Chapter 140 Base 16
Moreover, perhaps due to the use of growth-promoting agents, the corn grown by Wang Erya yielded a higher yield per mu than that grown with modern fertilizers and pesticides, reaching about 2,500 jin per mu, which is more than double the modern yield!
Wang Erya planted two batches, and harvested more than 5 tons of corn in one night from her two-acre plot.
The harvester Lin Yuhan bought is a multi-functional model. It can harvest crops like corn, rice, and wheat that grow on the ground, as well as crops like peanuts and potatoes that grow in the ground. It also threshes the grains during harvesting, which is very convenient.
Ning Xuan had also prepared bags for Wang Erya in advance, so she could put them directly on the harvester to load the corn.
Fortunately, the storage ring has a lot of capacity; it can even hold a mountain of bagged corn.
Ning Xuan felt that with the growth potion and Wang Erya helping with the farming, Han Dongling wouldn't have to worry about not having enough resources to exchange for crystal cores, or about not being able to build the base.
With Wang Erya's help in growing grain, Lin Yuhan no longer needed to run around collecting grain. Moreover, she planned to wait until Wang Erya had grown enough grain, then harvest the grain from the ancient world and sell it in the modern world.
While Wang Erya was planting corn, Han Dongling didn't rest either. She had just gained so much cultivation and planned to take a day off so she could dig out all the supplies here as soon as possible.
With the X-ray vision potion, which grants both X-ray vision and night vision, and given that cultivators are naturally able to see at night as well, Han Dongling could work at night as easily as during the day.
After digging for a day and a night, Han Dongling had dug out all the supplies here. She was putting them directly into her storage ring as she dug, and she hadn't had time to sort them out yet. There was a lot of broken copper and iron, rusty, and smashed by things, but there were still quite a few usable items.
She first picked out the gold and jewelry that could be traded with Ning Xuan. She made sure to put these in a separate pile when she was digging, so she didn't need to look for them again.
However, because most of them are without boxes, and some boxes are broken, the gold is currently very dirty and messy, covered with mud and all sorts of other things.
This was nothing like the pile she found in the cave last time, which was clearly something someone had deliberately accumulated and then left behind, thus benefiting her.
Fortunately, she now knew the Cleansing spell. She took out all the gold and jewelry and quickly cleaned them with the Cleansing spell. Soon, all the gold and jewelry became clean.
It was one of those that was deformed or broken from being hit, so there was nothing she could do but trade it to Ning Xuan like that.
But Ning Xuan didn't mind at all:
Anyway, it'll probably get burned or something when you sell it, so whether it's deformed or not doesn't matter at all, as long as it's pure gold, it's easy to handle.
It just so happens that Wang Erya had already traded the corn to Ning Xuan, so Ning Xuan directly traded the corn to Han Dongling this time.
However, this corn was just harvested, so you'll have to figure out how to dry it yourself, either by sun-drying or baking it, or eat it while it's still damp. But if you take it out, you'll need to be careful with its storage. We're also providing this milling machine; there will be other grains later, so you can husk and grind them yourself.
Wang Erya has land, but it's inconvenient to dry things there. Lin Yuhan doesn't have land, so it's also inconvenient for her to dry things there. It's even more inconvenient for her to do anything. So, Han Dongling has no choice but to handle it herself.
The thresher, generator, and diesel fuel were all prepared together. Having the machine will make things much more convenient.
Looking at the golden corn kernels and smelling the fresh aroma of corn, Han Dongling felt as if she had returned to the time before the apocalypse, when she would go back to her hometown with her parents during winter and summer vacations and help her grandparents harvest corn.
Back then, she complained about the hard work and how much trouble her grandparents went through growing so many things; she thought it would be so much more convenient to just buy things.
But when the apocalypse came, she would think countless times about the food that, though hard-earned and harvested, could fill her stomach.
She packed up the corn and other things, deciding to speed up the establishment of the base.
She cast invisibility and lightness spells on herself, deciding to skip searching for supplies today and quickly scout the area to see if there were any survival bases nearby.
She continued to expand the search area based on yesterday's findings and finally found a survival base about 20 miles to the east. Looking at the familiar gate, Han Dongling realized that this was the base where she had stayed before.
The last time she fell into the water, she was searching for supplies in a relatively far place. Unexpectedly, she ended up back in this place again.
This base is Base 16. Base members will have an ID tag, which they use to enter and exit the base. They then complete tasks to earn points, which they can then use to exchange for supplies.
Her identity tag fell off when she fell into the water, so she is currently not allowed to freely enter or leave the base.
As an ordinary member without any special abilities, she was almost unknown in the base, except for the team members she usually went on missions with. In addition, she has changed a lot now, and people who are not familiar with her would not recognize her at all.
Once she arrived at this area, she became more familiar with it. She first memorized the location of the base, planning to return after the invisibility talisman naturally wore off.
While the talisman is still effective, let's go search for some supplies.
However, the area around the base had been thoroughly excavated, leaving virtually no supplies. She was just looking around the area again with the hope of finding something she could find.
She was clearly lucky; she actually found another place where supplies were buried. She guessed it was buried so deep that it hadn't been found.
After the apocalypse, the survivors had already searched for those landmark buildings from before the apocalypse, or places that everyone knew might have supplies.
However, with wave after wave of disasters, many supplies were buried deeper and deeper. In addition, the circuit system was paralyzed after the mode was activated, energy was depleted, and large machines were basically paralyzed. The few that were still usable had to be saved for critical moments. So, there should actually be a lot of supplies buried underground.
After all, before the apocalypse, with the development of technology, not to mention other countries, at least in China, there was an overcapacity of production.
The supplies that Han Dongling discovered may have previously been used as a warehouse or a small processing plant.
She glanced around. Although it wasn't very close to the base and there was a risk of being seen, Han Dongling still decided to take out the excavator and start digging.
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