In City A, the shelter has been peaceful ever since Zhou Haiyuan was beaten and forced to flee.
It wasn't that Zhou Haiyuan didn't want revenge, but as temperatures continued to rise, friction between various forces in their struggle for territory intensified. Xinyuan Group needed to preserve its elite forces, so it naturally couldn't attend to Ye Ning's side.
Taking advantage of this time, Ye Ning quickly developed the basic infrastructure of the shelter.
Following the last solar storm, many seeds were found to have mutated according to Lei Siming's research.
"In other words, there are currently more than one hundred types of mutated seeds." Ye Ning frowned slightly.
"Currently, it seems to be these seeds. Energy tests show that these seeds have 10 to 50 times more energy than ordinary seeds."
"Specific conclusions can only be drawn after planting." Lei Siming has been immersed in the research on the mutated seeds for some time now, to the point of neglecting sleep and meals.
“But now there’s a problem: our existing cultivation base is too small to accommodate so many plants,” Lei Siming said, explaining his predicament.
"Is the planting base too small?" Ye Ning frowned; this was indeed a problem.
When she built the shelter, she didn't consider that she would have so many people under her command in the future, so the breeding base she set up was only enough for four or five people to be self-sufficient.
But right now, there are 10 people at the shelter, and they are recruiting at the warehouse, which now has more than 20 people.
Leaving aside other consumables, three meals a day alone consume dozens of kilograms of supplies.
Expanding the planting base is indeed an urgent matter at this time.
"Why don't you plant it in the open space between the inner and outer walls right now?" Ye Ning suddenly said.
"What? Outdoor planting?" Lei Siming asked in surprise.
"That's right! The temperature is getting higher and higher now. These are all mutated seeds, so there shouldn't be any problem planting them outdoors. It also makes it easier to select cold-resistant varieties."
“But!” Lei Siming hesitated, “I’m afraid if they freeze to death, wouldn’t that be a waste of these precious seeds!”
"If these fruits and vegetables cannot be mass-produced or adapted to the environment, then no matter how precious they are, they are wasted."
Lei Siming remained silent for a while before accepting Ye Ning's suggestion, but he felt that only one-tenth of the seeds should be used at a time to avoid waste.
Next up was the part Ye Ning was most looking forward to: choosing the seeds.
"Strawberries must be planted, and once they're ripe, we can make strawberry milkshakes."
"Plant tomatoes and cucumbers too! I'll make fresh tomato salad and cucumber salad for Miss later." This is Wang Ma, who never forgets to cook.
"Let's plant a row of cranberries too!"
"And there's cabbage, bok choy, romaine lettuce, water spinach, asparagus, green beans, and broccoli," Ye Ning listed the vegetables she often ate.
"No!" Xiao Jingchen said angrily.
"Why?" Ye Ning asked, puzzled.
"I don't like eating vegetables! Especially leafy ones." Xiao Jingchen said with a smug look.
"I almost forgot!" Ye Ning slapped her forehead. She had almost forgotten that Xiao Jingchen had never liked eating vegetables since he was a child.
She turned to Lei Siming and said, "Xiao Lei, add two more rows of vegetables!"
"Ye Ning!" Xiao Jingchen knew from Ye Ning's mischievous smile that she was doing it on purpose; it was definitely her.
Xiao Jingchen gritted his teeth and whispered in Ye Ning's ear, "Just wait and see how I deal with you tonight!"
Ye Ning immediately shrank back, revealing a fawning smile: "Jing Chen, I was wrong, I was really wrong!"
"Let's plant some potatoes and corn too! These can be used as staple foods. In addition, we can try planting some wheat, which is also a major source of calories," Ye Ning concluded.
The post-apocalyptic planting project officially began the next day.
The first thing to do is to till the soil.
Ye Ning took out the necessary tools from her spatial storage.
Hoes, shovels, and baskets for carrying soil.
Finally, Ye Ning even took out a small agricultural machine.
Ye Ning hadn't originally planned to use agricultural machinery. However, when she was stockpiling goods at the warehouse, she happened to find a lot of small agricultural machines in one of the warehouses. Ye Ning then stockpiled a few of them in her spatial storage, and unexpectedly, she actually came in handy.
With all the equipment in place, everyone began to divide the work and cooperate.
Brother Longfei and Lei Siming were in charge of operating the bulldozer.
Wang Ma and the others were responsible for picking up the hard stones and putting them into the baskets.
Uncle Liu and his colleagues were responsible for dumping the stones into a dump truck and then transporting them out of the shelter to be disposed of.
After two days of hard work, the vacant lot that was originally covered with snow was finally transformed into rows of vegetable gardens.
After spreading the fertilizer evenly, Lei Siming carefully planted all the seeds.
These vegetable plots were divided into three parts: one-third were planted with various fruits, then corn and wheat, and finally large areas of green vegetables.
Lei Siming covered the seeds with a thin layer of soil, watered them lightly, and then covered them with a plastic film.
Under the catalysis of his supernatural power, a row of seeds quickly sprouted.
Unfortunately, his abilities are limited; he can only catalyze three rows at a time, and at most nine rows a day.
It wasn't until five days later that he had finished catalyzing all the seeds.
When he was catalyzing the last few rows of seeds, he discovered that a small number of the seeds had already sprouted and were growing well.
Fertilizing, watering, and hoeing the soil—Lei Siming practically wanted to be outside the fence every single day.
Holding a pen in one hand and a notebook in the other, he squatted in the field every day, observing the growth of various seedlings while constantly recording data.
"Xiao Lei, how's the situation now?" Ye Ning walked behind Lei Siming and looked at the data on his laptop.
Although only ten days have passed, the fruits and vegetables are growing very well. The cucumber seedlings have already climbed the trellis, the wheat is already more than 20 centimeters tall, and the tomato seedlings have even formed small flower buds.
On the one hand, it was due to the catalysis of Lei Siming's superpowers, and on the other hand, it was because they were mutated species themselves.
"Xiao Lei, when are these fruits and melons expected to be harvested?" Ye Ning couldn't help but ask excitedly.
"The first batch can be harvested in about ten days," Lei Siming replied without looking up.
"Great! Then we can bring fresh fruits and vegetables to exchange for other supplies!" Ye Ning was already looking forward to it.
Just as Ye Ning and her team were thriving with their mutated plants, the higher-ups from all sides began to worry about the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Since the weather began to warm up this spring, all parties have been actively collecting supplies, and even airlifting supplies by helicopter to cities such as Z and F where no one has survived.
To date, the supply of staple foods, daily necessities, and emergency supplies has increased significantly.
However, fresh fruits and vegetables are in extremely short supply because they can no longer be produced, and the previous ones were damaged by freezing temperatures. We tried to urgently import some from country H, but it was still a drop in the ocean.
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