Chapter 2151: Two Scientists
Distant artillery fire rumbled on and on.
"Listen—"
"I hear it. The shelling's coming from the mountains beyond the city, but I can't tell whether it's ours or the enemy's."
The ground trembled faintly.
Huge clouds of dust billowed into the sky. The crash of collapsing buildings mingled with the din of people shouting at every pitch.
Then a piercing alarm suddenly blared.
"Well—looks like an enemy attack. You're still going to keep fixing cars here?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Of course. I don't have your skills. I have to get all these vehicles repaired," Liao Xing said.
"—I never knew you were this dedicated."
Gu Qingshan folded his arms and teased him.
Liao Xing cursed. "Damn it, how can you still joke around at a time like this? Your life—and the safety of billions of worlds—are in my hands right now, you know."
"Fine." Gu Qingshan shut his mouth.
Across from him stood a row of military transport trucks.
This was the open ground outside the Air Raid Shelter.
Liao Xing was lying beneath one of the trucks, struggling to repair it.
After a while, Liao Xing crawled out from under the truck, drenched in sweat. "Look, another one fixed. I'm pretty good at this."
Gu Qingshan said meaningfully, "Military vehicles, soldiers, an Air Raid Shelter, and they're still hiring drivers. So you've figured something out, right?"
"Besides that, these people managed to get their hands on so much equipment during wartime. I saw an old-fashioned machine gun earlier, and even a cannon. That tells you enough," Liao Xing said.
He closed his eyes and muttered to himself.
Gu Qingshan listened for a moment and realized he was practicing the Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer formula.
Liao Xing was really giving it his all to