After the Earth-Boring Giant Worm was defeated, Chen Feng certainly wouldn’t stay in the sa place. He hurried back to the camp at the fastest speed.
On the journey.
Because the Inferior Demon devoured the Red Dragon and gained enormous wings, Chen Feng’s travel ti was greatly shortened. The river that was previously perilous was easily crossed this ti.
It has to be ntioned that Flora’s behavior was sowhat strange—when Chen Feng was about to send her back to the Abyss, she unexpectedly requested to stay.
Regarding this, Chen Feng didn’t have any doubts. The Inferior Demon could bear a load of three hundred kilograms, so even with Flora, it posed no problem. The group returned to the camp together.
.........
Order.
Originally, Order occupied just a school, but by now it had expanded ten miles around. Shouts could be heard from the surroundings as workers transported tools, trying to build so new houses.
The Economic Developnt Zone had been completely reclaid.
After so bloody suppression, all presentable monsters in the Economic Developnt Zone were exterminated. Chen Feng implented an extinction plan, where any mutated creature was on the list for eradication.
Of course, there were individual exceptions.
For example, so insects—Chen Feng didn’t completely eradicate them, as he needed them for food supplies. This was akin to a free-range thod; their astonishing reproductive ability indicated that new offspring would be born in a very short ti.
Order began to expand, and the school was constructed into an inner city, while within a ten-kiloter radius, all buildings were to be destroyed and rebuilt. In peaceful tis, without the aid of cranes and bulldozers, such a task seed impossible—but now it was the apocalypse.
Professionals and Skeleton Warriors cooperated with one another, and surprisingly, this didn’t appear as difficult as imagined.
In the event of a battle, the security of the inner city greatly increased, and the surrounding area beca a buffer zone. Because of this, the houses within the inner city had beco extrely sought after. For so survivors, their greatest wish now was to have a house of their own inside the inner city.
However, the arrangent of personnel was not sothing they could control.
The population of the Economic Developnt Zone had settled down. Besides a few deeply hidden survivors, the remaining ninety percent had stabilized within Order.
Fourteen thousand people—this was the latest census.
Compared to the previous thirty-nine thousand permanent residents of the Economic Developnt Zone, the fourteen thousand was shockingly low. Those people had died—died from disaster, starvation, or at the mouths of other monsters. The number of survivors was less than a tenth of the original population. It is imaginable what kind of changes the city underwent during that ti.
"Sir."
A calm-faced Xu Zhe approached Chen Feng. As one of the first followers of Chen Feng, Xu Zhe held an important position in Order, even having the authority to participate in personnel deploynt. Yet, despite being such a significant figure, he now bowed humbly and said, "The list is out. Nearly three thousand people will be arranged to reside by the outer wall. But sir... there are still so residences in the inner city. If people squeeze a bit, those individuals could be accommodated."
Xu Zhe seed hesitant, clearly believing that the inner city was sowhat safer.
Chen Feng turned to look at him and shook his head, saying, "No need."
"Only when individuals truly feel the fear of death will they cherish life. Do you cherish your life, Xu Zhe?"
Xu Zhe shivered upon hearing this, murmuring, "Yes, sir, I cherish it very much."
Chen Feng silently observed him, with an indescribable smile spreading across his lips. "Because you cherish it, you work so hard."
"This is a very simple principle: outsiders aspire to the safety of the inner city and will work desperately hard. Their ultimate wish is to have a safer environnt; anwhile, insiders, to avoid the danger outside city walls, will also be motivated in their work, thus avoiding slacking."
"Order has a long way to go. Compared to the body, the human heart is the hardest to grasp. It’s like raising children—constant pampering helps them beco reckless, while occasional corrections let them know what should and shouldn’t be done."
Although Xu Zhe had interacted with Chen Feng for so ti, he felt a primal fear of this man. It was as if the conversation they just had made him feel chilled, even though he was bathed in sunlight, causing goosebumps to rise all over.
Chen Feng.
He was Order; Order was him.
Everyone in the Economic Developnt Zone, including Xu Zhe, lived under his protection. He was like the scorching sun in the sky—because of his existence, all things could survive. But... sunlight not only nurtures life, it also brings drought and disaster.
He didn’t need others to adore him. Instead of aningless adoration and pursuing, as the ruler of Order, what he hoped to receive was the awe from the depths of people’s hearts.
"How is the research over at Du n coming along?" After a mont of silence, Chen Feng inquired about another matter.
"Every day, dozens of pounds of insect blood are delivered to his laboratory. After so improvents, the rice is now suitable for human consumption," Xu Zhe answered truthfully.
Du n’s crop experint had made progress.
Rice.
This was the first mutated food that Du n had managed to tackle.
Compared to pre-apocalyptic rice, the husked remaining rice grains were quite small. However, post-apocalypse, after being irrigated with energy, the rice’s genetic makeup mutated.
When the grains were planted on the ground, the rice grew into a towering tree over seven ters tall, with thumb-sized rice grains covering the tree.
Each tree bore thousands of grains.
Fruitful harvest, aromatic fragrance.
Originally, rice was fragile; even a strong wind could uproot it. But post-apocalyptic transformation turned the rice into fruit growing like apples and oranges on trees.
However, the growth cycle of mutated rice was long—taking two months for one harvest. Du n’s previous challenge was to shorten the maturation period of rice.
Over ti, the rice experint finally succeeded. If irrigated with insect blood, paired with Du n’s cultivation efforts, the tiline shortened to ten days per harvest.
In tis of crisis, special considerations were necessary. Chen Feng was now accelerating everything to combat the bug tide. In terms of food reserves, it was essential to proactively respond.
However, once the bug tide ended, this rice could be cultivated on a large scale nearby. At that ti, careful nurturing would suffice, eliminating the need for further insect blood acceleration.
Chen Feng acknowledged the reply with a nod.
Order had much work to be done, and each day seed endlessly busy. Chen Feng pondered for a while, then spoke in a commanding tone:
"Also, the first batch of weapons forged by the blacksmiths is complete, right? Send those weapons to the playground. I want to replace the Skeletons’ weapons as soon as possible."
User Comments
0 comments from readers