Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 953 Beast Tide
"Dad, why are you all here?" After Shi Jia finished her lunch break, she saw Yuan Lei, Lou Ming, and a large group of people arrive in front of her greenhouse.

Shi Jia counted them; there were 20 people! They were looking around with great interest.

"This is your first bumper harvest, I had to come and see!" Yuan Lei said with a smile. Everywhere he looked was lush green, and a sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart.

Although he appeared to trust his daughter completely, he still harbored some doubts deep down. After all, nearly twenty years had passed since the apocalypse, and still no one had been able to successfully cultivate crops on land teeming with the virus.

"Xiaxia, did you really grow this? How did you do it?" Hao Ren rushed into the potato field as soon as he arrived, and couldn't help but reach out and dig up a potato.

He was holding up a potato vine, with more than twenty fist-sized potatoes growing on its stem.

"Uncle Hao, the potatoes aren't fully ripe yet, why are you digging them up?" Shi Jia shook his head in disapproval.

"Not ripe?" Everyone was puzzled, as the potatoes didn't look unripe at all, judging from their size.

"Yes, I'll do one last round of induced growth in a bit, and the potato yield will at least triple." Shi Jia looked at Lou Ming in the crowd and asked, "Dad, have you discussed this with the Lou family?"

Yuan Lei nodded and looked at Secretary Chen.

"Xiaxia, this batch of potatoes will still be purchased by the Lou family. The Lou family will have the right to handle 10% of the potatoes, and the remaining 90% will be sold to the residents of the base at the original price," Secretary Chen said.

They did not consider distributing the logs to the base residents for free, firstly because the wholesale price of logs was already low, and secondly because the base had never distributed supplies for free in its many years of operation.

As long as you are hardworking and diligent, surely you can produce 10 or 20 contribution points?
"In addition, we will also limit the purchase of potatoes based on the quantity available."

"Okay, as long as you've discussed it and agreed." Shi Jia finished speaking and walked into the potato field to check the soil moisture and fertility, nodding in satisfaction. Wang Junjun and the others were quite reliable.

She walked to the center of the eight-acre plot, spread her arms, and green energy burst forth from her hands, instantly covering the eight acres of potatoes.

At that moment, everyone only heard a rustling sound, like the wind shaking a big tree, a popping sound, like a balloon being blown up, and a creaking sound, like a door panel being squeezed against the door frame.

What no one knew was that as the potatoes gradually ripened, a subtle fragrance, imperceptible to humans, began to drift away.

A hundred miles away, a goat-like beast with scarlet eyes, tearing at its prey, suddenly raised its head. Its enormous nose twitched; "Smells good!" It took two steps, stretched its neck, and sniffed again. A glint of clarity flashed in its scarlet eyes. "Baa!"
From the scorching sun to the crimson sunset, everyone stood under the blazing sun, watching intently as the once vibrant green potato sprouts gradually turned yellow.

"Is it ripe? It's been so long..."

"It's been too long! This is eight acres of land!"

Standing in the crowd, Yuan Lei looked at his daughter with a mixture of heartache and pride.

Suddenly, the people in the potato field opened their eyes and looked towards the dense forest in the distance. "Everyone be careful, the beast tide is coming! Those without superpowers, go into the greenhouse; those with superpowers, prepare for defense."

The sound wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

However, everyone was confused upon hearing this. "A beast tide? Where?"

"Xiaxia, are you mistaken? The base's hunting team has already cleared out all the alien beasts within a 50-kilometer radius of the base in the past few days."

Shi Jia didn't turn around. "I have no reason to joke with you. Those without superpowers, enter the greenhouse immediately. I'll activate the greenhouse's protective shield right away, and then you won't be able to get in even if you want to."

"Wang Junjun, Li Changjun, Xiao Yong, the three of you go and inform Xu Dayong and the others. Also, move the farm machinery outside into the greenhouse." Shi Jia made the arrangements methodically, but the superpower that accelerated potato growth never stopped.

"Okay, boss!"

Meanwhile, the horde of alien beasts had already reached a distance of ten kilometers and had been detected by the base.

As the earth shook more and more violently, everyone tensed up. Lou Ming, as the leader of the hunting team, immediately directed the ability users to defend themselves. "Former base chief, Secretary Chen, you two should take shelter in the former owner's shed first," Lou Ming said.

Yuan Lei shook his head. "I'm an ability user too. Xiao Chen, notify the base and have the ability users who stayed behind come out to defend against the beast tide." As he spoke, he looked at Shi Jia. "Xia Xia, hurry back to the greenhouse. You used up too much ability today."

"I'm fine, it's just that my wood-type ability was used up. My spatial ability is still plenty, Dad, don't worry." Shi Jia waved his hand and withdrew his remaining wood-type ability.

"The beasts are coming! Prepare to attack!" As soon as Lou Ming finished speaking, clusters of sharp arrows flashing with cold light pierced towards the surging beasts a hundred meters away.

"Everyone, try to attack from a distance. Don't let the monsters trample the potato fields! They'll ruin our food."

"Yes!"

The group stood in front of the potato field, working in perfect harmony and with focused expressions, like an impenetrable wall of steel.

There were many strange beasts, but the people felt no fear.

"Damn it, the beast is coming from the side. Send two people to guard the flank." Lou Ming commanded while attacking.

"I'll go!" Yuan Lei immediately went over. After all, he was the leader of the base, and the superhumans subconsciously protected him behind them, so he didn't have a chance to make a move yet.

"Dad, you're behind me." Shi Jia was a step ahead of him. Yuan Lei's psychic abilities weren't very effective against these frenzied beasts.

"Xiaxia, no need. I'm a fifth-level mental power user, after all." Yuan Lei directly unleashed a mental power attack on the charging beast.

The beast howled in pain and crashed into the beast beside it.

Shi Jia then unleashed his spatial blade, instantly decapitating the dozens of surging beasts that had rushed towards him. Furthermore, the residual force of the spatial blade also felled a large tree in front of them.

With a creak, the tree crashed to the ground, crushing more than a dozen strange beasts.

Yuan Lei stared in disbelief at his daughter's impressive feat. "Xiaxia, when did you develop such amazing superpowers?"

Shi Jia frowned; she hadn't controlled her power well. Well, since arriving in this world, she had mostly used wood-based abilities, and her spatial abilities were only used for storing supplies; she had indeed neglected training.

"It's alright." Shi Jia waved her hand and continued to attack the alien beasts with her spatial blades. However, this time she controlled her power and only managed to cut the neck of one of the alien beasts without severing it.

She unleashed another spatial blade, severing the remaining half of the beast's neck, and also cutting off the beast behind it.

Shi Jia nodded in satisfaction and continued to swing his spatial blades. At first, each spatial blade he swung could take away one beast. Later, it was two, three, and so on. Finally, with one swing of his spatial blade, all the beasts fell down.

The superhumans, who were preparing for a desperate battle, were dumbfounded. Where did this god of death come from? How come they had never heard of him?

And isn't she a space-type and wood-type ability user?

How come she, a support, is more effective than a strong attacker?

The belated hunters: "Where's the beast tide? Huh? Is it over?"

Exhausted, Shi Jia let out a long breath. "Quickly get rid of these strange beasts, and don't forget my energy core."

"Wang Junjun, Li Changjun, Xiao Yong, come out and harvest the potatoes!" Shi Jia sat directly on a sheep-shaped beast with thick, soft fur.

Everyone seemed to be still in a daze, remaining motionless.

Shi Jia frowned. "Get to work! What are you daydreaming about? If we don't clean this up soon, the beast tide will come again."