After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower-Chapter 62 - 60 Inducing Labor
Chapter 62: Chapter 60: Inducing Labor
Chapter 62: Chapter 60: Inducing Labor
A few children stood there, crying their eyes out, having lived on the farm for so long, they had long considered it their home and everyone there as family. Although they didn’t work as much as adults, they had also given their all in the fields.
Now, seeing the crops in the field might yield nothing, everyone was too upset to catch their breath.
Xue Dong forcefully led Li Pan home, fearing she would catch a cold again.
The temperature had plummeted overnight following the hail, causing the crops to freeze.
Li Pan reached the edge of the field and suddenly turned around, her face showing an unusual stubbornness, “I can’t accept this, our efforts are all going down the drain; I want to try.”
She looked at everyone’s tear-stained faces.
To hire people to harvest the winter wheat, she had almost spent all her money. She had bought two shops in full, considering the debts, she knew the base commander would have difficulties, and if the inspection team came down to check the accounts, they might cause a lot of trouble. So they had settled in full; the shops were hers. Even if they failed, she could still sell them and not lose out.
Now she didn’t have much money left, and the wheat’s payment was still outstanding. If this crop failed too, they really couldn’t turn things around anymore.
Li Pan waved her hand and conjured the Star Tree in the open space outside.
“Pan’er, what are you doing up there? Come down.”
Xue Dong’s eyes widened, realizing what she was about to do, and stepped forward to try and stop her.
“Brother, this is our home, I can’t just watch it be destroyed. Even if it’s a natural disaster, I must fight back. I can’t accept this!”
Li Pan’s face turned red.
Vines curled around her and lifted her into midair.
“Sister, I’m also coming.”
“And me, I can help you. I’m a Spiritual type, I can command.”
Zhang Qi and Zhang Yu, the siblings, were the first to speak up, bravely stepping forward with determination in their eyes.
The vines curled around the two of them and flew into the air, providing an unobstructed view of both No. 7 and No. 8 Farms.
“Me too.”
Xie Ling raised her hands and danced, “don’t leave me behind.”
The vines once again lifted her into the sky.
“Listen to my command, don’t waste your superpowers. Xie Ling and my brother’s superpowers are Basic Level; go and quicken the slightly intact crops. Sister Pan’er, start with the nearly dying plants, from left to right. You two from right to left; this way, the good and bad states of plants in each respective area will be clear, saving superpower and making everything evident at a glance.”
“Understood.”
Zhang Qi and Xie Ling nodded and began to quicken the growth.
Following Zhang Yu’s commands, Li Pan quickened the nearly frozen plants, trying to salvage what they could. Instead of waiting for the crops to completely die from the freeze, it was better to try and get them to mature while they still had some life left in them, saving whatever little they could.
Cui Yanjun turned and walked away.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to get some straw, lighting a fire might help keep them warm.”
“I’m going to get some sickles, to prepare for harvesting.”
“I’ll go too.”
Everyone began to take up their duties, bustling around. They couldn’t give up so early.
Under the efforts of the three, the plants gradually began to show signs of change. The once drooping seedlings slowly stood upright and started to grow.
Quickenning was extremely energy-consuming for the superpowers and also depleted the life force of the crops, being a one-time measure that also left no seeds behind.
Xie Ling and Zhang Qi felt markedly more strained by quickenning such a large area for the first time. Zhang Yu directed them to handle a small section each, starting with the intact crops that had not been damaged by the freeze, in order to save the harvestable part, then taking breaks at intervals to rest and recover their superpowers.
Li Pan used a Wood Element Crystal Core to regain energy, but she didn’t give it to the children because it contained a fierce energy that might affect their small bodies. If their superpowers were used up, they could rest and recover, but using the core might have adverse effects on their health.
Her superpower was ultimately a top talent, and under her efforts, the plants began to transform layer by layer, gradually maturing.
This astonishing transformation left Liu Qian and others utterly amazed.
In just half an hour, crops began to mature batch by batch. Xue Dong immediately shouted for everyone to harvest the crops in front of them and then move together to No. 7 Farm, where many hands make light work.
