VAPBDB Chapter 16

Si Huaixi’s eyes softened. The cat emanated a warm vanilla fragrance, and his hand softly stroked Pei Zhaozhou’s back, as if he were comforting a depressed cat.

At this moment, even Si Huaixi didn’t realize how gentle his tone was, and said softly, “If you are tired, lean on me.”

Pei Zhaozhou flushed, his amber-golden pupils shrank, and when Si Huaixi caressed his back, it trembled with sensitivity: “…Ooo.”

Si Huaixi was startled. He only touched it softly with mental energy, as it seemed as if he had heard a cry akin to a baby leopard…

Si Huaixi hesitated for a while before asking Pei Zhaozhou who had his head down in his arms: “Did you just…”

‘Boom!’

Pei Zhaozhou pushed Si Huaixi. His amber-golden pupils trembled frantically and his eyes were full of consternation and shame. His face flushed, and his voice was shaking and he said: “Don’t… don’t touch it.”

The speed made the warmth disappear before Si Huaixi could enjoy the maomao’s embrace. 

Pei Zhaozhou gasped in a low voice, his heart seemed to be trembling and he felt extremely hot, his moist amber golden eyes shook. After talking, Pei Zhaozhou stepped back with a look of shock and alertness and kept a safe distance from Si Huaixi.

Si Huaixi’s blue eyes were filled with sadness: “???”

—So, will the cat’s love disappear?

Pei Zhaozhou’s cheeks flushed red. It wasn’t until his chest’s strong ups and downs subsided that his stiff body relaxed slightly.

He lowered his eyes, deeply annoyed thinking when did his body become so sensitive?

It was just a simple hug with Si Huaixi, and it wasn’t that he hadn’t excitedly embraced other comrades in the army when they were victorious. But why is it that whenever Si Huaixi touches him, his sensitive body seems to be triggered in a susceptible period? The touch on his back felt numb and soft and he couldn’t help leaning into Si Huaixi’s arms. The more he touched, the more comfortable he felt. 

Pei Zhaozhou has always been a determined alpha, and now suddenly he realized his shameful thoughts. Just like shameless omega in estrus, tormenting the alpha with high pheromone for courtship.

He was so scared that he immediately pushed Shi Huaixi away.

‘Almost. I thought it would trigger a susceptibility period.’

He didn’t want to lose his mind and throw Si Huaixi down during the susceptible period.

Pei Zhaozhou felt guilty. If Si Huaixi knew that he had shameful thoughts towards him, he would feel embarrassed and stay away from him.

After all, he is a male alpha, and his normal sexual orientation is an omega. It is completely different from this world. Here, there is no alpha, beta, or omega, and there are only two genders, one is male and the other is female.

Si Huaixi is a normal man, and all the women in this world should associate with males, just as he is a male alpha, the object he should associate with is omega, and they do not exist in this world.

He was ready not to find a person, and his pheromone disorder also made him not want to pursue any excellent omega, not to mention that he is just an infertile disabled alpha, and he didn’t know how long he could have lived…

A trace of gloom flashed in Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes, and he fell to the ground and tightened his lips. He couldn’t control it, and he couldn’t know the chaotic effect of the pheromone disorder on his body.

The fact that the susceptibility period almost advanced twice in front of Si Huaixi made him feel ashamed, and he was unwilling to expose his unbearable desire to Si Huaixi, which was disturbed by the pheromone disorder. 

‘I don’t want to be looked at by him with disgust. I don’t want to be alienated by him… Let’s keep a close distance, just enough to repay Si Huaixi for his kindness.’

Pei Zhaozhou clenched his lower lip, his eyes dodged, and said: “I’m fine, you can go now.”

Si Huaixi’s eyes suddenly deepened, and he took a few heavy breaths as if being mad at the cat. He didn’t dare to be angry at the cat but instead was stunned.

Si Huaixi stared at Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes and gritted his teeth, “Really?”

—Is Maomao born such a bad guy who turns his face and doesn’t recognize people? 

Just so reluctant to see him?

