Chapter 50: Changes to the base
Fei Qian used the food in his hand as quickly as he could, and then began to tell the others about his experience after entering the base this evening.
In the evening, Fei Qian and Ye Fan separated and followed Meng Xiaomito the agricultural production area of the base. The agricultural production area at this time is completely different from the last time I visited. As the base of the coast, the climate is warmer than the Jiangcheng base in the middle and the Dongcheng base in the north, which is more suitable for the growth of crops. The last time he came, Fei Qian could still see a large area of green crops, with a completely different and prosperous atmosphere from the outside world, but this time he came to be a gloomy cloud.
"How's the mission going?" Mu Jingzhi, who was already waiting in the production area, was not surprised to see Fei Qian coming. He knew very well that the team of four people made the right and wrong decisions, and Ye Fan was just a faΓ§ade.
"It's ok. What's the situation? Fei Qian didn't want to greet Mu Jingzhi, they weren't that familiar with each other.
"It's cold." Mu Jingzhi smiled indifferently, "As you can see, Mu Jingzhi pointed to the bare land, "It's all dead." β
"When did it start?"
"The day after you left the city."
"Didn't you say there was a mutation?"
"The mutated ones have been brought into the laboratory by those nerds in the research institute, and the only thing left here is the weeds that pop up every day, except for the dead seedlings." Mu Jingzhi pointed to the person who was still pulling weeds in the field and said, "Since the impact, we have found that weeds are particularly easy to breed, and herbicides have little effect on them, so we will send a lot of people to manually pull them every day to ensure the growth of crops." Now, in order to prevent this land from being unable to grow things in the future, it is still being uprooted every day. β
"Didn't think of this when the base was designed?" Fei Qian has always wondered if those so-called experts predicted that the current earth would become like this.
"Ahem," Mu Jingzhi was a little uncomfortable, "The danger that was detected at the beginning was only a meteorite impact and radiation. So the shield was made. I thought it was ......"
"Why did you think it was?" Fei Qian sneered, "I thought that except for those of you who hid in the base, everyone else wouldn't survive, right?" β
"Indeed."
"It's a pity that you foresaw the beginning, but you didn't foresee the end." Fei Qian said sarcastically.
"In order to continue human civilization, this is also a last resort." Mu Jingzhi's eyes darkened.
"Oh? So why is it that most of the people who come in are either rich or powerful. Wouldn't the others be entitled to survive? What criteria do you use to choose, and what qualifications do you have? Fei Qian's usually cold voice carried a little anger.
"It's already happened, and now it's only a remedy, right?" Mu Jingzhi is also very helpless, is the government's approach wrong? From the bottom of his heart, he felt that he had done nothing wrong. But this does not mean that you can get by emotionally, just like Fei Qian said, these so-called elites who have entered the base do have many industry leaders, but more of them are powerful people. Who said that those who stay outside are not elites? There is one in front of me that has slipped through the net, and outside, I don't know how many more.
"Have you tried to plant again?" Fei Qian is no longer theorizing with Mu Jingzhi, anyway, the next development will definitely let these so-called human elites know that they are not inferior, so let them dream for a while.
"I've tried it, and agricultural experts are soaking in the ground every day, and there are no results yet, but it is not optimistic." After a large number of crops died, the relevant person in charge of the base immediately eradicated the dead crops and transferred the seeds for replanting. But nothing has changed in the past few days, what the seeds are like when they are planted, and what they are still like when they are dug up.
"Hehe, let's observe for a few more days. You can send someone out there to look at the farmland. Anyway, the plants we saw in the field were still very lush, and we didn't pay attention to what kind of plants they were. Send you a favor, if I were you, immediately gather your troops and start going out to grab the remaining supplies outside. After speaking, Fei Qian no longer paid attention to Mu Jingzhi and walked straight to the small villa.
"I don't think the base can grow anything during this time, but I don't know how long this time is." Fei Qian picked up a glass of red wine and tasted it slowly, and the bright lights in the villa set off the red wine more like blood.
"These people in the base didn't expect this to happen." Wang Meng also poured a glass of wine for himself and Yang Qing, and Ye Fan hurriedly filled the empty bottle with red wine again, put it on the table and waited for it to slowly absorb the surrounding energy.
"They really didn't expect it, the only thing they expected was that the people outside the base wouldn't be alive." Fei Qian shook the red wine glass in his hand and said lightly.
"Hehe, a bunch of scum." Yang Qing said sarcastically, "At the beginning, Mo Yubing didn't allow survivors to enter the base, thinking that we all didn't live long after being radiated, so it didn't matter if we couldn't get in or not?" β
"Who knows, it's not something we're going to have a headache for. The headache should be the people in power above, the base cannot produce food. This fact is serious enough. Fei Qian smiled lightly and said that the food shortage they would face next had little to do with the four of them.
