Chapter 67 Qi Nian’s Dilemma

Qi Nian worked hard all night and waited until dawn before throwing all the bodies into the dug pit.

The workers laid a thick layer of firewood and straw at the bottom of the pit to allow the bodies to burn thoroughly.

The 61 bodies piled together looked like a mountain of corpses. The burning black smoke rolled up into the sky. The scene was quite shocking.

The corpse pit burned for a whole day. Qi Nian only left two of his men to watch over it and make sure all the corpses were burned.

Then bury them on the spot and build a tomb.

Before dawn, Mu Jiu and his companions packed up their sleeping tents and headed towards the greenhouse area to start work.

Qi Nian followed Mu Jiu's instructions and brought all the people in front of the land temple to the mountain to pick.

Practice makes perfect. Mu Jiu and his colleagues’ picking speed is gradually increasing and their efficiency is steadily improving.

That day, except for lunch time, everyone was working hard.

Before sunset, the set target was exceeded and about 300 acres of greenhouse vegetable fields were harvested.

A total of about 500,000 kilograms of fresh lettuce, 1.5 million kilograms of fresh cucumbers, and 1.1 million kilograms of fresh carrots were harvested.

At this point, there is no shortage of vegetables. They are stored in Mu Jiu's space warehouse. Even if they are not planted, he can eat them safely for several lifetimes.

As for the remaining 200 acres of land, Mu Jiu went to see it and found that it was planted with the holy product for cooling off in the summer - watermelon!

This was much earlier than Mu Jiu's scheduled time, so there was no rush to finish the work.

She planned to pick all the watermelons here tomorrow, and then go up the mountain to dig trees the day after tomorrow. After she had dug enough, she would leave the planting base and go to the next location to sweep.

The 10,000 kilograms of vegetables promised to Qi Nian had already been prepared in the space warehouse and placed in a separate place.

Mu Jiu and his friends finished early today. When they returned to the land temple, the sun had just set halfway into the ground.

Xiao Huang was responsible for cooking dinner, while the rest of the people began to set up the tent again and prepare to rest for the night.

Qi Nian's people were busy carrying the results of today's battle to the foot of the mountain.

Judging from the situation, the weight of the fruit today is no more than yesterday.

Finally, before the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the earth's surface, all the fruits were moved into the barrier circle of the land temple by Qi Nian's men.

There were a total of 230,000 kilograms of fruit. One can imagine how much pressure Qi Nian put on everyone.

So much so that almost everyone collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

The white crystals on their clothes were layer upon layer, indicating that the sweat had wet their clothes again and again. It was really hard work.

After weighing, according to the agreement, Mu Jiu had to provide 230 servings of food.

According to the previous approximate proportions, Mu Jiu took out 50 kilograms of pork, 100 kilograms of beans, 100 kilograms of potatoes, 100 kilograms of rice, and 230 eggs from the space.

There are only 61 people left on Qi Nian's side. The number of people has been halved, but the food has been doubled. The food is obviously a level higher than yesterday.

For dinner, each person had a bowl of white rice, a portion of beans and pork slices, a portion of spicy and sour potato shreds, and a whole fried egg!

Compared with yesterday's minced meat and egg, the large chunks of meat in everyone's bowls today made them feel like they had returned to the level before the apocalypse.

Perhaps because everyone present had participated in the labor and knew how uncomfortable it was to work under the scorching sun, no one complained anymore.

When eating, it was very quiet in front of the land temple, and the only sound was the sound of the spoon scraping the bottom of the bowl.

This scene was beyond Qi Nian's expectations. After all, his planting base had never treated women as men.

Among the survivors, the remaining twenty or so villagers were basically all women.

Mu Jiu had just finished his meal when Qi Nian came over.

"Boss Mu, thank you for your advice yesterday."

Of course, Mu Jiu didn't think that he just came to thank him. "Boss Qi, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Qi Nian coughed twice embarrassedly.

“That day, Boss Mu said that he would show me a way out after the transaction was completed.

Regarding this matter, Boss Mu, please inform me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared."

So that's it, Mu Jiu jokingly said:

"What? Boss Qi doesn't plan to continue the transaction and is leaving early?"

"That's not the case. After all, we haven't received the 10,000 kilograms of vegetables agreed with Boss Mu yet. If we leave like this, we will be out of food." Qi Nian said.

Mu Jiu said: "The safe way out of the apocalypse is not a secret.

Boss Qi also saw that the land temple in this village, which was only half a person's height, could generate such a large barrier safety space to resist tens of thousands of monsters.

Then, can the more magnificent and solidly built, more prosperous, and authentic temples and Taoist temples, be able to create safer and more solid barrier spaces?"

"So Boss Mu wants me to take my people to seek refuge in a temple or Taoist temple?"

"certainly."

"Boss Namu, do you have any reliable temple recommendations?"

"No, but overall, the bigger ones are probably safer than the smaller ones."

Boss Qi...

Mu Jiu was speaking the truth. No matter which doomsday base it was, it was a small cannibalistic society.

For ordinary people facing a strange world, going to the base to survive is the only way out, otherwise they can only wait for death.

It's the so-called return of a favor. After all, Mu Jiu has taken over the entire planting base of Boss Qi, which contains millions of kilograms of fruits and vegetables, so he is willing to sell it to him at a good price.

"This is for you. While there's still time before departure, study carefully and see where the majority of your team members would be best suited to go."

Mu Jiu took out a city map from her bag. It was exactly the same as the one she gave to Gao's parents.

At that time in the warehouse supermarket, Mu Jiu collected several large boxes of city tourist maps, including leaflets and booklets, which totaled to thousands of copies. She was not short of resources in this area.

Looking at the exquisite and complete map, Qi Nian was stunned for a few seconds, then he took it with both hands and opened it immediately.

The planting base is located on the outskirts of Hui City. If you go further out, you will be out of the territory of Hui City, so it is relatively far from the city center.

Looking at the map, Qi Nian wondered:

"Then why didn't Boss Mu take your team to seek refuge, but came here instead?"

Mu Jiu chuckled, "Isn't this obvious? Boss Qi is asking questions knowing the answer!"

It's not an official charity that allows you to go to one of the few safe places in the end times. We can't let you go empty-handed and provide you with food and drink.

Paying grain and working, no one can escape.

Who wants to lose their autonomy unless it is absolutely necessary?

But the people on Boss Qi's team have no ability to deal with the weirdness at all. Apart from seeking refuge at the base, there is no other way out."

Mu Jiu revealed Qi Nian’s current predicament in one sentence.

Among the more than 60 people here, he is the only one who has awakened his superpowers.

Moreover, his level is too low. Although he seems to be the leader of this group, in fact, he can't fight against the strange attack for more than a few minutes, which means he has basically no ability to resist.

"I wonder if Boss Qi is interested in joining my team?" Mu Jiu suddenly asked.

Qi Nian is a person with strong execution ability, and possesses the earth-related ability, one of the basic elemental abilities.

It is only a matter of time before he becomes as powerful as Alvin and Xiao Huang. Letting him join the team is definitely the right choice.

Qi Nian was obviously taken aback by this question. For a moment, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Poaching the team leader, it was really...