I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Jiang Tang: "It's the person we met at the Civil Affairs Office last time. You said he was your friend."

Previously, Jiang Tang's divorce proceedings were stalled, but she happened to run into Xie Luan, who stepped in to help her and successfully complete the procedures.

When Jiang Li went outside, she saw Xie Luan carrying a backpack, observing what she had grown in her field.

"Why did you come out?" Jiang Li asked.

Xie Luan: "I came out to collect samples of the evolved bananas, specifically the banana tree in the cave you found, and I stopped by to take a look at your place."

Xie Luan had long wanted to visit Jiang Li's farm.

"You grow these pumpkins really well, and the yield is quite high. Did you grow all these pumpkins by yourself?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"Did you also grow grapes?" Xie Luan looked around. "I can smell grapes."

Jiang Li led her to the vineyard.

When Xie Luan saw the bountiful harvest of grapes covering the entire wall, her eyes widened, and she could only utter four words.

"The output is astonishing."

Clusters of large grapes, one after another.

"This is not something an ordinary farmer could grow."

Jiang Li thought it was obvious; she was no longer an ordinary farmer, but an intermediate-level farmer.

"Oh, right, there's something else I need to tell you."

Xie Luan got down to business, "No base can grow pumpkins and green peas yet. Although other bases are seeing new ability users emerge one after another, those wood-type ability users can't do what you can."

"Therefore, after the Central Base learned that you had grown pumpkins, it immediately sent an import order to import 100 pumpkins from you, at a price of 150 points per kilogram."

Jiang Li asked, "Is it the official procurement from over there?"

Xie Luan nodded.

"The central government frequently purchases vegetables and fruits from various bases. These bases are very prosperous, and the residents have strong purchasing power. It can be said that they are almost no different from cities before the apocalypse. This is mainly due to the large number of evolved individuals they have. The proportion of evolved individuals in the central base is 20%, and there are countless advanced evolved individuals."

Capable people choose to develop in the central base because it is the core area and a prosperous area, just like how everyone liked to flock to the capital before the apocalypse.

"At first, I was worried you wouldn't be able to handle such a large order," Xie Luan said. "But after looking at your pumpkin field, it seems like you have a good quantity, so are you comfortable with this order?"

100 pumpkins, each pumpkin worth 3000 points, so the total value of this order is 30 points.

This was a godsend for Jiang Li, who was penniless!

"I can do it!" Jiang Li said without hesitation. "It's just 100 pumpkins, right? I already have half. I'll grow the other half for you tonight."

Xie Luan: "..."

"Actually, there's no need to rush. Considering that it takes time to grow pumpkins, they've given you a one-month deadline. As long as you can grow them within a month, that's fine."

Jiang Li: "A month is too long. They can wait, but I can't."

She's short on money right now! She needs 30 points immediately!

Xie Luan: "..."

"Alright then, just let me know when you've grown them, and the central base will send a transport vehicle over directly. You don't need to be responsible for transportation."

"So, did they come directly to the farm to pick up the goods?"

"right."

Jiang Li was even happier, as this would be convenient for her.

[Task: Your First Order!]

[Mission Description: Your successful pumpkin cultivation has attracted the attention of the central base. The authorities have issued an order requiring you to prepare 100 pumpkins within one month.]

[Task Requirements: Please complete this order. You will be rewarded with 100 gold coins upon completion.]

With both points and coins to earn, Jiang Li couldn't be happier.

After Xie Luan left, Jiang Tang came over and asked, "What happened? What did you two talk about?"

Jiang Li: "I received an order; the central base wants to buy 100 pumpkins from me at once."

"100?" Jiang Tang's eyes widened.

"Yes, that's right." Jiang Li said happily, "The total price is over 30 points."

So we need to focus on planting pumpkins during this time.

Besides this order, people in the safe zone also started contacting her to buy pumpkins because of her posts.

Jiang Tang smiled and said, "That's good. The pumpkins in the field are ripe, so we don't have to bother selling them anymore."

Jiang Li: "Moreover, Xie Luan said that if this batch of pumpkins is of good quality, the central base will establish a long-term trade cooperation with our farm, and we will need to regularly and quantitatively supply them with a continuous supply of pumpkins."

It seems that the Central Base intends to bring pumpkins into the market, which means that it has monopolized the pumpkin supply for the entire Central Base.

At that time, just supplying pumpkins to the central base will probably be enough for her to live comfortably.

Jiang Tang frowned upon hearing this. "But the central base has eight million people. How can our small number be enough?"

Jiang Li: "The important thing is not how much we can supply, but that these things are only available to me."

So they didn't ask for a thousand or ten thousand, but only a hundred. Even if Jiang Li could only supply a hundred a month, they would still accept all of them.

"...

"We're here, this is it."

The armored convoy from Base 9 stopped outside the dense forest.

The action team, dressed in combat uniforms, got out of the vehicle, each carrying a gun.

As we walked into the dense forest, we arrived at the entrance to the cave where we had fallen earlier. Just as we were about to go down, we suddenly heard a sound coming from inside, growing louder as it approached.

"Wait, they look like they're about to come out!"

Lin An jolted awake, a sudden thought flashing through his mind. He reflexively drew a timed explosive from his waist, positioned it directly at the exit, grabbed a handful of leaves to cover it, and whispered urgently:

"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Take cover first!"

The group of speed-evolved individuals were incredibly fast at hiding; as soon as Lin An spoke, they all disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lin An: "..."

Who can outrun them? In this kind of team, if something really happens, whoever is the slowest will be in the front row.

Lin An quickly hid in a tree some distance away, secretly observing the cave entrance.

A brown, long-haired mutant monkey crawled out, followed by several others. They had just come out and mumbled a few words when the bomb exploded.

With the sound of the explosion, the scene was so devastating that it was no exaggeration to say that limbs were scattered everywhere.

Two of them were still alive, stunned by the explosion. They staggered to their feet, their heads buzzing.

Lin An hid in a tree and fired several more shots, but then there was no more movement.

The commotion attracted the attention of those inside, and several hairy creatures darted out of the cave entrance one after another.

Gunshots rang out.

Several hairy creatures, their eyes gleaming with ferocity, locked onto the positions of several speed-evolved humans and pounced. However, before they could reach them, they were struck in the trachea by bullets that appeared out of nowhere, killing them instantly.

Humans and monkeys chased and tugged at each other in the forest. A group of advanced evolved humans were as cunning as loaches, running incredibly fast, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't catch up. After chasing for a couple of seconds, they would turn around and shoot the monkey.

The furry animals howled in pain as they were hit. Even non-lethal bullets hurt. Some were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet. The smarter ones tried to hide in the trees, but they couldn't escape the bullets coming from all directions, like hidden weapons.

Soon after, the gunshots ceased in the woods.

Lin An counted the number of people; there was no one more or less.