Farming for Survival in the Apocalypse

Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent ...

Chapter 865 Guiding Public Opinion

Chapter 865 Guiding Public Opinion

"It's okay, it's okay. I just took a nap and woke up here and it became like this."

Several guards danced excitedly, pointing to the distance and saying, "Look, there is a faint green in the mist. Maybe in the next upgrade, plants will appear directly in the space."

Li Sikai raised his eyebrows, and after perceiving it with his consciousness, he thought to himself that it was indeed quite good.

He nodded: "Yes, the next time the space is upgraded, it should be more than just the area. Maybe, something unusual will appear."

Upon hearing this, Chief Alliance Officer Li became excited: "It seems that this space is a treasure! Later, we will find a few excellent ones in the guard team to come in and help take care of it."

It's so vast that it would be impossible to farm it all without enough people.

"If possible, we should put some agricultural machinery in there. It's a bit laborious to rely on manual labor alone."

I didn’t want it before because I thought the space was not big.

Chief Alliance Officer Li nodded and said, "Okay. The escort team should have some left. Let them transport them over after we get out."

When the other league officials heard this, they all came over to joke, "You've pulled out someone's best treasure this time. League official Xue kept a few sets as heirlooms."

"Why is he passing it down to his family? Just leave it in the warehouse and don't move?"

"That's not the case. He is working in the guard corps and farming."

"It would be better to store them in the space. At least the soil here is fertile, the plants grow quickly, the yield is high, and they are not affected by the external environment."

"Before, Xue Mengguan didn't know about it and never thought about it. Now that he knows, do you believe that Old Xue can beat the gong and drum to open it for you?"

"That's right. Old Xue's hair has turned white because of the food crisis. If Xiaokai's space hadn't been top secret, I would have told him. He's a pitiful person. Now that everything is fine, he can rest assured."

The group stayed in the space for a while and then went out.

Qiu Man immediately contacted Xue Junyi and asked him to select a group of elite guards and send them a set of agricultural machinery.

Xue Junyi understood as soon as he heard it. He responded with a smile, put down the phone and went to do his work.

At the same time, he was thinking that things must be done cleanly and beautifully so that he could ask for food later.

Chief Alliance Officer Li guessed his thoughts, nodded and accepted it.

Anyway, the food in the space is used to feed the people of Qinghua, and Dijing will definitely be the first to benefit.

Whether Xue Junyi flatters or not, the result will be the same. However, if he cooperates and supports, Xiaokai will be able to take over the work more smoothly in the future.

The news of the space quickly spread among the guard teams in various places. Even the survivors who did not watch the live broadcast that day watched the replay afterwards.

Everyone was jubilant, and the whole Qinghua country was filled with joy. They knew that as long as there was space, they had hope of survival.

Everyone was eagerly waiting for the Imperial Capital to distribute food, but they didn't consider that a space was so small that it couldn't support the consumption of the entire country. Moreover, the Qinghe Alliance had never had the habit of eating free food.

A week passed like this, and Officer Wen informed everyone that they could go to the base with their smart bracelets to collect the mutant grain seeds.

After receiving it, you can farm outside the base. At that time, the guards will hire some survivors to patrol the fields to ensure that everyone gets a harvest.

Moreover, the base encourages everyone to open up wasteland. Once the land is opened for planting, it will be rented to the survivors for free. For all the harvests, only 30% of the tax needs to be paid to the base, and the rest belongs to the pioneers themselves.

Some people were unhappy and said that the land outside belonged to everyone, so why should the base collect taxes?

Wen Chaohui didn't bother to talk to them, and said directly: "When you come to Haishi Base, you have to abide by the rules here. It's different now than before. You can't just make a fuss and get an explanation. I think I have been kind enough to everyone. If anyone is dissatisfied with the base policy, they can move out of the base and settle in other cities.

What's more, the work provided by the base is not without food. Besides, patrolling and guarding, which one does not require expenses? Are they letting them work for nothing?

If you don't want to, you can just stay away from the guards and start a new land. If you get robbed or stolen, just don't come to us and complain."

Now that things have come to this, who would dare to make trouble again? Besides, it's not like they are being unreasonable.

Those who had been to many places also came out to persuade them: "In fact, the policy here is really relaxed, much better than other places. If you change to other cities, they may ask you for 50% or even more."

Everyone nodded and agreed. Even if they were dissatisfied, they had to endure it. It was different now. Whatever the base said was the truth.

It was at this time that everyone realized that the seeds they received were cultivated by a person with spatial abilities.

Many people were disappointed and complained: "We have to farm our own fields! I thought we could just sit back and wait for relief in the future."

"What are you dreaming of? The space is so small. Even if we work day and night to cultivate the land, we can't afford to support all the survivors in the alliance."

The guard in charge of distributing them sneered, "Our Captain Xiao Li has worked so hard for the alliance, and he doesn't want you to make sarcastic remarks here. If it weren't for his space, believe it or not, after this year, or at most next year, you will all starve to death!

Besides, our Captain Xiao Li doesn’t want to keep an ungrateful guy.”

They know the material reserve situation in various places. If they don't increase revenue and cut costs, they will really only have two to three years of supply.

The person who received the seeds curled his lips and didn't argue. He thought, "Is it necessary to make such a big deal out of just complaining?"

"Don't think it's easy to be a space power user. You only see the glory of others, but you don't know the suffering of others. Even if the space produces a lot of food, without the concerted efforts of the people below, it still won't be able to survive the end of the world.

I have never heard of a disaster that was overcome by a savior. What disaster could not be overcome safely without the unity of all the people?"

As the guard spoke, his eyes turned red and his voice choked with sobs, as if he was expressing his dissatisfaction with these people.

These people clearly needed Captain Li's help, but they were ungrateful and wanted to get more. He had seen too many such faces in the past week, and he felt sorry for their captain.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan looked at each other and began to lead the public opinion: "Yes, it is not easy to be a space ability user. Just think about it, with so many people coming in and out of your mind every day, and you have to farm, your mind must be buzzing, no one can stand it."

"That's right. The seeds they gave us were all mutant seeds. I heard that these seeds have a strong ability to adapt to the environment. The research institute had been breeding them for so long before the tsunami, but they were still distributed in limited quantities.

It's not like now, with large quantities of food, everyone has it, and there's no need to fight for it. As long as we work hard, we will definitely be able to eat and drink enough."

When the survivors heard this, they thought it was true and felt a little grateful to the space ability user.