Chapter 134: Harvesting Spirit Valley
The night before, the artillery positions in the coastal city bombarded the hideouts of the demon army, and achieved great success. After the dawn hall, the lookout at the head of the city reported that the front line of the demon alliance had retreated more than ten kilometers in the telescope, and the number of low-level monsters active in the field of vision had greatly decreased.
Therefore, the Coastal City Cultivator Organization decided to take advantage of the opportunity to regroup on the other side to harvest the grain crops outside the city.
After the revival of Reiki, many productions of human civilization were destroyed. Humans retreated to cities, vast tracts of land in the countryside and in the fields were deserted, and food cultivation almost came to a standstill.
Originally, according to this situation, it would not take a few years for human beings to deplete their food reserves. At that time, I am afraid that before the demons attack the city, the human race itself will be destroyed by famine.
But the good news is that Reiki has revived, mutating not only various animals, but also plants. Soon, some agricultural experts discovered that some varieties of wheat had undergone miraculous changes in absorbing aura. This wheat is not only extremely high-yielding, but also has low environmental requirements.
This kind of wheat, which is more exaggerated than genetically modified, is called Linggu. In addition to staple foods, there are also various fruits and vegetables that have been mutated due to aura. These are all the same, and the Chinese are real experts in this area.
While the big cities of Europe were still worried about food, the coastal side had already begun to produce agriculture in full swing. In the process, agricultural experts also found that the growth of Reiki crops in some lands was even more exaggerated. They believe that underneath this land, the aura may be more affluent.
Within a radius of 20 kilometers around the huge wall of the coast, there are more than 40 such "fertile fields". The amount is not much, but it is enough to meet the daily consumption of tens of millions of people in the city. This distance is a buffer zone between humans and demons, and demons will only appear sporadically except during sieges. There may be more "fertile fields" further afield, but it is too dangerous to plant there.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, the northeast corner of the Marina Giant Wall. Twenty meters above the ground, a heavy gate slowly rises.
Three trucks took the lead and appeared at the gate. Of course, this height cannot be driven directly. After a while, a sturdy alloy bridge stretched out from under the gate, resting firmly on the ground below.
Three wagons drove down the slope to the outside of the city. Along with the convoy, there was also a harvesting team composed of more than thirty civilians.
The last thing that came out was a military jeep, driven by a young cultivator in his twenties. His name is Lei Yang, and he is the leader of this collection team.
Within ten kilometers outside the city, demons rarely appear, but they do not appear. Therefore, every civilian team needs a cultivator to suppress the formation.
The relationship between cultivators and ordinary people is a characteristic of this era. In the early days of Reiki's revival, when the authorities of various countries had not yet died, practitioners were not actually reused. Because those politicians and vested interests do not want this sudden emergence of power to take away the power in their hands.
But a human army without cultivators is too vulnerable to demons, and a few resentful spirits can break the morale of a well-equipped army.
Later, the authorities of various countries gradually died out, and the Cultivator Organization took its place as the core of human domination. When there are practitioners in a team, the commoners feel at ease. This is a herd mentality, as ordinary people always tend to accept powerful people to lead themselves.
For example, the production team led by Lei Yang to harvest the Spirit Valley, more than 30 civilians were allocated automatic firepower. If you encounter a small monster such as a grass spirit snake demon in the farmland, they can kill the monster with their firepower.
But if there is no Lei Yang to lead the team, the civilians are simply scattered. The first reaction to a youkai is to run away, not to fight back.
"Lord Lei, the people have arrived. ”
After the convoy landed and stopped, one of the civilians stood at the window of the jeep and reported respectfully.
Lei Yang squinted at him and snorted in his nose, indicating that he knew. He picked up the walkie-talkie:
"Dongzi, we're leaving. ”
"Roger!"
It was also unknown who was answering, but soon the bridge at the back of the convoy was retracted on its own, and the heavy gate overhead closed. This floodgate will not open until the convoy returns.
