A middle-aged man with a fierce face and menacing eyes shouted.
"People are starving to death, what's the point of keeping all this?"
The old man's teeth chattered as he spoke, unable to bear the memory of the horrific scene.
As he spoke, the burly man grabbed the young man and began punching him repeatedly...
Several other researchers saw this and went up to fight the thug, but unfortunately, they were all scholars who were powerless to even kill a chicken.
That thug was highly skilled in martial arts; before the natural disaster, he was a habitual offender who frequently engaged in fights and brawls, and he also had accomplices.
He yelled, "What kind of damn graduate student are you? You think you're so high and mighty just because you've read a few books. Now I'm just trampling you under my feet."
They have no bottom line, and they don't care about the future development of the nation.
It's pitiful that the graduate student was beaten to death. Before she died, she reminded herself not to worry about her and to go protect the animals and seeds.
That child was so young, and excelled in everything he did, from studying to research, yet he was beaten to death by those beasts.
As the old man spoke, he choked up and could not speak. Bai Shuang handed him a tissue.
Later, one of their researchers, who was studying pesticides, sprayed them back with highly toxic pesticides.
Then, several researchers moved the seeds and the remaining animals to the top floor and sealed the stairwell with poison, which brought some peace for a while.
Most of the animals were still stolen by the gang of thugs.
Moreover, their life upstairs was very difficult. Their food supplies had been eaten up by the group downstairs, so they were eating seeds, which they couldn't bear to part with. In addition, the animals also needed to eat and drink.
They can only grow some vegetables from seeds in flowerpots to barely survive. If the animal dies, they eat it. They grow some mushrooms in mushroom bags and raise some frogs, earthworms, and even fly larvae on the roof to eat. They have barely survived until now.
Bai Shuang truly admired their dedication to national science and their extraordinary survival skills.
They had nothing to eat and were on the verge of starvation, yet they couldn't bear to eat the seeds and animals.
For them, scientific research achievements are paramount, and the future of the nation is of utmost importance.
From then on, the burly man downstairs became a local tyrant.
Apart from a few of his confidants, everyone else became his slaves, at his beck and call.
When they had no food, they went out to look for it, and when they couldn't find any, they searched house to house.
After getting tired of the women downstairs, he started robbing other women outside.
So the people in the vicinity were either arrested by him or moved away.
Just two days ago, they killed the government's men. Several scientists were afraid that he would become desperate and try to force his way in to seize the seeds. They were also afraid that if the higher-ups sent more people down, they would be killed again. So they tried their best to send him out to deliver the message.
At the same time, he also brought some seeds with him, intending to give them to government officials or soldiers, fearing that the criminals might go crazy and the upstairs apartment would be in danger.
As he spoke, the old man took out a bag from behind him and handed it to Bai Shuang.
Inside the package were hybrid rice seeds, along with over a hundred smaller packets, each containing a different type of rice seed, labeled with its name. There were over a hundred common rice varieties in total…
There were also five tablets and a large stack of documents...
Bai Shuang is a doctor, and she knows a lot about medicinal seeds, but she didn't know that there are so many varieties of rice.
The old man said there are hundreds of varieties of rice, and these are just the ones commonly used.
During the conversation, Bai Shuang learned that the old man was not old at all, only forty years old. It was just that the living conditions during the natural disaster had ravaged him to this state.
His surname is Wang, and he is a student of the one who "dreamed of resting in the shade of the rice plants".
Bai Shuang didn't know how the old man managed to take these things out from the Agricultural Science City right under the noses of the thugs.
Just look at his emaciated body, which is almost skin and bones, and how he struggles to walk even a few steps. How did he manage to bring all of this over by water?
The old man handed the bag to Bai Shuang, looking at her hopefully, as if he wanted to hear what Bai Shuang would agree to.
Holding the bag, Bai Shuang felt it was incredibly heavy, as it contained the hard work and even lives of countless people.
"I promise you, given the opportunity, I will deliver these to the right people."
The old man nodded, "That's good enough." In the midst of a natural disaster, no one knows what they will encounter next.
Bai Shuang took a bowl of porridge out of her pocket and gave it to him, saying, "We just cooked this."
The old man looked at the thick rice porridge and tears welled up in his eyes. How long had it been since he had eaten any food?
But he still didn't take it. "In a natural disaster, this is a lifesaver. If I eat it, what will you eat?"
"We've already eaten, so you should eat too. Consider it preserving the foundation for the revolution for the country."
The old man thought about having to go back and fight those thugs, so he ate something to have the strength.
After finishing his porridge, the old man turned to walk back, but Bai Shuang stopped him, saying, "It's so late, go back tomorrow."
"They can only go back when it's dark and their vision is poor; once it's light, they won't be able to go back."
"Wait, don't go back. It's too dangerous. We'll take you away and hand you over to the country, so you can continue working for the people."
Wang Yuantu: "I've handed over the rice seeds to you, which means I've completed the task assigned by the country. I'm going back to fight them to the death and kill those bastards."
Killing one is enough to break even; killing two is a bonus.
Bai Jiu and the other two were also twitching their mouths as they listened. Someone like Wang Yuantu could be blown away by the wind, yet he wanted to fight with someone who had practiced martial arts.
Bai Shuang: "Please don't! You haven't told me about the situation over there yet!"
Leave the fighting and killing to us professionals.
You're just a frail old man; you can't beat them up. You'd probably get punched to death. Wouldn't that be a loss for the country? You'd better just stick to your research.
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