxed and said, "If you didn't say it earlier, I thought it was mining!" But it makes me sad. ”

She stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and made a quick plan: "Just negative emotions?" It's not that simple! It's a person who has seven emotions and six desires, let's just go to the street and pull someone casually, and then ......"

She avoided the word "seal" and continued in a different direction: "It's just how many people do you need, do you have a budget?" Also, are the stone steamed buns spawned by different negative emotions the same? ”

Chihiro stopped and looked at Hachi with a serious face.