Chapter 277
Yu Lixia, who was swept along, immediately felt something different as soon as he entered the fishing village.
This fresh air...I haven't experienced it in many years!
He looked at the different visual clarity inside and outside the fishing village, and quickly thought of the protective barrier that his good friend Li Changqing had mentioned to him.
This is the power of the Shangshen Cult!
He originally held an atheist view, but after being hired as an employee, his old beliefs were constantly being tested.
Especially in the store No. 6 that he joined, there was also an examiner from the Shangshen Sect!
Silently watching Qingxue's entire assessment process, Yu Lixia already understood that if he wanted to be valued in the Shangshen Sect in the future, he might also need to pass the same assessment...
However, the purpose and philosophy of the Shangshen Religion were indeed very attractive, and he learned it without realizing it.
Now, after witnessing another miracle, his past ideas were completely shattered.
Of course, the consuls and guards who brought him here did not give him much time to sigh.
They also noticed the change in air quality and determined that this was a technology mastered by the Shangshen Sect, so they dragged Yu Lixia to Zhanxiong's house even more frantically.
Because of the change in mentality, although they were still wary of the Shangshen Cult, they no longer had any ill intentions, so most people entered the fishing village smoothly.
Only a few people were still blocked outside as before. No matter how hard they tried, they would be sent out. They could only jump in anger but were powerless to do anything.
"Zhan Xiong... Captain Zhan! May I ask who these two are..."
The governor who had brought Yu Lixia here to act as a lobbyist couldn't help but speak when he saw the two mysterious cloaked men.
Zitian Fort has a large area. For the convenience of management, it is mainly divided into five areas: east, west, south, north and central.
The fishing village where Zhan Xiong is located is in the east, and its governor is named Qing Hongyi.
As early as a month ago, his subordinates had reported to him about the fishing village of Zhanxiong and the Shangshen Sect, but because the fishing village had only a few hundred people and had not expanded outward, he did not pay enough attention to it.
So I dragged it out until today to deal with it, but halfway through I heard the sound of a whistle coming from the sea.
When he heard his subordinates report that the Shangshen Sect had sent a huge ship to pick people up, he still refused to believe it.
It was not until he climbed up the rampart and saw the huge ship with his own eyes, and watched through a telescope the villagers of the fishing village being teleported onto the giant ship, that he finally believed it.
And then this scene happened.
"This is Lord Yin Guang, and this is Lord Wu Yue." Zhan Xiong said proudly, "They are the envoys of the God of Commerce, the apostles sent by the God of Commerce to teach the world!"
"Nice to meet you! I'm Qing Hongyi, the governor of the eastern district of Zitian Fort."
Yin Guang nodded: "Hello."
Qing Hongyi quickly apologized with a smile, "It is truly an honor to have two divine envoys visit my humble home! I wonder if you could come with me to the city so I can host a banquet for you?"
As the chief executive of the East District of Zitian Fort, he can be said to be very humble.
The way he spoke and acted showed that he was a cultured person, which made Tang Yu'an somewhat uncomfortable.
I have been in the wasteland for so long, but I have never met such cultured and polite people.
Tang Yu'an had no experience in dealing with this. If he hadn't been wearing a mask, others wouldn't be able to see the changes in his expression, and he would have almost lost his character.
Fortunately, he adjusted in time.
He shook his head and said, "No need, we will leave today."
Qing Hongyi couldn't help but be surprised, "Leaving so soon?"
"Zhan Xiong will stay and continue to run the Zitian Grocery Store and oversee missionary affairs."
The young man's gentle voice sounds warm and friendly, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, but the words he said are unquestionable.
Qing Hongyi knew that he could not keep the other party, and his mind raced, and he quickly came up with a solution.
He suppressed his surprise and cautiously asked, "Are the two divine messengers here specifically to pick us up? I saw residents of Zitian Fort on board?"
Yin Guang nodded and said, "Yes, the living environment in Zitian Fort is terrible. The purpose of the Shangshen Sect is to allow all the poor and weak to survive in this wasteland. Naturally, we can't just sit back and watch."
Hearing this idea, Qing Hongyi couldn't help but nodded.
The Shangshen Cult was more decent than he had imagined—at least that's what it sounded like.
"I see!" Qing Hongyi said, "Then I wonder how your sect plans to accommodate these residents after taking them away?"
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, he quickly added, "After all, these residents belong to Zitian Fort. We are responsible for their safety, so we hope to understand this more clearly."
