Chapter 2 Whole Plant Variation
The direction of things is getting weirder and weirder.
The dazzling sunlight made Gu Xi's already dizzy brain even more dizzy.
If this wasn't a bizarre dream she had when she was drunk...... Gu Xi closed his eyes, and his gaze fell on the booklet in his hand again.
The booklet was only a few thin pages, and Gu Xi quickly finished reading it.
It turned out that thirty years had really passed, but the wonderful world she had dreamed of and fought for had not appeared; Although human society has restored order, it has produced a new food crisis:
- After the zombies were completely wiped out, it didn't take long for the animals and plants to usher in a second large-scale mutation.
After mutating again, the plant is no longer aggressive, but there is suddenly an extra strange energy in the body that the human body cannot digest and absorb, and cannot be excreted through metabolism.
And once the energy contained in the human body exceeds the standard, it will become a monster that has lost its mind, no less than a zombie.
The food crisis has once again put the survival of mankind under great threat.
Therefore, over the years, the state has been vigorously developing agriculture while organizing forces to eliminate those dangerous mutant animals.
There are a number of policies in place to encourage people to get out of their safe bases, to open up farmland, and to try to find and grow crops with low coefficient of variation that are safe to eat.
Gu Xi closed the booklet in his hand, and his gaze fell on the black and green under the high wall in the distance again, thoughtfully.
……
Half an hour later, when Gu Xi walked out of the gate of the camp, she noticed that someone was following her behind her.
He was a young, emaciated man.
The facial features are Zhouzheng, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his face is very pale, and his steps seem a little vague and weak.
The man saw her turn around and smiled: "You just came to the camp and were about to leave, Uncle Zhou was a little worried, so let me come over and have a look......"
Uncle Zhou is the scar-faced man before.
People look very fierce, but in fact, they have a gentle personality and are very eager to help others.
Last night, it was he and a few others who found Gu Xi unconscious in the ruins and brought him back to the camp.
Gu Xi knew that the person who came was well-intentioned, but she glanced at the young man's pale face, vain and weak steps, thought about it, and still refused: "Thank you, but don't worry, I'm just walking around......"
Thirty years of life were inexplicably missing, and Gu Xi was eager to see what the outside world had become like now.
"Let me follow, you weren't in a good position when we found you last night......" The young man smiled slightly, a suspicious flush appearing on his pale face.
He avoided Gu Xi's gaze and walked in front of her pretending to be casual: "There are mutated plants everywhere outside, although they don't attack people, but there may be other situations......"
"And you've just arrived, and you're not familiar with the situation around here...... "He didn't worry about letting Gu Xi, a weak little girl, walk out of the camp alone.
Although the nearby area was cleared by the army before the camp was established, the mutant plants now grow fast and vigorously, and no one knows if there will be some powerful poisonous insects and beasts hidden inside.
Gu Xi watched the man grab a firewood knife from the cloth bag he was carrying, and opened the way for her with vain steps, and was silent for a moment.
"Thank you. My name is Gu Xi," she walked up to the man quietly, "You are ......"
"Wei Heng." The young man clenched the firewood knife in his hand, saw Gu Xi's gaze fall on the cloth bag around his waist, and explained with a smile:
"Although the coefficient of variation of wild plants in the wild is very high, and there are almost no plants that can be eaten directly, but maybe we are lucky?"
The higher the coefficient of variation, the more weird energy the plant contains.
Plants with a coefficient of variation of more than 5 are inedible.
Gu Xi was silent, she didn't expect that the food crisis of mankind had now reached this point, as if she had returned to the famine years.
After half a ring, she looked up at the lush fields and mountains around her, and a small piece of delicate green shoots quietly emerged from her fingertips.
Gu Xi had seen many mutant plants, and even hunted many high-level mutant plants with his own hands, but he never thought that this world would enter the era of all-plant mutation one day in the future.
Yes, full plant variation.
As far as the eye can see, it is dense and lush, all of which are mutated plants.
And the green color, which originally symbolized vitality, hope and life, is now terrifying.
Seeing this, Wei Heng pursed his lips and clenched the firewood knife in his hand again.
The mutated plants around here are too luxuriant, although they are not lethal, but the little girl looks like a weak wood-based ability, in case she encounters some powerful poisonous snakes and beasts that suddenly come out......
Gu Xi didn't know what the man was thinking, and while following him silently observing the mutated plants around him, he habitually operated his abilities.
