Chapter 37: Deal

During the natural disaster years, China still strictly prohibited citizens from possessing firearms illegally.

Of course, no one cares if you carry a rocket launcher outside the safe zone, but as long as you enter the safe zone, you must undergo strict inspections, so the weapons Xia Qing used had always been machetes and slingshots.

After the Great Evolution of Blue Star organisms, to deal with the fatal dangers posed by evolved organisms to humans, squads legally registered in the safe zone could also possess weapons, but they must be used in strict accordance with relevant regulations. Once violated, not only would the weapons be confiscated, but they would also be severely punished.

Xia Qing could possess weapons when leaving the safe zone to farm, but she had neither points nor purchase channels, which was why she came up with the idea of exchanging unpolluted spring water with the Green Dragon Squad.

Her goal was to exchange for a sniper rifle and two hundred rounds of ammunition. She hadn't expected the conditions Yang Jin gave to completely exceed her expectations.

Xia Qing steadied her heart, which was beating violently, and looked straight into Yang Jin's eyes through the firelight. "How many liters of spring water do you want to exchange for these equipment and weapons?"

Xia Qing's caution made Yang Jin somewhat happy. "Can you increase the total amount of spring water from 15,000 liters to 17,500 liters with these supplies? The extra 2,500 liters will be for Brother Luo to drink during his treatment."

There is no clear experimental data showing that humans drinking unpolluted spring water can enhance their physique, not because the spring water cannot, but because there is not enough spring water for experiments. The benefits of unpolluted spring water to humans are not a true-or-false question, but a question of degree.

Ten evolved security personnel from the Green Dragon Squad for one year, three sets of top-tier protective equipment, three guns, and nine hundred rounds of ammunition, plus hands-on teaching from sharpshooter Luo Pei, in exchange for 17,500 liters of spring water within the next four months—this was very suitable for Xia Qing.

Yang Jin was a notorious iron rooster who never suffered a loss. This trade made Xia Qing intuitively feel the value of the spring water.

Trading with a big shot, although Xia Qing had already raised all four of Yang Laoda's hooves in her heart to indicate agreement, she still had to put on the big shot's demeanor on the surface and nodded calmly. "Deal."

After Yang Jin added two pieces of firewood to the fire, he brought up the next trade. "I have another exchange; I don't know if you are interested."

Xia Qing's mind flashed with the supplies she urgently needed, and her expression was unfathomable. "Tell me about it first."

Yang Jin stated the content of the trade. "If Brother Luo stays in Plot No. 1 to detoxify, the spring water in your territory will be exposed sooner or later, causing your life to be disturbed by the outside world. So, I want Brother Luo to enter your territory for treatment. He will only bring four people and can live in this room or any place you arrange. Except for picking up the supplies and water needed by Brother Luo, they will never step out of the range you have delineated. After Brother Luo can move, he will start teaching you shooting. Four months later, I guarantee he will take people away. If you haven't learned by then, Brother Luo will live in Plot No. 1 and continue to teach you until you learn."

Seeing Xia Qing's brows still furrowed, the smile in Yang Jin's eyes deepened, and he stated the trade conditions that Xia Qing could not refuse. "For this, we will provide two hundred liters of diesel and a crawler-type small multi-purpose micro-tiller, which can rotary till, trench, ridge, backfill, weed, and spray medicine, as well as two each of edible apple, strawberry, jujube, and grape seedlings."

Micro-tiller, diesel, seedlings—each one hit Xia Qing's heart. What else was there to say?

Xia Qing couldn't even pretend to be a big shot anymore and immediately nodded. "Deal. This village will belong to Brother Luo for the next four months."

"For safety's sake, can Brother Luo and the others come over now?"

"Yes."

"To prevent the subsequent transportation of supplies and medicine from Plot No. 1 to Plot No. 3 from being discovered, can we dig a tunnel from Brother Luo's residence to Plot No. 1? After Brother Luo leaves, the tunnel will be filled in immediately."

"... Yes."

Yang Jin smiled. "Good. If you have any problems later, negotiate directly with Brother Luo."

Yang Jin smiled, and he was so handsome that Xia Qing almost opened her mouth to ask him to stay for a midnight snack before leaving. Fortunately, her reason hadn't gone offline, and she sent Yang Jin out of the territory before dawn.

