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Chapter 51
Jiang Rong only saw five or six people when he was in the Chenggang Gym before. He thought that Guan Shao's teammates would only have ten or twenty people.There are so many empty houses in the base, not to mention ten or twenty people, even one or two thousand people can easily live there.But he never expected that Guan Shao would bring back more than 8,000 people in one go.
Looking at the endless military vehicles winding down the mountain road and the boys in camouflage uniforms standing beside the vehicles, Jiang Rong was rarely stunned for a long time.After a while, he took a breath: "Guan Shao, tell me the truth. What did you do before?"
What about the staff of the promised international security company?Which security company can use so many people?
Guan Shao said generously: "Before I joined the security company, I stayed in the army for several years. They are all my comrades in arms, you believe me."
Jiang Rong nodded slightly: "I believe." The army is a big family, as long as you enter this door, everyone is a family.Don't say Guan Shao brought 8,000 people, even if he brought 80,000 people, he would open the gate of the base to welcome them.
Guan Shao waved to the crowd, and saw five people walking quickly from the military off-road vehicle and standing in front of them.The one in the lead stretched out his hand to Jiang Rong: "Jiang sir, we meet again! Do you remember me? I am Wang Chenggang, the owner of Chenggang Gym, and we talked before."
Jiang Rong smiled and stretched out his hand: "Remember, welcome to Spark Base."
The people behind Wang Chenggang are also somewhat familiar. If remember correctly, all the people he saw when he went to Chenggang Gym last time were here.Jiang Rong reached out to shake hands with them one by one, and quickly memorized their respective characteristics.
Needless to say, Wang Chenggang, after the big crisis, he became a supernatural being in the speed department of the strengthening department, and he could accelerate from 100 meters in just a few seconds.
The tall guy with a round face is Zheng Zhanqing, he has a lively personality, and he is accompanied by a big wolf dog.He is also a supernatural being who can control mutated animals, and the wolf dog "Overlord" beside him is his most beneficial partner.
The burly, hairy and rosy complexion is Jiang Jinhu, who is a fire-type supernatural power user.
The fair-skinned guy with a baby face is called Wang Ting. When Jiang Rong shook hands with him, he suddenly became transparent, which made Jiang Rong jump.
The only companion in this group who is not a supernatural being is Meng Weixian.
Although he didn't have the ability to awaken, he was a well-known genius in the army before the big crisis.As long as he has seen everything, he can remember it clearly, which is more accurate than a computer.This time it was also because of him that everyone chose a short and less congested road to reach the Starfire Base.
After days of rushing, everyone was exhausted.Jiang Rong quickly summoned his team of supernatural beings and worked hard for a whole day before they were properly settled.
The base suddenly increased by more than 10,000 people in a short period of time, making some things that were originally controllable become urgent.
For example, there are not enough solar panels. Five or six thousand solar panels can barely be used by ordinary people in the base, and there is no way to allocate them for military use.
For example, the placement of thousands of military vehicles.Although Jiang Rong and the others have already found someone to start construction of the warehouse, the warehouse under construction can only barely hold the supplies that everyone has found, and cannot accommodate so many military vehicles.
One of the most important and acute is the food problem.Jiang Rong and the others did find a lot of food, but the food can only feed more than 30,000 people until next spring.Now there are more than 8,000 mouths, and the owners of the mouths are still young men. Whether the food can survive the winter is still a problem.
Seeing Jiang Rong frowning and typing on the computer, Guan Shao put down the fruit plate and gently kneaded his shoulder: "Did I cause you trouble?"
Jiang Rong raised his hand and put it on the back of Guan Shao's hand, and he leaned back against Guan Shao's body: "How can this be considered troublesome? It just puts some problems that we will face later in front of us in advance."
The construction of the base requires manpower, and according to Jiang Rong's prediction, before the base is officially completed, there may not be many people who defect to it.
Unexpectedly, he and Guan Shao joined forces to bring tens of thousands of people to the base. This step was too big.There are joys and sorrows when the population increases. As long as the problems can be solved, the rest are advantages.
Feeling the gentle strength on his shoulders, Jiang Rong said slowly: "Everyone goes to the base to survive. If you can't even eat enough, then the base construction is a joke. Although the current food can last for a few months, butIf the autumn grain is too late to sow or harvest, everyone will starve."
