Shen Feng said nothing more, but served Li Yiqiang and Zhu Shiwen two bowls of stewed meat, saying with a smile, "Please, eat as much as you want!"
Zhu Shiwen thought for a moment and asked, "Is there any rice?"
Li Yiqiang kicked him under the table and whispered, "What do you want rice for? Eat the meat quickly, don't you want to become an evolver?"
At this moment, Li Yiqiang was filled with disappointment. Such a good opportunity to evolve was right in front of them, and of course, they should be eating meat. He never expected his old classmate to still want rice, showing no ambition at all!
Zhu Shiwen also understood. Eating the meat of mutated beasts could turn one into an evolver, so he immediately began to eat the mutated beast meat in front of him. As he ate, he asked, "What kind of meat is this? I don't think I've eaten it before."
"Dog meat, very nourishing!" Shen Feng replied with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Shiwen became angry. "This is dog meat? How can you do this? Do you know this is a waste of precious resources?"
Shen Feng thought this guy was a dog lover, which was why he was so agitated. However, this was a chaotic world, and he shouldn't be angry about dog meat.
However, Zhu Shiwen immediately added, "How can you do this? Dog meat stewed with potatoes! It should be braised, or stewed in brown sauce, or cured meat. That's how you can fully bring out the flavor of dog meat, and you didn't even add cilantro. The taste is completely insufficient!"
Li Yiqiang explained to everyone, "He used to love cooking very much and was about to take the chef's certification exam, so he's very particular about eating."
Seeing the two of them eating non-stop, Shen Feng subtly inquired if Steel City had any radio stations and if they had been in contact with the outside world before.
In response to Shen Feng's question, Li Yiqiang honestly replied, "We don't have radio stations there. To know news from the outside world, we can only listen through a wireless radio. We only recently heard that Luzhou had been recaptured, which is why we came to seek help."
Shen Feng nodded slightly, thinking, "So, headquarters doesn't give all bases radio stations. They only give them to those with potential. For organizations like mine that have already recaptured cities, they will also provide supplies. It turns out they are serving guests according to their perceived importance."
Li Yiqiang and Zhu Shiwen hadn't eaten fresh meat for many days. In Steel City, the food they could get was basically rice and instant noodles. If they wanted to eat fresh meat, there was no opportunity, unless they went outside the city to catch chickens raised by villagers.
After eating three catties of dog meat, Zhu Shiwen suddenly felt a surge of heat throughout his body. He put down his chopsticks and collapsed onto the table, clearly having begun his evolution.
"Good luck. You've started evolving after eating so little. Most people need to eat ten catties of meat to have a chance to evolve. It seems that people's physiques are different," Shen Feng said with a smile. Then, he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take Zhu Shiwen to rest, while Li Yiqiang continued to eat meat.
Unfortunately, even though Li Yiqiang ate until he was full, there was no sign of evolution. He could only give up in frustration.
Shen Feng said to Li Yiqiang, "It's okay. When you go back, I can give you dozens of catties of meat. You can eat it slowly on the road, and you'll eventually become an evolver."
Hearing this, Li Yiqiang was deeply moved. He grabbed Shen Feng's palm and said excitedly, "City Lord, you are truly a good person!"
Shen Feng smiled and did not reply. Then, he said to Li Yiqiang, "Go and rest. I'll send you on your way tomorrow."
Li Yiqiang wanted to ask for crucial intelligence, but he had just eaten his fill, and it was getting late. He couldn't possibly make his request now; it would be too rude. It wouldn't be too late to ask for intelligence when they set off tomorrow.
Thus, Li Yiqiang was also taken away to rest. Shen Feng and Chang Jianyi then hurried to the City Lord's Mansion, where Guo Pinming was already waiting. On the table were two rifles. They looked brand new, but the style was too old, and they were also quite crude.
"Tell me, can we replicate these guns?" Shen Feng asked immediately after sitting down.
