Chapter 25

After watching Yuan Xu's starship leave, Xipo and Xiyao hurried down to the bottom of the ravine.

After listening to most of what was said, the two of them could roughly guess what the previous negotiations were about, but they couldn't help feeling confused.

Until I saw the balance in Xiyue’s computer account.

Xiyao gasped: "20 billion!"

Compared with the current situation of the three siblings, she felt that she was very rich with less than two million star coins before.

In the blink of an eye... the unit changed to 100 million? ! !

Xiyue didn't have time to explain. She glanced at the foul-smelling corpses not far away and said, "Let's go check on Fernhead and the others first. Xipo, tell Shanzhuang and the technicians to wait."

Four employees and two children were detained in Xiyue's home.

The room was in a mess, with compressed food scraps and packaging bags scattered all over the floor. There was also a pile of clothes and a plastic basket of scattered supplies on the floor by the door.

Aside from Yaya, all four adults and one child were injured. Zhu Yuanfu and his wife were especially bruised. The man had a bruised face and nose, while the woman's face was covered in snot and tears. They looked incredibly miserable.

Xiyue saw several pieces of broken rope and the bruises on everyone's wrists. She thought they must have been tied up for a long time, and were not free until Yuan Xu arrived and killed the gang of thugs.

We should indeed thank that dude.

Xiyue had originally arranged for Li Kangwen and his wife to take turns watching over the house, but she hadn't expected the North District thugs to target their home. First, they broke in and apprehended Li Kangwen. Then, seeing that Li Kangwen hadn't moved, the others came one by one, only to be kidnapped one by one until the whole gang was wiped out.

If those thugs hadn't wanted to take them hostage and ask Xiyue to pay money to redeem them, they would have robbed the supplies and ran away long ago.

I didn't expect that they all died because of greed.

From this perspective, Yuan Xu was quite ruthless and left no one alive.

"Boss, I'm sorry." Li Kangwen looked ashamed. "It was my negligence that wasted so many supplies."

Xi Yue shook her head. The person who was really negligent was not Li Kangwen, but her.

They are hiring people, making large purchases, and even reclaiming farmland outside. It would be strange if they are not targeted by others.

Now that we have 20 billion in funds, there is no need to feel sorry for these supplies.

"I'm glad everyone is okay."

Xiyue said a few words of comfort, and then was surprised to learn that when the conflict broke out with the gangsters, it was Zhu Yuanfu who put up the most fierce resistance.

"Old Zhu even risked his life!" Wang Bifang said crying.

These words made Li Kangwen feel even more guilty. After all, when the incident happened, the first thing that came to his mind was to protect the safety of his wife and son.

Zhu Yuanfu, on the other hand, not only did not take credit for his actions, but was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. With the evidence of the attempted murder in Xiyue's hands, he didn't even dare to meet Xiyue's eyes.

Xiyue smiled slightly and patted his shoulder, causing him to shiver all over.

"If you encounter something like this next time, you don't have to fight them head-on. But you've worked hard this time, so everyone's salary will be doubled."

All four of them were stunned.

I can't even look after the house and I don't do much work, so how can I get a raise?

Even Zhu Yuanfu shook his head, trying to refuse, as if he was afraid of being executed. Only Wang Bifang kept bowing to Xiyue: "Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"

Fernhead shook his head and suddenly asked, "What about me? I even bit those bastards!"

Before he could finish his words, he got a slap from his father.

Xiyue smiled and said, "There are rewards too. Hmm... Then next time I go shopping, I'll take you and Yaya with me and buy you both two new sets of clothes?"

Not only are the children in the Garbage Star Zone dressed in rags, but their clothes also fail to meet the standards for warmth and hygiene.

I had originally wanted to let their parents earn their own wages to buy clothes for their children, but now that this has happened, I've decided to just treat it as a reward.

"Great, great, we have new clothes!" Fernhead cheered. "Ya Ya, we have new clothes to wear!"

Yaya pursed her pale lips and wanted to say, "I have never worn new clothes." Her timid eyes suddenly froze and she looked behind Xiyue.

A fair-skinned little boy stood outside the door. He had a calm expression but surprisingly good-looking features.

Fernhead also noticed it, and immediately put his hands on his hips and glared: "Who are you?"

Shi Hanyi seemed to have completely ignored his demonstrative expression and questioning, and walked straight into the house to hold Xiyue's hand.

"Mother."

Mom...Mom?!

Everyone in the room was stunned again.

The big boss looked to be in his early twenties, yet he had a child? And a son this big?

Xi Yue took a deep breath, avoided Shi Hanyi's little hand, and tapped his forehead: "There's something wrong with this child. He looks pitiful, so I brought him back."

Xi Yao hurried to pull Shi Hanyi: "This is our sister, big sister. Hanyi, stop yelling, understand?"

The others suddenly realized.

When adults have difficulty supporting themselves, abandoning children who have not awakened their spiritual powers is not a common phenomenon, but it is not uncommon.

Parents are both pitiful and hateful, but children are pitiful from the moment they are born.

"The boss is a good man." Du Yun said, walked over to Han Yi, squatted down, and touched his fair and tender face. "Is your name Han Yi? How old are you this year?"

Seeing that everyone's attention was diverted, Xiyue retreated outside the house.

Xipo and Shanzhuang were both outside, and besides them, there was also the sheriff from the local police station.

Xiyue remembered him. He loved to laugh. His surname was Chen and his military rank was corporal.

