Chapter 457 Heading to Rain Town
Back in the dungeon, Xia Xiaoman ran to Yu Jie's office angrily.
"Mayor Yu, can you explain what today's action is about?"
Yu Jie looked at Xia Xiaoman, whose face was filled with anger, and sighed, "This is the result of our dissection of the mutant corpses you brought back. Take a look."
Xia Xiaoman took the document, which detailed the mutant's physical structure and condition.
According to the report, mutants can no longer be called human beings. Whether it is the skeleton, internal organs, blood vessel distribution, or muscle condition of mutants, they have nothing in common with humans, and even their facial features have changed.
"According to the research conclusion, if mutants are allowed to continue to mutate, they will gradually lose their human consciousness and completely become monsters that only know how to eat."
Yu Jie pointed at the report and said, "It also records the undigested food found in the mutants' stomachs, which contained human tissues. These human tissues were from both ordinary people and mutants. This means that when mutants are starving, they will eat each other."
"Xia Xiaoman, you have seen with your own eyes how mutants kill humans, so you should know how cruel mutants are. After reading this report, do you still think there is something wrong with me arresting mutants?"
Xia Xiaoman threw the report on the table and said, "Don't confuse me here. I have no objection to you catching mutants, but I can't let you use me to catch mutants!"
"Find someone else to take over the affairs of the fleet! From today on, I will officially withdraw from the fleet!" Yu Jie used her to capture Fu Baiwei without telling her, which had touched her bottom line. There was no way she could continue to work for the government.
"Are you sure you want to quit the fleet? What about your friends?" Yu Jie asked.
Xia Xiaoman said: "Their abilities are no worse than mine. Even without me, they can still support a fleet."
Sun Qing, Ye Xiaojie, Li Yu'e, Xiao Zheyu, and the others could lead a fleet if they were picked out individually. If that didn't work out, she could lend the Jade Buddha space to Li Yu'e and the others temporarily, as she didn't need this space anyway.
Seeing Xia Xiaoman's resolute attitude, Yu Jie had to give in and said, "I didn't arrange this operation well. I apologize to you. Don't mention the matter of withdrawing from the fleet. Even if not for yourself, you should think about your friends."
Xia Xiaoman was unmoved, so Yu Jie reluctantly told him her plan, "When the rain stops and Blue Star stabilizes, I plan to build a water world. The water plants you brought back this time are one of the main materials for building a water world."
"If the water world is successfully built, you, as the main force in finding materials to build the water world, can move to the water world first."
"I have already sent people to start planning the water world. The environment of the water world will be better than that of the underground city. We will do our best to restore the world before the natural disaster."
Xia Xiaoman stopped and left when she heard this. Although Yu Jie wrote a blank check, she was still tempted.
The underground city was well built, but perhaps due to psychological reasons, she always felt that it was too small and a bit depressing to live in. If possible, she would rather live in the outside world.
After thinking for a moment, she took out a piece of white paper from Yu Jie's desk and wrote a few terms on it.
"I can continue to stay in the fleet, but you have to agree to a few conditions. First, you are not allowed to conduct human experiments on Bai Wei, and you are not allowed to harm her except for necessary treatment."
"Second, if the water world is built, my friends and crew members can move into the water world. Third, since you deceived me this time, I ask you to provide a public space for our fleet as compensation."
Seeing Yu Jie was about to refuse, Xia Xiaoman said first: "Don't be so hasty to refuse. I know that the Xu family in the capital has already figured out how to gather space energy and put the energy into jade. You have cooperation with the Xu family in the capital, so it shouldn't be difficult to get a jade space from them."
"If it doesn't work, you can also give us Huang Hai's space ring. I don't mind if it's second-hand."
Yu Jie: “…” You don’t mind, but I do.
The fleet is not limited to Xia Xiaoman. As Xia Xiaoman said, any one of Li Yu'e is capable of taking over the fleet. But not everyone has a wolf that understands human nature and can predict danger in advance, and not everyone can act as decisively as Xia Xiaoman.
This time she was in the wrong, so Yu Jie agreed to Xia Xiaoman's request and signed the contract that Xia Xiaoman wrote temporarily.
After getting the contract and the ring space, Xia Xiaoman went directly to the laboratory.
Fu Baiwei had woken up from her coma. The moment she saw Xia Xiaoman, she let out wild roars like a wild beast, as if questioning why Xia Xiaoman had betrayed her.
