Two days later, Fang Qingdai personally led a team, carrying grain and seeds, and together with her men and Deputy Wang, headed to the Qinglong Base.
After this batch of grain was transferred to the Qinglong base, the Oasis base's inventory became slightly tight again.
Because the Oasis base has recently received a large number of refugees, even though they have been arranged to cultivate the land, ordinary people can never compete with those with superpowers.
The Oasis Base's rapid food production is due to the earth-elemental ability users clearing and cultivating the soil, the wood-elemental ability users promoting growth and care, and the daily irrigation work of the water-elemental ability users in conjunction with the sprayers.
Although the Oasis base is working overtime to produce automated machinery to help ordinary people farm independently, the number of machines is still insufficient, and so far, the refugees have not been able to farm independently.
This means that the farming teams at the Oasis Base will have to shoulder more pressure, working overtime to expand farmland and increase the planting area.
Zhang Xin is almost obsessed with working overtime. She's a respectable superhuman, and also the base chief's mother. With that kind of status, no one would say anything even if she just lay around doing nothing.
But she spent all day in the fields, leading the team with Qingzhong to reclaim wasteland and plant crops. Over time, both of them were covered in dust and dirt, and the grime on their hands was impossible to wash off.
The couple, however, seemed to enjoy it, keeping themselves so busy that they were rarely seen.
But Fang Qingdai still felt sorry for her parents and couldn't bear to see them continue to bear such great pressure.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Qingdai turned her head to look at Deputy Officer Wang.
When Lieutenant Wang met her gaze, he couldn't help but tremble: "W-what's wrong?"
Fang Qingdai immediately put on an innocent and naive smile: "Well, it's like this, I think it's a bit unfair that people from our Oasis Base get the opportunity to go to the Azure Dragon Base to study."
"After all, the people from the Azure Dragon Base came mainly to help manage the refugees. It's unfair to you to only give and not receive anything in return!"
Lieutenant Wang scratched his head: "How can you say that? When our people go there, they eat and live at your place, and you even open the most comprehensive library in the wasteland to us for free. We're the ones who benefit!"
Not to mention that the food at Oasis Base is unmatched by any other base, the free library alone is invaluable!
But Fang Qingdai insisted, "No, we're the ones who benefited!"
Lieutenant Wang paused for a moment, then asked, "So what do you mean?"
Fang Qingdai smiled even more innocently: "Our Oasis Base is best known for its agricultural planting. I think you should send more people over, preferably wood-type ability users, as they have a high affinity for plants and will definitely find it easier to learn planting. After they arrive, I will have my mother, who is also the leader of the planting team, personally teach them!"
"What do you think?" Fang Qingdai looked at Lieutenant Wang with bright, expectant eyes.
Deputy Wang frowned. It sounded like a great opportunity, since the Qinglong Base really admired the agricultural planting technology of the Oasis Base.
But something just doesn't feel right.
Before Wang could think too much, looking at Fang Qingdai's "sincere" eyes, he felt that the opportunity was not to be missed. The base director of the Oasis Base had personally spoken, so he had to agree quickly!
"Okay, I'll tell my superiors when I get back. The Azure Dragon Base will be more than happy to send people there to learn!"
Fang Qingdai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly as she looked out the car window.
We've got the manpower!
However, her good mood came to an abrupt end when she detected a group of people blocking her way ahead using her outward-extending spiritual power.
"There's a group of about 300 people about a kilometer ahead. Judging from their posture, they're coming for us!"
Lieutenant Wang was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened instantly. He took out his walkie-talkie: "The convoy shall stop. Car number one, advance to scout ahead. The rest of the vehicles, turn around and prepare to evacuate!"
The convoy instantly became serious and tense. Fang Qingdai asked Wang, the adjutant, "Should we go into the spatial dimension, avoid them, and then come out?"
Without hesitation, Lieutenant Wang shook his head: "The grain seeds are fine in your space. If you're worried, you can bring the people from the Oasis Base in. The people from the Azure Dragon Base absolutely cannot hide!"
The Azure Dragon Base has always been the top dog in the wasteland. Its status was earned through real battles, and its overwhelming strength has prevented other forces from provoking or testing it for many years!
The three bases are currently locked in fierce fighting, yet they still managed to find time to intercept the convoy. It's obvious they were escorting a batch of high-quality seeds and grain!
Regardless of the other party's purpose, Lieutenant Wang represents the prestige of the Azure Dragon Base, and he absolutely cannot back down even half a step, otherwise, what will become of the Azure Dragon Base's reputation?
Fang Qingdai frowned.
She wouldn't have the mindset of preferring to die fighting rather than retreat.
It's not like the base is facing a life-or-death crisis where retreating would mean annihilation. In this kind of sudden situation in the wild, retreating is fine; it's about being responsible for your own safety and the lives of the base members.
The base's reputation? We've lost face this time, but we'll just take stock of our forces and find a chance to get revenge.
If you insist on fighting head-on when the other side has a large number of people, you'll lose face if you can't win.
If someone dies, it's too late for the base to come and settle scores.
But Fang Qingdai also knew that the Oasis Base was different from the Azure Dragon Base.
Oasis Base is a newly developed small base, and no one will laugh at us for not daring to confront them head-on.
However, as the leading force, if the Azure Dragon Base were to back down even slightly, other factions in the wasteland would change their opinion of it, which would indeed damage the Azure Dragon Base's prestige.
Fang Qingdai understood the Azure Dragon Base's actions, but...
She glanced at her teammates, a little conflicted.
To be honest, if the other side had fewer people, we would have fought them.
But their convoy only had about thirty people, while the other side had more than three hundred!
She didn't want her team members to take that risk.
But since Oasis Base and Azure Dragon Base are allies, she has no reason to abandon them.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Qingdai said, "If the situation turns out badly, I will take everyone into my spatial storage. Even if the Azure Dragon Base refuses, it won't make a difference."
"At worst, you can tell the outside world that I took it upon myself to kidnap you, not that the Azure Dragon Base was weak and backed down."
Lieutenant Wang's lips twitched. Looking at Fang Qingdai's serious and earnest eyes, he hesitated for a long time but couldn't utter a word.
They were doing it for the good of the Qinglong Base, and Lieutenant Wang isn't someone who can't distinguish right from wrong.
He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Well, well, then I'll have to trouble Chief Qing."
"But please give us a little more space unless absolutely necessary, the other side might not actually dare to make a move!"
Fang Qingdai's lips twitched slightly: "Alright, if it really comes to that, I'll try my best to act it out and let the other side know that the Azure Dragon Base was forced to evacuate!"
The two chatted for a bit, and the tense atmosphere eased slightly.
At that moment, a message came through the walkie-talkie: "Reporting, adjutant, there is a force of about three hundred people about one kilometer ahead, flying the flags of the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird bases!"
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