Chapter 10
Chapter 10 - Financial Straits
The environment inside the high-voltage electric room was not very good . The rows of power cabinets emitted heat, causing the entire room temperature to be higher than the temperature above ground by 10-20 degrees .
In short, a person could comfortable sleep here while wearing sleeveless clothes in winter, while the temperature in summer would reach 50 degrees .
In Wei Xiao Bei’s words, this place was not a place for humans .
The only thing that brought cooling was the small air conditioner beside the monitor on the table .
Wei Xiao Bei took the chance to check the night shift records while Tian Xue Cun was changing his clothes . Luckily, nothing was wrong .
Wei Xiao Bei waited for Tian Xue Cun to finish changing and saying goodbye before he began making his rounds in the high-voltage electrical room .
He took the day shift record book and begun to copy the values of the power cabinets, converters, etc . After that, he sat down in front of the monitor and rubbed his stomach, feeling a bit hungry .
Why am I hungry again?
He grabbed the mop and went to the toilet . He washed it and brought it back to begin cleaning the room .
After one round of cleaning, he looked at the spotless electrical room, feeling cheerful about it . Any good results born from human effort would make people happy .
He looked outside to see if there was anyone around before closing the door . Then, he began hitting the sandbag behind the door .
Wei Xiao Bei only had a few hobbies such as reading light novels, playing games and training his body, like hitting the sandbag .
This sandbag was secretly brought in by Wei Xiao Bei . Other people would treat the work inside the electric room as a pleasant task . They just needed to sit down, stay idle, walk around the room and work without leaving their station . The night shift could even sleep during their hours . This would be a wonderful job for anyone, except for the unbearable heat .
Wei Xiao Bei was different . He felt that working there was too dull, so he had no choice but to find a way to have fun .
As a result, he decided to train his body, which was not even a bad choice .
If he did not do this, his body would have already been a complete wreck .
‘Exercising while releasing electricity could slowly stimulate the growth of his strength and agility’, was it?
Wei Xiao Bei remembered the description of his special skill .
Let’s try it and see if there are any results .
Wei Xiao Bei’s heart shook . His skin felt a bit numb as he felt the electricity moving throughout his body .
Pa! Pa! Pa!
However, it did not take long for him to realize that maintaining electrical output while exercising was actually very draining .
He weakly sat back down on the chair after about a hundred punches .
The feeling of the electricity going through his body remained as the muscles in his body trembled .
This kind of feeling felt very unpleasant .
Wei Xiao Bei was not yet adapt in using the special skill . As a result, his body suffered a bit while using it when boxing .
Groan . Half an hour had passed . I should go copy down the numbers again .
Wei Xiao Bei endured the pain and tried to pick up the pen .
Just as his hand approach the pen, a spark appeared between his hand and the pen . It was very small but it was visible .
His hand numbed a bit as he pulled it back .
He had already stopped releasing electricity, so he was bewildered at what had just happened .
Looking at his hand and then again at the pen, he thought for a bit before picking up the pen again .
This time, a spark did not appear so he guessed that it must have been the static electricity that accumulated in his body .
Wei Xiao Bei recorded down the values in the monitor while his brain tried to make out an explanation .
There was one thing he understood; the steel plate on the ground must have had a bit of static electricity and it had passed though his body . There was simply no way for his body to accumulate enough electricity to release a spark .
He understood this point even though he had only been working as an electrician for 3 months .
The high-voltage room’s floor was made of steel plates that were elevated by half a meter . Doing this would not only make it easier to manage the cables, it would also protect the power cabinets and prevent the accumulation of static electricity .
Static electricity was the bane of electrical rooms . If the place did not use steel plates, he might have fainted from the discharged accumulated static electricity in his body the moment he left the place .
This was not even a joking matter since this had actually happened in other places that did not use these steel plates .
After using these steel plates, the amount of these incidents happening had become close to none . The thicker the steel plate, the quicker it would direct away the accumulated static electricity in the body .
Wei Xiao Bei walked as he once again recorded the numbers in the rows of power cabinets again .
The power cabinet was covered in thick rubber pieces . This was a safety measure used in order to prevent the electrician from being electrocuted .
Wei Xiao Bei took one step and suddenly sensed something wrong with his body as a numbing pain began assaulting his body .
An electrician would be very familiar with this phenomenon .
This was the feeling of having an electric current pass through the body .
It seems that spark that happened when I touched the pen was not an illusion .
My control over this special skill must still be quite bad .
He looked at his hand that was glowing with electric light as he touched the metal covering of the power cabinet . Wei Xiao Bei’s mind was in disarray as he tried to think of a way to train his control over the electric current .
When he walked to the front of the two meter tall voltage converters, he suddenly felt the hidden fearsome energy hidden inside the transformers . He felt an indescribable reverence towards the huge electrical energy stored within it .
Wei Xiao Bei always felt that time passed by quickly in his day shift . He would just record the data in the monitors and follow Engineer Zhang’s instructions to turn on or off some of the electrical circuit switches . He often passed the time with satisfaction, making him feel the shortness of time .
The only problem he felt was that during noon time, his stomach became extremely hungry .
Originally, a 3 . 5 yuan box meal was already enough to fill his stomach . Now, he had to buy 5 boxes before he was full .
Damn!
Wei Xiao Bei became slightly anxious at the amount he was eating .
He had eaten through 17 . 5 yuan for lunch . If this continued on, wouldn’t his three meals cost him 45 yuan?
Wei Xiao Bei had just finished his probationary work period and became a full time employee . But, the monthly wage was only 1200 yuan . Although this amount was not small in his hometown, in Cui Hu City, 1200 yuan would eventually become 200 yuan due to rent, food expense and other expenses .
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