Our factory traveled through time

Chapter 57 Tadpoles Leaping Over the Dragon Gate

"Looks like there was a fierce fight last night. With something this serious happening, why didn't anyone come to call me?"

Looking at the fourth floor, where more than thirty strange fish corpses were piled up, Wang Ce finally understood the source of Zhang Luoyan's crystal core last night.

His breakthrough was extremely difficult; without those dozens of crystal cores, he might not have been able to advance smoothly.

These strange fish are strange because they are spherical in shape, about the size of a basketball, and have a short tail hanging down from the back.

It is completely black, has no gills, and its body surface is covered with a lot of mucus.

"Manager Wang, it's not that we didn't call you, it's just that killing these tadpoles was effortless."

"They climbed up the stairs from the fourth floor by themselves. I don't know if they thought it was the shore or what, they just kept climbing up."

"We killed dozens of them in one night, and then we felt something was wrong, so we closed the steel frame door."

"Look down there, it's densely packed, I wonder how many more big tadpoles there are."

Following the direction Master Xu pointed, Wang Ce had already seen the water spreading up the stairwell from the fourth to the third floor when he came down from the fifth floor.

It was pitch black ahead, the water was murky, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

However, Sheng Hong's searchlights are aimed at the stairwell 24 hours a day to prevent any amphibians from surfacing in the water below.

Two days ago, Wang Ce installed steel frame doors on the staircases of each floor to prevent sudden attacks by unknown creatures due to rising water levels.

Even if it can't stop the flow, it can still provide some buffering effect.

"That's right. You're very cautious and you've implemented my previous tactics very thoroughly."

"You can't earn all the crystal cores in the world. It's not too late to observe for one night before opening the door to hunt them down."

Wang Ce nodded. It was indeed strange that these tadpoles were running frantically towards the fourth floor. Could it be that they were coming to find their mother?

Huang Feipeng walked over from the planting area on the fourth floor, but curled his lip and said, "Brother Ce, you don't know, I felt something was wrong last night, and the first thing I thought of was the tactic you arranged before, and I wanted to close the steel frame door."

"However, Manager Zhang insisted on killing more than twenty of them. After we closed the door, not long after, she came downstairs, opened the door, and killed twenty more tadpoles."

"You didn't see it, she was incredibly ruthless last night, it scared all of us."

"Now that she can't advance to the third tier, these first-tier crystal cores aren't that useful anymore. I don't know why she insisted on taking the risk. What if there are even more terrifying creatures in the water?"

Upon hearing Huang Feipeng's words, Wang Ce's eyes lit up. Recalling the crystal core Zhang Luoyan had given him last night, he raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but wonder: Could it be for me to use?

"Wang Ce is at a critical moment in his advancement. He cannot be interrupted because of a few missing crystal cores. This is also to build the factory's top combat power."

Seeing Zhang Luoyan coming downstairs with a calm expression, Wang Ce realized he had been overthinking things.

"Manager Zhang, the meat of this tadpole is edible, and the texture is similar to that of an eel, but it has too much mucus, making it difficult to handle."

"By the way, Manager Zhang, we're almost out of purified water. Now we're letting the river water settle before boiling it for drinking."

"It might be fine in the short term, but I'm afraid it will cause diarrhea if it goes on for too long. Some people have already had persistent diarrhea today."

Hearing what Master Xu said, Zhang Luoyan nodded slightly.

"The water supply issue is indeed a major problem. We can't afford to get sick now, and we can't afford to get sick either. Even a simple fever could take us away."

"There's a water purifier factory in the park. Mr. Xu can use a drone to go there and get a few. It's always better to purify the water than to drink it directly."

There were all sorts of things in the river, but nobody found it disgusting. When you're about to lose your life, who cares about such trivial matters?

Huang Feipeng nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked with some confusion:

"Manager Zhang, we don't recognize them either. It seems the water purifier factory has joined forces with Yang Miao, Zhou Li, and Luo Ji. Even if we go there to ask for it, we might not get it."

Zhang Luoyan didn't even look up, and casually said, "Courtesy first, then force."

"Let's ask him first. If he won't give it to us, we'll go get it ourselves. The two buildings are only about 20 meters apart. The two of us might not be able to jump over, but Wang Ce definitely can."

Wang Ce and Huang Feipeng were both speechless. You call this "courtesy before force"?

He now understands that Zhang Luoyan's insistence on opening the steel frame door and killing the giant tadpole last night was probably because she had this in mind.

After advancing in one's life level, one's physical strength will definitely increase dramatically, making it possible to carry out decapitation missions.

"Go and inform the three of them first, and try to avoid taking action if possible."

Wang Ce still played it safe. Although they had annihilated the Japanese ship yesterday and killed two second-tier ninjas, giving them enough deterrent power, these three might not give them any face.

According to Zhang Luoyan's idea, she actually wanted Wen Tong, so she had to play the villain herself.

"Open the door, the three of us will go first."

Wang Ce held a steel fork. The tadpole was slippery and difficult to chop with a knife, but the steel fork was easier to handle.

"I first picked the big tadpoles in, and then Huang Feipeng immediately chopped them up. The workers behind then started processing the meat and crystal cores."

Wang Ce planned to streamline the process. Now that his life level was already at the second tier, killing these first-tier tadpoles wouldn't be difficult.

"What, you look down on women? You won't assign me any combat missions?"

Zhang Luoyan was wearing a white short-sleeved inner layer and a blue leather jacket on top. She was leaning against the wall in the stairwell with her arms crossed, looking at Wang Ce with a half-smile.

Huang Feipeng was determined to help his good friend find a girlfriend, and before Wang Ce could even speak, he thought he was giving him a divine assist:

"Manager Zhang, Brother Ce is just worried about you. Last night, you even used your superpower to hunt for crystal cores for him."

"Bang!"

Zhang Luoyan kicked Huang Feipeng against the opposite wall, making him wince in pain.

"Mind your own business!"

Seeing this, Wang Ce became even more convinced that Zhang Luoyan definitely didn't have any romantic feelings for him. Luckily, he hadn't confessed, or he would be the one getting dumped now.

"Cough cough, the river water has already flooded up to the third floor. It's pitch black down there, and our visibility is extremely low."

"We need you to use your superpower to give early warnings. The three of us can't all be fighting at the same time, otherwise we won't have time to react when a sudden crisis occurs."

"It's just like factory production, a streamlined operation that is highly efficient, and every step is essential."

After hearing Wang Ce's words, Zhang Luoyan snorted and stood aside without saying anything more.

Huang Feipeng, who had gotten up from the ground, looked the two of them up and down, feeling as if he had taken another step forward in helping Wang Ce find a girlfriend.

"Bang!"

"Splash!"

The moment the steel frame door opened, Wang Ce saw large tadpoles poking their heads out of the water. In the blink of an eye, some of the tadpoles shot up to the upper floor.

"Oh no, these giant tadpoles really think they're leaping over the fourth floor of our factory like they're part of a dragon gate?"