pappabearbooks Chapter 157 Acid Rain Comes
Chapter 157 Acid Rain Comes
The plague of mosquitoes has plagued mankind for several months, and they finally found ways to suppress it. Although the results were different, the plague was still under control.
However, there are countless survivors who have sacrificed their lives for it. Among them, the experimental base is the largest, with only 12000 people left.
In addition, crops have withered due to insect pests, and countless livestock and poultry have died. They have very little supplies left, and it is already very difficult for the base to survive.
Fortunately, the cold winter and the insect plague are gradually ending, and everyone no longer just sighs and mourns the Spring and Autumn Period as before, but looks for ways to save themselves.
The soldiers and survivors took the time to spray pesticides on the fields, and after weeding, they burned them intensively to ensure that all the insect eggs covering them were burned. Then they sprayed pesticides a second time to kill the adults and eggs remaining in the land.
A few days after the drug takes effect, the soil will be plowed, sprayed with pesticides again, and then plowed a second time. After the preparations are completed, the soil can be fertilized and sown.
And everyone has not given up on indoor planting. The weather environment has changed too fast in the past few years, and the crops grown outdoors are faced with the possibility of losing their harvest at any time, so they must grasp it with both hands. Otherwise, they can only be as passive as before and fall into the trap again and again. despair.
But there is something worth celebrating in this cold winter. After more than a year of hard work, Professor Zhang, Wang Xuelin and others from the Ministry of Agriculture successfully developed a high-yielding, cold-resistant and drought-tolerant "Sweet Potato No. [-]".
This crop has a strong sense of satiety and its starch content is more than double that of ordinary varieties. The key is that it only takes two months from sowing to harvesting, and only about half a month to raise seedlings. It has extremely low requirements on the land environment.
Moreover, after experiments, the yield per mu of "Sweet Potato No. 7000" has reached more than [-] kilograms. All these advantages have exactly solved the problem of base planting.
However, "Sweet Potato No. [-]" also has a shortcoming, that is, its taste is extremely bland, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much. It also contains a lot of fiber. However, compared with starving, these so-called shortcomings are not a problem at all. .
Therefore, after this species was developed, in addition to planting other crops in a large area, the experimental base also set aside 200 acres of land to grow "Sweet Potato No. [-]".
At this time, Wen Wen and Leng Tian were discussing sending some "Sweet Potato No. [-]" seeds to Qiu Han's base.
"Whether they need it or not? This is our intention! Team Qiuhan has helped the base countless times, and we should use our own way to repay them little by little!"
"It should be like this!"
Leng Tian nodded and looked at Wen Wen, "Then let me go this time!"
The corners of her lips raised tenderly, "Okay! You and your brothers, please be safe!"
After knowing that he was going to Qiuhan Base to deliver seeds in the cold weather, Mr. Yan asked his assistant to move a box of pills that he had made during this period, including all kinds of medicines for killing insects, preventing heatstroke, reducing fever, diarrhea, anti-inflammation, etc. Pack it up and ask him to deliver it to Qiu Qiu and the others.
The few remaining survivors also changed their usual behavior and gave Leng Tian the mushrooms, bamboo shoots and other things they picked at home, and asked him to help bring them with them. Although they were not expensive items and the weight was not large, they , but this is not only everyone’s intention, but also their belated apology.
The gentleness and cold weather have not dampened the enthusiasm of these people. Being able to recognize their mistakes and correct them can be regarded as their progress. However, some damage has been done. No matter how much you apologize, it cannot erase the unpleasant past.
After Lengtian collected his things, he took 100 soldiers and loaded four trucks of "Sweet Potato No. [-]" seeds, then drove away and set foot on the road to Qiuhan's base.
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The weather was getting hotter, so Qiu Qiu asked Chen Gang, Qin Chuan, Zhao Jingyu, Cao He, Zhang Yi, and Chen Yanbing to each lead a team to take charge of various tasks at the base.
After a cold winter and insect season, nearly half of the supplies in the granary were consumed.
This has made everyone who has been accustomed to saving supplies in the past few years feel panicked, and those who have worked hard want to save more things in case of emergencies.
Therefore, this year, the base not only opened up an additional 400 acres of land, but also planted a large number of drought-resistant and satiating crops.
In addition, they also go into the mountains to hunt, collect mountain delicacies, and do a lot of fishing and animal husbandry. As for firewood for heating, they are actively preparing.
Last winter, everyone was so scared of the cold that children like Tangyuan and Dudu would go down the mountain every day and pick up some dead branches at the base defense line at the foot of the mountain and bring them back to store.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the female tiger Huahua and her three tiger cubs. This family of four has been raising them in the Shanjiao Building for nearly a year. When the weather got hot, they chose to stay as Xiao Han said. .
