Chapter 42: The Past
In his sleep, Jiang Yan dreamed of memories of his life.
Before the end of the world, the lack of oxygen caused a large number of plants to die, and the resulting chain reaction made the rainforest a closed biosphere.
The scattered animals began to flee to the various rainforests, and it was not long before all the rainforests were overcrowded.
And it was at this time that a final massacre began.
In order to compete for oxygen, the predators at the top of the pyramid began to slaughter all the creatures in the rainforest indiscriminately, and in just a few months, the rainforest was plunged into a sea of blood.
The death of a large number of species has caused the ecological pyramid to collapse from the middle level, and the herbivores have disappeared significantly, so that the carnivores that prey on them have also been wiped out.
It was at this point that people finally started thinking about saving the planet.
Starting from the grassroots level, a large number of tree-planting movements broke out at this moment, and the tree-planting teams formed by the people spontaneously called for the protection of nature in various countries.
Some of the tree planters began to negotiate with the state in the hope of getting official support, while others illegally planted large numbers of trees around the city.
The presence of forests covered the precious farmland, leaving most farmers without rice to cook, and then the anti-tree planting boom began at the grassroots level.
Food shortages have led to a frenzy of land grabbing, and the massive felling of trees has negated previous tree-planting campaigns.
Farmers want to plant, tree planters want to breathe.
At this time, the capitalists built several oxygen compression bases in the rainforest, and with the help of this precious resource, the capitalists made a lot of money.
A large number of oxygen tanks became hard currency at this moment.
The emergence of portable oxygen tanks made the people begin to be grateful to Dade and rush for the oxygen tanks circulating on the market.
It didn't take long for the people's boiling of oxygen tubes to finally fade, and people at this time regarded living with oxygen tanks on their backs as a common thing, and even a little arrogant.
Some people began to squander the precious oxygen, while others began to illegally cut down trees because of the precious timber resources around them.
A peaceful life is always like a bubble.
The disappearance of algae has made the total amount of oxygen a certainty, and the oxygen tank that had been circulating before has become the last part of oxygen that can be used, and in the past few months, even those capitalists have no surplus oxygen enough to sell.
Without portable oxygen tanks, the population has become headless flies, and all sorts of ideas are constantly being shouted in the sea of people.
"To protect the planet, we need to plant trees!"
"Oxygen is hidden by the capitalists! Not for the people to circulate! ”
"Steal someone else's oxygen!"
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And then there was the war.
As fate would have it, the moment the war broke out, the capitalists became the first targets to be plundered, and the reserves of oxygen, oil, and gold were all plundered at this moment.
However, it is still a drop in the bucket.
This war is more like a few exhausted people, lying on a plastic runway and trying their best to climb.
People are not productive, the land is occupied by trees, and a large number of people are dying from lack of oxygen.
So not long after the war broke out, everyone chose the most extreme way to end the war.
Jiang Yan died at this time.
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"Huh?"
Opening his worried eyes, Jiang Yan looked at the surrounding environment in confusion, looking at the familiar storage room, Jiang Yan sat up and rubbed his sore forehead.
"What a dream."
Closing his eyes and recalling everything that happened in the dream, Jiang Yan complained in a low voice.
Gradually sobering up, Jiang Yan looked out the window through the crack in the window, and with the help of the moonlight, Jiang Yan saw that the rain puddle on the ground had not disappeared, which made the latter give up the idea of going out.
"What time is it?"
The bright moon hung high outside the window, Jiang Yan knew that it was night but didn't know the specific time, looked at the moon outside the window, Jiang Yan wanted to judge the approximate time with the help of the latter, but his mind was a mess.
"Forget it."
Lying in the quilt, Jiang Yan covered his eyes and sighed softly.
Outside the door of the storage room, Zhao Dabai was still asleep, and in the bedroom where Gao Chou was, except for some cooing chickens, there was no sound of Gao Chou's activities.
Looking at the ceiling emptyly, Jiang Yan suddenly felt a huge loneliness.
"How are you doing?"
Sensing the loneliness of surrounding himself, Jiang Yan instantly released his consciousness and communicated with the plants in the outside world.
"Boss!"
"Good, boss."
"It's just a little bit of a frozen foot."
The voices washed away Jiang Yan's loneliness, and listening to the various voices in his head, Jiang Yan's heavy heart eased a little.
"When will the water run dry?"
Throwing out a random question, Jiang Yan chatted with the plants.
"I don't know, I guess the sun will dry up tomorrow."
"Oh, that's fine."
"Boss, do you want some dew? Early morning dew is the best water to drink! You must try it! ”
"It's not necessary, I drank Nongfu Spring a little sweet when I was young."
"What's a little sweet? Is it good to drink boss? ”
"It doesn't taste good."
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The random chatter eased Jiang Yan's heavy heart a lot, and listening to the small talk of the plants, Jiang Yan inexplicably felt a little relaxed.
"Huh? Have you ever seen cows, pigs, sheep or anything? Suddenly thinking of a question, Jiang Yan asked.
Hearing Jiang Yan's question, the surrounding plants instantly quieted down, and after exchanging information with each other, they gave Jiang Yan a unified answer.
"I've seen them all, but very few times."
Receiving a positive answer made Jiang Yan a little surprised, he thought that all the more precious livestock like this were hiding in the mountains, but he didn't expect that there were still livestock active around Shengjia Village.
"I thought they were all in the mountains."
"At first, it was, but then I couldn't escape the predation of those meat eaters, so I was driven back again."
Feeling the disdainful tone of the plants, Jiang Yan couldn't help but laugh, I don't know why, when mentioning these livestock, Jiang Yan always felt that these plants had a deep hostility towards them, even disgust.
"Of course! Who let them eat us! ”
Hearing Jiang Yan's question, a plant complained angrily, which made Jiang Yan couldn't help laughing.
With his eyes closed, Jiang Yan kept chatting, and I don't know how long it took, Jiang Yan who was lying in the quilt fell asleep again.
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The night faded, and the sun hung high.
As those plants said, as the sun rose, the previous rain gradually evaporated and disappeared, Zhao Dabai, who had been in the farmhouse for two days, finally couldn't sleep at the moment, looking at the sunlight shining in the window, Zhao Dabai was a little itchy.
"Why, you can't sleep either?"
The bedroom door was suddenly opened, and looking at Zhao Dabai in the living room, who was full of longing, he said with high sorrow.
"Roar."
I wanted to intimidate Gao Chou, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Dabai's lazy voice instantly drifted away.
"Just ask Jiang Yan."
Gao Chou pointed to the door of the storage room and said to Zhao Dabai.
Hearing this, Zhao Dabai instantly became energetic, struggled to stand up, and then walked towards the storage room.
"Crunch!"
However, before Zhao Dabai could get closer, the door of the storage room was instantly opened, and then Jiang Yan, who was wearing protective clothing, appeared in front of the two of them.
"Get out!"