Chapter 455: Apocalyptic Trading System (27)

The next morning, Xie Yang ate a large bowl of tomato and beef brisket noodle soup hand-pulled by Ms. Yu, and was in the courtyard admiring the garden full of fruits and vegetables to aid digestion, when Yang Qianqian arrived with Chen Jian and Xu Mingqi.

Upon hearing their intentions, Xie Yang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "You know the location of the nearest breeding farm to here? Are you sure it was in operation before the apocalypse?"

"Positive!"

Chen Jian nodded earnestly and said:

"After I started college, my family didn't really look after me much. When my living expenses weren't enough and I was too embarrassed to ask them for more, I worked as a delivery rider for a while.

There was a local restaurant opposite the breeding farm. Because it was quite far from the main urban area and food delivery apps didn't reach it, but the meat used by this restaurant was labeled as free-range chicken, duck, and pork, some clients who weren't short on money would hire a delivery rider, and I took a few of those orders.

While waiting for the food, I chatted with the restaurant owner and heard the owner say that their meat was all bought from the breeding farm across the street. The owner of that breeding farm had returned from studying abroad and said they wanted to create an ecological breeding farm with a simulated natural environment, which didn't exist in the country yet.

Out of curiosity, I took a few looks when passing by; the scale of that breeding farm was indeed very large, planted with stretches of bamboo forests and grassy slopes, and the lake for raising ducks was no smaller than the artificial lake in our residential compound."

After listening, Xie Yang rubbed her chin in thought and nodded: "Alright! Then I'll trouble you to lead the way, and we'll go take a look at the breeding farm you mentioned."

Upon hearing this, Yu Baozhi expressed that she would go too.

Before Xie Yang could speak, she leaned into her daughter's ear and whispered:

"Daughter, you forgot that I still have the Beast Domestication Technique. It works on birds, so maybe it works on poultry and livestock too. If we can make them follow us back obediently, we won't have to go through the chaos of catching them."

Xie Yang thought about it and it made sense, so she decided to take her mom along on the outing today.

Since Yu Baozhi was going, Xie Yongcheng, who was worried about his wife, naturally had to go as well.

In the end, the one left behind to guard the home was Xie Yan.

He was unhappy.

Yesterday he had just said that every day spent going out was very meaningful, and today he wasn't allowed to leave the house.

"Why leave me behind? Why don't we all go as a family? Anyway, once the front door is locked, no one can get in."

While his mouth was busy arguing, he actually knew very well in his heart: the purpose of leaving him behind wasn't primarily to guard the house, but to hold down the residential compound.

Now there was more than just their family living in the compound. Although Qin Tao was responsible for Driving and went in and out with them every day, and Xiao Shi had a Fire Ability and would act with them, there was still Xiao Shi's mother and Yang Qianqian's team—nearly ten ordinary people without abilities.

He wasn't afraid of survivors who accidentally entered the compound to hide from Zombies, but he was afraid of those apocalyptic villains who used their abilities to commit evil.

Therefore, an Ability User had to be stationed there every day; this was something their family had agreed upon.

The person left behind was also responsible for observing Zhong Yuling, Yang Qianqian, and the others. If they all turned out to be reliable people, they would give them some Body Strengthening Fluid later.

There is strength in numbers; if everyone's strength was great, the safety coefficient of the compound would also be higher.

"Sigh, alright then! Let my mom go out and get some fresh air today." Xie Yan, seeing his efforts were fruitless, scratched his head and accepted it, watching his family get into the Recreational Vehicle, "Bring back plenty of meat! I'm craving braised pork! Mom, if you get some free-range pork, make a batch of braised pork tonight, okay?"

"..."

Sitting by the window, Yu Baozhi turned her face away, unable to bear looking at this foodie son.

On the other hand, Chen Jian, who was leading the way, and Xu Mingqi, who was more familiar with the roads in the area where the breeding farm was located, couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Who wasn't craving braised pork!

Not to mention the rich, savory, fragrant, tender-skinned braised pork, even seeing ribs made them want to pounce on them and gnaw a few bites.

