After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower
Chapter 176 - 174 Shock

Chapter 176: Chapter 174 Shock

Xue Dong and Jianzhong were busy preparing to book a restaurant for the wedding banquet and setting the menu amidst their free time.

Li Pan swaggered into the base’s courtyard, demanding red packets from everyone she met, which really pleased her.

Everyone knew they were getting married and were very happy, so they gave her red packets willingly, making her very joyful.

Li Pan didn’t have time to plan the wedding banquet, but certain rituals still had to be observed. Originally, she suggested just treating everyone to a nice meal without making it complicated, but Xue Dong disagreed. He insisted on following the procedures, saying it would create beautiful memories for the future.

He personally took care of all the arrangements—the procedures, menu, wedding car, wedding dress, and so on—handling everything with enthusiasm and without complaining about the hard work.

Meanwhile, Li Pan continued refining potions, planning to give these as return gifts to friends and relatives.

Everything was being prepared rapidly. Xue Dong had even renovated that small courtyard from the previous transmission array. The furniture inside was all vintage pieces collected over the years, made of purple rosewood and redwood.

The courtyard, carefully tended by everyone over the years, was filled with lush flowers and trees. The beautiful little courtyard was to be their bridal suite in the future, conveniently located when returning to the base, not having to live on the farm anymore.

After nearly two months of preparations, the wedding day finally arrived. Early in the morning, Li Pan was awakened by a group of girls who bathed her, stuffed her with food to fill her up, and then started doing her makeup and dressing her up.

The wedding dress, which she had chosen herself, was designer and looked stunning on her.

During the wedding, she would change into a beautiful red traditional wedding outfit with hand embroidery.

This was a gift from Yan Jiajia in Beijing, reportedly very expensive, an antique. She had used her connections to obtain it.

Later at the end of the wedding, she’d change into a stunning evening gown to toast the guests. Today, she had to be beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

The wedding invited many guests. Initially, it was planned to invite only close friends and family members from the base for a simple meal and drinks. It was explained in advance that no monetary gifts were required, just some eggs and millet which would later be donated to an orphanage or given to the less fortunate residents.

Unexpectedly, many people contacted Xue Dong on their own, asking to attend the wedding banquet, including Yan Jiajia and her adoptive father, the Director of Medical Services from the imperial capital, Old Master Wang, and several key figures from official departments.

And about twenty base commanders, along with all the Zhenhua superpower users, were attending too.

Now, a few tables were not enough, they had to add more people, increase security, arrange transportation, and many other things, which kept Xue Dong and a group of men from the base very busy.

All these people came because of Li Pan, something even the base commander had not expected.

The wedding day went very smoothly, completing all its segments.

Finally, it was Li Pan’s turn to give a speech.

"Today, as Xue Dong and I get married, I first want to thank all the leaders, relatives, elders, and friends for attending my wedding banquet. I feel immensely honored,"

"I never thought I would see this day. We’ve come a long way, and it wasn’t easy. I believe everyone here has lost many relatives and friends. I’m no different. I was raised by various aunts and uncles, each time one came to take care of me, I knew the one before had sacrificed themselves, and I couldn’t expect their return,"

"When I gained my superpower, I was quite happy. I could work and contribute a little. I began to learn farming, it was exhausting at first, and I didn’t want to trouble my elders. I just gritted my teeth and endured it,"

Recalling the past, Li Pan lowered her head and smiled.

She looked up and continued, "Later, I truly fell in love with farming. It’s different from other jobs, tedious and tough, but the sense of satisfaction when the crops grow in the field is indescribable."

"When the crops flourished, the combat superpower users started respecting us Wood Power Users too because we could feed them. They fought at the front lines and could protect us; in truth, none of us could do without the other."

"Later, I went to reclaim land. I couldn’t accept it. Why should I who never slacked and worked the hardest, still end up hungry? Since there was an opportunity, I wanted to try, I couldn’t accept defeat!"

"That’s how Xue Dong, Brother Qin, and I started working at No. 8 Farm from scratch. We were full of fighting spirit then, full of hope for the future, desiring a better life. Every day we went to the fields, carefully weeded, and inspected. Every day, we had to channel our superpowers without any laziness."

"We survived attacks by mutant animals, extreme weather caused by natural disasters, and hunger. Finally, we had our harvest. I still remember, everyone cried out of joy during the first autumn harvest. There were lots of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and rice. We could finally eat our fill."

Li Pan gently spoke of the past, and many people empathized with tears falling.

"Initially, the only thought was to keep ourselves fed and warm, we didn’t have the luxury to think much beyond that. But as we continued, the scope of our work kept expanding. The base needed food, many people were still not getting enough to eat, the Base Commander was anxious, the children at the orphanage were tiny, with big heads and small bodies, looking like bean sprouts."

"It was then that a desire sprouted within me—that somehow, we must ensure these children are fed. They are the hope for the future. Seeing them, I always remember my own childhood, when my aunts and uncles gave us their portion of food and walked shakily, nearly losing their trousers from hunger. "

"Having eaten from a hundred families’ tables, I also need to ensure the children below me are fed. I can farm, I can grow food."

Many Wood Power Users covered their faces and cried, and many elderly folks also had tears in their eyes. Those years were incredibly tough—a scar in their hearts that still bled with fresh pain when touched."

"Later, I learned to grow Medicinal Materials, only then did I realize how difficult it was to refine potions. I wanted to break through this area. I lack a sense of security and am unwilling to give control to others."

"I also acquired some Spirit Plants, little by little, doing and learning. The Medicinal Materials I wasted were worth tens of millions, but I thought it was worth it."

"I thought when the natural disaster struck, we all stood united, finally seeing some improvement, young seeing some light. But the production of Medicine was still tightly monopolized because it was profitable."

"The lives of ordinary people are worthless, it has been so for over five thousand years!"

"Why, because I didn’t bribe anyone when I was born?"

Li Pan tilted her chin slightly, her face stubborn.

"So many people are here today, I have thought about it for a long time, and specifically chose today to make a decision—I will freely disclose all the secrets and tips for potion production, hoping more people can learn to create potions. Anyway, I want to take this first step."

She turned around, giving way to the big screen, and waved her phone at everyone.

"I had a hacker specifically hack all existing base and imperial capital webpages, and news pages, releasing all potion formulas to the public. I am willing to take all responsibility alone."

Li Pan stood straight and bowed to all the guests.

This act silenced the entire room, everyone’s mouths agape, unbelieving that she truly did something so significant.