Chapter 228 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
That night.
It has been more than a month since we entered the extremely hot season. The temperature in the north has reached over 40 degrees Celsius, occasionally reaching 45 degrees Celsius. The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is even more exaggerated. Even late at night, the temperature is still over 40 degrees Celsius.
In addition, there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River. Even though the water level has dropped significantly over the past few months, the air is still unbearably humid and hot, and annoying mosquitoes are everywhere.
In such an environment, there are almost no people outside.
However, in a fluorescent area in a corner of the greenhouse where crops were growing lushly, someone was enjoying the air conditioning, yawning and feeling drowsy.
In the darkness, a figure flashed into the greenhouse at an extremely fast speed and came in front of the guard. The guard felt a gust of wind blowing towards him. He opened his eyes and saw the black shadow in front of him and subconsciously said: "What -"
Before he could finish his words, he saw a pair of eyes that looked even deeper under the light of the fluorescent stick, and then he fell into a deep sleep without realizing it.
Lu Xuan threw the sleeping person out of the greenhouse and scanned the dim greenhouse with his enhanced eyesight.
After confirming that the crops inside would indeed take several days to fully mature, he could not help but move his wrist and whispered in the night:
"Then let's get started."
As the words fell, a huge and invisible wood-related power swept towards all the plants in the greenhouse.
The crops, which had grown almost to a certain size, matured completely in an instant. The branches and leaves rustled, and the greenhouse was filled with a stronger, more fragrant aroma of crops than before.
After ripening hundreds of acres of rice and wheat in one go, Lu Xuan moved on to the next place.
Corn, sweet potatoes, yams, potatoes, large fields of rapeseed planted specifically for oil extraction, and lotus roots in a lotus pond covering hundreds of acres all grew overnight.
Every time he came to the greenhouse of different crops, Lu Xuan would hypnotize the guards and then throw them out. He threw out dozens of people one after another.
In the middle of the process, because the amount of induced growth was too large, the supernatural power was consumed a lot, so Lu Xuan took out several fourth-level crystal cores and a fifth-level crystal core to recover.
At this time, the message in the system background flashed again, and two new achievement reminders popped up.
[Achieve the 'Receive gifts totaling 10 billion Star Coins' achievement and receive a standard mecha and a bonus Energy Stone gift pack. Next stage achievement: Receive gifts worth 100 billion Star Coins.]
[Achieve the '500 Million Fans' achievement and receive a 72-hour pop-up recommendation from the All-Star Alliance, 1 Holo Cabin, and 5 million points. Next achievement: 5 Billion Fans.]
There is nothing much to say about the gift achievement. The rewarded mecha system can be purchased in the mall. The style is nothing special. It is just right to take it to the training room for the hunting team to practice.
The rewards for fan achievements are surprising, especially the recommendation given this time.
In the past, the recommendation positions for random stars were rotated every 3-6 hours, whether it was 24 hours or 72 hours. During this period, it was only recommended on the live broadcast channel of one planet, and not too many planets in total.
The biggest benefit of recommending the Capital Star is that it can bring in more wealthy viewers who spend money on the game, but the increase is actually not as good as the Random Star.
This time, the recommendation is for the entire Star Alliance, which means that during the same period, all the plane live broadcast system channels on all planets will recommend his live broadcast room. Lu Xuan knows without much explanation from the audience that this must be one of the best recommended positions.
Not to mention that there is an additional reminder that comes along with the achievement description.
This recommendation can be limited to 24 hours and divided into three parts, and he can freely choose the specific recommendation time.
This right allows Lu Xuan to schedule recommendations at a time when there are more things to watch, so as to maximize the benefits of the recommendations.
If you don't want to go through so much trouble, you can follow past practices and recommend it for three consecutive days starting tomorrow.
Lu Xuan naturally divided the recommendations into three parts without hesitation. The first round of recommendations will be put on for tomorrow, and the rest will be kept for now.
Lu Xuan glanced at the reward for the holographic cabin, opened the system mall and took a look. Finally, he saw the holographic cabin that had been gray all the time light up as he wished. Also unlocked were the purchase rights for medical cabins, large cruise ships, and hundreds of other daily necessities, weapons and equipment, machinery, and other commodities.
