Chapter 994 Returning a Favor, the Mole Man’s Market Is Finally Here!

Wednesday, September 27th, Wasteland Year.

When the first ray of sunlight fell on the ground through the mist, the sleeping Hope Village also quietly woke up.

Logically speaking, with the recent continuous high-pressure work and the double test on the mind and body, many people should sleep until noon on this long-awaited holiday.

However, in fact, the clock hand just passed seven o'clock, and the doors of the mobile cabins were pushed open.

The villagers walked out with excitement, opened their arms happily, and breathed in the fresh air.

Compared with the previous few days, the current Hope Village has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Because the village market contributes management fee income every day, as well as regular taxes from several factories.

The public accounts of Hope Village are no longer as deficit as they were a few months ago, and they are getting richer day by day.

With money, Chen Shen, who is responsible for the village development planning, is not stingy and took the initiative to place orders for several large-scale infrastructure projects.

Until now.

The original gravel paths in the village have all been replaced with clean and tidy hardened cement roads, with tall black columnar street lights set up on both sides with a boundary of 25 meters.

The two-story small bungalows made of reinforced concrete have begun to take shape, and are neatly arranged in a row, with no less than 20 buildings.

Walking along the road into the village, there is a circular open space.

The statue of Oreo is placed in the center of the field, surrounded by a one-meter-high iron fence in the center, which looks quite solemn.

Looking further away, the construction of the Hope Village Phase II is underway.

The buildings here are mainly one-story bungalow courtyards, which are residential areas to be built.

Following the architectural style of those in the western suburbs, each bungalow is not tightly attached to each other, but has a distance of more than ten meters.

So although the density is still not small, it does not look so depressing.

It won’t take long, even if all the villagers still can’t get enough points to move into the underground city.

Here, you can also have your own independent space at a lower and more affordable price.

Of course, if there is a residential area, there will naturally be a supporting commercial area.

After every two hundred bungalows, a commercial complex of about two thousand square meters will be planned.

According to the construction standard of one thousand houses, there will be at least ten thousand square meters of commercial space here.

If it can be built according to Chen Shen's plan, then Hope Village will no longer be a village, but will be transformed from a village to a town, becoming the first town collection in the territory.

At this time, a few kilometers outside the village.

More than twenty humans wearing standard mole-style clothes and two four-wheeled motorcycles carrying goods are slowly approaching.

Perhaps it is the first time to go to the world outside Qinggang City, and they are very curious.

Even the common soil under their feet feels novel. From time to time, someone will bend down and pick up a handful, and smell the special smell coming from it affectionately.

Next to this group of people, more than a dozen armed border guards followed nearby.

However, there was no further contact between the two parties. The distance between them was about fifty meters, which looked more like an escort.

Going forward, walking on the soft dirt road.

Looking at the "big construction site" gradually appearing in the thick fog ahead, Wang Qian widened his eyes, almost thinking that he had hallucinations.

"Is this the Tianyuan Shelter?"

In my impression, there are very few shelters that expand their sphere of influence to the ground to form a scale.

In the entire Qinggang City, there are dozens of mole men, and only the Qinggang Shelter has the strength to build a large-scale industrial zone on the ground.

But now, Wang Qian has to add one to this list.

The village in the distance, although their outer walls are not as tall as the lightning wall, the highest point is only one person.

The roads in the village also look ordinary, without any sense of high technology.

Including those neat concrete houses and colorful iron houses, they seem to be a little fragile.

But it is undeniable that they do live on the ground.

A road completely different from the mole men, this place is more like a large gathering place for those scattered soldiers to gather!

"Aren't they afraid of war?"

Remembering what Holder told him before he left, Wang Qian became more and more curious.

Liehhu wanted him to take this opportunity to visit and investigate the other party's details.

Especially the defensive layout of this strange shelter, the strength of the soldiers, the industrial base and other factors that can determine the strength of the two shelters.

As a result, who would have thought that the other party would build a gathering place on the ground like the Qinggang Shelter, and the scale has reached thousands of people.

This is not a bit envious for the mole man who lacks a sense of security.

Especially on such a large plain that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, if an army comes from all directions, the people inside will be trapped to death in this small area.

