Chapter 68 Chapter 68 “There is good news and bad news…
The battle in Li City was not as smooth as expected. It started to rain at first. Although the evolvers did not mind fighting in the rain, after the mutants' blood mixed with rain water penetrated into the bodies of several evolvers, causing mutations and serious injuries, they had to temporarily stop fighting and retreat.
The next day, the rain finally stopped and when they officially fought the first advanced mutant, even though they had made sufficient preparations in advance and there were no problems with coordination, nearly a hundred people were still injured and six died on the spot.
Even Wen Yuan was severely injured by the sudden attack of the advanced mutant when he finally found the weakness and was about to use his skills. He had to rest for another twelve hours.
Although the other two advanced mutants in Li City launched a territorial dispute because the most stable triangular structure was missing a corner, no one gained anything good from it - the number was reduced, but the individual strength was improved.
Fortunately, the people that Ye Mian borrowed from Wen Yuan to develop weapons, after several days of hard work, created special weapons and ammunition that could cause certain damage to intermediate mutants and could hinder advanced mutants.
Qi Yao, who was in charge of making props, also made several auxiliary props inspired by Ye Mian. The most powerful one was a bubble gun that looked like a toy. It could switch between two types of bubbles. One type could only shoot one bubble at a time, but once it hit the target, it would wrap it up and make it unable to move. The other type was many small bubbles, which could cause temporary confusion to the mutants.
Although the latter does not distinguish between friend and foe, it is easy to hurt one's own people by mistake.
But the good thing is that advanced mutants will be hit in an instant, thus avoiding a lot of unnecessary casualties.
However, it still took everyone seven full days to finally end the battle and restore peace to Li City.
However, this victory did not bring much joy. On the contrary, when cleaning up the battlefield, solemn and dejected evolvers could be seen everywhere.
Ye Mian could understand their feelings. After all, this was probably the most difficult battle since the mutation, but it was just the beginning and it would only get harder and harder in the future.
"Yemian."
Ye Mian turned his head and looked at Cheng Ya who was being led up by Tao Rui: "Can we go now?"
"Well," Cheng Ya nodded, "There are more than sixty people willing to go with you. This is their skills and what they are good at."
Taking the booklet handed over by Cheng Ya, Ye Mian couldn't help but be a little surprised. She brought up this matter when other people who didn't participate in the battle came to help with the final work.
I didn't expect that it took them so much time to not only decide on the destination but also make a list and records. It seems that this group of people were able to hide in Li City for so long because of some good management.
Then Ye Mian flipped through the list and was not surprised to see Qi Yao on it. He was very interested in those special weapons and ammunition, and after learning that they came from the farm's workshop, he immediately decided to join her, without her having to bother poaching her.
Most of the other people's skills are of no combat power, and they have very few auxiliary skills. I think it is because they know they can't help, so they decisively choose to accept the farm's recruitment.
However, Ye Mian still thought that other evolvers with combat skills would not be able to help but retreat and avoid fighting after participating in such a cruel war.
Unexpectedly, he still resolutely chose to follow Cheng Ya and others, join Wen Yuan's team, and train for more battles in the future.
"Okay, I will take good care of them," Ye Mian put away the booklet and looked at the two of them, "The industrial park is not far away, I can come here often if I have the chance, and I can also visit them."
Cheng Ya then smiled: "Thank you, we will go."
After separating from Cheng Ya, Ye Mian went to find Lu Ning and planned to ask her to take the people back to the farm.
Because Lu Ning always rushed to the front during the battle, covering the other members of the field team and providing support from time to time, she had some injuries on her body almost every day in the past few days. She was now asking the doctor to bandage her wounds in the temporary wounded camp.
But unlike other wounded people who all had droopy faces and looked lifeless, she was still full of energy and never let go of her sword, as if she was ready to draw her sword at any time.
This battle was really exciting for her and she gained a lot from it.
Ye Mian shook his head helplessly, then walked over: "How is the wound?"
"Small problem," Lu Ning calmed down a little when he saw her coming, "I've eaten vegetable salad, don't worry."
Whether Lu Ning used his fists or sword, he needed to fight the mutants in close combat. It was difficult to avoid all the blood splattering towards him. It was not so difficult to avoid low-level mutants, but he had already seen the power of the blood of high-level mutants, so he had to take precautions.
Ye Mian was relieved now. He thanked the doctor who had bandaged the wound and looked around.
Seeing this, Lu Ning said, "Captain Wen personally led the team out."
"Well... let's go back then."
There are more than enough people here, and now that we have decided which side to go to, some spoils and supplies cannot be collected at will, but must be distributed fairly later.
After making sure that everyone was on the bus and watching the convoy slowly drive away from Li City, Ye Mian went straight back to the farm.
In the past few days, she was either busy on the battlefield here or busy in the workshop alone, so when she came back this time, she located the location of the shop, ready to take a tour before returning to the workshop.
A lot can be done in seven days. The people in Li City won a battle, and the farm employees here quickly repaired several roads and built a simple commercial street. Three-story houses were also built one after another, not only successfully accommodating everyone, but also having rooms left over.
