After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

Chapter 63: Chapter 61 Treatment

Chapter 63: Chapter 61 Treatment

The Base Commander once again expressed his gratitude and escorted the person downstairs to rest temporarily.

He alone carried Xie Ling to a room downstairs for rest, and made sure she was covered with a blanket before leaving.

Xue Dong stood there, waiting for the Base Commander to speak.

“Where are those rascals?”

“Gone to gather the crops.”

“Then what are you doing standing here, get moving and work.”

The Base Commander stomped his foot heavily, and Xue Dong, frightened like a mouse seeing a cat, scurried away.

Only then did the Base Commander start making calls and simultaneously assigning tasks to the Patrol Team, sending High-level Wood Power Users to various farms to hasten the growth of vegetation in an attempt to salvage the crops as much as possible.

This was a forced acceleration of plant growth, not taking money from the farmers, prioritizing the recovery of everyone’s losses, and delaying other calculations until after stabilizing the situation.

“You stay here and look after the three kids for me, I need to go to the farms to stabilize people’s hearts.”

“You go, I’ll take care of them.”

The doctor could tell immediately upon examination that Li Pan and Xie Ling were too important for the base to be neglected in any way.

“Whatever Spiritual Medicine is needed, just call and exchange for it, I’ve already instructed them earlier, I’ll pay for the expenses afterward.”

“All right.”

When the Base Commander went outside, he saw several superpower users come to report and directed everyone to first harvest the crops at two farms to avoid wasting food.

He followed the Patrol Team down to the farms to soothe everyone’s emotions. He had already made individual calls and posted notifications online. Worried that everyone might be too busy to check their phones, he decided to personally visit each farm to provide reassurance and handle emergencies.

Considering Li Pan’s substantial losses, the situation at other farms was even less optimistic, and he summoned all the Middle to High Rank Wood Power superpower users from home. Now only Beginner Wood Power Users remained at home.

The planting area at the base also suffered damage, but not as much, and it fared better than the farms because the base originally had expensive, high-standard insulated sheds that could be deployed anytime, equipment too costly for ordinary people.

The losses at the base were indeed not significant, so he prioritized the farms, working feverishly like a house on fire to soothe the farmers and devise ways to minimize their losses.

Zhang Qi and Xie Ling were the first to wake up.

They were startled to see a strange lady taking care of them.

“Auntie, have you seen my sister, Li Pan…”

Zhang Qi’s face was deathly pale.

“She’s upstairs and hasn’t woken up yet. She used much more superpower than you; she needs a little more time to recover.”

“My sister is okay, right? I’ll go see her.”

Zhang Qi attempted to get out of bed, but a slight movement caused stars to appear before his eyes, his bones felt as if they had been dismantled, his whole body limp, and he collapsed back onto his pillow, his vision darkening.

“Don’t move, you need a few days of rest. You’ll feel groggy for the next few days; this is the cost of your depleted superpower—you were steps away from meeting the King of Hell.”

“I’m fine, but my sister… Please tell me if she’s alright,” he begged.

Tears streamed down Zhang Qi’s face.

“It’s okay, don’t worry, she really just needs time to restore her superpowers. Don’t be afraid, you’ll all get better.”

The doctor gently soothed his emotions, transferring some Water Power to make him feel better.

“That’s good. How’s the farm, was our effort useful?”

“It was, they’ve gone to harvest the crops.”

Zhang Qi covered his face, wiping away the tears.

Li Pan had not yet woken up, fortunately the Star Tree had stored a lot of energy before and not all had been absorbed; this supplemented her quite a bit, otherwise it really would have been a disaster.

With her current ability, it was impossible to foster the crops of nearly two hundred acres of farmland in two farms; the Star Tree played a huge role.

This time, the energy from last time was almost exhausted; next time, she might need to go to the forest to devour energy.

The other farms fared worse than Li Pan; at least she had the Star Tree’s Barrier which, even though did not retain heat, could prevent some plants from being damaged by hailstones; other farms didn’t have this, and with hail hitting day and night, many plants were injured or killed, leaving the farmers crying on the ground.

The Base Commander led middle to high rank Wood Power Users to foster growth in several farms; he was responsible for calming everyone’s emotions, saying they should first salvage what they could, and the rest would be dealt with together; seeds could be exchanged at half price, tax would be exempted for a year, those short on money would be given priority for loans, and interest would also be halved.

This was the highest concession he could offer within his authority; the farmers did not make a fuss this time. Natural disasters were not man-made mishaps, nobody could be blamed, and this time no one faulted the Base Commander.

Seeing the Wood Power Users fostering growth, the farm’s own Wood Element superpower users also started to help out; others took care of cooking – everyone became busy. No matter how severe the natural disasters were, people still had to live; they wiped away their tears and started over.

Once the farm stabilized, the Base Commander finally breathed a sigh of relief; he mobilized able-bodied people from the base to help harvest the crops, and the harvested crops were purchased at market value, ensuring the farmers were not mistreated.

The farms didn’t keep much this time; everyone still had grain from last year and kept a portion for themselves, selling the rest to the base; that way they could get money to buy seeds, and once the weather improved, they had to hurry and replant, as time waits for no one.

Li Pan lay for a day and a night before she woke up, finding herself hungry at midday the next day.

When she woke up, the doctor sensed it.

“You’ve waken up, that’s great.”

“Who are you?”

“I am a Water doctor; the boss asked me to treat you. You’re really daring, daring to foster across a large area at only a middle level – aren’t you afraid of dying?”

The doctor transferred Water Power to her, alleviating the pain in her meridians and bones.

“I made that decision on my own; I was just too frustrated at the time, too impulsive; all I could think about was how to recover our losses. Otherwise, everyone’s hard work would have been wasted.”

“I understand, everyone suffered heavy losses in this freeze disaster; but you should also take care of your life. The boss beat up Xue Dong and Liu Qian; he didn’t save any face, he was really furious.”

When Xue Dong and Liu Qian heard that she had woken up, they quickly came to see her.

“Pan’er, you finally woke up; you really scared us.”

“I’m sorry, it was my impulsiveness that implicated everyone.”

Li Pan apologized weakly from her bed.

“Silly, we are the ones who should apologize; we also harbored thoughts of recovering the losses and took chances; otherwise, we should have stopped you. We didn’t realize the consequences would be so severe. Thankfully, you guys are safe; otherwise, we would have been sinners, restless for the rest of our lives.”

“It was my own decision, it has nothing to do with you. I’m an adult and it’s not right for you to take the blame for me. I was blind with rage, sorry for getting you guys in trouble.”

Li Pan shook her head, not blaming the others.

“We’ve gathered all the grain back; most of it was saved, but combined, the two farms still lost over thirty percent. The base has already taken it back, and they’ll keep some grain for us. The boss went to calm everyone else at the other farms. I’ve done the books; we lost less and after replanting, we’ll still make a profit.”

Liu Qian quickly reported the basic situation of the farm to comfort her.

“Sis, I’m sorry, I caused you to get beaten by uncle, I’m sorry to you!”

Li Pan felt very guilty; now that she was an adult, her actions should be her own responsibility, and it was illogical to involve her friends.

“Silly, the boss was just severely upset; it’s common for us to be beaten when we make mistakes, it’s nothing. Most of us were raised by him as children, and he’s like a father to us in our hearts. It’s okay for a father to beat his child.”

Liu Qian shook her head casually, carefree, still chuckling at her.

“Sis, Xue Dong, don’t feel bad. When I get better, I can still manage the farm well, believe in me.”

Li Pan smiled at everyone.

“Then you better recover quickly; without you, we all feel lost.”