"I know you're definitely not used to it, but even with this kind of salt, most of the survivors in the Blackthorn Camp still can't afford it."
Qin Yourong took back the small bag and continued, "After all, we are surrounded by the sea on three sides. Although the coastal city center area of Qin Island in the south is extremely dangerous and no one dares to enter, the areas near the sea in the east and west are still accessible.
However, the mutant creatures lurking on the beach and in the sea are actually far more dangerous than the mutant creatures on land. Therefore, making salt by taking seawater to dry salt is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may be targeted by the mutant creatures on the beach.
Even if salt is made from seawater, it's difficult to find suitable filtering equipment, so the final product is not only full of pollution but also has a certain degree of toxicity. In short, salt is more precious than food to the survivors.
As he spoke, Qin Yourong found a rag, squatted down and wiped away the saliva that Chen Yan had just spit on the floor.
Chen Yan frowned and asked, "What about the oil? How do the survivors get their cooking oil?"
Qin Yourong casually explained, "The better ones will use the viscera and fat of mutant creatures to refine oil, but this oil has a high pollution content. In addition, mutant creatures of the same level are generally more dangerous than zombies. Therefore, those who can afford this oil are almost all awakened.
As for the bad ones… the bodies of the survivors can be used not only for meat, but also for oil. Some people even hunt zombies to refine oil, which allows the zombies to be used for more than just providing crystals, maximizing their benefits.
Zombies? Oil?!
Chen Yan just felt a discomfort in his stomach.
Isn't life in the wasteland world too hardcore?!
When people are pushed into a corner, they can do anything!
The people in the small group seemed quite skilled in handling the ingredients.
Obviously, even though canned food has been my main source of food over the years, anyone would get tired of eating canned food all the time.
Therefore, being able to hunt some edible mutant creatures from time to time can definitely be considered an improvement in the food for the small group.
Therefore, these people do not lack experience and proficiency in cooking.
However, affected by the cooking oil Qin Yourong mentioned, Chen Yan really had no appetite. After eating breakfast, the people in the small group were of course very happy, but Chen Yan finished it in a hurry, just taking a few bites and thinking he had finished.
"Is the food not to your taste?"
Noticing that Chen Yan didn't eat much, Qin Yourong couldn't help but ask.
Chen Yan waved his hand and said, "No, it's delicious. I'm just disgusted by the corpse oil you mentioned."
Qin Yourong suddenly realized something, grabbed Chen Yan's hand and said, "For the survivors, they don't want to eat that kind of food either, but... there's nothing they can do."
Chen Yan nodded in understanding.
Fei Changyuan, who had eaten and drunk his fill, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Everyone, come with me to the basement. I'll tell you about the revised follow-up collection plan. I didn't expect that everyone could be promoted to level three awakeners, so I was much more conservative in formulating the plan.
So the plan didn't change quickly enough. Xiao Chen's appearance has brought us a qualitative change. This not only improves our survivability, but also solves almost all of our worries. Therefore, I have revised the plan to better suit our current situation."
Everyone in the small group responded in unison, then quickly washed the pots and pans and followed Fei Changyuan to the basement.
As soon as he arrived in the basement, Chen Yan discovered that half of the images displayed on Fei Changyuan's virtual screens had changed.
The half that has not changed still presents the monitoring of the situation in the core coastal areas of Qindao. For the time being, the data changes are still relatively optimistic. There is no need to correct the expectations for the first two months.
The changed half presents some aerial views of nearby neighborhoods, accompanied by a panoramic map so that everyone can see it clearly at a glance and avoid being confused.
"I modified a drone a while ago and took the risk of filming a section deeper into the core city. However, there are many mutant creatures capable of flying in the sky. Even though the drone has noise reduction technology, the air vibrations caused by its flight may still attract some of the more sensitive flying mutants. Therefore, the filming was rushed and it was impossible to achieve true detail."
Fei Changyuan picked up the sensor and continued while operating it, "As you can see, the captured images are mainly concentrated within a radius of three kilometers from where we are.
The straight-line distance from here to the southern coastline is about fifteen kilometers. Considering our current level three awakening combat power, a three-kilometer radius should be considered a relatively safe area.
Qinghe has successfully found an all-terrain transport vehicle that meets our needs during our exploration over the past week. However, as we initially suspected, the vehicle needs to be modified and repaired."
Having said that, Fei Changyuan changed the image displayed on one of the virtual screens, causing a building that looked like a giant flying saucer to appear on it.
Originally, this building should have been snow-white, and it looked to be about seven stories high, about twenty meters high.
However, in the picture at this moment, half of the building has completely collapsed, and giant vegetation is living on the entire building, like ivy, almost completely covering the building.
"This was one of the two power stations that supplied all of Qindao's core urban area with electricity before the catastrophe. It's about three kilometers away from us. The battery on the all-terrain transport vehicle Qinghe found is completely unusable. If we want to replace it with a suitable battery pack, we probably have to try our luck at the power station."
But the power station must be extremely dangerous, as the drones haven't found any signs of zombies around it, which means there might be some powerful mutants lurking inside. They could be powerful individuals, or a large but weaker group. I'm leaning towards the latter, as mutant insects usually gather near giant plants.
After the analysis, Fei Changyuan looked at Yao Shan and Yao Yun and said, "Xiao Shan, Xiao Yun, go with Qing He and explore the route first. We still have plenty of time, so don't be impatient. We must first understand the situation!"
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