Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy!-Chapter 212: Water Monopoly

They had arrived at Longmen Base together, and Uncle Meng had always been there to help them. Tao'er's father had often traded food and medicinal herbs for water from Uncle Meng until he fell ill. Now, it was up to Tao'er to look after both the elders. Uncle Meng usually earned his living by treating patients in this small tent and selling the medicine he made.

But most of his patients were poor, so the treatment fees were minimal. He couldn't even sell his medicine in the trade hall because the stall fees were prohibitively expensive. And, due to age and weak strength, Uncle Meng was often taken advantage of.

Thinking about this, Tao'er declared, "Elder Meng, once I grow taller and older, I will take care of you and my father! You don't need to work yourself to the bone making medicine all night!"

A chuckle escaped Elder Meng's lips.

"Don't worry about me. Xiao Tao should enjoy his childhood first." Elder Meng gave the boy a warm pat on his head. At the same time, he searched his memory for the person Tao'er had mentioned, but no one came to mind.

He then brought a plastic cup of water for Tao'er, as he did every day.

"No need, Elder Meng! It's my treat today," Tao'er said, grinning.

He tiptoed, leaned in close, and whispered in Elder Meng's ear, before lifting the hem of his loose shirt to show the contents of his salary that day.

When Tao'er unwrapped the package, both he and Elder Meng's eyes widened in surprise.

Elder Meng hastily zipped up the entrance of the tent and spoke in a quiet voice, "Boy, where did you get this?"

"I told you! I guided a team today. They are a generous group, and they were the ones looking for you!"

As Elder Meng stepped closer to Tao'er, only then did he notice the boy's strong stench.

He pinched his nose. "Did you fall into a latrine? Boy, you smell awful."

Tao'er had been so excited that he hadn't paid attention to the smell. His goal had been to fend off those louts. But now that Elder Meng pointed it out, he too was taken aback by the overpowering odor.

I stink… but at least I'm loaded today! Hehe!

At the Trade Hall, the atmosphere was bustling with activity.

"If you wish to set up a stall inside the temple, it'll cost you 4 Tier 1 rank spars for a day," a man behind the counter said.

At this time, less than 3% of Jade City's population had reached Tier 1.

Nanzhi could tell this just by looking around.

In the nine days since she had unlocked the third and fourth stele, she had relentlessly trained in the Mind Palace. She had managed to improve her mental exploration skill, acquire new abilities, and enhance the old ones.

Just last night, her range of mental exploration had increased to four hundred meters, and has now allowed her to roughly estimate the rank of her opponents. It was akin to a form of appraisal skill.

In her eyes, awakeners emitted auras of different colors that must correspond to their attributes. For example, Zhao Lin, who had a wood-based attribute, radiated a light green hue. Yu Baoyin, with his earth attribute, gave off a light brown aura. Feng Ran's was orange.

Some people had weak auras, while others had a much stronger presence. Nanzhi guessed that the strength of the aura reflected the awakener's rank.

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In her circle of friends, Lin Weihao's aura was the most prominent. The energy surrounding him was dozens of times more intense than Yu Baoyin's.

As for her own aura, when she tried to observe it, her peripheral vision only saw a sea of red.

These auras, or energy fields, as she liked to call them, fluctuated and weakened whenever the awakeners used their abilities.

The same principle applied to Snowball but its aura was a little aggressive.

The auras of the Bingdi lotus, wintergreen mushroom, and Winterplum tree were faint, tame, calm after staying the virtual farm for a long time.

Among the surviving plants and trees in Longmen Base, Nanzhi was relieved that she couldn't detect any auras—well, not yet.

However, she wasn't about to let her guard down.

Furthermore, she needed to visit the place again where the mutated parasol trees had appeared after her current goal was accomplished.

On a side note, she couldn't help but feel suspicious about one thing. Since the moment they had entered, she hadn't 'seen' a single water-based awakener.

In the slums near the main gate, there was a rowdy noise coming from outside.

Tao'er searched for an empty drum, flipped it over, and climbed on top.

From his vantage point, he could see the parade of modified cars entering the gates. He instantly knew what it was.

It was the boss of Longmen!

Only he could make such loud noises!