Chapter 1874

Xia Qing had long anticipated this situation. Looking at the three online participants on the mobile phone screen standing before her, she gave a clear response: "According to the disaster prevention regulations, Territories No. 18, 22, and 23 are currently in a state of lockdown, and the planting boxes cannot be moved out of the territories."

*Sigh... * The other territory owners participating offline breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Huai, who was online, gave Xia Qing a thumbs-up. Fu Fu Xiaodan and Zhang Zhang Genyong suppressed their disappointment and panic, nodding to indicate they understood.

While She Xing, who was participating offline, breathed a sigh of relief, she quickly calculated how to ask Xia Qing to borrow Use Yishi after the meeting to protect the strawberry seedlings in Fu Fu Xiaodan's territory.

Use Yishi is a high-value, scarce resource. She Xing only had a tiny grain the size of a soybean, which she had exchanged for at a high price when her husband was the captain of the Liangqing Battle Team; it had long since expired after so many years.

Zhang San, Xia Qing, Xin Yu, and the Tang family brothers in the Northern District 1 territories definitely all had Use Yishi. Xia Qing was the alliance leader, so She Xing would borrow from her first. If she didn't have any to spare, She Xing would go to Tang Heng, and if that didn't work, she would ask Xin Yu, who was sitting next to her but with whom she had never interacted.

She Xing dared not knock on Zhang San's door, nor could she open it.

Unexpectedly, before She Xing could make up her mind, Xia Qing, sitting in the main seat, brought up Use Yishi: "Sister Fu Xiaodan, Brother Gen, have you heard of Use Yishi?"

"I haven't heard of it. Alliance Leader, can this kind of stone protect strawberry seedlings?" Although the ordinary person Zhang Zhang Genyong, who had already panicked, didn't know about Use Yishi, he could understand Xia Qing's intention in mentioning the stone at this time, and hope reignited in his heart.

Fu Fu Xiaodan, who had been tense all along, opened her eyes wide, and tears rolled down uncontrollably: "I know, Use Yishi is a mineral that can support a protective shield and isolate the Qi element."

Xia Qing, with an expressionless face, nodded slightly toward Fu Fu Xiaodan on the mobile phone screen on the table: "Yes, that's the mineral. If you need it, you can rent from me Use Yishi that can protect 10 standard culture boxes from Qi element attacks. The rent for three days is 9,000 points. If the Use Yishi is damaged, you need to compensate for my loss at 20 times the rent."

Kuang Kuang Qingwei added: "Use Yishi is a precious and scarce resource. The alliance leader is giving you the lowest market price. If you don't have the channels, you wouldn't be able to rent it even if you took out ten times the points. If the two of you don't believe it, you can ask around."

Fu Fu Xiaodan nodded immediately: "I believe you. Thank you, Alliance Leader. I will rent your Use Yishi."

Compared to strawberry seedlings worth 100,000 to 200,000, the 9,000-point rent for Use Yishi was really not expensive. The 20-fold compensation Xia Qing proposed was also very reasonable, because Use Yishi was worth that price.

Zhang Zhang Genyong also spoke up: "Alliance Leader, I will rent it too, but I only have 2,000-plus points right now. Can the rent be paid with an IOU first? I will use the supplies in my territory as collateral and will definitely pay it back within two months. If I die in the natural disaster, my wife and daughter will pay it back. If our whole family dies, Sister Qing can pick supplies from Territory No. 18 based on the IOU to pay off the debt."

Territory Owner No. 18, the ordinary person Zhang Zhang Genyong, had moved into Northern District 1 in the same batch as Xia Qing, but his luck had always been poor.

During the third Qi rain of the tenth year of the natural disaster, six greenhouses in Territory No. 18 were destroyed by aggressive Qi-evolved wild paulownia trees; in the spring of the eleventh year of the natural disaster, Fire invaders entered the Northern District 1 territory, and two greenhouses and four large sheds in Territory No. 18 were destroyed, and Zhang Zhang Genyong himself was injured; in October of the eleventh year of the natural disaster, a natural disaster caused by the evolution of soil anaerobic bacteria occurred, and nearly half of the potato seedlings in Territory No. 18 underwent aggressive Qi evolution, leading to 2 deaths and 5 injuries in the territory. Seven days ago, high-level evolved *Aspergillus flavus* was detected in Territory No. 18, and it was listed as a risk area.

Although his luck was bad, Zhang Zhang Genyong had always worked very hard. After he could eat his fill by working in the territory for a year, he married a wife and had a daughter at the end of last year. In order to change his luck, he specifically spent points to ask a master in the safe zone to give his daughter a good name:

Zhang Yan, the 'Yan' from 'the sky is clear and the sun is bright, the sea is calm and the rivers are clear.' Zhang Zhang Genyong, who had lived to the eleventh year of the natural disaster, did not seek great wealth, but only hoped that his family would turn their luck around and be safe and sound.

