After the fog, I became a birdman

This piece of land is not full of forests like the east coast and south coast of Maomiao mainland. Behind the long sandy beach is a white saline-alkali land.

The vegetation here is sparse, and the leaves are mostly withered yellow. At a glance, there are almost no trees, and some are small saplings or bushes.

There are a lot of monsters here, most of them are sea birds and monsters, and the saline-alkali ground is full of nests.

The rainy season is the breeding season. Many newborns have been born and thrived. Only a few eggs have not yet hatched. The parents are dedicated to warming the eggs and cleaning out the accumulated water in the nest from time to time.

Birds and beasts have the right to dominate the air, and ordinary land creatures cannot catch them, but this island is the only island nearby, and it is also the only breeding ground for seabirds.

When the parents are around, it is of course safe. When the parents go out to hunt, the children have to face the risk. As long as the parents leave the nest, some of the young birds will be dragged away by the foreign plants.

Therefore, there are quite a lot of alien plants here, but there are very few spiritual plants in the plant family that are also intelligent. Their temperament is relatively gentle, and as long as the young birds do not enter their territory, they will not be harmed.

Compared with the heterogeneous plants that are easy to see, because the spiritual plants are more picky about the environment and the body is more vulnerable to damage than the heterogeneous plants, the number here is very rare, and it can be almost ignored in the breeding ground. Excluding.

The saline-alkali land is very vast, and the greener grassland gradually emerges when you go about [-] kilometers deep. The land becomes more fertile as you go in, and there is a forest at the end of the grassland.

This piece of forest is not big, only more than 1 kilometers. There are many exotic plants, spiritual plants and monsters living in this small but most fertile land. Not long after the flying boat came in, Su Qing and the two saw several Head monsters are fighting for territory, and plants are no exception.

Although this is the most dangerous place, it has the most abundant resources. If there is really a human gathering place here, even if they don't go deep into the forest, they should settle nearby.

Qi Su and the others drove the flying boat around as fast as they could, and it turned out that there was no trace of any human beings here.

Behind the forest is a grassland that is smaller than the forest. The resources here are second only to the forest, so there are many creatures living here, and beyond that is the endless desert.

The desert has the fewest resources. Because of its characteristics, there are many fire and earth creatures living here. Although it is not as barren as it appears on the surface, for humans, it is better to go to the saline land to make a home here. At least there is a coast to catch fish. fish.

"It seems that the environment of this continent is relatively harsh, and the resources are relatively tight." Su Qing looked towards the desert ahead, "I didn't feel too much water vapor in front, this desert should be quite big, so let's not go in Well, there is a high probability that there will be no human gathering places inside."

Qi Jiang hummed lightly: "Let's walk around the grassland, I'll let go of the thousand machine birds, and see if there are any other unexpected gains."

Three days later, Su Qing, who was lying on the deck observing the ground, found traces of humans, and the airship slowly landed on the grass below under his control.

They landed from the southwest of the island, and then walked eastward around the desert, passing through various barren terrains, and finally came to the current grassland.

Su Qing jumped onto the grass to look. There were some human footprints nearby, and there were still some traces buried in a fire. It seemed that they found the right place.

These footprints were rather vague. The heavy rain made Su Qing unable to distinguish the direction of the footprints. He looked around and saw a large lake in the north. Behind the lake was a wetland. They walked through the grassland in the east, and the desert in the south. They haven't walked through the wilderness to the west.

Although the wasteland has fewer resources than the wetland, it is more convenient to travel, and there may be humans there.

Su Qing has always fought at high altitudes and at sea, and rarely fights on the ground, only Qi Jiang is good at both sea, land and air.

Since you are not sure, it is better to find an expert.

Su Qing shouted in the flying boat: "Brother Jiang, come down!"

Qi Jiang came out wearing an apron and holding a spatula: "What's wrong?"

"I found human footprints, but I couldn't see where they were going."

Qi Jiang was too lazy to go down, took a look on the deck, and pointed directly to the direction of the wetland: "North."

Without any doubt, Su Qing happily flew back to the deck, took off the protective cover on his body, and controlled the flying boat to go north.

Because some thalassemias have been recovered by them across the desert, they already know that this is an island, and this island is not too big. At its peak, it is only more than 2000 million square kilometers, which is almost a circle with a radius of 30 kilometers. , which is about the size of three giant forests, most of which are very barren and the resources are mediocre.

