After Becoming an Alpha Upon Meeting an Alpha - Chapter 17

The wheelchair was very useful. It could fly, rise and lower, and when necessary, it could even act as her legs and walk upright. After restructuring, it could also pull out a basket and a sunshade. It could automatically connect to a light brain, and if she fell, it could transform, implant its wheels into the ground, and allow its user to borrow force to stand up. It could even twist itself into a single bed. As long as she climbed onto it, it could restructure back into a wheelchair. It could be called all-purpose.

However, something like this was usually also beautifully priced. One wheelchair cost more than thirty thousand.

Norma happily looked at Wendy and Zhang Long and said loudly, “That’s great! From now on, I can go out by myself.”

Wendy looked at Norma, who was finally happy like a child, and her eyes softened. “Mm. From now on, Norma can go out and move around alone.”

She looked toward Su Cha, not knowing how to express her gratitude. This thing was too important to Norma. It was no longer something that could be repaid with one or two words of thanks.

Su Cha waved her hand. “It’s fine. Norma being happy is the most important thing.”

Norma’s legs had been crushed by a mecha during a pirate invasion years ago, so they could only be amputated.

Her parents had also died in that battle. Over the years, everyone had looked after her, but she herself was unwilling to leave that house or live with anyone else.

This time, her willingness to leave with Su Cha was something most people had not expected.

Seeing this harmonious scene, Leng Zhuoyan, standing in the crowd, pursed her lips. She had never seen a Su Cha this easygoing and considerate of others. So, sure enough, she was not the real Su Cha?

Su Cha held the loudspeaker and said loudly, “All right. Now we’ll begin selecting people to drive the flying vehicles. From now on, the flying vehicles will be operated by assigned people according to fixed routes and times, stopping at designated stops. If everyone wants to ride, go to the designated places.”

“Then… how many star coins will one ride cost?”

“These flying vehicles were so expensive. Will riding them also be especially expensive?”

“That’s right. What if we accidentally damage them? How will the star coins be calculated?”

“Then who should the fare be given to?”

Su Cha spoke with great momentum. “I’ll install a star coin box on the flying vehicles, as well as a card reader. Each time you get on or off, it will only cost one star coin. Fixed price.

“Then all the ride fees will be transferred to Water Blue Planet’s flying vehicle headquarters, and I’ll distribute them to the drivers as wages.”

Although the empire now used light brains for card payments, looking at Water Blue Planet’s situation, Su Cha estimated that only a very small portion of people had electronic devices. The others likely did not even have many star coins. So from the start, Su Cha set the price extremely low.

“Once our planet develops in the future and needs large-scale construction of flying vehicle tracks, the price will rise a little. But for short distances, the flying vehicle fare will not exceed three star coins per ride.”

“The remaining prices will be decided according to route length. If you go from this side of the planet to the other side, it might cost around ten or twenty star coins. However, these will not be implemented for now.”

Hearing Su Cha’s words, everyone whispered among themselves, discussing whether the price was reasonable, then going through all kinds of hesitation and worries.

They were afraid Su Cha’s words would not count later, and also afraid that they would not be able to earn star coins and could not afford to ride.

Su Cha’s gaze swept over everyone. She knew they were not dissatisfied with her, only worried that they could not afford the flying vehicles. Previously, riding the bus also started at two star coins.

A flying vehicle ride for one star coin clearly made everyone feel Su Cha was joking.

Not to mention that flying vehicles were more spacious, steadier, and faster than buses. Just from the price alone, no one dared believe the price Su Cha had given.

Su Cha clapped her hands, making everyone look over.

“I know everyone finds this pricing hard to believe. But I am now the planet lord of this planet. For the time being, I am using my own money to fill the gaps on this planet and provide everyone with convenience.

“If you don’t want it, I can also take it back right now. In any case, leaving these flying vehicles with me is fine. It’s not like I can’t afford to keep them.”

Even paper figures had three parts blood and temper, let alone her, who was not a paper figure. She paid money and put in effort, yet still had to be suspected. That was not very good. She was not a sucker, and she would not accept anger for nothing.

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately did not dare say much more and apologized one after another.

“No, no, that’s not what we meant. We’re just too happy.”

“That’s right. We’ve never seen such a good planet lord before.”

“We were tactless, but that’s also because we don’t have much knowledge. Please don’t be angry.”

Su Cha did not want to listen to these words. She directly cooled her expression and said, “Enough. Since it’s already decided, have the people who can read and have driving experience come over. I’ll choose from them.”

Everyone looked at one another. Then, the experienced people automatically stepped forward, while the others withdrew and opened some distance from them.

It was not that they did not want this opportunity. Rather, they did not know how, had no experience, and were afraid they would damage the flying vehicles. They could not afford to compensate for such expensive things.

Those who came out were mostly young people. There were also several middle-aged people and a few elderly people. The elderly ones all had white hair and deeply lined faces. Their movements were no longer that agile. The only thing they had more than the young people was driving experience.

Su Cha looked them over one by one. First, she kicked out those who looked proud, arrogant, and unconvinced. Then she eliminated one or two shifty-eyed ones who looked like they were already thinking of using the flying vehicles to do something shady.

