The fat man was a little disappointed. "Yeah, air freight is too expensive."
After exchanging a few words, Bai Shuang prepared to leave.
"Sister, do you have any more sunflower seeds or peanuts?"
Bai Shuang said helplessly, "There's only one pack of each. I was originally keeping them for myself, but you can have them if you want."
"Hehe, thanks."
No wonder people say businessmen are thick-skinned; it's true.
Bai Jiu: "Miss, I've seen so many familiar faces today."
"When we first came here, the base was big and everyone lived quite far apart, so we rarely saw each other."
Everyone's gathered at the safe house now; as soon as we arrived, everyone knew we were there.
They refilled the area where the planes were parked with rat poison and put the food that was supposed to be given to them inside.
They flew directly to the scrap metal area, with Lu Yu personally piloting the aircraft. There was no need to stop the plane; they activated parachute mode and hovered in the air without any weight.
Bai Shuang opened the hatch, and the huge pile of scrap metal disappeared the moment she made contact. Then, she closed the hatch and flew directly back to the Kyoto base.
Back at the base, Bai Shuang told her grandfather about the situation at Tangcheng Base.
Grandpa told them to hurry up, because some bases had already started eating rats.
This is no small matter; once someone contracts the plague, it can spread indefinitely.
Bai Jiu and the other person even followed Lu Yu to the communications room to check on the situation at other bases.
By turning on the base's communication equipment, you can see various official bases vying to exchange information about scrap metal.
Some bases even formed rat-catching teams, a group of people wielding sticks to beat rats, clearing the way for vehicles, and scavenging metal from ruins in hopes of exchanging it for more food.
They also shared the situation and experience of the rat-catching team for other bases to refer to.
After Bai Jiu returned, he vividly recounted the story of the rat-catching team to Bai Shuang.
When humans and rats fought each other, the rats realized they couldn't win, so they followed humans and scavenged the dead bodies of their own kind for food.
Of course, casualties among the rat-hunting team members were inevitable, but there was no other way; people need to live, and survivors need to eat, so they had to keep doing it.
However, according to them, the number of injured members of the rat-hunting team decreased as time went on.
Because the mice have also figured out the patterns of human travel.
They knew the people weren't deliberately making things difficult for the mice; they just had something to do.
Later, whenever the clever mouse saw them, it would give way.
The rat-catching team member said, "They're afraid of us now. It's good that they know they're afraid."
If they can frighten the mutant rats, they feel like generals, instantly feeling powerful, and they can brag about it when they return to base.
"Come on, come on, why are you running? Come and fight us!"
The initial fear of the giant rat had completely disappeared; this shift in attitude proved to be true.
Mutant rat: "Only idiots would try to block it; otherwise, they'd become food for us smart rats."
Bai Shuang asked with a smile, "You know what the mutated rat told you."
"That's what their base's information says; they want to promote this method."
I later heard that some bases actually used this method.
However, since the Kyoto base has food reserves, there's no need to do that, given the significant number of casualties.
Next, Bai Shuang and Lu Yu exchanged scrap metal from other bases in the same way.
Now, the construction team won't have to stop working for six months.
And those official bases will be able to weather the rat plague thanks to this extra batch of food.
Since the base is closed off, they try to find some work for the survivors to increase employment opportunities.
Process stored grains into convenient foods, especially compressed biscuits, which are both filling and space-saving, to prepare for the arrival of major disasters.
With a predominantly salty flavor and the addition of dehydrated vegetables, meat, eggs, and other nutrients, it is an excellent choice for food reserves.
Because during a disaster, there may not be the means to start a fire and cook, and these foods can be eaten directly.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Shuang took out some of the early grains stored in her space and gave them to the food factory for processing. The processing fee was deducted from the finished food.
When paying employees, they have one more option: if they have enough points, they will buy some to store at home, just in case.
Bai Shuang contributed the straw she had stored in the space to the base for papermaking, and also took advantage of her spare time to make a batch of mulberry bark paper in Lu Yu's army.
They took out another batch of cotton and had the base process it into protective clothing and masks. It seems that the cotton produced in this space has a protective function.
Because the fog that follows acid rain doesn't seem like a good thing.
Bai Shuang collects some herself and sells the rest to the base.
Outside the base, as Bai Shuang had predicted, the number of giant rats was slowly decreasing.
Because their numbers were too large, they disrupted the ecological balance. Without food, they killed each other and preyed on their own kind, causing their numbers to gradually decline.
Looking out from the observation room, the crowd started densely packed, gradually thinned out, and then became increasingly sparse.
Before the Lunar New Year, rats were no longer visible on the security cameras.
But humans still dared not go out, because the last rats to survive were the alpha rats of their packs, and they were very powerful.
It's eternal night now, so visibility is already poor.
They hide in the cracks in the ground, and once they spot a person or animal, they swarm them and devour them completely, leaving not even bones behind, before disappearing back into the cracks.
Therefore, before the acid rain, Mr. Lu did not agree to let everyone go out.
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of 1956 has arrived. This year, Bai Shuang is already 24 years old.
Before the New Year, Bai Shuang took out the last batch of snow rat meat.
Since we have a large stockpile of chicken, there is no need to keep this anymore.
A portion will be kept for Lu Yu's military camp, a portion will be used for employee benefits, and the rest will be sold to the base in exchange for points.
After the New Year, the survivors could no longer bear living off their savings. The days of hunger were still fresh in their minds, and many were eager to go out and earn points.
The polar night is about to end, and the end of the polar night means the arrival of acid rain.
Bai Shuang thought that as long as it wasn't an endless swarm of rats, Hu Niu and the others should come out of the mountains by now.
If all goes well, before the acid rain arrives, we should take them out to collect some scrap metal.
This time, due to the increased number of beasts, Bai Shuang and Lu Yu drove a large van instead of squeezing in with the others.
Upon arriving at the ruins, as Bai Jiu opened the car door and prepared to get out, she suddenly pointed to the side of the ruins and said, "Miss, look what's that?"
Bai Shuang followed his hand and was stunned for a moment.
"Lu Yu, look, aren't they the Rat King?"
What kind of operation is this?
A row of fat, large rats, lined up in front of the ruins, looked this way, their appearance suggesting they were ready for battle!
At this moment, the people in those trucks also saw this scene.
Lu Yu: "These big rats have made this place their territory."
Wu Jun and his group got out of the car and walked over. "So, we've become the intruders?"
Bai Shuang: "How about this, everyone get on the bus first."
Then, I let Tiger Girl and the others go over there to test the waters and see how things go.
If we can't stop them, we'll immediately close the car doors if a giant rat charges at us.
Tiger Girl... are you even speaking human language? This sounds like you're trying to lock us out in case of danger.
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