Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three: Camp Assembly p1
Lin Jiayao quickly searched through all her evolutions, but she couldn’t find a skill that could effectively blow away the ashes in the sky. She could only temporarily use her mycelium to split into two blood-red masks.
Lin Jiayao put one on herself, and the other one was for her sister.
As for Huayibai, she didn’t need to breathe at all. Even if the ashes were sucked into her nose, she just found it fun.
“There’s too much ash here, let’s leave quickly after we’re done… Are you going or am I?”
After putting on the mask, with the filtration of the mycelium, Lin Jiayao felt that her breathing became smooth.
Although she could still smell a strong smell of smoke and dust, at least she wouldn’t suck the ash into her nose and choke herself.
“Hmm…” At this time, Lin Xiwan, wearing the mycelium mask handed over by her sister, said in the mycelium mask that was close to her skin, “I’ll go. Are the things on the other big tree?”
Not letting her sister talk to the other party was not for her sister’s safety… but for the other party’s safety.
It wouldn’t be good to scare others.
“Yes.” Lin Jiayao nodded, and at the same time controlled the other building-tree guard to slowly lie down.
This time, Lin Jiayao’s movements were obviously much slower. The landing of the building-tree guard this time did not splash too much ash.
Although they were careful up there, coughing and wearing masks, they looked very embarrassed.
But in the eyes of the people below, they seemed to be “arguing” about something in the ashes, so that both of their bodies trembled a little angrily.
“Thump—”
After another tree monster landed, the people of the Panlong Camp saw that one of the people on the same monster’s head, who was obviously taller, jumped onto the other monster’s head, seeming to be looking for something.
Soon, she took something and jumped directly towards them.
“Tap—”
After landing steadily from the monster’s head, the person slowly walked towards the crowd in the ashes. At this time, they finally saw her appearance clearly.
“It’s her… Second Brother…” The camp leader couldn’t help but nudge Second Brother beside him with his elbow.
“I know, don’t make a fuss, don’t make a fuss, this is a critical moment.”
Second Brother replied in a low voice. Now he was also a little excited.
Because this was the fourth time they had met this woman, including this time.
Although she was wearing loose clothes this time that covered her figure, he still recognized her at a glance.
After all, the beautiful face and wavy black hair were hard to forget.
Fortunately, he hadn’t left any bad impression on the other party every time, and he didn’t feel that the other party had any obvious disgust towards the camp.
If the other party came to communicate with them, then they might be able to stay.
And… was she holding something in her hand?
Although the other party’s face was wearing a bloody mask that almost covered half of her face, Second Brother’s attention was still on the things in the woman’s hand.
Those were two glass bottles… What was in the glass bottles…
Hearing the rustling sound as the woman’s arm swung, Second Brother’s pupils dilated slightly.
Those were seeds!
They were the seeds mentioned when this organization was communicating with Survivor’s Light!
Now she was bringing the seeds over, could it be…
At this time, Lin Xiwan was already standing in front of these camp people. Looking at the dusty camp people in front of her, Lin Xiwan’s mouth under the half mask slowly inhaled.
“I discussed it with the people above, and she agreed to let you stay, but there are some conditions.”
Lin Xiwan tried to speak concisely.
Of course, the people above she referred to simply meant Lin Jiayao, who was still sitting on the big tree monster, and there was no other meaning.
But her words, when they fell into the other party’s ears, changed their meaning.
“You… discussed it with them?” Second Brother took a small step forward and asked sincerely, “Can you tell us what the conditions for staying are?”
Now Second Brother only hoped that the conditions would not be too harsh.
Of course, even if the higher-ups inside wanted to treat them as coolies, they had no way to complain, after all, they were under someone else’s roof.
He only hoped that the higher-ups on the other side would not exploit the people in their camp too much.
Hearing the other party’s respectful tone, Lin Xiwan didn’t think too much, but just told the other party the temporary plan she had discussed with her sister.
“First, you can move around and transform this entire ash area as you please;”
“Second, ordinary people in the camp without combat power must participate in production and planting;”
“Third, if other camps come to seek refuge in the future, you will be temporarily responsible for guiding and receiving them, and assigning tasks.”
“Currently, there are only these three points. We will regularly provide you with clean water sources, enough for your daily use and planting.”
“This is a temporary plan, see if you can accept it.”