It has been two or three months since the big crisis started, and there is not much food to be found outside.Jiang Rong divided the grain he found into two parts, one part was reserved for planting, and the other part was reserved for eating.If there is a problem with the cultivation of autumn grain, they will not have enough grain in the next spring.
Jiang Rong opened the map, and his eyes fell on several cities next to City D: "I want to take everyone far away in two days, and see if I can find more food."
Guan Shao bent down and placed a soft kiss on Jiang Rong's forehead: "Don't worry, you are not working alone. Everyone in the base can do their best, and everyone can help."
Jiang Rong smiled and nodded: "Yeah." After a pause, he asked, "By the way, how are Wang Chenggang and the others doing now? Will it be very hot?"
With limited solar cells, soldiers can only live in houses without electricity.Although the physical fitness of soldiers is far superior to that of ordinary people, Jiang Rong is still worried that they will not be able to live well.
Guan Shao smiled and said: "It's okay, they have adapted to the high temperature. Besides, there are still many people with supernatural powers inside, and everyone can always think of ways to cool down."
Jiang Rong thought: "I have asked Pan Pan to recruit people. As long as we can activate the equipment of Jingyi Optoelectronics, we can manufacture more solar panels."
In fact, the best way is to restart D's public power grid, but D city's previous power supply was almost supported by other provinces and cities.The upstream is disconnected, how to start the downstream?
Guan Shao pressed Jiang Rong's temples on both sides with his thumbs, and he said slowly, "I brought someone back just to relieve your pressure, not to keep you up at night."
Jiang Rong understood what Guan Shao meant, and he smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm just prone to overthinking and anxiety."
Guan Shao bent down and put his arms around Jiang Rong's shoulder: "You are in charge." The people in power in other bases just want to recruit more people, they regard people as the cheapest labor force, and like Jiang Rong, everything is the basis of the base.People in power don't think much about those in power.
After a pause, Guan Shao lowered his voice: "Little Hao and the others are asleep, why don't we sleep too? What can we talk about tomorrow?"
Jiang Rong's body froze, and the bases of his ears turned red.He didn't understand what Guan Shao meant. As couples who had just confirmed their relationship, it was normal for them to have skin-to-skin contact.It's just that he felt that the speed was too fast, and he was curious and expectant, but at the same time he was a little scared.
Guan Shaowen said: "Don't worry, as long as you don't want to, I will never force you."
When Jiang Xiaoheng woke up the next day, he could smell a familiar scent coming from the kitchen. He skillfully carried the small bench and ran into the kitchen.After climbing up on the small stool and looking at the pot, he cheered: "Little brother! There are small meat buns this morning~"
The steamed buns in the pot were only as big as his fist, and the gravy faintly seeped through the skin, looking exquisite and cute.The unique smell of meat buns floated in the air, and Jiang Xiaoheng took a deep breath: "It smells so good~"
He likes the little meat buns made by his father the most, and he can eat several of them each time.Dad's craftsmanship is great, much more delicious than those bought outside.But it's very troublesome to make small meat buns, and my father doesn't make them often.Jiang Xiaoheng proudly said to Jiang Hao: "Little brother, you are lucky today, the little meat buns made by my father are the best!"
When Jiang Rong came out of the storage room with the dog food in hand, he saw two children standing on the small stool in front of the stove and looking around.Jiang Rong smiled and said, "Good morning, have you washed?"
Jiang Xiaoheng chuckled: "Morning, Dad, my little brother and I are going to wash up now." As he said that, he took Jiang Hao's hand: "Let's go, little brother, let's wash our face and brush our teeth."
The sound of the drum washing machine working and the theme song of Team Meow came from the bathroom, Jiang Rong couldn't help poking his head out to take care of him: "Jiang Xiaoheng, don't fight while brushing your teeth!"
When Guan Shao entered, he saw Jiang Rong feeding Le Le dog food.The chubby dog stuck its head in the rice bowl, and Jiang Rong patted the dog's back with a deep expression.
Guan Shao put down the information in his hand and asked in doubt: "What's wrong? Why this expression?"
Jiang Rong hesitated and said, "Lele...he's been eating a lot lately." The dog food in the cupboard was consumed quickly. Could it be that Le Le's appetite also increased after awakening the power?