There are some treasures in the desert, but they are of little value to them. Su Qing is too lazy to think about these things. After confirming the direction of the human gathering place, he will directly control the thousand machine birds to go here. When they leave, they will Don't spend too much time recycling.

The wetland was not big, and the airship arrived at the end after ten hours of flying. The two people on the deck also saw the seaside town ahead that was being harassed by the hurricane at sea in the dark night.

The north coast is a simple beach. There is no saline-alkali land behind the beach, but a small grassland. The resources here are not bad, there are bushes and woods, and the wetland behind has other resources.

It can be said that the humans living here chose the best place to settle down. Although the wetlands are more dangerous, the grasslands are occupied by small towns. Here they come to the wetlands and can go hunting at any time.

The resources of this small island are relatively tight, so there are many bushes and woods in the town, and the original environment has not been destroyed, and the land occupied by each household is relatively small.

The beach is also the territory of the town, and a small pier has been built on it. There are some things buried on the beach. Part of the sand blown away by the hurricane reveals a corner of the buried object, which is some fishing boats.

Qi Jiang activated the invisibility formation, and watched the town carefully from the sky.

"There are only about 2 people here." Qi Jiang was also shocked when he estimated the number from the human breath below. He knew that there were few people in the town, but he didn't expect it to be so small.

The strength of the people here is pretty good, and Su Qing feels that they have great potential for development: "Where is our teleportation array built?"

Because Gaocheng has not been found yet, the teleportation arrays outside will eventually be teleported back to the giant forest. Su Qing and Qi Jiang don't want too many people to go to their homes, they just plan to build it quietly, and when Gaocheng is ready, all the teleportation arrays can be connected up.

The town is relatively small, and Qi Jiang didn't want to build it here. After thinking about it, he said, "It should be in the wasteland to the west, so that the caravans coming here won't scare the people here."

They drove the airship to the wasteland to the west to set up a large teleportation array, fearing that the journey would be too far, so they didn't choose a place that was too deep.

Because it was night, and the hurricane at sea hadn't stopped, they didn't go back, but spent the night step by step on the airship.

Early the next morning, after Su Qing was sure that the hurricane at the seaside had disappeared, he and Qi Jiang drove the flying boat into the sea, and appeared openly in front of everyone.

The reason for doing this is because there are too few people on this island. They are obviously outsiders. Since they can't hide it, it's better to be more generous.

The people on the island have experienced many marine disasters, and they have a very accurate grasp of the weather conditions. Even in the rainy season, they dare to go fishing. The hurricane just disappeared in the morning, which is a good time to go to sea.

Many fishermen were digging their fishing boats out of the sand on the beach, and some were catching the sea with wooden barrels.

Before the fishermen set off, a big boat made of unknown material suddenly appeared in front of them.

The appearance of the big boat made everyone a little nervous, but when Su Qing appeared on the deck, the fishermen on the beach showed joyful expressions, and many people waved their hands excitedly, jumping up and down for fear of not being noticed.

"It's a person! Someone is coming!"

"Rescue has arrived! We can go home!"

"Hey, here! Here!"

"Go back and tell grandpa, rescue is here!"

Listening to the shouts of the crowd, Su Qing slightly shook his head and looked at Qi Jiang behind him: "Brother Jiang, listen to their voices, everyone seems to have been stuck here for a long time."

Not only that, but everyone has longed for rescue for a long time. There are only two of them. If everyone finds out that they are not a rescue team, rushing to such a big ship is enough to tempt many people.

Qi Jiang pondered for a moment: "It's because I didn't think carefully about this situation. Let's divert the ship first. Don't let them find out the number of people on our ship. Let's go back to Hope Base and discuss with them about the teleportation array. The center of Maomiao Continent can Not sure yet, but this island can be directly assigned to the lower level of the Hope Base."

It is too far away from Maomiao Continent and Pingnan Island, and the medium-sized teleportation array cannot pass through, so only large-scale teleportation arrays can be used.

Generally speaking, there will be a large teleportation array as the center on a piece of land, and there are many branches below it, but this island itself is very small, and the resources are also very scarce. It cannot meet the standards of a large center at all, let alone the development of branches. up.

Special circumstances are dealt with specially. Although it is not good to put a large teleportation array here, but people are coming, and it is not good for them to turn around and leave without knowing.

