Chapter 33

In the darkness, Qingchen quickly climbed over the short walls of two small courtyards, darting through the environment he knew best.

In an instant, the entire layout of Courtyard No. 4 appeared in his mind like a three-dimensional map.

The autumn breeze was slightly cool, carrying a hint of the day's heat.

In the next moment, the young man silently calculated the speed of the man's mad dash...

No, he had to be even faster!

Qingchen felt his lungs burning, his blood boiling.

Suddenly, he stopped in the shadow of a corner.

He held his breath.

The leaves of the parasol tree in the courtyard rustled, their shadows swaying on the ground.

The sound of running feet not far away, the lights in the houses extinguished.

None of it mattered anymore.

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The young man swung the entrenching tool with all his might in the darkness, striking the air outside the corner.

With a thud, the middle-aged man, who was running madly, was hit in the legs and tumbled forward!

Qingchen didn't spare a glance at the man, but turned and quickly disappeared into the shadows between the buildings, striking and fleeing.

Only after he left did the middle-aged man's screams echo throughout the neighborhood, and many windows lit up as people looked outside, but they could only see the criminal clutching his leg and wailing.

The middle-aged man's right leg was broken, blood gushing out.

Slowly, many people gathered at their windows to watch, but they could only see the criminal, not Qingchen.

Even the criminal couldn't figure out what had happened.

When Qingchen returned to Jiang Xue's house, he saw her hugging the trembling Li Tongyun. Qingchen asked, "Is Xiao Yun hurt?"

"Just scared, I'll call the police to handle them."

"No need, I already did," Qingchen said.

Li Tongyun, hearing his voice, looked up with tearful eyes and said, "Brother, one got away."

"Don't worry, I found him," Qingchen replied.

At this moment, Jiang Xue noticed the split in Qingchen's palm from the entrenching tool, suddenly realizing that he must have encountered the criminal and even engaged in a confrontation.

However, after examining Qingchen for a long time, she found no other injuries besides the split in his palm.

"Your palm is split, wait a moment, I'll get you some bandages and iodine," Jiang Xue said.

"I'm still just a human," Qingchen looked down at his palm, sighing that despite his powerful mind, he lacked a matching body.

He needed to accelerate his progress in gaining abilities in the Inner World!

"No need to trouble you, Aunt Jiang," Qingchen said, "I have them at home."

At this point, the neighbors, hearing the commotion, came out. They hadn't dared to intervene earlier, but now, hearing the noise, they assumed everything was fine.

Seeing more and more people gathering, Qingchen quickly said, "The police will be here soon, I'm going back inside. Remember, I wasn't involved tonight."

Jiang Xue hesitated, "Okay."

...

The noisy discussions outside, the sirens of police cars, and the sound of people coming and going seemed to have no effect on Qingchen.

He lay in bed, lost in thought. The moment he swung the entrenching tool today felt like the beginning of a new life for him.

Qingchen chased the criminal partly because he couldn't accept the idea of Li Tongyun, a child, being harmed.

On the other hand, he felt that if he didn't have the courage, he wouldn't be able to aspire to a life in the Inner World.

He slowly fell asleep, only to be awakened by a knock on the door.

Qingchen, still half-asleep, opened the door to find Li Tongyun standing there.

"Brother Qingchen, can you come to my house?" Li Tongyun asked weakly.

"What's wrong?" Qingchen was puzzled.

"Please help my mom," Li Tongyun said urgently.

Qingchen went upstairs and saw Jiang Xue sitting helplessly at the dining table, her arms hanging limply by her sides.

"Are you hurt?" Qingchen asked.

"No, not hurt," Jiang Xue replied, "… the mechanical limb has run out of power."

Qingchen was truly stunned. He had never really thought about how the mechanical limb worked, assuming it was some kind of advanced technology from the Inner World, like a miniaturized antimatter reactor.

But it turned out that Jiang Xue's excessive use of the mechanical limb the previous day had drained its power.

In simple terms, it was out of battery...

"Wait, is its endurance so poor?" Qingchen asked, puzzled. "How do people in the Inner World handle high-intensity battles?"

Jiang Xue explained, "You haven't crossed over, so you don't know. The entire Inner World has already upgraded to wireless charging. You can see the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at the edges of cities, and all the electricity they generate is distributed through 'Cloud Flow Towers' located throughout the city."

"In the Inner World, whether it's vehicles, communication devices, mechanical limbs, rice cookers, or lights, 90% of electronic devices have already moved away from wired transmission. The same goes for the internet, which is like a giant Wi-Fi covering the entire city."

"Everyone has their own payment code, like an ID number. As long as you pay monthly, you can enjoy a convenient life. The conglomerates charge based on each person's electricity usage."

"There are about 300 Cloud Flow Towers in City 18, so people there no longer have the concept of 'charging' because their devices are always being charged."

Wireless charging? Qingchen was puzzled. Wasn't this the dream of scientist Nikola Tesla?

At this moment, his academic prowess came into play, and he quickly analyzed the situation.

The essence of charging is the transfer of energy. In fact, such technology exists in the Surface World as well. For example, Xiaomi's new product can charge wirelessly over a distance, covering an entire room.

Xiaomi can charge wirelessly because it has made breakthroughs in rectification and positioning technology, accurately capturing the millimeter waves emitted by the charger.

Of these two technologies, positioning is the most crucial. Otherwise, the charger would emit spherical waves instead of precisely transmitting them to the phone.

In short, without positioning, the charger would be an open "microwave oven."

That would be terrifying.

The technology in the Inner World is definitely different from that in the Surface World, and it has likely made many more breakthroughs.

Would this technology be harmful to the human body? The answer is negligible, as the radiation it emits is even less than that of a mobile phone.

As long as the positioning technology is advanced enough, there should be no significant impact.

Of course, Qingchen hadn't studied the transmission principles of the Inner World in detail, so he wasn't sure if they had realized Tesla's dream or if it was similar to the current wireless charging technology in the Surface World.

However, regardless of which it was, the ability to achieve comprehensive wireless charging was quite novel.

At this point, Li Tongyun suddenly asked, "Would this wireless charging have radiation? Last month, some old men and women in the neighboring community forced the mobile company to dismantle the signal tower. Would the radiation from this be greater than that from the signal tower?"

Jiang Xue hadn't thought much about it before, but now, after Li Tongyun's question, she was a bit worried. She asked, "Many public accounts say that even mobile phone radiation is harmful. Would these Cloud Flow Towers affect our health?"

Indeed, many public accounts have popularized the dangers of radiation.

Some people have even believed it and dismantled many communication towers and signal towers...

Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "The amount of radiation varies from person to person."

"What do you mean?" Li Tongyun was puzzled.

Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "The lower the education level, the greater the radiation."

Li Tongyun: "???"

Jiang Xue: "???"

...

Thank you, Xie Ri Gui, for becoming the patron of this book. The boss is generous, may the boss have a long and prosperous life!

Also, are there any other bosses who want to receive my blessing for a long life?