Guan Shao also squatted next to Le Le, and he touched the dog's smooth fur: "It's okay, there is a lot of dog food in the warehouse. The mutated cats and dogs in the base will not be short of food in the short term."
Jiang Rong sighed lightly and patted Le Le's head: "Lele, take it easy, don't overwhelm your stomach."
Le Le raised her head innocently, her round eyes filled with grievances.Seeing its appearance, Jiang Rong couldn't bear to rub its head: "I don't blame you, just eat it."
If Le Le really eats a lot, then it was too pitiful in its previous life.At that time, they came out of the peace base penniless. Le Le not only had to hunt to fill his stomach, but also distributed his food to Jiang Rong and his son.
Without Le Le, they would not be able to go back to their hometown at all, just for this kindness, Jiang Rong would never let him go hungry in this lifetime.
The two squatted next to the dog and stroked the dog's back, and accidentally touched their hands.Feeling the hardness of the calluses in Guan Shao's palm, Jiang Rong's scalp tingled uncontrollably, and the roots of his ears turned red again.
It was these hands that almost killed him last night, without Guan Shao bringing his gun into battle, he had already disarmed and surrendered.
Guan Shao took advantage of Jiang Rong's hand and rubbed his thumb in circles on the back of his hand.Jiang Rong's face also started to turn red, and he lowered his voice: "Enough, pay attention to the impact!"
Guan Shao smiled slightly: "So my daughter-in-law is so sensitive in every part of her body?"
Jiang Rong gritted her teeth: "Shut up!"
At this time, the washing machine made a beeping sound, and Jiang Xiaoheng's voice came: "Dadβthe clothes are finished~"
Guan Shao quickly stood up: "I'll dry it." Seeing the man striding towards the bathroom, Jiang Rong raised his hand to touch his hot cheek.
The two children liked the small meat buns made by Jiang Rong very much. They ate them so thoroughly that they couldn't bear to put them down even if the gravy slid down the corners of their lips.Jiang Rong carefully wiped the gravy from the corners of the mouths of the two children, "Eat slowly, there is still a lot in the pot."
Jiang Xiaoheng raised his head and asked earnestly: "Dad, can you give me ten... no, many meat buns later? I want Doudou to taste Dad's handicraft."
Jiang Rong nodded: "Yes, yes." Recently, some children came to the base, and Jiang Xiaoheng may have met new friends.
Jiang Xiaoheng smiled and showed his white teeth: "Dad, can I let Doudou come to our house in a few days? Dad, you will definitely like it."
Jiang Rong pondered for a moment and then declined politely: "Xiaoheng, Dad has no objection to your making friends. It's just that Dad is busy right now and doesn't have time to entertain him. Besides, there are little fairies and little boys near our house, so you're sure you won't scare Doudou.?"
Jiang Xiaoheng said "oh" in a low voice, seemingly not very interested: "I see."
Jiang Rong stroked Xiaoheng's hair: "Don't be so depressed, when Dad is free, you bring Doudou and other friends home, and Dad treats them well."
Jiang Xiaoheng became happy again: "Yes! Good! Dad, Doudou is really cute, well-behaved and obedient, you will definitely like it."
Jiang Rong put a small meat bun in his son's bowl: "The buddy we Xiaoheng likes must be good. Alright, let's have breakfast."
Seeing the interaction between Jiang Rong and the children, Guan Shao couldn't help but smile.He never thought that one day he could sit at the dining table and have breakfast with his family like a normal person, let alone have a warm family.
After breakfast, Guan Shao skillfully cleaned up the dishes.At this time, the walkie-talkie in the living room rang, and Chu Qiang's voice came: "Xiaojiang, I found out the address of a private grain station! Shall we go and have a look?"
Jiang Rong suddenly picked up the walkie-talkie: "Of course I have to go and see, where is the address of the grain station?"
Ever since the Starfire base was established, Chu Qiang felt that he was extremely lucky.Yesterday I heard from Jiang Rong that there would be a food crisis in their base. This morning, Ruan Hanyu sent a message: There is a newcomer to the base who worked in a private grain station in the north of City D before the big crisis.
Nowadays, the slightly famous comprehensive market in D City has been searched countless times, and the state-owned grain depot has been dug three feet by countless groups of supernatural beings.Apart from going door-to-door and searching carefully, there are almost no usable supplies.