If it can't reach the level of being able to break through with hard power like the Qinggang Shelter, it can only die slowly.

"Ahem, chief, their industrial zone is also built on the ground."

The new deputy chief next to Wang Qian coughed and pointed to the industrial zone that was opened up separately next to the village.

There.

The billowing black smoke, which is not environmentally friendly, is rising into the sky, mixed with the white mist like black snakes hiding in the water.

The rumbling sound, mixed with the blowing of the wind, is like a horn, melodious and long.

Occasionally, bursts of white steam would be discharged to the side, as if high-temperature work was being carried out inside.

Wang Qian stood there blankly and looked at it. Not far away, more than a dozen guards followed him and stopped.

For people who have lived in the underground for a long time, it is difficult to form such a flat concept in their minds.

Since birth, most people have accepted the concept of a small room of 20 square meters, spiral stairs up and down, and an activity space of no more than 100 square meters.

Except for combatants, ordinary civilians, as long as they are not too unlucky, may have to wait until they are adults to have the opportunity to go to the ground and see the environment in which humans originally lived and the dangers that have been passed down by word of mouth.

Wang Qian still remembers the first time he went to the ground, when he was eleven years old.

Following his father's broad back, he saw with his own eyes the dangerous world above ground that everyone talked about.

There is a sky that cannot be touched, and a land with no visible boundaries.

There are tall buildings that reach the sky, and there is a wide river beside the Fifth Ring Road!

From that day on, the yearning for the world outside the shelter was like a seed that took root in his heart.

After returning to the underground, Wang Qian couldn't help but tell his father about his thoughts.

Surprisingly, Wang's father, who was just a civilian at the time, did not refuse, but was relieved to find a friend on another floor.

Liu Li, who was already the deputy head of the B-7 floor at the time, Liu Lu's father, asked him to find someone to help with the training.

Later, in the long five years.

From the most basic physical training, to the tempering of willpower, and then to the beginning of learning the killing skills and gun skills used for fighting.

Finally, when the Pingtan shelter was in chaos more than ten years ago, Wang Qian succeeded in taking the position of deputy head of the B-9 floor by force.

At this time, seeing the industrial area on the ground in the distance, more and more memories began to surge in his mind.

After staying there for several minutes, Wang Qian came back to his senses and sighed slightly.

"How happy people living here should be"

The small underground can't accommodate too many dreams and ambitions.

Countless people with potential and talents are born and die in it, and their lives are submerged in the barren basic needs.

Before coming, he thought this was also a powerful underground shelter.

But now a trace of melancholy and relief appeared in Wang Qian's heart at the same time.

Fortunately, in order to repay Liu Li's favor, he reminded Liu Lu once at a critical moment.

The other party then returned the favor and gave him an opportunity, helping him deal with the head of the B-9 floor last night.

And found a way to make him a member of the diplomatic personnel going to Tianyuan Shelter this time.

This is a force that can be deeply connected!

With an idea in his mind, Wang Qian's resistance to Liu Lu's previous introductions and recommendations that sounded unreliable began to disappear quickly.

Indeed, this place is much more civilized than the Pingtan Shelter.

At least they can let residents come to the ground to move, live, and engage in production at will.

Instead of forcibly dividing fourteen hours out of twenty-four hours a day to perform repetitive tasks that are meaningless and only serve to kill physical strength.

Joining Liu Lu's team and setting up your own retreat at this location may really be a good choice.

With this idea, the team continued to move forward.

When there were only a few hundred meters left, the villagers in the village also discovered the strange visitors.

What surprised Wang Qian was that he did not see any vigilance or resistance on these people's faces.

Many people even cheered with surprise.

"Fuck, the market of the mole man has really come??!"

"Look at their two cars, are they carrying any local specialties?"

"I heard that these natives have a lot of high-tech gadgets. It would be great if we could exchange a few of them back."

"Hey, you guys should be more restrained. Don't scare them."

"What are you afraid of? They can't understand us."

"Hurry up and set up the stall. This is our best chance to sell our products!"

A language with a completely different pronunciation from the Blue Star language came into his ears, and Wang Qian was a little confused.

But looking at their excited look, it seems that they are welcoming?

There are actually residents in the shelter who welcome outsiders who they don't know the details of and have never dealt with before?

