279: Chapter 279 Unexpected

The moment the metal gate opened completely.

Everyone felt as if they had traveled through time and space, stepping directly from the desolate Apocalypse into a fantastical Pandora-like planet.

Above the dome, countless genetically modified abyss glowing algae spread out like a galaxy of stars.

Releasing a soft, bright, and deep blue radiance.

And in the center of the base, several huge mimetic sunflowers were tirelessly emitting warm light that simulated the solar spectrum, illuminating the entire underground space like daylight.

"Wow..."

Ye Qingyue, walking beside Lin Yuan, couldn't help but cover her small mouth.

Her lively, large eyes were wide open.

"Brother Lin Yuan, did you move the world of Avatar here? This is just too beautiful!"

This former Jiangcheng University campus belle was currently acting like a little girl who hadn't grown up yet.

Looking around excitedly. She was wearing a light sportswear outfit today.

With a high ponytail, her youthful aura was refreshing, forming a sharp contrast with this sci-fi-filled underground forest.

"It's not just beautiful, it's the foundation of survival."

Su Yuyan, walking on the other side, adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses.

Holding a tablet in her hand, she exuded a capable queen-like aura.

As a former business queen, she had now perfectly taken over the internal management of the base.

"Brother Lin, according to Dr. Xia Muqing's data monitoring, the negative oxygen ion concentration here is fifty times that of the outside world. And..."

Su Yuyan pointed to a lush patch of crops ahead.

"The growth rate of the crops here does not conform to scientific common sense."

"That is only natural."

Lin Yuan smiled indifferently, "In my dictionary, science is just a means, not the limit."

The group continued to move deeper.

They saw that on the originally barren ground.

Now grew half-human tall Mutated Rice, with golden rice ears hanging heavily, each grain as plump as a pearl.

On the shelves nearby, hung Mutated Tomatoes like red lanterns and grapes like amethysts.

"Sister! Look at that!"

Ye Qingyue suddenly pointed to a plant not far away and exclaimed.

"That strawberry... has it become a spirit?"

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw between the emerald green leaves.

A giant strawberry the size of a baby's head was hanging there!

Its bright red color seemed to be tempting everyone who saw it.

"Gulp."

A clear sound of swallowing echoed in the quiet planting area.

Ye Qingyue instantly covered her mouth, her pretty face flushed red, and her eyes darted around:

"Well... I'm just testing for poison for everyone, yes, testing for poison!"

Her biological sister, Ye Qingxue, helplessly put a hand to her forehead.

Her cold and stunning face was full of the expression "I don't know her":

"Qingyue, watch your image. You are an S-rank Ability user."

"I need to eat too!" Ye Qingyue muttered righteously.

"If you want to eat, just eat."

Lin Yuan smiled, picked the giant strawberry, and handed it to Ye Qingyue.

"This is the first batch of Spiritual Energy Strawberries. Although it hasn't been fully tested, it should be quite hard to poison you."

"Brother Lin Yuan is the best!"

Ye Qingyue cheered, took the strawberry, and took a big bite.

"Crunch!"

A crisp sound rang out, followed by the sound of juices overflowing.

"Mmm!!!"

Ye Qingyue suddenly froze, her eyes wide as copper bells.

"What's wrong?"

Ye Qingxue's heart tightened, and a ball of shadow energy instantly condensed in her hand.

"Is it poisonous?"

The next second, Ye Qingyue let out a satisfied sigh.

Her whole body seemed to melt:

"It's... it's delicious to the point of tears! Wuwuwu, what kind of divine taste is this! It's ten thousand times better than those thousand-dollar imported strawberries from before!"

Looking at her sister's pathetic appearance.

Ye Qingxue silently retracted her Superpower, turned her head away, her ears slightly red.

On the other side, Xia Muqing, a scientific fanatic, had a completely different focus.

She was wearing a white lab coat, holding a portable scanner in her hand.

She was frantically scanning a Mutated Corn, muttering to herself:

"Incredible... the gene chain is completely reorganized, and the energy utilization rate has increased by 300%... This is simply a perfect biological masterpiece!"

