Chen Jiaqian was indeed very capable. Not only did she successfully push both her husband and Qu Weiwei to the position of deputy, she also acted very dissatisfied, complaining everywhere that Qu Weiwei had divided her husband's power, pretending that she didn't know the Shen Qing team at all and was very displeased with Qu Weiwei for sharing power.
But even though such a good position was right in front of her, Qu Weiwei didn't really want to go.
This time, finding the colleagues from the third farm made Qu Weiwei see more clearly how much Shen Qing helped her. In order to expose the secret, she took some effort to find several colleagues who were injured at the time, but most of them had died silently, and even their family members without superpowers were unknown whether they were still in this world. Most of those who survived were barely able to survive because there were other people in their family who had superpowers.
Even so, Qu Weiwei still felt horrified when she saw the severed limbs of those people.
"The boss has been so kind to me, and now I have a better job opportunity and you just leave. Who am I? I won't go. I will stay in our team and work like a slave for you." Qu Weiwei made up her mind and pestered Shen Qing.
She and Tang Wenjie are now cooperating well in tactics. And because the military has built a farm outside the base, this iron cage tactic really needs wood-type psychics to weave a vine barrier to dig out the crystal core. Now the status of wood-type psychics in the base has risen. Two of the wood-type psychics that Shen Qing found in the outer city team said they would quit before the probation period was over, and planned to seek a way out on the military farm.
Shen Qing and the others understood very well and released the person without hesitation. But Qu Weiwei knew that if she left, it would be difficult to find another wood-type supernatural person to replace her and team up with Tang Wenjie. "Didn't we say before that we were going to the Jade Wholesale Market in Lan Province and the Textile Century City in downtown Hongcheng? How are you going to get there if I leave?"
Shen Qing, on the other hand, felt the benefits of having someone to back him up after becoming friends with Lin Ning. Although he initially made friends with Lin Ning purely for the sake of friendship, the aura of power attached to Lin Ning still shone on him, making his life much smoother than when he was relying on the chief clerk and Yang Shuban. On the other hand, having one's own people in the middle and senior levels of the military was much better than relying on outsiders, so he still supported Qu Weiwei to work in the military.
And, "Isn't the military renting out ready-made iron cages with wheels now? Xiao Tang doesn't have to condense and control the iron cage himself. We can make one ourselves according to his method. In the end, Xiao Tang can condense the metal wall to replace the vine barrier."
"We don't even need universal wheels." Shen Qing, who was inspired by the military, said, "We can just weld the cage directly to the car. That way, there's no need for people to push it inside. We can just drive the car. It's very convenient." With Tang Wenjie around, no matter how tricky the shape is, it can be done.
They have space. Cars with unique shapes that are not normally convenient to use can be stored in the space and taken out when needed. This is much more convenient than other teams.
"Besides," Shen Qing thought about it and felt that it was very likely, "You have already joined the military. I think the military will soon find an excuse to bring Xiao Tang over as well."
Chen Jiaqian is very capable, but the position reserved for Qu Weiwei by the Third Farm is not low. Her husband is not bad. He was an elite talent before the apocalypse, and he also worked as a small leader at the city wall for a period of time after the apocalypse. He has certain management ability. Qu Weiwei is a female college student with no work experience. If it is just compensation for the victims, even with Chen Jiaqian's operation, I am afraid she can't be given such a high position.
Shen Qing still believed that the military might have long been interested in Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei's abilities. Their abilities were different from the ordinary gold and wood abilities, rare and useful, and the military was not satisfied with just borrowing them, and was eager to poach them.
But Shen Qing was willing to let them poach people. What kind of backers can be more solid than one's own people? "When Chen Jiaqian is in the dark and you are in the light, do we still need to work hard to complete the mission? Can't we walk sideways in the base?" Shen Qing teased her.
After Shen Qing said so, Qu Weiwei reluctantly agreed. She really didn't want to leave the familiar and comfortable team and start over in an unfamiliar environment. She also didn't want to change her place of work. Where else could be more comfortable and have better benefits than Shen Qing's team? But in order to become Shen Qing's supporter, Qu Weiwei was willing to study hard and fight hard: "Okay... But even if I go to work there, I will still live in our villa and be a member of our team. You can't chase me away QAQ!"
