Chapter 453 Extinction
No one expected that the polar night would last for a month and show no sign of dissipating.
This month, everyone has been tortured.
Although the polar night may seem unremarkable, the hidden dangers are very serious.
In the polar night, they feel exhausted every day and become less energetic day by day.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian were not affected because they entered the space every day.
In the cafeteria, some people fell asleep while eating.
The other companions quickly helped them back to rest.
This kind of thing happens frequently during this period, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.
Gu Luan stood in front of a big tree with his hands behind his back, staring at the tree for several minutes.
Jiang Xian walked out of the house and stood side by side with her. "Look at the tree?"
Gu Luan pointed at the trees and said, "Look!"
This is a ginkgo tree. Because it has mutated, it appears big and tall.
The mutated trees are not easily frozen to death, and the same is true for ginkgo trees.
But after a month of polar night, the ginkgo trees have recently changed dramatically.
It seemed to be wilting like a human, and its leaves began to turn yellow.
Palm-sized leaves fell one after another, covering the nearby ground with a thick layer of leaves.
Gu Luan picked up a withered yellow ginkgo leaf, looking thoughtful.
Jiang Xian took the leaf, his eyes deep, and looked up at the ginkgo tree in front of him.
The darkness could not block their sight, and he could still see the ginkgo tree in front of him clearly.
“It seems to be withering.”
Jiang Xian said in a low voice.
Just when they stood there for a while, more than ten leaves fell down, which was a very abnormal thing.
The mutated plants are so strong that even extreme cold cannot freeze them to death. They are actually slowly withering due to lack of light.
Judging from the withering situation, the speed is very fast. I estimate that it will die completely in a few days.
"Sister Gu and Brother Jiang, are you here?"
Tang You and Liang Xu came over with torches in their hands, and Jingjing followed them.
"Here."
Seeing the three people, Gu Luan shouted.
Hearing her voice, Liang Xu came over with a torch.
The three of them vaguely saw them in the darkness and immediately ran over.
"What's the hurry?"
Gu Luan asked in a low voice.
"Sister Gu, we found something wrong with the mutant plants outside."
Jingjing said quickly.
“Is it withering?”
Gu Luan asked Jingjing in a low voice.
Jingjing nodded in surprise, "Yes, Sister Gu, how did you know?"
Gu Luan pointed to the ginkgo tree behind him, and the three of them looked at it and suddenly understood.
Due to the acid rain a few years ago and the plant mutation, there are not many trees and plants in the base, and there are only a few left.
So, if you don’t go out, you will hardly know the condition of the plants and trees outside.
It was only today when the people from Jiang Gu Base went out to look for supplies that they noticed that something was wrong with the mutant plants.
"The plants in the base are also withering?"
Tang You's heart beat faster and he had a bad feeling.
“Is it caused by the polar night?”
Liang Xu raised a question and guessed that it must be related to the polar night.
It is true that plants tend to wither easily due to lack of sunlight, but these are mutant plants. Will they also wither due to lack of sunlight?
Or is it a combination of some factors that led to this?
Liang Xu couldn't figure it out, but he also knew that the end of the world had come, and no matter how weird and unbelievable it was, they had no choice but to accept it.
"Go take a look outside?"
Jiang Xian turned his head to look at Gu Luan beside him and asked her in a low voice.
"Well, let's go check it out."
Gu Luan nodded. After the polar night arrived, she and Jiang Xian hardly ever went out. At most they just wandered around the base.
They had no idea what was going on outside, so it was time to go and take a look.
As the five people walked into the grain shed, they ran into Fu Xinran, who had a sad face.
Seeing Gu Luan and Jiang Xian, Fu Xinran greeted them listlessly.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Luan asked casually.
Fu Xinran pointed to the grain shed behind him and said, "You will know when you go and take a look."
Jiang Xian and Gu Luan looked at each other and walked towards the grain shed.
Although the grain shed of several acres is not big, it can produce a lot of grain and allow everyone in the base to eat vegetables.
The crops in the grain shed were about to mature, but suddenly they withered recently, and no matter how they tried to save them, it was useless.
Everyone knows the reason, but there is nothing we can do about it.
Countless people gathered around the grain shed, feeling as anxious and sad as Fu Xinran.
When Gu Luan looked around, he saw that all the crops were turning yellow and withered like the ginkgo trees.
She frowned and her heart sank.
She was not worried about the damage to the crops in the grain shed, she was thinking about much more.
If the same thing happens to Jing City Base or other bases, can everyone survive?
Food was already scarce, and now something like this has happened. What should we do in the future?
The base must have backup food, but how long can it last?
"Xinran, what should we do now?"
Many people looked at the almost withered crops with heartache and asked solemnly.
"Harvest it now. Harvest everything in the grain shed."
Fu Xinran suppressed his heartache and gave instructions to everyone in a deep voice.
It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. If we don’t harvest now, the situation will probably be worse in a few days.
The others also understood, and after Fu Xinran finished speaking, they all went to the grain shed to help.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian left the grain shed and walked outside.
He Sheng, Liang Xu, Jiang Huai, Song Boyang and others followed behind them. They also wanted to see what was going on outside.
Several people were holding torches, and Gu Luan and Jiang Xian were as dark as if there was nothing in it.
When Tang Qian saw this, he was extremely envious.
"Sister Gu and the others don't need torches?"
Tang Qian discovered that Gu Luan and Jiang Xian were different from others.
He Sheng sighed, becoming more and more aware of the huge difference between them and Jiang Xian and Gu Luan.
No wonder the two of them like to act alone and always come back unscathed.
"Jiang Huai, you must have done countless good things in your previous life to have relatives like Sister Gu and Brother Jiang."
Yu Xin looked at Gu Luan and Jiang Xian's backs and said enviously.
Jiang Huai smiled and looked up.
Yes, he had done so many good things to deserve to be considered their family member!
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian heard the whispers behind them, but they ignored them and strode out of the base.
They stood outside the base, looking at the ground.
The originally lush weeds have all turned yellow, with almost no green left.
There is a forest ahead, and the lush and green forest is now withered and yellow.
Countless mutated plants were wilting, as if they were lacking water.
The ground was covered with yellow leaves, and when the wind blew, the leaves fell down with a rustling sound.
Jiang Xian stopped and used his feet to push away the leaves on the ground, revealing a patch of withered yellow mutated wild flowers.
Within two days, these mutated wild flowers will completely wither.
Jiang Xian continued to walk forward, and Gu Luan was also looking around.
He Sheng and his friends were not idle either, and they looked around.
Not only did they look nearby, they also drove to other places.
Not surprisingly, it's all like this.
“It seems that the situation is not optimistic.”
After running around, Gu Luan said in a heavy tone.
"Um!"
Jiang Xian also knew it, but there was nothing he could do.
If the polar night does not disappear, plants will wither day by day, and eventually all may become extinct.
Thinking of the word "extinction", Gu Luan and Jiang Xian both felt cold and their bodies shivered unconsciously.
Do humans really have to be pushed to this extent?
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