Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 678 Unexpected Gain: The Corpse of the Black-Maned Wild Boar King.

After receiving the potions, the group left the lord's castle one after another.

Soon, only Cao Xing, Liu Muxue, Cao Yi, Da Hua, and a few other managers remained in the hall.

After a pause, Cao Xing continued, "Cao Yi, Da Hua, you two pass on the order later."

"From today until the blizzard ends, we need to reduce our food consumption."

"Keep the portion size to half of the original."

"Oh, and remember to tell them that the current problems are only temporary, and we will get through this soon."

Upon hearing this, the group of managers nodded solemnly.

"Yes, sir! We will pass on the message properly."

After saying that, they all left the lord's castle.

On that day, the entire territory learned of the news.

The blizzard had affected the territory, which was also short of food reserves.

Effective immediately, the territory's food supply will be adjusted.

The previous three meals a day were changed to two meals.

The portion size of staple food will also be reduced.

The vast majority of the residents expressed their understanding and support for this decision.

Some even volunteered to eat only one meal a day to help the territory save more food.

Seeing the reactions of the people and the reports from Da Hua and others, Cao Xing felt very gratified.

He clapped his hands: "In this way, the territory's food should last for another ten days without any problem."

There's no need to worry about the health of the people.

After all, they couldn't work during the blizzard, so even if they only consumed half the usual amount of calories each day, they could still be lively and energetic.

……

Next, Cao Xing continued to stay at the lord's castle, monitoring the battle information.

By the end of the morning, the more than thirty powerful warriors he had dispatched had already begun operations across the raging snowfields.

In such heavy snow, most animals and wild beasts hide in caves, making it difficult to find food.

Cao Xing's goal for them was simply to hunt some game or find other food in those forests or remote mountains.

As for going to those villages and towns, forget about it.

After the bloodshed and chaos, large tracts of land were polluted, and the villagers themselves had no food left.

Moreover, Cao Xing had run out of crowns and had no extra money to buy food.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "Besides this, there is another way to obtain food."

"That is to use some rare animal meat I have to conduct large-scale transactions with other survivors in the market and exchange it for their food."

"However... we don't know how long this blizzard will last. These lords' territories are much poorer than mine, and they don't have many emergency resources at all."

“If we were to switch their food, these territories might not survive this blizzard.”

"I can hold on for a while longer, but let's see how things go later."

Cao Xing shook his head.

In fact, after surviving the previous few months, almost all the survivors had a sense of crisis.

Given the uncertainty of the situation, it is impossible for them to trade essential commodities like coal or food.

Time flies, and it's already afternoon.

"Tap tap... tap tap..."

The sound of rhythmic hoofbeats came from outside the territory.

The centaur Harati braved the blizzard and returned to its territory.

A graceful figure clad in red armor, her four hooves seemingly leaving behind red petals as she walked towards Cao Xing with elegance and poise.

Harati gripped the bow and arrow in his hand and bowed slightly.

Then she began to report her findings.

"My lord, I have finished exploring the area you asked me to investigate yesterday."

"That's a medium-sized gem mine."

“I saw a lot of lapis lazuli, spinel, and a small amount of topaz inside.”

“A vein of this size may contain rare gems, which are extremely valuable.”

"Currently, I have left two centaur archers there to guard the place, so no one else should discover this vein."

Harati finished his report in a calm tone.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Indeed, this kind of gemstone mine will be very helpful for the future development of our territory."

"You've worked hard, go back and rest now."

"And those two centaurs who are guarding the area, let them return to their territory first."

Harati straightened up and replied respectfully, "Yes!"

However, she did not leave immediately.

Instead, he looked at Cao Xing and spoke again: "Lord, I've heard that our territory is experiencing some food shortages, is that right?"

Cao Xing nodded. "Yes, we're already working on it, so you don't need to worry."

The centaur saint quickly shook his head and said softly, "I have no worries about the Lord's abilities."

"I wanted to do my part to help the territory."

"We centaurs are very good at surviving in the wild, including the ability to orient ourselves."

"For us, this kind of blizzard only adds some obstacles to our movement."

After a pause, Harati said firmly, "Therefore, please allow me to lead the centaur race out to find food."

After listening, Cao Xing looked at her seriously.

Then, he slowly walked to Harati's side and reached out his right hand through her waist.

The sudden movement caught Harati off guard, and her upper human body trembled slightly.

The four hooves instinctively tried to back away.

Only then did she realize that Cao Xing hadn't made any extra moves; he had simply patted the snow off her horse.

"Susu...susu..."

When the snow is knocked down.

Cao Xing solemnly said, "Go, Harati, lead the other centaurs outside and find us food."

"The territory will remember your contributions!"

Harati also came to his senses at this moment and suppressed the strange emotions in his heart.

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

After saying that, she quickly turned around and left the lord's castle.

Before long, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard outside.

The saint had already led all the centaurs out into the snow and wind.

……

Time passes quickly.