He happily threw himself in his arms as soon as they met, but in the blink of an eye, he was driven away, no way…

Si Huaixi bit his tongue and rubbed his teeth until the base of his tongue was going to be hot, and then pretended not to smirk in annoyance, “Can you tell me the reason?”

Pei Zhaozhou avoided Si Huaixi’s sight, eyes drooping with tears, the restless pheromone in his body had not yet subsided, and his nervousness made him breathe quickly.

He didn’t want to expose this side of him in front of Si Huaixi. When he thought that Si Huaixi would be disappointed with him, he felt uncomfortable and his mood was like a gloomy rain night.

Pei Zhaozhou said dullly: “No…nothing. Sorry.”

Si Huaixi stared sharply at Pei Zhaozhou’s inexplicably frustrated face, sighed softly, and said calmly: “Since there is nothing, there is no need to apologize.”

Pei Zhaozhou lowered his head, “…Oh.”

Si Huaixi took a few more seconds to breathe deeply, telling himself that the cat was picked up by him, and even if he was so angry, he had to bear it.

Si Huaixi glanced deeply at Pei Zhaozhou’s embarrassingly pale face, and his amber golden eyes were as sad as they were about to cry.

I can’t help but want to bully him, but I love him…

So, did he do something that would annoy him?

—Sure enough, I still don’t understand. What a cunning cat.

Si Huaixi raised his head distractedly, and turned away from the subject: “I have to leave the Lucheng base in a few days. Can you take care of yourself?”

Pei Zhaozhou hugged his arms, his eyes were slightly puzzled: “Where are you going?”

Si Huaixi continued, “To the Computer City to find some supplies. The place used to be the bustling commercial street in the next city. I will be back in about ten days.”

Pei Zhaozhou whispered, “…Ten days.”

Si Huaixi: “Take the key to my house. Don’t lose it or you won’t be able to return home.”

Pei Zhaozhou pursed his lips and his eyes were firm: “What materials do you want? I can do it for you.”

Si Huaixi was shocked, his sea-blue eyes filled with joy, and the emotion that had just surfaced because he was angered by the cat, swept away. It was replaced by a warm sigh because Maomao cared for him.

He vaguely guessed that Pei Zhaozhou came from a mysterious organization. The energy gun he held was a technology he had never seen before. Although it was not effective for his body that broke through the ultimate strength of humans, it was very useful against most low- and middle-level zombies.

He didn’t want to explore the origins of Pei Zhaozhou, since he picked him up and brought him back to the base on an impulse, he didn’t intend to use his ability to do anything.

Si Huaixi stretched out his hand to touch Pei Zhaozhou’s head and then thought of his resistance just now, and slowly put it down, the clear blue eyes revealed a little loss and tolerance: “No need. The level of the large-scale materials such as the generator is based on the Lucheng base. You can’t make it. I don’t know where you came from or what you did in the past. It’s still hard to do it alone.”

Seeing Si Huaixi deliberately avoiding contact with him, Pei Zhaozhou felt an inexplicable sourness and sadness in his heart, and his amber-golden eyes seemed to be clouded and appeared grey.

Pei Zhaozhou tightened his lower lip and insisted: “It’s okay. I need energy in my plan. I can help you with generators, which are basic appliances. I can even help the base make new generators to provide energy. Fuel which can be converted into electricity. The lowest efficiency is 98%.”

The conversion rate of an ordinary fuel generator is about 30%, and the conversion rate of a new type of generator made by Pei Zhaozhou is as high as 98%, which is equivalent to more than three times that of an ordinary generator.

Fuel generators need to convert heat energy through fuel combustion, and then heat energy into kinetic energy, and finally kinetic energy into electric energy. Each conversion process means energy loss, which is inevitable, just like the conversion into kinetic energy. The friction loss inside the generator can cause a waste of energy.

Pei Zhaozhou said that a generator with 98% energy conversion efficiency can be produced, which has a conversion rate of almost 100%, which is equivalent to saying no energy loss in the whole process.

Si Huaixi had previously learned about mechanical engineering through Professor Yan. Energy conversion and process losses are inevitable laws of nature. With the current level of technology, the conversion rate can be converted to 40%, which is already the condition of a high-end fuel generator.

