Chapter 854

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Mom, what did you buy?"

"Oh my, it's braised pork, and cold dishes, all things I love to eat."

"If you like it, eat more. The canteen food is good today."

"……"

Shen Yao hurriedly handed the meals she was carrying to Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning, and the four of them, ignoring the surrounding crowd watching them, walked straight back to the residence.

Shen Yao had already told them about the upcoming residence change, from four people per room to two people per room; not to mention other things, just the living environment had improved greatly, especially since they now had space to exercise and store items, and things brought back from outside in the future could be accommodated more appropriately.

"Chengyi and I just went to the Mission Hall; inside were mostly clearing missions. It seems the Official side's current arrangements won't change much."

Then they could continue busy with their own matters, such as taking out some of the autumn-winter supplies from the space in advance; after all, when they were needed later, they couldn't possibly have nothing on the surface.

"Mom, next let's make a few more trips to the farm and bring back some of the farm's supplies," so when the weather turns cold and they hide in the residence without going out, self-sufficiency wouldn't be bad either.

After Shen Chengyu finished speaking, she started nodding her head swaying; in her mind had already appeared the beautiful scene of herself hiding in the room eating hot pot and roasting meat during the nine cold days of winter; the space lacked nothing; if it weren't for the fact that being alone outside was really hard to get by, with their abilities, they fundamentally didn't need to stay in the shelter scraping a living.

"Okay, no time to lose; tomorrow early morning, we continue signing up."

The danger on the farm side could be said to be visible to the naked eye; Shen Yao also wasn't insisting on challenging some high difficulty; she just felt the farm had more supplies, and they could secretly stash some privately without attracting attention; if switched to those shops located in the city, they could only be even more careful.

After eating all the packed meals brought back, the four of them had no other activity range either, so they simply each did their own thing in the cramped space.

Shen Yao changed into a comfortable set of pajamas, closed her eyes, and lay on the bed to rest; result was, there was a restless system in her head chattering away non-stop, and Shen Yao could only respond helplessly.

"Host, really not going to lend a hand? After all, one day as husband and wife means a hundred days of affection."

"……"

"Where did you learn to misuse vocabulary? How do he and I count as husband and wife? We don't even have a certificate; it can only be called mutual use, each achieving their own desired results, parting on good terms."

"……Tsk, but Host's two children" are blood-related, ah.

"They are our mission main line, System, don't forget our purpose."

Going to various worlds is to complete missions; Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning are their mission main line; what relationship does that have with that person who only provided partial genes? Both sides clarified custody from the very beginning.

Besides, back then the two of them were merely a cooperative relationship; one had resources, one wanted to rise; everyone took what they needed.

Even before the apocalypse, when both were in the same circle working and had some contact, that was merely mutual courtesy; no one would cross money; financial freedom doesn't mean not wanting to make money; Shen Yao and her three daughters being able to live comfortably now relies entirely on the massive financial power behind them.

Tapped the system not to always meddle in things that have little to do with the mission main line; Shen Yao turned her body sideways, avoiding the occasional gazes lightly sweeping over from the other three, "From now on, his matters have nothing to do with us.

Oh, if he unfortunately meets with mishap, as a former collaborator, I'll step forward for him and pick a good burial plot."

Just for the sake of the two children's face; it wouldn't do to let the biological father's corpse be exposed in the wilderness; saying it out loud would be somewhat face-slapping.

System: ……

The system really wanted to say that wasn't what it meant, but, couldn't say it out.

Hesitated for a good long while; Shen Yao next to it was almost asleep; the system finally stammered open its mouth, "But, but, the other party is about to arrive."

"What's arriving? He likes to operate in the south," H Province is in the north.

"……Although that's true, accidents always happen, right? Celebrities filming and such, flying all over heaven and earth; this time the accident happened suddenly; at that time this person was trapped in the film crew; after enduring thousands of hardships he finally ran into the Official side; no matter what he had to hug a big thigh."

Shen Yao: ……

"Oh, let him come then; the shelter has so many people, we can't guarantee we'll run into him."

Besides, everyone is busy struggling for a living; truly not many people pay attention to these celebrity actors; at most their looks occupy some advantage, allowing them to exchange for some benefits using their own convenience; but to truly rely on beauty to reach high places, Shen Yao speaks without exaggeration, only possible if she were twenty years younger.