When he said this, even Zhan Xiong pricked up his ears.
His mission description did not specify where the relocated residents would be resettled.
After he added Yu Lixia as his friend, he also discussed this matter with him. According to Mr. Yu's speculation, he might be sent to the deserted city home.
Zhan Xiong had never heard of this place, but the word "home" was so beautiful that it made him full of expectations.
At this time, the gentle young man's voice said, "They will be taken to the Linhai Home for resettlement."
That’s right, after the protective barrier of No. 1 Store surrounded the entire center of Linhai Town, Linhai Town has been renamed "Linhai Home".
In this way, the "Homeland Calendar" they created can be implemented in Linhai Town.
Although this calendar system is very rough, it is sufficient for recording time. As for whether it needs to change in the future based on climate temperature, etc., we can only leave it to time.
Just like currency, at least people need to know that it exists, and that's what they are doing.
"The predecessor of Linhai Homeland was Linhai Town, which is now under the jurisdiction of the Shangshen Sect." Yin Guang continued.
Qing Hongyi nodded. Although he didn't know exactly where this place was, it sounded quite reliable.
"You two are returning home today, right?"
Yin Guang nodded.
"Then I wonder... is there any room on the ship? Zitian Fort has requested that a guard be sent to accompany us for protection. When your sect sends a ship to Zitian Fort again, we can all return with it. Do you think this is feasible?"
Qing Hongyi finally revealed his true intentions.
This guard said that they were there for protection, but in fact they were there to investigate the details of the Shangshen Cult, right?
Tang Yu'an looked at Qing Hongyi and listened to him say, "Of course, the supplies needed by the guards and this group of immigrants along the way will be the responsibility of Zitian Fort."
"I hope that the Shangshen Sect can maintain a long-term, friendly cooperative relationship with Zitian Fort. What do you think?"
Seeing Qing Hongyi's smiling face, Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but..."
He paused before saying, "From now on, you must not stop the Shangshen Sect's missionary activities in Zitian Fort, and you must not prevent the Shangshen Sect from recruiting believers."
“It’s natural!”
Qing Hongyi asked them again whether they would send a ship to take the believers away in the future. After receiving a positive answer, he couldn't help but look delighted.
At this moment, he saw the black-masked man who had been silent next to him. He stretched out his hand from under his cloak and placed an hourglass on the table next to him.
"You have two hours left. When all the sand in the hourglass runs out, the ship of the Shangshen Cult will leave."
Qing Hongyi's face changed and he quickly went to organize his entourage.
After all, I have to leave Zitian Castle. I don’t know what I will face when I go there, let alone how long I will be gone. It is still difficult to gather suitable candidates in a short time.
However, when he thought of the other party's strength and the situation in Zitian Castle after nightfall, Qing Hongyi did not dare to bargain.
Qing Hongyi took his men away, but Yu Lixia stayed.
He saluted the two gods' messengers respectfully, and then Tang Yu'an used the power of wind to lift him up.
"No need to be so polite."
Tang Yu'an maintained his silver-colored persona and didn't communicate with him much. Instead, he asked, "Do you want to leave together?"
Yu Lixia hesitated for a moment and finally shook her head.
Although he has no relatives in Zitian Castle, there are still many people he cannot bear to leave behind, and he hopes to take everyone to his new home in the future.
So he wanted to stay and use his influence to get more people to join the Shangshen Sect and get the opportunity to leave!
Tang Yu'an nodded in understanding and did not force him, but took out a small box.
"There's a mask inside that can filter out poison gas. Please take care of yourself."
Yu Lixia took the box, but stared at the young man in front of him wearing a silver mask without blinking.
He hadn't expected the envoy to be so polite, kind, and friendly...
"Thank you... Thank you, sir..."
In order to avoid being exposed, Tang Yu'an didn't say anything more.
"The ship will depart on time in two hours. Before that, you should get ready." After saying that, he went to hold Zhou Qi's hand and said, "We're leaving first."
The umbrella that had been waiting for a long time suddenly flew over their heads.
So, the two of them disappeared in front of everyone out of thin air.
Yu Lixia and Zhan Xiong were both stunned. They walked forward in disbelief, only to find that they had indeed disappeared.
"The two divine messengers really came and went without a trace!"
"How else can you become a divine messenger?"
In the sky, Tang Yu'an couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, it didn't get exposed."
