Chapter 177 Planting Area Plan
"It's okay, it's just a dislocation and a few minor injuries. It's been disinfected and the bleeding has stopped." When Zhao Xuefei goes out on a mission, it's inevitable that she'll get injured, and the team members always carry some medicines for emergency treatment of wounds.
She said it lightly, but You Xi frowned and helped her walk towards the RV. Zhao Xuefei followed the other party obediently, and turned back to ask the other team members on the battery car to go back to the base first.
The men in the car looked at each other for a while. Just now, this sister was still irritably saying that it hurt so much and asked them to drive faster to go back to the doctor to ask for some painkillers. Now... in front of such a beautiful woman, she just left like that?
Doesn't it hurt anymore?
They waited there hesitantly for a while, but Zhao Xuefei followed him into the RV and never came out again...
Inside the RV, the coat that Zhao Xuefei used to wrap her arm to stop bleeding had been untied. On her slender arm, a wound several inches long was lying there, like a big crack.
The wound was indeed cleaned, disinfected and bandaged as soon as possible, but even You Xi, who was always able to endure hardship, could not agree with what Zhao Xuefei said was "a little wound".
You Xi did not hesitate and took out the [Repair Foundation] directly from her pocket (Xingwu Warehouse).
This bottle was bought a long time ago, but because she could create a shield to protect herself after activating her ice power, she basically didn't use it, and there was still more than half a bottle left.
"Liquid foundation?" Zhao Xuefei was still confused, but the next second, when the other party squeezed the "liquid foundation" on her wound and spread it a little bit, the long and deep bloody wound on her arm actually began to heal a little bit.
Zhao Xuefei: ... ! ! !
The wound was too deep and the healing speed was slow. Youxi didn't lack these star coins now, so she used more. Sure enough, the effect was superimposed. The deep cut that could see the bone quickly healed up. After a while, even the pink scar disappeared.
Zhao Xuefei stared at her arm in astonishment, thinking she was dreaming.
**
An hour later, Zhao Xuefei walked into the base and was still a little dazed.
The "liquid foundation" that can heal wounds instantly is just the beginning. The other party has been frowning since he saw her wounds, and the pressure on his body is very low.
Even though she smiled and said that such minor injuries are commonplace, this is how missions are, and it was her own fault that she didn't notice the mutant mantis lurking in the bushes, but fortunately it was not poisonous... The other party remained silent.
After a moment, he suddenly stood up and pulled out a large travel bag from the bed above the front driving area.
After that, the other party began to take things out: a Mitsubishi bayonet, a long dagger with a sheath, two fully automatic pistols equipped with silencers, seven or eight boxes of 50 rounds of bullets, two small grenades, and finally the bottle of "liquid foundation" with more than half of it left, all were blocked in front of her.
Zhao Xuefei: ... ! ! !
"There are always dangers when going on a mission in the end times. Take these things as a return gift from yesterday."
Zhao Xuefei: ...???
"Do you have a place in the base where you can hide these?"
Zhao Xuefei nodded woodenly.
"Is there a way to bring them into the base without passing the inspection?"
She nodded again.
"And..." The other party took out another small box, similar to the one that holds medicines. After opening it, there were three very small pills inside. "Take one now, and feel the changes in your body in the next two days. When you are fully adapted, you can choose the time to take the second pill. As for the third pill, it is for your mother. Pay attention - try to watch her eat it without her knowing."
What she gave Zhao Xuefei was the [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill]. After taking two pills, the physical fitness of an ordinary person can be increased from the original 100 basic units to 225 units. It is already twice the strength and speed of a normal person. Taking a third pill will inevitably arouse suspicion.
As for Yuli, taking one pill is enough to have a physical fitness that is 50% stronger than that of an ordinary person.
She hadn't thought about it so early, and planned to wait until the matter was decided before taking out the [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill].
"What is this?" Zhao Xuefei was completely confused.
"You will understand after you take the first pill." [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill] takes effect immediately. People who have been exposed to martial arts and fighting have a strong sense of their own strength, and will know immediately if there is a change.
The problem is that Zhao Xuefei saw this face for the first time today, and she didn't know if the other party would obey and take it.
