Chapter 139 It's Better to Rely on Yourself Than on Others
The news that crystal cores could be exchanged for superpower enhancement fluid quickly spread from headquarters to seed bases in various cities.
The city that was relatively close decisively transported a portion of the crystal cores to the seed base in Haicheng District. Then, Wu Ming and Li Jun took the crystal cores to Meng Shiwan to exchange them for the ability enhancement liquid.
These 300,000 crystal cores were gathered together from several surrounding bases.
Meng Shiwan had the system count the items to confirm the quantity was correct. Then, the vines pried open the container lid and stored the 300,000 crystal cores into the space.
Then, the system purchases 1,050 vials of ability-enhancing fluid, places them in a container, and completes the transaction.
Meng Shiwan currently has 195,000 crystal cores remaining.
Li Jun put the power-enhancing liquid into his spatial storage, only then did he feel at ease.
Wu Ming glanced at the abundant food on the table and said with a smile, "Then we won't stand on ceremony."
Meng Shiwan gestured for him to enter.
The two picked up the skewers and put them in their mouths. The aroma of the meat instantly exploded in their mouths, and they squinted their eyes in delight.
Taking another sip of beer, smelling the fragrance of flowers and grass, and admiring the lotus flowers, I felt like I had reached the pinnacle of life.
They didn't wolf down their food, but they ate with relish.
Wu Ming sighed, "These rascals have really good taste; they're living the good life now."
What Li Jun was thinking was, when will humanity be able to live such a peaceful and leisurely life again?
But he didn't say it aloud, afraid of spoiling everyone's fun.
Seeing that the two of them had started eating, Lei Zhe ran over to ask Meng Shiwan, "Sister, how do we prepare these little animals?"
It's so noisy and chattering here.
Meng Shiwan controlled the vines to collect the silkworm larvae and three types of birds, storing them in her spatial dimension.
"Place the beehives in a corner of the orchard, and release the dragonflies to fly away with them."
There's no time to raise silkworms now, and we don't have many trees or crops either. We'll talk about silkworms and birds later when we have the opportunity.
As the bees stung, Tao Yarong controlled the vines to wrap around the beehives and headed towards the orchard where flowers were planted.
Lei Zhe opened the dragonfly box and let the dragonflies fly around freely.
Wu Ming sat up straight, staring at Tao Yarong's back, and roughly counted her sprawling vines.
"Judging from her appearance, she must be a level 5 ability user, Captain Meng. Does your team give out ability enhancement fluids as a perk? Are you really not considering recruiting me into your Dawn Team? I'm pretty strong."
There are several thousand superhumans in the base, and the superhuman enhancement fluid they received in exchange was far from enough to go around, leaving them struggling to make ends meet.
It's better to stick with Meng Shiwan.
Another day of envying the members of the Dawn Squad.
Li Jun glanced at Wu Ming, first with disdain, then lost in thought, seemingly making a decision, before speaking firmly.
Meng Shiwan immediately cut him off, "Alright, alright, let's eat. Is the barbecue not good, or the drinks not good? Why are you talking so much?"
Li Jun swallowed his words, and Wu Ming remained silent as the two ate their rice in silence.
The team members, who had been busy preparing a table full of dishes, finally had some free time. They sat down at the table and ate together, chatting and laughing.
After eating her fill in the snow, she glanced at the lively crowd, jumped into Meng Shiwan's arms, rolled over on her belly, acted cute, and then disappeared.
It went back to the RV to sleep.
Beautiful nighttime scenery, warm lights, soft lawn, a table full of delicious food, a group of friends, enjoying barbecue and chatting while feeling the night breeze.
They're no longer talking about worldly desires and mundane matters.
The discussion focused more on where humanity should go after this disaster.
As they chatted, everyone sighed and expressed pessimism about the future.
However, Meng Shiwan, who knew the most and was under the most pressure, listened quietly without saying a word.
Meng Qingyue said that she is the one who can break the deadlock in this apocalypse, which reveals at least one piece of good news.
There is hope that this apocalypse will end.
Hope is the most precious thing in the end times.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and chatted to their hearts' content, Wu Ming and Li Jun left, as they still had to return to the base to report for duty.
Several team members lay down on the grass and fell fast asleep.
Meng Shiwan sat under the lamplight, quietly gazing at the tranquility of the night.
It will end.
This apocalypse will eventually end.
In the early morning, dewdrops gathered on the lawn, sparkling and translucent in the sunlight.
The people lying on the ground sleeping had their clothes soaked with dew.
I woke up to find my clothes soaking wet, but I was unusually happy.
Anjiewen ran his hand across the lawn, leaving his hand wet with water. "Dew... I never would have imagined that I'd be so excited to see dew. When will this extreme heat finally end?"
Meng Shiwan had slept in a chair all night. She stood up and stretched her limbs. "It'll be soon. We need to hurry up and stock up on supplies. Let's eat breakfast quickly, and then we'll set off."
"Okay, sis."
They ate and slept well yesterday, and now they are all full of energy.
Lu Yu went to look at the bone broth on the barbecue grill. He opened the lid and found the broth to be rich and still warm.
Last night before going to bed, he filled the barbecue grill with charcoal, placed a large, flat-bottomed soup pot on top, and simmered it for several hours.
"Is it okay to cook noodles in bone broth with some greens, quick and easy?"
Lei Zhe sniffed and said, "Yes, yes, everything you make tastes good."
