81: Rancid materials

Luo Chen looked into the treasure chest, where a green core, an orange core, 134 star coins, 23 train coins, and five energy crystals lay.

“Five more!” Luo Chen was overjoyed.

Including what Chen Yujun took, there were now a total of 15 energy crystals, enough to enhance his strength fifteen times.

Luo Chen took everything out of the treasure chest and put it into his backpack, then turned to leave.

As for the treasure chest, there was no need to take it.

“Hey! Can you take me with you? I’m very well-behaved!”

At this moment, the girl saw Luo Chen about to leave and quickly followed, shouting.

“What is your major?” Luo Chen turned his head and asked.

“Aircraft Design and Engineering, PhD, why?” The girl’s eyes widened in confusion as she asked.

“You, a PhD?”

“Why? Don’t I look like one?” The girl looked down at her body.

“Hmm… you do look like one.” Luo Chen nodded.

He thought to himself, 'Sure enough, the concentrated is the essence. The previous short girl had everything concentrated on her child's food rations, but this one, well, everything is concentrated in her brain.'

“Does your aircraft design cover all types of aircraft?” A thought suddenly popped into Luo Chen’s mind.

“It should be possible!” The girl pondered for a moment, saying with uncertainty.

She was worried Luo Chen would come up with some wild idea, so her tone was a bit hesitant.

“Follow me!”

Luo Chen nodded and led the way out.

Such a small person wouldn't eat much. But if his plan succeeded, the benefits would definitely be enormous.

The girl's eyes lit up. Holding half a roasted chicken, she quickly followed: “Thank you! What’s your name? I’m Xia Tongtong.”

“Luo Chen!”

“Senior sister! Hello! My name is Cheng Yihan, can I have a bite of the roasted chicken in your hand?” Cheng Yihan said without being asked, her eyes fixed on the roasted chicken in Xia Tongtong's hand, swallowing uncontrollably.

For more than ten days, she had only eaten some biscuits and snacks to fill her stomach, but those things were hardly filling. As a result, her stomach was still very hungry.

“It’s fine! You can eat it!” Xia Tongtong said somewhat ingratiatingly, seemingly treating her as Luo Chen’s woman: “But this thing is a bit greasy. Without water, you can’t eat much.”

“It’s fine! Thank you!” Cheng Yihan, holding the roasted chicken, didn't bother with modesty and started gnawing on it directly, even though the roasted chicken had just been in the bathroom.

“Wow! Your flying vehicle is so strange! I’ve never seen anything like it! Is it newly developed?”

Along the way, Xia Tongtong, sitting in front of Luo Chen, kept asking questions excitedly, like a chattering little bird, which made Luo Chen's head ache.

However, even though Luo Chen felt impatient, he didn't say anything. This strong thirst for knowledge was exactly what he needed, and only such a person could produce true scientific research results.

He brought the two back to the Train.

At this moment, Chen Yujun and Noya also flew back.

Behind them, the flying cargo truck was loaded with bags of supplies, which looked like rice and flour and other staple items.

On top, there was also a bronze treasure chest and a common iron treasure chest.

“Are there no fresh vegetables and meat?” At this moment, Qin Yulian, who was in charge of collecting supplies, asked while looking through them.

“No! Almost all the vegetables have rotted, and most of the meat, without refrigeration, has also gone bad. We only found some intact ingredients at the very bottom.”

Chen Yujun said with some regret.

“It seems that collecting fresh food from outside will become increasingly difficult in the future.” Luo Chen frowned, feeling a subtle sense of crisis in his heart.

“Sister Yujun, if you see any seeds later, please collect all of them. We must be self-sufficient on the Train.”

“Understood!” Chen Yujun naturally understood this principle. This amount of food could sustain them for a few months, but what about after a few months?

By then, all the food in the fragmented world would have spoiled, and they would have no food left to eat.

“I know where there are a lot of seeds.”

At this moment, Cheng Yihan, who had been listening intently to their conversation, spoke up.

“Where? Seeds for food.” Luo Chen immediately asked excitedly.

“Hmm! In our college building, there’s a seed center. There are many seeds for food and fruits and vegetables there, which we usually use for experiments.”

“That’s great! Take me there now.” Luo Chen immediately exclaimed.

Subsequently, Luo Chen, guided by Cheng Yihan, arrived at the seed center teaching building.

In front of the building, there were also several zombies wandering around.

“They are all my senior classmates.” Cheng Yihan said, looking at the wandering zombies.

“You want to save them?”

“No! There are a few impressive graduate students inside who were responsible for breeding rice and wheat seeds. These are all research in staple foods. If they can be restored to normal, they should be able to help you.”

“Those few?” Luo Chen’s face lit up. These staple foods were exactly what he lacked.

“Do you want men too?” Cheng Yihan asked with some uncertainty in her tone.

“What do you think?” Luo Chen chuckled, but then he suddenly remembered the current food crisis and softened his tone: “If there are no women in that field, then that’s fine too.”

Luo Chen thought he would just isolate them when the time came.

“That won’t happen. College advisors generally recruit one male and one female graduate student.” Saying this, Cheng Yihan pointed to two female zombies among the group.

One was wearing washed-out blue jeans and a white crop top, with long black hair casually draped, covering half her face, making her exact appearance unclear.

However, judging by her wasp waist and perky butt, she probably wasn't bad-looking.

The other was wearing a gray hip-hugging long skirt with gray over-the-knee socks.

Her thighs were a bit fleshy, and her figure was as explosive as Mu Sichun’s, a typical pear shape, very impactful.

Only one shoe remained on her foot, revealing all her toes painted with bright red nail polish.

Luo Chen drove the flying motorcycle into the zombie crowd and stopped. He casually slashed down a female zombie that was staring blankly at him, and began to pull down the black stockings from her legs.

Regrettably, this zombie was wearing pantyhose, so Luo Chen could only pull them down from her hips. Fortunately, the woman was very quiet, and he skillfully removed them completely.

Not far from his body, the female zombie’s eyes were blinking, watching Luo Chen.

Luo Chen turned his head, startled by the zombie's gaze, and quickly kicked the female zombie's head flying, cursing: “Damn it! Making it so dark and then coming over to scare me.”

Luo Chen threw away the white underwear and tore the black pantyhose into two strips down the middle.

He tugged at them forcefully; the quality was not bad. Then he went around behind the two female zombies and tied them up.

After tossing the two female zombies aside, Luo Chen motioned for Cheng Yihan to lead the way.

Seeing her blank expression, Luo Chen spread his hands and explained helplessly: “No choice! To avoid accidentally getting infected by them, I had to be a bit rough!”

“No… it’s fine! Follow me, the seed center is on the first basement floor.”

Cheng Yihan snapped out of it and quickly led Luo Chen forward.

Most of the zombies had run out, so there were no zombies to be seen inside the teaching building.

Luo Chen arrived at the first basement floor, where a wooden door appeared before them.

Cheng Yihan stepped forward and pushed hard, but there was no response. She turned back and shook her head with some regret: “It won’t open.”

“Just kick it open!”

Saying this, Luo Chen stepped back a distance, then kicked forward with force.

However, to his surprise, his full-force kick didn't open it; it only created a dent in the wooden door.

“It’s quite sturdy!”

Luo Chen again stepped back several paces, added a running start, and with a 'crack,' the wooden board on the door was completely kicked open.

“Let’s go!”

Saying this, Luo Chen pushed aside the wood chips and entered.

Cheng Yihan followed closely behind him.

Luo Chen looked at the shelves filled with bottles and jars, a surprised expression on his face.

“So many!”