Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 211: Chapter 211: The Great Production Movement

Xia Luo briefly recounted the situation they encountered in Star Moon Town, mentioning the discovery of a small island at the entrance to Star Moon Lake.

”Yang Xiao, the Ice Fish resources in Star Moon Lake are indeed abundant. The lake stretches eight hundred miles, and the inexhaustible Ice Fish resources are currently our largest source of Genetic Fragments.

However, the overall Genetic Evolution Level in Shanyun City must be quite high. Even a mere leader of the small Star Moon Town has the same Genetic Evolution Level as I do, which suggests that people in their main city area should be even stronger. For now, it’s inadvisable for us to engage in direct combat with them.

In my view, we could start by mining Ice Fish at the Star River entrance to the lake, using the small island as a resting point, and then establish a nearby outpost on the boundary to transport materials daily.

The small island is only about 10 kilometers away from our territory, around 30 kilometers from Star Moon Town, and even farther from Shanyun City—at least 50 kilometers away.

I estimate they won’t find us for the time being, and even if they become aware of our poaching, they won’t be able to attack us.

In addition, the Genetic Store waypoint closest to the lake entrance boundary is roughly over 10 kilometers away. This means the nearest Transmission Array to the island in the middle of the ice lake is about 20 kilometers away. If we connect the island in the lake, our boundary outpost, and the Genetic Store waypoint in a line, we can start large-scale Ice Fish mining in Star Moon Lake.”

All of these were considerations Xia Luo mused over on the way here, already planned out.

On the return journey, he deliberately guided Zhou Qiang and the others through this route and even planned the site for the boundary outpost.

Knowing that Xia Luo was a cautious person, Yang Xiao nodded and said:

”Your plan is quite comprehensive, and we can proceed according to it. Finding resources is currently the core focus for Nanmu City now and for some time in the future. You have full authority to arrange the Star Moon Lake Ice Fish mining plan.

I only have one suggestion: we need to deploy a large number of elite warriors to prevent any provocations from Shanyun City. Take a thousand Elite Soldiers over there, including all types of soldiers, and anyone who has the Hard Armor for cold resistance can join in the action. Each spear of fish counts; we’re going to kick off a big production movement.

Well, don’t be afraid of trouble. If we really encounter provocations from people in Shanyun City, we’ll fight first, and if we can’t win, we’ll run. If it comes down to it, I’ll take them on myself. Then, I’ll draw the line with the King of Shanyun City and split half of Star Moon Lake with them, ha ha!”

Xia Luo, Zhou Qiang, and Huang Wen looked at Yang Xiao and suddenly realized that he seemed to have changed a lot. He appeared spirited and full of a domineering ambition to contend for supremacy in the world.

This domineering spirit subconsciously gave everyone a sense of confidence and hope.

If Yang Xiao were timid and overly cautious, everyone else might not feel as emboldened.

”Boss, what if we can’t beat the people from Shanyun City?”

Zhou Qiang cautiously questioned, as they had personally seen the strength of the people from Star Moon Town and even clashed with them. The presence of a warrior at the Intermediate Stage of the Primordial Gene in just a small town was well beyond their expectations.

Yang Xiao smiled, patted Zhou Qiang on the shoulder, and reassured him:

”Don’t worry, if we can’t beat them, we’ll run. If we’re not good at offense, can’t we still defend? Besides, you still have me, right?”

Under the current extreme cold conditions, to launch a distant expedition would be foolish. The severe cold climate would strip away most of a troop’s combat power, and only two outposts situated about 10 kilometers apart would be suitable for operations. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to keep up with food and stamina needs.

The severe cold, to a certain degree, limited the expansion of various outposts.

Huang Wen handed over three swords she obtained from the desert to Xia Luo and Zhou Qiang.

Xia Luo examined them and remarked:

”A sword with +6 Strength and 3% Fire Element damage. Such a sword must be worth at least a thousand Crystal Coins, right? Where did you get this?”

Yang Xiao briefly mentioned the new desert resource station.

”When you’re free some other day, you can join me for some fun there. Your main priority right now is to lead everyone to the ice lake to dig for resources, hoping to get over 20,000 people out as soon as possible. That way, everyone can be involved in the labor and help gather resources together and improve our genetic evolution level.”

Xia Luo nodded and replied:

”Yang Xiao, don’t worry, I’ll take care of things at Star Moon Lake. You go ahead to the desert for hunting, and be safe.”

Xia Luo gathered a thousand elite troops, along with a thousand people from Kongming Academy, Star City, and Xianan University, plus two hundred more from about a dozen outposts in the northern suburbs of Nanmu City, making a total of over two thousand people who went to Star Moon Lake to dig for Ice Fish.

The Fish Skin Armor that burst out from the Ice Fish was first sent to Nanmu City, then distributed uniformly to those who lacked the cold-resistant armor.

Xia Luo led people to fell trees on the small island in the ice lake and built several temporary houses that could accommodate hundreds of people. They also utilized the nearest collapsed buildings on the mainland to set up a temporary base, where most people rested at night.

The work at Star Moon Lake proceeded in an orderly fashion, uncovering hundreds of Fish Skin Armor pieces a day and nearly ten thousand Genetic Fragments. As for the large amount of fish meat, they were temporarily piled on the ice. Some were used as daily food, readily available, while the rest were stored as food reserves on the ice.

A great production movement was set off at Star Moon Lake.

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Yang Xiao decided to form a team and enter the desert once again for hunting. This time, he adjusted the structure of the personnel. It seemed in the desert, the bird people who could fly had a greater chance of survival; he included Qin Yu and Deng Xiao.

Since Long Yongjun managed the entire Close Combat Beast Souls team in Nanmu City, he could no longer take him along. Instead, he needed to stay in Nanmu City to assist Xiao Zhe, Xia Luo, and others with managing the city.

Yang Xiao included Huang Wen, Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, along with Dai Yun and Chen Fei.

”Huang Wen, see if you can take the two Giant Eagles into the desert with us.”

Huang Wen laughed and said:

”That shouldn’t be a problem. What, got an eye on the Giant Eagles?”

The Genetic Evolution Level of the Giant Eagles had already reached the Enhanced Gene Stage, being ferociously strong. If they could bring the Giant Eagles, they would naturally become a powerful aid for Yang Xiao.

Before setting off, Yang Xiao took everyone to the Genetic Store to exchange for new Wind-controlling Boots.

As Nanmu City’s Genetic Evolution Level reached Level 10, the equipment level sold in the store also improved; the current Wind-controlling Boots now had a +20% movement speed.

Yang Xiao and the others, including Huang Wen, all switched to the new Wind-controlling Boots, feeling an improvement in their walking and running speed.

Huang Wen brought the two Giant Eagles, which stood in the square, ten meters high and several meters long with powerful, electric eyes and an imposing presence. Even Gu Bo couldn’t help but marvel at the sight.

Huang Wen was now very familiar with the two Giant Eagles and could even communicate with them simply. The Giant Eagles could understand Huang Wen’s words, and she could somewhat grasp the eagles’ actions.

Yang Xiao somehow got a steel pipe over four meters long with a red flag on it.

Qin Yu laughed and said:

”Boss, are you representing Xuanming Country on an expedition?”

Yang Xiao just smiled without a word.

The six individuals and the two Giant Eagles entered the desert together.