Their mouths were truly becoming bland enough to lose all taste.

Although they had just tasted beef brisket last night, when there was no oil in their stomachs, what they missed most wasn't delicacies from land and sea, but the most ordinary pork from before the apocalypse, especially braised pork.

The breeding farm that Chen Jian was pointing to no longer fell under the jurisdiction of the Yicheng main urban area, but belonged to the subordinate county district.

The location of the breeding farm was quite remote. After all, the owner had many requirements when choosing the site: it had to be near mountains to plant bamboo, and face a lake to raise ducks. Moreover, because breeding farms would inevitably emit some odors, the environmental protection department required them to be far away from residential areas.

This actually worked out in favor of Xie Yang's group.

The official teams sent out to search for supplies first went to major warehouse-style supermarkets, Seed Stations, provincial and municipal grain and oil supply warehouses, and large-scale agricultural and livestock farms.

They didn't have their eyes on small breeding farms like this one, which was opened by a wealthy returnee to satisfy themselves and a small group of people, at least for the time being. Of course, it was mainly because manpower was limited.

Once the apocalypse continued to progress and the supplies in the major supermarkets and warehouses in the main urban area were emptied one after another, it would be the turn of the surrounding areas.

The gate of the breeding farm was half-open.

Yu Baozhi used thorny vines to push open the half-ajar gate, and saw a group of Zombies stumbling out from inside.

"We didn't see many Zombies on the way here, so I thought it was remote and there wouldn't be many, but I didn't expect them all to be concentrated inside the breeding farm!"

"Hey, the Zombies here are all so fast! Did they eat some kind of supplement?"

"Abilities can advance, could it be that Zombies have also advanced?"

At the thought that Zombies might advance, everyone couldn't remain calm.

Those with abilities struck even more swiftly.

Those without abilities stared nervously at the Zombies emerging from all directions, reminding their companions from time to time to avoid being ambushed by the Zombies.

Xie Yang wielded her Lightning Spear, taking out one Zombie with each strike.

Even though her movements remained crisp and neat, only she knew in her heart: these Zombies were indeed much harder to deal with than before.

It had been exactly one month since the apocalypse descended.

Could it be that full-moon Zombies had their speed, strength, and sensitivity all enhanced?

【Ding! Scanned 10g of C-Grade Energy Crystal, recycling price 【Trading Coin】, proceed with Trading?】

Xie Yang: "???"

What is an Energy Crystal?

"Big sister! Look!"

Zhong Xiaoshi manipulated a Fireball, digging a small blue crystal out of a pile of Zombie Ash that had been burned to cinders, and held it out to Xie Yang with her Fireball.

【Ding! Scanned 10g of C-Grade Energy Crystal, recycling price 【Trading Coin】, proceed with Trading?】

Such a small Energy Crystal, and it was only C-Grade, yet the recycling price was actually higher than both gold and platinum?

"Holy crap! Could this be a Zombie Crystal Core?"

A low exclamation came from Xu Mingqi beside her.

Xie Yang turned her head and glanced at him: "You recognize this thing?"

Xu Mingqi scratched his head: "Isn't that how it's written in novels? Advanced Zombies have Crystal Cores appear in their heads, and Ability Users can use Crystal Cores to improve their abilities. The further along one gets, the harder it is to improve abilities, and the greater the demand for Crystal Cores becomes for Ability Users; they might even become the main circulating currency..."

Upon hearing that this thing was so important, Zhong Xiaoshi looked eager to try: "Sister, then I'll go burn all the Zombies and find all the Crystal Cores."

No sooner had she finished speaking than she went up to the roof of the vehicle to throw Fireballs and burn Zombies.

After Xie Yongcheng and his wife, who were cutting Zombie heads on the roof of the vehicle like radishes, learned of this, they used thorn vines to push the Zombie heads over to Zhong Xiaoshi, letting her be responsible for burning them; as for the lower halves, they could just clean them up on the return trip.

Looking at the group, whose fighting spirit was much higher than before, Xie Yang: "..."