However, the people in the small town are too emotional, they are not easy to deal with, it is best to bring the people from Hope Base over.

After the two made a decision, the boat that was about to arrive at the pier suddenly turned around. The eyes of the people on the shore were wide open, and the expressions on their faces froze instantly.

"Don't go!"

"Come back quickly, don't go, take us away!"

"Please, don't go, I want to go home!"

The people in the town were running towards the beach. When they saw the boat turn around and leave, some flying awakeners immediately spread their wings and chased after them: "Wait for me! Wait for me!"

The people on the beach ran desperately into the sea, Qi Jiang hurriedly stopped them loudly: "People on the shore don't move!"

Everyone didn't listen to him at all, and plunged into the water as if grabbing a life-saving straw. Qi Jiang scolded himself regretfully, and waved a gust of wind to send them back to the shore.

"Don't move! Our boat won't leave. Is there anyone in charge?"

A gray-haired grandfather ran out of the small town: "I, I, I, I am the person in charge!"

"Wait a moment!" After Qi Jiang shouted, he turned to Su Qing and said, "Susu, the situation is a little out of control. I'll go to appease the townspeople. You go back to Hope Base to discuss the teleportation formation."

"When something like this happens, do we need to give Hope Base a discount?" Su Qing hesitated.

"No." Qi Jiang shook his head resolutely, with a flash of shrewdness on his face, "This small town makes a living by fishing, and rarely enters the interior of the island. They should be tourists from a certain resort or a certain scenic spot. They dare Going out to fish in the rainy season is obviously used to the life here, and it is not as fragile as it seems on the surface. There is no Huaxing Army stationed here, and the news is closed. They may not know the situation of the outside world at first, but a year has passed. Have they really not thought about the reason why there has been no rescue? Let alone the disappearance of tens of thousands of people, even if it is only a fraction, it was a major event that shocked the world before."

"You mean, when they calm down, they may not be willing to leave?"

"Well." Qi Jiang nodded affirmatively, "People sometimes hypnotize themselves. They have told themselves for more than a year that if they encounter foreign ships, they must not let them go, even if they have actually given up. Their subconscious mind will also dominate their brains at the moment when they are on foreign ships. However, when they calm down, they may not necessarily be willing to give up their current life and go to a stranger world."

After a pause, he continued: "Of course, the premise of all this is that they don't know the number of people on board, and if they don't get greedy in their hearts, they will naturally calm down."

If greed is born, I'm afraid I'm going to snatch the boat.

Su Qing nodded deeply: "Okay, I see, I'll go back right away."

The old man had already arrived on the beach, and excitedly shouted to the boat: "Young man, which unit are you in?"

"We are the Awakened Caravan of Maomiao Continent." Qi Jiang shouted from the boat, "It has nothing to do with the army."

The unfamiliar words and Qi Jiang's last sentence made the beach explode, and everyone talked a lot, but many people calmed down and looked at the big ship and Qi Jiang on board silently without saying a word.

"Awakened? What is an Awakened?"

"Is it a supernatural being?"

"Didn't there be two birdmen in the sky before? What about meditation, inheritance, and golden elixir? Is it related to this?"

"Where is Maomiao Continent? Aren't we in Continent Y?"

The grandfather on the shore had his hair all messed up by the wind. He stroked his hair and shouted angrily, "Caravan? Aren't you a rescue team?"

"Where is the rescue team coming from now, grandpa." Qi Jiang said of course, "Now the world is torn apart, with so many expansions, many bases have lost contact, and it has been a long time since our caravan came across a base."

"The big expansion? Is it the big earthquakes before?"

"It should be. Our island was only the size of a palm before. How could it become so big without expansion?"

"But what is lost contact? Could it be that we really can't go back?"

According to Qi Jiang's description, more and more people have calmed down, and only a small number of people still want to leave. These people are all married, have worries in their hearts, and don't want to give up even if they know there is no hope.

Listening to everyone's discussion, the old man asked another more urgent question: "Then do you know where we are going home?"

"Grandpa, our ship has traveled for half a month to get here. Your island is nearly [-] million kilometers away from Maomiao mainland. There are so many hurricanes at sea. How are you going to go back?" Qi Jiang interrupted him. delusion.

Everyone started to rush all the way again, and the old grandpa said with red eyes, "Then can you take us away? It will be as much as you want."

