Chapter 85: Bai Long Takes Action. Xue Yu is Publicly Executed. p1
After eating with the workers, before it got dark, Xue Yu checked the current construction progress of the island.
Youke’en also followed beside her, reporting on the recent situation.
Rows of wooden houses had been built, enough for everyone to live in.
The photovoltaic power generation panels that she had led everyone to install before were working stably and efficiently. The island’s electricity supply was not a problem for the time being. Basic household appliances such as water heaters and air conditioners could all operate normally.
Dirt roads had been opened up on the island.
Most of the people on this island were former miners and were skilled in basic construction. The people of the White Tower had strong physiques and were natural workhorses. They felt uncomfortable if they didn’t work for a day.
Following the plan that Xue Yu had given them, they had basically built roads all over the island.
Although they were dirt roads, they were wide and flat. The earth and stones had been compacted, and the edges of the roads were neatly cut, with a kind of rigorous and rigid beauty, exactly the same as the aesthetic of the White Tower. It was very comforting to look at.
“Do you want to go back to the White Tower?” Xue Yu asked Youke’en.
Youke’en stood in the sunset, his silver-white hair swaying in the wind, his smile clear and handsome. “When you’re not here, I want to go back. Now that you’re here, I don’t want to go back.”
He took Xue Yu’s hand and intertwined his fingers with hers. “I think I’ve found my sense of belonging. As long as I’m with you, everything will be fine.”
Hearing his words, Xue Yu’s heart swelled with joy. “I will definitely lead you to a better life! I will lead everyone to a better life!”
The two of them walked back together. Youke’en asked again, “Where’s Xue Xiaohai? Why didn’t you bring her over? Has she grown a little bigger now?”
Xue Yu strode in the dusk. “Yes, she’s gotten a lot stronger. She’s even going to work now.”
“Huh? Going to work?” Youke’en was dumbfounded.
Xue Yu told him not to get excited and explained the whole story. Youke’en shook his head. “The White Tower is such a strange place.”
In the evening, Xue Yu was washing up in her wooden house alone. Youke’en came back to talk to her about the island’s planning. The two of them talked for a long time before they went to sleep.
The next day, Xue Yu woke up early.
Youke’en came to find her again. “Xue Yu, shouldn’t we pay everyone their wages? It’s been almost a month since we’ve paid them. Everyone is a little anxious.”
Only then did Xue Yu remember. Before she left the White Tower, she had withdrawn a large amount of cash, just to pay everyone their wages.
She went to the ship, carried down the suitcase full of cash, and returned to the island to distribute it to the workers. After everyone got their wages, their hearts also settled down a lot.
Xue Yu stayed on the island for five days, planning a new project.
Now that the roads were built, the next step was to reclaim the land for farming. She marked out one new area after another and had everyone cut down the original weeds and trees to clear the land for farming.
The seeds for vegetables and various grain crops were what she had asked Youke’en to buy in the South Continent before.
With the plan to reclaim the land for farming in place, Xue Yu planned to first transport the second-hand weapons on the ship to the South Continent. This was her mission.
Youke’en said, “Why don’t we leave these weapons here? Since we’ve decided to open up a new safe zone here, we must have our own weapons. The warships and submarines you brought are not enough. We should still leave these things here.”
Xue Yu thought about it seriously and shook her head. “No. We are not truly independent yet. We still need to rely on the resources of the White Tower. If I don’t send them over, the White Tower will be suspicious.”
“Alright then.”
Just as Xue Yu was about to set sail for the South Continent again, she saw a small, drifting boat approaching from a distance.
She immediately became alert, took out two submachine guns from the ship, and threw one to Youke’en. “Someone is coming! Stay on alert!”
Youke’en picked up a pair of binoculars to observe the situation on the other side and shouted excitedly, “It’s Xue Xiaohai! It’s really Xue Xiaohai! She’s playing on the deck! Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou are also there! That’s great!”
“Let me see,” Xue Yu took his binoculars.
In the round field of view of the binoculars, Xue Xiaohai was running around on the deck with an apple in her hand. She was wearing a blue t-shirt and pants, very cute.
“Why are Zhou Siyan and the others here? They didn’t even tell me in advance,” Xue Yu put down the binoculars and jumped into the water.
She swam to the side of the small boat at top speed and shouted as she surfaced, “Zhou Siyan, why are you here? You didn’t even tell me!”
“Mommy, I’m here! I missed you so much!” Xue Xiaohai lay on the railing and waved at her.
Xue Yu climbed up the ladder on the side of the ship and came to the deck.
Xue Xiaohai, Xue Xiaobei, and Xue Xiaonan all rushed into her arms. “Mommy, we’re here to find you. We missed you so much. Mommy, hurry up and eat the apple.”
Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou also came over and squatted beside her. “Xue Yu, the situation in the White Tower has changed. We’ve come to find you. We’re never going back.”
“Why did things change so quickly? What on earth happened?”
Zhou Siyan said, “Ms. Bai Long has come forward and said that the White Tower does not allow for children. We had no choice but to come out with the children. We can never go back in the future.”
“Then what about Mo Li and Meng Wu, and the baby in the incubator?” Xue Yu’s heart was in a turmoil.