"Fortunately, these experts are not stupid enough to really build any ark, otherwise it would be too late to cry to death now." Ye Fan thought of the very famous movie before the end of the world and said, "It seems that whether you are prepared or unprepared, going out to collect supplies, fighting outside and fighting inside will always be the theme of human beings in the last days." β
In the next few days, except for Fei Qian, who went to the research institute every day to report, the remaining three spent most of their time hiding in their own small world to cultivate, striving to make continuous progress in order to save their lives. In order to keep the secret of Ye Fan's ability, the three of them decided to go out once a day, Ye Fan went to purchase, and Wang Meng and Yang Qing went to inquire about the news. There are a lot of survivors pouring in to the base every day, and the forces of the base, which is not simple, have become more complicated, not only the upper layers of the base, but also the survivors below and the forces between the supernaturals. None of the four had any intention of getting involved, but the basic situation needed to be understood.
When there are more people, there are more rights and wrongs. The so-called forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. When Ye Fan went out to pretend to buy on the first day, he bumped into a stupid bird.
As more and more survivors came to the base, the original so-called shops could no longer meet the needs of most people, and the base had no choice but to open the market. This is a place for private trading, and to put it bluntly, it is a stall. Ye Fan went to the regular grain and oil store at the base to purchase, and after a few purchases, he carried his things and entered here. There are a lot of things in the bazaar, and they are all brought in by survivors. From the priceless old pit glass jadeite before the end of the world, to the hand-woven creative bracelets, there is everything.
Ye Fan carried the rice and flour he had just bought, planning to change to something he liked. There are some things that Ye Fan may not be able to afford if he doesn't eat or drink for the rest of his life before the end of the world, but here, dozens of catties of rice may be exchanged. There are no points in circulation in the bazaar, and they are all bartered. Ordinary survivors don't get many points for entering the base, and it is very difficult to make a living just by working at the base.
Before the end of the world, Ye Fan liked jade very much, but unfortunately he was not Bai Fumei, so he could only look at it. When Ye Fan was drooling at a piece of mutton fat white jade Hetian jade pendant, a slender hand next to him snatched the jade pendant directly from Ye Fan's hand.
"Brother Hui, people want this." Hearing the sweet and greasy voice, Ye Fan shuddered for a moment, twisting his stiff neck, Ye Fan saw a woman in her twenties with a beautiful face, who was rubbing against an uncle who looked quite obscene and had a very obvious beer belly with a 36d+ wave that he visually measured at this time.
Ye Fan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said to the woman who was about to reach an important part of the lewd uncle in the court, "Miss, this piece of jade is what I took a fancy to first. Shopping should always be on a first-come, first-served basis. β
The woman only glanced back at Ye Fan now, and she regretted it at this glance. She didn't expect Ye Fan, who was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, to look so good, and then looked at the man with glowing eyes next to her, and said with hatred in her heart: Today is really bad luck.
"Hmph, what did you like first? Can you afford it? After speaking, he used the two lumps of flesh on his chest to press hard against the lewd man. Brother Hui, people fell in love with this jade pendant at a glance and wanted to give it to you. Look, this is a good fit for you. β
Ye Fan almost didn't roll his eyes when he heard this, the jade and jade materials are precious, and the carving is also very good, and the pattern is Liuyun Baifu. Such a jade pendant matches the uncle whose eyes seem to be taking off his clothes?! Miss, don't insult the jade pendant, okay!
Ye Fan endured the nausea in his heart and said, "This young lady, I have already negotiated with the stall owner just now, and he is willing to exchange the jade pendant for 50 catties of rice with me." "50 catties of rice is 300 points, enough for the average survivor to pay six months' rent.
The woman was a little hesitant when she heard the price, and 300 points was not a small amount. But looking at the people around her, she gritted her teeth, if she was stepped on by Ye Fan now, she would have no face when she went back. looked at the group of little brothers behind the man next to him and sneered. "Brother Hui, buy it for me." The woman leaned into the man's ear and exhaled as she whispered, "I'll listen to you when I go back." The man took a deep breath when he heard this, and pinched his hand on the woman's ****, saying in his heart that this woman was Sao. I wanted to open my mouth and ask my subordinates to scare Ye Fan and ask her to obediently let Yu Pei out. But when he saw Ye Fan's skin that seemed to be able to pinch out water, there was another burst of heat on his body.
"Little beauty," he pushed away the woman who returned you to him, and walked towards Ye Fan with a shy stomach, "50 catties of rice is not cheap." Otherwise, I'll buy you this jade pendant, how about you follow me? You don't have to spend a penny, just as I give you a greeting gift. The lewd uncle pulled out a smile that he thought was suave.