When he walked into the gate of the base, Qiao Xuejun saw that there were already many people here.
It was still a little dark outside, not yet fully daylight. The base was now in production time, and the lights were on.
"Teacher Qiao, why are you here too?" Zhao Yun arrived first and came over to ask Qiao Xuejun.
Jin Yiyun said with a worried look on his face: "Teacher Qiao, come with me to check the situation. My brother went out to collect supplies and hasn't come back yet."
Zhao Yun said, "Hiss, didn't we warn you that things are not normal recently and you should not go out?"
Jin Yiyun pursed her lips, stared at the gate, and said softly: "He wants to find something to eat. The base is short of supplies, everyone knows it."
There is no shortage of supplies at the moment, but it is not abundant either. The 20,000 kilograms of potatoes sent by Qiao Xuejun are only enough for one month's food.
The defensive gate of the first base is a thick large steel plate. The whole door is pushed closed from the side. The back is welded with solid steel plates, which provide solid support for the iron gate. The steel plate is embedded in the mountain. It should be made of special material and looks unbreakable.
“Bang!”
“Bang! Bang!”
There were bursts of dense muffled sounds, and the mutant creatures outside were attacking the gate.
The door was vibrating all the time, but it was always very stable and showed no signs of deformation or damage.
Qiao Xuejun heard people around her discussing: "Are these things outside crazy? They came here the day before yesterday, why are they here again today? What's wrong with them?"
"Where is the lord? Will it be unsafe without him?"
"Why would these things attack people together? They attacked with purpose and premeditation. Did they come here because they knew the lord was not here? Just like the mad cow disease before..."
"No, not like mad cow disease. Mad cow disease attacks people and is afraid of light. But these things are obviously premeditated. I think they have brains."
After these words were spoken, everyone was silent for a moment.
Premeditated, this doesn't seem like a word to describe livestock. These things originally have much stronger power than humans. If they have a certain level of intelligence and "premeditated", it would make people's hair stand on end.
There was a constant banging of the door by the mutant creatures outside, and everyone looked unhappy, but because of their strong defense, everyone was still calm.
Soon, the soldier on duty at the base stood up. He stood at the front and shouted, "Listen to me, everyone, please don't panic! The defense structure designed by the Engineering Department is powerful and uses military defense materials. These materials are used to build tanks! It can definitely resist the attacks of mutant creatures."
Next to Qiao Xuejun, Zhao Yun came over and whispered, "I designed it."
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Great."
Soldier: "As you can see, mutants have been moving around a lot recently. I hope you guys stay at home if you can. If you must go out, please register first. Try to go to areas where patrols are stationed, or to low-risk areas that have been checked! Don't walk around randomly!"
When a soldier stood up, everyone seemed less panicked.
"Sizzle--pop."
Suddenly, the headlights above my head flickered and then went out.
"Is it time to turn off the lights? It's not even dawn yet." Someone wondered.
"It was already light at this time yesterday. Alas, the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter now."
The soldier above shouted again: "The daybreak time will be shortened, and the light supply time will be adjusted accordingly. Please return to your production stations in order, don't crowd, look carefully before walking, and don't squeeze or fall!"
Too many people can easily lead to a stampede.
"Ouch!"
As soon as the soldier above finished speaking, someone below fell flat on his face, cursing: "Can't you see! Who the hell stepped on me! Stop pushing me!"
Qiao Xuejun saw that there was a crowd over there, and some soldiers went over to maintain order.
“It’s so dark.”
"Teacher Qiao, let's wait until everyone has left before we leave. It's too dark now and we can't see anything."
Qiao Xuejun heard Zhao Yun say beside her.
Qiao Xuejun was stunned and turned to look at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun was seen standing there, his eyes were out of focus and lifeless. Just as he said, he could not see anything.
Qiao Xuejun felt a little depressed.
Although it was very dark now, Qiao Xuejun could see everything. Although he could not see the high-definition details, the outline of the situation was quite clear. The brightness now was a bit like the light of dawn. He could not see what the people looked like, but they were people and the road was a road. It was still very clear.
You won't see nothing.
She looked carefully in the direction of other people again - many of them were standing there like Zhao Yun, with unfocused eyes, including the person who had been pushed to the ground before, and he had not yet climbed up.
Night blindness.
A disease caused by long-term vitamin A deficiency can reduce a person's nighttime vision, or even lead to complete blindness in severe cases.
In the past, in some remote and poor areas, people were generally malnourished and many people suffered from night blindness.
Qiao Xuejun confirmed it again and waved her hand in front of Zhao Yun: "Can't see anything?"
Zhao Yun: "Ah? Really? Can you see it?"
Qiao Xuejun: "...You have night blindness. Didn't you notice?"
Although Zhao Yun is an engineer, he is also a regular soldier and should have some understanding of this.
Zhao Yun was surprised. He blinked his eyes hard, rubbed them, and finally sighed: "It's been too long since I last took Vitamin A."
"Since you can't see, have you ever doubted your own problems?" Qiao Xuejun asked.
"No, it's dark 20 hours out of 24 hours a day. Sometimes there's no light at all. It's completely invisible."
So when it’s daybreak and I can’t see even when I can, I won’t suspect that it’s my problem, but rather I’ll suspect that the sky has gotten darker.
Qiao Xuejun observed that there were more than one or two people who had such a situation. If it was just the survivors working in the base, it would not matter, but if it was the patrol soldiers outside... they would directly lose their night combat capability.
Vitamin A is easy to supplement. Sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, and Chinese cabbage are all rich in vitamin A.
Chinese cabbage can also provide some supplements.
She also stored 2,000 kilograms of cabbage in her warehouse, which was planted on the small half-acre land. After several crops, she harvested a total of nearly 5,000 kilograms, 2,000 kilograms of which were dried and made into pickles, and most of the rest were still fresh and stored in her fresh-keeping warehouse.
If Zhao Xian and the soldiers needed it, she could take out a part of it as a gift in return for Zhao Xian and the soldiers saving her.
Qiao Xuejun made a decision.
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