Cheng Ju put down the food in his hand and said, "By the way, Boss, our base commander wants to see you."

He swallowed the food in his mouth without even taking a breath, and continued: "Or they can come to see you, if it's convenient for you."

Xie Pu Rou had long thought that such a big commotion would alarm the higher-ups. It seemed that every time she set up a stall in each base, she would report it to the higher-ups. After all, food was an important supply.

"No thanks." It looked like it was too crowded here, and it wasn't a good place to talk.

She got out of the car and asked as she walked, "Are we going now?"

Cheng Ju stood up and said, "It's all arranged. We can go now if you're free."

The line at the vending machine next door is only growing, and the speed is much faster than yesterday.

Thinking that I didn't have anything else to do, I agreed.

"Let's go."

Cheng Ju led the way in front, and she walked behind, as if they were just touring the base.

However, she was destined to be disappointed, as she did not see the original appearance of the base at all.

Everyone lined up at the vending machine, and the most common thing she saw was the line of people forming circles around it.

It was like this everywhere, so she just stopped looking and focused on following Cheng Ju's steps.

"Sorry, I should have driven to pick you up."

Without having to listen to his next words, Xie Purou simply waved her hand and refused, "I understand."

It's because she's so influential, eh. (Spreading hands~)

The situation in the office area is obviously much stricter, which can be seen from the fact that the people queuing are circling this area.

After walking a short distance, a group of people stood in front of him wearing the base's uniform that was similar to Cheng Ju's.

When she saw Cheng Ju bringing her over, she put on a smile from afar.

Two men in military uniforms came forward and said warmly, "Welcome! Thank you, Boss."

He extended his hand to the side, and another man in a gray suit and gold-rimmed glasses immediately came over: "Ms. Xie, you are very welcome in our base!"

She took his outstretched hand and shook it gently: "Hello."

"Can I invite you upstairs to talk?"

He asked attentively, his tone revealing anticipation.

She replied politely, "Sure."

The person who was talking to her suddenly looked happy and made a gesture of invitation: "Then let's go."

There was someone leading the way in front, and she walked in the middle. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was like the moon surrounded by stars.

Cheng Ju followed behind all the time.

When she arrived at the conference room, Xie Purou sat in a chair and waited. She looked around and found that the environment of the base was similar to her impression.

The building is not luxurious and everything in the room is in good order.

After she sat down, someone poured her a glass of water and Cheng Ju introduced her to the identities of everyone present.

"This is the base commander of our Dawn Base, and these two are the base commanders of the Eclipse Base and Shengtian Base respectively."

There were only a few of them present, and the leadership did not participate in this meeting.

After Cheng Ju introduced both parties, he left.

There was still tea foam floating in the water served to her on the table, which should have been from before the end of the world.

Xie Pu Rou didn't even take it, but picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

She has never eaten anything other than the B&B since she came to this world, so drinking some tea would be nice.

The taste wasn't very good, perhaps because she was used to the expensive tea at the B&B and felt the tea here lacked flavor. However, it's not easy for the tea to be preserved until now, so I guess it was only used to entertain distinguished guests.

The long-lost system sound rang out: [Ding!]

Xie Purou's hand holding the teacup was numb for a moment. The sound was too loud and she couldn't control herself.

The next system prompt followed: [Dawn Base, Eclipse Base, and Shengtian Base have triggered the lighting conditions and have been lit up on the map. Host, please go to manage it as soon as possible.]

Completely confused.

She hasn't done anything yet, how did the lighting conditions trigger?!

"Tongzi, does the lighting condition require operating at the base?"

That's not right. If the requirement to light up a base is to operate in this base, she has been to so many bases to set up stalls before, why weren't they all lit up?

M80 replied: [No, host.]

Seeing her standing there in a daze, seemingly lost in thought, Base Commander Dawn spoke first.

"Boss Xie, we asked you to come here to discuss some supplies."

Xie Purou came back to her senses, put down her teacup, tapped her fingers on the table, and slowly said, "How do you want to talk?"

"Let's not beat around the bush. We're here for food and supplies. We hope to discuss long-term supply for our three bases."

She had guessed that they came to her about supplies. Since they brought it up first, she was not in a hurry and waited quietly to see what else they would say.

Now that she had the base lit up, she wasn't in a hurry at all.

"We heard before that you were looking for water?" The commander of the Dawn base asked tentatively.

Hearing about the water source she was looking for, Xie Purou raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm looking for it."

The man had already told her the direction of the water source. Since the water source had been discovered by the base, they would definitely send people to guard it. As long as she was determined to look for it, she would be able to find it. It would just be a little trouble.

Seeing that she still didn't respond, the three of them became a little anxious.

Normally they would not show their eagerness in the negotiation, but this time the three old guys could not hold it back.

Food is the lifeline in the last days. Even if they have to cede land or beg for food today, they must get it.

The three of them winked at each other in front of Xie Purou, using expressions to convey their meaning.

The Eclipse Base Commander curled his lips at the Dawn Base Commander as he pointed towards Xie Purou, saying, "Keep talking."

The head of Shengtian Base was straining his features, urging: "Hurry up and tell me!"

Looking at the leaders of the three bases making all kinds of exaggerated expressions in front of her, Xie Pu Rou felt helpless: Sometimes it is quite helpless to negotiate alone.

I mentally replayed all the sadness in my life and finally managed to suppress a smile, pursing my lips to hide the corners of my mouth that I couldn't suppress at all.

"Um... I don't know if the water source we have is the one you want..."

The head of the Dawn Base said something on the intercom, and someone outside brought in a new glass of water and placed it in front of Xie Pu Rou.

The water delivery man closed the door, and Xie Pu Rou sat a little forward, feeling a mysterious aura like spiritual spring water.

She watched with great interest: "Is there any special use for this water?"

"Yes, yes." The Eclipse Base Commander said hurriedly, "You only need to drink a small amount of this water. Any external injuries will be healed immediately."

"Is it healing?"

She remembered that Qiu Kan had tried the spring water in her space. He said that after drinking some, he felt a warm sensation on the old wounds on his body.

She had no wounds on her body and didn't understand what the effect was. For her at the moment, the spiritual spring water only made the water taste better and could help plants grow.