Chapter 162: Heading to the Iron Mine

The person who came in to speak was Xing Tianyang, who should have gone to discuss protection with the Barrier doctor. "I went to check; everyone who had contact with those two today has been quarantined."

Liu Mu only felt a dark, unlucky cloud above her head, pressing down until her scalp ached. "Then what about you?"

"I didn't have contact; I watched via surveillance," Xing Tianyang felt Liu Mu was asking a redundant question. "You should go take a look too, how are you going to deal with them?"

This meant, how to thoroughly finish the two of them off.

However, why finish them off?

Liu Mu's mind raced, her brows lifted, and she looked at Xing Tianyang with deep meaning. "Doctor Xing, whatever value they have left is all yours."

These words made Xing Tianyang freeze for a moment, but he quickly understood Liu Mu's meaning and said in a low, mocking tone, "I thought I was combat personnel."

"Don't say that," Liu Mu went over and patted his shoulder. "The future safety of the Haicheng Barrier still depends on you; I thought we had reached a consensus on this long ago."

Xing Tianyang's expression did not improve by even half, and he gritted his back teeth. "I have already been forbidden from experimenting; you had better remember what you promised me!"

"Forbidden? Who forbade it?" Liu Mu was the type of person who, as she said herself, "My experience is limited, I don't know any higher-ups. The sky is high and the Emperor is far away; you are a person of the Barrier, no one else's ban matters outside. I say the Barrier Laboratory is yours to command, so it must be yours to command!"

Before going to escort Yang Shuo, what Liu Mu promised was that as long as Xing Tianyang did not use innocent, guiltless living people for experiments and did not endanger the safety of the Barrier, he could do whatever else he wanted, and no one would restrict his research.

Here, the emphasis was on the 'Barrier', not even the standing on the side of humanity that Yang Shuo demanded.

Liu Mu gave her promise, and now she had no intention of going back on it, finally allowing Xing Tianyang, who had experienced quite a lot recently, to set half his heart at ease.

As for the other half, it was still hanging on the Zombie Virus; if the Haicheng Barrier ceased to exist, he, a researcher whose license had been revoked by the General Command, would truly have nowhere to go.

Zombie muscle fiberization, the entire body in a very shriveled, decaying state, without reason, without intelligence, and naturally without language ability.

To Liu Mu, the value of the two from the Jiang Family was near zero. She had originally wanted to throw them to Hong for research, but on second thought, Hong didn't need them at all. The virus in this child's hands was already a more advanced version, so it was better to give them to Xing Tianyang; perhaps he could find something different.

Along with the uncle and nephew of Jiang Hanzhong, three inspectors from above were also dealt with.

These three came quickly, but when they wanted to leave, they realized they were surrounded by the Barrier's people, having become mutant beasts in a cage; no matter how they made a scene, no one paid them any mind.

Liu Mu didn't squeeze any intelligence out of Qin Han, nor did she get any benefits, so in the end, she could only lead her people to the mining area with a dark face.

After she left, Qin Han immediately met with Jiang Wenjun, both of them wearing the same look of relief.

Ever since Yang Shuo left, every time they arranged something, they had to be sneaky; this girl was too sharp!

If she really discovered the trump cards in their hands, I'm afraid that even if Yang Shuo rushed back now, he would only be able to save the dregs.

It is a pity, however, that they still underestimated Liu Mu.

This time when Liu Mu left, she also took the opportunity to escort three trucks of supplies to the Steel Factory. The Barrier provided two trucks, and the last truck was her own, but no one dared to ask what was inside along the way.

Just kidding, those who didn't speak were already being punished by having to run alongside the vehicles; if they spoke again, I'm afraid they would be worked to death by the bad-tempered new Captain before even executing their first mission.

Regarding this extra truck of goods, Luo Sanlin didn't say much when he took over, and didn't even reveal what was inside to the Sea Soul team members who were snooping around.

If you ask, it's food, drink, and clothes; whichever one you believe is the one it is.

After leaving the Steel Factory, the Sea Soul Team moved forward in three jeeps, their speed several times faster.

Heading north, the cities were desolate, the fields abandoned, with no sign of human life.

The most annoying thing was that many roads had been rotted by floods; let alone driving, they couldn't even find them.