Battle information kept appearing on Cao Xing's system panel.

As night fell.

Giant Jord was the first to return to his territory.

Before the person even arrived, the loud voice had already reached them.

"My lord, good news!"

"Jode brought back a big guy, bigger than me!"

Hearing this, many people were drawn out of the room.

Even Cao Xing became somewhat interested.

"Oh? Bigger than Jode?"

He quickly pushed open the gates of the lord's castle.

Amidst the howling winds and blizzards ahead, a figure standing seven or eight meters tall swiftly passed through the city gate and arrived at the central area of ​​the territory.

It was the giant Jord.

What is most striking is the enormous thing being dragged behind him.

The colossal body, over ten meters long, was piled on the ground like a small mountain.

Its entire body is covered in thick black fur, each hair as hard as a steel needle.

Two enormous fangs, like two curved blades, protrude from the corners of his mouth, reaching a length of over a meter!

With its thick limbs, the monster's identity is self-evident.

This is a wild boar from the forest.

Moreover, this was no ordinary forest boar; although the monster was dead, the aura emanating from it was still extremely ferocious.

Just one glance is enough to send shivers down your spine.

When the residents saw this enormous thing through their house windows, they exclaimed in amazement.

"Gods above! This is the first time in my life I've ever seen such a huge wild boar. My body isn't even as thick as one of its hooves!"

At this moment, another resident said, "I think I know this monster. It's the Black-maned Boar King!"

"It commands an entire tribe and possesses overwhelming power; even an army of ten thousand men cannot stop it!"

"Such a powerful creature was actually hunted down by the warrior Jord and brought back to his territory."

“It’s unbelievable!”

The other citizens also stared in awe at the enormous creature.

Cao Xing had already walked over, his gaze fixed on the enormous carcass of the wild boar.

A message appears in front of you.

[Black-bristled Wild Boar King (deceased)]

A hint of approval appeared in his eyes: "Well done, Jode, you've worked hard."

The giant scratched his head and said shyly, "It's nothing, my lord."

"This wild boar isn't very strong; it's only at the seventh-tier leader level."

"It seemed to be starving and came outside to look for food."

"I ran into it on the street and took care of it on the spot."

Cao Xing nodded. "Very good. This wild boar king is very large and should be able to replenish a lot of food for our territory."

"Go to the cafeteria now, your food is ready."

"Yes, sir!" The big man straightened up and then excitedly ran towards the canteen.

He had been fighting outside all day and was starving.

Cao Xing, filled with anticipation, approached the carcass of the black-bristled wild boar king.

Should we decompose the Black-bristled Boar King's carcass?

"Yes."

As he clicked "confirm," a beam of white light swiftly descended upon the wild boar king.

Then, the system began the decomposition process.

Before long, a large pile of bright red meat chunks, huge fur, and two white fangs over a meter long appeared on the ground!

A smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

He stepped forward and put all the materials into his backpack.

[Received: Fresh Wild Boar Meat (Gold) * 54182]

[Obtained: Complete Black-bristled Boar King Hide (Gold) *1]

[Obtained: Hard Boar King Bone (Gold) *342721]

[Received: 475 liters of fresh Wild Boar King Blood (Gold)]

[Obtained: Black-maned Boar King's Deadly Tusk (Orange) *2]

……

Another large amount of supplies have arrived.

More than 50,000 units of wild boar meat are equivalent to more than 10,000 kilograms of meat.

Even if it were considered ordinary food, it could feed so many people in the territory for two days.

Cao Xing also glanced at the attributes; consuming this gold-quality wild boar meat would increase strength and constitution by 200 points.

Its value far exceeds that of ordinary meat.

In addition, the fur, bones, and blood all have different functions and extremely valuable properties.

What surprised Cao Xing the most was the two tusks that had sprung out from the wild boar king.

It even has epic-quality materials.

I glanced at the attributes.

【Black-bristled Boar King's Deadly Tusks (Orange)】

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Effect: Extremely sharp tusks, imbued with the power of the Black-bristled Boar King. When crafted into a weapon, they possess the effects of 'Advanced Penetration' and 'Sharpness Breaking Power'.]

……

“Not bad, these two fangs can also be forged into epic weapons.”

"I happen to have a bunch of epic materials in my backpack, such as scales and claws, which were dropped by the Lizardman Overlord."

"It was temporarily put on hold because Harold's forging level was not high enough."

"We can give it to him together now."

With that thought in mind, Cao Xing quickly headed towards the blacksmith's shop.

After handing over all the materials to the dwarf blacksmith, he left.

During the blizzard, gathering efforts in the territory came to a standstill.

But in areas like the brewery, sewing shop, and blacksmith shop, work continued as usual.

Moreover, Cao Xing specifically instructed that the food supply for these working members should continue as usual to ensure they have enough strength to work.

After doing all this, Cao Xing returned to the lord's castle.

Soon, the night was over.

……

The next day... the wind and snow continued.

Everyone was confined to their own territory and unable to go out.