But inside the base, except for Qiu Qiu, Xiao Han, and a few glutinous rice balls, the others were so frightened by this family that they would take a detour when they saw it from afar. Congcong had been scared to tears when he came to play with glutinous rice balls before. once.
However, as we spent more time together, we also discovered that the tigress and her cubs would not harm us, so they gradually became close to them. Sometimes they would even feed the tigress and her family.
For this reason, Huahua fell in love with the spicy crayfish made by Congcong's father Wang Mingyang. Whenever he parted ways with the crayfish, Huahua would follow him back with a few cubs.
However, the tigress is not greedy. Every time Wang Mingyang cooks and eats a few, she will leave with the tiger cubs and never asks for more.
After getting familiar with Tangyuan'er and the others, Huahua will take her cub and follow the children to collect firewood, and then help carry them back to the camp.
Sometimes, they would carry several children on their backs to catch prey in the forest. Huahua was very measured and would not take Tangyuan and the others deep into the wild forest, and would only move around at the edges.
Not only that, the tigress and her cubs Dai Dai, Er Dai and Xiao Dai were outside basking in the sun. As long as they saw the children walking a little further down the mountain, they would follow them up silently, and then guard not far away from the children. Until they go home, it will protect them all the way back.
For this reason, Huahua and three tiger cubs saved the lives of the children not long ago. At that time, Xiaoyu, Xiaoman, and Dudu were collecting firewood at the edge of the forest with their glutinous rice dumplings. A herd of wild boars rushing out.
Huahua and the three tiger cubs roared loudly in panic and ran over to resist. They carefully protected the children behind them. When Qiu Qiu and the others arrived, the tigress and tiger cubs were covered with bloody wounds. Xiaodai A leg was also broken, but Tang Yuan and the others were unscathed.
Everyone hurried up to help, and after hunting the wild boars, they immediately took them back to Qiuhan Mountain for treatment, thinking that they would just leave the family of four in the camp from now on.
However, after the injury healed, Huahua took the tiger cub down the mountain. Every day he would bask in the sun at the foot of the mountain, or take the tiger cub into the mountain to hunt. At night, he would lie down in the parking lot of the building where he had stayed. , and I won’t go to the building anymore.
The tigress seemed to know that it was the residence of a certain human being and that it should not occupy the magpie's nest.
After Qiu Qiu and Xiao Han found out, they took a few children and built a luxurious tiger nest of about 50 square meters at the foot of the mountain.
Considering the flooding problem, they also raised the foundation by 1.5 meters, so that even if there is a heavy rain, there is no need to worry about problems.
On the day the tiger's nest was built, Qiu Qiu invited them, and Huahua took Dadai, Erdai and Xiaodai around the freshly baked tiger's nest, and then settled into their new home with satisfaction.
Now, Tangyuan, Dudu and the others couldn't sit still anymore. They had to "torture" Hua Hua every day. Every time they made Huahua very irritable, they would roar from time to time. Yue Shan's son had a good harvest, An Ning's brother Anping , My sister An Anxin is scared to tears several times every day.
However, as time went by, the children became accustomed to hearing it and no longer were afraid. Sometimes they would follow An Ning and the others down to play with the tiger cubs, imitating their calls in a sweet voice.
The tigress is quite patient with these cubs who are about 3 years old, and from time to time, she will catch rabbits for them to play with.
Because Huahua's family of four is here, there are fewer and fewer wild beast attacks, and everyone is gradually relieved. Everyone in the base even laughed and said that Huahua and the others are the guardian beasts of the base.
At this time, Leng Tian and his soldiers finally arrived at Qiu Han's base successfully. When Qiu Qiu saw them, he almost didn't recognize them.
Less than two years have passed since the last time we parted, but Leng Tian and the soldiers are as old and haggard as if they were fifty or sixty years old. The wrinkles on their faces are deep and dense, and they are so skinny that they look like haggard.
"How did this happen?"
"fine!"
Leng Tian embarrassedly stretched out his hand and plucked some of his withered hair, "I'm here this time to give you something!"
"Send something?" Qiu Qiu and Xiao Han looked at each other and looked at him in confusion, "What are you sending!?"
"Sweet Potato No. [-]!"
Leng Tian put away his smile and looked at him with a little excitement. Then he briefly talked about the origin of "Sweet Potato No. [-]", everyone's thoughts, and what happened in the experimental base in the past two years.
Qiu Qiu and everyone were shocked when they heard this. They had never expected that so many people would die in the experimental base. At the same time, they couldn't help but sigh that the few survivors finally paid a heavy price to the officials. A complete awakening is a good thing for the base management.
It’s just that I feel sorry for those soldiers who once paid for their selfish behavior. However, these things are ultimately caused by official mismanagement. Now that I care about it, those little soldiers cannot be resurrected. I only hope that these people will not let down the soldiers. Make sacrifices and be a good person in the future.
