When he woke up, it was the next day. Breakfast was vegetable and potato noodles. Lin Man was surprised to see such a bowl. He had a good dinner yesterday, which was just a dry wild vegetable soup.
Mother Lin smiled and said, "A lot of things have grown on the mountain since you left. We dug up a few nests of sweet potatoes and other things. We planted most of them, but saved two larger potatoes just for you. Your Grandma Wu made them into potato flour this morning. Your Aunt Zhou picked the greens from the mountain this morning."
Each of these potato noodles is short and wide, a little darker in color than noodles, and a little softer and smoother. It feels soft when you bite it. Only salt is added to the soup, but it tastes good. A few small green vegetables float in the soup, and they are green.
"Mom, you eat too." Lin Man said after taking two bites.
"I've eaten."
"You're being polite! I have the most food right now." Lin Man closed the door and pulled out a bowl of bright red tomatoes and two palm-sized cucumbers from his space. "They're just growing. There's a lack of water and fertilizer in this space, and I don't have time to take care of them, so not many have grown."
Mother Lin was delighted by the sight of the vibrant colors and greens, and without further ado, she began to eat: "It tastes quite good."
"I didn't recognize them as cucumber seedlings at first, so I just let them crawl on the ground. Only when they produced small cucumbers did I hastily build a trellis for them. As a result, they didn't grow very well."
"Those apple saplings have grown to the height of my thighs. We should be able to eat apples in two months."
Lin Man had been gone for twenty days, so the random crops she'd planted in the space had grown for two hundred days. They were basically all ripe, and the ones that weren't ripe had died. She planned to go in and clean up the mess in the next few days.
After breakfast, Zheng Gang came and told Lin Man that the supplies were distributed to everyone, but only one packet of salt was given and no antibiotics were given. The rest were left with Zheng Gang.
Lin Man said, "This is also good." Zheng Gang is the leader of the 372 people in the Peace Base. He has supplies in his hands, which can increase his voice, which is a good thing.
Lin Man told him what he had seen and heard: "...They say you'll be treated very well once you get there, but I'm a little skeptical. Their base has over a million people, and feeding that many is no easy task. Can they really guarantee everyone a good life? Plus, their base is divided into inner and outer cities, so I'm sure they differentiate status and treatment based on either identity or contribution."
"Then people like us will just be at the bottom of the social ladder if we go there." Zheng Gang said self-deprecatingly as he looked at his broken arms and legs.
Lin Man didn't respond.
Zheng Gang added: "Life is getting better and better here. As long as we can grow crops and have enough water, we have nothing to fear."
Lin Man's brows froze. "I'm afraid I'm not that optimistic. This time I went out and encountered a zombie and a zombie bird. The zombie was only three days away from here."
Zheng Gang was startled: "It's been fine for so many years..."
"It's different. Over the past few years, everyone has been living cautiously in their own territory, just like us. But this time, the northern base sent people to the south and brought the survivors back. There will be a lot of noise, and the zombies hiding in the dark will definitely be alarmed." Lin Man pondered, remembering the scene where the zombies quickly became stronger after eating flesh and blood.
The more it eats, the stronger the zombie becomes. The stronger it becomes, the more people it can eat, and the more people it can find to eat.
Whether it's a three-day journey or a ten-day journey, is it an obstacle for a hungry and powerful zombie?
The balance and tranquility have been broken. This is just a mountain valley, not a real paradise. The worst thing is that several groups of people have left here before. If the zombies' sense of smell is sensitive enough, will they follow the trail and find them?
Even if there were no zombies, those who left might not fail to mention the Peace Base.
Zheng Gang also realized the seriousness of the problem. He had not been in contact with the outside world for too long, and all he thought about every day was eating, so his vigilance was very low.
He looked at Lin Man with a slightly strange look. He felt that Lin Man was different after going out. He felt that his temperament had become calmer than before. Before, he could only be described as quiet.
"So what do you think we should do?" he asked.
Lin Man pursed his lips and said, "We are all elderly, weak, women and children here, and we are short of food. Leaving here like this would be courting death. I want to go out a few more times to get a clear understanding of the outside world and the base in the north. I want to find the most conscientious and reliable base and find a way to get them to send a helicopter to pick us up."
