Chapter 431 Inducer
Seeing that the Chinese New Year was only half a month away, Fang Yuxin and the other two planned to end their training and return to the base. However, when the three of them were discussing, Bai Ye and Fang Yuyang suddenly suggested going to the Shangshi base again.
Fang Yuxin had long forgotten the malice that she had sensed, but Bai Ye and Fang Yuyang had not forgotten it. They still remembered how Lin Feiyin had always opposed Fang Yuxin. If anyone had any ill will towards Fang Yuxin, this woman must be one of them, and she must not be tolerated!
Fang Yuxin couldn't persuade the two of them, so he had to agree.
They relied on mutant beasts and birds to travel all the way. Not only was it fast, but it was also very flexible. They didn't have to worry about the road being damaged and unable to pass. It took less than a day to reach the outskirts of the commercial city base.
When they left, they deliberately cleaned out the zombies nearby. Although they didn't clear out all the zombies in Shangshi, it helped to reduce a lot of burden on the Shangshi base. As long as the people in the base are smart enough, they can definitely take advantage of the opportunity to develop the surrounding area.
When the three of them came to Shangshi again this time, they found that two small bases had been built near Shangshi Base. Although the scale was only about 100,000 people and the bases seemed a bit messy, the three of them could see that the two small bases were developing steadily. As long as they were given some time, the two small bases would be able to stabilize.
However, the food crisis in Shangshi Base has not been resolved. Although Fang Yuxin and the other two sent 40 tons of food last time, Shangshi Base has a population of hundreds of thousands after all, and it is impossible to eat them all. Those food only let them survive for a few more days.
In order to solve the food problem, the Shangshi base mobilized almost half of the wood-type mutants to ripen the food, and consumed countless crystal cores, which finally prevented the people in the base from starving to death.
Fang Yuxin and the other two had long guessed that the food could not really solve the food crisis in the Shangshi base, so when they came this time, the three of them used the same trick again, and even added an extra truck, bringing a total of 60 tons of food.
As soon as General Song heard the news, he hurriedly led his men to welcome them. After the last experience, the senior officials of the Shangshi Base were not panicked or suspicious this time. Instead, they warmly welcomed them into the base. Fang Yuxin took out the prepared price list and handed it to General Song. However, this time, General Song was a little embarrassed when he saw the price required.
The situation at the Shangshi base was not good. Last time when Fang Yuxin and his team came, even though the price they asked for was not high, it took a lot of effort for the base to gather all the things. Now Fang Yuxin came again with food, and the price was just as satisfactory as last time, but the base could not gather all the things they asked for for a while.
General Song looked at Fang Yuxin in embarrassment, and after a moment's deliberation, he said, "I will have people gather all these things as soon as possible, but it will take some time. I wonder how long you three can stay in the base?"
Fang Yuxin looked at the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. She thought for a moment and said, "As long as we can gather together before eight o'clock tomorrow morning, we will rest at the base for one night."
General Song and other senior officials of the base heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this. Then General Song personally arranged accommodation for the three people. The place was quite good, and it was obvious that he was very sincere.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and then the three found that General Song seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he had something to say but couldn't bring himself to say it. The three looked at each other, and none of them bothered to cause trouble for themselves. Fang Yuxin pretended not to notice General Song's embarrassment and only said, "Although I came here last time, I left in a hurry and didn't have a good look around the base. It happens that we have time this time, so let's go out for a walk first."
Hearing this, several other senior officials in the room quickly winked at General Song, but General Song gave them a warning look and shook his head slightly. However, just as the three were about to leave, a man suddenly came in and said breathlessly, "General, the residents of the base heard that someone had delivered food, and they all went to the grain store to guard it! What should we do? If we can't get the food today, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"
While he was speaking, he was secretly looking at Fang Yuxin and the other two. It was obvious that he was saying this on purpose for them to hear.
In fact, this situation is not difficult to understand. The commercial city is short of food. Even if hundreds of wood-type mutants use their supernatural powers to ripen the food, they cannot solve the food crisis in the commercial city base. Therefore, the grain store in the base is now implementing a food purchase restriction order, and the daily food supply is fixed. Once it is sold out, it will be gone.
Before Fang Yuxin and his team arrived, the base's grain store had sold out all the food for the day, but there were still many people who had not been able to buy any. So when these people heard that someone had delivered 60 tons of grain, they could no longer sit still and flocked to the grain store to buy it.