Xia Xiaoman looked at Fu Baiwei quietly. After Fu Baiwei calmed down, he said, "Whether you believe it or not, I have no idea about the plan to arrest you."
Fu Baiwei's eyes were cold, "I should have... killed you a long time ago..."
Xia Xiaoman looked at Fu Baiwei's distorted face and sighed heavily, "Yu Jie has promised me that she will not let anyone hurt you, and will do her best to treat you and turn you back to normal. You should get well here, and I will come to see you when I have time."
"Fake kindness!" Fu Baiwei struggled hard against the straps that bound her.
Xia Xiaoman did not continue to argue. After instructing the researcher not to harm Fu Baiwei, he left.
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Two days later, Xia Xiaoman and others set out again to look for mines.
With this experience, Xia Xiaoman and the others were much more relaxed. Xiao Zheyu even went to Lv Lanshan and asked him to get him a few fishing rods, so that if he encountered useful aquatic plants or other things, he could catch them without having to go into the water.
After sorting out the supplies on the ship, Xia Xiaoman and others set off. When leaving, Xia Xiaoman saw Luo Hongwei returning from Yancheng.
Yancheng has many mines, and Luo Hongwei was assigned to investigate the road conditions to Yancheng and negotiate with Yancheng whether he could continue to buy coal. No one knew what Luo Hongwei did in Yancheng that delayed his return until now.
When Xia Xiaoman saw Luo Hongwei's speedboat, she suddenly remembered that she had shot Wang Canxiong a month ago. After returning to the underground city, neither Yu Jie nor Lu Lanshan mentioned the incident. It was unknown whether they were unaware of it or did not take it to heart.
Xia Xiaoman felt that the latter possibility was more likely. Wang Canxiong's mission could be accomplished by anyone who was good at swimming, and Yu Jie and the others would not embarrass her for such a small person.
"Xiaoman, Xie Yi said he wanted to take the same road where he encountered the mutant last time." Sun Qing took the route map and placed it in front of Xia Xiaoman.
This time their destination is the copper mine in Wuduyu Town.
Before the natural disaster, the mine had been discovered, but at that time, some ethnic minorities lived in Yuzhen. These ethnic minorities believed in mountain gods and did not allow anyone to destroy the mountains. No matter who it was, even if the officials wanted to mine copper, they would be driven out by the local villagers.
Once the incident got out of hand and the authorities accidentally killed several villagers. After the central government in the capital learned about it, the development of the copper mine was stopped.
These are all information before the natural disaster. It is unknown whether the mines have been developed after the disaster.
Xia Xiaoman and his team's purpose this time was to explore the route to Yu Town and confirm the situation of the mine. If no one from other cities was mining, then they in Fucheng would have to dig the mine back before other cities remembered the copper mine.
The journey to Yu Town is long, and if we have to go around the mountain full of mutants, it might take a lot of time.
Sun Qing said, "Xie Yi said that the military sent people to drive away the mutants a few days ago, and there are no mutants on that mountain now. We can take this road directly and reach Yu Town faster."
Xia Xiaoman frowned and thought for a moment, "No need to change lanes, just take the detour as planned."
Sun Qing didn't ask anything after hearing this, but nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll tell Xie Yi." She believed in Xia Xiaoman's judgment. Since Xia Xiaoman decided to take a detour, she must have her reasons.
But not everyone will unconditionally trust Xia Xiaoman. When Xie Yi learned that he had to continue taking a detour, he came to Xia Xiaoman and asked, "The mutants on the mountain ahead have been driven away, why do you insist on taking a detour?"
Xia Xiaoman said, "Have you forgotten the mutants we met before? You should know how vengeful the mutants are, right?"
Xie Yi frowned, "I know mutants are vengeful. But the military just bombed that mountain, and the mutants probably won't dare to come back in a short time. If you are really scared, we can speed up and pass through the mountain before the mutants come back..."
"Xie Yi!" Xia Xiaoman said sullenly, "Are you going to gamble with the fifty lives on the ship? I remember you used to be very steady. When did you become so impulsive?"
Xie Yi was stunned for a moment. When did he become so impulsive and eager for quick success? Was it when he saw his teammates being smashed to death and torn apart by mutants? Or when he learned that he, a captain of the anti-drug team, had to help Xia Xiaoman?
He didn't remember. He only knew that there was a fire in his heart that he couldn't get out or put out, and it was tormenting him all the time.
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