Chapter 6: I Will Buy You Lots of Food!

Song Lufeng’s reply was:

“In my heart, you are the savior.”

“The food and water you sent us are life-saving.”

“We are very grateful to you.”

Is real communication possible?

Gu Man’s frustration from dealing with those two scumbags instantly vanished. She was about to type a response but noticed a voice button. A sudden idea struck her, and she pressed it.

If text could be transmitted, then voice should work too…

If they could actually talk—

Oh my god!

“I was dealing with something just now, sorry for the delayed reply.”

“There’s no need to thank me; the crystal cores and gold you sent are extremely valuable.”

“Here, gold is worth 580 per gram. Just one gram can buy the same amount of food I just sent over.”

“Don’t worry, I will send you the food you need very soon.”

She released her finger from the button, feeling both anxious and excited.

Would the little lord from the game be able to receive her voice message?

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Song Lufeng was in the middle of handling an urgent matter when Gu Man’s reply finally arrived ten minutes later.

The savior humbly claimed to be just an ordinary girl.

He believed her words were true.

But he didn’t believe that someone ordinary could connect to their apocalyptic world and bring them hope for survival while they struggled in this living hell.

After pondering for a moment, he began to type a response.

Once sent, he quietly waited.

Even he hadn’t realized how much he was anticipating her reply.

How would the savior respond?

But this time, the message seemed to vanish into thin air.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes passed…

Distracted, he continued handling matters.

A soldier arrived to report:

“Lord, Professor Lin Zhoumin has woken up. He requests to see you!”

Song Lufeng immediately set out.

As he walked down the dark steel corridor, his phone suddenly chimed.

A melodious female voice, like the moonlight piercing the night, slipped into his heart.

The young soldier leading the way looked around curiously.

“Who’s talking? That voice is really nice!”

Song Lufeng’s lips curled into a pleased smile.

So, this is the voice of the savior?

Just as the soldier said—it was beautiful.

Not wanting the savior to feel the same anxiety he just did, he quickly replied:

“If the savior likes gold, I can offer more tribute.”

“I have an urgent matter to handle now, I’ll contact you again later.”

With that, he strode swiftly toward Lin Zhoumin’s medical room.

The base had emergency transport elevators that could instantly travel between locations, but due to an energy shortage, they hadn’t been activated in a long time.

“Did the lord just smile?”

The young soldier following behind was bewildered—he had never seen the lord smile before.

Understandable.

With the situation they were in, how could the lord possibly smile?

Maybe he was just seeing things.

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Medical Ward.

After eating a steamed bun and drinking purified water, Lin Zhoumin finally felt alive again.

As a researcher, his abilities focused on intelligence, and his special talent required high protein intake to function.

Even though his daily ration included three tubes of protein fluid, that stuff could never compare to real food.

That was a steamed bun!

A steamed bun from the Golden Era!

Lin Zhoumin was an enthusiast of the “Golden Era,” obsessed with everything from that time.

The ancestors of that era had created a magnificent time of peace—where everyone had food, clothing, and no longer had to struggle between life and death.

As soon as the bun and water entered his stomach, his contamination threshold dropped significantly.

His body absorbed the nutrients, and his mind started working again.

“Professor Lin.”

Song Lufeng entered the room.

Lin Zhoumin immediately yanked off the monitoring device on his wrist and jumped out of bed.

The medical staff couldn’t even stop him.

“Lord, is there more food and water from the Golden Era? I want to study them further.”

His eyes burned with excitement.

“These foods contain the key to our further evolution!”

“The water can cleanse the contamination in our bodies and ensure our evolution is not threatened!”

“Only by evolving and growing stronger can we break through the encirclement of the mutant beasts, explore new resources, and reconnect with the other three bases!”

Song Lufeng was not surprised by this conclusion.

Natural food brought undeniable benefits—he could feel it himself.

But in order to repel mutant beasts, a massive amount of food would be needed.

And right now, the most important thing was to ensure the survival of the citizens.

“Professor Lin, I understand your urgency.”

“But the priority now is to keep as many people alive as possible.”

“Can you mix the nutrition fluids with food, so that while ensuring a certain level of nutrition, we can also increase the overall supply?”

He didn’t know how much food the savior would grant them.

Although she said the gold he sent was valuable, his long-term experience with scarcity made him doubt whether food could actually be bought, even with money.

If the savior truly sent more food, his first concern was how to keep more people alive.

Lin Zhoumin was a little disappointed.

But he understood.

His method would require sacrificing most of the population, leaving only a small group of elites.

The lord would never agree to that.

“I was being too extreme.”

“That large steamed bun just now—if broken down, it could produce about 1,000 tubes of nutrition fluid with decent taste.”

“But it would do almost nothing for strengthening abilities—it would only sustain basic survival.”

Song Lufeng thought that was already quite good.

“What about chicken and pork? How much nutrition fluid could they produce?”

He took out some chicken and pork.

Lin Zhoumin’s eyes immediately widened in shock.

“Chicken! Pork!”

His hands trembled as he reached out, carefully tearing off a small piece and placing it into his mouth.

Ah!

So fragrant!

The aroma was intoxicating!

It was so delicious his brain almost stopped working!

It took all of his willpower not to devour both pieces of meat entirely.

With a shaking voice, he said:

“Meat… One gram of chicken can produce 100 tubes of meat-flavored nutrition fluid. One gram of pork can make about 80 tubes.”

Then, unwillingly, he asked:

“Are we really just going to turn it into nutrition fluid? With such high nutritional value, if we just eat it directly, we could quickly turn the tide in our favor.”

Song Lufeng didn’t answer.

Of course, he knew that.

But only this way could more people survive.

“Professor Lin, get some rest for now. The moment the savior grants us food, start mass-producing nutrition fluid immediately.”

The citizens were too hungry, too desperate!

Lin Zhoumin caught onto a key word.

“Savior?”

Song Lufeng did not intend to keep it a secret—it was impossible to hide.

“Yes. Perhaps gods truly exist. When we were at our most desperate, they sent us a savior.”

As he spoke of Gu Man, his mood lightened.

Everything would be alright.

Wouldn’t it?

My savior.

Just then, another report came.

“Lord, bad news. Among the 300 workers who collapsed in the riot, 52 have died. The remaining survivors… they… they want to…”

“Want to what?”

“They want to eat the corpses!”

Song Lufeng immediately rushed out.

Lin Zhoumin watched the lord’s heavy figure leave, and he hated himself for his selfishness.

The lord was right—the most important thing now was survival.

If humanity lost its last shred of morality, Xuanwu Base would truly be finished.