However, they have not yet collected the money for the grain according to the price list, and grain is a scarce commodity now. Naturally, they are too embarrassed to ask Fang Yuxin and the others to pay for the grain first and then pay for the goods.
General Song saw Fang Yuxin looking at him with a half-smile, as if he understood everything. He suddenly felt embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he had to bite the bullet and said, "The food supply in the base is very tight right now. If you three trust us, can you give us some food support first? We will definitely collect the food payment before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. You can rest assured."
Fang Yuxin saw that he looked embarrassed and seemed to have aged a bit after saying this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As the saying goes, a penny can make a hero fall, and the same is true when there is no food.
So she nodded and said, "Since I have brought the grain, I am willing to trade with you. Naturally, I trust you. The three carts of grain are there. You can do whatever you want with them. But I want to see the grain payment before eight o'clock tomorrow."
When she said this, General Song and other senior officials of the base were obviously relieved. Fang Yuxin didn't say anything more. After nodding to them, he left the room with Bai Ye and Fang Yuyang and went out for a walk. Although they said they were going out for a walk, the three of them actually wanted to take this opportunity to find out more information.
It was not easy to find Lin Feiyin or Fang Mengyao in such a large base. Although the base would have records of residents' identities, if they took the initiative to ask about these two people, it would certainly arouse suspicion among the people in the base.
The three of them spent a lot of effort, and even used some methods of cultivators, before they finally found out the information they wanted. Just as Fang Yuxin had guessed before, Fang Mengyao did go to the Bei City base with Qiu Yiming, but the strange thing was that there had been no news about Lin Feiyin for a long time, as if she had completely disappeared.
Moreover, if one calculates carefully, the time when Lin Feiyin disappeared is very consistent with the time when they left the Shangshi base. It is unknown what happened inside. But it is certain that Lin Feiyin is in great danger.
In this case, the malice that Fang Yuxin felt did not come from Lin Feiyin, but from Fang Mengyao who was far away in the Bei City base!
Thinking of Fang Mengyao, Fang Yuxin, Fang Yuyang and Bai Ye all looked unhappy. Bai Ye had investigated the Fang family privately before, so he naturally knew about Fang Mengyao. He had always disliked her, but he didn't take it too seriously. It was not until the last time Fang Yuxin felt the malice that he remembered Fang Mengyao and wanted to kill her.
Fang Yuyang wanted to kill Fang Mengyao earlier, but unfortunately he never found the opportunity. Now that Lin Feiyin was no longer a suspect, his killing intent towards Fang Mengyao became even stronger. He and Bai Ye looked at each other, and they both had the same idea - they must get rid of Fang Mengyao this time!
After confirming this, there was nothing to see in Shangshi Base. However, the three of them unexpectedly discovered something - there was an inducer in Beishi Base that could induce the mutation of the abilities of water-based psychics!
This inducer is controlled by the top brass of the base and is not sold publicly in stores. However, anyone with water abilities can apply to use it.
After the three of them knew about this, they no longer planned to visit the base. Instead, they went straight to General Song and proposed using this inducer to offset part of the grain payment.
Although this inducer has only a 10% success rate, and does not mean that the superpowers can be successfully mutated after taking it, but since it has a 10% success rate, it means that it must contain the key substance that can cause the superpowers of water-based superpowers to mutate. As long as this inducer can be taken back and analyzed and studied by someone, the finished product can be produced!
The mutation direction of this inducer in the Shangshi base is purification. After Fang Yuxin and the other two knew about this, they understood the reason why Lin Feiyin disappeared. However, no matter how she was treated at the beginning, this inducer was what they were determined to get!
General Song and other senior officials of the base did not expect Fang Yuxin to suddenly make such a request, but after being surprised, General Song agreed to Fang Yuxin's request. He certainly guessed that Fang Yuxin wanted to use this inducer for research, but so what?
Now the number of surviving humans is less than one-tenth of the total population. If they don't help each other and instead become wary and calculating against each other, not to mention those advanced zombies and ferocious mutant beasts, humanity will be close to extinction!
Besides, Chen Xi, who had led this research, has left the base, and there is no one else who can take up the responsibility. The inducer remains in their hands, and there is no way to make any further progress except to give it to the water-based mutants in the base. It would be better to let other people give it a try, and maybe there will be some results.
So General Song agreed to this matter, but made a request: "I can give you ten units of inducer, but if you can research and develop an upgraded version of the inducer, I hope you can trade the finished product to us."
Fang Yuxin smiled and nodded, agreeing to this matter. She even said meaningfully: "I believe we will have more transactions in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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