Chapter 533 My Secret with the Adult
Zhen Zhifan, who was following behind Xia Qianqian and Zhou Chong, watched the whole scene.
As expected, the rumors were true.
This adult really does like to give away supplies to others at the drop of a hat.
Of course, he probably doesn't have that honor.
In a split second, Zhen Zhifan stepped forward as soon as they finished speaking: "Hello, sir. I am Zhen Zhifan, the manager of the provincial capital base. You can just call me Xiao Zhen."
The sudden sound silenced the previously lively scene.
Ling Ran looked up at Zhen Zhifan and nodded slightly.
The quiet scene made Zhen Zhifan feel somewhat awkward.
However, being a manager, he quickly masked his embarrassment and smiled at Ling Ran, saying, "Sir, I didn't know you were at the provincial capital base before, and I neglected you and your members. That was my fault. Today at our provincial capital restaurant, I'll treat you to lunch. I beg you to do me the honor of having a chance to apologize."
Pei Yi glanced at Ling Ran, who was scrolling on her tablet and didn't seem inclined to speak. So Pei Yi spoke up for her: "Manager Zhen, I'm sorry, our people have already prepared the food for today, so we won't be having lunch."
"Dinner will be the same." Zhen Zhifan hurriedly said, "I heard that you like local specialties. Although our northern province has few delicacies, we do have some. Moreover, our provincial capital base has many chefs with their own signature dishes. Please come and taste them."
Pei Yi glanced at Ling Ran again, then nodded in agreement: "Then I'll trouble Manager Zhen tonight."
"No trouble at all, it's an honor for our entire base that you would do us the honor."
Zhen Zhifan took the opportunity to flatter him a few times, and then tactfully took his leave. As for Zhou Chong and Xia Qianqian, they stayed to have dinner together.
Faced with a wide variety of dishes and excellent culinary skills, even Xia Qianqian, who never lacked supplies, couldn't help but swallow hard.
When she gets back, she'll find a chef to cook delicious meals just for her.
During the meal, Zhou Chong asked, "Sir, did you come to the Northern Province for tourism?"
"Um."
"I never imagined the world was so big that I would meet you, sir." Xia Qianqian said with emotion, "But thanks to you, sir, otherwise I would still be clinging to the past about some things."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chong looked at her and asked, "What secret do you have with the adults?"
Actually, he's always been quite curious about this.
Xia Qianqian had always disliked or even envied the adult, which he could see to some extent. But on the day the adult left, she went to talk to him and then it was as if she had cleared up her misunderstandings with him. Not only did she have no resentment towards him, but she even admired him very much.
Xia Qianqian glared at him: "This is a secret between me and the adults, so don't pry."
Zhou Chong helplessly shrugged: "OK, I won't ask."
Ling Ran found it rather strange to see the two of them so sweet and affectionate.
She remembered that they had been scheming against each other before, each with their own agenda, but now it seemed like they were treating each other sincerely.
Is this what novels refer to as "marriage first, love later"?
After lunch, everyone asked Zhou Chong for news about the Beijing base.
Zhou Chong sighed and said, "Actually, the people from the Beijing base said they wanted to discuss the zombie king with me, but it was probably for the evolution fluid."
"You mean the Beijing base wants the secret formula for the evolution fluid?"
"Um."
Zhou Chong nodded and explained, "If it were really about dealing with the zombie king, they wouldn't have only invited Hope Base. Other major bases are also very strong and closer to us than Hope Base. The fact that Beijing Base went to such lengths to discuss the evolution fluid is probably because they wanted to talk about it."
Pei Yi nodded in understanding: "So what are your thoughts?"
"It's not that I don't want to give you the secret formula for this evolution fluid, but that I can't, or rather, even if I did, the Beijing base wouldn't be able to replicate it. I can only improve upon my first version of the evolution fluid and remove the side effects. The upgraded version of the evolution fluid contains a formula that only our base has, and I can't give this formula to the Beijing base, nor can I explain it to them."
Everyone else was puzzled by what they heard.
Is there something that only Hope Base possesses, and that cannot be revealed to outsiders?
Ling Ran raised an eyebrow and looked at Xia Qianqian, who felt Ling Ran's gaze and smiled faintly.
She knew the adults had guessed it.
That's right, the upgraded evolution fluid contains the spiritual spring that Xia Qianqian has in her space. But this thing is a non-renewable resource, and rebirth and space are Xia Qianqian's biggest secrets. Even Zhou Chong only knows a little about them, so it's even less likely that she would tell anyone.
"But the Beijing base probably won't believe it, right?"
“Hmm.” Zhou Chong nodded: “So I plan that if the Beijing base is willing, they will cover the costs, and we will only charge 10% of the labor costs to help them produce the evolution fluid.”
In fact, the Hope Base is operating at a loss.
Because they haven't even calculated the value of the spiritual spring, which is extremely precious.
“But if only you want the base to produce the evolution fluid, the speed is too slow.” Gu Zijing pointed out the key point: “After all, to deal with the zombie king, it may be a dozen or even dozens of bases working together, and the demand for evolution fluid will definitely be very large.”
Zhou Chong was well aware of this, but there was really nothing he could do about it: "Well, there's nothing I can do either. This is all I can do."
In fact, if it were the Zhou Chong of the past, he might have taken the opportunity to get a lot of benefits from the Beijing base. It was only after hearing about the deeds of the adults told to him by his 'neighbors' at those bases that Zhou Chong changed his mind.
His idol is so kind, so naturally, this little fanboy wouldn't be so calculating as to embarrass his idol.
"oh."
The topic seemed to fall silent for a moment.
Su Yimo couldn't help but ask, "How is the Hope Base doing?"
Actually, what she really wanted to ask was how Xia Qianqian's fish were doing.
She had wanted to ask Xia Qianqian about this ever since she saw her, but since Xia Qianqian was living such a happy life now, it wasn't appropriate to ask.
Su Yimo didn't have any bad intentions; she was just being gossipy.
“The development is going very well,” Zhou Chong replied.
"..."
"but……"
Su Yimo immediately looked up at him expectantly, and Zhou Chong continued, "However, whether it is Shanxi Province or other provinces, many zombies have hidden themselves, just like the capital city, which is divided in two. It's just that other provinces have more zombies because they are larger."
Xia Qianqian added from the side: "That's right. It's even more difficult to obtain supplies now. A single superpowered team can basically not complete missions alone. Now, missions are completed in teams. Otherwise, the zombies we encounter are in hordes, and it's too dangerous to rely on just one person from a superpowered team."
"Therefore, it's only a matter of time before zombie kings appear in various places."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xiu exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, does God even want us to live? So many natural disasters are bad enough, but now even zombies are playing tricks on us. This is too much!"
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