Lu Xuan refreshed the daily discounts several times and found that medical cabins, holographic cabins and other products that had not been refreshed before appeared.
Lu Xuan bought both at a discounted price without hesitation, and used up the daily fixed refresh times. He now had three more medical cabins and two more holographic cabins.
In the next few days, he also plans to refresh every day and take down all the two cabins that are refreshed.
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Early the next morning.
After finding a place in the greenhouse to put his bed and spend the night there, Lu Xuan had a simple breakfast and opened the live broadcast room.
At the same time, a pop-up recommendation for his Ancient Survival live broadcast room appeared on the Star Alliance’s live broadcast channel.
Capital Star, Agricultural Star, Tourist Star, Edge Star, countless interstellar citizens who happened to be hanging out on the live broadcast channel entered the live broadcast room after seeing the recommendation.
The number of people online has seen an unprecedented surge.
The number of fans increases by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands almost every blink of an eye. The number of new fans increases rapidly, and a large number of comments from new fans who are not familiar with Lu Xuan appear on the barrage after a long absence.
[Ancient live broadcast room? Or survival live broadcast? What kind of survival? Palace fighting or political intrigue?]
[Huh, it's actually Disaster Survival? It seems a bit unpopular, so I'm paying attention.]
[Ah, this host looks familiar. Is he the one with the copying ability mentioned on Xingbo before?]
[Isn't the anchor with the copying ability the same Lu Xuan who proposed that mutant plants could be contracted?]
[What are you going to broadcast today, host? I heard you contracted a level 7 mutant vampire vine. Can you show it off?]
[Did the host copy several special abilities? I want to see!]
Because there were so many new people coming in at once and an astonishing number of people throwing gifts, Lu Xuan felt for the first time that there was a brief pause in the barrage.
Lu Xuan was very satisfied with the results of the recommendation, but he remained calm and said with a smile, "There's no rush to show off my supernatural powers, but today's live broadcast will be very exciting. New viewers can look forward to it."
He looked at the sky. By now, the guards he had thrown out should have been discovered.
This is indeed the case.
When Lu Xuan threw the person away, he did not deliberately choose a remote and deserted place. The greenhouse was of great significance, and managers from various prominent families came to inspect it every day.
As soon as the sun rose, the guards who were sleeping like dead pigs were discovered one after another.
When the managers saw these people being thrown out of the greenhouse, they felt a pang of fear in their hearts. They instinctively felt that something had happened and hurriedly wanted to go into the greenhouse to check, but found that they could not get in!
It was as if some kind of transparent barrier appeared out of thin air around the greenhouse, forcing them to only walk three meters to the greenhouse door before they could move forward any further. If they tried to force their way through, it would be like hitting an invisible wall.
The stewards were shocked: "What's going on?"
Someone noticed something was wrong in the greenhouse and exclaimed, "Why do the crops inside seem taller than they did yesterday?"
The others took a closer look and were even more shocked. "It looks to me like the rice is fully ripe and ready for picking."
But yesterday they consulted an experienced farmer, and it was clear that it would take another four or five days for the crops to reach their highest yield.
But how could there be such a big change overnight?
A group of managers walked around different greenhouses for a long time to find out how the abnormality happened, and finally found the target in one of the greenhouses.
"Hiss—there's someone in the greenhouse!" a tall and thin manager exclaimed.
The other managers quickly came over. One of them recognized the person inside and his expression changed drastically, "Isn't that Lu Xuan?"
The others' eyelids jumped, "Lu Xuan? Which Lu Xuan? Could he be the one who provided the greenhouse?"
Or last time, it was two outsiders from prominent families that were directly shaken!
"That's him!" The steward's eyelids twitched wildly when he recognized Lu Xuan. "Why did he get here so soon? Is he the reason why we can't get into the greenhouse?"
The steward thought of the plan the patriarch had revealed earlier, and a sinister premonition came to his mind. He almost shouted at the top of his voice, "Quick, go inform the patriarchs! There's an accident in the greenhouse!"
The new audience didn't know what had happened before and found these people's reactions strange.