However, Zhao Xuefei quickly took a [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill] and ate it: "If you want to harm me, you can directly put the drug in the sandwich and milk tea in the morning, instead of waiting until now."
What's more, she likes this small shop called "Star House" just out of a simple intuition.
Five minutes later, the other party asked Zhao Xuefei to get out of the car and said he wanted to fight her bare-handed. But after two or three moves, she noticed changes in her body: her speed increased, her punching power increased, and even her jumping ability increased!
She looked at the other person, not knowing what to say. After a moment, she asked, "Are you a visitor from another civilized planet?"
You Xi:...
"No."
"Why are you so nice to me? These things... these gifts, are so precious..." "
Because of a friend." You Xi paused, "Maybe you can meet in two days."
The other person said, taking out a small travel bag and putting all the "gifts" to her in it. As for the small medicine box, he handed it to her personally: "Each increase is 50% of the previous one. You can choose a time to take the second one. But remember to hide it well. If there is a possibility of exposure, it's okay to eat it in advance."
Zhao Xuefei took the heavy "gift" bag and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The team actually had weapons, because their team was directly under Zhou Ningyuan, so they had guns and bullets, but bullets were consumables and limited in quantity. In addition, guns made too much noise, and using them in a dense forest would easily attract large mutant animals from far away, so they usually used cold weapons.
But now in this travel bag, the other party seemed to have taken all the key points into consideration.
With a silencer, the gun can be used freely in the dense forest, and there are so many bullets that you don’t have to calculate every time you use one. The most important thing is that these are all weapons that belong to her alone, and she was armed to the teeth in an instant.
Before she left, the other party asked her if she would go out on a mission tomorrow, and if she was going to go out, she should go out early and come to the RV for breakfast, so that she could eat some hot food that was inconvenient to carry.
Zhao Xuefei nodded in agreement and suddenly asked, "Will there be another change tomorrow?"
You Xi looked at her and found that her cousin was actually very smart.
She might have thought of something from the high-tech items such as [Repair Foundation] and [Strong Anti-Sugar Pills], which were counterintuitive, but she didn't ask directly. Instead, she told her in this way. In fact, she had guessed it a little. She
didn't give an answer, but just smiled at her and said, "See you tomorrow."
Just like that, Zhao Xuefei wrapped her arms with the bloody coat again, brought the "gift", used the official team member's privileges, and entered the base directly without inspection.
Walking in the familiar underground passage, she felt more and more that everything that had just happened was incredible. As a result, because of distraction, she almost bumped into the person walking in the opposite direction.
"Be careful!" The other person supported her and frowned at her arm: "Xiaojun said you were injured, why did you come back now? I have asked for the painkillers for you and have sent them to your room."
"Thank you." Zhao Xuefei was absent-minded. She wanted to leave after saying that, but was stopped by the other person.
Zhou Ningyuan looked at her arm. There was a strong smell of blood on the coat. Xiaojun said that the wound was quite deep. He was worried and wanted to check it. If it didn't work, he would take her to the infirmary for stitches.
This time, Zhao Xuefei almost subconsciously dodged the other person's hand: "I'm fine! The wound has been treated!"
Her resistance was too obvious. Zhou Ningyuan was stunned, with his hand stretched in the air, and he took it back after a while.
"Sorry, Captain Zhou, I'm not feeling well. I'm going back to rest." Zhao Xuefei didn't notice the other party's emotions at all. She was full of secrets and just wanted to stay away from him. She left in a hurry after saying hello.
**
For several days in a row, the RV would appear outside the official base on time, and Zhao Xuefei would always come out in advance before the team set out to have breakfast with him.
Sometimes the mission ended early, and the other party would practice fighting with her in the open space near the RV, and teach her some quick ways to defeat the enemy.
Every day, the owner of "Star House" is different, but basically they are all handsome men, all kinds of handsome, which dazzled her.
In fact, Zhao Xuefei had already guessed at this time that it was impossible for this small shop to change a person every day. In comparison, the guess that the face was changed every day seemed more reliable.
If the other party has something that can heal her wounds instantly, then he must also have something that can change his appearance.
