Chapter 055 Chapter 55

"...Be good, let's talk about something good." Xie Muzhi choked, but soon nodded helplessly: "But it's true, business is not very good. Now the fish we catch are basically piranhas, which have a lot of bacteria and high consumption costs. Everyone is worried about food shortages, and everyone is desperately hoarding food. Who would be willing to trade food? So I gave them a holiday."

Of course there are other reasons, which I will discuss later.

While waiting for the water to boil, he took out the things he brought one by one: "Here are the seeds. I got some of each kind. You can try planting them first. This is the one for ice powder. The planting instructions are here. These are medicines for applying to external injuries. The water is too polluted now. If you have a wound, apply this first..."

Ji Yang squatted aside and watched with anticipation.

After Xixi finished eating the piece of meat in her mouth, she ran over and squatted with her owner to watch.

The seeds were packed in small packaging bags. There looked to be hundreds of seeds of each kind. The categories were also written on labels. Most of them were ones that Ji Yang had stockpiled before, but there were also some that she had not.

Ice jelly is one of them, and there are also some small varieties of pepper seeds, mulberry seeds, cherry pineapple seeds, etc.

The planting instructions were a palm-sized notebook. Was it written by Xie Muchi? Looking at the familiar words, Ji Yang's eyebrows moved slightly.

She listened carefully, took the seeds and put them into the warehouse, then took out some of the simplest lettuce seeds and a foam box for planting. In the foam box was some soil that she had stored in advance, which she needed now. In addition, there were also a small hoe specifically for farming and a watering can.

These things are relatively easy to find now, so she took them out openly. Xie Muchi didn't look at them much, just thinking she was doing it for fun. He comforted her in advance: "It's easy for newbies to make mistakes, and the environment is not good now. Just treat it as a hobby. I'll bring you whatever dishes you like."

"Got it." Ji Yang dug the soil and bury the seeds enthusiastically without even raising his head.

Can’t grow it?

impossible!

If it was really a bad thing, she would just get two plants from the space and replace the prince with a cat. They were both lettuces anyway, and they were all 'planted' by her!

However, she was only willing to do this with lettuce seeds. I heard that lettuce is one of the easiest vegetable seeds to grow for beginners.

Xie Muchi continued to take things out. The disinfectant was ignored, so he put it in the drawer of the coffee table. Then there were various vegetables. Almost everyone in the base who had a little free time was frantically stockpiling food. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and dried vegetables were the first choice.

Coal, which had been quiet for a while, has become a popular commodity again and the second choice for drying vegetables.

The first choice is the scorching sun nowadays, but it has been raining these days, there is no sun, and the temperature has dropped to the early 30s, so we can only use fire to dry it.

So Xie Muchi brought some more.

Apart from the first time, there was the jade this time. Last time, Ji Yang had brought back two sacks of it. Now he didn’t bring much, only about 20 to 30 kilograms.

The last thing that came out was a box.

Ji Yang had just planted the seeds and sprayed them wet. She clapped her hands and turned around to see the box: "What is this?"

"Before it rained, two girls came to you and gave you a nest of bird eggs, saying you wanted this, so I took some as well and mixed them together." Xie Muchi said as he opened the box, which contained a pile of bird eggs covered with sponge cloth.

They vary in size and pattern.

There are quite a few of them, stacked up layer by layer.

Ji Yang exclaimed: "So many?!"

"Well, this is still not much." Xie Muzhi explained: "It rained just three days after we harvested, and I haven't been able to go out since then."

Ji Yang was already very satisfied. When he heard him talking about the rain, he remembered what he had been worried about and asked, "Is the base flooded?"

"It was flooded." Xie Muzhi nodded. "But the authorities blew up a dam and the water flowed down a little. It was only flooded for about half a day before the water level dropped again. This heavy rain was actually a tsunami at the seaside. The tsunami level detected exceeded all current records. Anyone who was slightly closer to that side was affected."

Ji Yang was stunned, and suddenly recalled the black curtain that seemed to cover half the sky during the rainstorm. It turned out to be a tsunami.

