novelden Chapter 325
Chapter 325
A month later, Zhang Jia set out for the second time with his own fleet of more than 30 vehicles.
Before leaving, she found Zhou Shuwan and had a secret conversation with him for a while.
After she left, Zhou Shuwan discussed with Qi Mingyu and decided to go out with Zhang Jia.
Zhang Jia told her that there were a lot of supplies at the factories and mines they visited, but because there were only more than 30 vehicles, the cargo that could be transported was limited, and the rest was left there to be attacked by acid rain.
She asked Zhou Shuwan if he was interested in going with her.
The base did not provide supplies to their convoy, but 20% of the supplies brought back were distributed among themselves.
This is also a kind of benefit.
Going out to look for supplies is the most dangerous job. Without sufficient profits, it is impossible to recruit people to go out to look for supplies.
Moreover, all members of the convoy are from the military and carry weapons with them, so self-protection is not a problem.
Zhou Shuwan's skills are enough to make him a member of the team.
But it depends on her. If she drives another car and follows the convoy, they can take care of each other.
There was a heavy truck in Zhou Shuwan's space, so he wanted to take the opportunity to stock up more supplies in the space.
Qi Mingyu naturally wanted to go with her.
Now, they live in the new base and have two familiar friends, Xiao Xiao and Meng Mingyue, so their safety is not a problem.
Even if they were going on a long trip, the two of them were not that worried.
Therefore, Zhou Shuwan left some supplies at home, including two bags of vacuum-packed rice, two bags of white flour, enough vegetables and meat for a week, and a lot of instant noodles, self-heating rice, canned pork, mushrooms, bean curd sheets and other dry goods, as well as weapons, before setting off with Qi Mingyu.
Zhou Jianghai had never thought of this before, but one day when he was eating self-heating rice, he suddenly discovered that after heating the rice and vegetables, the aroma of meat emitted could just cover up the pots of stewed meat, ribs, braised meat, etc. in his own space.
Therefore, every time the Zhou family ate, they would take out a few boxes of self-heating rice to cover up their tracks.
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu's journey was not peaceful. They encountered two ambushes and firefights.
Fortunately, the convoy carried enough weapons, and except for two injured people, no one else was injured.
They were away for more than a month, driving a large truck for a long distance and seeing the current situation in other cities.
The governments of each city intervened to minimize casualties. However, the apocalypse lasted too long, and the geographical conditions of other cities were not favorable. Some were low-lying, while others were located near the coast, severely impacted by the tsunami. The grain reserves in these cities were flooded, and without sufficient reserves, they would be unable to grow crops normally for several years.
Therefore, the several cities we passed through could almost be described as hell on earth.
There was a shortage of food and water, more than half of the city's buildings were destroyed, and people were so hungry that their faces were pale and thin, their eyes were bulging, and they looked at people with numbness and dullness.
There are also many people selling children and women on the street.
Seeing the truck coming, many survivors rushed over from both sides of the road, shouting, "Give us some food, give us some food..."
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu drove a car and looked at the people on both sides of the road.
Qi Mingyu was deeply shocked. Even after the car had driven a long way, he was still looking through the rearview mirror at the people frantically chasing the car, muttering, "How tragic!"
Zhou Shuwan was used to seeing this in his previous life.
She shook her head slightly. "Most people in the post-apocalyptic world are very pitiful, but we can't save them, and the government is powerless. Look at these people. Their skin is dark and yellow, their faces are plain, and they carry pots of cactus with them. They rely on cactus to survive for many days."
But without the distribution of compressed biscuits, relying solely on cacti to survive can only meet the minimum needs of human survival and not starve to death.
Over time, other functions of the body will also have problems.
The Chinese government is the most people-oriented government in the world, and it has been working hard even after the end of the world.
Those air-conditioned suits, cacti, tires made of new materials, and generators were all developed for the end of the world, and even some of them included the most confidential aerospace technology.
But even so, human power cannot defeat nature.
J City is mountainous in the north and plains in the south. It has unpolluted water flowing down from Mount Cumulus, grain reserves that haven't been completely destroyed, and a service hall dedicated to serving the people...
Therefore, people in J City are luckier than those in the surrounding cities.
After a pause, Zhou Shuwan continued, "Actually, in the latter part of the apocalypse, the government's technology for making compressed biscuits will be further improved. The food they produce will be like the nutritional supplements described in science fiction novels. They'll use weeds, bark, soil, cloth, and even building materials, extracting all the nutrients they can use, and then making compressed biscuits. They won't taste good, but they'll be filling enough and contain richer nutrition."
"In this life, the government has received early warning from the prophet, so I believe this technology will be available sooner rather than later. By then, all the survivors will no longer be short of food."
Qi Mingyu looked at her, his eyes filled with love and tenderness that he himself hadn't noticed: "Wanwan, did you often eat those compressed biscuits in your previous life?"
You can imagine how bad the taste of cookies made from building materials and soil is.
Zhou Shuwan smiled and said, "Of course, because these compressed biscuits are the cheapest and most of the survivors at the bottom of society eat them. However, later on, during the polar night, researchers modified and grafted plants from the polar night period, and the resulting tubers are like sweet potatoes and potatoes. They're not very tasty, but they're rich in starch and can be steamed, boiled, or fried, or ground into powder and drunk with water. At that time, just like now, every household had multiple flower pots filled with these tubers. I also planted a lot of them in the tent I lived in. Every time I went out, I was terribly worried that they would be stolen!"
Qi Mingyu gently held her hand.
Zhou Shuwan smiled at him and said, "Although it sounds tragic, when you are in that environment, you will just become numb and not feel how hard it is..."
The desire for food and drink, the desire for enjoyment, do not exist at all. All people do is just to survive.
Living a good life is really difficult!
"The cacti we planted haven't grown much since the temperature dropped," said Qi Mingyu.
Zhou Shuwan nodded: "Yes, cactus is a plant developed to cope with high temperature weather. The temperature has been kept at over 20 degrees, which is not suitable for cactus growth."
As long as there is sufficient sunlight during the day, the cactus will not die easily if it is well cared for, but it will grow very slowly.