Guo Pinming nodded and said seriously, "We can indeed replicate them. We have all sorts of equipment here, and we already know the dimensions of the guns and the structure of the parts. Although they are old bolt-action rifles, they are simple to make. I have to say, Steel City truly has talented people."
Chang Jianyi couldn't help but pick up a rifle from the table to examine it, asking, "What about the gunpowder?"
Guo Pinming shook his head helplessly and said, "There isn't enough potassium nitrate, so we can only make a few bullets. Potassium nitrate is a controlled item now, and we can't bypass the military to get it. Therefore, even if we have guns, we are still short of bullets."
"There's nothing we can do about that!" Shen Feng had been advised by Chu Yangtian, so he knew the current situation and said directly, "Most industrialized areas are basically in the east. The industrialized areas in the western region are all near the provincial capitals. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to obtain some key industrial products."
Chang Jianyi couldn't help but look at Shen Feng with newfound admiration. She had previously thought Shen Feng was a shut-in who knew very little. But now, it seemed Shen Feng's learning ability was very strong. He definitely couldn't have said these things a month ago, and now he knew so much.
Afterward, Shen Feng continued, "Quickly dismantle these guns, remember the dimensions, and from now on, we will also produce guns according to these standards."
Li Yiqiang had always thought Shen Feng was a good person. Not only did he give them mutated beast meat, but he also provided important information to the outside world. If such a person couldn't be called a good person, then he didn't know what words could describe Shen Feng. However, behind the scenes, Shen Feng didn't care at all if he was stealing technology. Since they didn't know how to make guns, it was convenient to copy them now. If the other side found out later, they couldn't do anything to him.
Guo Pinming quickly dismantled a rifle, recorded the dimensions of all the parts, and then reassembled it, preparing to return it to the two men tomorrow.
Of course, Shen Feng wanted to get more. Since Steel City had a large steel output, why not utilize this? If he could continuously profit from Steel City, it would be equivalent to having a basic steel-producing city.
Chang Jianyi said in a low voice, "We can trade with Steel City. We can attract them with evolution potions, asking them to provide two mutated zombie heads in exchange for an evolution potion. They can't produce evolution potions."
Chang Jianyi believed that they could use the information gap. Although a mutated zombie's brain could produce two bottles of potion, they could conceal this fact and let the other side exchange it at four times the value, thus making a large profit. Especially since Steel City had guns, they would definitely be capable of killing ordinary mutated zombies, so this exchange would be quite worthwhile.
Shen Feng smiled and said, "Why would we use evolution potions when we can exchange for mutated beast meat?"
Chang Jianyi was stunned by this. She didn't expect her junior to be so cunning, wanting to exchange mutated beast meat for mutated zombie heads. These two things were incomparable. Generally, even eating more than ten catties of meat might not allow one person to evolve, but evolution potions could make people evolve 100%, and they could continue to evolve. Shen Feng's current ability to evolve to the third stage was actually due to evolution potions.
Shen Feng said in a low voice, "I plan to give these two people some information, but I don't plan to tell them about the evolution potions. Then, they will consider mutated beast meat as the only thing that can make them evolve. In this way, we can exchange cheap mutated beast meat for mutated zombie heads or bullets that meet the specifications."
"You're so wicked," Chang Jianyi said, poking Shen Feng with a smile.
Shen Feng put his arm around Chang Jianyi and smiled, "If a man isn't wicked, women won't love him!"
Guo Pinming pretended not to see the two of them plotting behind the scenes, one more insidious than the other. They actually planned to exchange cheap mutated beast meat for mutated zombie heads, which was very shameless.
One night passed, and Zhu Shiwen woke up, suddenly realizing his body had changed. He now possessed greater strength and speed. He felt he could catch birds with his bare hands, something unimaginable before.