But this is correct. In the crisis-ridden end of the world, he has secrets and carries all kinds of supplies, so he must be cautious.
In the past few days, various news about the "Star House" has slowly spread in the official base. Most of the news is positive. Everyone is curious and can't help but bring their own items to exchange.
Youxi knows that most people here are not short of supplies, but they are curious, so usually the things they give are equal to the value of what the other party brings.
After so many times, other people have also discovered this, so people who are not short of supplies no longer waste time coming to the store.
However, a few survivors who were originally near the seaside avenue, because they didn't see the "Star House" open for business for several days, began to inquire about the news everywhere, and finally found the official shelter here.
Youxi knew that it was not easy for them to cross the entire city. If they did not really need supplies urgently, they would not take such a risk. So she said that she would open business near Haibin Boulevard the next day. The other party asked her about the general range she would go.
Youxi replied: "Except for the Cliff Hotel, other places may appear."
This obvious hint was understood by everyone else.
Since then, all the shelters near Haibin Boulevard have intentionally or unintentionally excluded the Cliff Hotel shelter area.
The people of the Cliff Hotel used to be able to exchange some needed things with other shelters around, but after this incident, they found that they were not welcome wherever they went. Gradually, Shao Liang took advantage of his power to bully others, wrongly accused other teams of stealing and robbed them, and the fact that he was slow-witted and rushed away the "Star House" and caused the entire shelter to be excluded became known to everyone.
Finally, some survivors in the Cliff Hotel could not stand it any longer and ran to other shelters, leaving Shao Liang's team alone on the cliff. Finally,
one night, the hotel was attacked by marine mutants, causing heavy casualties.
Of course, this is a later story.
**
The night Youxi left, an internal meeting was underway in the heavily guarded conference room of the base.
The focus of this meeting revolved around the magical RV that had recently appeared and the owner of the RV. Naturally, the people in the base management would not believe such claims of alien advanced civilizations. In their view, this situation was more like ordinary humans mutating, like animals and plants, evolving abilities that violated biological norms.
The deputy base commander said that a few days of waiting and watching was enough, and the research team was ready, and they should proceed to the next plan.
As soon as this proposal was made, others immediately started to discuss it.
After all, "human experiments" are inhumane in any era, not to mention that now they are just speculating that the other party has mutated and has superpowers. For a guess, they will imprison the other party and force the experiment. This is unheard of.
"If you are worried about this, then you can rest assured that we are not the first base to carry out this plan." The deputy base commander asked his assistant to turn on the computer and show the data.
On the computer screen, there are some photos, videos and experimental data. Others are surprised to find that a similar experiment has been conducted in a research base in the suburbs of Changcheng at the beginning of the apocalypse.
However, that time, Changcheng studied animals and plants. They wanted to extract the substances and genes that cause mutations from mutant animals and plants, and then put them into humans, hoping that humans can also produce specific mutations.
"The suburbs of Changcheng?" Zhou Ningyuan knew a little about this matter, because he and his father Zhou Guochen had previously organized a convoy to go there for the seeds. When making a plan, they needed to inquire about information from all aspects. He heard a little about the suburban research base. "If I remember correctly, this research base was attacked and besieged by a group of mutant animals at that time, and was eventually wiped out..."
He frowned and looked at several people who obviously agreed with the experimental plan. "When we learned the news, we were very surprised why the mutant animals would collectively attack the same building regardless of species. Now I roughly understand... So, are you planning to repeat the same thing now?"
The last sentence was asked a little impolitely, and the faces of several experimentalists at the conference table changed.
But since Zhou Ningyuan had spoken, there was no reason to give up halfway. He said these things not to convince the experimentalists, but to the neutrals whose positions were unclear. He wanted
to remind them that this world was no longer the world where humans occupied the top of the food chain. He was not standing on the side of animals and plants, but since the great mutation of animals and plants, the ecological environment of the entire planet was indeed several times better than before.
Moreover, using the excuse of "for the future of all mankind" as such a high-sounding reason does not mean that you can take away the freedom of an innocent person and study his body at will.
"How can you determine that he is innocent?" In the eyes of the experimentalists, such a person with superpowers might also be produced in a laboratory.
