Fang Qingdai and the skinny monkey ran out of the area where the killer vines were gathered, carrying torches. When they looked back at the dense clump of vines that looked like a swarm of snakes dancing wildly, they couldn't help but gasp!
Seeing the two run out, Zhang Chengjie immediately ordered, "Get in the sand truck! Prepare the grease!"
Two dune buggies had been fitted with something resembling plows or rakes on their backs at some point. As the dune buggies sped off, deep ditches appeared in the sand behind them!
The two dune buggies quickly circled the vine-covered area, forming a closed loop with a deep ditch connecting the two ends.
At Zhang Chengjie's command, the team members poured a large amount of grease into the ditch.
Fire grease is a resin from a mutated plant that is highly flammable.
After the team members spread the resin, Zhang Chengjie threw in a match, and a flame suddenly ignited and quickly spread along the ditch, completely enveloping the killer vine.
At this moment, the Killer Vine had also finished seizing the spatial water. Feeling surrounded by firelight, the vine reflexively tried to escape, but due to its natural fear, it dared not cross the wall of fire!
Even the killer vines, which were trying to burrow into the sand, were forced back by the scorching heat because the ditches were deep enough.
"Go! Cut as many as you can!"
Before they could find a way to kill the vine, Zhang Chengjie grabbed his knife and charged forward.
All team members went in to harvest, and everyone surrounded the fire wall to fight a guerrilla war. When the Killer Vine advanced, the team members retreated. When the Killer Vine tried to run away, the team members went up and slashed it!
Once the Killer Vines are severed, they completely lose their fighting ability.
While everyone was busy harvesting, the skinny monkey, who was fast, ran wildly along the wall of fire to replenish fuel in the ditch.
Only after all the killer vines had been harvested did the skinny monkey collapse onto the sand, panting like a broken bellows!
All the team members are exhausted!
Some team members were accidentally scalded by the flames or whipped by the killer vines, so everyone was covered in soot and looked quite disheveled.
But everyone was in high spirits: "This is the first time we've fought such an easy battle!"
"This harvest should be over ten thousand catties, right?"
"We're rich, brothers!"
Zhang Chengjie was also very excited. While directing his team to clean up the battlefield, he shouted, "We were able to gain so much this time, all thanks to the information provided by Qingdai, and also because of the bait she offered. She deserves the most credit this time!"
Upon hearing this, most of the team members nodded in agreement.
Several of them were not entirely convinced, but out of respect for Zhang Chengjie's authority, they did not say much.
Fang Qingdai saw this and chuckled softly.
So what if you disagree? Whether in modern times or in the wasteland, strength is the only thing that matters.
You can only fill a pot with as much rice as you can fit in it. You give without expecting anything in return.
The group cleaned up the battlefield, and the gathered killing vines were bundled together into a huge, heavy bundle.
Zhang Chengjie frowned as he looked at the spoils: "I'm afraid we won't be able to transport those two sand trucks back."
"Didn't Zhao Kun and his gang drive two vehicles? Let's find their cars, and then the team will have two more dune buggies!"
Finally, a team member remembered Zhao Kun and the others' equipment and excitedly made a suggestion.
Fang Qingdai's smile froze for a moment, but she quickly recovered.
The team members searched frantically on the previous battlefield, but found not a single piece of equipment.
"Wait a minute, does the Killer Ivy eat those things?"
Zhang Chengjie frowned and looked at Fang Qingdai: "Qingdai, were you there at the time? Did you see those things?"
It's not that I suspect Fang Qingdai of keeping it privately.
After all, with so much stuff, especially the two dune buggies, it would be impossible for Fang Qingdai to transport and hide it away by herself in a short period of time.
No one knew that Fang Qingdai possessed a space, so naturally no one would easily suspect that the disappearance of the items was related to her!
Fang Qingdai pretended to think for a while before replying, "It was too chaotic at the time, and I was so frightened that I didn't notice those things!"
When Zhang Chengjie first saw the murderous vines gathered into a net, he was quite frightened, otherwise he wouldn't have doubted Fang Qingdai's story.
"That's really strange. How could so much stuff get swallowed up by sand?"
Fang Qingdai nodded earnestly: "It's not impossible!"
Seeing everyone looking over, Fang Qingdai solemnly fabricated a story: "At that time, there were too many killer vines gathered in this area. They emerged from the sand and then burrowed back into it. With so many vines turning over the soil, it's not impossible that they dug all those things up!"
As she spoke, Fang Qingdai gave an example: "The trenches we just dug, didn't they collapse almost completely when the battle was over? After all, it's sandy land, so it's normal for sand to be very fluid!"
Everyone recalled the battlefield just now, and the trench that originally reached waist level but was only calf-deep by the end of the battle, and they were all convinced.
"Oh, it's such a waste that it's buried in the sand. Why don't we dig around here?"
Putting everything else aside, two dune buggies are no ordinary resource for people in shantytowns!
Zhang Chengjie was also reluctant to part with the two vehicles, so he agreed to let the team members dig and search in this area.
Fang Qingdai did not express any opinion.
But having already fought the Killer Vine twice and dug around with her teammates for a long time, she was really exhausted!
We need to find a way to distract everyone from their obsession with Zhao Kun and his group's equipment.
After thinking for a while, Fang Qingdai's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Boss Zhang, I want to ask, aren't you going to dig up the sections of those severed killer vines that are still buried underground?"
"If we collect so much from the ground, and dig up the roots too, wouldn't that double or triple the yield?"
Zhang Chengjie was stunned: "No one has ever dug up the roots. They just collect the cut-off part from the surface of the sand and leave."
"Give it a try? We've been digging here for ages and haven't found anything. Why not dig over there? If we find something, we can exchange it for points!"
Zhang Chengjie was persuaded!
Two dune buggies are a huge target; after searching for so long, the chances of finding them are really slim.
But if Fang Qingdai's suggestion is effective, the team's gains could at least double!
So Zhang Chengjie called half of the members, with Fang Qingdai leading the team back to try digging.
Fang Qingdai's prediction was correct. After digging for a few minutes, the group unearthed a section of the killer vine.
I thought there would be countless vines growing from the thick roots, but when I dug out the root system, I found that the Killer Ivy was actually a single vine as a unit!
The root system is also underdeveloped, with only a few sparse roots growing at the tail.
No wonder! The Killer Vine can wander around in search of water.
Except for lacking a mouth, eyes, and internal organs, they have evolved to be almost like snakes!
With a significant and substantial harvest on one side, the team members who were still searching for equipment on the other side gradually became restless.
After searching for another hour, having sifted through all the sand and soil in that area, Zhang Chengjie found absolutely nothing and gradually gave up hope.
"Forget it, let's all go back and dig up the killer vines! We can make a fortune by quickly clearing out the remaining vines!"
The team members quickly turned to help Fang Qingdai and the others. As dusk deepened, they finally cleared out all the killer vines.
Good heavens, this looks like it weighs 20,000 to 30,000 jin (10,000 to 15,000 kg), this is definitely a huge profit!
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