Qiu Qiu finally accepted what Leng Tian sent, but he returned a box of seeds and gave them dozens of livestock and dozens of poultry.
Leng Tian and the soldiers were all red-eyed when they saw these things. They had raised a lot of them before, but due to the cold winter and the insect plague, almost all of them were dead. Everyone was sad that they would not be able to raise more in the future. Unexpectedly, Qiu Qiu would raise them again. Sent them.
Everyone was ashamed and ashamed. They originally wanted to give things to them, but they gave them things in return. Qiu Qiu saw their thoughts and said, "Don't think too much. I hope you can get through it! Wait until the situation stabilizes." Now, we can communicate with each other!"
Leng Tian and the soldiers looked up at him in disbelief. Seeing Qiu Qiu smiling and nodding, everyone felt happy and thanked him profusely, then drove away in a hurry.
Qiu Qiu and others were not idle either. They all took the time to quickly nurse and plant the sweet potatoes sent from the experimental base. As Leng Tian said, it doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as it can satisfy the hunger, it is delicious.
Time passed slowly in January, and the crops in the fields matured one by one, and everyone entered into intense work again.
To be honest, from the moment the seeds were sown, the string in everyone's heart has been tight. They are afraid that there will be a sudden natural disaster before the crops are mature.
Over the years, everyone has been really scared, so they pray every day for God to stop it and allow the base to have a good harvest. However, now that the crops have matured, everyone has begun to make wishes again, hoping that the weather will be better again. time, so that they can have another good harvest and save more supplies.
Therefore, human desires are endless!But from a human perspective, their expectations are normal!After all, no one can be free from desires and desires after several years of hard life in the apocalypse!
It's just that God likes to play tricks on people, so how can he let them live a comfortable life.
This is how acid rain suddenly falls in the second season when crops are immature.
That day, everyone was still working in the fields. The sun was shining brightly one moment, but suddenly dark clouds covered the sky the next second, and the entire sky became dark.
Fortunately, they have developed a cautious character over the years. After everyone discovered that something was wrong, they immediately hid in Chen Yanbing's camp.
As soon as everyone entered the house, there was thunder in the sky. Two minutes later, the thunder slowly stopped, and the rain also fell from a few scattered drops to becoming dense in a few seconds.
The rain poured down like a pour, and the flowers, plants, trees, earth, mountains and rocks in the sky and the earth made a sizzling corrosive sound at the moment they came into contact with the rain, and then bursts of white smoke rose up.
"Yes, it's acid rain!?"
Everyone looked out the window in horror, secretly glad that they had hid inside the house earlier, otherwise, their lives would have been lost due to the destructive power of the acid rain.
"It hurts! My eyes! Brother Ning, I'm blind..."
"Li Peng! Don't touch it with your hands, don't touch it..." Liu Ning tightly grabbed Li Peng, who was struggling in his arms, and tears fell heavily. The other brothers also burst into tears.
They still can't figure out why it suddenly started raining burning acid.
In just a few minutes, the brothers running behind had no chance of survival.
The rescued ones were either lying on the ground wailing and writhing, or they had holes of various sizes burnt out on their bodies, looking bloody and bloody, so scary!
A large piece of skin and flesh was directly burned off Zhang Kui's scalp, revealing the bloody skull inside. And because he wanted to save Li Peng, a hole was corroded on the left side of his face. Unfortunately, Li Peng's eyes were still destroyed.
He hated himself very much at this moment, why he brought his brothers out to suffer in the first place.
But compared to them, the experimental base was like a purgatory on earth under the baptism of acid rain.
"Help----"
"It hurts!!"
"Kill me! I don't want to live anymore..."
"My face, my face!!!"
Screams of pain spread throughout every corner of the base, and all living creatures were corroded to the point of losing their original nature and life.
Bloody skeletons were scattered everywhere, and the flesh and blood that fell from an unknown body was trampled into the pungent and charred soil.
There were also corpses of those who had been trampled to death while escaping, twisted into various shapes and lying everywhere.
Leng Tian's arms were exposed to acid rain while rescuing people, and they were shaking violently in pain. He looked at the bloody holes on his left arm that were the size of three or four wine glasses, and then looked at the people who were wailing. They were all exhausted, and their eyes were full of pain and despair.
For a moment, he wanted to just die!
"It hurts——help me!"
"Doctor! Mr. Yan! Help! My son is dying!"
"Okay! Let me see!"
"Mom! You don't want to die! Mr. Yan, help me——"
The shouts of the survivors brought Leng Tian's thoughts back, and he saw the elderly Yan Lao, hobblingly leading a group of injured medical staff, rushing over to actively rescue the soldiers and survivors lying everywhere, wailing. They, he suppressed this unwanted thought again.
Everyone is working hard, he shouldn’t run away!
No matter how many difficulties await now and in the future, he will face it tenaciously with everyone until the day when the world returns to peace.