She had never experienced a tsunami. In her previous life, she only knew what was going on when she followed the official team to the beach after the extreme heat started. She had no idea what a tsunami looked like in reality.

If it was a tsunami that day, no wonder almost all the people on the beach were wiped out.

And a tsunami could happen more than once!

Compared to this, tornadoes don't seem so scary.

Seeing that Ji Yang's face was not very good, Xie Muchi also thought of the previous tornado scene. The tsunami is more terrible than the tornado. He can only say that they are fortunately not at the seaside, and most of the people in the coastal cities have been evacuated, otherwise the losses would be so heavy that he dare not even think about it.

Xie Muzhi quickly changed the subject: "By the way, the researchers have tested that the heat-insulating cloth can withstand temperatures up to 50 degrees. Once the critical value is exceeded, it loses its effect. However, it is more outstanding than the existing results. They are trying to use this to make further progress."

"Sure enough, it's still a semi-finished product." Ji Yang had guessed this before, but he was still a little disappointed. He didn't know who had researched this?

Forget it, she only took half. In Lake City, if the person who developed this is still alive, the finished product will definitely be produced faster than in the previous life.

If that person died, then we would have to rely on the efforts of this group of researchers, and an outsider like her would just have to wait and see.

Ji Yang took the box away directly: "I'll put it away."

"Do you like eating these eggs? I'll bring you some next time." Xie Muchi asked, thinking of the eggs she had given him before, in addition to chicken eggs, there were also many quail eggs. These small eggs are indeed more tender than chicken eggs and duck eggs, and are easier to eat.

Ji Yang was silent for a moment, suspiciously.

That wasn't the case. She had more quail eggs and hen eggs than she could eat anymore. She was just looking for something to do to enrich the species.

Ji Yang coughed dryly: "No need, I just happened to come across it, I want to try it, it's just like that."

This many eggs should be enough. You can collect them when you come across them next time, otherwise they will go bad if you collect them and leave them there.

Xie Muchi didn't investigate further. The water boiled, so he took it to the bathroom to wash up. Ji Yang quickly went to the storage room and shone a flashlight on the eggs one by one.

Since we caught it before the heavy rain, and it has been almost ten days now, if the bird eggs are alive, they would have been half-hatched and you could see blood vessels and the like inside the eggs.

If it was a bad guy, there would be no reaction.

With so many eggs, Ji Yang estimated that she would be lucky if ten of them were good. After she took pictures of them one by one, she found that out of more than forty bird eggs, twelve of them were good!

What great luck!

The intact eggs were placed in the space incubator. The five bird eggs brought back before were in good condition, but one of them had a crack and might hatch in the next two days. She had already read about bird breeding methods and was starting to have a headache about what to feed them.

She doesn't have bird-specific milk powder or earthworms or other meaty insects, but only a lot of grains. If it were sparrows, it would be okay, but if it were other carnivorous birds, it would be a disaster.

After Ji Yang finished muttering, he put all the bird eggs in.

I looked at the time again. It was past ten o'clock. I could think about what to eat for lunch.

Seeing so many vegetables and mushrooms out of the corner of his eye, Ji Yang decisively chose to eat hotpot, one spicy hotpot and one mushroom hotpot. He put the vegetables in and blanch them, then dipped them in the sauce, and they were delicious!

She knows how to make hot pot. She goes directly to the storage room to take out the double-flavored pot and induction cooker, pours two bottles of mineral water, puts in a packet of hot pot base, and puts a little salt and chicken essence, as well as various mushrooms in another pot and starts cooking.

While waiting for the water to boil, Ji Yang took out some frozen meat, including rabbit meat and pork, to cook for Xixi. In addition, he added some previously marinated beef. Speaking of which, this beef was cut and marinated by Xie Muchi last time when he was free so that she could put it in the refrigerator and take it out to thaw when she wanted to eat it.

The last step is to wash the vegetables, and the washing area is in the kitchen.

——

Not long after she went there, the bathroom door opened and a brand new man appeared, still a little damp. He scanned the entire room with his eyes, locked onto his target, and quickly went over to hug the man who was washing vegetables from behind, taking a head of lettuce away with him: "Are you having hot pot for lunch?"