A few days after his daughter was born, Xia Qing gathered the allies for a meeting and talked about the strawberry seedlings. Zhang Zhang Genyong was overjoyed and kept saying that his daughter was a lucky star and that his family's life was about to get better.

He built a *kang* in the outer room of the dilapidated house where his family lived. His wife and child lived on the *kang* in the inner room, and he and the strawberry seedlings lived on the *kang* in the outer room.

Seeing the strawberry seedlings growing day by day and about to be exchanged for points, high-level evolved *Aspergillus* was discovered in his territory again, and he was quarantined.

After being quarantined, Zhang Zhang Genyong was at his wit's end. He chatted with Tang Huai, who was also quarantined, hoping he could help him come up with ideas.

Tang Huai told Zhang Zhang Genyong directly that he couldn't grasp the key points, so the harder he worked, the more unfortunate he became. However, he was quite tough to have lived to the twelfth year of the natural disaster. Tang Huai only gave him one piece of advice, which was to follow Xia Qing's lead in the future: plant whatever Xia Qing planted, and do territory disaster prevention testing however Xia Qing did it.

Zhang Zhang Genyong and his wife discussed it and felt that what Tang Huai said was very reasonable, so they decided not to listen to anyone else in the future, just Xia Qing and Tang Huai.

Hearing Xia Qing say that she could rent him Use Yishi to protect the strawberry seedlings, Zhang Zhang Genyong confirmed that he had chosen the right path and tried his best to strive for it.

Xia Qing nodded: "The matter of Use Yishi is also a first-level secret of the Territory Alliance and must not be disclosed to the outside world."

After the major matters were settled, Qi Fu continued to advance the meeting process: "Now let's start the vote. Members who agree to pay to put the strawberry planting boxes into the experimental area of Territory No. 7, please raise your hands."

Everyone present and Tang Huai, who was online, raised their hands to indicate agreement.

Territory No. 7, which did not send anyone to participate in the meeting, did not participate in the vote, because the entire experimental area of Mountain No. 50 belonged to Territory No. 7. The big boss could put whatever he wanted in it. If the big boss didn't agree, none of them could put the planting boxes in!

After Xia Qing led six strength evolvers to send more than 200 planting boxes and more than a dozen breeding cages into the hidden valley, the valley, which was already full, was completely filled.

In addition to the 10 planting boxes in her own territory, Xia Qing also sent over the three trays of mealworms she raised, and one male spring water fish and five female spring water fish raised in the water tank, all of which were green-light level.

The hidden valley could not only isolate the Qi element but also resist attacks from strong winds and low temperatures. It was safer to put the mealworms, spring water fish, and strawberry seedlings into the hidden valley, and the cost was also lower.

Wen Lord Wen Nengjie, who followed closely behind Xia Qing, asked: "Sister Qing, can my mealworm trays be placed next to your rack?"

It was too wasteful of space to put them next to it. Xia Qing said: "You reinforce and heighten the rack, and put the six trays on the same rack."

"Alright, thank you, Sister Qing!" Wen Lord Wen Nengjie started immediately, nimbly building the rack.

Xia Qing turned her head and asked Zhang Zhang Wenshe of Territory No. 15 to help her take care of the mealworms: "Mix the wheat bran in this bag and the vegetable leaves I planted on the wall according to the proportions on this list, and feed them three times a day. Sorry to trouble you, Brother She."

Zhang Zhang Wenshe, a disabled veteran who engaged in aquaculture in the valley, also raised hundreds of mealworms and had rich experience in raising insects. It was most appropriate to hand over the mealworms and spring water fish to him to take care of.

Zhang Zhang Wenshe nodded: "Okay. If Sister Qing is not busy, stay here for lunch? I'll stir-fry a plate of 'Gold and Jade Filling the Hall' for us."

'Gold and Jade Filling the Hall' was one of the signature dishes of the Tang Family Restaurant, made by stir-frying garlic sprouts, green and red peppers, small shrimp, and mealworms over high heat. Xia Qing paid Zhang Zhang Wenshe 20 mealworms for his help in taking care of the mealworms and spring water fish.

Zhang Zhang Wenshe added the shrimp he raised and the vegetables he planted to these mealworms and stir-fried them together to treat Xia Qing to a meal.

Xia Qing shook her head: "I still have to go to the Northern Evolution Forest to investigate risks. After this Qi rain passes and the rice seedlings are planted in the fields, we will celebrate together."

"Okay!" Zhang Zhang Wenshe responded loudly.

Wen Lord Wen Nengjie, who had built the rack, envied Zhang Zhang Wenshe, who had turned his luck around, because the breeding pond contracted by Zhang Zhang Wenshe was in the valley that isolated the Qi element within the big boss's experimental area. No matter what natural or man-made disasters happened outside, it was as stable as Mount Tai here.

He tried hard to suppress the various thoughts in his heart and squeezed out a kind smile: "I will also trouble Brother She with these three trays of mealworms and six spring water fish of mine. After the disaster, I will bring out a plate of yellow-light locusts, and we will celebrate properly."