Natural Disaster: I Started By Hoarding Tens Of Billions Of Supplies - Chapter 422

Chapter 422: Back Home
Noticing the group’s dust-covered clothes and injuries, Jia Xiang said, “Let’s get back so you can clean up and treat your wounds.”

“Wait,” Yao Ran stopped her before Jia Xiang could take a step. She then pointed to the people disembarking from the other planes and asked, “Can you help settle them?”

Jia Xiang glanced at the newcomers—three elderly men and three younger ones stepping out of the largest plane. Noticing their dignified presence, she asked, “Are they your family?”

After a brief pause, Yao Ran replied, “They are my late grandfather’s best friends. The three men are their grandsons.”

Hearing this, Jia Xiang patted her chest confidently. “Leave them to me. I will take good care of them.”

Yao Ran smiled, “Thank you.”

As Jia Xiang went to greet Xu Ruihan and his team, Li Tianyu examined the large cargo aircraft and asked Shi Xuan, “Brother Shi, where’d you get this massive cargo aircraft?”

Shi Xuan glanced briefly at Yao Ran before replying calmly, “Yao Ran found it.”

Realizing Shi Xuan didn’t want to elaborate, Li Tianyu refrained from asking further. He turned to the soldiers and said, “Leave ten people here to guard the planes.”

“Yes, Captain.”

With the planes under guard, Li Tianyu and the rest returned to the air raid shelter, accompanied by Xu Ruihan and the remaining of his team.

After walking for ten minutes, they reached the high-voltage fences. Seeing how close the fence was to the mountain foothill, Yao Ran asked, “Sister Jia, have you guys already expanded the shelter this far?”

Jia Xiang nodded and explained, “Yes. While you were away, we accepted more than one hundred ability users along with their families.”

“Since most of them didn’t have the abilities to fight mutants or deformed monsters, we decided to find work for them to do. After much consideration and discussions with Captain via satellite phone, we decided to create farmland and cultivate edible mutant plants.”

“These mutant plants grow well in the contaminated soil, so we asked Uncle Han to teach the newcomers farming techniques and put them in charge of maintaining the mutant plant farms.”

Mutated plants contain energy that can be consumed by both ability users and ordinary people. By eating more mutated plants or mutated animal meat, ordinary people will become healthier and even gain a chance to gain abilities in the future.

Hearing this, Yao Ran said, “That is a great idea.”

Jia Xiang smiled and led them through the mutant plant farmland.

When they passed one of the fields, some members working on it saw Jia Xiang talking with Yao Ran. One of them greeted Jia Xiang and asked, “Sister Jia, are they new members?”

Jia Xiang shook her head, gestured toward Long Yu, and introduced him, “This is our Captain and the owner of this air raid shelter, Long Yu.”

She then patted Yao Ran on the shoulder and added, “And this is Yao Ran, one of this air raid shelter’s leaders.”

Noticing the young man’s eyes light up when he looked at Yao Ran, Jia Xiang quickly added, “She is engaged to our Captain. If you value your life, you will act accordingly.”

Hearing the warning in her tone, the young man quickly waved his hands. “What are you saying, Sister Jia? I was just curious since I’ve never seen them before.”

“Good that it’s only curiosity,” Jia Xiang replied, then added, “Now hurry up and get back to work, or you won’t have time for lunch later.”

The young man nodded, “Yes, Sister Jia.”

After reminding the young man, Jia Xiang and the others continued toward the shelter. As another young man watched them leave, he clicked his tongue and said, “Look at how impressive their presence is.”

“They are strong, no doubt,” the first young man replied with a sigh. “But we are not bad either.”

The other young man glanced at the deep pit left by fallen meteorites and said, “I heard today’s menu includes mutant meat barbecue. Let’s hurry up and dig out these meteorites, or the food will be gone by the time we are done.”

While the ordinary members cleaned the farmland and dug up the fallen meteorites, Yao Ran and the others had already completed the cleaning procedure and went inside the shelter.

As they stepped into the main hall, Yao Ran noticed her friends waiting—He Yufan, Li Chengjun, and Gu Zhaoyan among them.

She smiled warmly at them and said, “I’m glad you are all doing well these past months.”

Gu Zhaoyan looked at her and smiled, “Thank you for coming back safely.”

After hearing his words, Long Yu glanced at him and then at Yao Ran. His eyes were full of questions and doubts.

As the news about their return spread around the shelter, Huang Zhihui rushed toward Yao Ran and hugged her tightly.

Laughing, she said, “Elder Sister Yao Ran, you are finally home! If you’d come back any later, I might have died from exhaustion.”

Yao Ran chuckled, patting her back, and replied, “I can see you are doing a great job while I’m not around.”

Noticing the many strangers around, Huang Zhihui quickly released Yao Ran and lowered her voice. “Elder Sister Yao Ran, the water you prepared for the ability users is almost used up.”

Hearing this, Yao Ran turned to Long Yu and said, “A Yu, I will check the water storage room and warehouse first.”

Noticing Huang Zhihui’s anxious expression, Long Yu nodded. “Alright. I will find you later.”

After greeting the others, Yao Ran left with Huang Zhihui and Deng Qiqi.

On the way to the water storage room, Deng Qiqi reported, “Elder Sister Yao Ran, we have expanded the farmland, built more greenhouses, and added hydroponic rooms. Following Uncle Han’s suggestions, we are also planting Snow White Tubes outside the shelter.”

“Thanks to the Han brothers and the Sima brothers, we managed to secure some much-needed supplies. Also, Elder Brother Ling Yi has been helping organize the new members and reclaiming the mountain,” she added.