Not long after the team set out, they basically said goodbye to driving and started off-road survival.

This was really different from looking for coal before; at that time, the roads were at least still passable.

Added to that, the heavy rain after the Ten-Day Burning caused many mountains to collapse, and even the terrain had changed quite a bit, so their journey could be said to be extremely difficult.

The further she went, the more Liu Mu's heart sank.

Not to mention anything else, the cost of road repair alone was hard to estimate, and it had to be a road that could handle heavy trucks; just thinking about it gave her a headache.

But, what did this have to do with Liu Mu?

First, the iron mine wasn't hers even if found. Second, for road repairs and mining, go find Qin Han and the others; who told them not to be sincere.

No noble sentiment works in front of a Merchant.

Moreover, for a project with such huge upfront investment, whoever takes it on is a fool.

Fortunately, they had an accurate map, but when Liu Mu and the others crossed mountains and ridges to reach roughly the right location, she was amused.

Someone had actually gotten there first?

"Boss, what should we do, just rob them?"

Under Liu Mu's constant 'education', the Sea Soul Team had already achieved secular sublimation in their thinking; not only had their habit of address changed, but their business acumen had also become stronger.

She frowned and pondered, "Starting with a zero-frame attack might not be good, right?"

"How about I go up and test the waters? If they are official people, it's easy to talk; if not, it doesn't matter if we take action, right?"

"In my opinion, they are definitely not people from the official side; if they were, would they not report to the Barrier? Just rob them first and ask later, the effect is about the same."

"Rob them, anyway, we'll have to use methods in the end."

This... Liu Mu looked at these wolf cubs with glowing green eyes and was even more satisfied with the training results.

However, satisfaction is satisfaction, but one must still be cautious when doing business.

"Two people come with me, dress up and go up to ask if they are hiring."

Liu Mu handed the binoculars in her hand to the person beside her and pulled out a pile of messy clothes.

Regarding her Spatial Ability, after seeing her store and take out the jeeps several times, the team members were still shocked.

"Boss, you have these kinds of clothes in your warehouse?"

"Why don't you stock up on gold, silver, treasures, airplanes, or cannons? What a waste."

"You look like a hillbilly! Do you think this is cultivation? Whose personal space can hold airplanes and cannons? What kind of nonsense are you stuffing in there?"

"Gold is still useful, right? Contribution Value will definitely have to be exchanged for gold in the end, do you guys believe it?"

The arguing started again, Liu Mu raised her hand, and everyone quickly shut up, including those who wanted to speak but hadn't had the chance yet.

Zheng Tian, who was sharp-tongued and loved to argue, was the first to grab a set of clothes: a cultural shirt with several holes burned into it, military green work pants; wearing them like this, plus a hands-on-hips, hunched-over standing posture, he was every bit a stranded laborer.

The other three were about the same: a white undershirt, big shorts, truly holey jeans, a military overcoat with only half left...

The four of them stood in a row, unable to piece together a single decent outfit.

Liu Mu took a look, shook her head slightly, and pointed to the side amidst the confused gazes of the few, "Take off your boots and roll on the ground twice."

Good grief, this time, it was truly dirty and tattered.

Zheng Tian was even more ruthless, directly smearing mud all over his head and face.

"Brother, is it really necessary to ruin yourself like this?"

The three people with him were a bit incredulous, "There's no need for that, right?"

"Do as you please, I'm mainly too handsome; if I don't mess myself up like this, I can't ruin my aura."

... "What about your face?"

The sturdy man Zheng Tian had a pair of rather large phoenix eyes and glanced sideways at the three, "Is that thing important?"

"Can you stop being shameless every other second? I am truly impressed by you, you king of jerks!"

One person acting pretentious drew a chorus of curses.

Liu Mu was not as strict as Tan Ziyan; after all, they were going to work for her, so letting them have a second of joy before things got serious was worth it.

Who knew if they would have a mental breakdown later on?

She herself did not need to change clothes; having rolled around in the dirt all the way here, she was still in that same jumpsuit, and not counting the dirt, it was already torn in several places, so there was no need for a disguise at all.

"Leave your weapons with me, just keep your tools, let's go!"