Qiao An'an and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Their goal was to develop a serum to combat the zombie virus and end the apocalypse, which was of course different from what they had done before.
Faced with Zhou Fang's persuasion, Qiao An'an timely poured cold water on him: "If we were really as powerful as you think, why did we escape from J City in the first place? Do you know how big J City is? Do you know how many armed forces they have in total? You probably don't know, because you've never even entered the safe zone."
Zhou Fang genuinely didn't know, but he figured that if these people could escape from the safe zone and even break down its gate, then the J City safe zone must be nothing special. After Qiao An'an's comment, he immediately lost his confidence: "How much?"
Qiao An'an didn't intend to answer Zhou Fang, but instead asked, "Why do you want to attack the J City security zone?"
Zhou Fang spoke frankly: "This past year, we've been wandering around Y City, and we've already scavenged all the food we could find in the city. There's nothing left to eat in Y City. The situation in the nearby cities isn't much better either. It seems that only J City has abundant resources..."
Qiao An'an nodded in agreement, then asked, "Assuming you can conquer J City, what do you plan to do after you've used up all of J City's resources?"
Over the course of a year, Zhou Fang and his friends grew from two or three to a small group of about thirty people. Every day, they only thought about how to scavenge for food and water to survive. Without thinking, he said, "If we run out, we'll just scavenge somewhere else!"
Qiao An'an: "What will you do when you've searched every place one day?"
Zhou Fang had never thought of this question before, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer it.
Qiao An'an patiently persuaded, "I think instead of searching for supplies everywhere, we should try to find a way to be self-sufficient."
Zhou Fang didn't quite understand: "Self-sufficient?"
Qiao An'an nodded: "We can plant some fast-growing grains, such as potatoes and corn. We can also grow some vegetables and raise some chickens and rabbits. Rabbits are said to have a high reproductive rate. In addition, we can catch fish. In short, as long as we are willing to work, we will definitely not starve."
Zhou Fang was born and raised in the city, and has lived there for almost thirty years. Before going to university, she ate the food her mother bought. After going to university, she ate in the cafeteria or ordered takeout.
He's always bought everything he eats.
He'd never even grown a flower, let alone vegetables, chickens, or fish: "We all grew up in the city, how would we know anything about those things you're talking about?"
Qiao An'an said, "If you don't know how, you can learn. Go back three or four generations, and who wasn't a farmer?"
When Qiao An'an entered Zhou Fang's safe zone, she noticed that the campus was very large and surrounded by high walls, but the entrance was damaged and only the iron gate of this dormitory building was intact.
There aren't many zombies on this campus.
If the damaged gates of the campus can be blocked, it will be easy to wipe out the scattered zombies wandering around the campus.
After clearing out the zombies, Zhou Fang and his friends can plant corn, potatoes, and vegetables in the campus green belt.
Raising chickens in unused school buildings.
Regarding the fish, Qiao An'an, who has experience raising fish once, believes that such a large artificial lake on campus, which has not been cleaned for so long, must have spawned a lot of fish on its own.
As for water, that's even easier to solve.
Water purifiers should be available in most supermarkets. With such a large artificial lake nearby, how could you not have water to drink if you have a water purifier?
After Qiao An'an told Zhou Fang all this, Zhou Fang was also very tempted. In the apocalypse, everyone cherishes their lives. The main reason they wanted to attack the safe zone in J City was because they were running out of food and were afraid of starving to death, so they wanted to take the risk.
But if it's really as Qiao An'an said, that they can grow their own vegetables and raise chickens, why would they take any risks?
The people behind Zhou Fang shared the same thought.
However, everyone felt that while the idea was good, it wouldn't be easy to implement: "We can find water purifiers in the city, but where are we going to get potatoes, corn, and the chickens and rabbits you mentioned?"
Qiao An'an replied, "When we drove here, we saw several seed companies in the suburbs. You should be able to find the seeds you need there. As for chickens and rabbits, there's a mountain behind the school, and there are plenty of wild chickens and rabbits on the mountain. You can catch some and raise them to become domestic chickens and rabbits. You should also be able to find a lot of wild fruits on the mountain this season."
Zhou Fang and the others felt that Qiao An'an's words made sense.
Qiao An'an felt it wasn't right to just leave after eating Zhou Fang's food, so she took Li Jianguo and Yan Ling with her to help Zhou Fang and the others clear out the zombies and block the destroyed front and side gates of the school.
Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing went hunting together in the back mountain of the school.
Qiao An'an led the group to clear out the zombies. Zhou Fang and the others were initially worried. Although there weren't many zombies in the school, there were still quite a few. The group of more than thirty people only managed to hold down one dormitory.
Later, they saw Li Jianguo kill zombies one by one with a stick, and Yan Ling and Qiao An'an also killed zombies with every slash. They were immediately full of confidence and joined them in killing zombies.
After clearing out the zombies, Zhou Fang and his two friends borrowed Qiao An'an's car and drove to the seed center that Qiao An'an had mentioned, where they found corn seeds, wheat seeds, rice seeds, and various vegetable seeds.
He was quite clever; he knew that farming required tools, so he grabbed a lot of them from the nearby farm tool shop.
Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing also caught some pheasants and rabbits. In order to continue raising them, Chi Xiaoyu only shot the wings of the pheasants and the legs of the rabbits. When they brought them back, they were still alive.
Ye Jing also found some edible wild fruits and wild taro in the mountains.
Qiao An'an felt that their conditions were not suitable for growing wheat and rice.
They can start by planting corn and vegetables to practice, and then plant wheat and rice once their planting techniques are mature.
The taro they found can also be grown on a large scale, and when there is not enough corn, taro can be used to supplement starch.
Under Qiao An'an's guidance, Zhou Fang and the others used farm tools to turn over the soil on the school playground. While turning the soil, they also transported the excrement left in the dormitory building over the past few days and spread it on the ground as fertilizer.
They didn't clear out much land on the first day; they planned to plant various vegetables that could be easily grown by simply spreading them out.
After dividing the cleared land into sections, they began sowing vegetable seeds and thoroughly irrigating the land with water from the artificial lake.
While fetching water, they unexpectedly caught several carp that they had stunned with long-handled scoops and then scooped up.
That evening, everyone gathered in the school cafeteria, which was now free of zombies, and used the leftover seasonings from the cafeteria kitchen to make a pot of spicy fish. They also cracked open rice seeds and cooked rice.
Qiao An'an felt it was a waste to just eat the rice seeds like that.
Zhou Fang explained, "It's not a pity. The rice seeds belong to the seed company and cannot be saved. Even if we plant them, we can only harvest one crop. In addition, rice cultivation is too complicated for us to learn. These rice grains are already considered shriveled rice now. If we leave them, they will spoil. It's better for us to eat them."
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