The old fans immediately told them about Jiangnan’s situation.
After the newcomers had a general idea of what was going on, they saw the managers looking panicked and immediately realized that the show the host had mentioned was about to begin. They immediately cheered up, and those at home who had managed to grab some natural food on Starnet immediately prepared candies, snacks and melon seeds, waiting for the show to begin.
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In the wealthy street where prominent families of Licheng gather.
The heads of various families who were leisurely enjoying a variety of delicious breakfasts at home; those who were sleeping with their beauties in their concubines' rooms; and those who were leisurely practicing Tai Chi in the yard were all interrupted by the housekeepers.
At first, the family heads thought that these stewards were ignorant of the rules, but when they found out what had happened, they immediately stopped scolding and hurried to the greenhouse with gloomy faces, full of annoyance and nervousness.
The anxiously waiting stewards saw the Feng family's patriarch coming over and reported, sweating profusely, "Lu Xuan didn't come alone this time. Besides him, there are dozens of other people in the greenhouse."
The head of the Fan family, who was riding in a carriage, happened to hear this and asked, "Where are they?"
The steward's face turned pale and he said with difficulty, "They are harvesting crops."
"What!?" Patriarch Feng shouted angrily, "Didn't they say it would take a few days for the crops to be harvested? And why would he take our crops?! Don't you idiots know how to stop him?"
The stewards were so upset that they could not even cry. "But, he has used some wicked tricks. We can't even get into the greenhouse."
Patriarch Fan tried to take two steps forward and found that his feet and hands had indeed touched the invisible 'wall'.
He was silent for a moment, then said gloomily to the servants and guards who had followed him, "Go find some sticks and thick wood and knock them away!"
The guards acted quickly and soon found several thick pieces of wood and dozens of machetes and iron rods, and started smashing and hitting the invisible wall.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The guards rushed in with all their might, their faces grim and veins popping out all over their bodies. Unfortunately, the shield was so powerful that they couldn't break it with just these few external objects. Instead, the reaction force made them numb all over and they couldn't recover for a long time.
When Lu Xuan heard the sound, he slowly approached the edge of the greenhouse and watched them struggling outside with the audience. His eyes were teasing, as if he was looking at a clown.
When the head of the Fan family started to attack, the heads of the Shi family, the Yu family and other prominent families also rushed over.
When everyone saw Lu Xuan's expression, they felt that their authority had been greatly offended, and their faces were filled with humiliation and anger.
The Shi family patriarch said angrily, "What is Boss Lu trying to do? This is different from what we agreed on."
The audience in the live broadcast room complained: [You still have the nerve to bring up what we agreed on before? Do you really think the anchor is stupid and doesn't know your despicable calculations? Bah!]
Lu Xuan scoffed lightly, "It's a coincidence that the crops are ripe now. I already have a share of them, so I'll just harvest them for them. This way, some people won't treat me like a fool and turn their backs on me."
As he spoke, the tillers, harvesters, and farming robots behind him that looked no different from humans were ruthlessly harvesting rice and wheat, and digging out countless potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams buried in the soil.
The family heads were originally angry and heartbroken, but after hearing Lu Xuan's words, their expressions changed again, and they looked shocked and confused.
"How do you know—" The head of the Yu family suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words.
The other family heads' eyes flickered and their faces twitched.
Their plan was only discussed privately with the heads of each family, and the other people who knew about it were a few close confidants. How could Lu Xuan, an outsider, receive the news in advance?
Did someone tell on me?
Several family heads all thought of conspiracies and tricks, and the looks they gave each other were obviously more suspicious.
However, several people also knew that this was not a good time to find out the traitor, and the most important thing at the moment was to preserve the food.
As a prominent family in Jiangnan, they do have a deep foundation and plenty of grain, but the disaster has left the fields outside the greenhouse with almost no output. Even though Lu Xuan brought dry ice when he came last time, which allowed some fields to maintain a certain temperature to grow some crops, the output was far less than that of the greenhouse.
They had already asked people to estimate that this batch of greenhouse crops could yield at least 36 million kilograms of grain and vegetables.