This private grain station is close to the D city airport, and it looks like an inconspicuous food processing factory from the outside.However, only those who have worked in it know that there is a lot of food stored in it.
Chu Qiang held the steering wheel of the forklift in one hand, and the walkie-talkie in the other, and shouted: "What do you mean when you are sleepy and someone gives you a pillow? This is wow! Xiaojiang, I think you are the chosen one. You see, I was worried that there would be no one in the base before, but in the endAt this critical moment, I brought more than 8,000 people to flee. Yesterday I was worried that there would be no food, and today the location of the granary was exposed. Hehe! God is helping us."
Jiang Rong, who was sitting on the off-road vehicle behind, looked calm, "Drive carefully and watch the road. The man said that there are mutated animals near the grain station, and the consequences of approaching them rashly would be disastrous."
Chu Qiang said indifferently: "What are you afraid of? There were only a few of us before, and we really couldn't handle it. But don't worry now, we have two cars of supernatural beings here! Even if Panzi is not around, we can win with our eyes closed.".β
Pan Pan wanted to select personnel for training in the base to start the equipment of Jingyi Optoelectronics as soon as possible, so he could only stay in the base obediently.The distance was long, and heard that there were mutated animals near the grain station. Just to be on the safe side, Jiang Rong selected fifty soldiers with supernatural powers to go with them.
Ruan Hanyu said in a soft voice: "No wonder Brother Chu is so happy. When did we fight such a rich battle?"
Behind the pickup truck were two army trucks, filled with soldiers with supernatural powers.Apart from supernatural powers, these soldiers are all masters in the army, proficient in martial arts and firearms.Such powerful supernatural beings can shine in any base, and now they belong to the Spark base, and there are still a lot of them.
This is the confidence of Chu Qiang and the others. In the past, the seven of them were so busy every time, how could they be so calm and relaxed like this time?
Wang Chunlan's concern is more concrete: "I hope there is grain in the grain depot."
The survivor who gave them the news really had no way out, so he found their base.God knows how many people he told the news during this time.
People are no longer as bewildered as they were at the beginning of the great crisis. Those who survived gathered together, and various teams of supernatural beings grabbed a lot.Once the news leaks out, many supernatural beings will definitely come in groups.
Where they swept away, what else is left?Wang Chunlan only hoped that everyone would not come back in a hurry.
After driving more than 70 kilometers northwest from the Xinghuo base, Meng Weixian, who was sitting in the back of Jiang Rong's vehicle, suddenly said, "Jiangtou, at a critical moment, the small town ahead should be the destination we are looking for."
The survivor who revealed the news didn't even want to lead the way. The town is too remote and there is no navigation, so it is easy for everyone to go the wrong way.Fortunately, there was a genius with a photographic memory in the team. After chatting with the survivors for a few words, Meng Weixian determined the exact location.Under his leadership, everyone can get here smoothly.
Jiang Rong looked up and saw the tallest building in the town at a glance. There were several faded characters hanging on the building: Chendong Food Processing Factory.
That's right, it's here.
Jiang Rong picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Chu Qiang, "Qiang Zi, the town ahead is the granary we are looking for, and we are going to clear the roadblocks."
On the road ahead, there was a bus parked sideways on the road, which tightly blocked the not-so-wide road.If you want to enter the town, you can only move this car.
Chu Qiang is gearing up: "Here we come! Gangzi, get ready to start work." It's cool to have someone help, not to mention that the other party is an acquaintance of mine.
Wang Chenggang responded: "Go!"
Two forklifts forked the front and rear body of the bus, one from the left and the other from the right, and turned it around a little bit.After the body was straightened, hundreds of small cars stacked together behind were exposed.
Just when Chu Qiang was about to roll up his sleeves and make a big fight, Wang Chenggang next to him suddenly burst out with a foul sentence: "Grass..."
There were forklifts, forklifts, and even large construction vehicles among the vehicles that were congested in front of them. The entire road was blocked by all kinds of vehicles.When you see these cars, you know that someone with supernatural powers has already visited here.
However, this is not the reason for Wang Chenggang to speak foul language.The real reason: Blowflies buzzing among the piles of skeletons stacked among the crowded cars.
