According to Big Head Village Chief, their group had also been to Fog City.

At that time, they had taken twenty survivors to Fog City hoping to gather some supplies.

They went with twenty people, but retreated after only half a day.

In just that half a day, they lost fifteen survivors.

The two of them exchanged information about the Fog Slaves.

They came up with several guesses regarding the Fog Slaves’ attack methods.

“Mmm, I suspect the depths of the thick fog contain a gateway to another dimension. Otherwise, it’s impossible to explain why those Fog Slaves keep appearing endlessly.”

“Those who were dragged away and became new Fog Slaves might simply be projections from that other dimension!”

This was Big Head Village Chief’s speculation.

Big Head Village Chief recounted everything that happened in Fog City in detail.

Later, the Great Serpent under Mist River Bridge appeared, and even considered attacking the survivors of Divine Elephant Village for a time.

Fortunately, the Divine Elephant wasn’t made of clay either, and forced the Mist River Great Serpent to retreat, allowing them to withdraw safely.

Naturally, Big Head Village Chief made the process sound thrilling and perilous.

Captain Chu Che also played the part of an appreciative audience quite well.

He would ask a question or two at key moments, letting Big Head Village Chief narrate to his heart’s content.

Chen Ye had encountered many such life-and-death situations himself, so listening to this village chief’s story felt rather ordinary to him.

Thankfully, Chu Che was handling this kind of social interaction, so Chen Ye just focused on eating and drinking by himself, appearing quite at ease.

“By the way, did you encounter the ‘Lamp Shade Anomaly’ in Fog City?”

Perhaps it was because the supplies Captain Chu Che contributed made tonight’s banquet less pitiful, but after a few drinks, Big Head Village Chief became more talkative.

“Lamp Shade Anomaly?”

“Ah… this matter is better explained by Pathfinder Zhan.”

Everyone looked at the slovenly Taoist priest.

The Taoist seemed to remember something, his expression becoming much more serious.

“The Lamp Shade Anomaly is something we encountered in Fog City. Its outward appearance is that of a woman, or possibly a man, under a lamp. It’s a Rule Anomaly.”

“But this Anomaly is even more aggressive than the Fog Slaves. It can imitate the appearance or voice of someone familiar to you. Once you respond to it, the Lamp Shade Anomaly will latch onto you! It won’t stop until you’re dead!”

“We lost so many people back then precisely because we encountered the Lamp Shade Anomaly!”

“Fortunately, this humble priest had Five Thunder Talismans. Otherwise, I’m afraid even I wouldn’t have made it out!”

“If you encounter the Lamp Shade Anomaly, remember, do not respond! Otherwise, not even a god can save you!”

As he said this, a look of lingering fear appeared on the slovenly Taoist’s face for the first time.

Clearly, the situation back then wasn’t as simple as he made it sound.

That last bit was the slovenly Taoist’s own bragging. He claimed not even a god could save you, yet he still managed to bring five people back.

The monk beside him remained silent, his expression unchanged.

Chen Ye recalled the Anomalies they had encountered outside Fog City earlier;
some seemed similar.

But he hadn’t seen any lamp back then.

However, Chu Che was listening very attentively.

He planned to write down today’s experiences in his notebook when he returned later.

“Clap, clap…”

Big Head Village Chief clapped his hands, drawing everyone’s attention, and looked at Chen Ye and the others with a smile.

“Professor Liu has recently cultivated some new seed varieties. Since our esteemed guests are all here, how about we ask for your opinions?”

Seed varieties?

Give opinions?

Chen Ye was a bit taken aback. He wasn’t any agricultural expert. Asking him for opinions on new seed varieties.

That’s just nonsense.

But Chen Ye didn’t voice any disagreement, just watched quietly.

Even Sun Xixi and Iron Lion showed somewhat puzzled expressions on their faces.

They were probably thinking the same as Chen Ye.

Soon, the young man called Xiao Zheng from before carefully carried in a tray.

The tray was covered with a piece of red cloth.