The fields have never been empty. Crops are planted and harvested one after another. It seems that no matter when you look at them, you can always see a golden field of fruits.
"Boss, you're finally back!"
Xue Kai ran out of one of the shops quickly, as if if he was a little slower, Ye Mian would suddenly disappear again.
Ye Mian stopped where he was, looked at him running such a distance without even taking a breath, and started talking.
"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"...Bad news." Ye Mian knew that even if she was not there, there would be no major problems on the farm, but she was still curious about what the problem was.
Xue Kai coughed lightly: "A group of new employees came yesterday, about 50 or 60 people, and the house is not big enough to accommodate them."
Ye Mian looked at him quietly: "That's it?"
"Haha, ha——" Xue Kai scratched his head and laughed dryly, "After all, you and Lu Ning are not here, I don't know if they recruited the right people, and whether there will be any problems."
“Have you assigned them any work?”
"It's arranged."
"Are you all working hard?"
"Yes, except for a few who are weak and still recovering, everyone else is working very hard."
Hearing the words "weak body", Ye Mian paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's enough. Lu Ning will be back soon, along with a group of new people."
"Oh, are you the survivors from Li City? Then I'll ask the cafeteria to make more food later."
After saying this, Xue Kai started talking about the good news: "A few sheep just came to the farm and have been temporarily kept in a pen. I plan to buy some grass seeds."
sheep?
So the farm now has three kinds of animals?
It seems I can go and complete that side quest later.
"By the way, those new employees came from the Salt Market yesterday. The leader was called Hou Rong. He said he wanted to talk to you if possible."
Talk to her?
Ye Mian was startled: "Where is he now?"
Xue Kai pointed to the large unfinished building in the distance: "I'm building a factory with Engineer Chen. He said he used to be a member of the engineering team."
"Then ask someone to ask him to come to the small building later. I'll go find Jingshu and ask her to prepare some contracts."
Two groups of new people have arrived in succession. Except for Qi Yao, who can be given some privileges to enter the workshop, the specific positions of the others will be determined based on the situation. However, Lu Ning and Xue Kai each have their own things to do, and they are not as good as Ye Mian in using their skills to find out the details, so she still has to make arrangements personally.
"Okay, I'll go find someone right away."
After separating from Xue Kai, Ye Mian walked around for a while and then returned to the small building.
Zhou Jingshu has been very busy these days.
In addition to recording the specific overtime hours of more and more employees, she also had to take into account the employees' points income and expenditure. In addition, because the printer was given to her by Ye Mian for safekeeping, the design and layout of various flyers and menus for the new store that was about to open on the commercial street fell on her.
Fortunately, there was Su Peiyun who would help her share some of the work from time to time. There was also a new employee who was attracted by the reputation. After passing the observation period, Xue Kai directly arranged for him to help in Zhou Jingshu's office.
It is called an office, but it is actually a converted warehouse on the first floor of the small building. There are several sets of wooden tables and chairs, as well as the sofa and coffee table that Ye Mian brought back from Li City. It looks quite presentable.
With such an office space, there is no need to hold meetings or discussions at the dining table in the living room.
Ye Mian had just finished explaining the contract to Zhou Jingshu when he saw a tall, strong, middle-aged man, about 1.8 meters tall, swaying at the door of the office but not stepping in rashly.
"You guys keep busy first."
After saying this, Ye Mian walked out and looked at the middle-aged man: "Hou Rong?"
"Yes," Hou Rong stared at her for a few seconds before continuing, "Miss Ye, I want to tell you about the situation in the salt market."
Ye Mian took a look at his skills and was a little surprised.
After all, it seemed like he would awaken a combat skill related to strength, but it turned out to be [Deep Thinking], which allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of a person or a thing.
Her next destination happened to be Yan City, so Ye Mian nodded and said, "Let's talk over there."
After sitting down by the grape vines, Hou Rong thought for a moment and said, "It's like this. Since I arrived at the farm yesterday, I have heard a lot about you, the industrial park, Dannan Town, and Li Market, so I was thinking, would you be interested in the Salt Market as well?"
"Well, go on."
Seeing that she was willing to listen, Hou Rong breathed a sigh of relief: "There are now more than a thousand evolvers in Yan City, all gathered in the university town. The team occupying the East District has about 300 people, basically all elite evolvers who can fight. The captain is called Pei Ming, about 30 years old. Although I don’t know what his specific skills are, he is very strong."
"There are seven or eight hundred people in the West District, including all kinds of evolvers. The captain is Ruan Wenli, and her skill is space exchange. As the name suggests, she can exchange with a designated object. No matter how far away, as long as she marks it, she can exchange at any time."
"She is a very nice person. She is willing to take in any evolver, regardless of their combat power or age, and protect them in her team."
"Some of my companions who had been following me also went to her because they were worried about the dangers on the road. I was a little worried for some reasons, so I stayed around and observed for two days, and found a problem."
Ye Mian raised his eyebrows slightly: "What's the problem?"
Hou Rong hesitated for a moment before saying, "My companions were all dispersed and assigned to different teams."
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