System: ……

Sometimes one can't help but sigh; one's own Host is still too powerful; no matter the time she can remain calm and unhurried; where is it like me.

"So, still not managing it?"

"If I manage, can I stop him from coming? Or can I avoid Chengyu and Chengning's contact with him?"

Speaking truthfully, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning's understanding of their biological father isn't as much as those fans; daily father-daughter interaction is based on face and sentiment; the apocalypse has occurred for such a long time; Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning really haven't cared much about this biological father's situation.

Right now even if the other party comes to H Province Shelter, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning would at most open their mouths to exclaim a sentence, then throw it to the back of their minds and no longer pay attention.

After all, they are children Shen Yao raised personally; what character they have, she knows most clearly.

Told the system not to worry excessively, and not to focus its gaze on Huo Wenkai; this person has never been able to affect their mother-daughter relationship.

Having finished saying what needed to be said, Shen Yao lay on her side and fell into deep sleep.

The system this time didn't open its mouth to say more; perhaps it had listened to Shen Yao's words, perhaps it felt the man hadn't yet reached the shelter; a real unavoidable collision — when the time comes, bringing it up again would still be in time.

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"Those going to the farm, gather at East Gate 2; vehicle departs immediately when full."

Staff member holding a loudspeaker stood at the doorway shouting; survivors surrounding her lined up in their queues according to the called-out order.

Shen Yao's four people quickly arrived at East Gate 2; here there was a medium-small truck, on top placed a few chairs, and beside them ropes serving as seat belts.

The four quickly boarded, found positions and sat down while not forgetting to first demarcate their own range; compared to the personnel last time going to the farm, the number of people in this vehicle was obviously much fewer.

Even before they paid the vehicle fare points, they had to pay a portion of the money for bringing back supplies (including the empty ground range around the chairs front and back); it could be said, the expenses required for their trip today had risen in a straight line; if they couldn't gather enough supplies, this trip would be a complete loss.

After the four of them, a few more people boarded one after another; the empty chairs were quickly filled; as the staff member re-erected the lowered fence, the driver in front got in, stepped on the gas, and the crowd left East Gate 2, heading for the distant farm.

The direction was largely consistent with the one from the day before yesterday, though there was a route change midway.

It had been emphasized before that H Province is a major agricultural province; this area is all farms, large and small, too numerous to count.

This time they were going to a small farm; the main crop inside was wheat; just right, the shelter population had increased, needing staple food supply.

This batch of people had only one purpose: to fully explore the inside and outside of the small farm, creating an environment where the Official side could collect with peace of mind.

Inside the carriage it wasn't stable; chairs swayed left and right, very inconvenient; Shen Yao's four sat together; occasionally when the jolting underneath was too fast, they would support each other.

As time moved forward, the vehicle began to jolt, and finally stopped beside a small path.

"Can't get through up front, you'll need to walk," the staff member jumped down from the passenger seat, then raised a hand and pointed at the path ahead, "Walk no more than a hundred meters and you'll see a patch of yellowing wheat ears — that's our destination this trip."

"There's movement in the wheat field, be careful," not many soldiers came along this time, and most only served a warning function.

If the movement in the wheat field is too great, or an irresistible crisis appears, then individuals can only leave it to fate.

After all, just these few lonely guns play an extremely limited role.

The four of Shen Yao listened and exchanged a glance, they straightforwardly split into pairs, each watching the other's blind spots, ready to inform each other promptly of any problem.

Seeing this, the others learned from them, but they were all makeshift partners, with little feeling or trust, and as they walked it turned into everyone looking out for themselves again.

Shen Yao's group hurriedly left the crowd's gathering area, stepping into the farm zone first, checking the wheat field situation while guarding against surrounding dangers.

Swish swish swish

The sound of tearing air came suddenly, and the wheat ears bent low by the pressure went into a chaotic frenzy.

So the wheat ears exploded!

Exploded in the literal sense — the originally drooping wheat ears became solitary, the seeds on top turned into bullets flying in all directions, bang bang bang smashing into the surrounding ground.

