Chapter 917: A Powerful Magnetic Field Full of Aggression

After finishing the talk about Qinglong and Fierce Fire, the Hui Three news broadcast on the radio also ended. The two listened carefully to the weather forecast, and then it was time for the agricultural knowledge broadcast that the lords cared about most.

Xin Yu didn't pay much attention to this program, but she knew Xia Qing listened every day, so she stopped talking and began to play with the Lu Ban lock Xia Qing had brought back for her from the safe zone.

On the radio, broadcaster Wang Chuqi introduced with great enthusiasm the tremendous value that Class B magnetic-sense evolvers could bring to crop cultivation.

"... With the assistance of Class B magnetic-sense evolvers, the risks our lord friends face when planting potatoes and sunflowers will be greatly reduced. Everyone knows sunflowers can be planted in July, so is now a good time to plant potatoes? Professor Dong."

Today's special guest, Dong Zhikao, a breeding expert from the Hui Three Research Institute, answered, "The ideal temperature range for evolved potato growth is 15–25°C. Once the temperature exceeds 25°C, the potato tubers will stop growing. The temperature at our base in July is generally above 25°C, so planting potatoes at this time will result in a phenomenon where only the leaves grow and the tubers don't..."

After listening to the agricultural knowledge broadcast, the lords were in an uproar.

Zhao Ze was full of enthusiasm. "Our territory has magnetic-sense evolvers patrolling during the Scourge Rain period—that's wonderful. Everyone, let's plant sunflowers?"

"Plant them! Definitely plant them!" Qi Fu, who had learned from Xia Qing that his wife had escaped a disaster, was also in an excited state. "I'll start plowing and sowing first thing tomorrow morning."

Reseller Kuang Qingwei came online. "I've got ten jin of high-quality dwarf oil sunflower seeds. The scourge element content is between 3.8–4.8‰, and the germination rate is around 50%. After soaking them back home, you can sow them. Anyone want some? Market price."

With magnetic-sense evolvers around, Green Light sunflower seeds were sure to rise in price. Also, autumn-planted sunflowers yielded less than spring-planted ones, but everyone chose to trade. Because oil sunflowers were currently the most suitable oil-pressing crop the lords could trade for. The oil yield of oil sunflower seeds was between 30% and 45%, far higher than corn's 4% to 7%.

However, no one rushed to speak up—they were waiting for Xia Qing to say something.

Xia Qing pressed the button. "Brother Qing, I'll trade for 200 Green Light oil sunflower seeds."

"You got it!" Kuang Qingwei agreed. Hearing Zhu Li beside him immediately recorded it down. The couple was all smiles.

Last winter, after Kuang Qingwei heard about magnetic-sense evolvers on the lord channel, he spotted a business opportunity. After discussing it with his wife, he bought up a batch of high-quality oil sunflower seeds in advance, spending points to store them in the food storage warehouse of Territory One, waiting for this very day.

This time, not only had he earned back the money for the scar remover, but he could also earn his wife a summer-style protective suit like the one Xia Qing wore.

It was normal for Xia Qing to trade a small number of seeds, because she was the only one in her family who needed to eat, so she didn't need much vegetable oil. After waiting a few seconds without hearing Tang Huai come online, Zhao Ze pressed the button. "Brother Qing, I'll trade for 1500 seeds."

Qi Fu followed right after. "I'll take 3000 seeds."

To everyone's surprise, Xin Yu actually came online. "Territory Eight, trading for 500 seeds."

Tang Huai immediately asked, "Xin Yu, why are you trading for oil sunflower seeds? Do you need to press your own oil to eat?"

Just when everyone thought Xin Yu wouldn't respond to Tang Huai, she actually replied, "As flower seeds."

Everyone...

Awesome! That's our Xin Yu.

Xia Qing laughed. "I bet Tang Huai is out there looking for bugs while grumbling and cursing."