Suddenly, she turned to look at Ye Qingyue who was gnawing on the strawberry.

A trace of fanaticism flashed in her eyes:

"Qingyue, don't just eat, leave some samples for me to slice and study! Or... let me draw a tube of your blood to see the blood reaction after digesting the spiritual energy food?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ye Qingyue almost choked to death on the strawberry, hugged the strawberry, retreated three steps, hid behind Lin Yuan, and poked out a little head.

"Sister Muqing, are you a devil! You want to draw blood just for eating a strawberry!"

Xia Bingli, the killer who had been silent and like an ice sculpture.

At this moment, the corners of her mouth also slightly curved into an extremely faint arc.

Just then, Xia Bingli's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"There's something."

Before she finished speaking, her figure had already disappeared like a ghost.

"Squeak!"

A sharp scream rang out.

Everyone looked closely and saw that Xia Bingli had reappeared a few meters away.

In her hand, she was holding a snow-white little beast; it was Luo Qinghan's pet, "Xiao Qi".

At this moment, Xiao Qi was holding two newly stolen Spiritual Energy Tomatoes tightly in its arms.

With a terrified expression of "being caught red-handed". Its four short legs were kicking in the air, trying to activate its Time Superpower to escape.

But in front of Xia Bingli, a top-tier killer, its movements were clearly a beat too slow.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" (Let me go! I stole it with my own ability!)

Xiao Qi cast a pleading look at its master.

Luo Qinghan walked up helplessly.

She took Xiao Qi from Xia Bingli's hand and flicked it on the forehead.

"Didn't I feed you enough?"

Luo Qinghan's cold voice carried a hint of disappointment, "Embarrassing."

Xiao Qi covered its head aggrievedly.

It held up the tomatoes in its arms and handed them to Luo Qinghan ingratiatingly: "Squeak~" (For you to eat...)

This scene made all the women present unable to hold back their laughter.

Even Chen Hanyue, who had always maintained a cold queen demeanor.

Had a trace of softness flash in her eyes.

Lin Yuan clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"Yuyan."

"Here." Su Yuyan immediately resumed her capable posture.

"The management of this place is up to you. I want you to establish a complete rationing system, prioritizing the supply for combatants and researchers."

Lin Yuan instructed, "In addition, expand the planting scale; I want the warehouse to be full within a month."

"No problem."

Su Yuyan smiled confidently, "As long as there is enough electricity and seeds, I can turn this place into the largest granary in the Apocalypse. However..."

She paused, looked at Lin Yuan, and a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes:

"Boss, power consumption is a big problem. Relying solely on generators might not be enough. Shouldn't we consider finding a generator? For example... a certain Lightning-type Ability User?"

As she spoke, her gaze pointedly looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan possessed top-tier Lightning-type Superpower.

This was not a secret in the inner circle.

Lin Yuan laughed in anger, "What, you want me to generate electricity?"

"I wouldn't dare."

Su Yuyan covered her mouth and chuckled, "I'm just suggesting that the boss catch a few more Lightning-type Mutated Beasts to act as coolies."

"That's a good suggestion."

Lin Yuan touched his chin, "Write it down. Next time we encounter a Lightning-type Corpse King or Beast King, catch them alive."

Far away somewhere, the Lightning-type mutated creatures.

Suddenly all shivered together.

"Alright, the tour is over."

Lin Yuan glanced at the time.

"We will hold a harvest banquet tonight, let everyone eat their fill. Ye Qingyue, I leave the task of notifying everyone to you, how about it?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Ye Qingyue, with the strawberry juice at the corner of her mouth not yet wiped off, excitedly saluted.

"I'll go tell the kitchen right now that I want to eat three big bowls of rice tonight!"

Looking at the energetic women.

The slight haze of the Apocalypse in Lin Yuan's heart was also dispelled quite a bit.

He turned around and looked at Luo Qinghan:

"Qinghan, come with me for a moment. Regarding Xiao Qi's reaction just now, I have something to ask you."

Luo Qinghan was slightly stunned, then nodded.

Holding Xiao Qi, who was still stealing tomatoes, she followed.