It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 672 [090] Sour Snow Famine

After a few light snowstorms, an acid rain and snowstorm not seen in a century descended on the outer city.

The acid snow crushed the alloy roofs of the slums, blocked the filters of passers-by's gas masks, and even caused the flowers that Aunt He had carefully planted in the atrium garden of the headquarters to mutate.

The Mingguang Skydome can filter out disaster materials such as phlogiston ash. Qin Jiandan commanded the guards to surround the atrium garden with four small Mingguang Skydome generators.

"Informants in the inner city reported that the inner city is protected by the bright skylight of the central tower, and the damage caused by the "acid rain and snow storm" to the inner city is negligible. The outer city on the edge does not have such good luck. We have to rely on ourselves."

In addition to the guards, Xiao Xia and Vale also arrived at the scene.

During this period, Vale has been helping Grandma Qianxing integrate the "New Police Department" and even missed the scene where Tiger Chi and his daughter recognized each other, which made her, who loves gossip, regret it very much.

At this moment, the white-haired, black-skinned beast girl held the electric baton tightly in both hands, and her blue eyes reflected the many flowers that had mutated and were baring their fangs and claws.

"Omelette, now is not the time to worry about Aunt He's mood. Hurry up and get rid of these carnivorous thorns. Otherwise, people passing by will be in bad luck. Even the diggers are not safe!"

Qin Jiandan's eyes swept across the group of carnivorous thorns that were taller than the sunflowers.

No matter what kind of plants they were originally, they have now all turned into the same green thorns under the catalysis of acid rain and snowstorms, emitting a strange fluorescence in the gloomy weather.

"The carnivorous thorns outside the headquarters have been removed to the maximum extent possible using flamethrowers. Doctor Li needs some living specimens for research. Don't do anything. I'll get a living one."

Xiao Xia suddenly stood in front with full confidence.

"Young Master, the ancient books of the Miyamoto family record that powerful ninjas can control plants and use super ninjutsu such as "Wood Release: Tree World Birth". Although I don't know the specific method of controlling plants, let me try to influence plants with dance!"

Vale complained: "Are you sure the 'old books' in your house are not 'old comic books'?"

Xiao Xia ignored the beast girl's cold water. She cleared her throat and made the preparation pose of an idol standing in the center of a gorgeous stage while the spotlights lit up one by one.

"1, 2, 3! Let's use the number one pop song of the Earth era!"

"Subo idol's smile is not as sweet as yours~"

"Ahhh, Mr. Piranha, please don't eat me!"

Carnivorous Thorn obviously has no musical literacy. Of course, it may also be that he is too musical, so he can't stand Xiao Xia's random singing.

The ninja girl was hung upside down by thorns on her ankles, and several ninja darts in her arms fell into the snow.

"Help! Young Master, please save me! There is acidic mucus on the surface of the thorns, and the skin on my legs... the white and tender skin is going to be damaged!"

Looking at Xiao Xia's red ponytail swaying in front of him, Qin Jiandan took out a pair of round sunglasses from the chest pocket of his jacket.

"Are you so stupid that you forgot your special ability? Immediately use the "Illusion Substitution Technique" to swap places with the sunglasses!"

Xiao Xia woke up from her dream and immediately shouted "Phantom Substitution Technique", swapping the position of herself and her sunglasses.

The sunglasses were crushed by the carnivorous thorns with a "crack", but Qin Jiandan didn't care. With the more advanced "holographic tie clip", he no longer needed sunglasses to hide his identity.

Xiao Xia fell from mid-air, and Qin Jiandan held her in his arms. Xiao Xia showed the young master her black fishnet stockings that were melted by the acid, as well as the slightly burned calf skin underneath.

"Master, this is a work-related injury! It's caused by my selfless dedication to the guild's cause! You must instruct Doctor Li to treat me well!"

Qin Jiandan glanced at it and said, "This kind of minor injury can be completely healed with a biochemical bandage. I told you not to come here to cause trouble. It would be better for you to go to Nestor's lecture with Jujuzi, Ruishuang and the others."

"Isn't that an elementary school classroom? I'm not so depraved as to have to attend classes with elementary school students!"

No, it's because you didn't pay attention in class when you were in elementary school that you've fallen into this state...

On the other side, Vale used her Forian agility to play a cat-and-mouse game with the electric baton in her hand and the carnivorous thorns. She finally electrocuted the thorns and made them lose the desire to attack.

"Look at the fried egg! It seems that they have gone into hibernation after being electrocuted! Hurry up and dig them out and give them to Aunt He... No, give them to Doctor Li!"

Aunt He was so sad that the flowers she had carefully cultivated had mutated that she couldn't bear to come and watch the weeding process. She could only pray to Buddha and chant sutras to pray for the flowers to be liberated.

After integrating reports and conducting personal research, Dr. Li discovered that carnivorous thorns are very aggressive. Once they form in large numbers, they can use their vines to entangle creatures and slowly digest and absorb them, making them equivalent to a super-strong version of the pitcher plant.

Any herbaceous plant that is exposed to acid rain or snowstorms may mutate into carnivorous thorns.

The worst-hit areas in Dongcheng were potato-growing areas. When planting potatoes, farmers deliberately spread an inedible plant called the "Sentinel Thorn Vine" which has barbs that release toxins when touched, preventing others from stealing potatoes at night.