Among the remaining elderly people, she only kept two.

The others were too old. Three of them could barely stand steadily. It was not that Su Cha refused to give them a chance, but if they drove flying vehicles, no one would know whether they would be worrying about the passengers, or the passengers would be worrying about them.

Flying vehicles originally all came with automatic navigation, but that required accurate routes and tracks prepared in advance. They did not have these, so they could only rely on manual operation. Besides, compared with machines driving automatically, Su Cha still trusted real people more.

Su Cha said, “You eight and Uncle Liu will be the reserve flying vehicle drivers.”

“Aren’t there only four vehicles? And one was given to the defense team. Isn’t nine people too many?”

The selected people were somewhat confused.

“It’s not like I’m asking each of you to drive one vehicle nonstop. You need rest days too, and there may be times when you can’t drive because of other circumstances, right? In order not to tire everyone out too much, you’ll work in two shifts.”

“Four people will drive for the first half of the month, and four people will drive for the second half. Uncle Liu will be responsible for recording the usage of each flying vehicle and whether it arrives on time.”

Su Cha raised her voice. “I know everyone’s situation. So Uncle Liu’s phone must remain on during the day. If you have any special circumstances and need to deviate from the route to go somewhere else, then you must take a photo, call Uncle Liu, and report it. You can only proceed after receiving approval.”

“Otherwise, you’ll have to bear the corresponding losses. In serious cases, your driving qualification will also be revoked.”

Sometimes there were special circumstances, and everyone could understand that. But these had to be reported. Otherwise, someone would use such matters as an excuse to borrow a vehicle and not return it.

“Understood.”

Hearing the points Su Cha emphasized, everyone understood what she meant and expressed agreement.

“All right. The matter has been announced. After this, the school and new learning materials will all enter the school and library. Anyone who needs them can go look them up and study once everything is built.”

Su Cha waved her hand. “That’s enough. Everyone can disperse.”

After the crowd dispersed, the ones left were all people learning to operate flying vehicles. Leng Zhuoyan also left with the retreating crowd.

After having them drive the flying vehicles to the side, Uncle Liu—the mechanical driver—walked to Su Cha with some anxiety. “I… Is it really all right for me to be this administrator? I’m not like them. I don’t know many things. I only know how to drive.”

Su Cha’s eyes curved as she comforted him. “It’s fine, Uncle Liu. You have to believe in yourself.”

“What I need is precisely your honesty. Right now, I need someone with your seniority to help me keep them in line, so they won’t be disobedient later.”

Uncle Liu rubbed his callused hands, his face flushing red. “Then… then I’ll definitely do it well. I won’t let down your trust.”

“Good.”

Learning to drive flying vehicles was not difficult. Everyone quickly got the hang of it. Once they did, Su Cha had them drive around the planet for two days and complete the map while they were at it.

Everyone spent quite a bit of time finishing the map input. They also marked the terrain and the areas where people lived. Along the way, when people from the other side of the planet asked where the flying vehicles came from, they answered truthfully.

When the people who originally wanted to steal the flying vehicles heard this, they understood that stealing the flying vehicles was not worthwhile. If they wanted to obtain more things, they could only follow the planet lord. So quite a few people began thinking of moving.

The people driving the flying vehicles immediately calmed their thoughts and told them that the planet lord would come over to inspect things, asking them to wait patiently. Once she finished handling the current matters, she would pay attention to their side.

“The land cannot be abandoned. Otherwise, it will not be complete.”

Everyone understood, so they suppressed their own small thoughts and patiently waited for Su Cha to come over.

After Su Cha received the map, she immediately began having everyone divide the areas and go along the routes to place the road signs that had been rushed out overnight these past few days.

“In inhabited areas, bury one every two hundred meters. Choose eye-catching places, and don’t make the locations too remote, or everyone won’t be able to find them. If the distance is especially far and no one lives there, set one stop every four hundred meters.”

“Understood.”

A group of people carried the stop signs and left. Su Cha watched everyone’s enthusiasm and felt a little more relaxed in her heart. Looking at the new flying vehicles and seeds that would arrive in one more day, she felt even happier.

Soon, this area would be built up. When that time came, she would be a true landowner.

But…

“Where did Leng Zhuoyan go? Why hasn’t there been any movement from her recently?”

Su Cha muttered as she opened the other party’s communication profile. Looking at the gray avatar, she thought for a moment, but ultimately gave up on contacting her.

Maybe because there were too many things she had to get, gathering them took time.

Downloading materials indeed required time and money, but more importantly, Leng Zhuoyan had been stopped.

She did not follow her original plan of landing near a planet close to the empire and collecting learning materials there. Instead, she chose to directly enter the Imperial Capital Planet to download them. While she was at it, she planned to go back and find some familiar people for help, so they could sell her part of the resources from their subjects that they were willing to contribute.

And as for the school’s teachers, she did not let them go either. At the same time, she prepared to take away the high school study materials she had not finished learning before.

Unfortunately, sometimes, the more one wanted to keep a low profile, the more some people wanted to expose them.

Looking at Qu Yanting, who had arrived before her in a sorry state, Leng Zhuoyan frowned. “What are you doing here?”