As a result, all four superhumans, along with their captain Jiang Haochen, died!
“Old Zheng, I’ve been saying for a long time that we should reduce our burden,” Yang Songming said after a long silence. “With the strength of our base, we simply cannot afford the survival supplies for so many ordinary people. It’s survival of the fittest, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Zheng Qiming's eyes flickered for a moment before returning to their dark state. He raised his hand to rub his temples. "Even if we reduce the burden as you say, how are we supposed to do it?"
Zhu Zhengzhong, who had been silent just moments before, said, "Old Zheng, you can't bear to lose these ordinary survivors, but you can't drag these powerful people down with you either. This will only make things worse. When the food supply can't sustain us any longer, these ordinary people will still be slaughtered. We've been through this before."
A few months ago, during the torrential rains, scenes of people killing each other for a little food were commonplace. Now, it's just a facade. When the crucial moment arrives, history will surely repeat itself; it's unavoidable.
"Let me think about it some more." Zheng Qiming still couldn't make up his mind.
Yang Songming and Zhu Zhengzhong exchanged a glance, then quickly looked away.
Lin Ruo, inside the fortress, was unaware that the base had already blamed Jiang Haochen's death on the innocent elephant. She had been staying peacefully in the fortress for the past two days, reading and researching.
In the dimly lit room, Lin Ruo woke up according to her biological clock. After washing up briefly, she heard Afu and Ashou scratching at her door.
As Lin Ruo applied face cream to her face, she opened the door and saw Afu lying at the gate, wagging its tail.
Ah Shou stood by her door, scratching his paws incessantly.
"Coming, coming, we'll open the door for you right away."
She quickly ran to the door and got dressed before opening the door for Afu and Ashou, who rushed out like the wind to relieve themselves.
Lin Ruo shook her head. She felt that if she got up a little later every day, Afu and Ashou would be unable to hold back.
A few hours later, she came out of the training room covered in sweat, shook her sweaty hair, and was about to take a shower.
Then a radio by the window broadcast an announcement: "Attention survivors, the Qiyuan Base is officially established today. We have ample supplies and weapons, and we hope that any survivors with the strength will come to join us. The base is located on the north side of Yanshan Mountain, the specific location is..."
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow. A new base has been established in just half a year since the extreme cold began? And they even dare to publicly announce its location on the radio. Are they going to officially challenge the official base?
She originally thought that the official base would not let the matter rest after killing Jiang Haochen and several other superhumans, but after waiting at home for two days, she did not see any action from the B City base. Instead, she received news of the establishment of other bases.
Presumably, the B City base no longer has time to investigate the cause of Jiang Haochen's death.
"Woof woof!"
Ah Shou ran in from outside, still carrying a chill with him. Lin Ruo glanced at him helplessly. Ah Shou went straight to the water basin and started drinking water like crazy.
Afu was a little slower than Ashou, but he also ran over to drink water.
They had just finished training with A-Liu. This was the training Lin Ruo had set for them. They had to train with A-Liu for an hour every day, and the training would end when they could defeat A-Liu.
However, it is clear that A-Liu is growing faster than them, and the gap between A-Fu and A-Shou and it is widening.
With their voracious drinking, the water in the basin was quickly emptied.
She added some lake water to their water basins, and then went outside to add some lake water to the roots of the willow tree. The energy rain had already been gradually added to them, and the effect was very significant.
A-Liu's willow branch lifted up and gently brushed against Lin Ruo's cheek. Lin Ruo smiled and patted its trunk, "A-Liu, you've worked hard. I'll give you some extra meat to reward you later."
Ah Liu happily swayed the willow branches, and Ah Shou also ran over and bent down to nudge Lin Ruo's hand, making whimpering sounds.
Lin Ruo pinched its cold, big nose. "I'll add some for you too."
"Woof woof!"
Back inside, Lin Ruo took off her clothes and added logs to each fireplace before preparing breakfast for them, filling three large basins with mutated beast meat.
Seeing that they had all started eating, she went to the kitchen to prepare a bowl of seafood noodles for herself. Lin Ruo regularly added some lake water to the freshwater and seawater pools in the space, so the aquatic products not only grew very fast, but also had very delicious meat.
A dozen or so shrimp and shellfish were scooped out of the space seawater pool and put into a bubbling pot, and the aroma of freshness immediately filled the entire fortress.
Ah Shou suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed precisely on the pot in front of Lin Ruo.
Lin Ruo eventually shared most of the noodles with others, only eating a few bowls herself; the seafood noodles were indeed delicious.
After putting the dishes in the dishwasher, Afu and Ashou went out hunting as usual.
She used her water-based powers to tidy up the house, then turned to go upstairs. She had recently been researching a new type of ointment, a plant-based inhibitory powder, similar to paraquat from before the apocalypse, and with a scent that mutated plants disliked.
During periods of extreme heat, mutated plants undergo mutations one after another. Coupled with the weather conditions, their growth is extremely rapid, making them difficult to guard against. This type of powder is mainly used to deal with these troublesome mutated plants.
Just as she reached the top of the stairs, A Liu tugged at her clothes from behind. Lin Ruo turned around to ask A Liu what was wrong, but a red fruit was handed to her.
Lin Ruo was immediately overjoyed and looked up at Ah Liu's willow branches, "They're already ripe?!"
Ah Liu handed the red fruit to Lin Ruo, the meaning was clear: "Here, have some."
Lin Ruo took the fruit, but did not eat it immediately. Instead, she went outside and watered A Liu with a lot of lake water and released a pheasant weighing over 100 pounds for it. Then she patted A Liu's trunk and said, "A Liu, you've worked hard. You need to replenish yourself."
In Lin Ruo's opinion, these red fruits were conceived by A Liu, so is it like giving birth? She needs to take good care of them and not be careless.
Ah Liu happily swayed her willow branches, not only because of the lake water but also because she could now sense that Lin Ruo's care for her was genuine.
After spending some time cuddling with the tree, Lin Ruo returned to her room and sat on the futon in the training room. Looking at the coin-sized red fruit in her palm, she swallowed the fruit in one gulp.
The red fruit tasted sweeter than before, melting in the mouth. Then Lin Ruo's mental energy began to erupt, spreading rapidly, one thousand meters, two thousand meters, until it stopped at five thousand meters, and the familiar pain returned.
The color drained from Lin Ruo's face instantly, leaving her as pale as a ghost. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to remain seated, telling herself that it would be over soon!
When the pain subsided, Lin Ruo's thick pajamas were soaked with cold sweat. This time, the pain seemed to last longer than the last time.
Before Lin Ruo could fully experience it, her mental energy was enveloped by a warm and gentle energy. Her mental energy grew rapidly, and the mental energy she emitted continued to spread outward, increasing by several hundred meters before stopping.
A moment later, Lin Ruo opened her eyes, quickly withdrew her mental energy, and carefully sensed it. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the increase in mental energy this time was even greater than last time!
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