The iron man Zila revealing his massive savings left Lu Yao a little dazed.
"You have that many Gear Teeth?"
"I saved them bit by bit."
Zila said in his usual tone, "I've stayed here for many years. Actually, I'm not very good at making Disaster Bodies, but after 17,144 century-long work cycles, and since I've never liked waste, I ended up accumulating them."
"I had even more Gear Teeth in the beginning, but after leaving Earth, my brain stopped working very well, and I was often tricked by other Cogworkers. Especially some senior Cogworkers. They said they hoped I would sponsor them with some Gear Teeth, and once they went back, they would help me look for Earth, then come in again to bring me news. Of course, not a single one of them ever came back."
"At first, I really did hold on to hope, but after being cheated so many times, of course I saw through their tricks."
The rusty wineglass-head said, "I just thought, so what if I was cheated? I can't leave this place anyway. Unless I find the way back to Earth, I have nowhere to go. If I can help them a little, that still counts as a good thing, right?"
"But they can trick me, fine, yet they can't use words that sound half-hearted the moment you hear them, right? My brain may not work well, but it's not completely useless."
Zila rambled on, "Later, I got sick of them, so I hid in Raw Material Mountain. Slowly, the Cogworkers who knew me basically all left, and only then did I come out again. Since Yao Clan Town was full of new outsiders, I moved over and joined them. Life is a little quieter here."
Lu Yao suddenly understood.
No wonder Zila