"Commander Chen, are you here for them?" Xi Yue asked.

Looking south from here, you can see polluted corpses in a corner of the farmland and the figures of several mecha soldiers walking back and forth.

Chen Yu's face was filled with sorrow, but his naturally smiling face made it difficult for people to sense his sadness.

"The 33rd Legion Mecha Star Team has already told me the general situation. There's no problem closing the case, but their bodies have mutated so badly that we need the victims' assistance in confirming their identities."

"No problem." Xi Yue nodded. "Li Kangwen, Zhu Yuanfu, Officer Chen from the Public Security Bureau needs your assistance."

When the two of them had a break, Corporal Chen apologized, "Miss Ji, I need to apologize for this violent crime happening right under my nose."

This surprised Xiyue very much.

It's good enough that the Garbage Star Zone Security Office doesn't collude with gangsters, but they actually apologized for their dereliction of duty?

Because the matter is related to the meta-sequence?

Not necessarily. From the first sight, Xiyue felt that the smiling Corporal Chen was not a bad person.

Li Kangwen goes out to do odd jobs every day and is not very familiar with the garbage citizens in the No. 29 star zone. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanfu is lazy and rarely leaves No. 29, so he knows exactly who the deceased is and where they live.

Seeing that there was nothing for Xiyue to do, she walked towards the farmland.

The contaminated area had been cleared, and this mecha team had arrived to clean up the battlefield. Their robotic arms were equipped with purification guns, which gradually purified the bodies of the contaminated people and the toxic soil that had been thoroughly contaminated by the pollutants.

Xiyue stopped halfway and turned around.

She suddenly remembered that the Star Team was from the 33rd Legion. If anyone among them recognized her, her identity would be exposed.

Xiyue was walking back when she ran into Li Kangwen who was walking towards her.

"Have you finished asking?"

"Not yet. With Yuanfu here, I can't help much."

Li Kangwen blushed and looked towards the farmland, feeling increasingly guilty.

After Yuan Xu rescued them, he asked them to stay in the house and not go out no matter what happened. But unexpectedly, pollution broke out outside.

"By the time Team Star finished purifying the land, it was dry again. Boss, all the growth solution we poured on it was wasted."

The soil is poor and lacks metal elements, and is often called "dry".

Xiyue understood what he meant, because the purification gun would consume the metal elements in the soil, and the main function of the growth liquid that was previously poured was to replenish the metal elements.

"If it dries up, just water it again. If the growth solution is gone, buy more." Xi Yue smiled and waved to someone not far away. "Compared to what I gained on this trip, it's really nothing."

"Harvest?"

Li Kangwen was puzzled, but he heard footsteps behind him and saw a sturdy young man whose name he did not know jogging towards him.

Wearing a blue shirt and black trousers, he is obviously not a trash citizen.

"Let me introduce you to Shan Zhuang, the salesman from Photosynthesis Technology. I've asked him to come over and design our survival barrier. He has brought some technicians with him on the ground. Once the Star Team finishes the purification, they'll start taking measurements."

Li Kangwen was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened suddenly: "Survival barrier? Boss wants to build a survival barrier here?"

"Why, no?"

"Of course!"

Li Kangwen was so excited that he couldn't speak.

With a survival shield, you can provide ample light, purified irrigation water, and optimal temperature and humidity for crop growth. Just buy enough growing fluid to fertilize the soil, and whatever you plant will thrive!

Besides, the boss can even afford a survival barrier, so what’s a mere growth fluid?

After becoming Xiyue's employee, although he worked hard, like Zhu Yuanfu and his wife, he always had a hint of hesitation in his heart.

Is it really possible to engage in farming in the garbage planet area?

It's not like he hadn't tried many years ago, he even tried for nearly two years, but it all ended in failure!

Now, everyone from Photosynthesis Technology has been called in... What's impossible?!

Xi Yue patted his arm and turned to Shan Zhuang, saying, "Li Kangwen is my most trusted employee. If you have any questions about the location, measurements, and special requirements for the survival barrier construction, just ask him directly."

She paused and glanced at the bruises on Li Kangwen's hands and face: "Or you can heal your injuries first?"

"No, no, they're just minor wounds. The bleeding has already stopped and scabbed over. Don't worry, boss!" Li Kangwen patted his chest. "But, boss, how big of an area do we need to build the barrier?"

"I was just about to say this." Xi Yue smiled at Shan Zhuang, "My original budget was 30 million, but now I've changed my mind—there's no budget."

Shan Zhuang felt a chill in his heart.

No budget? Should I reduce my budget or just buy the smallest space possible?

Well...it's okay, at least it's a business deal.

But Xiyue uttered, "Build as big as you can, there's no upper limit."

Shan Zhuang was a little confused.

He understood that "no upper limit" meant no budget limit, but how big exactly did "how big" mean?

This question seems to be more complicated.

He listened to Xi Yue and Li Kangwen discussing for a long time, and only grasped one key point.

"From here all the way south to the edge of the star zone, half of the southern region is uninhabited. If we simply cover the entire ravine with a survival barrier, it would take at least tens of thousands of square meters, right?"

Estimating the price of the survival barrier by square meter, although not professional, but tens of thousands of square meters... is at least a big order of more than 1 billion star coins!

Shan Zhuang felt even more dizzy.

That's not all. Xiyue pulled him aside and asked in a low voice, "How much would it cost to build a barrier covering the entire star region?"

Shan Zhuang looked at her with lifeless eyes, without saying a word, and fainted.