This was his first time interacting with so many people as Yin Guang, and it was not easy to maintain his character all the time.
Zhou Qi patted the back of his hand gently and said, "You did a good job."
Tang Yu'an chuckled.
"Let's go back to the ship and take a look."
Apart from a few housekeeping robots, there was no defense force on the giant ship. However, under the restraint of Zhan Xiaotian and Hai Qian, the fishermen on the giant ship were very well-behaved.
In fact, they were all very restrained when faced with the exquisite, gorgeous and technologically advanced cabin of the giant ship.
The men stayed on the deck, discussing their future fate in low voices.
Zhan Xiaotian stared at Zitian Castle from afar in a daze.
He didn't expect that after getting on the boat, he would never be able to go back. He would probably have to wait for his father to come find him before they could be reunited.
Thinking of this, his nose felt a little sore.
If he had known this, he should have said goodbye to his father properly when he got to shore...
But at this moment——
[A mysterious merchant is interested in recruiting you as a salesperson at "Ping An Grocery Store No. 6." Benefits are as follows...]
[Agree][Reject]
Zhan Xiaotian was stunned. He was actually recruited?
He quickly wiped away his tears, clicked to agree, and went to do the novice guidance task.
Soon, he completed the task and successfully launched the mall and employee forum.
Zhan Xiaotian had heard about the functions of the forum from his father, and also knew that he and Yu Bo had become friends, so they could contact each other remotely and even talk on the phone.
Just looking at the dazzling information in the employee forum, Zhan Xiaotian couldn't help feeling a little confused.
Who is his dad in this forum? How can he contact him?
Then, he saw new system information pop up.
Your outstanding performance has been praised by the mysterious merchant, who has given you a new title: Thumbnail.
When Zhan Xiaotian was looking at the front, he had a smile on his face, but when he saw the last name, his expression became a little surprised.
Thumbnail? What does this title mean?
A confused expression of "Who am I? Where am I?" appeared on his face, but when he saw the chat history on the message board, he was stunned again.
This "big picture"...could it be his father?
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After arranging Zhan Xiaotian's recruitment, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi returned to the platform of the barrier.
They stood under the umbrella and looked at the sea outside Zitian Castle.
During the day, the mutant jellyfish sank to the bottom of the sea. Now the sea is calm and no one can tell that this area of water is so dangerous.
"It would be great if we could collect this hydrogen." Tang Yu'an said.
The electrolysis of seawater not only produces chlorine/gas, but also hydrogen. Therefore, outside Zitian Fort at night, in addition to the high voltage current, explosions are also prone to occur.
The outer wall of the barrier also looks scarred. It is not easy to hold on for so long in such an environment.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "Can we use the item list function to separate these two gases?"
Hydrogen is a clean energy that produces water after combustion and has a large market in cold and arid regions.
"Then we need to include this sea area in Store No. 12."
Moreover, hydrogen is prone to explosion, so how to store it and improve its safety is also a big problem.
"Let's think of a solution later." Zhou Qi said.
If they can set up a power grid and use mutant jellyfish to generate electricity and produce hydrogen, they will not need to rely on the system for electricity.
"Yeah!" Tang Yu'an said, "I'll ask my parents later to see if they have any talent in this area."
If we can find such talents, we can give them priority in recruiting them when the teleportation array is built in the future.
Finally, Qing Hongyi brought twenty guards to the platform of the fortress within two hours.
Zhan Xiong and Yu Lixia naturally followed.
Seeing this, Tang Yu'an and the others revealed themselves again.
Seeing them appear out of nowhere, Qing Hongyi was stunned. Then he looked at Zhan Xiong and Yu Lixia, both of whom had calm expressions, and he quickly restrained his strange expression.
"Lord Yin Guang, Lord Wu Yue, there are twenty guards in total. Can they board the ship now?"
"Stand on the aperture."
Watching the guards being teleported to the giant ship one by one, Qing Hongyi resisted the urge to go forward and try, and asked the messenger in a low voice.
"Lord Yin Guang, I've noticed that the poison gas seems to have disappeared from the fishing village under the jurisdiction of the Shangshen Cult... If other areas of Zitian Fort also want to obtain this technology, what kind of reward would they have to pay?"
After Qing Hongyi finished speaking, he waited anxiously.
As a result, he heard the young man wearing a silver mask laugh softly, and then said:
"Just hand over the house and land to the Shangshen Cult."
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