"Young people, you should be a little more confident. ”

Lao Mai said as he brought the stove and hot pot brought by the super fighter to the table: "A young man should be full of vigor and sharpness, with inexhaustible energy and competitiveness. But I see only humility in you, or rather humility, and of course I'm not saying it's bad, but if you keep doing this, you're going to lose a lot of good times. ”

Lao Mai said in his mouth, and the stove and hot pot were already lit in his hands.

Ouyang pondered Lao Mai's words, although he didn't know why Lao Mai said so many words like chicken soup for the soul, but he also felt that Lao Mai should have said this with the mentality of "seniors mention juniors".

Is it true that his state is too passable and there is no pursuit?

Ouyang couldn't help but ponder his own question: Could it be that as a young man, he really looks too much like a dull old man?

"Hey, hey, old Mai, we don't seem to have ordered hot pot, do we?" Zhewu was startled when he saw the guy on the table.

In his heart, Lao Mai would not do such a tasteless thing as "buying and selling", but he would not be so generous as to invite someone to eat hot pot.

And hot pot is precious, he is a person who wants to save money to marry a daughter-in-law, and he usually doesn't dare to think about hot pot.

"Please, hot pot ramen. When Lao Mai said these four words, there was an indescribable smugness in his tone, "I usually have to make an appointment to eat this." Zhewu usually helps me a lot, so I will treat it as a treat and treat your new friend by the way. ”

"Wow, Lao Mai, you are so good!" Zhewu looked at the hot pot soup base excitedly, and couldn't wait to reach in with his chopsticks, dip the soup into it, and taste it, "Well! is my favorite seafood flavor!"

"Hahaha, if you like it. Lao Mai smiled heartily and brought all kinds of ingredients.

"So I'm naked?" Ouyang also laughed, "It's really an honor." ”

After Lao Mai finished his work, he sat down and continued: "Zhewu, this stupid guy is too stupid, so he doesn't have any friends. ”

"Poof——!" Zhewu, who was drinking barley tea, couldn't help but squirt, "Lao Mai!

Lao Mai didn't care: "Hahahahaha, what does it matter, it's all the truth anyway." ”

Zhewu was so angry that he didn't even wipe his face, and immediately retorted: "That...... There's no need to say it to my face!"

"Aside from the gym owner, his social sphere is only the ramen shop and the beach where almost no one goes. There was a hint of helplessness in Lao Mai's tone, but it was more concerned.

"Old Mai, please let me go......" Zhewu wailed with his head down.

It's like having someone discover your black history and be publicly executed.

Suddenly, he felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and when he looked up, it was a super fighter with a white towel: "Uh, thank you. ”

After taking the white towel, the Super Fighter walked away without a word.

"So...... Store manager, do you want me to help Zhewu get out of social phobia?" asked Ouyang Weibai after a moment's thought.

"I'm not socially phobic! What the hell is that!" Tevu threw down the towel and immediately shouted.

It's not precise, but that's pretty much what it means. Ignoring Zhewu's protests, Mai said to himself, "It would be better if we could make him popular." Of course, the mere fact that you're his friend is a big help. ”

"Sorry...... I don't really understand, Zhewu is not stupid enough to be mentally retarded. Ouyang was a little confused, "It stands to reason that he should still have friends more or less when he is practicing...... right."

This is a difficult thing to understand in his thinking, he is not particularly smart, and he used to read in general, but he also has a lot of friends, although it is not a deep friendship, but it is not bad.

"Little brother, you shouldn't be from Green Ridge City, right?" Lao Mai didn't answer Ouyang's question directly, but asked rhetorically.

"No, I just arrived in Green Ridge this morning. ”

"That's no wonder. Lao Mai showed an expression that was indeed so.

Ouyang Weibai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

"No, no, there's nothing wrong with it...... Lao Mai touched his chin, "Since you ask, little brother, then I'll tell you directly." ”

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Unlike other cities in the Hoenn region, Green Ridge does not have the same strong historical and cultural background as other cities, and it has only existed for a hundred years at most.

In the early days, Green Ridge was just a desert island, and although it was large enough, it was not suitable for habitation.

The hurtful sea breeze aside, the island is covered with plenty of white rocks, and apart from a few extremely tenacious shrubs, there are few plants that can grow here.