"We are a merchant ship without people, but the base closest to you is called Hope Base. Our people are now contacting them on the ship. The predecessors of Hope Base are Xicheng, Hecheng and Xicheng. I can’t get in touch.” Qi Jiang continued: “If the agreement is reached, we will help you build a teleportation array. If you want to do business with Hope Base, you can do business, and if you want to move, you can move. We don’t interfere, but teleportation costs money. A lot of spiritual energy, you have to prepare spirit stones, that's what it is."

He threw a spirit stone on the shore, and a middle-aged man immediately picked it up: "Grandpa, it's a power stone."

There are energy stones on the island. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Many people showed thoughtful eyes, as if they were weighing the pros and cons.

The old man accepted the new news very quickly, and after careful confirmation, he asked, "How many energy stones do I need for one teleportation?"

"The island is too far away from the hope base, and a large teleportation array is needed. Each activation requires a hundred catties of spirit stones. According to the number of people, ten catties per person, a maximum of 100 people can be teleported at a time.

In other words, if five people teleport, it will cost 150 catties of spirit stones. "

Everyone shouted that it was expensive, and the grandfather also felt that the price was too high, so he asked Qi Jiang if it could be cheaper.

But in fact, when Qi Jiang and the others set up the teleportation array to open up the space channel, they didn't charge any money at all, and the large teleportation array did cost a hundred catties of spirit stones for each transmission, and he and Su Qing only got the commission on the head.

With a distance of [-] million kilometers, the space channel that needs to be stabilized during the period is so long, and it is impossible to do it if there is not enough energy.

In Shangyanshang, Qi Jiang directly said that the Chamber of Commerce will set prices uniformly, and rejected the request for a price reduction.

His attitude was tough, not at all as gentle and polite as when he explained it just now. The distance from the big ship was too far, and everyone watched him throw everyone back to the shore with a wave of his hand just now, so no one dared to try to board the ship to argue.

Everyone asked some other questions, and Qi Jiang answered them one by one, calling Su Qing from time to time to confirm his progress.

They set up a teleportation array on the island last night, so the phone can be used now, and it is also convenient for Qi Jiang to grasp the situation at Hope Base and make suggestions for Su Qing.

On the other side, Su Qing had already arrived in the old tree house, and appeared over Hope Base from the old tree house in an instant.

Half a month has passed, and the water level in Maomiao Continent has risen by tens of meters. I hope that the drainage system of the base will collapse completely, and the underground shelter cannot be lived in, nor can the family live in. Everyone simply built a raft on the water to live on it.

The situation was urgent, and Su Qing didn't know where the current various offices were. He stood directly on the city wall and attracted many patrols.

Everyone knew him. Although they were not familiar with him, they didn't make a direct move.

"Mr. Su, why do you come here when you have time?" The patrol team didn't relax their vigilance because they knew him, but they were a little nervous because Su Qing stood on the wall provocatively.

Qi Jiang said that when discussing business, no matter how anxious he is, he can't show it.

Su Qing's expression was as cold as usual: "Sorry, the water level is too high. I don't know where the registration office is. Excuse me."

The patrol team relaxed a little, and pointed him in a direction: "The registration office is over there, and the fixed bamboo raft in the corner is there."

Su Qing thanked lightly, and then flew to the bamboo raft over there.

Now that the water level is too high, many monsters and plants have turned into groups. The difficulty of hunting has increased greatly, and the death rate has increased significantly. As long as there is food in the house, they will basically not go out. Even if they go out, they will just pick various leaves. Vegetables are just a snack.

Everyone didn't like to go out, so Sister Lu was free. She was lying on the table under the umbrella in a daze.

"Hey, Su, Mr. Su." Sister Lu tidied up the things she messed up on the table in a hurry, "Mr. Su, long time no see, why are you here when you have time?"

"Staying bored at home, come here to see if there is anything new." Bored, Su Qing picked up the pen and signed according to the previous steps, "By the way, are there any new vegetables recently?"

"Yes, but no one sells out." Sister Lu said with a dry smile.

"Oh, that's it." Su Qing nodded dispensably, "Then I'll take a stroll, is the trading area still open?"

"Open and open."

"Ah."

Su Qing went to the trading area after signing. Although everyone didn't go out, some people who couldn't get rid of the pot at home would exchange their things for food.