"No," Shen Qing comforted her, "You will always be a member of our team. This is your home. We... are a family."
Qu Weiwei was so moved that she agreed to the military's request and postponed her reporting time for a long time. During this time, she went on another mission with Shen Qing and the others, treating it as a team-building activity before changing jobs.
Since they couldn't go far away, they went to the Textile Century City in Hongcheng. There weren't many people there. Now that her and Tang Wenjie's abilities had been upgraded to middle and high levels, the four of them dared to give it a try.
Textile Century City is the largest fabric wholesale market in the province where Hongcheng is located. Most of the shops on the first floor and the surrounding bungalows sell curtains, and there are also a few shops selling disassembled cloth. The second floor and above sell whole pieces of fabric. Uniform fabrics, suit fabrics, cotton, cotton silk, polyester, chiffon, organza... and all kinds of silk and brocade. It can be said that everything is available.
Shen Qing has been thinking about this place for a long time. In ancient times, cloth was also a kind of hard currency, but modern cloth is very different from ancient times. The ramie and linen clothes worn by ordinary people are far less comfortable than modern cotton and linen. They are hard and rough and very uncomfortable to scratch on the body. Those with better family conditions will make a set of fine cotton inner clothes to wear next to the body, and those who don't have the conditions can only bear it. When the skin is worn rougher, the roughness of the cloth will not be noticed.
As for silk and brocade, the weaving, dyeing and printing technology in ancient times was far inferior to that of modern times. The woven silk would loosen after a few washes and become a mess. The dyed color was not strong and would fade after a few washes. The clothes of the rich and powerful were only worn a few times before being discarded.
Modern silk and brocade, in terms of color and durability, are much better than those in ancient times. They will not leak if you put them in the washing machine. At most, some threads will be scraped out. It is best to wash them by hand. They can be worn for several years without any problems. Shen Qing saved some fabrics in the space during this trip. They will be very good for future use, whether for himself or as gifts.
In order to reassure Qu Weiwei, they welded the cage to a jeep this time. They welded it from the chassis, and the window was one meter away from the edge of the cage. People did not need to get out of the car, they could release their superpowers and crossbows to kill the zombies outside the cage while sitting in the car.
Then there was no need for Qu Weiwei to take action. Tang Wenjie used his metal power to trap the zombies' bodies in a metal wall, and then slowly got out of the car to dig out the crystal cores.
"This step should be possible even for those with abilities other than gold or wood. Those with earth ability can probably do it as well." An earth ability user can build an earth wall, which has the same effect of isolating the zombies.
Qu Weiwei touched her nose and said, "It seems that I am really of no use." But at the same time, she also felt relieved about her team after she went to work outside.
Perhaps there is no one in this world who is absolutely irreplaceable, and all good things must come to an end.
The trip was quite smooth at the beginning. Shen Qing's team adhered to their usual cautious tactics and would rather delay the time to ensure the safety of all personnel. However, they did not expect to encounter a mutant zombie on the top floor. It seemed to be a wind-type zombie that could attack from a distance. This time, their iron cage could not completely resist it. Shen Qing was not careful and his arm was cut by the wind blade emitted by the zombie, leaving a 10-centimeter-long cut, but fortunately it was not too deep.
Fortunately, they had a large number of people, powerful superpowers, and a variety of weapons. The ordinary zombies on this floor had long been wiped out, leaving only this mutant. The superpowers and bullets took turns to hit it, and soon the mutant zombie was beaten into a sieve.
Song Kaiji held Shen Qing's arm in fear and said, "How could this happen? Why would a zombie attack you?"
"?" Qu Weiwei was puzzled. Do zombies have to pick people to attack? Don't they attack randomly?
Song Kaiji pursed his lips and said nothing.