This was so unexpected that not only Wang Qian was stunned, but also the other members of the Pingtan Shelter who followed him were a little overwhelmed, and even a little "shy" for a while.

"It's so rude not to greet you, my distinguished guest!"

From the distance in the mist, two silent vehicles drove over.

Chen Shen jumped out of the car, speaking half-familiar Blue Star language, with a friendly smile on his face.

"I am the village chief of the village ahead, Chen Shen."

"I didn't expect you to come so early, I thought it would be in the afternoon."

The request for a visit from the Pingtan Shelter was received at five o'clock in the morning from the border.

Liehu's impatient temper didn't intend to wait for a few days until the disaster was completely over.

Just as Qinggang City had calmed down, he hurriedly sent an envoy to request a visit to discuss cooperation.

Chen Shen thought that the so-called "envoy team" would come again after a day or two.

But who would have thought that it was only ten minutes past eight in the morning and this visiting team had already arrived at the village.

It is not difficult to infer that they actually set out with the messenger.

"You are too polite, village chief. We did not expect that Lord Pingtan would be so anxious and urged us to set out overnight."

Wang Qian smiled in an official manner and waved to the back.

All the dozen people who followed the Pingtan shelter bent down at the same time and made a very gentlemanly courtesy.

Then the four people at the back lifted the tarpaulin covering the locomotive, revealing the objects loaded underneath.

What was somewhat surprising was that the two cars were loaded with neither food and industrial products, nor weapons and ammunition.

What was stacked in the carriages were obviously worn-out magazines and books, which looked quite good when put together in colorful colors.

"This is"

"Lord Pingtan asked me to choose a gift for Tianyuan Territory. I guess Lord Tianyuan will be very curious about the past and culture of our Blue Star, so I took the initiative to apply for these magazines and books from the pre-war era. Don't underestimate them. Each book has a history of at least two hundred years."

Chen Shen stared at Wang Qian in surprise, then stepped forward and picked up a thick book of about three hundred pages.

Unlike the roughness imagined, the first touch of this book is actually a bit warm, like touching jade.

Considering that it can be stored for more than two hundred years and still maintain its current appearance, it is likely that special technology is used to make paper.

On the cover of the book, it is neatly marked in Blue Star language

"A Brief Discussion on the Development of Intelligent Agriculture"

"Intelligent Agriculture?"

Chen Shen did not shy away from it, and curiously opened the book and scanned a few pages.

The text inside is very dense, and one page is estimated to have at least eight or nine hundred words.

But the layout of the book is very comfortable, with text descriptions on the left and comic-style illustrations on the right.

"Good stuff is really good stuff."

After flipping through more than a dozen pages, Chen Shen's superficial level of Blue Star language was not enough to understand the book.

But there is no doubt that the information recorded on it is of very high value, at least it is far ahead of Earth in terms of technology.

Putting down the book, Chen Shen picked up a magazine of dozens of pages.

"Top 100 Porn Stars"

After opening it, there were pictures of explicit photos.

After taking a few glances this time, Chen Shen's old face turned red, and he coughed twice and returned to the front of the team.

"Thank you so much, I think the manager will be satisfied."

"Then I'm relieved."

Wang Qian smiled obscurely, and was secretly excited in his heart.

Choosing magazines and books was not his original idea.

After all, the first gift given by the cooperation between shelters is often something that the other party lacks.

According to Liu Lu's reminder, the manager of Tianyuan Shelter and his subordinates like those abandoned industrial products in the pre-war era very much, and seem to have a great interest in the culture of the past.

Wang Qian thought about it.

As a formal delegation, they certainly cannot bring these contraband items as gifts.

In this way, the only things left that carry the past culture are these worthless books and magazines.

Without going to other floors to borrow, he easily collected two cars with just the B-9 and B-7 floors.

Now it seems that the gift was indeed chosen correctly!

This strange Tianyuan shelter, not only the manager, but also the people below are the same as the information given by Liu Lu.

Indeed, they have an interest in these antiques that ordinary people cannot understand.

"Welcome, everyone hasn't eaten yet."

"It's just breakfast time, let me do my best to entertain you."

"After we finish eating, shall we go to see the manager?"