Chapter 159: The Big Eater of Her Spiritual Energy Has Arrived

Above the Tongzi Frame, Shi Yuebai had drawn a total of five large arrays, including the surrounding ditches.

A Dizziness Array, a Healing Array, a Spirit Gathering Array, a Teleportation Array, and a Purification Array.

These five arrays were layered on top of each other, and together with the puppet doll Shi Yuebai had made from her own hair, the place was like a maze. Add in the maze-like ditches, Second Sister-in-law Shi’s deadly aim, and Guai Guai, who could solve any mechanical problem—

For an ordinary person to get into Shi Yuebai’s lair and enjoy its benefits was no easy feat.

Xu Xuejiao immediately agreed to the task. She took the stone token Shi Yuebai gave her and used the main teleportation array to travel to the sub-array at the perimeter.

The sub-array that could mysteriously transport supplies had been covered by a large tent, set up by the mercenaries on Yi Zhe’s orders.

He might not know the secret of this circular clearing, but he did notice that goods piled there would mysteriously vanish.

Every time Captain Qiao came to see them, he would appear on this round patch of ground.

Even if Yi Zhe were an idiot, he’d know something was up.

To make it easier for Shi Yuebai’s people to come and go, he even had Huo Chenggui find a huge military tent.

The bottom of the tent had been dug out, big enough to hold a dozen people.

Even so, Yi Zhe still wasn’t at ease.

He simply moved the mercenaries’ command post outside the city right next to the sub-array.

So, there were never any idle people wandering around here.

There was even a mercenary on duty outside the sub-array tent.

Xu Xuejiao walked out of the sub-array tent, and under the astonished gaze of the mercenary on duty, she confidently carried her notebook next door to find Yi Zhe, who was busy directing operations.

Yi Zhe had no objections to Shi Yuebai’s terms.

In fact, Shi Yuebai agreeing to exchange food with them had solved a huge problem for the mercenary group.

That was the issue of radiation.

Everyone knew Shi Yuebai’s vegetables were radiation-free.

All processed food in the wasteland contained radiation.

Whether it was 1% or 500% radiation, it would harm the human body.

The young men in the mercenary group could withstand the wasteland’s radiation thanks to their naturally strong bodies.

But what about over time?

As the days went by, the radiation in the wasteland only got worse.

People’s bodies would be ravaged more and more by radiation.

The weakest and most frail were the first to turn into zombies.

The second batch were those who became foolish or disabled in the wasteland.

No one knew when it would be the turn of the strong-bodied mercenaries.

Yi Zhe had always worried about this.

But he and the other mercenaries had no other way—they could only grit their teeth and survive one day at a time.

It was like a terminally ill patient waiting for death.

They knew they would die; there was no hope left in life.

Many couldn’t stand it, becoming depressed and giving up on life.

There had even been a few suicides among the mercenaries.

If even mercenaries were like this, let alone ordinary survivors.

At least, Shi Yuebai’s food solved the problem of the mercenaries absorbing radiation through their meals.

Xu Xuejiao scribbled in her notebook,

“Yuebai said she also has purified water and can sell it to the mercenary group.”

Yi Zhe was taken aback. “Ah, Yuebai has purified water too?”

He seemed to remember seeing a huge water vat in the corner of the Tongzi Frame.

But out of respect, he hadn’t gone over to check.

Xu Xuejiao nodded. “Yes, Yuebai is amazing. She said she can sell you purified water at the same price as vegetables.”

She paused, then added, “But you’ll have to bring your own bottles.”

Shi Yuebai had specifically emphasized this to Xu Xuejiao.

Because the Shi family was running out of bottles.

Previously, the Shi family had picked up a lot of bottles from the trash.

But many had been given away or broken.

Even with recycling, the supply was dwindling at a visible rate.

So now, Shi Yuebai didn’t provide bottled water to the Qiao family, the Pang family, or Guai Guai anymore.

She simply put a big water vat by the Tongzi Frame.

Anyone who needed water had to bring their own containers to fill up.

Inside and outside the Tongzi Frame, everyone started using their own dedicated cups.

For example, Captain Qiao always used the same old cadre-style insulated mug.

He even said he wanted to find some goji berry seeds so he could brew them in his mug in the future.

Xu Xuejiao carried a briefcase, which also contained an old cadre-style insulated mug.

She took out the contract she’d written in her notebook,

“Captain Yi, if you have no objections, let’s sign here. You stamp your fingerprint, and I’ll report back to Yuebai.”

Yi Zhe took Xu Xuejiao’s notebook and saw that the contract terms were quite normal at first.

He read aloud the last line:

“If Party B, Yi Zhe, fails to repay the debt, Party A, Shi Yuebai, has the right to demand compensation from Yi Zhe, including but not limited to payment in flesh.”

Xu Xuejiao explained, “Yuebai said if you don’t pay your debt, she’ll eat you.”

Yi Zhe raised an eyebrow and smiled silently.

He thought it meant that kind of “payment in flesh.”

Guess he was being shallow.

Taking Xu Xuejiao’s pen, Yi Zhe signed his name without hesitation.

“Give my regards to Yuebai.”

With his worries about food and water lifted, Yi Zhe felt much more relaxed.

Xu Xuejiao had other things to do. She took her notebook and quickly returned to the Tongzi Frame.

She had to hurry back and urge You Zhizhen to finish packing.

Those mercenaries all had huge appetites.

No matter how filling the vegetables were, they went through them fast.

Shi Yuebai stood leaning against the wall.

Her butterfly-shaped hips and the two big chunks of flesh on her thighs stretched her straight dress into a strange shape.

When she got tired of standing, Shi Yuebai sat by the edge of the ditch.

She looked at the pile of rubble by the second wall, which had grown into a small mountain.

The progress on this wall had extended by another three meters.

All nine disabled kids were now wearing diapers.

Da Jiao was teaching the third child how to lay bricks.

Of the rest, two were playing with mud on the ground, and a few were rolling around everywhere.

Not bad—at least the kids playing in the mud weren’t playing with poop anymore.

Behind Shi Yuebai, supplies kept appearing on the main teleportation array.

Shi Yuebai turned around, got up, and went to take a look.

Besides the bottles and jars Yi Zhe had collected from the front lines, there were also two boxes of light bulbs.

The ordinary kind, the energy-saving bulbs you screw into a lamp socket.

Shi Yuebai picked one up curiously. Where could this thing be installed?

Guai Guai came over, full of resentment.

“Heh, so now there are no more light strips, just bulbs.”

Shi Yuebai gestured,

“Let’s give a few to each family. You help them wire them up.”

She knew Guai Guai’s pile of junk parts definitely included wires.

That was Guai Guai’s usual trick.

As she spoke, more boxes appeared on the main teleportation array.

Oil-control shampoo x48.

Hair conditioner x95.

Fresh milk moisturizer x104.

Lip balm x554.

And so on—all collected by Ying Ruoying.

At that moment, Xiao Jiao came bouncing out of the Shi family’s backyard,

“Auntie, look at this mushroom—is it a mutant variety?”

Shi Yuebai’s eyelid twitched. Oh my god, a lingzhi mushroom?

The big eater of her spiritual energy had arrived.

All right, that’s it for today. Time to sleep."