Food is more expensive than anything else these days. The price has doubled several times, and few people are willing to exchange it. For example, some high-energy jerky is even more expensive. Regardless of the taste, high energy is king.

In addition to meat, there are also some aquatic monsters on the stalls. There are very few agile monsters like fish, but there are quite a lot of shrimps and crabs. In the past, such things might not be sold out in a day at the stalls. Now it was robbed as soon as it was put out, and the price was not even mentioned, and there was even a bidding situation.

Su Qing suddenly discovered that although the island is actually an island, the accumulated water can be drained out easily, and there is no rising water level on the land like Maomiao Continent, and the monsters and plants on the island are still fighting for it. Territory, the people in the small town still want to go to sea.

Although the resources on the island are scarce, the sea is rich in resources, and the people in the town are not weak or thin. Obviously, there is no shortage of food.

When they went to observe last night, they looked in through the windows, and every household was drying dried fish.Su Qing made some calculations in his heart, and found that the two sides can really conduct trade directly through food as a link, without waiting for the water to recede on the Maomiao mainland.

Qi Jiang was relatively clear about things in the mall, so Su Qing took out her phone and sent a text message, and was happy after getting Qi Jiang's affirmative reply.

Being able to do business means that someone teleports, and if someone uses the teleportation array, they will earn money.

Su Qing walked around the trading area happily, sending a text message to Qi Jiang from time to time, and occasionally seeing something he liked on the stall, he would sell it, whether the boss wanted animal pills, snacks or food, he would give it directly.

He and Qi Jiang disappeared for nearly a month and a half. When they came to look for Brother Chen before, they just showed their faces and left. Liu Xingjie and others couldn't catch anyone at all.

Now that he heard that Su Qing had appeared, Liu Xingjie hurried over, and soon "ran into" Su Qing who was shopping at various food stalls in the trading area.

"Mr. Su, long time no see. Where's Mr. Qi? Why didn't you come with you?"

Su Qing turned around and saw Liu Xingjie as expected, but he didn't answer right away, but continued to walk on the spliced ​​bamboo rafts, saying quite habitually: "Oh, him, he can do other things besides being busy with trade routes. Well?"

Trade route? !

No, I haven't seen you for more than a month, how did you develop into a commercial road? !

"Can your base deliver the goods?" Liu Xingjie asked tentatively.

Su Qing smiled, "What do you want to ask?"

"Uh, I..." Liu Xingjie was a little stuck, "That is, if you want to ask Tongshang, how many bases does it have?"

"Three tentatively, but the business route has not been opened up yet." Su Qing paused, "What? Is your base interested? But I remember, Brother Jiang didn't tell me."

Qi Jiang said that when talking about business, it is a common practice to pretend to be big cakes, but you can't lie, so as not to affect your credit.

Su Qing applied what he had learned, and directly counted Gaocheng and Fengcheng that had not been found yet. Even if the Hope Base was excluded, there would still be three. At that time, everyone would use the teleportation array to do business. He did not lie about this point.

Liu Xingjie was a little overwhelmed by his big cake, his eyes wandered for a few seconds, and then he quietly sent a message to the deputy minister with the communication jade talisman.

When the spiritual power entered, Liu Xingjie coughed lightly: "Mr. Su, do you really have three bases in your trade route?"

Su Qing glanced at him, but did not answer, and stopped in front of a stall selling shrimps: "Boss, I want ten shrimps and ten crabs."

"Okay!" The boss was ready to pack him quickly, looked up and saw Liu Xingjie's eyes, and shook his hand deliberately, a shrimp fell on the bamboo raft, and he hurried to catch the shrimp with a cry.

On the other side, Vice Minister Zhang understood the message from Liu Xingjie, and immediately told Vice Commander Zhou: "Vice Commander, Mr. Qi and Mr. Su are going to do business with the other three bases. If you don't take us, they will be punished by Xingjie." If it's delayed, go and block people!"

"What? Three bases?!" Deputy Commander Zhou couldn't sit still immediately, "I said why did I leave suddenly, so I went to find other bases."

Just as the boss was nervously catching shrimps, Deputy Commander Zhou's breath was rapidly approaching.

Qi Jiang said that when doing business, you must always let the other party feel that they are making money, and if they don't cooperate with you, they will lose money.

Su Qing raised her lips slightly, glanced at Liu Xingjie who had glanced towards the direction of the inner city several times, and waited patiently beside him.