Everyone's on a time-travel adventure! I'm raising city beasts in a post-apocalyptic world

Those black devils were indeed good at their work; they were strong and resistant to thorns. They dug up the entire red heart fruit tree, roots and all, and carried it away. However, their weakness was also obvious: they were lazy.

As soon as no one is watching, they immediately slow down, start to slack off, and even lie down on the ground and take a nap.

Zhao Dayong's steel whip cracked loudly, but the effect didn't last long. His twenty or so men were inconspicuous when spread out in the forest. They were kept in check from the front and relaxed from behind. If it weren't for the golden eyes hovering in the sky and the little black dog watching from the ground, they would have disappeared long ago.

Until Dong Yu appeared.

She held a barbed steel whip in her hand, glanced down at the dozing black ghost, and smiled, a smile that made the surrounding black ghosts unconsciously take two steps back.

The whip struck without warning, whistling through the air, landing precisely on the dark figure, instantly tearing a gruesome gash in its rough, dark gray skin.

The dark figure sprang up from the ground, not daring to turn around to see who had slapped him, and bent down to pick up the shovel.

"Keep going!" Dong Yu's voice wasn't loud, but the tone that said, "If you dare stop, I'll beat you to death," was more effective than ever.

She walked around the woods, and every time she saw a lazy black monster, she would lash it with her whip. After being whipped, those black monsters worked more than twice as fast as before, and kept their heads down the whole time, not daring to look in her direction.

Occasionally, one or two people would be slow to run, and Dong Yu's whip would come down one after another, making them tumble and scramble back to their positions.

Zhao Dayong stood at the edge of the woods, watching Dong Yu's figure weaving through the bushes and the constant cracking of whips. He was utterly impressed; her supervision efficiency alone was greater than that of more than twenty of them.

Although the laughter was sometimes a little creepy, it was very efficient.

No problem!

"Lord Dong Yu, you've worked hard. Please join my team. These black monsters can't do without your guidance..." Zhao Dayong followed Dong Yu excitedly, fawning over him. If he could bring this awakened one into the team, managing the black monsters would be countless times easier.

Dong Yu's lips curled up; Zhao Dayong's invitation had truly touched her heart.

"We'll see..."

Although she didn't agree directly, the feeling of cracking the whip was even more wonderful.

As the digging speed increased, one red heart fruit tree after another was dug out, roots and all, and the crowns were tied together with straw ropes. One by one, the trees were sent into the train's freight car, and before long, the freight car was more than half full.

There was a group of people surrounding the carriage.

Those who didn't have cars returned from picking red berries in the bushes to find that the bricks in their cargo boxes had disappeared, replaced by neatly stacked fruit trees.

Their gazes swept over the thorny trees. The gaunt man leading the group approached Zhao Dayong: "Boss Zhao, we don't have a car. Could you let us squeeze in? Your back of the truck is so big, there's no need to fill it with trees. Just leave a little space for us to squeeze in."

"If all else fails, you can let us go to the front. Your back of the truck is full of these," he pointed to the piles of red berry trees, "They're all thorny, we can't find a place to stand."

Zhao Dayong glanced back at them; they were the same men from the shady convoy who had pulled the carts before. He slapped his steel whip twice in his hand: "Get lost! Giving you free rides on the carts is already a huge favor. You think you're worthy?"

The leader's face stiffened for a moment, then he quickly took out a few red berries from his bag, thought for a moment, then put two back in, holding a berry in his hand.

"Boss Zhao, we're not offering our seats for free. Look, I have a berry here, and..." He glanced back at the others, "If everyone pools their resources, we can exchange a couple of seats."

Zhao Dayong glanced at what was in his hand with a look of disgust, but then his eyes darted around and he said, "It's not impossible."

Their eyes lit up: "Really?"

"real."

Zhao Dayong added slowly, "However, my mining team has been disbanded. I suppose it's possible for them to join my inner palace."

Someone looked at Zhao Dayong with a puzzled expression: "Inner Palace Supervisor, what's that?"

Zhao Dayong straightened his back, his tone filled with pride: "I just came up with the name, Inner Palace Bureau, which is the place that manages eunuchs. If you want to get on this train, sure, I'll castrate you cleanly, and you can come over after that."

He glanced at the person who asked the question, then scanned the people around him: "But let me make this clear from the start, the Inner Palace is not a mining team, where you can come and go as you please. If you come and want to leave, you'll have to leave your lives behind. Have you thought it through?"

The man in the lead changed his expression, and the people behind him instinctively shrank back several steps, with some even covering their private parts.

"Boss Zhao, this...this..." The leading man's lips trembled twice, "We really can't make an exception. We're all survivors of Blue Star, we should help each other. Do you think we don't have enough berries? I have some more here..."

As he spoke, he reached out and took out the two berries he had just hidden, handing them to Zhao Dayong.

"No," Zhao Dayong waved his hand, as if shooing away a fly.

"Go ask Wang Lie for leniency. I won't allow it. No one but the eunuchs can get into my carriage, and..."

His tone hardened, "From now on, anyone who dares to hitch a ride on a car will be beaten to death if I find out. We're tired, get out..."

After saying that, Zhao Dayong turned and left, no longer caring about those people. The most important thing now was to complete the task Lin Feng had assigned him.

Almost all the Black Ghosts were mobilized, some picking fruit, some digging up trees, and then weaving weeds into ropes to tie up the scattered branches.

Once the cargo box was full, Zhao Dayong hurriedly ran to report to Lin Feng.

"My lord," he called up to Xiao Xuan's back, "the cargo box is full, and there are three large barrels of red heart berries. I'll arrange for someone to bring the berries up to you right away."

Lin Feng stood atop the watchtower, nodded, and then pressed the button on the walkie-talkie: "Depart in half an hour!"

A crackling sound came from the walkie-talkie, followed by Guo Yi's voice: "Lin Feng, what's wrong with you? You've got quite a haul, even uprooting the trees. We haven't even picked many berries yet, and you're already leaving..."

Lin Feng spoke calmly into the loudspeaker, "Then you guys stay here, I'm leaving now!"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the walkie-talkie, then Guo Yi's furious shout came through: "Lin Feng—fuck your grandpa..."

Half an hour later, everyone boarded the train. Xiao Xuan started walking again, while Dong Yu jumped directly onto the roof of Zhao Dayong's train, whipping her long whip with a whooshing sound.

The convoy set off, closely following behind Xiao Xuan.