The Green Dragon Squad's ability to act was very fierce. Half an hour later, Luo Pei was carried into Plot No. 3 without anyone knowing. Not long after dawn, a small helicopter stayed in Plot No. 1 for twenty minutes before taking off and leaving.

Two hours later, Tang Huai dialed the number of Xu Pin, the deputy leader of the Su Feng Squad. "... Yes, confirmed that Luo Pei was picked up by Yang Jin with a helicopter. Now Plot No. 1 is undefended, and the people inside have started clearing weeds, turning the soil, and farming... Yes, people have been sent in to check, confirming that Luo Pei is not in the territory... Yes, the helicopter went west, only one."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Huai, in a great mood, greeted his brother Yang Heng. "Let's go, let's go hunting, roast meat and drink today!"

On the fourth day after Luo Pei moved into the territory, six tree seedlings and two strawberry seedlings were secretly sent into Xia Qing's territory by the Green Dragon Squad. Xia Qing planted them all in the planting zone that had already been plowed and watered them sufficiently with mountain spring water.

To save enough mountain spring water to plant the trees, Xia Qing had been saving water for the past few days, even reluctant to use it for porridge.

The seedlings were all one-year-old bare sticks one to two meters tall, and the strawberry seedlings only had five leaves. Xia Qing was reluctant to even pick a leaf or break a branch to squeeze juice for testing, so she couldn't judge whether these seedlings were green lights or yellow lights.

To prevent Yang Laoda from gnawing on the seedlings, Xia Qing took the risk of going into the Evolved Forest to cut branches of evolved sour jujube trees full of palm-long sharp thorns to make a fence, protecting the seedlings.

After circling the fence, Xia Qing was in a wonderful mood. She called Luo Pei's new mobile number and went over to visit with a basket of vegetables.

Luo Pei brought people to live here for four days, and as Yang Jin promised, they stayed honestly in the village. Even fetching water was chosen at night, without disturbing Xia Qing's life at all.

Within Territory No. 3, there are three abandoned villages distributed in a triangular pattern. Xia Qing lives in the village to the north, and Luo Pei lives in the one to the southwest. The village to the southeast is still empty; Xia Qing plans to clear it out when she has time in the future to raise some chickens, ducks, and geese, provided she can catch or trade for them.

Luo Pei lived in the courtyard where Xia Qing talked about conditions with Yang Jin. After Xia Qing entered, she discovered that although it looked exactly the same from the outside, they had actually dug out several basements underneath, and the entrance was in this room.

When did they dig it, and where did they throw the soil?

The walls of the basement were not only moisture-proof and soundproofed but also equipped with electric lights and various precision medical equipment that was out of place after the natural disaster.

When did they install it, and how was it transported in?

Seeing Xia Qing's confused look, Wei Chengdong smiled so hard his gums were exposed. Luo Pei, whose eyes were covered, greeted Xia Qing. "Xia Qing, come over and sit."

Having had sufficient spring water for treatment for only five days, Luo Pei was able to sit up straight. Xia Qing handed the vegetable basket to Wei Chengdong, her voice carrying a smile. "It seems the effect of Brother Luo's treatment is quite good."

"It's all thanks to you." Luo Pei revealed a sincere smile. "The agricultural machinery is relatively large, so we have to find a suitable opportunity to bring it over openly. The guns and ammunition have already been sent over. Because you are a power evolutionist, I chose a small submachine pistol, an automatic rifle, and a non-automatic sniper rifle."

Wei Chengdong opened the long wooden box he brought in, revealing three new guns exuding the smell of machine oil. Although Xia Qing didn't know the goods, she recognized at a glance that the sniper rifle in the box was exactly the same as the one Luo Pei carried on his back when he went on missions!

This was definitely a good thing.

Luo Pei continued to introduce, "For concealment, all three guns are equipped with accessories to reduce shooting noise, flames, and smoke, and they are all in the box. Today, let Chengdong teach you how to use the pistol. You take it for self-defense first, and I will teach you the remaining two guns when my eyes are better."

"Many thanks, Brother Luo, and trouble to Brother Dong." Xia Qing didn't mention that she had used a rifle once when going on a mission with the Dongyang Squad, because that old, homemade gun couldn't be compared with the three in front of her at all. ===== CHAPTER 38 =====