Chapter 923: D-Grade Mutant Crop

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They turned their head in surprise.

Looking at the suddenly appearing Chu An, dozens of gazes in the command room fixed on him.

"Why?!"

An Jing Tian blurted out, unable to help but retort.

If there really is a Rank 3 Intermediate in the corpse tide, with Long'an Base's firepower configuration, we might be able to hold the tide, but once the enemy launches a decapitation strike, no one here can stop it.

Even Lin An was worried, tense and wanting to reinforce, yet Chu An wouldn't let him?

He lightly lifted his glasses, meeting the astonished gazes; Chu An remained composed and calmly said:

"No need for Lin An to come back; I have a way to solve it."

"Don't rely on him for everything."

"Could it be that everyone in Long An is useless?"

Unusually, Chu An spoke harshly; he who rarely showed much emotion now seemed almost human in his dissatisfaction.

An Jing Tian's expression stalled; although Colonel Chu was indeed mysterious and unfathomable in their hearts, almost nothing was beyond his ability to solve.

But at this critical juncture, he couldn't think of any way to solve it.

Yes, they all heard the meaning behind Chu An's words.

Their performance really wasn't good.

Vast Long An, upon encountering a problem, the first thought is to have Lin An come back.

Without the two of them, everyone was almost like headless flies, guessing wildly.

But this is also unavoidable.

"Colonel Chu, you want AnXia and the Red Clad to take action?!"

"Even Lin Dui has come out; doing this is too risky!"

He immediately countered, An Jing Tian glanced nervously at AnXia beside him; out of selfishness, before Lin An appears, they would only consider letting AnXia act as a last resort.

To be honest, he'd rather face the enemy to his death than let AnXia take risks.

Not to mention anything else, Lin Ge absolutely thinks the same.

Beside him, Gao Tian seemed to think of something and hurriedly asked:

"Do you want me to take action?"

Anxious, under Lin An's guidance, he is now raising his attributes as much as possible, stuck at his level.

Although he hasn't advanced to Rank 3, his attributes are much higher than before.

Gao Tian thought back and forth; could Colonel Chu have a way to let him take down the enemy?

But that's a Rank 3 Intermediate...

He isn't afraid of facing such an enemy; instead, he's eager to try.

But he also fears the rank gap is too great, unable to lock onto the enemy.

Standing in place, amidst the bewildered gazes, Chu An slightly shook his head and calmly said:

"There will be no risk."

"I just want to test a new weapon."

"If there's a problem, Lin An can also teleport back at any time."

Heiyu

Standing at the edge of the black mist, Lin An, about to teleport back, frowned slightly, looking at Chu An's message.

"Don't come back; Long An needs to train its troops."

"We've had peace for too long."

"If we rely on you for everything, what's the point of the base?"

After reading Chu An's message, Lin An couldn't help but hesitate.

He understood the meaning behind Chu An's words.

Indeed, aside from when Long An Base was first established with him present, the base has hardly encountered any difficulties during its rapid development.

No surrounding force dares to provoke them; with ample supplies, the Awakened Ones within Long An are practically smooth sailing.

Many survivors, with Long An's help, directly advanced to Awakened Ones, yet some of these people have no combat experience whatsoever, relying solely on abundant spiritual energy.

Training troops by seeing blood? Indeed a good idea, and it can also weed out a batch of corrupt elements.

Long An now has absorbed too many survivors from various regions; it looks strong, but its cohesion is extremely poor.

In the short term there's no problem, but in the long run problems will surely arise.

He could understand Chu An's idea; prolonged 'peace' in the apocalypse is no different from chronic suicide.

If we rely on him for everything, what's the point of Long An Base?

From top to bottom, no one feels any pressure, anyway Lin An is here.

But...

If the corpse tide doesn't have that Rank 3 Intermediate, Lin An naturally wouldn't oppose Chu An.

Experiencing bloodshed and tempering oneself, staying vigilant is the right way.

But the problem is, where does Long An currently have the capability to resist the enemy?

His expression flickered back and forth; after a moment's hesitation, Lin An sent back a message:

"What are you planning to do?"

"You know, I can't let AnXia and them take risks."

On the other end, Chu An's reply came back shortly:

"Spiritual Energy Nuclear Bomb, Gao Tian."

He blinked slightly, Lin An looked strangely at the message Chu An sent.

"Spiritual Energy Nuclear Bomb!? There really is such a thing!?"

During his absence, what exactly has Chu An come up with again?

On the other side, Mo Ling, seeing him not moving for a while, couldn't help but speak:

"Lin An, aren't we going back?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Lin An."

"That's the teleportation channel; as long as we go in, we can immediately return to Yingshan."

Seeing the two's doubtful gazes, Lin An suppressed his curiosity and shook his head.

"Maybe, not really needed."

Since Chu An has already said it to this extent, Lin An himself doesn't believe that pervert would have no chance at all.

Moreover, teleporting back himself is just an instant.

Thinking this way, as long as AnXia and the others are safe, there's no rush to go back.

The next second, just as Lin An let out a slight sigh and was about to ask Zhang Tie about the situation, a private message suddenly lit up.

At a glance, it was indeed Zhang Tie.

"Lin Dui, how's your side!?"

"Damn, this worm is really disgusting!"

"Should I go in to find you or return to Long An!?"

Outside Yingshan, a blood-colored giant bear sat with its butt on a corpse as if it had been played with, its face half joy, half worry:

"This damn thing even gave me a reward! I can exchange it for lots of attributes!"

He nervously looked at the private message, and after finishing the battle, he hurriedly checked his private message inbox.

Upon seeing Lin An kill the pursuer, he was both shocked and amazed that Lin An was so fierce, able to take down a third-rank advanced, while also worrying about Long An.

"No need to go back; just wait for us in Yingshan."

After a moment's thought, Lin An simply let Zhang Tie wait.

Much as he expected, Zhang Tie also easily took down his opponent. Needless to say, Zhang Tie, fused with the Indestructible Asura, indeed has somewhat monstrous combat power.

Suppressing the curiosity and faint worry in his heart, Lin An simply stopped thinking about these and looked ahead.

Going back and forth would indeed be troublesome; Chu An could handle it, and he could also save Mo Ling's teleportation ability.

He examined it carefully.

At a glance.

All he saw was a stretch of waist-high wheat fields in the distance, and a small renovated town situated in the center.

Apart from the lack of lights, this place looked like a peaceful town before the Apocalypse.

Surrounded by black mist on all sides, it actually felt like an illusion.

He extended his mental power to sense carefully.

Upon touching the waist-high wheat field, the True Eye activated and transmitted the information.

"Mutant Spirit Wheat (d-grade mutant crop)"

"Effect: per kilogram of crop, provides 4000 kcal of energy and provides a slight spiritual energy recovery effect."

"d-grade crop traits: drought-resistant, heat-tolerant, fast-growing. Long-term consumption increases constitution by 1 point."

"Growth conditions: low spiritual energy regions, non-desert land, non-polar night environment."

"Maturation period: 1000 hours."

4000 kcal per kilogram... maturation period of 1000 hours.

After reading the information, Lin An's eyes widened in surprise, quite intrigued.

Its nutrition is nearly double that of regular wheat, but its growth cycle is astonishingly short.

1000 hours—that's less than two months to mature a batch!

Large-scale planting would easily solve the food problem!

This trip wasn't in vain!

After scouting, Lin An unexpectedly saw dozens of rotting corpses in the rice field, as if they were fertilizer; the wheat field where the corpses lay grew exceptionally lush.