Judging by the young man’s cautious manner, the contents of the tray were clearly very precious.

Big Head Village Chief glanced at everyone, a faint, smug smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

The red cloth was lifted, revealing only two items on the tray.

One was a baked potato like the ones they had just eaten, though this one was unbaked, its surface still bearing some soil.

The other was half a stalk of lettuce, its surface also covered with quite a bit of soil.

The group was confused, looking at Big Head Village Chief.

Big Head Village Chief smiled and took two steps forward, arriving beside the tray. “Esteemed guests, you might be thinking these are just potatoes and lettuce, things readily available before the apocalypse, nothing particularly special.”

“But what I want to say is, these are Professor Liu’s latest, fully cultivated ideal seed varieties.”

“Allow me to introduce, Professor Liu was originally a professor at an agricultural university. After the apocalypse, he awakened to the Botanist Sequence. He is now Sequence 3, and his Sequence name is ‘Little Shennong’.”

Little Shennong?

That Sequence name is somewhat interesting.

Wait!

Shennong?

Would an ordinary Sequence name dare to be called that?

This name… is problematic!

Before Chen Ye could think further, the smiling Big Head Village Chief opposite him continued his introduction.

“This potato has been named ‘New Century 72-Type Potato No. 1’ by Professor Liu. It was just cultivated to completion by Professor Liu half a year ago and is extremely rare.”

“This half stalk of lettuce has been named ‘New Century 36-Type Lettuce No. 1’ by Professor Liu. It was cultivated to completion just four months ago. Professor Liu says it was an accidental cultivation result. But even so, these two crops have greatly benefited our Divine Elephant Village.”

Chen Ye felt like leaving. It wasn’t that he didn’t respect this Sequence 3 Botanist, ‘Little Shennong’, but he simply didn’t understand this stuff.

He thought Big Head Village Chief would bring out something truly rare.

And this is it?

But Chen Ye was an adult after all;
he still had that much patience.

Big Head Village Chief then spent about ten minutes introducing these so-called seed varieties.

The more he listened, the wider Chen Ye’s mouth hung open.

The more he listened, the more shocked Chen Ye became!

The more he listened, the more greed grew wildly in Chen Ye’s heart!

Since the last incident with the Camel Train’s double-cross, Chen Ye once again felt the urge to pull off a double-cross himself!

Chen Ye lit a cigarette. Amidst the swirling Smoke Breath, the Blood Eye hidden beneath his Sunglasses flickered continuously, emitting a dangerous glow.

At this moment, Chen Ye was already scheming about how to take down Divine Elephant Village!

Chu Che’s heart was also pounding, but his biggest worry right now was Chen Ye. He feared Chen Ye might choose to act at this moment.

Therefore, Squad Leader Chu subtly positioned himself in front of Chen Ye.

Chu Che was inwardly cursing.

How can someone like this be a village chief?

Are you out of your damn mind?

Bringing out something like this, are you doing it on purpose?

Intentionally making people want to rob you?

That idiot Chen Ye, please don’t act now.

Even though I want it too, want it so badly I’m going crazy, we can’t do things this way…

The Pink-haired Girl also seemed to sense something. Using the excuse of stepping forward to look at these legendary seed varieties, she firmly blocked Chen Ye’s right side.

Ding Dong also understood the seriousness of the situation. Using the same pretense of observing, she stepped forward and firmly blocked Chen Ye’s left side.

The three of them had Chen Ye tightly locked in the middle.

It wasn’t that they wanted to attack Chen Ye.

They wanted to prevent Chen Ye from attacking.

Things couldn’t be done this way.

In this world, there are already too few people left. Humans can’t keep killing each other.

The three of them had locked down all possible angles from which Chen Ye could launch an attack.

Only they themselves knew how dangerous it was to place such treasures right in front of Chen Ye!!!

Only Iron Lion looked at these two miraculous seed varieties with a silly, admiring grin, his astonishment and praise completely genuine.

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