The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 232 Cooperation?

Seeing Wu Meng turn around and return to the cave, Zhuang Shuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yuejin said: "Brother Meng is good in everything except that he is too kind."

Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head slightly: "If he wasn't kind and didn't have such a heart to unite everyone, would he have saved us in the first place?"

Li Yuejin nodded with emotion and said, "Then I'll have someone go and communicate with Liang Yuan."

Zhuang Shuyuan thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead. The tide is coming. Give him some time to think about it. After the tide passes, whether he agrees or not, we will send people to occupy a place in the mining area."

Li Yuejin nodded: "He is a smart man, he should know how to choose."

……

At this moment, Liang Yuan was constantly shuttling underground.

The earth escape skill is really convenient for traveling.

No matter how complex the terrain is, as long as it is underground, there is no need to worry about it.

If we talk about the distance from the fire bamboo forest to the mining area, it would take more than an hour to walk on the ground.

Then use the earth escape technique and walk directly underground, it will take less than half an hour.

Because there is no need to take a detour underground, a straight line between two points is the fastest.

Half an hour later, Liang Yuan appeared in the mining area.

He emerged from the ground, feeling the energy of his supernatural powers being consumed, and couldn't help but laugh.

"The Earth Escape skill doesn't seem to consume much energy, but consumes more mental energy."

"At this rate of consumption, even if I use the Earth Escape skill all day, I won't run out of energy."

This skill consumes very little supernatural power, unlike skills like Muscle Burst, because it is an explosive skill, it consumes physical strength while consuming supernatural power.

He entered the mining area and found Yang Shenmin, Ding Yan and others.

"This time when I go back, I have researched two types of rune stones. Now each of you take two for self-defense."

"Talice?"

"What kind of rune is this?"

Yang Shenmin, Ding Yan and others asked in surprise.

Liang Yuan pointed at the white rune stone and said, "This is the [Spirit Turtle Shield] rune stone. After activation, it can form a tortoise-shell-shaped spiritual defense shield that can resist spiritual and physical attacks."

"But it's mainly used to protect against mental attacks, and its defense effect against physical attacks is average."

When they heard this, they were all surprised.

"Spiritual defense rune?"

"That's great, Mr. Liang. With this talisman, we will be more confident when dealing with a master of mental power."

"Liang Yuan, did you make this talisman stone?" Ding Yan asked.

Liang Yuan nodded: "Yes, I made it myself, and it requires attributeless power stones."

Ding Yan nodded and said, "This talisman stone is very precious, don't sell it to anyone else."

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "I know."

He then introduced the earth-yellow rune stone and said, "This is the Stone Armor Rune Stone, an earth-attributed defense rune stone. It can cover the surface of an object with a layer of stone armor. It also has physical and mental defense."

"But the main ability is physical defense. The mental defense effect is very average. If you encounter a mental power master, it is best to use the Spirit Turtle Shield Talisman Stone."

Everyone tried it and immediately showed joy.

In this way, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

Especially Shi Haizhu, he already possesses the ability to petrify, and now with the stone armor, his defense is further improved, he is simply a human tank.

Coupled with the Spirit Turtle Shield Talisman Stone, his mental defense weakness is gone. Now he is truly invulnerable to swords and guns.

Yang Shenmin tried to combine his special abilities with the stone armor and found that it really worked.

His scaly-covered palms immediately became extremely sharp, and digging mountains and splitting rocks was easy for him!
It truly achieves the integration of offense and defense!
Others are also trying to integrate the power of the rune into their own combat system.

For a moment, the cave was filled with excitement and cheers.

With these two kinds of runes, everyone has more confidence in the upcoming tidal crisis.

Liang Yuan did not interrupt their enthusiasm, but accompanied them to work together and train their ability to cooperate.

At the same time, some inspiration continues to emerge from their research ideas.

Try to explore your own evolutionary abilities in more depth later.

After half a day, everyone was completely familiar with these two types of runes.

Liang Yuan called Ding Yan aside again, took out a small bag and handed it to her.