Such a huge amount of grain is also a considerable fortune for the prominent family. They are waiting for the income from the greenhouse to supplement the consumption from last year to now. They must not let Lu Xuan pick the peaches!
The head of the Shi family suppressed his unhappiness and said through gritted teeth, "I don't know what Boss Lu misunderstood, but the greenhouse is owned by the various noble families in Licheng. Isn't it a bit too much for you to forcibly seize it when it is mature?"
I totally ignore them!
Although the other family heads did not say anything, they looked at Lu Xuan with particularly gloomy eyes, and some of them even revealed the murderous intention to get rid of him.
Patriarch Fan said, "Boss Lu, this is our territory after all. It's not wise for an outsider like you to act too arrogantly."
Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows in surprise, his eyes icy as he said, "If I were really arrogant, you wouldn't even have the chance to stand here and talk to me."
[That's right! The host just killed them with lightning and sucked them dry with the vampire vines. They don't have the right to complain.]
[They've been acting like local tyrants for so long that they really think no one can control them. They're just frogs in a well!]
Lu Xuan said, "The Zhao family seemed to have said something similar to me last time, and even sent people to kill me. Now... are all the bones of the Zhao family buried in the ground?"
The family heads heard the threat in Lu Xuan's mouth, and their anger grew more intense.
This bastard is so outrageous!
The family heads did not think that they would end up like the Zhao family.
Last time, the Zhao family was too careless. This time, all their families have united. How can they be compared with the Zhao family alone?
The head of the Shi family glanced around the greenhouse.
The noise made by the Fan family leader's people just now was so loud that all the disaster victims nearby gathered around to watch the fun. Most of them were untouchables whose land and even their life contracts were in their hands.
The head of the Shi family exchanged glances with the others and reached an invisible consensus.
After a moment, the head of the Fan family stood up.
He ignored the sinister plots being hatched by the various families and incited the surrounding victims, who were still confused about the situation, saying, "The greenhouses and the crops inside were painstakingly built and grown by the city's victims. Now, Boss Lu is taking away all our food without doing anything. He's clearly trying to starve you to death."
The expressions of the victims changed, with hesitation, vigilance or anger appearing on their faces.
Lu Xuan sneered, took out the recording given to him by the robot and several large speakers, and played the recording at an ultra-high volume with no blind spots in 360 degrees.
——In order to prevent us from defaulting on our debt, Mr. Lu will definitely come a day or two in advance. We will collect the grain and hide it three days in advance, leaving him to starve.
——Just capture the man directly. If he wants to survive, he will naturally hand over the supplies. You can get as much as you want at that time.
The head of the Fan family, who was still trying to incite the victims to break through the strange wall, froze when he heard this.
The other family heads heard their voices suddenly coming from all directions, revealing their previous private conversations, and their faces turned pale.
The disaster victims around them, who had originally felt a sense of crisis after being told by Master Fan, were also stunned, looking at them with strange and contemptuous eyes.
Lu Xuan said coldly, "Before coming to Licheng, I had many trade cooperations with other towns. With the help of the many supplies I provided, the disaster victims in those places were still living a more and more prosperous life even though they still had to face a constant stream of disasters. It's Jiangnan, which should have been rich, that really opened my eyes."
Lu Xuan glanced at the surrounding greenhouses and said, "What do you think? Should I collect all the grain and the greenhouses as well to make up for the loss of the supplies I traded to you earlier? It seems like you guys don't welcome me too much. Next time, I might as well just skip Licheng and go to other towns to trade?"
The victims, who were originally hesitant, changed in an instant.
Even the greenhouse is being taken away? How can this be allowed!
Even if most of the crops in the greenhouse were taken away by prominent families, they could at least get a share of the profits.
Once even the greenhouse is gone, won’t they be left with nothing?
It won’t work if Lu Xuan never comes again.
Those ice patches and cheap medicines are of great help to them and can save countless lives.
They finally saw a glimmer of hope, how could they take it back?
Thinking that this situation was caused by the greed and dishonesty of the prominent families, and then thinking about how the big families exploited them after the disaster, the victims looked at the heads of the families with eyes filled with anger and resentment.
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