Chapter 242 Let me make another deal with you
"Okay, I'll find a way for you."
Ye Qi agreed to Jiang Yue's request immediately.
We'll send a group notification to the survivors later, asking those who know how to plant crops to come and help. If there's no one among these tens of thousands of people, we'll select survivors from nearby cities and regions.
The authorities have decided that, given the geographical location and strategic importance of City C, a large base will be built here as the core area of a thousand miles in radius to attract survivors from the surrounding areas to join them.
According to preliminary plans, the authorities will repair and build nineteen large bases across the country. The Bloody Dawn Base in City C is one of them, and it is also one of the most important bases in the east. It will receive certain support and resource allocation.
By then, there will be more survivors coming here, and it should not be difficult to find agricultural science professionals among them.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Captain Ye. The more manpower we have, the faster my research can progress." Jiang Yue pleaded with Ye Qi again and again.
Then a question came to mind: "Captain Ye, since those people in the Temple are secretly cultivating mutant rice, why haven't they adopted it on a large scale? I heard that the believers' food there is still mainly mutant beast broth, and there is not much rice or flour. This shouldn't be the case. Could it be that they haven't figured it out yet and the conditions for promotion are not mature yet..."
Before he finished speaking.
There was a loud bang.
The shed behind me collapsed.
The violent vibration caused the two people who were standing in front of the house and talking to tilt their bodies. Ye Qi quickly grabbed Jiang Yue and jumped away, hiding more than ten meters away, thus avoiding the two from being hit by the collapsed shed.
"Ah??? Captain Ye!! What the hell is going on?!"
Jiang Yue's eyes widened in surprise, and his mouth opened so wide that a whole egg could be stuffed in it.
The shed house did not collapse due to poor construction quality, but was pushed up from the inside by a huge object, causing it to burst, and all the panels on the roof and walls were shattered into pieces.
The thing that pushed open the house was none other than the rice seedlings that Jiang Yue recognized. They were the rice seedlings that he had carefully cultivated!
Three minutes ago, Miaomiao was only a few centimeters tall and sleeping soundly in the warm plastic greenhouse.
In the blink of an eye, they grew into thick and big trees. A whole row of them became trees, all sticking out and poking the house apart.
"This is probably why the Temple doesn't promote the cultivation of mutant rice."
Ye Qi was calmer than Jiang Yue. A few bolts of lightning struck, burning the rice seedlings that were still growing rapidly.
A row of plants had grown to four or five meters high. Each huge leaf could tightly wrap around an adult man. They were green and growing vigorously, but after the lightning, they all turned into charcoal.
One of them was on fire, emitting thick smoke.
The noise was quite loud and soon attracted a lot of people to watch. Some people with water and ice abilities helped to put out the fire, and the surroundings were in chaos.
Jiang Yue lowered his head with a bitter face, "...This is too dangerous."
Fortunately, Ye Qi was there, otherwise the plants would have suddenly mutated when he was alone, and he would not know whether he would still be alive.
He had seen it clearly just now: the giant rice seedlings twisting their branches and leaves, looking as if they were about to wrap themselves around and grab the two of them. What could they do even if they caught them? Following the recent large-scale mutations in animals, plant mutations have also become increasingly common. Jiang Yue had personally witnessed a large wild flower that preyed on animals in the wild. A large rabbit was caught and digested in its heart. The thought of being eaten by the rice seedlings made him shudder.
It's too early to be happy.
I was just fantasizing about the bright future of eating mutated rice, but I didn't expect that this rice could actually eat people.
So, cultivating rice is just wishful thinking. Can’t we solve our food problem? Wow…
Jiang Yue sat down on the ground, feeling extremely uncomfortable and desperate.
The sudden accident in the breeding greenhouse also reached Qiao Lan's ears on the other side of the town.
Medical personnel came to check on her and found that she was basically fine. Ouyang Mo came over and did another full body check, and told her to heal the wounds that had not yet healed, and not to take it lightly, so as not to cause subsequent infection or other complications. He kept talking to her with great sincerity and concern. Qiao Lan was a little annoyed by what she heard, but she was embarrassed to interrupt his good intentions.
Coincidentally, one of Xiao Li's animals came over to tell a tale about the accident in the breeding greenhouse, which finally distracted Ouyang Mo from his chatter.
My companions started chatting about the greenhouse accident and lamented the difficulty of obtaining food in the apocalypse.
"There are 20,000 to 30,000 people in this town right now. 20,000 kilograms of rice a day is barely enough to fill our stomachs. But the problem is, where can we get 20,000 kilograms of rice every day? Everyone is barely full, and we're starving. We have to work hard to repair the town, otherwise where will we live? Sleeping outdoors makes it easy to get sick, and these days, getting sick can easily lead to death. We can only work hard even if we're hungry."
"Many teams went into the city to search for supplies, but the things they brought back every day were very limited. The income was not enough to cover the expenses, and the little food stored in Team Ye's base wouldn't last long."
"I heard they're going to build a large official base. More survivors will come and seek refuge there. Food will be a big problem then, unless the authorities can regularly transport food here."
"However, I heard that food is very scarce in the capital. Besides, transporting it from somewhere else, no matter where, the roads will be very difficult, with traffic paralyzed and many mutant beasts."
Everyone was talking about it, and Qiao Lan was thinking silently.
Is City C going to build a large official base?
This hadn't happened in her previous life. Back then, the nearest official base to City C was hundreds of kilometers away, and she'd gone there with great difficulty, only to discover that even there, people were starving to death. The food she'd been given wasn't as much as she'd find outside, and the security was mediocre. Mutant animals invaded at will, so she left and continued to survive on her own.
However, this life is different from the previous life, and many things are different.
Qiao Lan smacked her lips and had some immature thoughts.
"Are you in charge of the official base in City C? What is your authority?"
Early the next morning, Ye Qi came to visit as usual, and Qiao Lan asked him as soon as they met.
"Full responsibility, what is it?"
Ye Qi placed the flowers he brought on Qiao Lan's desk.
There are fewer flowers today than usual because the breeding greenhouse was destroyed. Some of the flowers originally cultivated in the greenhouse were squeezed to death by the rice seedlings. He only rescued two or three, and only a small handful of flowers were cut this morning.
"Is he fully responsible? Staff Officer Li won't be involved in any specific matters?"
"No matter. She's just providing strategic guidance. She'll be moving on to the next place after a while."
"Well, since you have the final say, Ye Qi, I will make another deal with you."
A hint of smile flashed in Qiao Lan's eyes, and he said, "I'll help you cultivate usable food plants. You can send someone to repair this Blackwater Town and give it to me."
Ye Qi was shocked.
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