The whole world seemed to be ruled by the wind and snow.

However, in the area hundreds of kilometers around the blizzard-stricken plains, there are some powerful figures braving the raging wind and snow to traverse the mountains, rivers, plains, and other terrains.

It was the core combat personnel in Cao Xing's territory who were searching for their prey.

The whole day passed quickly.

These core combat personnel would occasionally travel back and forth to the territory, bringing back some prey from the wild.

There were snow wolves, bomb-throwing rabbits, and some wild boars that had frozen to death.

Cao Xing accepted all of them without hesitation, breaking them down into meat.

Although it's not much, it adds up to a considerable amount when accumulated.

This will allow the territory to hold out for two more days.

……

And just like that, three days passed in the blink of an eye...

At six o'clock in the morning, the system notification appeared on time.

[Attention all survivors, you have passed day 18 of the turbulent period.]

[Weather forecast: The blizzard will continue, with lows ranging from -63°C to -74°C.]

……

As Cao Xing predicted, the blizzard had been falling intermittently for four days.

Moreover, it seems there is absolutely no sign of it stopping.

The survivors, including those in the chat channel, also noticed something amiss.

They all started discussing it.

"Brothers, something seems wrong! It's been almost four days, and this terrifying snowstorm hasn't subsided yet. Judging by the trend, it could continue for several more days."

"Indeed... but thankfully I learned from the last fog disaster, and I stockpiled a lot of coal and timber in advance, enough to last me for two or three months!"

"Holy crap! You've stockpiled so much coal, how much food have you stockpiled?"

"I haven't stockpiled much food. The population in the territory is growing, and with the need for further development, there's simply not enough room to store much food."

"Me too... I recruited several hundred refugees this time, hoping they would help me farm, but then this natural disaster happened, how am I supposed to develop anything now!"

At this moment, a legion commander of considerable prestige said, "Gentlemen, let me remind you."

"We don't know how long this snow disaster will last, so I suggest that everyone start now to cut back on food and clothing and reduce expenses as much as possible."

"If it lasts for half a month like the last fog disaster, then we'll be in big trouble."

Upon hearing this, the survivors also felt a sense of crisis.

At this stage, except for a few territories, it is impossible for anyone to hoard too much food in their territory.

If it really happens like the last fog disaster, their territory's resources will definitely face collapse!

Immediately, all the lords launched emergency operations.

They issued various policies throughout their territories.

This includes reducing the daily food supply to the people, shutting down lighthouses and other energy facilities, and reducing resource consumption, among other things.

It's similar to the current situation of Cao Xing's territory.

However, it was clearly impossible for them to send out so many people to find food in such harsh weather, just like Cao Xing had done.

After all, even master-level experts can get lost in the snowstorm.

……

Meanwhile, Cao Xing was stationed in his territory.

At that moment, a system notification suddenly appeared in front of them.

[Your territory building: Dream Library - The dream entry period has ended, and the building is now open.]

……

"Huh? The dream time is over?"

"Does this mean Sarah has woken up too?"

A smile immediately appeared on Cao Xing's face.

This legendary building has such a magical function that it allows beings who enter a dream to bring something out of the dream.

This also made Cao Xing somewhat expectant, wondering what Sarah could bring back from the dream!
With that thought in mind, he quickly pushed open the gates of the lord's castle and headed towards the second ring of the territory.

There, a simple yet majestic library appeared.

Meanwhile, in the library, a slender figure stood quietly.

She closed her eyes, becoming as inconspicuous as a shadow, as if subconsciously making people ignore her presence.

That figure was Sarah.

She seemed to know that Cao Xing would come looking for her, so she was already waiting here.

Upon sensing Cao Xing's presence, the dark elf suddenly opened its eyes.

A cold and extremely lethal aura emanated from her.

"Sarah, you're awake." Cao Xing stepped forward, his tone tinged with concern.

The dark elf quickly concealed his aura and then solemnly replied, "Yes, Your Excellency."

"I feel like... it's been so long since I've seen you..."

At this point, her voice choked up, her eyes reddened slightly, and tears almost welled up in her eyes.

Seeing Sarah's expression, Cao Xing was stunned for a moment.

Then, he reached out and embraced the dark elf.

"Well……"

Suddenly feeling the warmth of the lord's embrace, the legendary assassin's body stiffened slightly before relaxing.

Her cheek pressed against Cao Xing's chest, as if she had found a long-lost sense of peace.

"It's alright, Sarah," Cao Xing comforted her softly, his tone full of tenderness.

Sarah hugged Cao Xing tightly, as if afraid she would never see him again.

She no longer resembled the cold and legendary assassin she usually was; she seemed more like an ordinary girl who needed someone to rely on.

A moment later, Sarah stopped the tears of longing in her eyes, and her breathing returned to normal.

She said softly, "Thank you, my lord."

Cao Xing smiled slightly and asked in a gentle tone, "Now, tell me, what did you experience in your dream?"

……

(End of this chapter)