"Haven't you already investigated? The other party did appear very abruptly. I also suspected him, but he has no ill intentions and has been helping the survivors. The official base cannot accommodate all the survivors and cannot take care of everyone. He has been giving away food and supplies to the survivors who are living in poverty under the pretext of barter. Why do you ask him to give up his life and freedom just because of the phrase 'the future of mankind'?"
This is inhumane and contrary to the current changes in the planet.
To put it more bluntly, the current situation on the planet may be a backlash against the various behaviors of some humans in the past.
They should reflect on how to find a new way to survive while respecting the existing environmental changes, rather than thinking of taking shortcuts.
This is also the reason why he wants to find a seed warehouse to open up a new planting area. If the plants needed by humans can be planted in a way that they can coexist peacefully with the mutated plants on the planet today, it may be able to solve the anxiety of most people.
"Didn't the new planting area plan abort? You don't even have the seeds. That area is now impassable as one side is blocked by a collapsed mountain and the other side--" the deputy base commander snorted, "it's basically a dead end. A plan that's like a castle in the air, is that your basis for opposing the experimental plan?" "It
's not a castle in the air. The new fleet has been formed and will set off tomorrow morning. I will lead the team myself this time."
Zhou Ningyuan had not originally planned to say this at this time because he had failed the first time, so he was still unsure the second time. He had originally planned to make it public after he had successfully led the team back.
"You lead the team yourself? But the mountain road is already blocked! With the current manpower of the base, it is impossible to reopen the road!"
"I know, so I won't take the mountain road, I'll go the other way."
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the conference room.
The other way?
Does it mean the Death Valley?
**
You Xi didn't expect that a major change would happen to the base just because he didn't go to the base for one day.
Zhou Ningyuan led the team to take the risk of passing through the dense forest called "Death Valley" by the survivors here. He made a careful plan and a lot of preparations for this, but he still failed in the end.
At that time, in order to allow his team members to evacuate safely, he took the initiative to cover the rear. Although he came back alive, he was seriously injured.
But even so, he still didn't give up. After waking up, he just felt it was a pity, because at that time the journey had already advanced nearly halfway. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the unexpected mutant monkey group, they might have succeeded according to the original plan.
In the team, the people who went with them, including Wu Jun and a few others, were basically injured.
And Zhao Xuefei's arm was "unhealed" before, and she had been temporarily transferred to other teams the day before.
At the same time, she didn't know about this at all. It wasn't until that night, when the team came back with the bloody Zhou Ningyuan, that she knew they actually ventured to the "Death Valley".
"Is it dangerous there?" You Xi poured the squeezed orange juice into a cup, then opened the refrigerator, added a few ice cubes, and then handed it to Zhao Xuefei who was across the dining table in the RV.
"The mutant plants there are all very aggressive, and many of them are poisonous. The outer part is okay, but if you want to pass through there, it's basically impossible."
Zhao Xuefei sighed, regretting that she didn't participate in this mission, although she knew that even if she was there, she couldn't change anything. But seeing those brothers who usually fought with her through life and death were injured, but she stayed out of it because of a non-existent wound, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart.
"Why did he have to go through there?"
"It's for the plan to open up a new planting area." This information is no secret. As a member of the team, Zhao Xuefei is naturally very clear. "After the animals and plants mutated, the farmlands on Nanhai Island suffered a huge impact, and only one in ten crops survived. At present, the official base is consuming the stored food. If there is only consumption and no replenishment, the base will sooner or later face a food crisis. Now
Nanhai Island is isolated from the mainland. Once the food is consumed, the consequences will be disastrous... In addition, the stored food is different from the seeds used for planting. The food we eat is the product of the second generation of seeds and cannot be used as the original seed or the second generation of seeds. Even if it is successfully planted, the seed setting rate is very low..."
Youxi listened for a while and quickly found the key point: "So, the reason for the adventure is for the seeds?"
"Yes."
You Xi frowned and fell silent, as if she was thinking about something, her fingers tapping the table between them.
Today, she looked like a girl of fifteen or sixteen, a little shorter than Zhao Xuefei, with a very tender face. When she showed such a solemn and serious expression, it made people feel a sense of incongruity that made people laugh and cry.
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