Level 1 Crop: Blue Heart Potato Seeds

Level 1 Crop—Blue Heart Potato Seeds

Li Ye took a closer look and saw that six people had gotten out of the vehicles.

Five men and one pretty young woman.

The girl was around twenty, with short hair, a jacket and jeans, a short blade and pistol at her waist. She carried herself with crisp competence.

Judging by their words and actions, the girl seemed to be their leader.

Before the girl could speak, Li Ye waved a hand and got straight to the point.

"I saved you. I need compensation."

The men exchanged looks, while the girl smiled faintly.

"Don't worry. We know what we owe you."

Li Ye nodded lightly.

In fact, that was exactly why he had saved them.

He believed his request would be met. After escaping, they had not simply driven away, but stayed nearby to help gun down the Zombie Tide. Clearly, they were not ungrateful people.

"I think this item is enough to show our gratitude." The girl took something from her backpack and handed it directly to Li Ye.

Li Ye's pupils instantly dilated when he saw it.

Item Name: Blue Heart Potato Seeds

Item Level: Level 1

Effect: Grows to maturity one week after planting

He had never expected the girl's reward to be a Level 1 Crop.

Compared with ordinary crops, Level 1 Crops grew faster and yielded more. They were also the primary food source of Mobile Cities.

Li Ye gripped the bag of Blue Heart Potato Seeds tightly, his heart pounding uncontrollably.

With this Level 1 Crop, food supplies would no longer be a problem for Tomorrow. He could recruit more people and make up for their shortage of manpower.

Not only him—even the people behind him were overjoyed.

After putting away the Blue Heart Potato Seeds, Li Ye carefully examined the group.

Only then did he realize in surprise that all their equipment was Level 1 Items. Even the two Off-road Vehicles were Level 1.

"No wonder they lasted so long against the Zombie Tide," he thought.

This convoy did not seem to be a survivor convoy, but one from a Mobile City. They had evidently set out to search for supplies, only to be unfortunately trapped by a Level 1 Zombie Tide on the way back.

Li Ye could not help casting longing looks at the Level 1 Pistols at their waists.

In the wasteland, Level 1 Weapons like those were the most practical. They let one keep a safe distance while still dealing effective damage.

That said, if Li Ye had a choice, he would rather have a Level 1 Heavy Machine Gun or Level 1 Artillery.

"Our gains in the Rotting Lands were fairly good this time, but we never expected to run into a Zombie Tide on the way back. Thank you for saving us," the girl said. "Oh, right, we're from—"

Before she could finish, one of the men gave her shoulder a warning pat.

Li Ye was not surprised by that.

The post-apocalyptic world was harsh, and people's hearts were dangerous. They had merely met by chance.

But what surprised him was that the girl insisted on finishing her sentence.

"We're from Roland Fortress. I'm Lin Xia, daughter of the Lord of Roland Fortress." She smiled brightly.

Still surprised, Li Ye nodded at her.

"I'm Li Ye, Lord of Tomorrow."

After hesitating for a moment, one of the men took off his backpack.

"If you think the compensation isn't enough, then this backpack can also—"

Li Ye waved a hand and shook the Level 1 Crop in his hand at them.

"It's fine. This is enough."

With that, he turned and left with the others.

After standing there blankly for a moment, the man came back to his senses and murmured,

"Looks like the people outside aren't as bad as we imagined. At least this young man seems decent enough."

This Level 1 Crop was their greatest gain from the trip, yet handing it over did not hurt as much as they had expected. After all, Roland Fortress already had Level 1 Crops. What they had worried about instead was Li Ye's group being greedily insatiable, but Li Ye's response as their leader had caught them off guard.

Recalling their experience of being surrounded by the Zombie Tide, the man's eyes flashed with relief at having survived the disaster. Still shaken, he said to the girl,

"Miss, leave wilderness exploration to us from now on. It's far too dangerous for you to come out personally."

"Aren't you in danger too?"

The girl spoke softly.

As she tucked the loose hair by her ear back, a complicated and sorrowful look appeared in her eyes.

"I have to grow stronger as soon as possible, because... Father doesn't have much time left."

After returning to Tomorrow, Li Ye immediately had Old Zhou and the others plant the Blue Heart Potato Seeds.

Tomorrow had farmland, but as a Level 1 Mobile City, its space was limited, and there were only a few plots. The fields were too small to produce enough food, so they usually had to supplement their provisions through wilderness searches and external trade.

The fields had originally been planted with ordinary crops such as potatoes and corn, tended by dedicated slaves.

Besides gathering resources in the wilderness, Li Ye had also been responsible for tending the fields.

Whenever the lord and his thugs passed by in a good mood, they would call him over and casually whip him a few times for amusement.

If they were in a bad mood, they whipped him even more.

After taking over Tomorrow, Li Ye found a new set of clothes in the warehouse and changed out of his white shirt, whose back was covered in bloodstains. Since his wounds had not yet healed, he occasionally reached back to tug at his clothes to keep them from rubbing against them.

Old Zhou and the others were far more excited than Li Ye, practically howling as they turned over the fields.

Li Ye stood to one side, stroking his chin in thought.

Once the first batch of Blue Heart Potatoes was harvested, they could cut the tubers into pieces to produce new seeds and plant them again, giving them an endless supply of food.

In the apocalypse, the more food one had, the more people one could support.

Now, Tomorrow would solve its food shortage in the short term.

The more Li Ye thought about it, the lighter his mood became.

With this predicament that had plagued him resolved, he could now recruit more people.

With hope, this week did not seem so hard to endure. Everyone only had to grit their teeth and make it through.

Although having potatoes as the staple for all three meals was a little hard to bear, this was the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Being able to fill their stomachs every day was already quite good.

At the same time, Li Ye thought of something and could not help muttering to himself.

"Come to think of it, the fifth piece of intelligence should have refreshed by now, right?"

During this time, Li Ye had occasionally opened the Intelligence System to look at that Epic Intelligence Report, filled with excitement.

After all, the Excellent Intelligence Report had already been incredibly valuable. This Epic Intelligence Report had to be extraordinary.

When he opened the system panel, he discovered that the Epic Intelligence Report had finished refreshing.

Its contents were:

Three months from now, the Wasteland Zone will be completely destroyed.

As Li Ye read it, his expression changed at once.

He had never expected its contents to be this.

Three months from now, the entire Wasteland Zone would be completely destroyed.

Monsters, survivor villages and towns, survival convoys, fortresses, and even Mobile Cities.

And Li Ye was now the only person in the Wasteland Zone who knew this.

Looking at the "Epic" label on the intelligence report, he could not help nodding in conviction.

This intelligence truly deserved its rank. Without its warning, he would have died unknowingly three months later.

Then a huge question arose in his heart.

"What exactly will cause the destruction of the entire Wasteland Zone?"