"Yes." Ji Yang nodded. Seeing him take over, he immediately wiped his hands, bent down and slipped out of his arms. "Since you wash the vegetables, I'll go make the dipping sauce."

Xie Muzhi sighed faintly: "I haven't seen you for more than ten days, you don't miss me at all."

"How could that be?" Ji Yang paused and retorted righteously. She stopped running and imitated him, hugging him from behind. However, Xie Muchi was taller, so she couldn't hug him. She could only wrap her arms around his waist and simply rest her arms on his abdomen.

The next second, she felt the muscles under her hands tense up, so she took advantage of the situation and lifted up a piece of clothing, slipped in, and pressed against the firm and smooth muscles. She said with a slight smile, "I'm afraid that your work efficiency will be reduced if I'm here."

As he said this, he glanced at the vegetable washing action which had stopped unnaturally.

Xie Muzhi: “…cough.”

He coughed lightly, pursed his lips, and returned to his senses while washing the vegetables. He said with a stern face, "No."

Ji Yang felt amused, but they hadn't seen each other for several days. Now they were considered a long-distance relationship? She suddenly thought of this and laughed out loud. Xie Muzhi asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"I was thinking, is this considered a long-distance relationship?"

Thirty kilometers was not far before the natural disaster, and it would only take thirty minutes to drive. But now there are all kinds of problems, such as icy and snowy ground, waterways, and the high temperature that will make it even more difficult to go out. The distance that once seemed so close has now become extremely difficult to go back and forth.

Even though Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi seem to have great convenience in going out, it takes several hours to row 30 kilometers with just their hands. Speedboats consume a lot of oil, but one liter of oil now costs 50 to 60 points, and the price is still rising.

Most people are reluctant to walk so far.

Xie Muzhi sighed slightly, but said, "Yes, a little bit, but it's good for you, quiet and peaceful."

Ji Yang was surprised: "Didn't you always want me to live in the base before?"

Xie Muzhi quickly cleaned the vegetables and put them in the basket. He patted the little hands that were still making trouble, and when the people let go, he took them by the hand and walked to the coffee table in the living room, and reluctantly told them what happened at the base:

"These days, the number of people injured by piranhas at the base has doubled. Some have died, and most have had their wounds infected. There is a serious shortage of medicine, and there are no drugs for many viruses and bacteria. Doctors are groping for medicine. There are not enough wards, and some patients who are still conscious cannot be hospitalized. Beds can only be reserved for those with serious conditions, but there are no drugs for their symptoms. Now these people are dying in large numbers. After the news spread, some of them may not be able to hold on, so they started to drag others to be buried with them, causing a lot of trouble."

"The day before yesterday, it was revealed that many people did not have enough food. Although it seemed that there were not many snakes, insects, rats and ants, that was in District 1 where we had the conditions to eliminate them. Other districts did not have so many resources, and all kinds of rats, cockroaches and insects were also emerging in an endless stream. Therefore, in Districts 4 and 5, many people were hungry and ate rats and cockroaches, and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. They ran to the hospital for help, and when they found that there were not enough beds, they made trouble. The government sent troops to suppress them, but they could not suppress them for the time being, and they are already thinking about centralizing the people."

"The base has been getting more and more chaotic recently, and there hasn't been much big business because of this, so I thought of letting them all stay at home for the time being and wait until the storm has passed."

There are definitely still some small businesses, but they are always given to the lower levels, so they don’t do much small business and basically just send a few people out to watch over them, so as not to miss out on potential big customers.

As soon as the wealthy saw that something was wrong, they immediately tightened their supplies, thinking that it would be a waste of time to waste time, so they would rest for two days and wait for those who needed them to come over naturally.

Ji Yang had already expected this to happen and was not surprised. It was just that he was faced with this situation again and he didn't know what to say for a moment. In this situation, he could only wait until the drugs against those viruses were developed.