Shen Qing understood what he meant and consoled him, "Maybe I was standing right in the direction of the zombie. It threw a wind blade at us randomly, and I was unlucky enough to run into it." Shen Qing recalled his position at the time. Originally, Qu Weiwei was standing in front of him. Later, when she found out that the zombies could attack from a distance, Qu Weiwei immediately took two steps forward and used vines to weave a wall to block it, leaving him outside. The vine wall blocked most of the attack, and only a little bit of it came through the gaps between the vines, otherwise Shen Qing's wound would not be so shallow.
Shen Qing felt that the zombie was originally planning to attack Qu Weiwei, but Qu Weiwei walked away temporarily and he happened to be standing behind Qu Weiwei, so he was hit by the wind blade. "It was just a coincidence."
"Don't talk so much, wrap him up quickly." Qu Weiwei urged, "Blood is the easiest to attract zombies." The last time they encountered a gold zombie, there was a mutant plant next to it that would cooperate with the mutant zombie. Qu Weiwei was worried that there would be something next to this one, fearing that it would be attracted by Shen Qing's blood. After carefully checking for a long time and finding nothing abnormal, she dug up the brain core of the mutant zombie.
This one was a circle larger than the gold zombie crystal core she had absorbed before. But the color was transparent. Qu Weiwei wiped off the blood on it and looked at it carefully against the light: "Is this the wind type?"
Before she finished speaking, Qu Weiwei felt a breeze coming. She instinctively waved her vines to resist, rolled on the ground, rolled to Song Kaiji and threw the crystal core to him: "Put it away!"
Song Kaiji immediately did as he was told. At the same time, everyone took up defense and looked warily at the place where Qu Weiwei had just been.
After missing the target and failing to snatch the crystal core, a parrot as big as a rooster howled angrily, "Give it to me! Give it to me!"
It is very scary to see such a mutant animal speaking human language.
"It's quite intelligent. The boss was bleeding, but it didn't attack him first, but went to snatch the crystal core from Sister Weiwei." Tang Wenjie analyzed seriously. "Is there something accompanying each mutant zombie? But when we killed the mutant zombie just now, it didn't come out to help."
It was different from the plant last time. Could it be that the companion organisms would not necessarily cooperate with the zombies, and might also covet the crystal core in the mutant zombies' brains? If the mutant plants and animals had such wisdom, and the zombies had evolved long-range attacks, the situation for humans would be bad.
Seeing the crystal core disappear in Song Kaiji's hand, the big parrot's eyes turned red and it pounced on them angrily: "Give it to me! Die!"
Shen Qing had a flash of inspiration, and he quickly took out a pot of oil from the space and poured it on the parrot. He then sprayed the parrot with a caramel pudding blowgun, and instantly the big parrot turned into a fireball.
Tang Wenjie immediately wove a metal net to keep the parrot out. The parrot hit the cage and fell straight to the ground, and the fireball screamed while emitting the aroma of roasted chicken.
This was different from a fire-type psychic simply attacking with fire. After the oil was poured on the parrot, every feather was soaked in oil, and even if it rolled around and flapped its wings, it couldn't put out the fire, and it couldn't dodge it at all.
Others: “…”
I’m impressed, this is possible!
Their boss is really good at hunting! Tang Wenjie even said, "We can give the fire-type mutants in the outer city team a spray bottle filled with oil. It will be very useful when they encounter mutant animals or villains."
Qu Weiwei's mind was all on the parrot. She sniffed and exclaimed, "It smells so good. Can I eat it?" Generally speaking, the meat of mutant animals is very unpalatable, but with so much oil poured on it, it smelled particularly good!
When the fire finally went out, Qu Weiwei volunteered to dig out the crystal core and secretly took a small bite.
Hiccup.
Very disappointed.
The crystal core dug out from the big parrot's brain was about the same size as an ordinary zombie's crystal core, but its color was green with a hint of red, very similar to the color of its feathers.
"What type is this?" Several people gathered around the two crystal cores to discuss. Qu Weiwei would not participate in the crystal core division this time. She had absorbed a crystal core from a mutant zombie before, and now she was a mutated wood type. She felt that there was no room for further transformation. Tang Wenjie and Song Kaiji could give it a try, especially Song Kaiji. He had been stuck for a long time. It was time to upgrade, right?