As a result, the Sentinel Thorn Vine mutated into a carnivorous thorn after being exposed to acid rain and snowstorms. Fortunately, the Night Dragon Society warned in time, preventing the unsuspecting farmers from being killed.

However, the carnivorous thorn is not picky about food. Although the word "carnivorous" is in its name, it does not mind eating vegetables. The potatoes were eaten first by the carnivorous thorns because they could not eat meat.

Potatoes are an important staple food for people in the outer city. Although the Night Dragon Society sent out a "weeding team" as soon as possible, it still failed to prevent the potato production from decreasing. For a time, people were in a panic.

The worst thing is that the carnivorous thorns themselves are poisonous. It can eat the mutant bulls and potatoes at the same time, enjoying the "beef stew with potatoes" that people from outside the city cannot enjoy, but no matter how much nutrition it accumulates, it itself has no food value at all.

In the afternoon, in the young master’s office.

Fengjian sat behind the computer and projected the data reported from below onto the electronic map screen wall.

"The plant mutation caused by the acid rain and snowstorm has caused the least damage to District 3 where our headquarters is located. Firstly, we responded promptly, and secondly, a large-scale bright light skylight generator was installed on the top of the ecological tower. Although its ability to suppress disasters is not as good as that of the central tower, it is definitely better than nothing."

“朱生智负责的第5区和第6区受灾最严重，陈汤姆的第4区和大师兄的第11区不过不失，江愁云的第12区和第1区反应最快，是除总部以外受灾最小的地区。”

Qin Jiandan stood on the training mat, facing the electronic map, and nodded slightly.

"That's right. I'll call Jiang Chouyun later to praise him. And then I'll scold Zhu Shengzhi for being a pig-head."

Fengjian looked across the computer screen at Xiaoxia, who was sitting barefoot on the training mat. After Xiaoxia put a biochemical bandage on her calf, she turned it over and over to check whether it was evenly applied.

"Master, Team Leader Xiao Xia's injuries appear to be very serious. I'm afraid he is no longer worth saving. I suggest that we plastinate his body and make a life-size statue of him, and place it in front of the headquarters for everyone to see."

"I'm not dead yet! I can still be saved!"

"Ah, the lady is clearly dead, but I can still hear her voice in hallucinations. What a heartbreaking master-servant bond..."

"I should be heartbroken to have a servant like you who curses me to die every day!"

While Fengjian and Xiaoxia were joking around, Qin Jiandan silently took advantage of their time.

After several days of accumulation, Qin Jiandan finally increased the time density to 82.8.

This ensures redundancy in resurrection, so that if you are killed you can be reborn!

However, the brightest fetus in the time and space beacon is now in Wangyou's belly, and there will be another mother next time.

Mu Yue, who was sitting on the sofa and using the recorder, called Qin Jiandan over, and Xiao Xia showed a very obvious expression of jealousy.

"Jian Dan, the reduction in potato production in East City has caused people to be uneasy. I suggest distributing the compressed rations and canned food that were previously stored, and allowing the vertical farm in the Eco Tower to speed up food production. I will also ask everyone in the new police department to save food and not waste it."

Qin Jiandan agreed with Mu Yue's suggestion.

"The initiative to save food has been issued throughout East City. I also smuggled food from the inner city through the smuggling channel in Luoxiang. Lao Zhao told me that the output of the Eco Tower vertical farm can be further increased. The current shortage is still phlogiston crystals."

"Continuous heavy snowstorms have affected the use of solar photovoltaic panels. The lack of energy has resulted in a lack of simulated light for the plants in the vertical farm. Dr. Li is studying ways to convert the squeezed fluid of carnivorous thorns into energy, but the efficiency is too low and it is probably a drop in the bucket."

Feng Jian reminded him at this time: "Young Master, the latest news is that at the junction of District 10 and District 11, there was a small-scale conflict between the Skeleton Group and the Abnormal Group. Because of the activeness of the eldest brother, two people from the Skeleton Group died, and no one on our side was injured or killed."

Qin Jiandan was stunned: "Did Senior Brother disobey my orders, or did Rosenberg of the Skeleton Group go back on his word? Which side fired the first shot?"

After taking a sip of tea, Fengjian typed on the keyboard with an expressionless face.

"It seems that it was not caused by the combatants on either side, but by ordinary farmers. The Skeleton Group also mainly feeds on potatoes, and the carnivorous thorn incident caused a large reduction in their production. The farmers on both sides fought to grab the good land that was not damaged by the carnivorous thorns, and it eventually evolved into a battle conflict."

Xiao Xia had an expression as if he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.

"What a great opportunity, young master! Since our senior brother is so powerful, why not take advantage of this opportunity to annex District 10 and wipe out the Skull Group and Rosenberg!"

Qin Jiandan, Mu Yue and Feng Jian exchanged glances, and then came up with an idea.

"No. This once-in-a-century "acid rain and snow storm" is really strange. It is possible that the company made the snow artificially. The company only cared about the inner city, causing the food crisis in the east and west cities. If the Night Dragon Society and the Nian Society chose to go to war at this time, they would have fallen into the company's trap."

"I'll call Rosenberg and discuss how to properly handle this matter. Fengjian, you give the order for me. Before Rosenberg and I come to a conclusion, no one is allowed to act rashly unless Nian takes the initiative to attack!"

(End of this chapter)