Xie Muzhi squeezed her palm soothingly: "So I suddenly feel that your place is pretty good, there are few people and it is safe, but you still have to be careful, there are many survivors who didn't go to the base, their living environment will only be worse than the base, if they target you, it will be troublesome."

The situation at the base was getting worse day by day, and the death toll was increasing exponentially. In many serious cases, entire families were wiped out. Therefore, even the extreme heat crisis could not stop that group of people from going crazy. Instead, it made them more reckless. Perhaps they felt that they would not be able to survive, so they simply found more people to be buried with them.

There are many rich people in District 1, and they are even more afraid of death. They even set up a security team to patrol every day, for fear that those infected would rush over and bully them. Many owners also hide guns, so there is no need to worry about general situations.

Xie Muchi also paid a sum of points and arranged for several trained single young people to guard the villa, but he could not arrange for everyone.

Most of them have families with them, and the villa cannot accommodate so many people. At this time, we can only secretly leave some guns and bullets for them to protect themselves.

Therefore, in comparison, outside the base, the only things that need to be guarded against are bugs and rats. Ji Yang's house is well decorated, the water pipes and other things are sealed with cement, the screens are even more sturdy, and he sprays some insecticide regularly, so there are not many bugs in the house.

At least what he saw was much better than he expected. He had been worried that people would be poisoned because there were too many insects and too much pesticide was sprayed.

The water boiled, and the spicy smell of the hot pot rushed straight to his face. Ji Yang leaned over and kissed Xie Muchi's serious face, breaking the heavy atmosphere: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's eat first."

Xie Muzhi smiled, his mood suddenly relaxed, and he squeezed Ji Yang's hand: "Well, I'll heat it up for you, what do you want to eat first?"

——

Changnan Base

The situation was actually a little worse than what Xie Muchi said.

As a security officer, Feng Yexing could guard the security booth alone during the extreme cold weather. But now he can't. At least four people are required to form a group. They must always hold their guns and be ready to load and fire at any time.

The other three colleagues around her were no exception.

It took four people almost half an hour to patrol the entire area without stopping.

There was no other way. There were not enough people to begin with, and now they had to get together. They could only patrol more areas. After finishing a patrol, they could rest for five minutes.

One person said: "Finally a little peace - ugh!"

Before he could finish his words, someone covered his mouth and said, "Don't say that!"

That person was a newcomer. They were basically two newcomers and two veterans. They were not very experienced in the business. Hearing this, he asked in confusion, "What, what happened?"

Feng Yexing felt sympathetic: "Because it will come true."

"Ah?" He began to panic: "It's not that serious, right?"

He had only been on the job for two days, and as a newbie, he had already witnessed more than ten disputes, all of which were similar to being scratched by a dirty lens, being stabbed, having a cup of dirty water suddenly thrown in his face while chatting, or having a cockroach thrown into someone's mouth...

It's a twelve-hour workday, and I'm almost busy all day.

It was now nearly noon, and he hadn't seen any disputes for over an hour before he uttered a sigh of relief.

Feng Yexing shook his head carefully: "I don't know."

All four of them were in a state of trepidation until the five-minute break was over. They stood up and prepared to continue patrolling, but before they could take a step, a scream destroyed the silence around them.

"Ahh! You crazy man!"

"abnormal!"

“Help—”

The four men's faces turned grim and they immediately ran over and saw one man pinning another down and biting him. It was hot weather and everyone's clothes were very thin. They could see at a glance that the bitten man had a lot of blood coming out of his neck.

At this point, the four of them took decisive action.

Two of them went over to pull him away, another went to help the victim, and Feng Yexing quickly stepped forward and punched him in the temple with his gloved hand.

Bullets are precious, so don't use them if you can.

With a dull "bang" sound, the man who was originally pulled away was still waving his arms and legs, with blood all over his face, looking very ferocious and terrifying. However, after being hit that time, his movements froze and he fainted with his eyes rolled back.

Because of this, the man fell down, his shirt was lifted up, revealing the festering and smelly wounds on his waist and abdomen, which was extremely horrifying.

The people watching around were so scared that they stepped back: "Oh my God, this is so scary!"