However, "I suggest you adjust your condition and try again."
Qu Weiwei had a feeling. She had absorbed the crystal core in her extreme state last time. She didn't know if it was because of her bad state, but she felt like she would turn into a zombie at any time. She survived by her strong willpower. Maybe if she was in a better state, there would be no such risk.
After hearing what Qu Weiwei said, Song Kaiji and Tang Wenjie naturally became much more cautious. They had been fighting all morning and were already very tired. At this moment, they sealed all the passages on the top floor, checked them carefully, and then sat down to eat and rest.
In the end, it was decided that Tang Wenjie would absorb the parrot crystal core, and Song Kaiji would absorb the mutant zombie's crystal core, and the two should not absorb them at the same time, so that if there were any accidents, the other could still help.
Thinking of this, Tang Wenjie looked at the crystal core in his palm.
It would be great if Qi Zhan was here. If there were any accidents, he could help sort them out.
Soon Tang Wenjie smiled and shook his head again. He had not been in contact with Qi Zhan for a long time. Even if he was still in contact with Qi Zhan, there was no benefit. Why would Qi Zhan come to accompany him on the mission?
That person...
However... he glanced at the crystal core in his palm again: "I'll go back to the base and absorb it."
The others were a little curious, but didn't ask too much. Maybe Tang Wenjie was just a cautious person?
Song Kaiji adjusted his state and absorbed the crystal core. He was much smoother than Qu Weiwei, and he didn't feel like he was going to become a zombie. He absorbed the crystal core smoothly, and his ability was directly upgraded by one level. Song Kaiji opened his eyes, a faint blue light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand and sent out a blade, directly cutting off the metal cage that Tang Wenjie had condensed.
Tang Wenjie: "...Can't you cut something else?"
Maybe that zombie is really a wind type. The blade that Song Kaiji released looked like a space blade and a bit like a wind blade, and it seemed to be a combination of the two. Its effectiveness was a bit stronger than that of ordinary space blades and wind blades.
Song Kaiji tried a few more times and said jokingly, "Why not just call it Feng Jian Ren?"
"This name sounds like a good life."
Song Kaiji suddenly had an idea and picked up Shen Qing. The next second, they both appeared ten meters away.
"It worked!" Song Kaiji was happier than the activation of the long-range attack because he could finally teleport with others. This meant that next time he encountered any danger, especially against a strong opponent, if he couldn't beat him, he could run away with his teammates.
Cowards are happy.
Although there was a little danger, the operation was generally fruitful. However, on the way back, they encountered another mutant zombie.
This mutant zombie can also attack from a distance, and it is clearly a fire type. However, it is weaker than the one in Textile Century City. After searching for a long time, no mutant animals or plants were found to be associated with it. Shen Qing and his friends speculated that perhaps after the zombies mutated, they would attract mutant plants or animals to come, either to covet the crystal core or to seek cooperation, thus forming the so-called "accompanying". However, this zombie seemed to have just evolved into a mutant zombie, and no animals or plants had discovered it yet.
However, encountering two mutant zombies in one mission was not good news. Shen Qing and his team were in a slightly heavy mood. The base had finally made iron cages to ensure the safety of most of the zombie hunters. Once the zombies evolved into long-range attacks on a large scale, this tactic would be useless. Zombies could still hit the mutants through the cages, and the casualty index would rise again.
They reported this to Shao Nan. The military had actually noticed something, but what did it matter? The evolution of creatures - well, zombies can be considered creatures, so how can humans resist them? Just like when the zombies broke out, humans are still helpless to this day, so the evolution of zombies is the same. They can only double their defenses and remind the superpower team not to go too far if their combat power is not strong enough.
Qu Weiwei kept delaying until the day came when she had to report to the third farm. When she returned to the farm again, although her status had changed, she was still in a very bad mood. Seeing that the middle-level managers who had oppressed her in the past now smiled flatteringly at her, she was not happy at all.
She really hoped that Shen Qing's analysis was true, and that the military was just using the Third Farm as a springboard, and would promote her to another place sooner or later. She really didn't want to stay in this place with bad memories any longer!
