Follow the army to the island, the rebellious male protagonist was led by me to counterattack

Chapter 178 Nickel

Although Shi Xia is not yet a military wife, she has served as a leader.

Even in the apocalypse, she had a group of subordinates.

Some of his subordinates are married.

The hardships in the end times will be even greater than they are now, and those waiting at home will suffer just as much mental anguish.

Even though it was tough, everyone worked tirelessly to do their jobs well.

Shi Xia was worried, but since Wen Cheng'an was sent out, it meant that Wen Cheng'an had the ability to complete the mission.

It's true that Wen Cheng'an likes her, but she won't stop Wen Cheng'an's progress and growth; everyone is an independent individual.

Since Shi Xia didn't have a boat, she simply called over Fatty and rode Fatty back home.

It's a good opportunity to feed Fatty some superpowers.

After returning to Hai San Island, Shi Xia stayed there obediently for a few days.

My daily routine is very regular; I get up early when I'm fishing, and sleep until I naturally wake up when I'm not fishing.

When I'm not fishing, I take a stroll around the school in the morning.

Currently, the school has four teachers: Cheng Qingmin, the Qu family, and Xu Danhong. Shi Xia, the nominal principal, has a very relaxed job.

Besides being the principal, Shi Xia is also the village's women's director.

However, there is no one on Hai San Island who beats his wife, since no one can beat Shi Xia.

As for other trivial matters, such as conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, these incidents have become less and less frequent as Shi Xia has led everyone to make money.

Because Shi Xia said that if your family likes to quarrel, then quarrel every day, and you won't include them in anything in the village anymore.

With that said, who would dare to argue?

The village is currently engaged in several profitable businesses.

Kelp, seaweed, dried seafood, fresh seafood, water spinach, and shellfish products.

Although they didn't know what shell products could be used for yet, they made them in their spare time whenever Shi Xia suggested it.

Shi Xia didn't stand on ceremony and bought them all. She planned to collect some other things and then go to R country to sell them all.

More than half a month passed like this, and Shi Xia was called to help Leng Qiu again.

Shi Xia is only responsible for underwater activities.

Diving is impossible without equipment, and even if you do go down with equipment, you are prone to decompression sickness when you come up.

Simply put, it's due to uneven pressure. The internal organs are compressed underwater, and the body can't withstand the sudden change in pressure after getting ashore.

However, Shi Xia is an anomaly. Of course, in everyone's eyes, Shi Xia didn't dive down by herself; she had marine animals helping her.

They cannot see what is happening underwater.

On an experimental ship, Shi Xia, dressed in her equipment, sat on the side of the ship, waiting for instructions from the other side.

Then they overheard Leng Qiu and Fu Qiang's conversation.

"There's no nickel left."

"I applied to higher authorities, and their reply was that we had to find a way ourselves. Do you think there's any way to do that underwater?"

"Even if it were available, I wouldn't be able to find it."

Shi Xia overheard this and asked curiously, "What is nickel?"

Leng Qiu turned her head and quickly shook her head.

"We're not asking you to search underwater; you won't find it there. We'll figure something out."

Leng Qiu had no intention of letting Shi Xia take any risks.

Shi Xia understood Leng Qiu's good intentions, but still asked, "Tell me about this nickel."

Fu Qiang simply walked over and gave a brief explanation.

Shi Xia listened to a few sentences as if they were from a foreign language, then paused.

"Please say something I can understand."

Fu Qiang smiled sheepishly and said frankly, "Nickel can be used to make electronic components in radios, as well as electronic components in various instruments. It can also be used to make alloys, shipbuilding, aerospace, batteries, electroplating, and so on. In short, it is widely used."

Shi Xia understood.

Does our country have this nickel?

"Yes, but the refining technique isn't very good." Shi Xia nodded, then asked another question.

Which country has the most nickel ore?

Fu Qiang frowned. Why ask this? Although he was puzzled, he answered truthfully.

"In the vicinity, FLB has abundant nickel ore, and their technology, which they obtained from the United States, is superior to that of our country."

FLB? Isn't Jin Kaiwen there? She even had Little Eagle follow Jin Kaiwen back to find out his address.

She didn't know if FLB had nickel mines; she had originally wanted to go because she knew there were gold mines there.

"Oh—I see."

Shi Xia stopped asking questions and started helping Leng Qiu adjust the equipment.

This help kept me busy for another five days.

Five days later, after finishing dinner, Shi Xia strolled over to Uncle Cao's house.

Uncle Cao had just finished eating. When he saw Shi Xia coming over, he knew immediately and said, "Going out again?"

"Cao Shu understands me best."

Uncle Cao gave Shi Xia a disdainful look and said, "Don't flatter me. How long will you be gone this time?"

"I don't know, I was just wandering around."

Uncle Cao's lips twitched.

"Let's take a stroll and see what our village is lacking lately?"

Uncle Cao started calculating without any hesitation, looking like he was about to order.

"Okay, tell me, and I'll get it done for you!"

Shi Xia was generous, so Uncle Cao stopped teasing her. He couldn't bear to let Shi Xia take any more risks.

"Shixia, our village is doing fine now. Don't go there unless it's absolutely necessary to take a risk, okay?"

"rest assured."

Shi Xia assured him that Uncle Cao was not entirely at ease, but he had no grounds to stop her.

People are different. Shi Xia is like an eagle, destined to fly far.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Cao, Shi Xia left quietly that evening.

After Shi Xia left, Uncle Cao went door-to-door giving lectures to everyone, telling them to keep their mouths shut. Shi Xia just left early in the morning and came back late at night, not that she didn't come back.

And so, every day someone would testify that they had seen Shi Xia in such and such a place, and the whole village was covering for Shi Xia.

The few at the educated youth settlement were the only ones who weren't very united. Unfortunately, with the whole village covering for them and them having no contact with Shi Xia, they didn't even notice that Shi Xia had left.

After Shi Xia left, she used her supernatural abilities to move forward in the sea. This time, she didn't even use a boat and secretly went ashore at FLB.

Little Eagle and Little Gold came along too.

The little eagle led the way in the sky, while Little Gold hid behind a screen as a hidden hand.

Shi Xia didn't know where the nickel mine was, nor did she have any specific plans.

She planned to find Jin Kaiwen first and win over a local.

Guided by the little eagle, Shi Xia scaled walls and jumped around at night, finally finding Jin Kaiwen's house.

"No wonder they always compensate me for things; the accommodations are quite nice."

Along the way, there were mostly shantytowns and dilapidated houses, but Jin Kaiwen's house occupied a large courtyard with red bricks and white walls.

At three o'clock in the morning, Shi Xia secretly entered Jin Kaiwen's house.

Jin Kaiwen has a child, so Shi Xia didn't use any paralyzing poison. She simply knocked Jin Kaiwen unconscious and took him out by herself.

When Jin Kaiwen woke up again, all he could see was seawater, and he was lying on a waterbed, on the sea.

"what----"

Jin Kaiwen howled for several minutes before finally realizing he wasn't dreaming.

"Help--"

Jin Kaiwen cried for help, and the waterbed he was lying on suddenly shattered, causing him to fall vertically into the sea.

At that moment, Shi Xia emerged from the sea, her hair disheveled, holding a three-pronged wooden stick in her hand.