Liu Xuangang flicked him on the back of the head. "What are you thinking? This is a divine artifact, how can you just touch it like that?" He himself was also staring at it, his eyes, heart, and hands itching with desire.
Song Xiaozhu did not intend to mass-produce mechanical swords. Firstly, the cost was too high; so many Quantum Coin and Leadership Value were enough to make ten Testing Ground rich. Secondly, powerful weapons corrupt people's hearts, and there was no need to excessively test human nature.
One Fan Cang is already troublesome enough.
Without coexistence with Xiao He, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be a second Fan Cang.
Song Xiaozhu changed the subject, asking Xiao Yunjie, "How is District Chief Hu's health?"
Xiao Yunjie's expression darkened slightly. "They won't make it through this winter."
The feud between Hu Yuan and Xiao Yunjie had already broken out in the quarantine zone.
At that moment, the ice melted away.
Later, Hu Yuan entrusted the community to Xiao Yunjie, and Chen San also spent most of his time in the village. On the day of the attack by the God-Favored, the community also sent a large number of people over.
Hu Yuan barely survived the fight against the beast tide, but was seriously injured.
Bai Jing treated her, and Song Xiaozhu also gave her all the high-end medicines, but nothing worked.
Firstly, Hu Yuan's injuries were too severe; she survived only by clinging to life. Secondly, she was too old; years of hard work had long since ruined her body.
Song Xiaozhu withstood Fan Cang's invasion, reclaimed hundreds of acres of fertile land, planted countless crops, and even sent people to rebuild the Scavenger Community...
Seeing everything, Hu Yuan was completely relieved.
After feeling relieved, my body actually started to feel even more strained.
Song Xiaozhu: "I'm going to the community center."
Xiao Yunjie: "I'll go with you."
The moment Song Xiaozhu stepped out of the Quantum Light Shield, all the Undead Guard Team were on high alert, their breaths even stopping. They had all seen the mechanical sword and knew that their young lady was indestructible at this moment, but they still couldn't help but worry.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Song Xiaozhu walked out of Liu Family Village and saw rows of thin films spreading out in the cold wind.
Occasionally, a tender green seedling would break through the mulch and peek out, like a child full of curiosity about the world, struggling to take a look, then shrinking back in the wind, yet still unable to suppress its curiosity.
"After this winter..." Xiao Yunjie said with emotion, "The village will have enough food."
It's not made from coarse grains and wild vegetable powder, but from properly refined rice and flour.
Snow-white rice and soft steamed buns are delicacies etched into our very bones.
Song Xiaozhu: "We should consult with ' Planter ' more; they have more experience with these things."
Xiao Yunjie: "Understood!"
They walked all the way to the community.
Song Xiaozhu had almost forgotten what this road originally looked like. When she fled to Liu Family Village with Qiu Shuyu, Tian Man, and Luo Liuzi, she only felt that this road was thrilling and full of danger.
The air is now filled with the fresh scent of healthy soil, the purified river flows gently, and the rice seedlings sway in the cool breeze, bathing in hope.
When Song Xiaozhu arrived at the community, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
This place has been properly renovated; it's no longer a dilapidated shack, but rather rows of simple yet sturdy houses. More buildings now line the main road, and scavengers...
... They shouldn't be called that anymore; they are community residents. They are no longer disheveled, no longer filled with hostility, and no longer resort to any means to survive because they are struggling on the cruel line of survival.
Who would want to commit arson, murder, and looting if they could live a good life?
The community has been completely transformed.
Song Xiaozhu saw Hu Yuan, who was lying weakly on the wooden bed, with the chubby little cat curled up at her feet.
Upon seeing Song Xiaozhu approach, Hu Yuan's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and she seemed to find the strength to sit up, despite her body having lost tens of pounds. "Miss!"
Song Xiaozhu: "Don't get up, I came to check on everyone."
Just one sentence filled Hu Yuan's eyes with tears. She seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end, only two words remained. "Thank you."
Song Xiaozhu patted her aged hand and said gently, "Rest well and take good care of yourself."
Hu Yuan suddenly gripped her hand tightly. "Miss, I... I've spent my whole life in the community. I've done so many wrong things. I don't understand, and I don't know how. I could only use those methods to maintain the community. No one taught me, and no one taught the scavengers. I only knew that I had to subdue them, that I had to seize resources to keep them here. I..."
She kept talking, as if she wished she could compress her decades of life into this short moment.
Song Xiaozhu didn't interrupt her, until she spoke until her throat was dry, until she was exhausted, until she spoke of her only wish in the last moments of her life, "... I love this community, this is my home."
Song Xiaozhu: "Give him a name."
Hu Yuan's eyes widened, and she quickly realized the meaning behind those words. Excitement welled up in her aged face, and she stammered, " Wengen, Wengen Community."
Song Xiaozhu: "Okay."
She knew that it was the name of Hu Yuan's deceased son.
Hu Wengen, the " Hunter " who died in battle at the Heaven Temple.
Having lost her only son, Hu Yuan has come to regard the entire community as her own son.
Perhaps she is an ignorant mother.
But she loved the Wengen Community with her life.
Song Xiaozhu: " Xiao He, place the Base Manager."
Xiao He: "Okay."
On this day, Wengen Community was adorned with Quantum Light Shield as beautiful as a dream.
On this day, Wengen Community was graced with Quantum Anti-Aircraft Cannon as majestic as a mountain.
Hu Yuan died with a smile on her face.
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This was Song Xiaozhu's first time stepping into " Ink City ".
Actually, two months ago, Song Xiaozhu
The Undead were sent to explore this area, including the underground of the logging camp.
The exploration team brought back news that the place was deserted.
The entire city was deserted; it still had the air of life, yet not a single living person could be seen.
The moment the barrier was broken, they vanished as if they had been erased from existence.