Although, the pamphlet distributed by the camp said that the mutated plants in the wild today do not actively attack humans.
But in Gu Xi's eyes, the bodies of these mutated plants were filled with some kind of irritable energy, and they were still very dangerous; If they suddenly have a hard time......
Suddenly, she stopped.
"Gu Xi?" After Wei Heng noticed it, he raised his head and followed her line of sight, looking towards the mountain forest in the northwest not far away.
No anomalies were found.
"What's wrong?" He asked, subconsciously clenching the wood knife in his hand.
"It's fine." Gu Xi shook his head slightly, his fingertips hanging on one side, and curled up slightly, "I just think it's a little strange, this place is very close to the camp, and no one has come to clean the road?" ”
"Why not? The road under our feet was just cleared a few days ago......" Wei Heng smiled bitterly: "But now these wild alien plants outside have grown crazy, and their growth rate and reproduction speed are terrifying......"
He brushed away the weeds in front of him with the wood knife in his hand, revealing the road covered with dense vegetation.
This is about a pre-apocalyptic cement asphalt road, but the originally smooth pavement has long since cracked, and there are traces of damage by plants everywhere.
Gu Xi lowered his eyes and looked at a weed that was more than half a person tall beside him, and after being silent for a while, he took the initiative to release his ability......
She wanted to give it a try.
Although the energy in the bodies of these mutant plants is still a little unfamiliar to her......
But at this moment, a shrill siren suddenly sounded over the camp.
Wei Heng on the side instantly changed his face, took Gu Xi's hand, turned around in the direction of the camp without saying a word, and ran desperately.
Caught off guard, Gu Xi was pulled and staggered, frowning slightly.
But seeing that the other party's face was pale and panting, it was very difficult to run, and in the end he only opened his mouth and didn't ask anything.
After running back to the camp, Gu Xi found that many people had run out of the house and came to the open space in the center of the camp, their faces were very pale, and their expressions were extremely solemn.
There are also many people who frequently look up at the sky.
What happened? Could it be that some powerful mutant bird is coming?
But it shouldn't be, the pamphlet said that the country has been strangling for 30 years, and now there are very few powerful mutant animals in the wild......
Otherwise, people will not be encouraged to get out of the safety base and come out to cultivate the land.
Gu Xi glanced at the young man beside him who was half-squatting on the ground with his hands and knees, and was panting violently, dispelled the idea of asking, only quietly pricked up his ears, and began to receive information from the outside world quietly:
"What's wrong? Why did the alarm go off all of a sudden? ”
"I heard that the machine in the camp detected that there was an abnormal energy riot in the mountain forest in the northwest, and after the drone passed, it was found that the alien plants there were withering in patches......
"How could a foreign plant suddenly wither on its own? Is there an Ability Exterminator in the past? ”
"If only it were really the Ability Exterminator, I'm afraid that the way of the world will change again......"
"It's also possible that a more advanced mutant plant has appeared in the vicinity......"
Such speculation made the people in the camp change their faces one after another.
As we all know, the vitality of plants has always been tenacious, and the vitality of mutated plants is extremely vigorous, and their growth and reproduction rates are terrifying.
After the end of the world, the higher the coefficient of variation, the more vigorous the vitality of the plant, the faster the growth rate and reproduction rate; There are only two possibilities for a cluster of high-order wild plants to suddenly wither:
First, as if the last days suddenly erupted more than 50 years ago, the soil and environment here have undergone some unknown changes, and they are no longer suitable for the growth of plants;
The second is that there are plants with a higher coefficient of variation in this vicinity, which quietly plundered the living space of the original alien plants.
But either case, it made it almost impossible for the campers to successfully grow edible crops with a lower coefficient of variation in the vicinity.
Since the end of the world, farming has become an extraordinarily difficult task.
Wild plants all over the mountains will seize the living space of crops with lower coefficient of variation, and any environmental change may affect the coefficient of variation of crops......
The seedlings you planted with hope may be devoured by the weeds that pop up in the ground at any time, even if you carefully protect them, they may not wait for the day of harvest, and the coefficient of variation is already exceeded, and they are inedible at all!
At this moment, everyone fell silent.
Gu Xi leaned his back against the wall, turned his head to look at Wei Heng on the side, and saw that he still looked like he was out of breath, so after thinking about it, he still forgot it.
At this moment, the roar of a helicopter suddenly sounded in the distance.
Soon, several helicopters flew over the camp.
When he saw a familiar logo flashing on the fuselage, Gu Xi squinted slightly.