"Is it that good?"
"That's why I doubt the Dongyang base's intentions... But then again, aren't those major bases vying for supremacy? Doing good things to increase population and establish prestige seems understandable."
Anyway, Lin Man had no idea about those political ideas.
"But we can't just rely on others. I think we should train together, just like we did before."
Zheng Gang nodded: "I understand."
On the other side, Lin Zhongrong has returned to the base. This base has a very earthy name, called Reunion Base. It was a military base located near the capital of that year. Many people wanted to change the name over the years because it was too undomineering, but they were all suppressed by Lin Zhongrong. He thought this name was good.
Among the five major bases, including the three in the north and two in the northwest, Tuanyuan Base is one of the strongest. However, unlike those bases, which are controlled by a few powerful individuals, their forces, or their families, Tuanyuan Base has a small government. It is like a small country, with comprehensive infrastructure and facilities. Nearly 1.5 million people live and work in peace and contentment.
As the most powerful person in the base, Lin Zhongrong naturally holds a very high position and has many privileges. He quickly asked Chen Huaan and Min Jian to come to him in the name of organizing a meeting for the personnel participating in the southern aid and the outstanding new representatives from the south.
"I heard that you almost died in the fire and someone saved you. Why didn't such a brave and resourceful person come to the meeting as a representative?" Lin Zhongrong spoke casually.
The two young men were very respectful to this powerful man and did not have too many guards. They mentioned Lin Man. Lin Zhongrong's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Lin?"
"Yes, he has the same surname as you, General Lin. He is only in his teens and very brave..." Chen Hua'an suddenly stopped talking here, and suddenly remembered that Lin Man was a baby in the apocalypse, and this General Lin Zhongrong seemed to have a child who should have been born in the first year of the apocalypse.
Thinking of the fact that Lin Zhongrong only talked to the two of them instead of anyone else, Chen Hua'an and Min Jian looked at each other and felt as if they had come into contact with something extraordinary. Their breathing became tense.
Lin Zhongrong smiled and said, "You are all very outstanding young people. I have high hopes for you. You can work at the Tuanyuan Base in the future. Why don't you be my guards first? I'll have someone talk to your superiors and bring your families over."
Lin Zhongrong happily settled the matter in a few words, then said "kindly": "Let's talk about your experiences in this operation."
The two of them were so exhausted that they couldn't even cry. What else could they talk about? Of course, they talked about Lin Man.
They felt like they had run into an old fox, an old fox with only tiger claws. Who said that Lin Zhongrong only knew how to fight rudely and violently and not use his brain?
Half an hour later, Lin Zhongrong sent an order to his subordinates who were still in the southern city, asking them to search for a 17-year-old girl named Lin Man, who was about 1.65 meters tall, with short hair and wheat-colored skin.
Lin Cheng is an orphan picked up by Lin Zhongrong after the outbreak of the apocalypse. He was thrown into the army to be polished since he was a child. Now he has become Lin Zhongrong's most trusted and capable subordinate. Because he is taciturn, Lin Zhongrong prefers to bring him with him when he comes to the south.
After receiving the order, he analyzed it carefully. There was not much valuable information about the target's appearance, but some of the information revealed was very interesting.
A seventeen-year-old girl dared to go out alone. She claimed that she and her companions lived somewhere in this city, but none of those living in the sewers knew her. It was very likely that she did not belong to this city and she was lying.
The fact that she dared to go out alone showed that she had certain strength, which was indeed the case, otherwise she would not have been able to save Min Jian.
Hiding her origins shows that she is very cautious.
But she risked her life to save Min Jian, an almost complete stranger. Either she had other intentions or she was kind-hearted. At the moment, it seems more like the latter.
A brave, capable, vigilant, kind and friendly girl. Even before meeting her, Lin Cheng had already developed a slight liking for the target of the mission.
But this operation must be kept absolutely secret, no one should be told about it, and we must not ask everyone "Are you Lin Man?" This would make it very difficult to find him.
Especially since it was so difficult to encounter a living person at that moment. Lin Cheng looked at the dead city before him and decided to go to the bombed helicopter to see if there were any clues he had missed. Then, he actually found something new.
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