At first, Lin Cheng found it difficult to judge whether his discovery was correct, but after a remote communication with Chen Huaan and Min Jian, he confirmed his judgment - a batch of supplies had been missing from this scrapped helicopter for no reason.
The helicopter initially had a fixed amount of supplies, including how much had been distributed to the underground survivors. Then, the helicopter was attacked by zombie birds and exploded. Lin Cheng counted the supplies he found in the wreckage and found three or four hundred items less than he should have.
At the time, only two people had access to the supplies: Min Jian and the girl named Lin Man. Of course, the possibility of a third person being involved couldn't be ruled out, but given the urgency of the situation, Lin Cheng felt the likelihood of a third party's involvement was low.
This is very interesting. If it was the girl named Lin Man who took the supplies, how did she get them? Where did she put them?
Lin Cheng's level of attention to Lin Man increased even more.
Lin Man naturally had no idea that she had nearly exposed the secrets of her space because of a few hundred packets of salt biscuits. She had been busy in her space for the past few days, planting every seed, whether it was a successful harvest or a withered and dead seed due to lack of nutrients and water. She knew exactly what kind of seeds would produce what.
Lin Man used firewood to carve out small wooden boxes, sorted the seeds into different boxes one by one, and marked the outside of the boxes with charcoal.
One type is those that can only grow flowers and plants, but cannot be eaten.
Those that appear to be edible but currently have little value or are not considered for cultivation are classified as one type.
The edible value is very high and it is currently classified as a very important category.
After storing the original seeds, Lin Man came to collect the crops he had already grown. The sweet potatoes and corn were naturally piled up into two small hills, the largest number. There was also a large number of potatoes. There was a pile of Chinese and small cabbages, a pile of white radishes and carrots, a pile of cauliflower and cabbage, and a pile of leafy vegetables such as lettuce.
Soybeans, black beans, red beans, mung beans, peanuts, and so on were left to air dry, then peeled and stored separately, though only a small handful of each was left. Only a few cucumbers remained, and there were not many cherry tomatoes left. From the rickety cowpea trellis, Lin Man had plucked a handful of cowpeas of varying lengths. There were also lentils and peas, but only a pitiful amount. There were also two eggplant plants and a pepper plant with very few fruits.
Lin Man devoted the most patience and attention to the rice field. Only after the rice had grown did she recognize it as wheat. She didn't know much about wheat's behavior, and didn't know when to apply topdressing fertilizer—of course, she didn't have any fertilizer to use—or when to water more often. In short, the wheat didn't grow well, with many shriveled grains. She picked them out one by one, storing the plump ones like treasures in an empty mineral water bottle, only one-fifth full.
Lin Man turned over the crop stalks, dead leaves and the like, and dumped them into the ground, but she was still worried about fertilizer. When she saw Grandma Wu and the others shoveling the soil mixed with the excrement and fermenting it together with the dead branches and leaves, she even wanted to steal some. Finally, she restrained the urge after the manager yelled at her.
So in the end she went to steal some more earthworms. Yes, Grandma Wu was indeed an expert at raising earthworms, and the earthworms she raised grew a little bigger.
Lin Man had stolen a few before, but she didn't know where they went after being thrown into the space, nor did she know how many they had reproduced. This time, she threw the earthworms directly into the sweet potato and corn fields. The rest of the land was basically empty. Lin Man was no longer in a hurry to plant other things. Now she put all her energy into planting sweet potatoes and corn.
After resting in the valley for a few days, and with enough water in the space for irrigation and storage, Lin Man set out again.
This time she hurried on her way and quickly passed through the first and second cities she had visited last time and arrived at the third city, a large industrial city. It was here that Lin Man found her first means of transportation in her life - a bicycle.
This is a men's bicycle with big wheels, a high seat, and the whole bike is very heavy. It is a little difficult for Lin Man to ride, but she is still very happy because the wheels are big and she can ride very fast.
She walked around the city and found quite a few useful items: scissors, knives, pots, mirrors, drills, axes, stainless steel basins and jars of varying sizes, and some farm tools. She picked up the best, least damaged or rusted items and tossed them into the space.
Most importantly, she found a solar panel.
She found this in a factory that specializes in producing this kind of thing. It was obvious that this place had been looted countless times. To her surprise, there was still such a complete solar panel more than one meter long left in the corner of the warehouse. Lin Mandu sighed at her good luck.
She fumbled with the thing clumsily, connected the heavy battery that Guan Guan gave her, and held it up to the sunlight for a few moments. Sure enough, she saw the pointer on the dial representing the current move.
This went on for two days, fully charging the battery so that she could continue to use her induction cooker.
She also picked up a few discarded electric bikes and learned how to charge them without any instruction. Although it took some time, after fully charging the electric bike, it ran much faster than she could walk or ride a bicycle.
Lin Man walked through another city and came to the city where her home was. She did not go to find her home immediately, but crossed the provincial line and went to the next province, which was the place where the legendary base was located.
This small southern base is built in a place surrounded by mountains on three sides. As long as there is no mudslide or landslide, or zombies running down the mountain in groups, this base is an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack base where one man can block a thousand.
When Lin Man arrived, it was obvious that some outsiders had already come to the base, because when Lin Nan wanted to enter the base, the gatekeeper asked her which base she was from.
Lin Man blinked: "I'm from the north."
"Oh." The man said in a casual tone, "Which base? Dongyang? Or Tuanyuan?"
Reunion? Reunion base? What kind of base is that?
Lin Man thought for a while and said, "I'm from Dongyang Base, and I have proof." She took out the Dongyang Base inner city access badge that she had kept in the space and had never taken out.
The man took a look and confirmed Lin Man's identity, but his attitude didn't change. Instead, he seemed even more arrogant. He said with a little emotion, "Over a month ago, a group of people came from Dongyang Base and tried to persuade our leader to go with them to Dongyang Base. They said there were many wonderful days waiting for us. But our leader didn't agree. Why are you here again now? You are really determined."
Wasn't it more than a month ago when she just returned to the Peace Base?
Later, Lin Man learned that the Nanming base, with a population of 200,000, was the primary target of the northern major bases. They had sent groups of people to persuade the leader to bring the entire base and join theirs, but were all flatly rejected.
The northerners couldn't do anything about this stubborn base, as it boasted a population of 200,000 and was led by a formidable warrior. While this ceremonial, arrogant base, though annoyed by the larger base's behavior, couldn't just sweep its "envoys" away with a broom. Thus, this somewhat bizarre exchange continued, eventually developing into a commercial enterprise.
Mainly people from the north bring some goods here and exchange them for some local specialties.
For example, the rice grown at this base.
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