Chapter 442: Green-Light Rice

After the catastrophe, order collapsed. Xia Qing, a tri-system Evolver, didn't dare reveal her abilities, so after her parents died, she chose to survive on her own.

Her "on her own" didn't mean living in seclusion—she didn't have that capability—so she squeezed into a tiny safe zone with over two million people, sharing even cramped dorm rooms with others.

Her being on her own was a state of mind and a way of surviving. She minimized contact with those around her as much as possible to avoid being targeted, so over the years, the only person who could be counted as her friend was Xu Juan.

Now that high-quality, premium Evolver green-light meat was being distributed, Xia Qing was definitely going to save a share for Xu Juan.

Besides Xu Juan, Xia Qing also planned to give some more to the allies in her territory to boost their physical resistance.

Then there was that stranger who, on the first day of the new year this year, sent a message telling her which territories were better, and that Sufeng had also set eyes on those lands. Later, this stranger also told her about Xu Pin's Evolver abilities.

Xia Qing pondered as she made lunch.

For a whole year, this person had not made any demands of Xia Qing or asked for anything in return. When Xia Qing returned to the safe zone for the agricultural trade fair and wanted to send this person food, she was refused.

The more Xia Qing thought about it, the more she felt this person was a friend of her father's. Upon discovering that Xia Qing was planning to claim territory, he sent the reminder out of goodwill, but he didn't want Xia Qing to know who he was.

Xia Qing took a deep breath and pressed the button. The meat grinder let out a tremendous noise, turning the rock-hard snake meat into mince.

Xia Qing first scooped some of the mince into the bubbling pumpkin soup—this was Sick Wolf's food.

She added chopped scallion and ginger, egg white, and salt to the remaining mince and stirred it evenly. When the clear broth in the other pot began to bubble, she used a small spoon to drop the prepared filling in to make meatballs, then added dried bamboo shoots and other dried vegetables—this was her dinner.

Then, Xia Qing used soaked Chinese toon sprouts to mix a concentrated feed for Ram Boss.

After a busy day, Xia Qing wanted to use the most nutritious green-light food to reward herself and her companions.

After the food was brought to the pot, Ram Boss and Sick Wolf buried their heads and started eating. Xia Qing, guarding the fragrant snake meatballs sprinkled with scallions, very solemnly took out her phone and typed out the message she'd run through in her head over a dozen times:

Hello, I have a secret channel to buy premium Evolver green-light meat obtained from within the Evolution Forest. How many jin do you need?

Xia Qing concealed the meat's source. This time she didn't ask "do you want any," but "how many jin do you want"—she'd thought it through carefully. She didn't want to reveal that she had premium green-light meat, but she wanted the other party to know her sincerity, so she worded the message this way.

After sending the message, Xia Qing stuffed her phone into her pocket and happily enjoyed her food.

By "good" she meant the food was highly nutritious, not that it tasted good. She'd put too much salt in the filling—it was a bit salty.

Inside Territory One, Yang Jin stared at his phone screen, and only after a long while set the phone down and leaned back in his chair, laughing soundlessly.

Xia Qing ate the snake meatballs while listening to the news broadcast, then listened to the farming-knowledge broadcast while washing the dishes, and still hadn't received a reply.

Even Third Brother was tempted by premium green-light meat, yet this person showed no reaction—that was too abnormal.

Xia Qing couldn't help speculating whether this person was already gone, or whether after Xu Pin was blown up, Liehuo and Sufeng were tearing at each other and he was too busy to even look at his phone.

"Beep."

Just as Xia Qing finished putting on her protective suit and was about to go out for her night run and patrol the territory, the phone in her pocket suddenly发出 a message notification sound.

Xia Qing quickly pulled out her phone and saw it wasn't the reply she was waiting for, but a message from Yang Jin asking if she had time now.

It was already completely dark. Yang Jin was being watched by spies from all sides and couldn't move easily during the day, which was why he'd chosen to act at night.

His coming over this time must be to split the compensation supplies from Liehuo or Sufeng with her. The profits from the Qiangwu Grass had long been agreed upon between her and Yang Jin as a fifty-fifty split.

Xia Qing arranged a time with Yang Jin and arrived at the North Gate right on the dot to wait.

When Yang Jin appeared at Mountain 49, Zone Three, he was carrying a large bag in each hand. Xia Qing was overjoyed and was about to run out to greet him when Yang Jin moved at extreme speed and was instantly outside the gate.

Xia Qing hurriedly opened the gate to let him into the territory. Both of them, afraid the place might be monitored or bugged, said nothing.

Xia Qing raised her hand, signaling Yang Jin to hand her the bags he was carrying. Yang Jin shook his head, signaling Xia Qing to lead the way. He carried a large backpack and the heavy bags, following behind Xia Qing.

From the sound of Yang Jin's footsteps, Xia Qing judged that the supplies he was carrying definitely weighed over 400 jin. Being able to move freely while carrying such heavy supplies meant Yang Jin had at least reached the load-bearing capacity of a Tier-3 strength Evolver!

For a non-strength Evolver to achieve such load-bearing capacity was already quite impressive. Truly worthy of being the boss of the Azure Dragon Squad—his strength was rock-solid indeed.

After entering the small hut by the farmland, closing the door, and confirming the curtains had been drawn so no light leaked out, Xia Qing finally turned on the hut's light.

Yang Jin opened the bags he'd brought over, and the pristine white rice inside gleamed strikingly under the light.

Xia Qing's eyes lit up at once. "What a pure color this rice has!"

The less the rice was contaminated with Qiang elements and other harmful substances, the whiter its color.

Xia Qing felt that the green-light rice she'd harvested, with a Qiang element content of 4.7‰, was already white enough, but the rice Yang Jin brought was even whiter, meaning this batch's Qiang element content was definitely lower than 4.7‰.

"This is green-light rice freshly harvested this autumn by Bai San's Planting Center—Qiang element content 4.1‰, Yi element content 2.1?, four hundred jin in total, no high-Qiang-element grains mixed in." As he spoke, Yang Jin opened the two bags he'd carried over as well as the two bags from his backpack, letting Xia Qing inspect the goods.

Whether green-light rice grains were mixed with high-Qiang-element grains was easiest to tell, because the colors were different.

When Xia Qing leaned in for a closer look, she could even smell a faint rice fragrance. The thought that all four hundred jin of this rice belonged to her made Xia Qing so happy she could burst. "This rice was such a bargain—400 points per jin is not expensive at all."

This was genuine grain—how precious! Bai San Base was amazing, actually able to grow premium rice on a large scale.

Yang Jin nodded. He didn't tell Xia Qing how heart-stopping the process of obtaining this batch of rice had been; he just wanted her to treat it as the most ordinary of transactions.

After Xia Qing finished inspecting the rice, Yang Jin took out two tin buckets from his backpack. "This is nano stealth coating, twenty jin in total. Here's the usage instructions—do you need me to demonstrate by coating a weapon for you?"

Having worked on construction crews for five years, Xia Qing took the usage instructions with both hands, skimmed them quickly, and said with full confidence, "This coating is used the same way as ordinary coating. I know how to use it, so I won't trouble you."

Yang Jin nodded and began telling her the detailed account of how Xu Pin was killed.

Hearing that Yang Jin had only dodged when the bomb was still nine meters from the ground, she had to say to herself: truly, great skill gives one boldness.