Lin Tan Tan followed Ye Xiao out of the office area, only to find that many people had come outside. Xu Qin and Xu Li were there. After asking, she found out that they had brought some people here as soon as possible, but Ye Xiao happened to be returning to the base at that time. Even the gatekeeper of the base knew that she was taken away for "fighting". He came over as soon as he heard about it, and his speed was actually the fastest.
Lin Tantan felt as if she had done something bad and was taken to the police station, and then had to trouble everyone to bail her out. She thanked them reluctantly.
Ye Xiao opened the car door: "Get in, I'll take you back to the villa."
"Villa? But I still want..."
"Just take a rest in the afternoon. Your hand is still injured." Ye Xiao actually always felt that she arranged her schedule too tightly and was busy all day long. He didn't think there was anything wrong with her doing so, but he didn't want Lin Tan to make herself too tired, not to mention what happened today. He now felt that those hired bodyguards were indeed unreliable.
Lin Tantan looked at her hands. The side effects of Zhou Li's lightning ability were still there. Her arm muscles were still twitching slightly. The wood-based ability was not like other abilities. It needed to be used very precisely and carefully. It was indeed not very convenient to continue treating people in this way.
She looked around: "But I don't want to go back either."
Suddenly, I noticed the car's exterior was covered in blood, and the front had several dents. It looked like it had been in a brutal battle. "All this blood..."
"We found a herd of mutant goats, and they were the ones that hit the front of the car."
"You're so strong! Did you catch them?"
Seeing her excited look, Ye Xiao said with a smile, "We caught quite a few. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Okay, okay. I'll tell Mingze."
She climbed into the car, sat in the passenger seat, and took out the intercom. Her fingers were obviously weak and trembling when she pressed the keys. Ye Xiao followed her in, closed the door, glanced at her, pursed his lips, and suddenly reached out and pressed her head: "I really want to take you with me."
"What?" His voice was so low that Lin Tantan didn't hear clearly. Mingze's voice came from the intercom at that moment. She hurriedly said, "Mingze, I won't be there for a while. Please keep an eye on it... I'm out now. It's okay. Everything is fine."
After hanging up, he asked again: "What did you just say?"
"I'm asking you, when will the free clinic end?" Ye Xiao started the car and backed out.
"It should be soon. This shantytown is the last one assigned to me. Now that this round is over, all that's left is to look back at the shantytowns ahead to see if there are any more critically ill patients. Those with tendencies toward corpse transformation and awakening have been identified. Most of the remaining patients can basically recover on their own."
"That's good." Ye Xiao didn't ask any more questions and drove to their territory east of the base.
Compared to yesterday, there were more earthmovers here, constantly digging up dirt and dumping it into the ground to raise the surface. Nearby were several large piles of rebar. Some were neatly bundled, likely found in the factory, while others were bent and deformed, with bits of cement still on them, likely from other buildings. Some were steel plates, and some were cylindrical.
There were so many different kinds of things, and so many of them, that Lin Tan was simply amazed. Was this really the harvest of the day? Was the efficiency too high?
In addition to steel, there were some other building materials, even a pile of red bricks and a pile of bags of lime powder.
The most outrageous thing is that there are two cement trucks.
Where did they rob this person from? She couldn't help but glance at Ye Xiao.
In addition to these, there was a truck nearby, and people were moving sheep down from it.
The mutant sheep were white and brown, and were one or two times larger than ordinary sheep. Their horns were also thick and large, and their hooves were strong and powerful, like calves. However, some of them were either dead or had their limbs tied up, and they bleated in a rougher voice than ordinary sheep.
A crowd of onlookers gathered around and marveled at the huge mutant sheep. Most of these people couldn't even get enough to eat, and their eyes turned red with greed at the sight of the meat, but they still had doubts about whether the meat was edible.
“Is this really edible?”
"Will you turn into a zombie if you eat it?"
"Are you stupid? If they can't eat it, can they bring it back?"
Amidst the discussion, a car drove up and everyone made way. Two celebrities got out of the car. Then everyone stopped looking at the sheep and stared at Lin Tan, as if she was even more elusive than the mutant sheep.