After entering the farm, someone led her to her office. She was treated very well now. The office was probably about 50 square meters, large and bright, with old-fashioned mahogany tables and chairs, sofas, and a set of Kung Fu tea sets. I don't know which big leader was fired before and gave it to her at a low price.
There is a small cubicle behind the office with a bed and bathroom where she can rest.
"Deputy Director Qu, the director has gone to check on the farm. Deputy Director Wang's office is right next to yours. He and his wife are in the office now. Would you like to go over and say hello?" The staff member who led the way suggested with a smile. It was a reminder to Qu Weiwei, but it was also possible that he was trying to intimidate Qu Weiwei, making her appear inferior to Deputy Director Wang as soon as she entered the farm?
Freshly graduated college students cannot tell the twists and turns of the workplace, so they just use violence to deal with all kinds of changes. Deputy Director Wang is Chen Jiaqian's husband. Since Chen Jiaqian wants to pretend that they don't know each other and can't get along, Qu Weiwei simply cooperates and snorts coldly: "Why do I have to say hello? Forget about the director, I will say hello when he comes back."
Although she was not sure what the benefit of pretending not to know each other or not getting along was, Chen Jiaqian was smarter than her, and it was always right to listen to smart people!
The staff member immediately apologized and said with a wry smile, "You're right. Why don't we wait for the director to come back and let him introduce us to each other?"
Qu Weiwei nodded casually and sat down at her desk. She seemed to be checking the things on the desk carefully, but in fact she couldn't understand most of them.
Help! She only knows how to grow plants, fight, and weave vines. She is a skilled worker, why is she asked to manage?
Qu Weiwei was in a dilemma. Song Kaiji could teleport people now, so could she ask Song Kaiji to send her to Chen Jiaqian's house at night and let Jiaqian teach her what to do? ?
However, Qu Weiwei did not expect that before she went to Chen Jiaqian's husband's office to say hello, someone next door came to her first.
In addition to Chen Jiaqian and her husband, there was also a strange man outside the door. With outsiders present, Qu Weiwei performed diligently, not revealing the fact that she and Chen Jiaqian had a good relationship. She looked outside with vigilance and defense: "What's wrong with you?"
The strange man smiled warmly at her and squeezed into Qu Weiwei's office: "This must be Deputy Director Qu, you are really young and promising. I heard that the military relies on you very much. I would like to ask for your care in the future."
Qu Weiwei glanced at Chen Jiaqian out of the corner of her eye, but saw that Chen Jiaqian didn't even dare to frown. She could only use her eyes to express her wariness towards this man - she hoped that she had not misinterpreted it.
But Chen Jiaqian looked quite abnormal. Qu Weiwei became more cautious and more wary of the man in front of her, and stopped looking at Chen Jiaqian.
The strange man walked around her office in a familiar manner, leaning against the window and looking out. Occasionally, someone passed by the farm entrance, and a few figures in the distance gradually shrank and gradually moved away from the farm. They were the members of Shen Qing's team who sent Qu Weiwei to the gate of the third farm with the mood of a child reluctant to go to kindergarten on the first day.
"Deputy Director Qu has a really good relationship with his former teammates. I heard that it was because of them that you saved you, and that's why you became the only wood-type mutant who was completely cured and not left with any disability during the mutant willow riot."
This sounds like she is talking about Qu Weiwei's own experience, but in fact, she is trying to find out about Shen Qing's team. Shen Qing has a secret, and although Qu Weiwei still doesn't know what the secret is, she has always remembered that the day Shen Qing took her in, he said that if she was a member of his team, she must keep her mouth shut. Therefore, she is very sensitive to such topics.
She frowned and acted like she was in a very bad mood - she really couldn't be any better when facing this person: "Hey, who are you? Did I invite you in? Why do you come in here and talk to yourself? Do you have any manners at all?"
The man's expression did not change at all after being rebuked by her. Instead, he showed a hint of apology, extended his hand to Qu Weiwei, and introduced himself: "Sorry, I am presumptuous. Let me introduce myself. I am Feng Hao, a biomedical engineer in the Vaccine Research Laboratory of the Institute."
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