I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Jiang Li opened the system store, and the store had refreshed the [Garbage Collector] section.

Inside were trash cans, cleaning brooms, garbage collection staff uniforms, scrap tricycles, and the garbage recycling machine the system mentioned.

The previous garbage recycling machine was a reward from the system for completing a task, but now Jiang Li can buy it herself from the store.

Price: 99999 points

I never expected the machine the system gave me to be so expensive.

In any case, the profit share for recycling waste has increased by 10 percentage points, and her profit has doubled for recycling the same amount of waste.

However, collecting garbage requires a large number of people to accumulate; otherwise, she won't earn much money. Now that everyone in the area knows about this, the amount of garbage she collects each day will likely increase.

After closing the shop, Jiang Li casually opened the character encyclopedia.

I planted several new crops today, and the corresponding plant illustrations can now be unlocked.

Pumpkin, eggplant, garlic, scallions, Chinese cabbage, and apple tree.

The activation conditions are the same: first planting of 100% anti-mutation seeds/saplings.

It was just a casual thing; after lighting up all of them, the system gave them a total of 12 bags of fertilizer.

Encyclopedia Progress: 10/336

(Note: 80% of the illustrations can be unlocked directly by planting the corresponding seed for the first time! Keep up the good work!)

"..."

"Mutant beast meat, 10 points per pound."

In the dark alleys at night, processed food vendors push styrofoam boxes on carts, wandering around.

If I see someone selling meat on the roadside, I'll go over and ask, "Synthetic meat? Want some? It only contains trace amounts of toxins, it won't kill you."

The homeless man, his eyes lifeless, lifted his eyelids, glanced at the mutated food merchant, and uttered a barely audible sound: "No points."

"Kind sir, I have no points left, could you... give me something to eat?" The homeless man looked at the merchant with humble, pleading eyes.

Upon hearing this, the merchant silently glanced at the homeless man several times, then threw a packaged piece of meat at his feet and pushed the styrofoam box away.

The homeless man looked at the piece of meat thrown at his feet, tore open the packaging, and revealed something that looked like luncheon meat inside.

It's not as soft as luncheon meat; it's a bit firm and a bit dry, but it really does taste like meat!

The homeless man wolfed down a piece of meat, finally regaining his strength. He then dragged his weary steps away from the dark alley to seek opportunities to make a living in other areas.

The merchant arrived at the end of a winding alley, placed the styrofoam box on the ground, and opened the lid.

This is a place that many locals know about, where they sell mutant foods.

Soon, someone sneaked in furtively, looking around cautiously as they came, afraid that patrolling soldiers would follow them.

Upon arriving at the merchant's place, the man hurriedly transferred 20 points and said, "I want two pieces of meat."

The merchant handed over two pieces of synthetic meat.

The man took the meat, hid it in his sleeve, and left.

People started arriving one after another.

An old woman came with her twelve-year-old grandson. Both the old woman and the child were starving and had not eaten for several days.

Before this, they had never eaten the meat of mutated beasts.

The old woman hesitated when she approached the merchant.

She knew that consuming this kind of thing would accumulate toxins in her body.

But if I don't eat... I haven't eaten for several days, I'm really starving.

Just as she was about to pay the points, a hand reached out and stopped her.

The old woman turned her head and glanced at her. "What...what are you doing?"

Ji Hong glanced at the meat in the merchant's styrofoam box, then at the old woman and her grandson. "If you want to live, I know a way to earn points. As long as you're willing to leave the safe zone, you can earn points."

The old woman was taken aback when she heard this.

"How do I earn points?" she asked immediately.

Ji Hong: "Go out and pick up trash."

Upon hearing this, the light in the old woman's eyes dimmed again.

Picking up trash...

It's not like she's never picked up trash before.

"There's nothing to eat outside; only wild animals."

Ji Hong: "You don't need to pick up edible things, you only need to pick up inedible things and then sell them for money."

The old woman was a little confused when she heard this. "Why would you pick up things that can't be eaten? Who would want things that can't be eaten?"

"Yes, there are people willing to pay to buy mutated plants, but that person is in the fields. If you want to make money from this, come with me to the fields tomorrow, and I guarantee you'll earn points."

"You're not lying to me?" The old woman seemed more skeptical than anything else.

Is there really such a good thing?

"Yes." Ji Hong said everything she could, and even gave the old man a steamed bun. Whether he believed it or not was up to him.

Holding the warm steamed bun, the old woman felt the long-lost taste of the food, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She carefully put the steamed buns away and hurriedly chased after him, saying, "I'll do as you say."

"..."

Early the next morning, Su Xiao went to the safe zone to buy rice.

When she boarded the bus, she saw a large group of people coming from the dark alley, more than thirty in total, including men, women, and children, even more than yesterday.

She knew that Jiang Li was buying up mutated food at low prices. These people were all there to dig up bamboo shoots to sell for money. The bamboo forest in the field had no ownership and was considered wasteland, so anyone could dig up the bamboo shoots there.

Su Xiao couldn't understand what Jiang Li was doing. She made these people dig bamboo shoots and then paid them, but the problem was, what would Jiang Li do with the bamboo shoots they dug? Those toxic wastes, she wouldn't want them even if they were given to her for free.

Lu Mingjue, holding a gun, led the team, watching a large number of people get off the bus.

There was an extra bus coming to the field today, mainly because of the people in these dark alleys. He couldn't possibly not notice such a big change.

"More than yesterday."

He knew Jiang Li was collecting trash, but if so many people were picking up trash, could she handle it all? Even at one point per pound, collecting so much trash would still require a lot of points.

Isn't she afraid that collecting garbage will impoverish her?

Lu Mingjue frowned and called over a few intermediate-level evolved beings. "Your task today is to patrol the bamboo forest. Follow that group of people and clean up that area again to ensure the safety of the entire bamboo forest and prevent any possibility of mutated animals injuring people."

"yes!"

Afterwards, Lu Mingjue and Zhou Yang carried two large bags and arrived at the entrance of Jiang Li's farm.

He will also have to pick up trash.

Since you can sell points, why not pick them up?

These are some trash we found next to the military camp. They're all mutated crops, filling two large bags. I saw them during patrol last night and just picked them up.

When Jiang Li saw Lu Mingjue bring Zhou Yang over, she thought something had happened. "What's wrong?"

Lu Mingjue: "We're here to sell garbage."

Lin An stood to the side, "..."

Sure enough, it's human nature to pick up trash. Even Captain Lu can't help but pick up trash he sees on the roadside.

Jiang Li: "Since you're selling junk, then come in."

Jiang Li hung two signs at the entrance of the farm.

Waste recycling

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