Lin Tantan felt strange being surrounded by people. She looked over and saw that these people were dodging and avoiding her gaze, as if she was some scary existence that was going to hit people if they disagreed with her. She stepped back repeatedly.
"..." Just because he defeated a lightning-type mutant, did he become so famous?
Bai Cheng came over and asked, "Is everything settled?" He looked at Lin Tan and exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to have earth-type abilities."
Lin Tan was surprised: "Did it spread so quickly?"
"Of course, you have to know how explosive this news is."
Lin Tantan thought, no wonder these people looked at her like that, with awe and curiosity, but she was used to being the focus of attention. After feeling uncomfortable at first, she adapted well. When she walked to the flock of sheep, a strong smell of goat and the unique smell of mammals immediately came to her.
She didn't mind squatting there and watching a man seriously checking each sheep. He put his hand on the sheep's belly, feeling it for a moment, as if he could confirm something.
Lin Tantan looked at it strangely.
Ye Xiao explained to her: "His name is Liu Jian. His special ability is to be able to identify whether food materials contain toxins and whether they are edible."
The serious man named Liu Jian stopped what he was doing and said to Lin Tan in a serious tone, "Hello, Miss Lin."
Lin Tantan quickly stood up: "Hey, hello."
Then he went back to checking the sheep, with the meticulous care of a man born to live in a laboratory.
“So all these sheep can be eaten?”
"Yes, anything that has been checked is fine." Liu Jian said concisely.
Bai Cheng added: "We've checked outside and all the live sheep are safe to eat. We roasted one and ate it, but these sheep have been dead for an hour or two, so he needs to check them again."
Lin Tan nodded. Most of the animals that were edible before the apocalypse can still be eaten after the apocalypse, even if they have become mutated species. However, there are exceptions. Many people died in the apocalypse due to accidentally eating poisonous animals and plants. Such caution is necessary.
And it’s no wonder that Ye Xiao was so confident in attacking the mutated animals and plants. It turns out that with a superpower like Liu Jian, identifying edible ingredients is a very simple and safe thing.
When people nearby heard their conversation, some of them started clamoring to taste the mutant sheep.
Bai Cheng then had a dead sheep that had been confirmed to be edible skinned and cut into pieces and roasted over the fire.
The meat was cleaned by a water-based psychic and roasted by a fire-based psychic, and sprinkled with some spices. Immediately, the aroma of meat wafted out, with a bit of mutton and fishy smell, but not very strong. Instead, the smell of spices became more and more intense, mixed with the aroma of meat, and coupled with the tempting picture of the fat being slowly roasted and dripping onto the flames, everyone present was salivating.
Bai Cheng said in a clear voice that this first sheep would be distributed to people for free, and each person could get one piece.
This made people's eyes redder. Although there were still many people who valued their lives and dared not eat the meat, there were even more people who were about to starve to death. When they heard that there was free meat to eat, they didn't care whether it was poisonous or not. Besides, they had said that a person with special abilities had checked and found it was edible, and they had eaten one themselves.
So there were still a lot of people who wanted to get the meat, and some people immediately ran back to call their family and friends to come and wait, thinking that it would be a waste not to eat the free lunch.
As more and more people came, Bai Cheng asked those who wanted to get the meat to line up. Later, when he saw that there were too many people, he asked someone to slaughter two more sheep. However, these two sheep were chopped up and stewed in a big pot. He threatened that there were only three sheep left, and they would be gone after they were divided.
Lin Tantan saw that he had organized free tasting with just a few words. Now that he had people willing to test the poison of mutton and promote it for free, he thought that his mutton business would be able to open up in the future, so he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
Ye Xiao watched with Lin Tan for a while, then asked her, "Is your hand really okay? Do you really not need to go back to the villa to rest?"
"No, no, it's fine here. I'm a wood-type mutant myself, so this little tremor will be gone soon."
"Then you stay here with everyone. I'll be away for a while." Ye Xiao said.
"Where are you going?"
"Leave the base, some people haven't come back yet." It was still early before dark. The reason he came back so early was mainly because Bai Cheng's space was filled with steel and other construction materials, and there was also a truck full of mutant sheep. He sent Bai Cheng and the sheep back first. He had planned to leave after sending them back, but who knew that he suddenly heard the news that Lin Tantan had been captured.