Lu Yu cooked noodles, and Lei Zhe helped him.
The others were cleaning up the mess from last night.
There were still some leftover grilled skewers on the table. They couldn't bear to throw them away, so they gathered them together and stir-fried them to make a side dish.
Food is very precious these days.
Breakfast was ready, and everyone got a bowl of noodles with pork bones and leftovers. They ate it with gusto while lying on the table.
Meng Shiwan dined with them. The cool morning breeze, carrying the delicate fragrance of lotus blossoms, made her feel refreshed.
After breakfast, all the tableware was put away and organized.
Last night, Meng Shiwan took out meat and vegetables, and put all the uneaten parts into the freezer.
After tidying up, Meng Shiwan put the kitchen utensils and tables and chairs back into the space, and the lawn was clean and tidy again.
They carried the trash towards the vehicle.
Meng Shiwan went to feed the chicks and ducklings a plate of mushy noodles, then slipped back into the RV.
After the group left the farm, Meng Shiwan withdrew her domain, and the fields and ponds disappeared, returning to their previous state of parched land.
Tao Yarong jogged a few steps, "I'm used to staying on the farm, it's so hot outside, let's get in the car quickly."
She felt like she was being steamed alive.
Lu Yu got into Tao Yarong's truck, while Ma Jiandong and Jiang Yuan got into Qiu Zhiyi's truck.
The truck's cab has four seats for easy seating.
They started the vehicle, slowly drove out of the square, and onto the main road.
Lei Zhe, who was in charge, started a group chat and asked, "Sis, where are we going?"
Meng Shiwan stood on the stairs and glanced at Taxue, which was still sleeping next to the black cube.
As it grew larger, the large black cube could no longer contain it, so Ta Xue could only lie on the floor and sleep while hugging the black cube.
Meng Shiwan observed that Ta Xue seemed normal, took out a can of fresh stew, poured it into a small plate, and pushed it in front of Ta Xue.
Ta Xue sniffed, smelled the aroma, and looked up to gobble down the canned food.
Meng Shiwan came down the stairs and then replied to Lei Zhe, "Go through the industrial area, go around to the seaside to find a few fishing grounds, then go around to the central area, and finally go back to the base."
“Okay, sis,” Lei Zhe replied.
Meng Shiwan filled a glass with drinking water, added some ice, went to the driver's seat, and drove to catch up with the convoy.
The zombies in the industrial area, who had been summoned by the Zombie King and gathered near the germplasm bank, were then wiped out by them.
This led to a sharp decrease in the number of zombies in the industrial area, and their movements became much smoother.
Haicheng is a prosperous coastal city with a population of over 20 million and an area of over 6,000 square kilometers.
It is merely an industrial zone located in the suburbs, and its area is equivalent to that of a small third-tier city.
The industrial zone is filled with all kinds of factories, and you can find most of what you want by taking a stroll around.
The people at the base are also doing their best to collect supplies, but they are all eyeing important strategic resources.
Examples include grain depots, large salt factories, large sugar factories, and oil fields.
The base doesn't even consider these scattered factory areas, street shops, and the like.
The base is home to hundreds of thousands of survivors, but even fewer people with superpowers and soldiers. Faced with a city that once housed more than 20 million people, there is simply not enough material to move.
Even if we moved day and night, we could never finish moving everything.
"Sister, the light steel factory is just ahead." Lei Zhe shouted in the group chat and drove the tow truck into the factory area.
This is the nearest steel mill they've located; it specializes in light steel villas.
It's the kind of house whose entire structure and framework aren't made of cement, but rather constructed with steel.
It was quite popular for a while because of its low cost and eco-friendly nature.
If the farm is to be used as a base, houses will definitely need to be built, and these light steel villas are very suitable.
The convoy followed and drove into the factory. There were many steel poles and wall materials piled up in the corners of the factory area.
The team members got out of the vehicle and dispersed to various corners of the factory area to clear out the zombies and check for any survivors.
Meng Shiwan got out of the car and walked to the wall. The vines stretched out and gathered the various steel materials into the space.
This factory area is quite large, with several factory buildings alone.
Meng Shiwan has no shortage of space now. She puts all the steel, machinery, cutting instruments and the like into her space.
It will come in handy eventually.
Anjiewen emerged from a factory building, his face grim. "Sister, I saw about a dozen dead people in the office. They weren't zombies, they were just dead people, already rotting."
They've become numb from killing zombies, but seeing human corpses still makes them quite sad.
Meng Shiwan looked up at him, said nothing, and continued collecting supplies.
She had already anticipated this situation.
It's been almost two months since the apocalypse began. In this extremely hot weather, without enough food and water, we wouldn't have survived this long.
Thirst, starvation, and disease are all very common causes of death.
No matter how hard the seed base works, it is still a group of people, and they need to take precautions against future natural disasters.
We need to stockpile resources to provide humanity with greater security in the future.
We must rescue plants and animals to ensure the continuation of civilization and species.
We need to rescue the survivors.
So many things need to be done before the acid rain arrives.
Even if you split each of the superhumans and soldiers in the base into eight, you still wouldn't be able to handle it all.
Faced with this disaster, humanity has an endless amount of preparation to do.
Survivors who want to live should rely on themselves rather than others, and find food, water, and a safe place to survive.
Either fight your way out and go to the base yourself.
If you can't do these things, or if you do them but ultimately fail and die, then you can only blame bad luck.
Everyone is struggling to survive and can only try to stay alive.
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