I couldn't take it anymore; when I went home for Chinese New Year, the family genealogy book ha

"How about we try a different way of playing?"

Wang Dagou was stunned, not understanding what Jiang Chen meant.

Village Chief Wang and several former Party Secretaries in the courtyard looked at each other, completely baffled.

The situation is dire, the land is about to be abandoned, how can we change the way we play?

Are you suggesting that the entire village of several thousand people should use hoes to dig up those 20,000 mu of land?

They could dig until next year and still not finish!

Jiang Chen didn't explain to them.

He took out his black satellite phone, walked to a corner of the yard, and dialed an encrypted overseas number.

The phone rang twice before being answered.

"Boss."

On the other end of the phone came a calm, capable male voice with a standard London accent.

He was the head of the top overseas research laboratory that Jiang Chen had funded.

"it's me."

Jiang Chen looked at the group of people in the courtyard who were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, and spoke calmly.

"Bring me that batch of 'octopuses' that were successfully tested before."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, as if they were confirming the instructions.

"Boss, you mean those two hundred solar-powered 'Spider' series multi-functional agricultural mechs?"

"Yes, these are them."

Jiang Chen said.

"Airlift all of them to Jiangjia Village immediately."

"Yes, Boss. We will arrange the fastest military transport aircraft. Estimated arrival time, within three days."

"receive."

Jiang Chen hung up the phone and walked back to the center of the courtyard.

Seeing the still confused looks on everyone's faces, he waved his hand.

"Go back, everyone. Eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're tired."

"Three days later, prepare for spring plowing."

Village Chief Wang opened his mouth, as if he wanted to ask something else.

"Boss Jiang, is it diesel fuel...?"

"Forget about diesel," Jiang Chen interrupted him. "Our village won't need that stuff anymore."

After saying that, Jiang Chen turned around and went back into the house, leaving everyone in the yard staring at each other, completely bewildered.

Wang Dagou scratched his head and leaned close to Attorney Zhou, asking in a low voice.

"Attorney Zhou, what does Brother Chen mean by this? Why are you keeping me in suspense?"

Attorney Zhou pushed up his glasses, a faint smile flickering in his eyes behind the lenses.

"Just wait and see what happens."

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Jiangjia Village remained calm, but rumors about it spread like wildfire in the surrounding areas.

"Have you heard? Jiangjia Village has offended someone; their diesel fuel has been cut off, and spring planting is ruined this year!"

"Serves him right! That Jiang Chen was too arrogant; he's going to suffer a great loss now!"

In the city, Manager Liu listened to his subordinates' reports every day, and his mood improved day by day.

He could almost see the scene of Jiangjia Village suffering a complete crop failure, with villagers kneeling at Jiang Chen's door, crying and wailing.

The third day, in the morning.

The sky was cloudless.

The people of Qinghe County were going to the market or to work as usual.

Sudden.

"Boom—!"

A deafening roar of an engine, loud enough to make the windows rattle, came from the horizon.

Everyone looked up at the same time.

In the western sky, five enormous black dots flew in neat formation toward the county town.

As the distance increased, the outline of the black dot became clearer.

"My God! What kind of plane is that? How can it be so big!"

"This isn't a passenger plane! This is...this is a military transport plane!" A retired veteran exclaimed, staring at the imposing gray paint and unique wing design.

Five super-large military transport planes, each larger than a Boeing 747, flew low over the county town like five mobile aerial fortresses.

The huge shadow cast on the ground darkened the entire street.

The residents of the county town were all terrified. They all ran out of their homes and shops, crowded onto the streets, and stared in disbelief at the spectacular sight they had never seen before.

"Is war about to break out?"

Where are they going?

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of people in the county, the transport aircraft formation did not stop and flew straight towards Jiangjia Village.

Finally, they hovered over the vast wasteland behind Jiangjia Village.

"Waaah—"

A piercing alarm sounded.

The rear cargo door of the transport plane slowly opened, like the gaping mouth of a giant beast.

next second.

One by one, huge rectangular containers painted with matte black paint were pushed out of the cabin.

A huge white parachute quickly popped out from the top of the container.

Hundreds and thousands of parachutes, like dandelions, filled the entire sky.

The huge black container, accompanied by a whooshing sound, landed precisely in the designated area on the back mountain.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Heavy thuds echoed one after another, shaking the ground.

Wang Dagou and the villagers who rushed over after hearing the news all stood dumbfounded in the distance, watching this scene that looked like something out of a science fiction movie.

As the last container landed.

"Click—"

The black exterior of the container, like flower petals, automatically popped open in all directions.

It revealed the grotesque, futuristic machinery standing silently inside.

It was a machine they had never seen before.

Instead of traditional tractor wheels, it has eight thick, spider-leg-like black metal tracks.

The fuselage has powerful lines and is covered with a layer of black, light-absorbing special material.

At the top of the fuselage, there are folded, huge, mirror-smooth black panels.

Wang Dagou mustered his courage and ran over.

He reached out and carefully touched the cold, hard metal casing.

Then she turned around, looked at Jiang Chen who was also walking over, and stammered, "..."

"Chen...Brother Chen...is this...is this a Transformer?"

He swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"Are we...are we going to fight aliens?"

Jiang Chen was amused by him.

He took out a palm-sized remote control, like a game controller, from his pocket and pressed a button on one of the "Octopus" machines.

"Buzz—"

A faint electrical hum was heard.

The solar panels on top of the "octopus" farm machine unfolded gracefully and quickly, like a peacock spreading its tail, pointing towards the sun in the sky.

The chassis, with its eight spider-leg-like tracks, starts smoothly and makes a sound even quieter than an electric scooter.

Jiang Chen tossed the remote control to Wang Dagou.

"Go, have everyone drive all those diesel-powered scrap metal out of the warehouse and take them to the scrap yard."

He turned around and looked at the two hundred agricultural mechs standing silently behind him like prehistoric behemoths. His voice was not loud, but it carried an air of domineering arrogance.

"Today, let's open the eyes of the whole county!"