Inside the doomsday beacon, the sudden appearance of plants has almost become a plague, and everyone is busy again.
When the sound returned, the leader and his entourage were having a meeting, and most people supported starting to remove the plants as quickly as possible.
The plants are growing so wildly right now. It's not just that the trees are growing taller. Everyone thought that after the snow disaster, the vegetation coverage would drop significantly and most plants would die from the cold. But these plants are thriving.
Within two hours, the normal trees had grown to the height of more than twenty stories, blocking out the sky.
In the past few days, there have been faint signs that the snow disaster is about to pass. The temperature is gradually warming up and has reached around -20°C. The signal has finally begun to recover intermittently.
According to recent satellite data, plants are growing at an alarming rate around the world.
Normal trees have grown to the height of dozens of stories, and some low-growing grasses and ferns have also grown to the height of a one-story building—it's simply outrageous.
Fortunately, most of the plants are green and we haven't seen any flowers yet. Otherwise, it's unimaginable how much of a disaster or how terrifying the pollen from such large flowers would cause.
“Just remove the roots of the plants that are obstructing traffic on the main roads. I don’t recommend cutting down trees on a large scale.” Shi Yin pushed open the meeting room door and walked in: “If everyone cuts down the plants now, none of us will survive the next natural disaster.”
"Ms. Shion?"
"Tokyo!"
Shi Yin disappeared for two days. Everyone received news that Shi Yin was going to do a very important mission. No one expected Shi Yin to suddenly appear.
"Why did you suddenly come back?" The commander-in-chief was also surprised.
"It went more smoothly than I expected, and there were some unexpected surprises." Shi Yin sat down next to the commander-in-chief: "I went there because I was worried that something might happen to them, but it seems that someone was more worried about them than I was."
"Huh?" The commander-in-chief didn't understand.
"Let's get back to the topic at hand. These plants didn't appear out of thin air. They mutated after absorbing trace amounts of radiation from the snow. They didn't grow out of thin air, so they won't exceed the plant coverage we had before the apocalypse." Shi Yin cut straight to the point: "But what follows is drought. Without plants, ultraviolet rays and heat can kill all ordinary people."
"But if we say that, wouldn't it be easy to cause a fire?" someone objected: "If we don't stop it, a whole area of trees could burn down in one go."
"Don't worry, these plants are very well evolved. Simply put, unless someone does it on purpose, they are moist and not easily flammable," Shi Yin explained. "And during the drought, we may still need to rely on these plants for water. We just need to clear the plants from the main roads."
"Moreover, clearing these plants is not beneficial. These plants grow naturally and do not have crystal nuclei. They are useless except for being processed into firewood." Shi Yin continued, "These trees are too big. It would be difficult for us to clear even one big tree with our current manpower and resources."
To put it bluntly, the idea of clearing away large areas of plants is far from realistic.
These trees haven't just grown taller, they've also gotten thicker! Trees the size of a twenty-story building have trunks that have increased proportionally. Even with professional tools, it would probably take a whole day to saw one down.
"Instead of worrying about the number of mosquitoes, you should think about how to get rid of them. You'll be seeing mosquitoes the size of cats in the future." Shi Yin kindly reminded, "I suggest everyone carry insect repellent when they go out."
Everyone: ?
A mosquito the size of a cat!?
"Yes, the plants will grow so large that the oxygen levels will exceed the limit. Oxygen balancing devices will be activated in each safe zone to prevent oxygen poisoning." Seeing everyone's terrified expressions, Shi Yin was quite satisfied: "In a high-oxygen environment, all insects will grow very large, so please be prepared."
Everyone: "!"
You're not prepared!
Mosquitoes are the same size as cats, so what about the others?
Where are the spiders? Where are the cockroaches? Where are the centipedes?
Some people were already contemplating suicide. Some of the female executives were pale-faced, and the other men didn't look much better either.
"Do those insects eat people?" Someone raised their hand tremblingly and asked the most crucial question.
As it stands, plants don't seem to have any aggressive tendencies, but what about insects?
"Let me clarify, normally growing plants do not have aggressive tendencies, but we cannot rule out the possibility that some plants have undergone severe mutations." Shi Yin shrugged: "Insects are normal, but most insects bite, right?"
The person who asked the question thought about how they usually get covered in mosquito bites in the summer and felt like they were about to faint.
Before the apocalypse, a mosquito bite in the summer would cause a huge welt to swell up. So if a mosquito were the size of a kitten, wouldn't a single bite cause anemia?
Goodbye, Mom...
"But don't worry, these insects are still very afraid of insecticides, and the mutated trees are not easily flammable, so you can use fire," Shi Yin reassured them.
Everyone: "..."
Thank you, but I wasn't comforted.
The main point is that those bugs are really ugly!
It's already so small that it would deter many people just by looking at it with the naked eye, and now it's magnified so many times...
Some people now regret that they were so impulsive as to search for enlarged images of certain insects' faces on Baidu. Knowing about those ugly things in advance has made some people want to die on the spot.
"What you're seeing now is just the first batch of growth. Globally, plants need to grow three times to fully form a rainforest. So, before the plants cause global low temperatures, there will be a period of warming." Shi Yin clapped her hands: "Congratulations everyone, in another week we will be completely out of the cold wave."
Everyone was almost in tears. It's fine not to congratulate them, as they are indeed about to escape the cold wave, but something even more terrifying is coming.
When the meeting ended, everyone was in low spirits and had long faces.
Before the cold wave, I thought there was nothing more terrifying than a cold wave. After the cold wave, I realized there might be something even more terrifying. A cold wave is a slow death, and I might die immediately in a little while!
I don't think I'll be walking down the street and suddenly a big bug will crawl on my face, right?
"Didn't they say there would be another extreme cold spell?" After the crowd dispersed, the commander-in-chief couldn't help but ask Shi Yin.
He remembered Shi Yin saying that there would be another big one later.
“Yes, a blizzard at -100°C will freeze the entire world for three days.” Shi Yin nodded. “But we are prepared. As long as everyone stays indoors, no one will die.”
"Those reinforced houses have a trump card for survival, like disposable items, so they can be used up one last time without going to waste."
After all, it's a cheat code that's been distributed worldwide to save you first, so it certainly won't be stingy. Anything the system produces is bound to be top-notch, and even basic house reinforcement is quite useful.
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