Song Xiaozhu only needed to place the Workbench next to her—she didn't even need the white mist in her palm—and she could easily complete the synthesis.
Automatic Synthesis and Batch Synthesis free up your hands.
Song Xiaozhu had already synthesized a large quantity of tools and medicines. She put some of them in the shop and then instructed Old Chen, "These are for the community. Uncle Chen, you and Aunt Chen will have to make the trip."
Old Chen: "Okay... okay."
Of course, it wasn't Old Chen and his wife who went alone; it was Liu Huli who led the guard team to the Scavenger Community.
Tian Man happened to return and heard this, and was filled with mixed feelings.
Not long ago, Old Chen fled from the Scavenger Community, but now he has returned with a large amount of supplies to support the community.
Song Xiaozhu spotted him immediately and greeted him, "I just happened to need to talk to you about something."
Tian Man stepped forward a few steps. "Please speak, Miss."
Song Xiaozhu: "I'll give you a different formula. Go and collect some [crude oil]."
Tian Man blinked. "
crude?"
Song Xiaozhu: "It's very simple. Basically, there's a chance that the waste from the Garbage Mountain can be made into [crude oil]. You take the recipe and go collect it. Hmm... bring some people with you, because it's even more dangerous Garbage Mountain now."
As they spoke, Song Xiaozhu had already changed the Employee Recipe, replacing [ Medicinal Raw Material ] with [crude oil].
Tian Man took the small silver card and saw the information on it.
[ Raw Wood Material ] has been replaced with [Crude Oil].
The required materials have also changed; looking at the waste plastics, rubber, synthetic fibers, glass, chemicals...
Tian Man's mind raced, and he said, "How about I go to the Scavenger Community too?"
Before Song Xiaozhu could speak, Tian Man explained, "If I go to the Garbage Mountain, I'll need to send another guard team. Madam Xiao's side is already short-handed. I was thinking it would be better to go back to the community with Old Chen. The recycling station there has a large amount of... waste that can be synthesized into [crude oil]."
Song Xiaozhu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you can District Chief Hu about it. As for the price, just match the village's recycling rate."
Tian Man: "No need for recycling, we've already delivered so many supplies; the community is just providing some recyclables..."
Song Xiaozhu shook her head. "The community suffered heavy losses, let's not dwell on these things. Besides, that place is close to the Garbage Mountain, and the 3,000-plus survivors also need to survive. It's good that they can provide [crude oil] for a long time in the future."
Since it's a long-term supply, we naturally need to negotiate the price.
Tian Man's expression hardened, and he said seriously, "I understand."
It's because his vision is too narrow; he only thinks about what's in front of him.
In the long run, having a community that can reliably supply crude oil is convenient for them.
Old Chen didn't dare to utter a sound the whole time, and only breathed a sigh of relief after following Tian Man out of the village.
Tian Man laughed and said, "What, are you afraid that Miss won't let you go to the community?"
Old Chen scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
Tian Man was Song Xiaozhu's right-hand man. With him going to the community... or to collect [crude oil], there was no need for him to make another trip to deliver supplies.
This is something one person can do; there's no need to add two more people.
Tian Man said, "Don't worry, Miss deliberately made you go back to the community."
Old Chen felt a surge of warmth in his heart. "... I know."
He had faced discrimination and exclusion in the community for supporting his daughter's marriage to Liu Huli, but thanks to Miss Song, he was able to earn a better income.
Later, thanks to the young lady, he escaped the community and settled in Liu Family Village.
Here they not only reunited with their daughter, but also found a more secure place to live and work...
Now, Miss Song has arranged for the two of them to return to the community to deliver supplies.
He and his wife weren't going back to "show off their power," but rather because they genuinely missed the place where they had lived for half their lives.
Tian Man also misses it.
The oppressive rule of Old Madam Hu, the impoverished life in the community... after experiencing the shared disaster, most of it has long since dissipated, leaving only worry and concern.
Their hometown... no matter how poor and wretched they were, it was still the place where they grew up.
They traveled in silence until they arrived at the Scavenger Community, at which point Tian Man and Old Chen were filled with anxiety.
Liu Huli and the others who were accompanying him were also taken aback.
They once longed for the Scavenger Community.
This area, adjacent to the Fortress, is the most prosperous place at the foot of the entire Garbage Mountain, and only those living in the community have any hope of entering the city.
A "citizen card" is the dream of everyone living at the Garbage Mountain.
Even if no one has ever heard of anyone having obtained it, it is enough to make them flock to it and yearn for it.
Where can you find a citizen card these days?
The towering Fortress walls resembled a hollowed-out mountain, leaving only a crumbling, empty shell.
The Scavenger Community located next to the empty shell also became teetering on the brink of collapse.
Two-thirds of the shacks here have collapsed.
Corpses lay scattered along the roadside, beyond anyone's ability to clean up, and children slumped in blood, weeping helplessly.
The community tavern was overturned by an unknown Polluted Beast, leaving only a rickety wooden plank.
The main road was also a mess. The doors of those impressive little workshops had been smashed open, and the garbage that had been neatly arranged had burst open and was piled up everywhere. No one had the strength to clean it up anymore.
The appearance of Tian Man and the others failed to attract their attention.
Most of the community's residents were distraught, their tears exhausted, and they sat numbly on the ruins, seeing no hope whatsoever.
"Tian... Tian Man..." A man covered in blood rushed over, grabbing Tian Man's arm as if he were a lifeline, and cried out, "Where's Liuzi? Where's my son? Is he with you? Is he in Liu Family Village? Tell him to come and get me! I... I'm his father!"
This man, missing an arm, is Luo Liuzi's father!