After receiving the training manual, Lu Yuan felt a headache coming on. Although this security team was not a regular security team, it still needed to have a certain level of strength. Therefore, Lu Yuan personally led the training. However, in order to ensure that the food was not consumed too quickly, Lu Yuan implemented a training method of three days a week. As long as they passed the assessment, they would not need to continue training.
Actually, Lu Yuan felt that this security team was quite good. On the one hand, it could protect the people in Zone 3 from attacks by outsiders, and on the other hand, it mobilized everyone's enthusiasm, so that these idle guys wouldn't have to think too much, and it also saved Lu Yuan from always worrying about his home.
Days passed by, but the good times didn't last long. One day, the free food suddenly stopped, and when people heard the news, they were immediately disheartened.
"The State Grain Administration just announced that food supplies are exhausted. It is reported that the country's 1.8 billion people have consumed all their food in the ten months since the Lantern Festival. However, due to the limited area of seawater rice fields, relevant national departments are looking for other ways to solve the food crisis!"
"Due to the impact of the polar day environment, the national grain output this year has decreased by 95% compared to last year. The seawater rice fields near coastal cities can no longer meet everyone's needs. After a period of research, relevant research laboratories have discovered that the meat of mutated rats can be consumed after some processing. Now, an order has been issued nationwide to urgently recall any rats that have not been processed!"
"Local authorities urge the public not to eat rats at home. Unprocessed rat meat produces a large amount of toxins that can cause irreversible damage to the human body. Please remember not to ignore this advice because of your desire for meat."
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The whole family was stunned as they watched the news on TV.
"This...this food is all gone? Am I out of a job?" Aunt Lu asked with some concern.
Lu Yuan sighed and said, "It's alright, the supermarket will definitely still be used as a place for cell phone rats. At that time, someone will probably process the rats and sell them to everyone to eat!"
Lu's father picked up some meat from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling, "It's okay, as long as we have food at home! We can just be frugal! It should be enough to last us a long time!"
Grandma said sadly, "Sigh! I never thought there would finally be a day when we run out of food! I just didn't expect it to come so soon! What are we going to do from now on?"
As everyone sat around the dining table chatting, Lu Yuan picked up his phone and sent a message to Xiao Shan.
Before long, Xiaoshan and her family arrived.
"Lu Yuan, have you seen the news? I heard that the food supply will be stopped starting tomorrow!"
Xiao Shan asked anxiously. Although her family had always relied on Lu Yuan's help, she was afraid when she thought about how there was no food left in the country and what would happen if the food Lu Yuan had stockpiled ran out.
Lu Yuan smiled and led Xiao Shan's family into the room, saying, "It's alright, we still have plenty of food at home. There are over a hundred tons of grain in the basement, enough for us to eat for many years. Don't worry. Also, I got a lot of nutrient solution from the city recently, enough for us to use for a long time."
The whole family finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, Lu's father secretly wondered when Lu Yuan had developed this ability to foresee the future, as he had stockpiled so much food.
However, I didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, my family won't go hungry, so there's nothing to worry about.
However, there was another matter on Lu Yuan's mind that he had to tell everyone.
Since there is no food left in the whole country, although the government has called on everyone to catch rats and make rat meat to eat, the mutated rats are almost wiped out. Especially in Zone 3, since rat traps were used, rats are rarely seen.
However, the order was suddenly executed, catching everyone off guard. After all, the rats caught in the past had already been burned or buried, making it virtually impossible to catch more rats.
“During this period, a large number of people will definitely come out from other places to search for rats, but among these people, there will definitely be many who can't survive and will take the risk of becoming robbers. So, Uncle, Aunt and Xiaoshan, please move here to live during this period!”
Lu Yuan recalled the scene in his dream. After the rat problem was solved, there was no food. So many people left their homes and began to wander to other places. For a time, there were starving people all over the country.
Lu Yuan had seen this kind of thing a lot on TV before. For example, a long time ago, when there was a natural disaster in the Central Plains, people would choose to migrate to the Northeast or other places to make a living. This kind of thing had only happened in the past.
However, the environment in some of the areas outside the Great Wall depicted on TV is very good. Even if people can't survive there, they can still hunt some wild animals to supplement their diet. But the current situation is different from what is shown on TV. Now, there is no food anywhere. It is basically unrealistic to hunt wild rabbits or pheasants. If there were such good things, they would not be available to outsiders. They would have been hunted to death by the locals long ago.
Moreover, the prolonged high temperatures following the apocalypse have already wiped out a large number of species, leaving little room for wild animals. Even catching insects in the wild is extremely difficult.
Therefore, Lu Yuan was worried that these refugees would launch an attack on District 3, and if they couldn't stop it, things would really get really bad.
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