"Let's go!"
Lei Yang stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the front, and the civilians behind hurriedly climbed into the truck to keep up. Their destination was a road toll booth about six kilometers away.
Of course, no one is there to charge anymore. After the demon came into the world, it was deserted. Later, because it was found to be a fertile field, it was transformed into a temporary farm to grow Linggu.
It was calm along the way. Lei Yang was in the jeep, not only did he not find any trace of the monster, but he didn't even have the feeling of peeping in the barren forest in the distance. It seems that last night's shelling really deterred the demons.
"It's going to be going well today. He thought to himself, "Go to the civilian street at night and try your luck to see if there are any new arrivals." ”
In these chaotic times, it is a luxury for civilians to have a job. Marina City is already very good, but the vast majority of civilians have to survive on relief food.
Men can also find temporary jobs to harvest outside the city, but many women are reduced to warblers. On the other hand, the treatment of cultivators is very comfortable, they not only have a fixed amount of material supplies, but also have a high reward for each mission. In troubled times, don't talk about fairness and justice. The basis of fairness is that there is not much difference in power between people. But between cultivators and civilians, there is a world of difference in strength.
Many women try their best to stick to the cultivators for a little bit of material. For cultivators who are a little less concentrated, the three wives and four concubines are already very restrained.
For example, Lei Yang's family has four young girls who are like flowers and jade. Before the troubled times, he couldn't imagine a goddess of this level, he used to be just an ordinary salaryman. But now, as long as Lei Yang gives them a pot of broth every day, these goddesses can play with whatever he wants.
In this way, he was still not satisfied, and often went to the civilian street to look for new targets. Sure enough, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a prostitute, a prostitute is not as good as stealing, and stealing is better than stealing. That's what human nature is.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the convoy arrived at its destination. It used to be a toll booth, but now the large fields on both sides of the road are overgrown with golden crops. The area of this temporary farm is only about two square kilometers, and the terrain is flat and the end can be seen at a glance.
On the outskirts of the farm, some steel fences were simply set up. The purpose is not to defend against demons, but to prevent wild beasts from destroying the crops here.
The original toll booth building was not demolished, but was reinforced into a small fortress.
There are many weapons and production tools stocked inside. If the harvesting team is unlucky and bumps into a more powerful youkai, they can temporarily resist here and wait for rescue from the Coastal side.
On weekdays, such fortress farms are unmanned and completely undefended. But the demons rarely visit here, and they seem to be only interested in the flesh and blood of the living. The empty fortress was no different from the rocks on the hill to them.
The convoy came to a halt in front of the fort, and the civilian harvesting team immediately began its work. Instead of a sickle, they were holding a fully automatic hand-pushed harvester. In the dangerous suburbs, one more minute is more dangerous, and it is impossible to harvest slowly.
The Science and Technology Department of Coastal University has invented this very powerful tool, and more than 30 people can harvest and pack the farm in less than two hours.
But before the harvest, Lei Yang had something to say.
"I'll repeat the rules again. He jumped on the roof of the jeep and reprimanded the civilians, "It's not easy to do things now, you thieves hide something and take it home, and Lao Tzu turns a blind eye." But!"
When he said this, a strong aura condensed on Lei Yang's fist.
"If anyone dares to steal the white grass, Lao Tzu will directly break his two legs and throw him outside!"
After saying that, a punch was thrown, and a shallow crater exploded on the ground. The civilians shrank their heads and said they would never dare.
White grass is a kind of superb spirit valley, named because it emits a faint white light after being cut. It grows in ordinary spirit valleys, which is extremely rare, and can only be distinguished at the time of harvesting.
Because the white grass can slightly increase the true essence of low-level cultivators, the cultivator organization will take it back uniformly. But some civilians hide when they cut the grass. Because it is said that after taking white grass, civilians may also awaken the ability to use aura, so this thing is sky-high among civilians.