So, after waking up, Zhu Shiwen found Li Yiqiang and eagerly began to demonstrate his abilities. He could leap nearly two meters high with ease and lift heavy objects with a casual gesture. He finally understood what an evolver was; they had surpassed ordinary humans, reaching a height that ordinary people could not attain.
Li Yiqiang looked at Zhu Shiwen, who was showing off, and shook his head helplessly. "Why is the gap between people so big? I ate seven or eight catties of meat and didn't evolve, but you, kid, just ate two catties and became like this. Why don't I have such luck?"
Hearing his old friend say this, Zhu Shiwen couldn't help but smile and deliberately said, "So you're not an evolver yet? Otherwise, you can stay here and eat more meat, and I'll take the intelligence back first, how about that?"
Li Yiqiang said irritably, "Don't talk nonsense. If I'm going back, of course, I'll go back together. No matter how good it is here, it's someone else's territory. We have our own base!"
Zhu Shiwen knew his friend's personality, so he had to go along with his words. "Since that's the case, let's quickly bid farewell to the City Lord and return to Steel City. I wonder if Steel City has encountered any trouble again."
Li Yiqiang nodded, and then prepared to bid farewell to Luzhou. Shen Feng quickly brought his men to see them off. Shen Feng had prepared a package containing over twenty catties of dog meat and more than ten pages of intelligence. At the same time, his subordinates also returned the two rifles to them.
Seeing this, Li Yiqiang was deeply moved. He hadn't expected that by just making this trip, he could bring back mutated beast meat and such valuable intelligence. Shen Feng was truly a good person!
"Actually, we can also trade!" Shen Feng said with a smile. "As long as you preserve the heads of mutated zombies after killing them and send them over, I can continuously provide you with mutated beast meat. Mutated beast meat can make people evolve, so consider it carefully."
Li Yiqiang asked curiously, "What do you want mutated zombie heads for?"
"Just for a few small experiments!" Shen Feng said with a smile. "Anyway, you have no use for mutated zombie heads. It's better to trade with me. Then, your base will also have many evolvers!"
"We'll go back and discuss it. If we can really trade, we will definitely send people over to trade. At that time, please prepare plenty of mutated beast meat," Li Yiqiang was tempted. After all, it was mutated beast meat that could make people evolve, but he couldn't make the decision himself, so he found an excuse to discuss it after returning.
Shen Feng knew that the other party was already tempted, so he wasn't worried. Steel City was currently isolated and helpless. They would definitely go all out for mutated beast meat. In this way, his trading goal could be achieved. Even if the trade wasn't successful, they had already obtained the data for the old-fashioned rifles and could start replicating them.
"Then, have a safe journey." Shen Feng and his men saw the two off, watching them sail upstream in a small boat before returning.
Sitting on the boat, Li Yiqiang steered the boat and sighed, "It would be great if we could really trade. After exchanging for mutated beast meat, the evolvers in our base will definitely increase. Perhaps, we can even recapture cities in the end!"
Zhu Shiwen took out the intelligence and read it, finding that it was indeed the most crucial intelligence at the moment. However, he couldn't help but suspect, "Why would Shen Feng give us intelligence and mutated beast meat? I always feel something is not right. It's unusual for him to be so good to us for no reason. I really don't understand."
Li Yiqiang didn't care about this and directly said, "Of course, the City Lord is a good person. And we are all humans, so he is doing his best to help us. Besides that, what other possibilities are there?"
"I hope so," Zhu Shiwen put the intelligence back into the package. At this moment, he felt something was not right. Although Luzhou's attitude towards him was very good, it was too easy for them to give away mutated beast meat and precious intelligence. It was really not supposed to be like this.
Zhu Shiwen always felt something was not right. It was the apocalypse now, would anyone really treat him so well? Not only did they give him a lot of mutated beast meat, but the other party even agreed to trade. It seemed they were taking too much care of him. However, as long as he could get benefits, there was no problem. Perhaps, with more evolvers in the base in the future, they could rule a city!