Although the base had just notified them of the extreme heat, Xin'er reiterated that the severity of the extreme heat was no less than that of the previous heavy snow and extreme cold.
Have each store post a notice stating that the supermarket will not close during the extremely hot period, but customers are advised to prepare to stock up.
The defensive array has a temperature regulation function. They're fine inside the store, but they're worried about the intense ultraviolet rays and sunlight, which could melt people. No one can withstand going outside.
The atmosphere in the meeting room became heavy and serious when this issue was raised. Xin'er then continued with her instructions:
“Carl and the others have other tasks to complete, so the work is assigned to other people, and Tan Jingrui is in charge of coordination.”
"I'll be going to the Spark Base later. Qin Siye, come with me. There are two shops there, and you'll be in charge of them."
"Okay, Sister Xin!"
After arranging all the miscellaneous matters, Carl, along with Zhan Yi's cassowary, Ali, pigeon, vulture, and falcon—a group of six—planned to depart for Country Y the next day.
Xin'er ignored their handover and took Qin Siye directly to the Starfire Base.
With the presence of space stones and defensive arrays, and sufficient supplies, the journey should be much easier and smoother. Xin'er doesn't plan to see them off again.
At the Starfire Base, Xin'er received the crystal cores needed to purchase the teleportation array. She also sold a considerable number of space stones, defense stones, and teleportation stones, making a substantial profit.
With over a hundred supermarkets constantly collecting money, Xin'er's points have already exceeded fifty million.
She's already halfway to her small goal, and is one step closer to achieving it.
Anyway, the supermarket is there, and all we have to do is collect money every day; the points will only keep increasing.
Each supermarket has a ready-made teleportation array, so installing the teleportation array at the base can be completed in one day.
With the teleportation array, the people at Starfire Base can better manage the various bases.
To prevent some bases from engaging in underhanded activities, such as exploiting and depriving survivors, Lu Zheng even formed a special patrol team, led by You Su, with a hundred superhumans under his command, specifically to patrol and inspect the various bases.
With the supermarket business settled and Xiao You in charge of ensuring a stable supply, Xin'er returned to the S City base, planning to take a break for a while and wait until the extreme heat subsided before expanding overseas.
Upon returning to the S City base, they encountered Qiao Ruoyun, who was lashing out with a vine whip, clearly quite angry.
"What's wrong?" Ever since Qiao Ruoyun brought her team to the supermarket, she has been in a good mood with a smile every day. Today's unusual behavior made Xin'er curious.
When Qiao Ruoyun looked up and saw it was Xin'er, most of her anger subsided, and she warmly greeted her.
"Sister Xin! You're back!"
Xin'er smiled slightly, "Well, I just arrived and saw you whipping the ground here."
Qiao Ruoyun awkwardly touched her nose.
"I just ran into an idiot and got angry."
Xin'er vaguely sensed something unusual. "Oh? Who?"
"The Mu family has moved into the base. I just ran into Mu Zijin. I... I kidnapped him before..."
Qiao Ruoyun felt a little embarrassed and guilty. She was afraid that Sister Xin wouldn't like what she had done, so she tried to explain.
"I was after that bastard Fu Xihan to get revenge, and that's how I found out about Fu Xihan after I kidnapped Mu Zijin..."
Qiao Ruoyun paused for a moment, then looked at Xin'er cautiously, her eyes filled with inquiry.
She had actually wanted to ask this for a long time, but she hadn't had the chance or felt comfortable asking it. But when they got to this point in their conversation today, she couldn't help herself.
Xin'er did not deny it, "Just as he said, I was the one who dealt with Fu Xihan."
Lu Chen had already dealt with the Fu family, so she wasn't afraid of causing herself any trouble and answered readily.
Qiao Ruoyun smiled contentedly after receiving a positive answer, "Sister Xin, well done!"
Xin'er raised an eyebrow slightly. Not bad.
Seeing that Xin'er wasn't upset, Qiao Ruoyun casually brushed aside the unimportant matter and continued talking about the day's events.
“Mu Zijin holds a grudge against me. I cheated their family out of a lot of supplies back then, so it’s inevitable that we’ll have a fight when we meet.”
Xin'er understood and objectively expressed her opinion.
"Yeah, he knows you work for me, so if he has any brains, he wouldn't dare to mess with you."
Although Mu Zijin had a good relationship with Fu Xihan before and had even harbored feelings for the original owner of this body, he also proactively gave her information during the evacuation of Chinese citizens from R country.
Although she didn't need it at all, she appreciated the kindness. As long as Mu Zijin didn't come near her, she wouldn't do anything to him.
He would not help Qiao Ruoyun either; they should settle their own scores.
Qiao Ruoyun: "I won't provoke him. If the Mu family wants to pursue this, I will handle it properly and not cause trouble for Sister Xin."
"By the way, Sister Xin, I saw Li Feng at the base today. Do you remember him?"
Li Feng is also in the industry. She had worked with him a few times, and it was quite unexpected to see him at the base. In the current situation, it's not easy to run into someone you know.
She remembered a Mid-Autumn Festival gala where Sister Xin had collaborated with Li Feng. Not knowing what their relationship was like, Qiao Ruoyun casually mentioned it.
Xin'er still had a good impression of Li Feng; he was diligent and eager to wash the dishes.
"Li Feng is here? Is he alone?"
"I ran into them near the base gate. There were quite a few of them, including several children."
I chatted with him for a bit. They came from the Haishi base and just registered today. They should be in the quarantine area right now, right?
As she spoke, Xin'er's soul power involuntarily probed towards the base's quarantine zone.
Sure enough, they saw Li Feng, and a few others they recognized, including Li Yiyuan. The remaining children from the orphanage were also there, but Tang Ling, the orphanage's caregiver, was not.
Once she confirmed it was them, Xin'er withdrew her soul power, chatted casually with Qiao Ruoyun for a few minutes, and then the two parted ways.
Qiao Ruoyun went to the supermarket to work, while Xin'er went back to her residence and went into her private space to rest.
Because they were all busy with the supermarket, Xia Jie and the others didn't usually have time to go back to the villa outside the base. Wenwen and Ranran were brought over and moved into the base.
Over there in the base office area.
Lu Chen had just returned from a meeting at the Starfire Base via the teleportation array. Standing in his office, looking at the teleportation stone, he still found it unbelievable.
Looking at Lu Peiting beside him, he sighed:
"The universe is vast and full of wonders. Before the apocalypse, who could have imagined that China would be able to use teleportation arrays in less than a year?"
Lu Peiting had just gone back to see his father, who arranged for him to be Lu Chen's assistant to share the workload and learn some skills.
Lu Peiting pursed his lips, his eyes flickering with thoughts.
"Yes, indeed. Who would have thought that someone could come from another world?"
Lu Chen had long noticed Lu Peiting's unusual behavior towards Xin'er, and now that it was brought up, he didn't ignore it any longer and asked directly:
"You seem to have a problem with her?"
Xin'er's existence is of extraordinary significance, and no one can afford to offend her. He doesn't want his nephew to do anything foolish.
Just as Lu Peiting was about to deny it, Lu Chen beat him to it.
“You don’t have to deny it. The reason I didn’t mention it before was that I hoped you could figure it out yourself, but after all this time, you don’t seem to have made any progress.”
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