Ding Yan was slightly stunned and looked at Liang Yuan in confusion: "What is it?"

She opened it and saw ten talisman stones inside, five turtle cover talisman stones and five stone ling armor talisman stones.

Liang Yuan looked at her and said softly, "During this tidal crisis, I have to stay in the Fire Bamboo Forest. You are the one I am most worried about here."

"These are all the runes I have left. Take them all, just in case."

When Ding Yan heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red and she was moved.

She immediately asked, "What about you guys? Take a few back."

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "I'm over there, so you don't need these for now."

"If I can't stop it, these runes won't be able to stop it either."

He added: "This cave was formed naturally. Unless a mutant beast that is good at earth escape can find it, it is difficult for ordinary mutant beasts to find this place."

"So from a security perspective, you should be safer here."

"Besides, the terrain here is higher than that of the Fire Bamboo Forest. No matter how high the tide rises, it shouldn't reach you."

"The main thing is to be careful of those powerful mutant beasts that escape from the mountains and forests."

"During this period, don't go out, just stay here."

He kept reminding her, and Ding Yan just felt warm in her heart. She rarely showed the attitude of a little girl and nodded gently.

Liang Yuan raised his head and looked at the other people not far away who were still immersed in the talisman practice. He then quietly took out a white talisman and gave it to Ding Yan alone.

He whispered, "This is a water-avoiding talisman. I only have one like this. It was given to me by Wu Meng."

"If there is a particularly dangerous situation, take the water-repellent charm and run into the water. Do you understand?"

Ding Yan looked up and couldn't help but ask, "Liang Yuan, is the tide really that dangerous this time?"

Liang Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. I can only consider the worst case scenario. After all, we have never experienced a tidal crisis."

"Anyway, you have to be fine, understand?"

"Are you... worried about me?" Ding Yan looked at him with burning eyes.

Liang Yuan couldn't help but reach out to help her tidy up her long hair, and said: "We have been through so much together, do you think I won't worry about you?"

Ding Yan smiled brightly and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect myself!"

Ding Yan has never been a person who likes to act coquettishly, nor is she someone who speaks sweet words.

She is a mature woman, and even when facing someone she likes, she can remain relatively calm and restrained.

"Are you going to be here tonight?" she asked suddenly.

This is her most straightforward expression.

Liang Yuan blinked and asked, "This cave? There are too many people, right?"

Ding Yan pursed her lips, and finally thought about it, and said: "Forget it, this place is really not good, let's go back to your house."

Liang Yuan burst out laughing: "The room is reserved for you."

Ding Yan's lips curled up slightly: "I knew that you and Yang Mei would need to live in a three-bedroom apartment? There is one room reserved for Song Wen, right?"

Liang Yuan chuckled: "Study, all study."

Ding Yan snorted: "You love studying so much? You know I'm a teacher, right? Next time I'll go to your study to teach you."

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "Then you'd better put on your teacher's uniform."

"You want to be beaten!"

Ding Yan patted him and then she started laughing.

The two chatted and laughed, and then it was time for lunch.

Liang Yuan had already taken out the supplies, including not only rice, flour, oil, and grain, but also a complete set of electrical equipment.

He left the generator in the mine. He had batteries and Xiao Dongjie was generating electricity, so the generator could be used by them temporarily.

Due to the high sea tide, it was not convenient for them to make a fire and cook, as it would easily attract the attention of mutant beasts.

However, Liang Yuan later found out that the miners did not need to make fire to cook, but instead used powder of fire-attributed energy stones to provide high-temperature fuel.

Liang Yuan planned to let the people in Huozhulin use this method after he returned.

After all, using open flames is still very dangerous.

After eating and drinking, Liang Yuan did not leave. Instead, he took everyone to continue mining while there was still time.

By the evening, he had harvested more than one hundred attribute power stones and more than two hundred non-attribute power stones.

Liang Yuan collected them all, said hello to everyone, and hurried back to the Fire Bamboo Forest.

With the earth escape skill, he could get back in half an hour, which was really convenient. As soon as he returned to the Fire Bamboo Forest, he used earth escape all the way and came directly to the bamboo building.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Zhao Kai and others gathered here, all with ugly expressions.