After Lin Xiwan finished speaking, she shook the three bottles of sealed seeds in her hand, making a crisp “rustling” sound.
And Lin Xiwan’s words made the people in front of her stunned.
The leader and Second Brother of the camp blinked, then turned their heads and looked at each other, seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes.
These conditions, and she asked if they could accept them?
Holy shit, they could accept it too much!
This was equivalent to dividing a large area within the safe zone for them to use at will, and also regularly providing them with clean water resources!
And they only needed to farm, that’s all!
Even the most exaggerated thing was that the task of receiving and arranging new camps was directly handed over to them…
What did this mean?
It meant that this entire ash area would be their territory in the future… Even if other camps came later, they would have to listen to their commands.
What kind of exploitation was this? The treatment was simply too generous!
Although it was temporary, this was also a sign of decentralization, full of sincerity!
These conditions must be in recognition of their previous actions.
It was hard to believe how much the beautiful woman in front of them had worked to negotiate such favorable conditions for them.
Obviously, she and their camp were just strangers who met by chance.
Second Brother rubbed his eyes, feeling a little touched for a moment.
“Uh…” Seeing that the people in front of her were silent, and the Awakened standing at the front even reached out and wiped a tear, Lin Xiwan pursed her lips, not knowing how to speak.
Were the conditions still too harsh?
Although there was enough water in Kun City, the building-trees and vines themselves stored a lot of water, and they also had their own water purification function.
But after all, there was no food, how could they survive until the first batch of crops matured?
Lin Xiwan looked back at her sister sitting on top, blocked by the building-tree, where the investor was sitting, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again:
“As for food, when you really can’t hold on, we can provide…”
“We accept!” Before Lin Xiwan could finish speaking, Second Brother directly agreed.
“Yes, we accept these conditions.”
The camp leader also nodded, and then slightly bowed to Lin Xiwan.
“Thank you.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you for taking us in.”
Words of gratitude began to rise and fall among the crowd. So many people looked at her with ardent eyes, which made Lin Xiwan feel a little uncomfortable.
“Then… if there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first. If you need anything, just go to the edge of the urban forest and say it. We will place something that can notify us at the border…”
After Lin Xiwan finished speaking, she handed the several large bottles of labeled seeds to the camp leader and Second Brother at the front.
“We will definitely complete this first task… Please wait for good news!”
“Many people in our camp are from farming families, and they have all farmed when they were young. We will definitely live up to your expectations…”
Amidst the crowd’s assurances, Lin Xiwan jumped back onto the building-tree as if escaping and ran back to her sister’s side.
“Huff…” After running to her sister’s side and grabbing her sister’s shoulder, Lin Xiwan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
“They are so enthusiastic…” Lin Xiwan whispered to her sister, and couldn’t help but glance at the crowd below again.
Lin Xiwan sincerely hoped that they could settle down here and become self-sufficient.
This place would not always be an ash area. This forest was also trying to recover itself. The border of the forest was advancing towards the ash area day by day, and one day it would be completely restored.
If this place could really become self-sufficient… it could feed many, many people in the apocalypse!
Even more than Survivor’s Light could save… Maybe it could become a giant camp even larger than Survivor’s Light!
Now Lin Xiwan was looking forward to the people from Qingzhou University Camp coming over. Wan Zi’s camp had ready-made planting technology and skilled planters, and rich experience in managing self-sufficient camps.
If Wan Zi could come, maybe this place could really become a paradise in the apocalypse…
Lin Xiwan thought so, and looked at her sister again.
At this time, the building-tree guard had already stood up and walked into the building-tree forest. Noticing her sister’s gaze, Lin Jiayao smiled helplessly and said:
“Just say it if you have something to say.”
Hearing her sister’s words, Lin Xiwan did not suppress her excitement and directly expressed her thoughts.
“Since there are people here… since they are here… why not try to call the Qingzhou University Camp over, the camp of Wan Zi.”
Lin Xiwan tried to persuade her sister, and explained nervously:
“We have a lot of resources here, enough to support Wan Zi’s camp, and the people in their camp have experience in self-sufficiency, they have good personalities, and Wan Zi’s management experience is also rich…”
“Sigh…” Lin Jiayao took off her mask, smiled and shook her head, “Just do it if you want to.”
Lin Jiayao said, while tilting her head up, looking at her sister standing beside her and teasing, “Are you the older sister or am I the older sister? Why do you ask me everything.”