"Didn't the authorities say they were already counting the number of infected people and that they were going to be quarantined and not come out? How did this person get out?!"

"He must have escaped secretly. Hurry up and leave. If he gets infected..."

Feng Yexing turned to look at the victim.

The victim, a man, was also shocked. He immediately covered his face and cried, "I was just walking on the street. That person insisted on asking me how many points I needed to sell the virus. I said I didn't want to sell it, so he touched my crotch. I scolded him, and he suddenly pounced on me and bit me. It's over. I must have been infected..."

He was in a state of panic. The new security guard who was supporting him said hurriedly, "No, no, go to the hospital and get some medicine now. It can still be prevented and treated."

"Really?" The man's eyes sparkled.

The security guard nodded: "It must be true!"

The man was overjoyed, and then suddenly took action, touched the wound on his neck, and suddenly stuffed his hand into the security guard's mouth: "Then you try it too, to see if the medicine can really block the virus?!"

Security guard: ???

!!!

Oh shit!

The incident happened so quickly that Feng Yexing had expected it to happen. She quickly went over and grabbed the man's arm. His already tattered clothes tore open, revealing a sore on his arm.

“He’s infected too!!!”

The security guard vomited frantically, trying to spit out the blood. He was so nauseous that he even vomited acid. He felt that his stomach and intestines were tangled together because of this earth-shaking vomiting.

*

After a period of chaos, the new security guards were sent to take medicine and get injections, which were said to prevent viral infection to a certain extent.

But in fact, no one at the Institute of Virology is sure that this is effective.

The time is too short, the virus is evolving too fast, and there are too many types.

Feng Yexing and the other two returned to their patrol area in a daze. They were silent along the way and the atmosphere was depressing. The only thing that made people feel comfortable was that after this incident, the atmosphere was unexpectedly calm, which reduced a lot of trouble for their patrol.

In fact, ever since the infected found that there was no hope of recovery and some of them began to become mentally ill, the authorities have, in addition to appeasing the public, set aside a separate building to accommodate these infected people.

But everything is still in progress, and there are many fish that slip through the net, and... the security team, which is already seriously understaffed, is working hard to expand.

Since the base was flooded once, although the authorities took quick action and the water level dropped, the ensuing sequelae remained. The number of snakes, insects, rats and ants increased sharply, and increasing the frequency of disinfection was still useless. A group of these guys died, and another group grew up in the blink of an eye.

As a result, many daily necessities were contaminated, and the authorities even had to free up some manpower to start distributing free relief food. There was not much, just a steamed bun to soothe the throat in the morning and evening, and a bowl of thin coarse grain porridge in the morning.

However, those who can receive relief food currently have to meet certain conditions, such as living in District 4, District 5, etc., and having a book score of less than 30. However, there are still quite a few people, and they are very busy.

But even so, it still cannot stop more and more mentally broken people from choosing to retaliate against society. It's okay for those who are alone, but what's worrying is that there are groups of people doing this. There is even a curfew, and security guards on duty late at night are still easily injured.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, their shift was handed over.

The three of them left work quietly, and suddenly the only remaining new security guard spoke up: "Sister Feng, I want to resign."

Feng Yexing opened his mouth to give him some advice, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and said, "Think about it carefully."

Security guards are paid high wages and the work is a bit tiring, but when all the benefits are added together, they are much better than those of ordinary survivors. However, the danger is unbearable, and the turnover rate is getting higher and higher.

But Feng Yexing has no intention of leaving.

More than ten days ago, she and her cousin took leave and went out for a trip.

After the tornado, there was still water accumulation, and the only danger in the long journey was the unpredictable weather. They were lucky to pick up their relatives at another base during those few calm days.

But everyone was not living well, except for the two cousins ​​who were living the best. After arriving at the base, they had to collect points for renting a house and eating. Her family depended on her and she had no choice but to bear it.

Just endure it.

We can always get through it. Just think about it, they survived when the temperature was minus 50 or 60 degrees Celsius and blizzards were frequent. It’s just a man-made disaster, the base will surely be in order soon!