Liang Yuan saw this and immediately walked in: "What's going on? Why are you all sitting here today?"

When everyone saw Liang Yuan, they immediately showed joy and stood up.

"Brother Liang, you're back!"

"Brother Liang, come in quickly."

"Mr. Liang, something happened."

Liang Yuan pressed his palms and said, "Don't panic, Zhao Kai, tell me what's going on."

Zhao Kai hurriedly said, "Brother Liang, you are not here today. Yuan Rui from Wuwang Pavilion is here."

"Yuan Rui?"

Liang Yuan's mind flashed by the somewhat arrogant young man who was good at earth escape ability.

I don’t know who will be more powerful now that both I and my opponent can use the earth burrow technique.

"What is he here for?"

Zhao Kai hurriedly said: "Brother Liang, the people of Wuwang Pavilion got the news from somewhere. They heard that you killed Tian Wei and occupied the mining area."

"Yuan Rui came on behalf of Wuwangting to ask if we need cooperation. He said that the mining area is such a big piece of cake, it is definitely impossible for us to take it all by ourselves."

"Whether it's Tu Long from Phoenix Temple or Li Yuefeng from Meihai Garden, they will definitely not watch us eat alone."

"These two families must have heard the news by now, and they are waiting to cause trouble for us after this tide passes."

"He meant that Wuwangting could cooperate with us and we could develop the mining area together."

Zhao Kai was very efficient and quickly expressed Yuan Rui's general idea.

Liang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Haha, your eating manners are not bad, and you still know how to discuss cooperation."

"It seems that the last time we fought Wu Meng, the fight was not in vain. Did he say how to cooperate?"

"Brother Liang, do we really want to cooperate with them?" Song Wen couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Kai couldn't help but get angry and said, "No, Brother Liang, why should we cooperate with them? You conquered this mining area by yourself, and you killed Tian Wei by yourself. Why do they come to reap the benefits without doing anything?"

Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "Of course it depends on strength. Wu Meng's fighting ability is not weak. His fist is the capital of negotiation."

"In fact, there is another hidden meaning here. If we refuse this cooperation, then we will not be facing threats from the Phoenix Temple and Meihai Garden shelters."

"We also have to count their Wuwang Pavilion!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Kai, Song Wen and others became furious.

"Damn it! We treated them so kindly last time. How could they do this?"

"That's right. Last time we all agreed to help each other when we have difficulties."

"Wu Meng is also a villain, he says one thing and does another!"

Everyone started cursing, obviously disgusted by such behavior.

Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "The people from Wuwang Pavilion have already given us face. Otherwise, they would have come to threaten us directly. How could we talk about cooperation?"

"But, their so-called cooperation talks are actually no different from threats."

"This mining area is indeed a big cake. Everyone wants to take a bite. If we are not strong enough, we will be passive and become the target of public criticism."

Liang Yuan still admires Wu Meng very much, as he is a fighting genius.

He believed that if it were Wu Meng himself, he would not do such a thing.

But the other party has a family to support, and there are many things that he cannot decide alone.

Liang Yuan guessed that there must be someone around him who instigated him to do so.

Liang Yuan asked: "Did they say how to cooperate? If we want to cooperate in mining, how will the profits be distributed?"

He directly pointed out the key point of this so-called cooperation.

That is the issue of benefit distribution!
If he could use interests to bind Wuwangting and make the two families as close as one family, Liang Yuan would not mind giving up a little bit of interests.

He also agreed with Wu Meng's idea that only through cooperation can there be a win-win situation.

He needs population, he needs more people to help him catch fish and earn points.

So if you can avoid taking action, it's best not to do it.

Once we start taking action and people die, it would be a waste of human resources.

He couldn't stand this because in his eyes, these people would be the labor force that would help him earn points in the future.

However, Zhao Kai's next words made Liang Yuan's face darken.

"Brother Liang, they want a 70-30 split. They want 70% of the mined supernatural stones, and they want the right to select the ore first!"

