Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 200 Grand Hotel

The new road leading to Jiangcheng was built on the original old road. The specially hardened road surface does not need to worry about being damaged by the roots of mutant plants.

The road was newly opened and there were not many vehicles on it, with only one coming every now and then.

Unlike the roads near Taoyuan Base, there are a lot of hunting teams coming and going, and no one obeys traffic rules, so at least one car accident occurs every day.

Zhao Xiaoxiu sat by the window, observing the scenery along the way with curiosity and saw the abandoned villages covered with green plants.

Those reinforced concrete houses built by humans are completely wrapped in green and bulge out, as if they were wearing a green plush coat.

On the premise of protecting the safety of the road construction workers, the road construction security team will clean up the villages and towns near the road in their spare time.

Two new planting areas were established on these foundations, with new lords joining in one after another. On the originally barren and green hills and plains, one could see people clearing land, repairing houses, and cutting down mutant trees that were in the way.

Zhao Xiaoxiu felt that humans were a kind of magical creatures that could not be killed no matter how hard they were beaten.

As long as we instill a belief in them and give them a tool, even mutants cannot take away their living space.

Look, wisps of smoke are rising from the fields; they are working hard to build a new home.

"Everyone be careful!" A reminder came from Meng Er in the car in front over the intercom.

A mutant appeared on the roadside. It was a reptile covered with sharp horns that Zhao Xiaoxiu had never seen before. It curled up its body to form the shape of a tire and rolled towards the speeding vehicle at an accelerated speed.

If this gets hit by it, there will definitely be a car accident.

The little kid who was driving exclaimed: "These days the mutants have become smarter!" They all know how to deal with a moving car most effectively.

But he exclaimed in amazement while his hands and feet moved nimbly, turning the steering wheel and then straightening it, so that the car body and the "tire" that hit it crossed each other and avoided it without any danger.

Zhao Xiaoxiu leaned his head out and looked back, and quickly reminded: "It has fallen back again and is chasing us!"

Zhao Gang calmly took out the walkie-talkie to remind the Meng brothers in front to pay attention.

Xiwa smiled confidently, leaned out and shouted to the car in front: "Mengxia, step on the accelerator to the bottom, this thing can't be faster than the car I modified!"

After saying that, he let out a strange cry, reminding the car in front that he was about to overtake. He stepped on the accelerator, turned the steering wheel, and accelerated quickly to rush forward.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoxiu was wearing a seat belt, otherwise she would have been thrown out of the car window.

However, once the speed was increased, the "black tire" that was chasing it from behind was immediately left far behind.

The pickup truck was originally in front, but was overtaken by the off-road vehicle and fell far behind.

Meng Er couldn't stand Xiwa's arrogance and excitedly urged the driver Meng Da to go faster.

"Brother, surpass him, surpass him!" Meng Er shouted anxiously.

The two lords in the car were not idle either. They took out their weapons and shot. The two "black tires" were hit by several bullets, and finally gave up and rolled into the weeds on the side of the road.

The crisis was resolved and the journey was halfway through.

After driving for another half an hour, the familiar city appeared in the sight of Zhao Xiaoxiu and his daughter.

After passing the checkpoint set up on the outskirts of the city, everyone entered the urban area.

The wide roads have all been hardened, and there are many vehicles at the entrances and exits, most of which are leaving the city.

The sun was already high in the sky. Zhao Xiaoxiu glanced at her cell phone. It was 10:30 in the morning.

They set out at eight in the morning and it took them two and a half hours to get from the planting area to Jiangcheng.

"It's even closer than Taoyuan Base!" Zhao Xiaoxiu said to her father in surprise. Zhao Gang said, "The road leading to Taoyuan Base has been hardened now, so it will take two and a half hours to get there, or three hours if you drive slowly."

Zhao Xiaoxiu said, "That's great!" They no longer have to walk on bumpy dirt roads, and they can go back and forth in one day, leaving plenty of time.

The last time Zhao Xiaoxiu saw Jiangcheng, her impression was that it was a green forest city.

Looking back after half a year, there have been earth-shaking changes.

All the greenery has been cleared and there is no trace of green in the city. Any trace of green that does show up will be immediately dealt with by patrolling soldiers.

Ten-meter-high barbed wire fences were laid around the urban area, tightly surrounding this city full of high-rise buildings.

Most of those abandoned houses are occupied. There are also many shops on both sides of the road, mainly engaged in car repair and modification, and there are also many hardware parts stores, which are a mixed bag.

Going further in, the streets became noticeably cleaner, and most of the people walking around were soldiers in uniform, which gave people a sense of security at first glance.

The adults are not worried at all when children play on the streets outside their homes.

The colorful lights in front of the barber shop were spinning, attracting customers to come in.

Colorful bottles of wine are displayed in the large floor-to-ceiling glass window, and classical pop music floats out from the half-closed golden door from an old record player.

Young men and women in bright clothes, exaggerated hairstyles and exquisite makeup smiled and pushed open the metal door and walked into the store.

The shop owner in front of the bar, wearing a pirate captain's hat and an eye patch, warmly invites customers to have a glass of the latest fruit wine.

A bus with green graffiti slowly drove up and stopped in front of the bus sign. People waiting for the bus got on and those who had arrived at their stop got off. Everyone was holding the things they had just bought in their hands and had smiles on their faces.

Everything is as if the disaster had never happened, but that's only because everyone has become accustomed to it.

The two cars stopped at a busy intersection, and the lord who was hitchhiking got out and walked towards where they were going.

Meng Da asked into the intercom: "Brother Gangzi, where are we going?"

Zhao Gang looked at the bustling intersection with many shops in front of him, fixed his sight on a hotel with a sign of "Grand Hotel" across the street, and said into the intercom:

"Meng Qiu, you and grandma go to the big restaurant across the street and ask them if they want to evolve tomatoes and fish. We will sell the goods first."

But it was getting late, and there was still a long list of supplies to purchase. Zhao Gang added:

"If they can buy them all, the price can be discounted."

"Okay." Meng Er put down the walkie-talkie and gave directions to Meng Da. The two brothers drove the pickup truck directly to the entrance of the hotel.

Meng Er got out of the car and went in to find the manager, and soon he brought out a tall woman.

The woman looked at the goods, tested them again with the detector, the green light flashed, she smiled with satisfaction, and directly quoted a price.

Meng Er thought it was okay, so he contacted Zhao Gang through the intercom. Xiwa then drove over and showed the woman the tomato sauce and fresh evolved tomatoes.

There were quite a lot of passers-by, who were attracted by the group of people parked in front of the hotel and couldn't help but come over to take a look. When they saw the bright red evolved tomatoes, they immediately asked if they were for sale.

As soon as one person asked, a second person appeared. The manager hadn't even finished inspecting the goods when suddenly a group of people gathered around.

She was anxious and signaled Meng Er and Xiwa to drive the car to the back door of the hotel and take all the food.

The crowd of onlookers did not give up and pulled Meng Er to ask where the fish and tomatoes came from. They had almost lost their sense of taste after drinking so much nutrient solution, and seeing these fresh ingredients, they looked as if they had been hungry for eight hundred years, and their eyes turned red.

(End of this chapter)