Qin Siye and Qian Leduo waited at the Guangshi base for two days for the delivery truck. On this day, the truck finally left the base again.
The two followed closely behind, and judging from the direction and route, Qin Siye suspected that the place the other party was going to was their next destination—Nanshi.
Summon the hidden supernatural pigeons, briefly describe their current situation, and send a message back to the villa area of S City.
With Li Xin'er absent, the news naturally reached Pigeon and the others who remained in the villa area to guard it.
During the meal, Pigeon told everyone about the incident, and the cassowary, who was supposed to change shifts at the warehouse that afternoon, spoke up:
"It concerns Sister Xin's business, so it's right for them to follow and find out the details. I'll talk to the boss this afternoon. If all else fails, we'll send someone over to take a look."
Before the pigeon could reply, Sister Xia took the initiative to express her opinion.
"Go ahead and do what you need to do. Uncle Sun and I can protect ourselves in the villa, and there are still so many mutated beasts. We don't need you to leave people to guard it."
Since the shops opened in the base, business has been booming, which has also attracted a lot of envious people.
Goods are being replenished daily, and the warehouse has attracted several groups of people who have their eyes on it. Fortunately, Carl and his group are strong, and with the help of mutated beasts like Ersha, none of the people who came have left unscathed.
Even so, Carl and his team worked tirelessly every day, and they were all very busy.
Master Sun nodded in agreement, “That’s right, we are superhumans after all, not as useless as you think.”
As the saying goes, "It takes a thousand days to train an army for one day to use it." They can't afford to falter or hold us back at crucial moments, lest they interfere with Miss Xin's important business.
Seeing that both of them agreed, the pigeon considered for a moment and then nodded in agreement with the method.
"We'll restock tomorrow. We'll use the supplies from the villa first. As long as we don't leave any supplies here, it should be fine."
Those people are still up to no good; all they want is supplies.
The cassow replied, "Okay, I'll tell the boss."
At the S City base.
The storefront Carl and his team rented was originally a telecommunications and mobile phone market, but it no longer looks the same as it used to be.
Even the signs and advertisements have been changed to bright red paper with gold calligraphy.
The shelves inside were filled with various goods on display.
Unlike the old supermarket model, this one is like the one in the base, with three counters open to the public. Customers can only stand outside the counters and tell the salesperson what they need, and the salesperson will then take it out from inside.
Even at lunchtime, the store was still packed with customers, with three long queues stretching almost out of the safe zone.
Three people were standing at each counter: one was responsible for receiving crystal cores, and two were responsible for taking goods.
There were quite a few people in each store, constantly sorting and restocking, they were extremely busy.
Fortunately, there were people from the base outside the store specifically to maintain order in the queue; otherwise, they would have been too busy.
Despite the freezing weather, Tan Jingrui wiped the sweat from his forehead repeatedly as he flipped through a thick notebook, taking inventory of the goods on the shelves.
"Tong Hui, we're out of canned meat and milk powder. Go and send a message to Captain Carl."
Tong Hui had just carried a large box of goods downstairs; his round face was flushed red with heat.
"Oh, okay."
Before he could even catch his breath, he happily skipped upstairs again.
To facilitate communication and restocking, Carl specifically kept two stealth-type mutant pigeons so they could relay messages at any time.
The people in line stood on tiptoe and craned their necks, looking at the store with envy. Even though it wasn't their turn yet, it seemed like they could enjoy just taking a second look.
"This owner is really something else; he has everything at this time of year."
"I heard that the owner of this crystal core exchange supermarket is a foreigner."
Someone immediately nodded, making a solemn promise.
"Yes, yes, I've seen it. I got up early one morning and encountered it. All the deliverymen were foreigners."
Someone gritted their teeth, clenched their fists, and said with a hint of resentment, "Damn it, it's the end of the world, and these foreigners are still thinking about making money off us."
"Maybe these things were originally ours, but they were stolen from us."
Why should we eat our own food and have to exchange it for crystal cores?
Some people disagreed with this statement and shook their heads.
"Brother, you're thinking too simply."
The man lowered his voice and gestured to the soldiers maintaining order around him.
"Putting aside the fact that the base came out to support them, they didn't inflate the prices of their products. On the contrary, they helped everyone solve the problem of material shortages."
Many people echoed, "If they're not selling, we have nowhere else to look for these things."
"Yeah, anyway, going out with the team to fight zombies every day can still fill my stomach, which is better than before."
Where there are many people, there will be a lively discussion with everyone expressing their own opinions.
All of this was clearly heard by Lu Chen, who was hiding in the crowd in plainclothes.
He turned to the young man beside him, whom he had recently chosen to be his assistant, and whispered his instructions:
"Go tell Qi Hongshen to spread the word that the owner of the crystal core exchange supermarket is a Chinese."
We mustn't let people be misled.
The assistant nodded, "Yes, Mr. Lu."
Two hours after Li Xin'er and Lu Jin'an set off, they were almost at Xinghuo Base. They were unaware that business in S City was so booming, but it seemed to be expected.
From a high altitude, Li Xin'er could see the 'steel giant' standing in a wasteland from afar.
She marveled at the ingenuity of the designers and workers who built this place, and asked Lu Jin'an...
"Stop outside and drive inside?"
As the highest-level base in the country, one can imagine how heavily guarded it is, although she has plenty of ways to bypass the defense system and get in.
But she was there to do business, not to fight or cause trouble, so following the rules was the right thing to do.
Lu Jin'an shook his head. "No need. We'll just march straight into the base."
The towering buildings in the base have dedicated military helipads on their rooftops, and even the runways are no shorter than those of airports.
Following that, Lu Jin'an explained to Li Xin'er:
“We have a special internal signal to identify you. Once you enter the base area, you can have your protection removed.”
Li Xin'er kept her soul power enveloping her the whole way, like a protective shield.
Lu Jin'an didn't know about her soul power, but he could vaguely sense the energy fluctuations, and he guessed that it was a mental ability.
He envisioned that once his superpowers reached a certain level, such 'luxurious' uses wouldn't be impossible.
"good."
Li Xin'er agreed decisively. Now that they were in a familiar environment, she was happy to not worry about anything.
As Lu Jin'an said, Li Xin'er removed the protective shield as soon as the fighter jets entered the base area.
Their presence was immediately detected by the base.
"Warning! Warning! Fighter jets have appeared!"
"Ready for battle!"
The sudden appearance of the fighter jets inevitably caused a moment of panic at the base.
However, this panic quickly subsided after Lu Jin'an transmitted internal signals via the fighter jet's signal lights.
"They're our own people! Assist them to land on runway 10 first."
"Go and inform the base commander!"
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