Liang Yuan's face darkened and he looked up at Zhao Kai: "Did he say that?"

Zhao Kai said angrily: "Yes, we were all there at the time, I was so angry that I almost took action!"

Liang Yuan said coldly: "You didn't ask him, is this his intention or Wu Meng's?"

Zhao Kai said: "I asked him, and he said that's what they meant by Wuwang Pavilion."

"This is the best profit-sharing ratio based on our strength."

"Anyway, what he meant is that we are only worth 30%, and that's because you can catch a punch from Wu Meng's third level flesh and blood form, Brother Liang!"

Liang Yuan couldn't help but smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Haha, is this cooperation? This is the Eight-Nation Alliance forcing Empress Dowager Cixi to sign a humiliating treaty."

His eyes were cold and there was anger burning in his heart.

When he fought with Wu Meng in the Fire Bamboo Forest, he was amazed by Wu Meng's strength.

But this does not mean that Liang Yuan does not have the ability to compete with Wu Meng.

You know, Liang Yuan still had some skill beads that he hadn't used at that time.

Green skill [Puppet Thread]. Although he had not yet comprehended it at that time, he was able to use the skill directly with the help of the skill bead.

If puppet threads were used, Liang Yuan believed that no matter how strong Wu Meng was, he would never be his opponent.

At that time, I was just worried about the energy in the skill bead. I was afraid that using it too frequently would cause the skill bead to be destroyed by humans like the tortoise shell.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the other party, it seemed that I barely blocked Wu Meng's punch?
In the past few days, I have been inspired by Wu Meng and have been exploring the power of [Evolution] in depth.

Not only has it evolved super self-healing capabilities, but its ability to withstand blows and its ability to condense its punching power have all made remarkable progress.

Then his attributes grew again, and he successfully mastered two new skills.

He himself doesn't know how strong he is now.

The people from Wuwangting actually used their own strength as a breakthrough to lower the price and negotiate cooperation!

Liang Yuan was so angry that he laughed.

He stood up and said, "If he comes again, tell him directly that I, Liang Yuan, refuse to cooperate with them."

"If they really want a bite of this cake, just come!"

"When that time comes, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship."

"My fists will make their teeth fall out!"

His face was cold and his eyes flashed with anger.

Do you really think that Liang Yuan is made of clay?

What about the three major shelters?
Are you afraid?
During this tide, countless mutant beasts from the sea will come ashore, and in the mountains and forests, a large number of mutant beasts will appear and be hunted!

He, Liang Yuan, will not hide in the cave obediently!

This ocean tide is also his hunting ground!
After the tide, he believed that his points would experience a terrifying explosive growth!
By then, when I draw more attribute points and skills, how terrifying will my strength grow?

He doesn't even know it himself!
Zhao Kai couldn't help but be infected by his heroic spirit and couldn't help but say, "Fuck it, next time he comes, I will give this bastard two hard slaps. It's a pity that I served him two bowls of rice when he was eating here last time!"

Song Wen was relatively calm and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Liang Yuan, isn't it too radical to reply like this? The profit share ratio should still be negotiable. By bringing it up like this, they should also give us room for negotiation."

Her words are relatively rational.

Liang Yuan didn't want to care and sneered, "So I still have to thank them?"

"Humph, I wanted to take care of them, but now, it seems I have to flex my muscles to get them to talk to me honestly."

"Since cooperation is unsuccessful, then let's not cooperate."

"Once I have dealt with all three of them, Yangshan will naturally be under my sole control!"

This time, Liang Yuan was really determined.

He can be kind to those below him and make appropriate concessions.

As for those who are also rulers, he can only defeat them and directly seize their territory so that he can better manage his own territory!
The only thing to note is to try to kill only the main culprits and not harm civilian labor!

To achieve this, you must improve your strength to a level that can crush everyone!
"integral!"

"I need a lot of points!"

"This time, I will take the initiative to attack and hunt down enough mutant beasts!"

Liang Yuan's eyes flashed with sharpness, success or failure depended on this tide!

(End of this chapter)