[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-king-of-technology":3,"chapter-i-m-the-king-of-technology-i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm the King Of Technology",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},971877,1270,"Chapter 173 Elijahs New Home","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Elijah hurriedly got up and washed his face thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was a brand new day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used to be a wandering worker, until he got to Baymard 11 days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came from the empire of Deiferus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His parents, grandmother and sister, had come here because their little town... had been raided by blood gangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the people had perished... while the few that survived, either fled or got sold into slavery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days before the attack, one of the newly established blood gangs came over to the town to make a deal with the town’s leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had told the leader to submit to them, or prepare for war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that submitting meant taking sex slaves and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course the leader submitted to them, although the people were against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the town leader really didn’t care, since they had promised to give him as much money as possible... if he could keep sending women and children to the gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day that the town leader had made the official announcement to welcome the gang into the town... some of the people became frightened, and immediately planned to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others decided to stay and submit themselves as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also those who wanted to put up a fight, but they had obviously lost their lives at the hands of this gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Elijah’s family, immediately after the announcement was made... they took a group of their closest friends and fled the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since then, they had been wandering about non-stop from one place to another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would move from place to place, doing tiresome jobs.. and sometimes, they would get beaten up badly while at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst thing of all, was that his sister got targeted here and there because of her looks... hence they had to disguise her as a boy whenever they traveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had decided to wander into cities that wouldn’t call too much attention on themselves, since they were afraid that some nobles might capture them and sell them as slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when they finally reached Banwy City, their luck had turned for the better... when a ship had arrived at the dock of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to a strange man, they took the chance and got on the ship.... which then brought them to Baymard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah was 17 years old, while his sister was 19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bang! Bang! Bang!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Paula! Paula! Wake up, we’re going to be late!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mom and dad are up already!\" He yelled out, as he banged the door to his older sister’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their family first got here, they had been taken to an estate within the upper region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even though his majesty had settled them in, he had also arranged for the slaves and refugees to tour the homes within District F.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and his family had spent 2 days looking through several homes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the 5th of December... they had finally picked a home,signed their mortgage contract and moved in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of their friends were still staying at the refugee estate within District C (upper region), but they chose and preferred to be independent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah’s father worked at the construction industry, his mother worked at the Textile Industry.... while his sister worked at the Bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for him, he worked at the newly established Waste & Recycle Management Industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words couldn’t describe how excited and amazed he was, the first time he stepped into the industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is your sister up yet?\" His father yelled out from downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m up! I’m up! I’m up!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my heavens!! What time is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t you guys wake me up earlier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What do you think I’ve been doing here for the last couple of minutes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And mind you, this is my 4th attempt at waking you today.’ Elijah thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elijah could hear his sister’s voice, as well as footsteps from behind her door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It almost sounded like she was currently fighting with a bear in her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly opened the door and dashed towards the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that you’re up, don’t forget to lock the door when you leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breakfast is already on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dad, Mom and he will be heading to the lower region now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bye sis!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His parents were already waiting for him at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time for him to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he got to work, he immediately changed in the locker room, clocked in, and headed to his duty post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Drrrrrmmmmm!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hear the sounds of the machines, as he walked towards his station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He worked at the sorting station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, he was very impressed with the whole recycling procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All throughout Baymard, the garbage bins have different colors and signs on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was blue for plastic recyclable items, bottles, cardboard, paper and other recyclables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green for food and organic waste... and family black for every other thing... like dirt, dead light bulbs and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, there were different garbage trucks that drove around the city collecting specific garbage from these trash bins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the blue colored trucks would kick up garbage from the blue colored trash bins... and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after collection, the garbage gets sent to different sectors within the plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The non-recycable waste is crushed and literally turned to powder, while the recyclables are sent to where he was working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, when the recyclables got to the plant, they’re loaded and spread on a massive conveyor belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The belt was ridiculously long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conveyer belt carried the garbage up an inclined slope, towards the 2nd floor of the building.... which was the sorting station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were several sorting stations within the building....but Elijah was working on the first station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the massive door, and quickly stood at his station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The workers were supposed to stand at different sections along the conveyor belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The belt, winded like a race track... making several turns and bends all within the sorting room.\u003C\u002Fp>",1002,"2026-06-03T07:55:13.591Z","2026-06-03T07:55:19.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","775e902a14fab79debde4c3f3beacb4694a923b4eea86fb7b0f4d56de383111f","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-174","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-172",1977,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-king-of-technology-cover.jpg"]