Xiao Yunjie said, " Cui Jiao is dead."
Song Xiaozhu was taken aback.
She remembered the name vividly; it was Cui Jiao who had ambushed her with his men on her way from the community to Liu Family Village.
At that time, she had just synthesized the Splash Stone Arrow and the Quantum Arrow, and with the excruciating pain effect of the hemostatic powder, they suffered a lot.
Qiu Shuyu was also taken aback. " Cui Jiao is the captain of the community's Guard Team! He's also the most capable fighter in the Scavenger Community."
Xiao Yunjie responded and said, "You all know the size of the community; the permanent population is around ten thousand. Although this beast tide prioritized attacking Liu Family Village and Deer Town, the isolation zone was destroyed too thoroughly, and Polluted Beast rushed in from all directions."
Even just passing through the Scavenger Community caused them significant losses.
Ironically, the terrain of the Scavenger Community is the worst.
To accommodate more scavengers and collect more rent, the community continued to expand, taking the form of a long strip built against the Fortress walls.
With such open terrain, there's simply no way to defend it.
Their only hope was that the Fortress gates would open and they could hide inside.
But it's obvious...
Ink City cannot accommodate these scavengers.
Song Xiaozhu asked, "Didn't District Chief Hu leave the community?"
Xiao Yunjie: "She won't leave."
Cui Jiao died in battle.
Not only did Old Madam Hu not leave the Scavenger Community, she activated the traps she had set up over decades, intercepting a large number of Polluted Beast. She then ordered Cui Jiao to lead all the "thugs" to rush to the outskirts of the community and kill the Polluted Beast.
It's a pity the community's terrain is too bad.
The reason they were able to hold on was because of Cui Jiao's death. Old Madam Hu mobilized all the scavengers in the community who could be mobilized, and together they took hoes, axes, and wooden sticks... and carried the beast tide until it receded.
Song Xiaozhu paused for a moment before asking, "How many survivors are there in the community?"
Xiao Yunjie: "Around three thousand."
Song Xiaozhu's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she said, "I'm out of medicinal herbs right now. I'll send some anti-inflammatory and hemostatic medicine over later."
Xiao Yunjie: "Mm."
Then there's the situation at the logging camp.
The exploration team also went for a run and received some very encouraging news.
Xiao Yunjie said, " Boss Mu organized the loggers who were stranded in the forest and had them all retreat to the logging camp, where they built a small shelter using large-diameter timber... They're doing alright; they didn't suffer any major losses."
Song Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "Where are the 'lumberjacks' from Ink City?"
She was asking those Awakened.
Xiao Yunjie shook her head. "I don't know."
Song Xiaozhu nodded. "Did Boss Mu send a message?"
Xiao Yunjie said seriously, "Yes, Boss Mu entrusted the logging camp to you... He said you can take all the timber in the warehouse, and his only wish is that you can settle the workers who are stranded at the logging camp."
Song Xiaozhu: "Where's Boss Mu? Is he injured?"
Xiao Yunjie: "He's gone."
Song Xiaozhu: "They're gone?"
Xiao Yunjie
Knowing what she was thinking, he said, "He didn't go back to the city, but... left with a group of men in black."
Song Xiaozhu's mind raced. "Are they from Fan Cang?"
Xiao Yunjie: "It's hard to say, but they came from the Fortress, and it seems that their appearance ended the beast tide ahead of schedule."
Song Xiaozhu frowned as she listened.
Fan Cang destroyed the firebreak, causing this catastrophic disaster.
What if the beast tide ends prematurely?
That's nearly ten thousand lives!
Will Mu Qing leave with Fan Cang?
Where did they go?
Also, what is the situation inside Ink City?
These are all pieces of information that the exploration team from Liu Family Village could not obtain.
Especially inside the Fortress, the exploration team couldn't even get through the city gate.
After a moment's thought, Song Xiaozhu asked, "Madam, can the village arrange for workers from the logging camp?"
Xiao Yunjie: "Yes, that's fine."
Song Xiaozhu nodded and said, "Later, I'll have to trouble you, Madam, to send a small team to accompany Luo Liuzi Tian Man. They can make a trip to the lumberyard to gather some Raw Material for me."
Xiao Yunjie asked doubtfully, "Is a small team enough? Transporting timber requires manpower, right?"
Song Xiaozhu didn't hide anything from her and said frankly, "I researched a new formula last night and made a 'backpack' for each of them. It can only hold specific [ Raw Material ], but it's enough."
Xiao Yunjie was initially bewildered, but after understanding the true meaning of "backpack," she couldn't help but gasp, "A spatial package?"
Song Xiaozhu: "Further research is needed. The current 'backpack' has significant limitations and cannot be widely adopted for the time being. We can only let Tian Man and Luo Liuzi use it for now."
Xiao Yunjie's narrow eyes widened slightly, filled with surprise. "In the future... in the future, it can be promoted?"
Song Xiaozhu: "Let's see, it should work."
Xiao Yunjie's mind Blank; she had absolutely no idea how to express her shock!
To be honest, Xiao Yunjie was in a daze all morning after the exploration team brought back the news.
The situation in Deer Town and the Scavenger Community made everyone acutely aware of the cruelty of the beast tide.
The zero casualties in Liu Family Village are nothing short of a miracle.
This miracle came from Song Xiaozhu.
The members of the exploration team were all still shaken after witnessing the devastation in Deer Town.
Without the village chief and his wife's perseverance, without Miss Song
With their strong support...
Their situation will only be worse than that of Deer Town.
A town of three or four thousand people...
Only three hundred survivors remain...
What a living hell!
Song Xiaozhu noticed Xiao Yunjie's absent-mindedness and called out, "Madam?"
Xiao Yunjie finally recovered. "I... I'll arrange... a guard team right away..."