Chapter 86 Reappearance of Civilization
Wei Yanqing handed over another piece of paper, which listed the supplies they could exchange for, ranging from rice, flour, and vegetables to daily necessities such as toothpaste and lighters. There were many categories of items, but each one was something that people urgently needed at the moment.
The base leadership was clearly satisfied. "Then let's talk about the conversion..."
Ultimately, this batch of supplies can be exchanged for 1,000 bags of 500g sea salt, 300 jin of dried seaweed, 15 tons of various seafood, including not only fish, but also sea urchins, sea cucumbers, abalone, etc., 2,000 jin each of dried kelp and laver, and other miscellaneous seafood products.
To be honest, for the Fuhai District base, as long as the figures aren't too outrageous, they're getting a good deal on these supplies. Whether it's salt or fish, they can continuously obtain them from the sea; once this batch runs out, they can simply go back to fishing. However, many daily necessities are difficult to remanufacture.
After these arrangements were agreed upon, the base leaders spent time mobilizing these supplies. The mountain of seafood was inventoried and then collected by Wei Yanqing.
This leader was quite confident and told them to collect the supplies first.
Afterwards, in the designated warehouse, Wei Yanqing released the goods he had traded, and after counting them, he confirmed that everything matched.
"It's been a pleasure working with you two. If you'd like to do business again in the future, feel free to come to me. My surname is Hao, and my name is Hao Jun."
Rong Yi held himself back from laughing; the name was just too interesting.
Wei Yanqing was wearing a mask, so his expression was unreadable. He simply extended his hand to shake hands with Hao Jun and said, "Yes, we really like the seafood here. The fried fish sold at the stalls is delicious."
Hao Jun laughed heartily, his hand unconsciously touching his beer belly. "The taste is good. I heard from Xiao Wang that you just arrived at the base today. Have you found a place to stay? With this sudden incident outside, we've had to stop fishing today. Why don't you stay here for a few more days? I'll recommend a place to you. You don't need to pay for accommodation this time."
Wei Yanqing: "Then I'll trouble Mr. Hao."
"No trouble at all," Hao Jun said cheerfully, leading them to the base's residential area.
Unlike the Jin'an District base, which was established within the military region, the Fuhai District base was built on a site with several residential areas, with all buildings converted into housing, unlike their base which started from scratch.
The place Hao Jun took them to was originally an office building, but now it has been divided into individual rooms, and they have tried to make sure that each room has a window for ventilation.
"You can stay here for now. Not many people have moved into this floor, so it's relatively quiet at night."
As Hao Jun spoke, someone outside the window was using a safety rope to pull the vines that had climbed up the office building.
The "greening" level inside the base is much lighter than outside, but it still has a significant impact.
Seeing Rong Yi staring outside, Hao Jun smiled and said, "We discovered these in time. We started cleaning them up before they grew to the tenth floor or higher. Fortunately, after we cleared them once, they stopped growing like crazy as before."
“After all, the thick fog is gone,” Wei Yanqing said.
Hao Jun smiled and nodded. After all, they were from other bases, and as a base leader, he didn't say much about anything beyond ordinary conversation.
"Then you guys rest first, I have other things to do."
Rong Yi nodded, and the two watched him leave.
The people outside the window had already descended to the next floor. The main trunk of the vines climbing up the building was as thick as an adult's wrist, and the extending branches were as thick as a finger joint.
"How many days are we staying here?" Rong Yi asked.
"We'll stay for one day tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow." Wei Yanqing looked at her. "Would you like to go to the beach?"
Rong Yi frowned and thought for a moment, "No, for the people at the base, the near sea is their territory, and a territory from which they can continuously harvest food."
He could go, but Rong Yi had made the people at the base unhappy, so there was no need to cause trouble on his first visit.
Wei Yanqing leaned against the window and said, "That's true. After we get back and resolve the book issue, we can tell the base's management about this. We can consider exchanging more items with the bases in Jijiang City and searching for more mutated raw materials."
Shiraizumi City has its advantages; factories producing various products are located here. As long as electricity is connected and raw materials are found, the assembly line machinery will be started again sooner or later.
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The day Rong Yi and his group arrived happened to be a fishing moratorium, and the people at the base were relieved that they had encountered heavy fog before going out to sea.
After a day of observation, seeing that the plants at the Fuhai District base were growing wildly without causing any special damage, the locals couldn't sit still and wanted to go out to sea.
The weather is getting colder and colder, so they need to hurry up and fish. When it gets even colder, the fish will probably migrate to other warmer oceans, and they will have to get through the winter.
Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing witnessed the spectacular scale of the sea voyage, with large numbers of people donning coats and hats and stepping out of the base in the morning light.
After the army went out to collect supplies and a large number of people went out to sea to fish, most of the remaining people in the base were busy with construction, and only a few of the once bustling stalls were still open.
Rong Yi bought some more seafood from the stalls that were still open.
Around 10 a.m., Rong Yi, who had finished selecting his items, felt the ground tremble and immediately looked at Wei Yanqing.
"Something's coming," Wei Yanqing said.
Rong Yi: "What is that?"
Wei Yanqing's expression was serious. "It's a very big thing. Come on."
They left the stall and ran up the thirteen-story building next door.
The tremors grew stronger, followed by screams and cries from the people.
The door to the top floor was easily slid open, and they finally saw something on the roof.
"My God..." Rong Yi couldn't help but exclaim.
It was estimated to be seven or eight meters tall, but its length could not be estimated. The marine fish-like creature with a light blue skin slid its massive body across the ground, swaying like a snake. Its large, lifeless eyes, at least one meter in diameter, were set on either side of its head.
The fishing team, which had set out in high spirits that morning, was now a group of less than a hundred people heading back to the base.
"It's too big, and it's a level six mutated creature. I can only control it for a very limited time." Wei Yanqing wanted to save those people, but he couldn't act rashly.
Rong Yi was no longer the happy person she had been when choosing items. She took out the P-30 sniper rifle she had bought last time.
"I'll snipe from a distance; see if we can take advantage of that to destroy its brain."
This sniper rifle has two tripods, one for prone use and one for standing use.
She set up many tripods, placed the 1.52-meter-long sniper rifle on them, quickly loaded the ammunition, and adjusted its position.
"I'll give it a try." Wei Yanqing took out the crystal cores and quickly absorbed dozens of them.
Rong Yi slowed his breathing and saw the head of the big fish through the scope, but the thing kept wriggling.
She frowned, hadn't fired a single bullet, and sweat was already beading on her forehead.
After she had calculated the mutated fish's behavior, it stopped, its mouth splitting open to reveal a large mouth with three or four layers of sharp teeth. The scene was incredibly shocking.
The base's troops have gone to provide support, and even fired artillery, but hitting the mutated fish is like scratching an itch. It has a layer of mucus on its body, and the shells can't even break its skin.
The immense suction force originated from the mutated fish's mouth, pulling the fleeing people backward and threatening to send them into the fish's mouth.
(End of this chapter)
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