Zhou Siyan: “They are in the cabin. Mo Li’s injuries have basically healed. Meng Wu is also here. He’s also in the cabin, transmitting spiritual power to the baby in the incubator.”
Xue Yu let go of the children and walked into the cabin. She saw that both Mo Li and Meng Wu were there.
Mo Li stood up and walked to her. “Xue Yu, I thought you were on the island.”
Xue Yu helped him sit down. “You’re not in a good condition. You should sit down first. I was about to transport that batch of second-hand weapons to the South Continent. I was just about to set sail when I saw you, so I quickly jumped into the water and swam over.”
Meng Wu sat on the side, his palm on the spiritual power supply tube of the incubator, transmitting spiritual power to the female baby in the box.
His spiritual power acted as amniotic fluid in the incubator. He had to transmit it once an hour to keep the child inside alive.
Feng Qizhou walked over and put his hand on Xue Yu’s shoulder. “Since it has come to this, there’s nothing we can do. All the military ranks and combat points are gone. We can’t go back to the White Tower. We’ll start from scratch with you in the future.”
“That’s great,” Xue Yu’s excitement dispelled her suspicion.
She hadn’t wanted to stay in the White Tower in the first place.
If it weren’t for these few men who couldn’t leave the White Tower, she wouldn’t have stayed in the White Tower for so long and would have gone out on her own long ago.
“Then let’s build a new safe zone together. We won’t go back in the future. What’s so good about that place, the White Tower? It’s all metal buildings. I get dizzy after staying there for a long time.”
“We’ll reclaim the land here and plant fruit trees and grains. We’ll be able to survive!”
Xue Yu encouraged everyone with full confidence.
Zhou Siyan took her hand. “Okay.”
Everyone returned to the island. Anyway, they had completely broken off with the White Tower. Xue Yu was too lazy to complete the captain’s mission. She wouldn’t go to the South Continent either. This batch of second-hand weapons would be kept on the island for their own use.
The children ran around on the beach barefoot. Xue Yu watched from the side, full of joy.
She led everyone to continue to build the island, starting from the most basic agricultural society.
The children’s education could not be neglected. Zhou Siyan went to the South Continent Safe Zone to buy some basic parenting textbooks and came back to teach the children, teaching them to read and write.
Everything was thriving.
A month later, Mo Li was about to give birth.
Xue Yu and Feng Qizhou took him to the South Continent, borrowed a local black-market doctor’s operating room, and Feng Qizhou personally performed a C-section on him to deliver the child.
After Mo Li and the child’s condition stabilized, the three of them returned to the island with the baby boy in their arms.
Two days later, after Feng Qizhou’s examination, the little girl in the incubator had developed well and could leave the incubator. Meng Wu no longer had to transmit spiritual power to the child.
Mo Li’s pair of fraternal twins were officially born, a boy and a girl.
Now there were a total of five children. Xue Yu looked at them and secretly wiped her tears. She was so young, and her children were already running all over the place.
Half a month later, a ship approached the island with a lot of people on it.
Xue Yu was very wary. She led the people on the island to prepare their weapons and get ready for defense.
The ship slowly approached the shore. Lu Sen and Bai Qi were the first to jump off and came to hug Xue Yu. “Didn’t expect it, did you? We really came! That rotten place, the White Tower, even dogs wouldn’t stay!”
Bai Qi: “That’s right! Only after mustering the courage to leave did I realize that the nature outside is truly good!”
Xue Yu was almost unable to react. She looked at the people who were constantly disembarking. “Are they also here to seek refuge with me?”
Lu Sen: “That’s right. Everyone is here to seek refuge with you. The White Tower is too perverted. They’ve started a new war. We’ve all become refugees. We had no choice but to come and find you.”
Xue Yu rubbed her face hard with both hands. “Why does it feel like I’m in a TV show? Since you’re here, just come. We’ll build a new home together!”
“Xue Yu, do you still remember me?” a refined young man stood in front of her.
Xue Yu looked at him for a long time before she recognized him. “You’re that human treasure from the pharmaceutical company? The one who did the drug trial for me before?”
The refined young man nodded. “I’m glad you still remember me.”
A military officer also got off the ship. His black leather shoes stepped on the sand. “And me, Xue Yu. Do you still remember me?”
Of course Xue Yu remembered. “You’re that military officer who was looking for respect and love, right?”
The officer: “Yes, but I’m not a military officer anymore. I have no relationship with the White Tower anymore. I’ve come to you, just an ordinary islander.”
Xue Yu laughed, patting his shoulder hard. “You’ve come to the right place! The people here will all give you love and respect! You can have as much as you want!”
The man held her hand. “Will you give me love too? Or, give me a child?”
Feng Qizhou coughed hard on the side. “Are you here to find respect and love, or to find a child? Can’t you have a little self-awareness?”
With so many people coming over, the wooden houses that had been built on the island were not enough. The newcomers had to live on the ship for the time being.
Everyone worked together, their strength in one place, to build a new home.
Everyone found a building sample from before the apocalypse.
They scooped sand from the beach, quarried stones on the island, crushed limestone into powder, and mixed it with clay and slag to make cement, and built reinforced concrete buildings.