Thinking of this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh. However, he decided to leave this long-term issue for later. Lu Yuan didn't know how long the earthquake would last or whether there would be even stronger earthquakes waiting for them in the future.
Chen Bin then ran in, his face covered in sweat.
"President Lu, something terrible has happened! There's a problem at the base!"
Seeing Chen Bin's panicked expression, Lu Yuan's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "What happened? What's wrong with the base? Isn't there no one left at the base now? Could something else go wrong?"
After catching his breath, Chen Bin pointed to the west and said, "Our land has been cut off!"
"What? Our land has broken down? What does that mean?" Lu Yuan looked at the other person with some suspicion. He didn't know what Chen Bin meant.
"It seems that the fields in that section of the rift valley couldn't withstand the pressure and another section broke off, and our wheat field was right there! Now more than 80% of our land has fallen into the rift valley!"
Chen Bin's expression turned somewhat solemn as he spoke, because now that the land where humanity lives has fallen into the rift valley, it means that the problem of food supply for everyone may be severely damaged, and there may even be a famine.
When Lu Yuan heard this, his heart sank. It wasn't that he hadn't thought of this, but he hadn't expected it to happen so suddenly.
His original plan was to use this land to grow the first batch of grain and then store it, since the grain yield had been greatly increased and the growth cycle had become particularly short thanks to his dimensional space modification.
Although the first-generation food and the second and third generations will gradually lose some of the original characteristics of food in the dimensional space, it takes at least five generations of testing to completely make it into food without any characteristics.
This data was obtained by Lu Yuan after several tests. Although Wu Tian has not yet obtained this data, Lu Yuan already knows it in advance.
However, the first batch of grain had just been planted and had not yet been harvested when it was severely damaged, which was something Lu Yuan found hard to accept.
"Damn it, how could this happen? By the way, do the people in the base know about this?!" Lu Yuan's current concern is the food supply for the people in the base. If widespread panic is caused by the destruction of food supplies, then his base may be destroyed.
Even more terrifying was the fact that the food had triggered a sense of hunger, causing people to scramble for it, which he absolutely could not tolerate.
It is said that in ancient times, when emperors ruled a country, the people were their best subjects. Some people compared the relationship between emperors and people to that of a boat and water, meaning that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Lu Yuan is now facing this problem. He must solve the food problem, otherwise he may face such a crisis.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan asked, "Let's not tell anyone about this yet. How much food do we have left?"
Chen Bin looked flustered. He wasn't in charge of the grain department, so he could only ask Xiao Shan for help.
Xiao Shan quickly left the tent and went to the warehouse to take inventory.
About ten minutes later, Xiao Shan returned to the tent with a hint of melancholy on her face.
"We currently have about ten tons of food in stock. If we control our consumption, it might last for about half a month. However, we'll need to reduce our three meals a day to two, or even less!"
After listening, Lu Yuan nodded and said nothing more.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Bin looked up at Lu Yuan and said, "We don't know when the earthquake will end. Why don't we tell everyone about this first, so that they think we're deceiving them? It would be terrible if we really couldn't produce any food!"
Lu Yuan frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Let's wait three days. We should use this batch of grain as soon as possible. If we can't find a suitable substitute after three days, then we'll tell everyone about this. Telling everyone too early might cause panic. After all, there are many people and many eyes, and it's hard to guarantee that some people won't have ulterior motives. If they stir up trouble and cause even greater unrest, then it will be really troublesome!"
Chen Bin could only nod in agreement, since food was the most crucial thing right now. Although he was very good at managing people, once the food ran out and everyone panicked, even if he had great abilities, he couldn't bring everyone back to how they were before.
So everyone kept the food shortage a secret and didn't reveal it to the public. However, the leaders were very busy every day.
On the third day after the earthquake, aftershocks continued, occurring dozens of times a day. The fields that were originally located in Xishankou were now completely barren. Lu Yuan had previously planned to relocate the land there to cultivate, but it seemed that this wish had been shattered. After several aftershocks, the remaining 30% of the land had also completely fallen into the rift valley.
The last person to break the camel's back has finally arrived. Lu Yuan is now helpless. Although he has the existence of a dimensional space, he now has seven thousand mouths to feed. Faced with such a large group of people, Lu Yuan knows that this matter cannot be kept secret in the end. He can only confess to everyone, otherwise, if they really discover the truth, a serious riot may break out.
After dinner, Lu Yuan called his family to the tent. In addition to his family, Zhou Tong, Chen Bin and others were also in the tent.
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