The flat ground sprouted one small pit after another; because too many wheat ears exploded, Shen Yao's group all had skin reddening on their bodies.

"Hiss, this little thing has quite a temper."

They hadn't even raised a hand to touch them, yet the wheat ears gave them a show of force first.

Shen Chengyu raised a hand and rubbed her struck arm; unsurprisingly, her skin was sure to redden, and more severely it would turn bruised purple.

Tsk tsk tsk

These wheat ears clearly showed no change in size, yet who could have guessed the seeds' effect was greatly enhanced — if the force were greater, they might transform into wheat-ear bullets, da da da sweeping all surrounding creatures.

"Be careful, these wheat ears can cooperate with each other," they're not simply mutated plants, there should be an intelligent plant within the group.

Shen Yao's eyes fixed on the surroundings, she discovered a very interesting scene: no matter how she turned her head, those drooping wheat ears would correspondingly shift with her movements.

Only Shen Yao's movements were crisp and decisive, those wheat ears couldn't keep up with her rhythm, causing Shen Yao to seem like she was strolling, timing it to the limit so the wheat ears couldn't continue exploding.

Shen Chengyi flung out her machete again, killing in and out, hacking fiercely at the wheat ears before her.

Swish swish swish

Batch after batch of wheat ears fell before her eyes, leaving stems no more than an inch long on the ground.

Beside the stems were the slender wheat ears already severed by Shen Chengyi, seeds still rooted inside the ears, looking extremely strange in their about-to-explode-yet-not state.

Shen Chengning seized the chance to bend down and pick up an ear to observe in hand; sure enough, very tiny holes had appeared on those seeds — after all the wheat ears were already small, the seeds inside comparable to sesame.

Pop

Placing the seed in her palm, letting her fingernail crush it, Shen Chengning observed carefully several times, finally reaching a conclusion: these seeds could no longer be called food, they were more like weapons shrunk many times over; her nose tip could still smell a faint gunpowder scent.

Marvelous!

Is nature's mutation really this arbitrary? Too unexpected, isn't it.

Telling the others of this discovery, Shen Chengning tossed the wheat ear away — just that right now it was inconvenient to take out water to wash, otherwise she would definitely wash off the slightly choking gunpowder smell.

All four unspokenly took out machetes, and conveniently put hats on their heads, also doing some corresponding facial protection.

Constantly exploding seeds smashed against their bodies; Shen Yao endured while hacking, and soon a small patch of wheat field around them was completely cleared.

With those interfering wheat ears gone, the crops in the other wheat fields were very calm; relying on the tools in hand to inspect, confirming no problems, the four first took out the empty hemp sacks they brought and filled them, then put the full sacks into the space, only calling the outside staff when they'd collected about enough.

"... That's all the problems; though it doesn't hurt, getting smashed still leaves marks — suggest best to chop them all down first then carefully inspect," because chopped-down wheat ears won't explode, at most it's a bit tiring needing sequential inspection, better than returning covered in injuries to recuperate.

The staff quickly wrote the taboos Shen Yao compiled into the notebook, the corresponding content split in two — one part kept on herself, one part left in the vehicle — then she summoned manpower to collect those wheat ears not yet mutated.

Several places had situations similar to Shen Yao's side; those who knew to dodge fared okay, those who didn't were more miserable; fortunately no one had personnel casualties, and after reporting they received one compensation of points.

"Hey, never coming again, who'd have thought even grain isn't safe."

"Hmph, what's this? I've heard chili peppers explode people and eggplants set fire."

"..."

What Shen Yao loves most is hearing this gossip, sources from all directions, though mainly still the system providing it for free.

Right now what these people say more of is revealing the evolution attributes of mutated plants to the outside — even immobile plants have gained various supernatural abilities, then what about other animals? Can humans really withstand it?

The hemp sacks were loaded into the vehicle; their own portion occupied only a small part, more space still belonged to the official side; the farm area was truly not large, removing those already mutated plants, the remainder collected was enough to fill the carriage.

Shen Yao and the rest thoroughly had no seats; chairs were removed and laid flat, people found corners to sit in.

But this had one benefit: the vehicle's jolting influence weakened, saving the trouble of mutually supporting each other.