Unless it is like a hydroelectric generator, which directly converts the kinetic energy produced from water into electric energy, reducing combustion, the most energy loss stage, otherwise it cannot exceed 40%. However, the Lucheng base does not have the conditions for the installation of hydroelectric power plants.

The former power plant ceased operating long ago without anyone working on it. Even if it ceased operation, the cables connecting various places were destroyed after 30 years of apocalyptic wind and rain. No one dared to look for zombies in the wild let alone risk repairing bad cable.

For Pei Zhaozhou’s idea of ​​a new type of generator, once it is done, it can alleviate the acute shortage of power at the Lucheng base.

Si Huaixi was inevitably moved, but he didn’t want to put all the pressure on Pei Zhaozhou. Just in case he would still go to the Computer City to collect supplies, in addition to generators, there are many computers or mechanical configurations that can be used.

Si Huaixi decided in his heart, and his eyes were sharp.

Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes lit up, and he immediately made a list of supplies he needed “Give me a laboratory, a container with full energy isolation, a biological micro-robot, a synthesizer, decompositor, and coding scientific research optical brain, which is the computer here. As an assistant, I hope they have an S-I level biomechanical operation certificate. I also need raw material X protein, synthetic enzymes, rare elements…”

Si Huaixi was silent for a while, rubbing her frowning brows, and said, “I will try to find it for you. There are no professors who study biology in the base, but there are a few mechanical ones. As for the biological micro-robots you mentioned, the base cannot do it. Here, I will go to other bases to find other raw materials.”

Pei Zhaozhou suddenly realized that this is the Earth hundreds of years behind Interstellar, and it is still at the end of the world where crisis materials are urgently needed. The lowest and most basic requirements he believes are all difficult conditions that cannot be achieved here.

Pei Zhaozhou put his finger on his chin, and thought for a long time: “Give me a laboratory, chips, raw materials…”

When Si Huaixi heard that he had simplified a lot of requirements, he didn’t feel at ease. He only thought that the Lucheng base was too far behind where Pei Zhaozhou was originally staying, and he still needed to do too much.

Si Huaixi: “These conditions are okay. If you need an assistant, you can come to me. I am a mental ability user. I focus on controlling my mental power abilities, and the accuracy can reach…”

Pei Zhaozhou was surprised and could not imagine that this was the point where humans could reach.

If this is the case, he might be able to make the original micro-robot. Originally, he thought that the world lacked a micro-control console. His ability alone is limited. In addition, the difficulty of the silver arc is equivalent to opening up a wasteland, starting from scratch, and the high degree of difficulty of the foundation of science and technology.

Pei Zhaozhou, “Well, if you can achieve this accuracy, you need to add some materials…”

They discussed it for more than an hour.

Pei Zhaozhou suddenly heard a growl, his eyes widened, and he was full of confusion.

Si Huaixi was amused by the cat’s hungry expression, and smiled as he tugged a corner of his mouth: “Why do you still have an unknowing expression when you are hungry?”

Pei Zhaozhou didn’t know that. He has always eaten interstellar nutrients. One bottle can meet his needs for a few days, and advanced nutrients can even meet his energy needs for a month.

It was only in his impression that Si Huaixi fed a lot of food, so why was he hungry so quickly? 

Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes were filled with annoyance: “Why am I hungry so quickly?”

Some doubts arose in Si Huaixi’s heart. Pei Zhaozhou’s behavior made him look a little different as if he was not a person of this world.

Or maybe he is just being paranoid.

Perhaps it is because Pei Zhaozhou’s research ability is too outstanding. The people from the previous organization took a fancy to Pei Zhaozhou’s ability and protected him from the outside world, which caused Pei Zhaozhou to be ignorant of some basic common knowledge about the apocalyptic world.

But there was one more question.

Since that mysterious organization is so fond of Pei Zhaozhou, why did Pei Zhaozhou escape?

On the day he picked up Pei Zhaozhou, he saw him waiting for death in despair. What could’ve happened to him?

Si Huaixi’s eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp.

-Anyway, it was the cat he picked up. No matter who came, he would not let him go.