Chapter 54: Zero-Yuan Purchase Begins
The tall figure paused for a moment outside the car, then bent down and got into the passenger seat.
His long legs seemed a little cramped the moment he entered, and he had to bend them slightly to fit the small space.
After Xie Tu sat down, his shoulder was almost touching Yun Zhao's head.
The two were so close that they could clearly feel each other's breath and body temperature.
Yun Zhao felt a bit cramped, so he moved to the side and simply followed his example, placing his backpack at his feet.
Duan Xi quickly got into the car, turned the key to start the truck, and asked, "Captain, shall we go straight there?"
"Yes, to the Agricultural Research Institute." Xie Tu said calmly, his arms hanging casually at his sides, yet taking up almost all the remaining space in the seat.
Okay.
Duan Xi was the first to drive the large truck out of the villa area.
His peregrine falcon flew out to scout the area and help find their way.
Of the four teams, they should have the easiest time.
Because the cloud guide can control the mutants, there's unlikely to be a situation where they're being chased all over the city.
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After arriving at the Agricultural Institute.
The process went incredibly smoothly.
Because the city is always dark, the agricultural institute only has security guards and a few staff members on duty.
Yun Zhao subdued several 'employees' and successfully obtained the whereabouts of the research lab.
Two dazed-looking staff members opened the door for them, copied out the documents, and handed them to them.
Duan Xi was amazed by what he saw.
"Don't just stand there, move all these instruments onto the truck." Xie Tu started working, lifting up an instrument he had never seen before and couldn't name.
With the end of the Dark Ages.
Over the past decade or so, the population of the Dawn Base has been increasing, but the cultivation work in the planting areas has been progressing very slowly.
Having lost two hundred years of sunlight, most of the land has long since weathered into sand, making it impossible to grow food.
This technology is very important to humans outside.
"Yes." Duan Xi snapped out of his daze and quickly went to help.
The sentry's physique is no joke; he can lift a large machine and carry it down to a truck.
The controlled 'people' remained motionless, allowing them to empty the entire research lab.
Yun Zhao then controlled the mutant to open other rooms and took away all the information on crop breeding, cultivation techniques, pest and disease control, soil improvement, and facility agriculture.
This includes design drawings for agricultural automation machinery, as well as key components.
The three then went to the rear cultivation area to collect various seeds.
Genetically modified rice, rapeseed, tomatoes, cherries, persimmons...
There are too many kinds, and they can't distinguish some of them.
I don't know what it is, but I just dug it up from the ground and tried to get as much as possible.
Duan Xi became more and more excited as he dug. "I heard that people in the old days could grow vegetables directly in space. With these technologies, maybe science and technology outside could advance by several decades..."
This trip was totally worth it!
Yun Zhao gestured for him to calm down, "I just took a look. Soilless cultivation requires nutrient solution. I have the information, but it depends on the level of the researchers at the base."
Even the best things can't be mastered overnight; you have to wait until you've become proficient in the methods before you can see results.
Duan Xi shrugged. "That's not something we should worry about."
They know absolutely nothing about agriculture.
Yun Zhao was silent for a moment, then said, "That makes sense!"
Xie Tu didn't say much throughout. He patted the dust off his combat uniform, raised his chin, and said, "Let's talk in the car."
Those instruments took up a lot of space; the extra-long truck was almost completely filled with them.
The three of them got back into the cramped driver's seat.
Xie Tu continued to throw his backpack at his feet, making some room for the petite guide to be more comfortable.
He said, "First, we'll move the items to the assembly point in the south of the city for storage, and then we'll move the rest of the things."
"Okay." Duan Xi drove the car, heading south to the station as planned.
They chose a meeting point in a warehouse behind the station.
It is a place used to store goods shipped within the station.
The warehouse belongs to someone else, of course. It's just that with the cloud guide there, they've temporarily requisitioned it.
The car had just arrived at an intersection in the south of the city.
The city's air raid sirens sounded without warning.
Several police cars with sirens blaring sped through the streets, loudspeakers blaring: "Terrorist attack! Terrorist attack! All civilians, seek shelter in the nearest air-raid shelter!"
The 'people' on the street were immediately terrified and screamed as they fled for their lives.
The whole city was in complete chaos.
Duan Xi stared speechlessly at the chaos on the street. "Why are they running? Weren't they chasing us happily inside the illusion barrier?"
Yun Zhao turned to Xie Tu and asked, "Why is there such a commotion? Is it Jiang Mu and the others?"
"Um."
Xie Tu replied: "They need to break into the military to obtain the manufacturing methods for military equipment, which is top secret."
Actually, that place is the most suitable for Yun Zhao to go.
But neither Xie Tu nor Jiang Mu mentioned it.
"While they draw their fire, we'll continue moving things."
Xie Tu had barely finished speaking.
The three then saw Jiang Mu's squad's armored off-road vehicle suddenly turn and rush into their street.
Behind them, a group of well-equipped armed personnel surged in from all directions, their footsteps and the clash of weapons creating a cacophony.
Several police cars, sirens blaring, sped closer.
The two teams met unexpectedly.
Jiang Mu raised an eyebrow at them through the car window, and the car sped past them at high speed.
The white beast seemed to have never encountered anything so fun and exciting before. Its expression was very excited as it spread its wings and flew behind the car.
They led a huge group of 'people' on their escape through the city.
Behind them, almost the entire city's armed forces were concentrated.
Several police cars and numerous armed personnel followed closely behind, their sirens blaring as if to pierce the sky.
The scene was chaotic yet shocking.
"Holy crap! This is so exciting?!" Duan Xi was stunned.
The little bluebird hopped forward, stretching its neck to look around.
[Fun.]
It wants to join.
Yun Zhao gently comforted it, saying that important matters were at hand.
She slightly raised her hand, and a mental barrier formed on the truck, shielding the mutant from all its senses.
Jiang Mu's squad's armored vehicle sped away and disappeared from sight, while a sharp, piercing alarm sounded from the next street.
Xie Tu chuckled, seemingly lost in thought. "Never mind them, let's hurry up and move our things."
"Okay." Duan Xi snapped out of his daze and quickly started the car.
Yun Zhao said, "Let's drive straight to the station to avoid having to unload and load the goods twice."
Because of the gatekeeper's presence, apart from the route map and the essential technology, everything else in this operation is up to each team to do as they please.
I originally thought...
Jiang Mu's team will go to move the supplies first.
But unexpectedly, he went to the military to get weapons first, and caused such a commotion as soon as they separated, drawing all the firepower away.
The people at the high-speed rail station have probably all been evacuated, which is convenient for them.
“Okay, I’ll listen to her,” Xie Tu readily agreed.
Duan Xi nodded repeatedly.
They quickly drove to the high-speed rail station, and sure enough, everyone had already left, leaving the entire station empty.
Duan Xi drove straight into the station hall and stopped at the entrance of the ticket checkpoint.
"Hurry up." Xie Tong jumped out of the truck, brought over several luggage carts, opened the truck door, and began unloading.
Yun Zhao got out of the car to help, but since she couldn't carry the heavy things, she went to get the seeds.
The three of them unloaded the goods back and forth, randomly opening the door of a high-speed train and throwing everything inside.
A few 'passengers' were still hiding on the high-speed train, staring at them with terrified expressions.
Ignore them.
Xie Tu said, "We are responsible for the east of the city, and we will try our best to move all the movable parts of the east of the city."
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