An hour later, about half of the crops at No. 8 Farm had ripened, but some had died, unable to be quickened to maturity.
Zhang Qi and Xie Ling took turns resting, and after recovering their superpowers, they continued quickenning. They also managed to ripen a small patch of plants, boosting their confidence.
Yang Zhengfei was responsible for following behind and deeply plowing the harvested land.
Seventy percent of No. 8 Farm was saved, while sixty percent of the crops at No. 7 Farm were salvaged. Seeing that all crops were nearly ripe, Li Pan finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to faint from exhaustion. Zhang Qi and Xie Ling also fainted alongside her.
“Quick, send them back to rest, and give them some hot soup.”
Qin Jianzhong shouted anxiously.
Liu Qian urged Shi Lei to carry the people back and settle them down, then fed them some hot rice soup.
They weren’t sure if there was anything wrong with the three people’s bodies, panicking profusely.
By then, the Base Commander had arrived at their farm by car as soon as he could. Seeing that the crops were all ripe, he understood the situation.
He immediately flew into a rage, pointing at Xue Dong and others, yelling, “Who came up with the idea to force the growth?”
“Were you trying to kill Pan’er and the others?”
The roar came thundering from afar to near.
Xue Dong and a few others stood in the field, watching as the Base Commander quickly approached them.
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Slap! Each received a slap in the face from him.
“Was it your idea to make Pan’er force the growth to minimize losses?”
The crowd remained silent, not denying it. They hadn’t come up with the idea, but hadn’t stopped it either, harboring a stroke of luck, hoping to salvage whatever losses they could.
“Idiots!”
The Base Commander was so angry he was pacing in circles on the spot.
“Have you lost your minds? Do you value money over life? She’s only middle-level and you had her force growth on large plants. She could die from superpower exhaustion. Even high-level superpower users wouldn’t dare do this. What is in your minds, crap?”
The Base Commander, while grabbing Xue Dong by the collar, his face flushed with anger, roared, “Pan’er is an S-class top talent. I’ve hidden her so many years. Do you want to destroy her? If anything happens to her, how am I supposed to explain it to the brothers?”
He then pushed him to the ground.
All heads were bowed, no one daring to provoke the furiously angry Base Commander. They hadn’t seen their leader this mad in years, and everyone was trembling with fear.
“I…”
At this moment, Xue Dong regretted as well.
“Where are they?”
After circling around to calm himself, the Base Commander asked about Li Pan.
“The three fainted and are inside the house.”
Liu Qian responded.
“Lead the way, let me see. Get a Water Power user here, and also send a few high-level Wood Power Users to each farm to promote growth and recover some losses, and deploy some superpower users to gather the crops.”
“Yes.”
Everyone hurriedly attended to their tasks while others continued harvesting in the fields.
The Base Commander went to see the three, who were laid side by side for easier care.
He touched their heads one by one, checking for fever.
The Base Commander, being a Combat Power Gold Element, couldn’t treat them and didn’t dare to make any moves, so he just waited for someone from the Healing, Water Element system to arrive.
Two hours later, a high-level Water Power user arrived, brought over as quickly as possible in a vehicle that nearly flew here.
The thirty-something-year-old female doctor, made dizzy by the bumpy ride, was pulled by the hand up the stairs.
After catching her breath on the stairs, she began treating each of them one by one.
Tracing their arms with three streams of water, she finally commented, “They’re okay, just fainted from exhaustion of superpower. I’ve supplemented their powers a bit; my Water Element is very mild and can blend with all superpowers. After some rest, they should be fine. I’ve treated them; there are no internal injuries, and it won’t affect their ability to advance.”
“Good, thank you so much.”
With this assurance, the Base Commander looked upward and heaved a long sigh of relief.
“This youngest girl is soon to advance, needing special care. She’s highly talented and holds great promise for the future. As for Li Pan, her foundation is solid. When she awakens, her superpower might even improve a bit, not quite an advancement, but it won’t affect anything. You can rest assured,” said the doctor, smiling confidently.
