Chapter 248: Start eating insect cakes

The authorities implemented two rounds of starvation in batches, and found more than 2,000 ogres.

These people had been hungry all day, and their eyes glowed green when they saw humans.

If it wasn't on official territory, I'm afraid they would have pounced on it long ago.

These more than 2,000 people were killed on the spot by the authorities, and they didn't even bother to send them to labor camps.

Moreover, when they killed more than 2,000 ogres, they did not hide the other refugees.

It can be used to scare the monkeys or to show one's power.

In short, the official attitude is there: if you want to survive, just abide by the law.

However, those ogres who eat less, or eat less frequently, cannot be distinguished through this method of starvation.

After killing more than 2,000 people, there were still more than 20,000 refugees left.

These people didn't bring much food with them.

Everyone was starving to the point of skin and bones, except for those eyes, which emitted a light of survival.

With so many refugees, it is impossible for the authorities to continue to support them for free.

In Office Building No. 2, Gu Yuanping’s office.

Ke Qin, Gu Yuanping and Professor Li from the farm gathered together to make tea.

Tea is a scarce commodity nowadays. Even if they are senior executives of the base, they dare not waste it casually.

The tea had lost its color and the three of them drank it with great relish.

"Old Li, tell me the truth, is there still hope that our farm can grow anything?"

The food rations for the tens of thousands of people in the base were already very tight, and now there are more than 20,000 mouths to feed.

Gu Yuanping was so anxious that bubbles appeared on the corners of his mouth.

Ke Qin, who was drinking tea nearby, also looked at Professor Li.

During the time he returned to the base, he also learned about the insect plague on the farm.

"You can't produce anything in a short period of time. After all, those crops have just been planted and it takes time for them to grow."

Professor Li has looked much older recently because of the things happening on the farm.

Ever since learning about Lu Yuan's method of using cold boiled water to irrigate the land, the workload of the entire farm has doubled.

The farm also recruited a lot of new people. Professor Li was busy checking the growth of flower pots and crops every day and had little time to rest.

Fortunately, this method is somewhat useful, and no insects have been found to regenerate in the soil so far.

Professor Li adjusted his glasses and planned to go visit Lu Yuan and the others later.

All the cactus seedlings that I bought from Lu Yuan before have been destroyed by insects.

If you want to replant, you have to buy another batch from them.

"Ke Da Jiao, when you went out before, did you check the food situation of other bases? What if we buy a batch of food from them?"

Although the base still has some food reserves, there are hundreds of thousands of mouths to feed. Without any new food coming in, the food will only come in but not out every day, and it will all be eaten up one day.

"Don't even think about it. Their situation is not much better than ours. We at least still have a lot of water, but their water sources are almost exhausted. Otherwise, how could this group of refugees be so large?"

When Ke Qin came to Feng Province before, he visited two bases, but the conditions of those two bases were really not very good.

Their cafeteria has started selling coarse pancakes mixed with insect powder.

Even this is often out of stock and many people cannot buy it.

"Then what shall we do with the hundreds of thousands of people?"

Gu Yuanping scratched his hair, which was less than one centimeter long, with distress on his face.

"In fact...the base in Feng Province has already started eating insect cakes. After disinfection and sterilization of various reptiles, almost all bacteria and toxins can be killed, leaving only protein, fat and carbohydrates."

"Dry it and add it to whole grains to make pancakes. It is both anti-hunger and nutritious, but..."

There are various benefits, but there is one drawback.

It is the parasitic plague during this period that has caused everyone to have a shadow over insects.

If we launch insect cakes now, I’m afraid many people will not accept them.

Many people are afraid to eat insect biscuits, but they can really save lives.

"I know what you mean, what do you think, Lao Li?"

Gu Yuanping looked at Professor Li and asked.

"If we do this, won't we have to purchase bugs from the entire base? Even if we hide the fact that we added bug powder, everyone should be able to guess it, right?"

In order to survive, some people should be able to accept eating insect powder.

"There's no need to collect them at the base. Didn't we just accept more than 20,000 people? Are we going to just let them sit and wait to die? Let's catch the refugees outside first and see how they react."

The task of catching insects was left to those people. It was fair to exchange reptiles for food.

The number of reptiles outside has not decreased much.

Although everyone has tried to be as careful as possible, the medical station still receives hundreds of people with worm bites every day.

The decision to launch insect biscuits has been made, but the question now is whether to conceal the fact that insect powder is added to the coarse biscuits?

The research institute can extract protein, fat and carbohydrates from reptiles.

Get rid of all those toxins and germs.

But how many people will believe it?

How many people can accept eating insect powder?

The final result of the three people's discussion was to keep it secret for the time being, sell the coarse cakes first, and solve the current food crisis first.

Wait until the parasite plague is over, and then slowly release the news.

After coming out of Gu Yuanping's office, Professor Li rushed to the villa area.

When he arrived at Han Ying and her family's villa and saw the high wall, Professor Li was really shocked.

However, the better the walls here are built, the safer Lu Yuan and his friends and the cacti will be.

Seeing a doorbell next to the door frame of the wall, Professor Li pressed it.

Han Ying and Lu Yuan were eating snacks and watching TV series on the second floor of the villa when they heard the doorbell ring.

There were seven or eight kinds of snacks and fruits on the table, as well as two bottles of iced milk tea.

Lu Yuan went into the bathroom, washed his hands and rinsed his mouth before going downstairs to open the door.

No matter who came or whether they would come upstairs, Han Ying put away the things that shouldn't appear.

Han Ying also went into the bathroom to wash up before going downstairs.

When I went downstairs, I found that it was Professor Li.

"You guys have done a great job here. I won't sit here anymore. Can you take me to see the cactus?"

Seeing that Lu Yuan was about to ask him to sit down, Professor Li simply waved his hand.

"Most of the cacti are in the villa next door. Shall we go over there?"

Lu Yuan pointed to the other villa.

The three of them came to the nearby villa 1107.

Except for a small path for walking on the first floor, the entire floor is filled with various large flower pots.

These flower pots contain some small cacti that have just been transplanted recently.

Although it looks small, with only a few thumb-sized seedlings emerging, it is growing well.

Although it cannot be compared with the one before the apocalypse, it can still grow like this under such harsh conditions. Even Professor Li called it a miracle.

"These things on the first floor were planted recently. If you want to pick them, you may have to wait for a month or so."

Cacti grow fast, especially when they are put into a space and kept for a few days from time to time.