Chapter 328 - 265: You Dare Bark Again

Chapter 328: Chapter 265: You Dare Bark Again

Zongshan District was the economic development zone of Yanhai City.

It had numerous plots of land designated for industrial parks, and the government was heavily promoting various projects.

Among them, the Delong Full-Automatic Chicken Farm, located near Xiwang Village, was a fairly decent local project in Zongshan District.

The farm had its roots in Delong Village, a major farming community, and was an early pioneer in the high-tech, high-capacity field of fully automated husbandry. Though the investment was modest, its significance was substantial, serving as an important symbol of rural economic revitalization in Zongshan District.

The farm raised 50,000 chickens and produced an average of around 45,000 eggs per day, which were supplied to local supermarkets. Many people in Yanhai City had eaten Delong eggs.

Before the apocalypse, the incredibly wealthy Lin Zhixue bought the chicken farm outright. She fired all the male employees, keeping only two female staff members.

At the same time, she also acquired Delong Village’s large-scale automated pig farm. It was close to the chicken farm’s buildings, just across the road, as both projects had originated from Delong Village.

Lin Zhixue was different from others. When establishing her base, she didn’t choose a location she liked; instead, she went wherever there were pig and chicken farms.

These sorts of operations couldn’t be built from scratch in just a few days.

She had to acquire existing ones.

Initially, she also wanted to acquire an existing greenhouse project. Unfortunately, she couldn’t find one adjacent to the chicken and pig farms. Anything too far away would be dangerous. In the end, she had to build her own. There wasn’t enough time to construct a fully automated greenhouse, so she settled for a non-automated one.

Next to the pig and chicken farms was a vacant factory building. It looked like it belonged to some shell company that had taken a subsidy and run, leaving nothing but empty space. Lin Zhixue temporarily requisitioned it.

She hired professionals and poured money into it, constructing a large, ten-mu greenhouse inside. They also set up a hybrid power supply system for the three facilities, using both solar and diesel generators. Simple equipment like a well, water pump, automated irrigation, and supplemental lighting was also installed.

They even sowed the first batch of greenhouse vegetable seeds for her.

Inside the facility housing the greenhouse, she set up a series of rabbit cages. She made an emergency purchase of an automated system for feeding, watering, and waste removal. After professionals installed and calibrated it, the system was ready to run on the very day the apocalypse began.

Ten thousand rabbits moved in.

And just like that, in a mad rush, Lin Zhixue had established two fully automated farms, one semi-automated rabbit operation, and one non-automated greenhouse.

Although her friends caused a lot of trouble along the way, she had money. By throwing cash at the problems, she could get professionals to build whatever she wanted, quickly.

It was the power of cash.

On the eve of the apocalypse, this whole farming and greenhouse enterprise Lin Zhixue had put together was actually quite impressive.

At 6:55 PM, Lin Zhixue surveyed everything she had prepared, her face filled with admiration.

"What a vibrant scene, with everything thriving and full of life!"

"Zhixue, you’re amazing! You went from being a huge star to a farming magnate just like that," said a girl with flawless skin and a charming smile, linking her arm with Lin Zhixue’s as they looked at everything they had accomplished over the past few days.

"Yi Xin, I’ll let you call me a farming magnate for now. But after the apocalypse starts, what will you call me? Hmm?"

"The Queen of Luxury Goods!"

Tang Yixin deliberately put on a very serious expression, making Lin Zhixue burst out laughing.

"That’s right. This was the plan my past self left for me, passed on to my ears in this life through a reborn person. I’ve actually been thinking about it these last few days... and the more I think, the more sense it makes! My past self must have gone through so many setbacks and awakenings to figure out such a simple, unpretentious, yet wise path, right?"

"Exactly! You’re just too amazing, Zhixue!"

Tang Yixin had never been involved in any real business. She had grown up sheltered by her family, and upon entering the entertainment industry, she’d always had people paving her way to the top. Now a highly sought-after actress, she had never truly suffered a day in her life. The most "bitter" thing she’d ever experienced was her morning iced Americano.

Having had such a smooth-sailing life, Tang Yixin was extremely curious about the "apocalypse" her good friend Lin Zhixue kept talking about. She thought it sounded interesting and decided to join in, never expecting Lin Zhixue to make such extravagant moves.

"Yi Xin, didn’t I tell you to prepare some supplies for the apocalypse too? How’s that coming along? You didn’t forget, did you?"

Tang Yixin was really just tagging along for fun, but Lin Zhixue had asked Yu Dong about her. In the previous life, Tang Yixin was her only close friend from the entertainment industry to have survived.

Apparently, her past self had confirmed this over a phone call with Tang Yixin.

So, no matter what, she had to bring Tang Yixin along.

"My preparations are very extensive, you know! Don’t you underestimate me! You’ll see how capable I am later... Oh, right, I also bought a lot of small animals!"

"Hm?"

Lin Zhixue glanced at the time and saw it was almost 7:00.

"Never mind, we can talk about it later. Let’s see how many of our sisters make it through. Everyone, come over here!"

Behind the two of them stood Qi Wenwen, Tian Hui, Fu Yuanyuan, and Wang Xiuying—four members from the cruise ship in the previous life. The first three were doing fine; they had been activated with a key.

But Wang Xiuying was not doing fine at all.

"What kind of promotion is your chicken farm running? When can I get the free eggs? I came all the way from Harbor District to Zongshan District, a one-hour bus ride! If I don’t get my eggs, I’m not leaving today!"

Lin Zhixue frowned slightly as she listened to Wang Xiuying’s incessant complaints.