Although this geological environment limited the growth of agriculture and population in the early stage of development, it also created unique conditions for a great cross-century project of the Rainbow Alliance.

The "Science and Technology Fortress" plan, that is, to concentrate all the science and technology of mankind in one city, abandon all the thinking patterns and humanistic feelings of thousands of years, and build a fortress armed with science and technology in an absolutely rational and efficient way to resist the "elven tide".

And the source of this plan is thanks to the explosion of science and technology in human society.

Two hundred years ago, when human beings were completely inferior to elves in terms of ability, combat talent, and physical fitness, in order to resist the "elven tide", or in other words, to survive in the "elven tide", human beings pointed their talents to a field that had never been touched before, such as "technology".

And in this field, human imagination and creativity have become the infinite hope of this race.

Although there are not as many black technologies as in the cartoon, the technological level of this world still far exceeds the origin plane where Ouyang Weibai is located.

The science and technology fortress is to select the most reasonable and efficient urban planning mode with the help of computers and a large number of calculations.

The original plan was to build on the city of Zijin, which has the largest power plant in the Hoenn area, but as a city with a long history, the city was constrained by the process of urban planning and construction.

The problem of demolishing residential buildings, the loose soil that is inconvenient to lay foundations, and the large number of ruins near the city, etc., etc., all these problems have made Zijin City's science and technology fortress plan less than a third of the way.

But there are not so many constraints in Green Ridge City, this border wasteland can be said to be an excellent place to build a science and technology fortress, using advanced science and technology, such a magnificent island city has been established in just a hundred years.

Thirty years ago, drip irrigation technology and land reclamation technology in greenhouses enabled Luling City to get rid of its over-dependence on food from other cities.

Twenty years ago, the "Coast Sentinel" system allowed Green Ridge City to "defend itself from thousands of miles away".

Fifteen years ago, the breakthrough of tidal new energy technology made Luling City completely get rid of the primitive power generation method of "relying on the electric system to generate electricity", and achieved self-sufficiency in the true sense.

Ten years ago, the full coverage of the "Heart Eye" monitoring system made the crime rate of the entire Green Ridge City infinitely close to zero!

Breakthroughs in science and technology again and again have made the citizens of Luling City feel the great power of science and technology to change the world, and realize that only science and technology are the primary productive forces, so the whole city has fallen into a crazy worship of science and technology.

Learning a variety of mathematical formulas from elementary school, physics and chemistry in junior high school, and biotechnology in high school, the children of Green Ridge continue to learn the knowledge passed down from their ancestors and break through what they have learned in scientific practice again and again.

However, there is nothing in this world that does not have to pay a price. Although the city's science and technology has shown a blowout development in this atmosphere, at the same time, the lack of humanistic care has made the city lack of "human touch", and the young people who grew up in the computer planning city are gradually as cold as a computer.

Their values have changed, and the evaluation of peers is no longer based on personality or appearance, and the criteria for judging have become intelligence and education.

It's not that he doesn't have friends at all, there are still a lot of them in elementary school, but as he grows older, Zhewu gradually widens the gap with his peers, and those former friends are gradually drifting away from him.

"Wait a minute!" Ouyang Weibai interrupted Lao Mai's statement, "It's a little strange, Zhewu's intelligence level ......" He glanced at Zhewu, and continued, "It's not lower than the per capita level." I think that people who can graduate from junior high school and complete high school will not have a low IQ. ”

In fact, Ouyang Weibai felt that Zhewu's IQ should be considered very high, after all, he was confused when he heard the subjects reported by Lao Mai, if this was stupid, then Ouyang would be almost the same as an imbecile.

It's simply the end of liberal arts students......

"That's another story. Lao Mai looked at Zhewu.

Zhewu said, "I'll explain this matter." Even if there is no contract elf, Ouyang, you should know that the contract elf will have a certain evolutionary effect on humans, right?"

Sorry, I really don't know.

"Well, I know a little bit about that. Ouyang Wei nodded without changing his face.

"This evolutionary effect is basically benign, and it will only have a malignant effect unless there is an extreme discord between the contract elves and humans. At this point, Jewu paused.

"Did you accidentally sign a contract with some terrible elf?" asked Ouyang.