180 Colony (2/2)

”Say, was there a person called Lin Chaoen who came to your place before?”

Deng Bin was a bit stunned for a moment, as he didn't expect Jiang Chen would suddenly ask this irrelevant question.

Frowning, he tried to recall carefully and answered, ”There seems to be someone like that...he came from Jia City.”

”Did he not say anything to you? Like how the mutated humans would be here?” Jiang Chen asked casually.

Looking blankly at Jiang Chen, Deng Binyao shook his head and said, ”No, he only stayed in our town for a night before leaving hastily.”

Hadn't said anything?

[That's extremely odd. If they desperately wanted to prevent the mutated humans from invading Wanghai City, there is no reason not to alert the people here, so that they can make early preparations. Or at the very least, build some defensive structures.]

Jiang Chen slightly knitted his brows as he carefully scrutinized Deng Bin's eyes.

[It doesn't seem like he's pretending at all.]

”How did you remember him...what I mean is, is there anything special about him that made you take a closer look at him?”

”Hehe, there was one. Because the people passing through Zhufeng highway were usually lone travelers from Jia Cty, they come here to dig a few components or microchips from military equipment. These things would sell well anywhere in the mainland. The worst-case scenario is that they would go to Liuding town to buy a few boxes of canned fish to sell when they returned, and then the price could at least double. However, only Lin Chaoen came back empty-handed.”

”Has he only been here once?”

”Yes, he seemed to have taken another route when he went to Wanghai City.”

Nodding thoughtfully, Jiang Chen became lost in thought.

Deng Bin, standing on the side, was trying to figure out the expression on Jiang Chen's face but couldn't manage to read the slightest useful information. He couldn't understand why Jiang Chen would suddenly ask about the lone travelers. Was there any deeper meaning in this?

While he was speculating, Jiang Chen spoke again, but this time it was to ask a different question.

”Let's talk about something else. What do you do to earn a living?”

More than 700 people were not a small number. It's not the city center, so there were not enough zombies to provide organic matter that could be used to extract nutrient supply. Although there were quite a number of mutants here, they were usually powerful. If they ever hunted mutants, they didn't exactly look like a well-equipped group of survivors.

”We planted some crops on the farms outside the town to extract nutrient supplies,” Deng Bin looked at Jiang Chen in the eyes and said cautiously.

The fruit of the mutant plants could not be eaten, but it could be used as an excellent raw material for the extraction of nutrient supplies. Many survivors in Qingpu would also plant such crops on the roof and go to the Sixth Street to exchange for crystals or nutrient supplies.

”Oh? What is the degree of soil contamination here? What about the radiation?”

Seeing that Jiang Chen seem to be showing no interest in the nutrient supply in the warehouse, Deng Bin felt slightly relieved and muttered, ”It seems to be 9...and 20.”

With regards to this, he didn't have to lie about it. The two numbers were easy to measure. The radiation value could be measured by EP, and the soil contamination would only require to take a sample and then to drop two drops of reagent.

”9? Very good!” Jiang Chen suddenly laughed and then reached out and patted Deng Bin on the shoulder, ”From this day onwards, you'll be in charge of the farm.”

Deng Bin paused while looking completely dumbfounded. He couldn't understand the meaning behind his words.

”Farm? Me?”

Jiang Chen smiled, looked at him and said, ”That's right, who else would it be?”

Swallowing his saliva, Deng Bin was still bewildered and asked, ”If you want those mutated fruits, we are willing to pay tribute to you—”

Those things were not worth money at all, and not to mention the price of organic matter was declining. Even with the price two months ago, one ton of fruit could only extract 100 nutrient supplies which could be exchanged for ten crystals. The reaper rifle alone in their hands was worth 20. Thus, they didn't need to care about this small profit.

Jiang Chen raised his hand to interrupt him.

”You misunderstood me, we don't care about those rotten fruits that you planted.”

It was the truth, Fishbone Base didn't need nutrient supply.

”Then you mean—”

”Am I still not direct enough? Former mayor, I need you to take care of my farm for me.” There were two words Jiang Chen emphasized and they were ”former mayor” and ”my”.

Upon hearing this, Deng Bin's face instantly paled, his eyes widened, ”You, you want to occupy our homes, you can't do—”

”But we can, the mutated humans are going to cross this river, and I will prevent that from happening, and so we're here.”

”But all of them are dead now...” Deng Bin had difficulty speaking.

Jiang Chen looked strangely at Deng Bin, he smiled and said: ”Are we having a misunderstanding here? You think we are here on a special trip to rescue you? I am sorry to tell you, but we are only fighting against the mutated humans. And this place is only the outpost I captured from them. Moreover, in accordance with the rules of the wasteland, since I saved you, you are all my captives.”

Deng Bin's lips trembled and couldn't utter a single word. His previous thought was they were saved, but in the end, it was just a change of ownership.

Seeing that he had no reaction, Jiang Chen could also not care any less.

”They will be back. Furthermore, there would be more of them, but I will defend here.”

Stamping his foot, he pointed towards the ground beneath his foot.

”And from now on, this is my colony.”