Scientists researching pesticides removed the toxic barrier, and several researchers rushed down to join the battle.
But they were just weak scholars, and not many of them were taken hostage.
Bai Jiu and Bai Chang quickly discovered two men with guns.
Each of them held a hostage and stood at the front of the crowd. The rest of the people, armed with knives, sticks, and other weapons, stood beside a group of ragged, emaciated individuals.
This is probably what the old man with the cannon was talking about as a slave.
Bai Jiu and his men knew that if they wanted to make them submit, they had to intimidate them first.
Having assessed the situation, the two exchanged a glance and simultaneously raised "Lan Ying"—whoosh!
Before anyone could react, both gunmen simultaneously had bright red flowers blooming on their heads and collapsed to the ground.
With a whoosh, the two men jumped over and quickly shoved their guns.
Only then did everyone notice that the legs of the two people whose heads had been blown open were trembling.
Those qualified to carry guns were all the leaders of their henchmen, who usually swaggered around and gave orders to them, but now they were dead before they could even take a single move!
Bai Chang took out a submachine gun and said, "If you want to live, put down the hostages, put down your weapons, raise your hands, and squat down."
Otherwise, they'll end up like you!
"Don't listen to him. Once we lay down our weapons, our lives will be in their hands. It's better to..."
Whoosh—! Before the man could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out, and he fell to the ground.
"You have one minute to consider."
At this moment, several people in the front row placed the murder weapon in front of them, stepped back, squatted down, and raised their hands.
With one person taking the lead, others followed suit, until only a few people who had taken the scientists hostage remained, stubbornly resisting.
Some of them tightened their grip on the hostage's neck, forcing the hostage to make a sound, and then triumphantly looked at Bai Jiu and his group.
Whoosh, whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Bai Jiu's marksmanship was truly exceptional; in just a few seconds, before they could even react, he had sent them to their deaths.
When the group entered, they saw Bai Jiu and his group's domineering side, and Bai Shuang gave them a thumbs up!
From then on, no one in the hall dared to resist anymore.
After gaining their freedom, several researchers brutally trampled on the corpses of several people on the ground.
They were too emotional; they had been bullied by those guys for months and were feeling too oppressed.
They picked up sticks again, intending to beat the person squatting on the ground, but Bai Shuang stopped them.
"The culprit is outside; I'll let you vent your anger later."
Don't anger these people; there are dozens of them, and it would be troublesome if they all resisted. As for whether they have committed any crimes, the government will handle it.
"Bai Chang, you two go and bring that Wang Yuantu over."
Bai Shuang left the matter downstairs to Lu Yu to handle and went upstairs.
Opening the door revealed their living quarters.
A few simple pots and pans, a stove supported by stones, the back wall blackened with soot, and nothing else.
There were several cooked maggots in a bowl. Bai Shuang picked them up to look at them, but then heard someone shout behind her.
"Don't move, that's food left for Wang Yuantu."
Is Wang Yuantu the one who was with them last night, the one Bai Jiu called "Old Man Cannon"?
"Is this all you eat in one meal?"
"One meal? A whole day's worth of meals."
It's no wonder that Wang Yuantu looked so old at only forty years old.
Bai Shuang continued to open the door. This room was probably where they were protecting the seeds. The whole room was filled with stacks of small bags, each labeled with the name and type of the various seeds, as well as the soil, temperature, and light conditions they could tolerate...
Bai Shuang didn't count; she only knew a lot, a lot.
The elderly man following behind, tears streaming down his face, said emotionally, "This is our account to the country and the people. We have not failed our mission; we have accomplished it."
"You're all so hungry, why don't you take some food?"
"Eat, some seeds, once gone, are gone forever."
Seeds may offer humanity hope for post-disaster reconstruction and a new beginning, just like you.
Child, be sure to keep this safe.
Bai Shuang nodded heavily, "I will."
Bai Shuang knew that after the devastation of countless natural disasters, when the moon was ravaged, these seeds would be the hope for human survival and development.
Grain solves the problem of eating; cotton and silkworms solve the problem of clothing; timber can solve the problem of housing; castor beans are even a "green" form of oil...
Humanity's spark may have begun with a seed!
Bai Shuang didn't say anything more. She sincerely admired these scientists' sense of mission towards humanity and their passion for academics.
This reminded Bai Shuang of her maternal grandfather, Bai Yunqi, who was also so passionate about medicine, a passion that Bai Shuang found hard to match.
Bai Shuang opened another door and heard the person behind her say that the animals hadn't survived, and she was ashamed to have only kept some useful insects.
In this room, there were small boxes containing different insects. Bai Shuang looked closely and saw that each box had a label.
Bees, mantises, silkworms, lacewings, dung beetles, dragonflies, hoverflies, earthworms, Trichogramma wasps, parasitic wasps, lac insects...
Of these, Bai Shuang only knows a few that can be used in medicine, such as earthworms, which can improve soil structure, decompose organic matter, increase soil nutrients, promote plant growth, and enhance soil fertility.
It has pharmacological effects of clearing heat, relieving asthma, and promoting blood circulation.
She can put it in the black soil to reproduce, but she doesn't need to do anything else for now; she doesn't want any bugs in the space.
We have our own bees and silkworms. We use the others that we can, and store the rest in the warehouse until we can use them again when we start farming and restore the ecosystem.
At this moment, Lu Yu walked up.
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