“If you want to use the radio broadcast, just tell Huayibai… Hey hey hey! Drool! Drool!”
Before Lin Jiayao could finish speaking, her sister cheered “Yay” and directly lowered her head and pecked Lin Jiayao’s face frantically, giving her several big muahs.
Of course, the people below could no longer see their little actions. They watched the two huge monsters carrying the people on top re-enter the forest.
“Huff…”
After the huge tree monsters went away, Second Brother slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this time, there was more of a smile on his face.
He squeezed the bright glass bottle in his hand. The seeds in the glass bottle brought them life and hope.
“They are really good people…” Second Brother sighed.
“Yeah…” The leader couldn’t help but echo.
Suddenly, Second Brother remembered something and shuddered.
“Damn, where are the blood crystals? How did we forget to return them to them?”
Second Brother pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the place where the blood crystals were placed.
Three and a half blood crystals were still lying quietly on the ground, no one touched them.
Although the other party said that this land was at their disposal, they still did not dare to keep these blood crystals.
“It’s okay, didn’t the organization inside say that there would be a way to contact us? We’ll hand them over when we collect them.”
The leader also walked through the crowd and patted Second Brother’s shoulder to comfort him.
“By the way, farming… Who knows how to plant things? Are there any farmers? Right! I remember there was a female doctor before… who was it? She studied biology or something?!”
Soon, Second Brother started to get busy.
Self-sufficiency was a test given to them by the people inside. They had to plant the seeds as soon as possible.
Soon, he found the highest educated person in the camp—a female doctor.
“I’ve already said that I haven’t finished my doctorate… and I study biology, I don’t know much about plants…”
After the woman who looked only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old was pushed out, she kept shaking her head.
Her glasses had been broken in the apocalypse, and she basically couldn’t tell men from women from 50 meters away.
She was able to stay in the Panlong Camp because her aunt had accurate marksmanship and served as a sniper in the exploration team.
As for her, she could basically only do needlework in the camp. Besides that, she was like a useless person. Her only hobby was to fiddle with some bottles and jars that others couldn’t understand.
Now that she was suddenly pushed out, she, who was socially awkward, suddenly panicked a little.
She was a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, and she couldn’t even be called a doctor. Now how could she be asked to study how to farm?
But in most people’s eyes, these terms seemed to be no different.
It was like you were a painter, but you studied 3D modeling, and then your relatives asked if you could draw a portrait for them when they heard that you studied painting.
This was the general idea of most ordinary people with low education.
But looking at the expectant eyes looking at her, and the leader who excitedly handed her those glass bottles, she swallowed hard.
She turned her head and subconsciously looked for her aunt’s figure, and then she saw her aunt carrying a sniper rifle and giving her a thumbs up.
She seemed to be very proud that her niece had become the hope of the whole camp.
It turned out that studying was still useful!
Seeing her aunt’s eyes, the woman wanted to cry but had no tears.
No one could save her.
This time, she was really being forced to do something she wasn’t good at.
The woman braced herself and took the three bottles of seeds and looked at them.
If it weren’t for the words written on them… she wouldn’t have recognized what kind of seeds they were.
She was completely clueless.
“What’s your name again… Xiao… what was it?”
There were many ordinary women in the camp, and Second Brother was usually busy fighting and scavenging, and didn’t have time to recognize them all.
But he could see the woman’s nervousness and wanted to help her relieve her tension by talking.
“My name is Ning Xiaoxiao…” The woman whispered, while flipping through the seed bottles in her trembling hands. Soon, her hands stopped trembling.
Although she didn’t know much about plants, her reading volume made her knowledge in these areas still better than ordinary people.
She studied biomedical engineering, majoring in human diseases, and one of her students had studied the harm and prevention of lettuce downy mildew to humans.
Although she had carefully studied it and rejected this topic at the time, she was not completely ignorant of plants…
And in the large glass bottle in her hand, there was a whole bottle of lettuce seeds…
This time, she really hit the nail on the head.
Everyone seemed to see that she had fallen into deep thought, and they all closed their mouths, not interrupting her thoughts.
“Are there any who have farmed before?” She handed the other two bottles of seeds back to Second Brother and said, “These two bottles can be directly planted in the soil, and it will take at least a quarter to mature…”
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