I don’t know what’s happening to those people outside now, but Ye Xiao is not too worried. If they can’t withstand the danger from the outside world after leaving him for such a short while, they are not worth his attention.
Ye Xiao spoke to Bai Cheng again, mainly asking him to keep an eye on Lin, and then took Liu Jian and several others away.
Bai Cheng smiled at Lin Tan and said, "Okay, from now on, don't leave my side."
Lin Tan Tan also heard Ye Xiao's instructions and touched his nose: "Do I give people the impression that I will get into trouble if I don't keep an eye on it?"
No, I'm worried that you'll be bullied if I'm not watching you. Bai Cheng thought to himself, Ye Xiao's last look just now was as if he wanted to put you in his pocket and take you away. If he didn't think it was more dangerous and difficult outside, he might really do that.
The first sheep was quickly roasted and the distribution of the meat began. Most of the people queuing were skinny. Some came empty-handed, and some brought bowls. They stared at the pieces of meat on the fire with eager eyes, even with green eyes. Bai Cheng sighed and asked someone to give each of them a piece or half a palm-sized piece of meat. If the meat came with bones, they would get more.
Those who got the meat gobbled it up ravenously regardless of whether it was hot or not, making a hissing sound and consuming a mouthful of oil, not wanting to miss even a single spice. This made those who were not in the queue and were not very hungry very greedy.
After the first roasted lamb was divided, the stewed lamb was also cooked. Only a little salt was added to the lamb soup, and the taste was not as good as the roasted lamb, but because it was broth, the meat was looser and not as choking as the roasted lamb. It felt more filling with the soup, and people kept eating it.
Lin Tantan looked hungry and wanted to eat, but Bai Cheng stopped her: "This is just salted, it's not tasty. Go back and ask the chef to cook a few more dishes before you eat."
"Okay." Lin Tantan didn't insist, but it was boring to watch others wolf down their food. He looked at the dozen or so live sheep and asked, "Are we going to keep these?"
She saw someone over there building a fence. The ones who were busy were the engineering group she saw yesterday. They were filling the land over there, and they had nothing to do, so they started to tinker with the sheep pen. Lin Tan Tan ran over to take a look and said that these mutant sheep were big and strong, and there was no way this sheep pen made of wood and stone could trap them.
The engineers were very excited, as if they finally didn't have to eat for free for a while and had the opportunity to prove their value. They told Lin that the wooden piles and stones were just the foundation. They planned to do this and that and they would definitely make the sheep pen into a super sheep pen that was both beautiful and sturdy.
"Oh, so you have to pile mud on this foundation. Don't bother mixing the mud, I can do it." Anyway, the earth-based ability has been exposed, so there is no need to hide it anymore.
She even felt a little itchy.
As she spoke, she spread her feet slightly, took a breath, and stomped her foot. The next moment, the wood and stones that formed the wall were covered with yellow-brown mud from the bottom. More and more mud continued to spread to both sides and upwards, completely wrapping up the wood and stones, and becoming thicker and more solid. After just a few minutes, a circle of mud wall that was half a person's height and thirty to forty centimeters thick appeared before everyone.
Lin Tantan retracted his supernatural power and looked at the work in front of him. Hey, the lines are not straight enough, the walls are thicker in some places and thinner in others, it's not beautiful enough, but overall it's still okay.
She smiled and glanced at the engineers: "Is this the effect? Isn't it a bit too short?"
The engineers looked confused. They touched, patted, and dug at the earth wall again and again. It was hard and solid, not at all like ordinary soil that would become loose when dug. The soil was fine and firm, as if it was made of adobe made from the best clay that had been repeatedly beaten. The quality was absolutely impeccable.
It's just that simple?
It's not that they haven't thought about asking earth-type mutants for help, but earth-type mutants can only throw clods of earth, place earth spikes, and dig the ground. The most they can do is to build an earth wall in a short period of time. They have never thought of building a wall of dozens of meters in a stable and stable manner.
Their eyes lit up and they looked at Lin Tan Tan as if they were looking at a peerless architectural genius, the kind who could paste things on the wall.
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