zombie frenzy

Chapter 679 Laura Eating Green Sprouts
Guo Fei looked around the planted land, and asked suspiciously, "Why do you think of planting in the room?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "Guo, there are still zombies infesting outside. Do you think it is suitable to grow food there? You know, it can't be harvested in a day or two."

"Sorry, I forgot about this." Guo Fei patted his forehead and said, "How about the radiation? Will it make the food mutate?"

The man took the record from the person next to him and flipped through it, "We took the soil from a place one meter deep in Central Park, where the radiation value remained normal. The biological laboratory tested it for us, and there is no blood component of zombies in it. Or the presence of viruses. The seeds used are the ones in the middle of the packaging bag, which are a little higher than normal, but there is no way to solve the water source now. After a few days of watering, the radiation value has risen to [-] times, and it has been compared with the outside. Even."

"The radiation meter shows that the radiation value outside is a thousand times higher than normal, but this value was only reached on the first day. From the second day onwards, the radiation value gradually decreased. Up to now, it has dropped to [-] times. Affected by the high radiation outside, even though there is a metal paper partition, it still reached a hundred times normal."

"The germination time of the plant has been advanced by two days, and the radiation has seriously exceeded the standard, nearly a hundred times. Now it has just sprouted, and there is no visible variation. For the time being, there are only so many."

"Damn it." Guo Fei cursed softly, "It's still useless after working hard for a long time."

The man looked at him suspiciously and said, "I didn't say it can't be eaten. The flour we eat now has a hundred times the normal radiation value. With the rain washing away, the radiation value is gradually decreasing. When it's time to harvest , will definitely be far lower than the food you brought back."

"Can you eat?"

After Guo Fei got the man's positive answer, he looked around excitedly and said, "If you want to meet the needs of more than 2 people here, how much planting area do you need?"

"Is it here? Indoors?" The man was stunned, and then said after a while, "I'm afraid the buildings around here will be converted into farmland, Guo, that won't work, large machinery cannot be used indoors, and too many people are needed , it’s not worth it.”

Guo Fei said, "There are zombies outside, and there is still a radiation cloud. I don't know how long it will take to dissipate, let alone the reduction of the radiation. For now, maybe this is the best way. "

Laura was walking around the huge floor with Pippi's ears on. The two little guys walked farther and farther away. From time to time, they sneaked back to look at Guo Fei behind him, and leaned close to Pippi's ears. The staff members looked at them with smiles, and they all knew that it was the little princess here, and no one stopped them.

Turning around, seeing that Guo Fei was far away, and no one was paying attention, Laura threw herself down on the table excitedly, stretched out her two little hands, and pulled in the soil, quickly picking up the plants that had just sprouted inside. Grabbed it out, quickly hid it in the small hand, pretended to be nonchalant, hid in the corner with Pippi, tore off the top leaves, and you shared one piece with me.

The leaf was stuffed into her mouth, she chewed it up and swallowed it a few times, maybe it was because she hadn't eaten green vegetables for a long time, the little girl showed a happy face, her big eyes were full of crescent moons.

"However, the soil around New York is now polluted by rainwater. To obtain soil with low radiation value, I'm afraid we have to go far." The man said, "Planting in the building requires a lot of soil, and all these require manpower Go dig."

"This is a troublesome matter. The machine cannot be used, and the noise is too loud." Guo Fei frowned in embarrassment. "Can't the Central Park provide enough soil?"

The man shook his head and said, "On this floor alone, we dug a big hole there, and the most important thing is that the upper floor is stained with the flesh and blood of zombies, it is too deep, and the soil below is not fertile enough. Too many rocks are mixed in, and it cannot be used, so there is not much soil that can be excavated in the Central Park. If you want to ensure the lives of tens of thousands of people here, you can only go out."

Guo Fei said, "Damn it, too many people is a problem. Fortunately, enough food has been brought back this time. Otherwise, I don't know how long I can last with these resources in the city. Let's do it first." Plan, see how much planting area is needed, how much earthwork is needed, how many people are needed to take care of them, and list all of these to Miya."

"Do you really want to plant it in the building?" The man still couldn't believe it.

For this floor alone, they used a lot of manpower to dig the soil, lay a waterproof layer, install enough light sources around, lay water pipes, etc. It is an extremely difficult task to build a farm that can provide for everyone's survival. A huge project, so big that he didn't even dare to think about it.

Guo Fei said, "This is just a backup plan. Maybe it doesn't need to be done. It's not up to us. It depends on what the outside world will look like."

The man looked at Guo Fei puzzled, but Guo Fei didn't say anything. He lowered his head and walked slowly, observing the new green shoots.

Although the high concentration of radiation did not cause any changes to these survivors in a short period of time, judging from the monsters outside, mutations had already appeared.

