Chapter 279 Another Discovery

"Captain Qiao wants to recruit Yan Zijin into the group?"

Xiang Heng noticed the agitated look on Qiao Yu's face and began to understand something.

Qiao Yu didn't say anything, but looked up at Xiang Heng, and that look said it all.

Xiang Heng raised the corner of his mouth and smiled gently, "If Captain Qiao trusts me, why not leave this matter to me?"

Qiao Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Captain Xiang, are you sure?"

Xiang Heng also raised his eyebrows, "I can't say it's 100%, but I'm still 80% sure."

Qiao Yu's brows relaxed. "Then I'll trouble you, Captain Xiang. If you need anything, just let me know."

Xiang Heng nodded, propped himself up and stood up, saying softly, "Then Captain Qiao, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"Okay." Qiao Yu also pulled Jiang Zhan up.

Seeing Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan preparing to see him off, Xiang Heng waved his hand and quickly walked to the door, "You two, please stay. There's no need to see me off."

After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.

Qiao Yu looked at the door that had been closed again, and then pulled Jiang Zhan to sit down slowly, "We were right to win over Xiang Heng."

Jiang Zhan nodded and added in a low voice: "Yan Zijin is not as loyal as Xiang Heng. We must give him enough benefits."

"I understand." Qiao Yu leaned her head gently on Jiang Zhan's shoulder, her voice a little lazy, "But this is also a good thing."

"Because relationships based on interests are easier to exploit than those based on personal connections."

After all, there is nothing to worry about.

As long as the price is right, the loss is your own responsibility.

Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan had just sat down for a while when they heard another knock on the door.

Qiao Yu raised his head, his expression complicated.

How come they still have shifts?

"It's Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen." Jiang Zhan saw that Qiao Yu was speechless, a smile flashed in his eyes, he touched Qiao Yu's hair, explained, and stood up to open the door.

"Tsk. What's going on?"

As soon as Cheng Sinian entered the room, he saw Qiao Yu lazily leaning on the sofa, supporting his chin with one hand, staring straight at the two of them.

"Why do you look like you don't welcome us?"

"No." Qiao Yu sat up slightly. "Where did you go just now? Did you find anything?"

Cheng Sinian sat down on the chair where Xiang Heng had just been sitting, then reached out and pulled Luo Zhenzhen over, holding her and sitting her on his lap. "We just went to the market and got some information."

"You guys went to the market too?" Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow. "Which market did you go to?"

"We're going to the East Market." Cheng Sinian raised his eyebrows upon hearing this. "Why? You guys are going there too?"

Jiang Zhan walked back to the sofa and sat down, pulling Qiao Yu into his arms again. "We went to Beicheng."

"Then did you find anything?" Cheng Sinian continued to ask.

"Let's talk about yours first." Qiao Yu leaned in Jiang Zhan's arms as if he had no bones, and said lazily.

"That's fine." Cheng Sinian nodded. "We went to the East Market and discovered something very strange."

"To be precise, it's something very unreasonable in the end times."

Qiao Yu didn't respond, but just looked at Cheng Sinian without blinking, waiting for him to continue.

"We all know that after the apocalypse, the most scarce supplies are water and food."

"And if you have to choose the most important of the two, it must be water resources, right?"

"But do you know that in East City, drinking water is actually cheaper than food?"

"Is this reasonable?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan looked at each other, and a trace of solemnity flashed across their faces.

This is indeed unreasonable.

Almost everyone knows how precious water resources are in the end times.

How could the price be cheaper than food?

And in the previous life... Qiao Yu had never heard of any water source being discovered in City A!

Qiao Yu looked slightly stern. "Have you seen the food and water they sell? Are they all normal food and water?"

"We've all looked at the food. It's nothing more than instant noodles, bread, canned food, and moldy flour and rice. There's nothing special about it."

"As for the water..." Cheng Sinian said this, then took out a bottle of water from the space and handed it to Qiao Yu, "We can't tell from the outside, so we bought a bottle."

"Compared to those moldy grains, the price of this water is still expensive, but compared to instant food, it is relatively cheap."

"And we've specifically inquired and found out that all the water sold in the East Market is supplied by the government."

Qiao Yu took the bottle of water, opened the cap, and first put it under his nose to smell it. He didn't smell anything strange, so he dipped his little finger in a little more to taste it.

Just as Qiao Yu was about to put his hand into his mouth, he was stopped by Jiang Zhan.

Jiang Zhan's eyes showed a hint of disapproval. He took the water bottle from Qiao Yu's hand, then handed it back to Cheng Sinian again, saying expressionlessly, "Try it."

“…”

???

Did people say that?

Cheng Sinian's face was filled with grievance and disbelief, "Brother Zhan! You are a typical example of someone who only cares about the opposite sex but has no humanity!"

Jiang Zhan raised his eyebrows calmly, as if saying "you just found out". He still held the water in his hand, as if he had to wait for Cheng Sinian to take it before he would give up.

Cheng Sinian was angry but dared not say anything. Like a bullied wife, he took the water and wailed at Luo Zhenzhen with a sad face, "Wife, they all bullied me..."

Luo Zhenzhen touched Cheng Sinian's head with pity, her expression a little embarrassed, but her eyes were very firm, "It's okay, just a little taste. If there is any problem, Sister Qiao will definitely save you!"

“…”

It's over, my wife is unreliable.

This little heartless guy!

Cheng Sinian gave up struggling and silently took the bottle of water. He imitated what Qiao Yu had just done, dipped his little finger in the water, and then licked it.

"How is it?" Qiao Yu asked Cheng Sinian with concern while letting Jiang Zhan wipe her hands with disinfectant wipes.

Cheng Sinian frowned and smacked his lips, a heavy look suddenly flashing across his face. "There's a faint salty taste in this water."

Salty?

The four of them looked at each other and simultaneously thought of the same thing.

"When we were in Dama Village..." Luo Zhenzhen pursed her lips, "Was the water there... also slightly brackish?"

The giant mutant plant that emits the smell of barbecue and produces meat-like fruits produces water by absorbing human blood and flesh.

"Could it be... that they raised those mutant plants?"

How many people will they kill to create so much water?

And they also remembered that the smell emitted by the plant was hallucinogenic!

Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan remained silent.

If City A really did raise that kind of mutant plant, then all of this would make sense...