At this time, Tang Huai was wandering around his territory with a flashlight, searching for cicada nymphs that had burrowed up out of the ground and were preparing to shed their shells.

"He asked for it." Xin Yu gave a cold snort, put down the Lu Ban lock, wiped her hands with a disinfecting wipe, then used a toothpick to pick up a small, pitch-black fruit from a plate and eat it. Her cute little appearance made Xia Qing want to reach out and pinch her cheeks. Xin Yu was far more pleasing to the eye than Does Daigua the monkey.

Xin Yu didn't know Xia Qing was comparing her to a silly little monkey. Eating the small fruit, she asked, "Which departments did those Class AB and Class A magnetic-sense evolvers go to?"

"The lists and whereabouts of these personnel are all classified, but I guess they probably went to the military, the Qinglong Squad, or the research institutes." Xia Qing pushed the fruit plate toward Xin Yu. These were a few early-ripening wild fruits she had specially gone to find that afternoon from the edible shrubs in Area 3 of Mountain Forty-Nine, to entertain Xin Yu.

Unripe di-ren fruits were bitter, but once ripe they were sweet and sour. In a year of natural disasters, such tasty purely natural fruits were extremely rare. Xia Qing liked eating them too, so she had protected the edible wild-fruit shrubs she found with insect netting and thorns; otherwise, the small animals in the evolved forest would have eaten them all up long ago.

Xin Yu picked up another wild fruit. "That should be right. Class A magnetic-sense evolvers can sense abnormal Yi element fluctuations, so their value can only be brought out in the evolved forest. The Qinglong Squad made a killing this time."

Xia Qing nodded. "These days, the strong ones hold insider information and can snatch up more resources, so they just keep getting stronger."

Unless one could seize a rare opportunity, the weak had no chance to turn things around. Qinglong, as the second-ranked squad, had taken five whole years to topple the first-ranked Sufeng; Xia Qing had also seized the opportunity of the territory policy to gain control of important resources, and with the assistance of Boss Yang, had gradually grown stronger.

Xin Yu sat comfortably in the chair Xia Qing had made herself. "Suddenly discovering so many Class A and B magnetic-sense evolvers means the proportion of Class C and D magnetic-sense evolvers won't be small either."

The more Class C magnetic-sense evolvers there were, the less attention would focus on Xin Yu once her abilities were exposed, which was equivalent to a reduction in her potential danger.

Xia Qing asked, "Do you know who the Class D ones are? That kind of ability would be very useful within the territory."

Class D evolvers could sense the magnetic field fluctuations of plants. This ability was extremely useful for planting and breeding. It would be great if a few more Class D evolvers could be brought in.

Sensing the pleasant magnetic field Xia Qing was emitting, Xin Yu relaxed even more. "I don't know about the other bases, but Hui Two definitely hasn't discovered any. Red One Research Institute has two, and Lan Three Base has discovered one. The chances of you recruiting them over aren't great."

She really didn't have the strength or the nerve to compete with Red One and Lan Three for people. Xia Qing opened the lock on the coffee table drawer and pulled out a bunch of small hair clips she had bought at the Baiye Mall, letting Xin Yu pick. "I didn't know what style you'd like, so I bought quite a few."

Xin Yu hadn't seen these little things in a long time either. She happily picked out two pairs and put them on her head, then looked through the fabric Xia Qing had bought back together with her.

Suddenly, Xin Yu's hand stopped. She lowered her voice to report the situation. "Fifty meters to the north, a powerful magnetic field full of aggression has suddenly appeared. It should be an evolved wolf."

The surveillance cameras in the territory didn't send early warnings to Xia Qing for animals that often came visiting. She immediately opened her phone to check the northern camera and saw a handsome giant wolf with silver-gray fur lying in the grass, a pair of ice-blue eyes gleaming with a cold light. "It's the handsome giant wolf from the northern wolf pack that's come over. I'll send you out first."