These skeletons belong to humans.
Guan Shao opened the car door and walked to the pile of bones. With serious eyes, he squatted down and inspected the bones carefully.After a while, he stood up: "Judging from the gnawing marks on the bones, the attackers should be mutated rodents."
Jiang Rong couldn't help but gasped: "Mutated mouse?"
Guan Shao nodded: "Yes, and looking at the situation of the bones being eaten, the mutant mice this time are larger and more numerous. They are much more terrifying than the one we encountered last time."
Outside Tangqiao Village, Jiang Rong and the others hunted down a nest of mutated mice.To be precise, it was a nest of mutated voles.Voles are timid. They feed on grass seeds in the field and are relatively destructive to crops.Fearing that the voles would harm future crops, Jiang Rong and Guan Shao joined hands to exterminate them.
The mutated mice are omnivorous animals, they lived in the human world before the Great Crisis, and lived in places where there was no light.They have strong reproductive ability, carry germs, steal food and destroy objects, and have always been hated by humans.
The mutated mice can grow to the size of dogs and have fierce personalities. They will eat anything in groups.Food, living people... where the mutated rats walked, not a single blade of grass grew.
Seeing the bones on the ground, Jiang Rong felt chills all over his body, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he and his son were drowned by mutant mice in his previous life.
Countless sharp teeth gnawed on his body, cutting off pieces of his flesh.No matter how much he struggled and begged for mercy, the mouse would not let go.It was a torture, and before the rats gnawed into his trachea and important blood vessels, they had to suffer every bite.
Jiang Rong couldn't remember how long he had been bitten by rats in his previous life. After the rats bit his eyeballs, he couldn't see anything.Although he couldn't see with his eyes, he could still hear the sound of rats swallowing and biting with his ears, and his nose could still smell their stench and lingering bloody smell.
Everyone present has experienced the suffering he experienced in his previous life.
Among them were parents with children. Even if they guarded their children to death, they were no match for the sharp minions of the mutated mice.Among them are old people with limited mobility. No matter how much they cry and beg for mercy, the rats will only climb on their bodies.
Huge mutated mice rushed from all directions, cutting off the people's escape route, knocking down the panicked crowd, and gnawing at their defenseless bodies...
The sun was so bright, but Jiang Rong was very cold standing in the middle of the road.Looking at the bones on the ground, his eyes were red: "First...contain the corpse."
Regardless of whether the corpses on the ground belonged to unarmed ordinary people or self-important supernatural beings, they should not be left dead on the street.
This is not the first time that the team of supernatural beings have collected the corpses. Everywhere they went before, they would organize people to collect the corpses.But most of those corpses belonged to people who failed to survive the big crisis, and the corpses in front of them were disasters caused by mutant mice. Compared with the former, the latter died too pitifully and tragically.
With the actions of the supernatural beings, the congested road became unobstructed.The earth-type supernatural beings dug a huge pit in the largest square in the town, and Xiaoguai rolled up the corpses it could find one by one, and carefully placed them in the deep pit.
The town is not big, and there are more than 600 corpses that were bitten to death.The mutated mouse had eaten too thoroughly, and there was no need to burn the bones.The earth-type supernatural beings covered the deep pit and left a big unnamed grave.
Everyone stood quietly in front of the grave, completely lost the joy of looking for food.Jiang Rong took a deep breath and looked around, "Partners, we will have a fierce battle against mutant mice. There is a high possibility of casualties in this battle. If anyone does not want to participate, they can go back to the base by car now."
The battle with the mutated mice was inevitable. After eating the surrounding food, the mice would spread to the next town sooner or later.Sooner or later, they will harm the Starfire Base.If it was other mutated animals and plants, Jiang Rong would still give them a chance.
But for the mutated mice, there is no mercy.
Of course, this was Jiang Rong's own idea, maybe the people present just wanted to find food and go back quickly.Before taking action, he needs to seek everyone's opinions. If someone wants to leave, he will not object, and he will not settle accounts afterwards.
However, after waiting for a long time, no one quit, even Meng Weixian, the only ordinary person, clenched the gun in his hand.Anyone with blood will fight to the death when they see their compatriots devoured by mutated rats.
Jiang Rong nodded and said in relief, "Very well, it is my honor to be able to fight against mutant mice together with you."