The number of monsters covered with hard shells began to increase. During the period of moving the grain depot, they occasionally encountered a few at the earliest, and later, the proportion of hard shelled zombies gradually increased. The stronger they are, the more they mutate. It seems to be very fast, which is just the opposite of his side.

Perhaps, zombies are just instinctively looking for strength, and they can mutate as long as they can survive. Whether it is ugly or not is not in their consideration, and here for Guo Fei, apart from increasing strength, speed, and some other abilities, the most important thing is It is stable.

Stability allows them to continue to maintain a human appearance. The only red eyes that are the same have faded a lot now that their strength is increasing. If you don’t look at them deliberately, everyone will only regard him as red eyes, and will not associate them with zombies. Speaking of which, they haven't worn sunglasses for a long time.

However, being too stable also made the gap between their strength and monsters wider and wider.

At the beginning, the evolutionary was able to stabilize the mutated zombies, and could kill those monsters that could withstand ordinary bullets without any additional abilities. When they were promoted to the corpse king level, there was no gap between the two If they want to defeat the corpse king, they are all relying on their skills and abilities at this time. Strength and speed alone are no longer able to kill the opponent. When it comes to the corpse king, although there is only Guo Fei, there is only bald Ritter there, but not Look at the bald Ritter, who was already tall and strong, and look at those quasi-corpse emperors, and they were beaten into a mess as usual.

This is just a mutation shown by the zombies. Guo Fei can imagine that there will definitely be other mutant zombies in the wilderness outside. Their level may not have been improved, and their strength and speed have not changed much. However, Like the corpse kings I encountered before, their abilities might become even weirder after being mutated by radiation.

After returning to New York, Guo Fei didn’t want to go back to the wilderness to wander. The zombies here are much easier to deal with than outside. He used to dare not get close because he was afraid of being surrounded by corpses. After getting the electromagnetic gun from the dark night, this is no longer the case. It is a problem that troubles them, and because of the concentration of monsters, their extermination work is much easier, making them even more unwilling to go far. Even to go to the grain depot, they also go along the road, and do not go to the wilderness at all. go inside.

"Hey Laura, this is not edible."

Guo Fei was thinking wildly while looking at Lu Ya, when suddenly there was a shout from the side, he turned his head to look in a hurry, and saw Laura giggling and running after Pippi, several staff members looked at it dumbfounded Looking at her, someone reached out to stop her, but the little girl slipped under her hand in a flash.

"What is she eating?" Guo Fei asked suspiciously.

"The green shoots that have just grown." A staff member said, "It's not that we are reluctant to feed her. We watered these. The radiation value is too high. Guo, you have to stop her."

Laura ran over from a distance, and when she was about to get close, she realized that Guo Fei was in front of her. She exclaimed, with her little hands behind her back, and looked at him vigilantly.

"What is in your hand?" Guo Fei said with a smile.

Laura blinked her eyes a few times, then quickly covered her mouth with her hand, chewed and swallowed, and Pipi next to her barked a few times and looked at her dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, no one will grab you." Guo Fei walked over, squatted in front of Laura, and wiped off a little dirt from the corner of her mouth with his hand.

Food is too scarce, except for some beef and mutton still kept in the freezer, the rest is only bread, corn and potatoes, and there is no fresh vegetables to eat. Even canned fruits are becoming less and less, even if The few of them don't dare to eat casually now.

The poor little girl even started to gnaw on the green shoots. Although it is more fun, it can be seen that people here are in urgent need of vegetables and plants.

Guo Fei said, "These haven't been washed, so you can't eat them casually, you know? If you want to eat them, let the uncles wash them for you."

Laura made a grimace, broke free from Guo Fei's embrace, pulled Pippi's ears, giggled, and didn't know where she went in a blink of an eye.

"What's growing here now?" Guo Fei stood up with a smile and asked the man.

Although Guo Fei grew up in the countryside, he is no stranger to all kinds of crops and vegetables, but when he came to the United States, the plant types were slightly different, and on the other hand, the green shoots that just emerged from the soil were too small to have any There is a way to tell what it is from that little leaf.

"Wheat, corn, and potatoes." The man said, "The most common ones are the ones we need the most."

"Free up half of the land and plant vegetables on it," Guo Fei said.

The man froze for a moment, then said hesitantly, "But now, we need to monitor whether there are any mutations after being irradiated."

Guo Fei said, "In such a large space, I don't think we need so many plants for monitoring, half of it is enough."

"Why do we need to grow vegetables?" The man asked suspiciously. "The growth cycle of vegetables is short. We don't need to spend too much time and land. We can grow all kinds of vegetables with a small amount of time."

"No, we're not here to see if it has mutated." Guo Fei said, "Be more varied, don't you want to eat vegetable salad now? It's been a few months, and I think everyone is tired of eating dry food and bread every day." Alright, divide half of the land, if it is not enough, then plant all of it, as for food crops, when the rain stops, we will find a way to get the soil.”

(End of this chapter)