Pei Yixie knew that this was the limit of her brother’s tolerance. If they continue to push their luck, they might end up with nothing. Seeing that Fu Guai still wanted to bargain, she quickly pulled at his hand and shook her head.
Feeling the pull, Fu Guai turned to her and asked, ’What are you doing?’
Leaning closer, Pei Yixie said, "Brother Fu, you should stop while you are ahead."
Although he didn’t understand why he should stop when he still had words to say, he still chose to listen to her.
After a brief conversation, Jin Xuyan handed his point card to Pei Yixie and said, "Use this card to buy the condo."
"Brother, what about the furniture and supplies?" Pei Yixie asked.
"You don’t have to worry about that. Ah Zhi has a lot of furniture and supplies in her space," Jin Xuyan said as he stood up.
Before leaving, he added, "We still have things to do. Make sure to keep an eye on Fu Guai."
"Don’t worry, Brother. You can leave him to me," Pei Yixie nodded.
After leaving the house, Jin Xuyan and Jiao Lizhi went to the water reservoir area. Today, they had nothing to do, so she planned to train her ability and fill the dam and water tanks.
The two of them rode a bicycle, but due to the high number of people walking to their workplaces, it took them forty minutes to reach the reservoir area.
When the guards saw them, they quickly opened the gate and said, "Good morning, Captain Jin. Good morning, Comrade Jiao. We have been waiting for you two."
Jiao Lizhi nodded to them and said, "Good morning, Comrade."
As usual, she stored the bicycle in her space before they walked toward the dam area. Today, the number of ability-users providing water was more than yesterday.
Seeing this, she turned to the guard leading them and asked, "Comrade, didn’t the survivors from the Capital already get assigned to their posts? Why are there more people today?"
"We indeed finished assigning the survivors from the Capital. But for some reason, people from nearby cities learned about our base’s policy and came here to make a living. These ability-users are newly recruited members," the guard explained.
Hearing this, Jiao Lizhi nodded but said nothing. While having more ability-users and residents was good, they needed more supplies to support everyone. If they only depended on the supplies brought back from outside, sooner or later, they would face a food shortage.
When she turned around, she met her fiancé’s gaze. The two of them exchanged glances and understood each other’s concern.
Not long after, they reached the dam area. Like yesterday, the guards left the place for them and guarded outside. Behind the door, they only heard the sound of a waterfall.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, the door was finally opened, and Jiao Lizhi walked out with Jin Xuyan. Behind them, the dam’s water levels had already reached the maximum.
The guards quickly went to check the situation after they left the reservoir area. The moment they saw the water surface had reached the edge of the dam, they were stunned.
One has to know that this dam could hold around 4.5 million liters of water. Just from the amount of water Jiao Lizhi could provide in several hours, they could guess that she must be at least a level-four water-type ability-user, if not a level-five ability-user.
Not knowing that the guards were overestimating her, Jiao Lizhi and Jin Xuyan were on their way to visit Xun Che. Thirty minutes later, they reached the Central Office Building.
The moment the guards saw them, they quickly informed Xun Che and led them to the office. Not long after, the two of them walked into the office.
Seeing them coming, Xun Che walked over to the couch, gestured for them to take a seat, and asked, "Jin Xuyan, it’s rare for you to visit me. Do you need anything?"
After taking his seat, Jin Xuyan said, "Xun Che, has Feng Xiu and her team left the base?"
Xun Che nodded and replied, "They left at first light this morning. Why? They didn’t tell you when they visited your place yesterday?"
"They didn’t come at all," Jin Xuyan replied casually.
Hearing this, Xun Che was taken aback and said, "I sent them off this morning, and Rong Qinyu said that he visited your place yesterday. Why did he lie to me?"
Jin Xuyan went silent for a moment before he said, "That person is suspicious. You should be more careful when you face him."
"I should warn Feng Xiu," Xun Che said with a deep frown.
"She might not believe in you."
"Even so, we can’t keep her in the dark. What if that person’s target is her?" Xun Che replied.
When he heard his words, Jin Xuyan observed him for a moment before he said, "You can make the decision then."
Xun Che nodded and asked, "Are you coming just to tell me that?"
This time, it was Jiao Lizhi who said, "Commander Xun, I heard that you have a team of researchers who are checking the soil and water sources. Have the results come out?"
Xun Che shook his head and replied, "So far, we only know that the lake water is contaminated with zombie virus and couldn’t be used. As for the soil, we have checked almost all of the available soil, and none is free of zombie virus."
"While we can replace the water source by hiring the water-type ability-users, we still need to find uncontaminated soil to plant crops. Depending on the available supplies is only a short-term solution," Jiao Lizhi said.
"We also realized the importance of finding soil and already sent several teams to bring back soil samples from the area near the border of Lin’an Base. But until today, none of the soil can be used," Xun Che replied with a sigh.
After a moment of silence, Jin Xuyan asked, "Have you tried the hydroponic farming method?"