Chapter 458: Being Preempted
After being scolded by Xia Xiaoman, Xie Yi locked himself in the room.
Xia Xiaoman ignored him. Who wouldn't have some problems living in such a disaster-ridden world? People with an open mind would be fine if they figured it out. If they couldn't figure it out and kept getting stuck in a dead end, the consequence might be that they would become the second Fu Baiwei.
Xia Xiaoman's decision to take a detour was correct. At this moment, a group of mutants were lurking under the water. If someone passed by, they would find ways to stop the person. The outside world was short of supplies, and humans had another name, called two-legged sheep.
The road to Yu Town is full of dangers, but compared to Baicheng, although Yu Town is far away, it is not as dangerous as the road to Baicheng. Perhaps it is because the road to Baicheng passes through the site of a former volcanic eruption, so it is particularly dangerous.
On the way to Yucheng, Xia Xiaoman and his crew met a fleet that was also out looking for supplies. At first, Xia Xiaoman thought they were also out looking for mines, but after asking, he found out that they were out looking for food.
The other party is a fleet sent by Star Harbor City. Some hyphae inexplicably grow in the soil of the underground planting area of Star Harbor City. These hyphae will quickly corrode the roots and stems of plants, making Star Harbor City unable to grow food and can only go out to find edible food.
Now Star Harbor City still has food reserves. Before the reserves are used up, they must find a way to solve the food problem, otherwise there will definitely be famine in the underground city.
When Xia Xiaoman learned that Xinggang City was short of food, he asked what the other city had in abundance, or whether any special animals, plants, or minerals had been discovered.
When the captain of Star Harbor City heard this, he knew that Xia Xiaoman wanted to exchange food for supplies with them, so he said, "We have everything we need now. We are short of food and everything we need. As for special plants and animals, we have actually discovered some."
"Some time ago, we found a kind of water vine. The juice of this water vine is sweet. We tried to make sugar from the juice of the water vine, but we were unsuccessful. However, we can make it into thick syrup."
"In addition, the fibers of this water vine are white and fine, and can be made into paper. It's a pity that there is a problem with the soil in our underground city, otherwise it would definitely reproduce on a large scale." Now both sugar and paper are scarce and in short supply.
Xia Xiaoman asked: "Are there any other special animals and plants?"
The captain thought for a moment and said, "Do fish count?"
"What kind of fish?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"It's just an ordinary crucian carp. Not really ordinary, this type of crucian carp is smaller than the previous varieties, the largest one is only the size of a palm. But it's easy to keep and reproduces quickly, and can give birth to a litter in about a month."
They are currently relying on these crucian carps to slow down the consumption of their food reserves. But no matter how fertile the crucian carps are, they can't sustain so many people eating them.
Xia Xiaoman nodded, "Anything else?"
"There are also some special aquatic plants, but they are useless. You can't eat them, and you can't use them. Fish won't eat them if you feed them to them."
Xia Xiaoman said, "Well, you prepare a copy of all the special plants and animals you have in Xinggang City. I will take them back to Floating City and have our mayor assess their value. If it is determined that what you give us is useful to our Floating City, I can ask our mayor to sell you some food."
The captain of Xinggang City hesitated, worried that Xia Xiaoman would take the things and run away. After thinking for a long time, he said, "I'll give you some crucian carp first! If you want water vines, come back next time to trade."
He gave away all his cards at once. If Xia Xiaoman never came back, he would lose a lot. It just so happened that he also had crucian carp on his boat, so he didn't have to go back to the dungeon to get it.
Xia Xiaoman thought about it and agreed to the other party's request. After getting the crucian carp and agreeing on the place and time of the next meeting, Xia Xiaoman continued to move towards Yu Town.
The journey was very smooth. We did not encounter any attacks from special creatures or mutants.
Just when Xia Xiaoman and others thought they could successfully complete the mission, several large ships parked in Yu Town shattered their joy.
Xiao Zheyu looked sullen, "I'm late. Someone else got there first."
Xia Xiaoman sighed and looked at Xie Yi, "Xie Yi, go negotiate with them and see if they are willing to give us a portion of the mine. Or we can barter, using the materials in Fucheng to exchange for the copper they dug out."
Xie Yi has been depressed ever since he was scolded by Xia Xiaoman. It's not that he feels ashamed, but he doesn't know how to face himself now that he can't control his emotions.
Hearing Xia Xiaoman specifically asking him to negotiate, he was a little surprised. He thought Xia Xiaoman would not use him, and was ready to leave the fleet as soon as he returned.
Seeing that he was still in a daze, Xia Xiaoman asked, "Why? Don't you want to?"
Xie Yi came back to his senses and said, "No, I'll go now." As he said that, he went back to the cabin to get the diving equipment to go into the water.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman asked, "Where are you going?"
Xie Yi replied: "Get the diving equipment."
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
When this person evolved, could it be that he transferred his IQ to physical strength?
"There is a lifeboat on the ship, row it over." She said with some concern, "Take two people with you, so that if we can't come to an agreement, at least we have two helpers."
Xie Yi smiled embarrassedly when he heard that, then he led his men to untie the lifeboat and rowed the boat slowly towards the big ship parked not far away.
After Xie Yi left, Xia Xiaoman looked at Qin Shuyan and asked a question she had always wanted to ask, "Did Xie Yi's brain get damaged when he was in a coma last time? Why is his previous smartness gone?"
Qin Shuyan said: "He is not brain-damaged, he has some psychological problems. After Xie Yi woke up from his coma, he received psychological counseling for a period of time before being discharged from the hospital." How could he not have psychological problems after watching his teammates being smashed to death one by one?
Xia Xiaoman sighed. In this cannibalistic world, there are probably few normal people left.
After waiting for about half an hour, Xie Yi came back.
"Those fleets are from Sand City. They don't agree to share our mines, nor are they willing to sell the ore to us."
When Xia Xiaoman heard Xie Yi say that these people were from Sand City, she knew that there was no hope. Sand City was very prosperous before the natural disaster, and after the disaster, it was not much worse than other cities. They had abundant supplies and would not look down on the meager things in Floating City.
"It's okay if you don't want to. We didn't gain nothing from this trip. At least we got the crucian carp fry from Xinggang City."
When talking about the deal with Xinggang City, Xia Xiaoman had a rough idea in mind. Instead of blindly looking for mines, it would be better to trade with other cities.
When their floating city has more types of materials, even if they don't look for mines, cities with ore will come to them to seek cooperation for some precious materials.
This is much easier than blindly looking for mines.
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