"… The current situation is that the troops in the base have enough food for six months, but the food supply for the 20,000 people is already a little tight. Based on the current consumption rate, the food reserves of the people in the base can only last for slightly more than four months. They can wait until spring to plant the wheat next year before the food in the base is completely depleted. During this period, if there are still refugees coming to the base, the food reserves of the base will be depleted even faster, and the conflicts caused by the lack of food will increase …"
In the auditorium of the military camp, all the summoners in the Yunwan Mountain base, a few officers in the army, and some representatives of the people's organizations were gathered here. There were more than a hundred people in total, and they began to discuss how to deal with the current crisis.
Colonel Wang Cheng was introducing the situation in the base.
Yesterday's gunshots had exposed the food crisis that the base was facing to everyone.
The Yunwan Mountain base had a lot of ammunition, but the food reserves here were limited.
After 20,000 to 30,000 people poured in, there was not much food left in the Yunwan Mountain base. According to the original plan, after spring next year, everyone would be more frugal. After planting the first batch of spring wheat and vegetables, the food supply of the base should be able to gradually ease. They would be self-sufficient and still have some surplus. However, the situation in front of them was not optimistic.
With the arrival of the new refugees, the food supply in the base, which was already tight, became even tighter.
"If we allow hunger to spread, even if we can plant spring wheat next year, the spring wheat and other food crops in the base's farm won't be harvested …" a silver-haired, bespectacled old man said softly. This old man was one of the representatives of the people in the base. He was a retired teacher and had a lot of prestige among the people. He brought some people and re-established a school in the base.
"I've been to Africa before. I've seen the destruction caused by hunger in Africa. Hunger can turn people into beasts …"
"I suggest that we completely seal the entrance to the Yunwan Mountain base now. We can't let anyone in …" a strong representative in his thirties said directly. "I know that this is cruel, but the more people we let in, the worse the food crisis in the base will be!"
"This is murder!" A woman in her forties with long hair said loudly, "What's the difference between keeping people out of the base and sending them to their deaths? Where's our sympathy? Don't forget, we were once like them. I firmly disagree, and neither will our Sisters' Association …"
"Let those hungry people in. That's the real murder. More people will die because of it!" The representative who proposed to block the entrance of the base immediately refuted loudly, "Without food, what do you have for sympathy? Your cheap sympathy will only kill more people. At this moment, between the interests of the majority and the interests of the minority, we can only choose the interests of the majority!"
"Human life is not a math problem!"
"Madam, you're wrong. At a time like this, human life is like a math problem. One side is 20,000, the other side is 2,000. There's no doubt about which side is more worthy of saving!"
"This is too cold-blooded …"
"The choice between life and death can't satisfy everyone. Hot-Bloodedness can't save anyone!"
Before the summoners and the officers could speak, the representatives began to quarrel and blame each other. It wasn't until Colonel Wang Cheng, who was presiding over the meeting, couldn't help but knock on the table in front of him. The quarrel between the representatives finally stopped. "The base's supply base has already been rationed.
I suggest that on the basis of the current rationing system, everyone's daily food ration except for summoners should be reduced by 20%. This is the suggestion of me and the officers of the military officer group. We will start with the troops. From tomorrow onwards, the soldiers who are not carrying out missions will receive 80% of the usual food ration, while the soldiers carrying out missions will receive 100% of the food ration. In this way, we can hold on for one fifth longer, or save one fifth more people! "Colonel Wang Cheng's words silenced everyone in the meeting room.
"There are a lot of preys in the mountains. There are black bears, moose and antelopes. We can go hunting in the mountains. Summoners won't starve …" Tu Polu glanced around and said in a low voice, "We're summoners fighting in the frontline, not pampered young masters and misses. I'm willing to give up my food ration. You can give my food to those who need it. If I need food, I will go hunting and exchange for it with prey!"
"I'm also willing to give up my food ration. If I need food, I will also exchange for it with prey!" Fang Lingshan said as she stroked her hair.
"If others are starving, I won't be able to eat too much. I'm also willing to give up my food ration. Summoners can be self-sufficient …" Li Yunzhou said.
"I'm also willing to give up …" Zhu Zhu said.
"Do we need to be afraid of this? We can eat any antelope we hunt for for half a month. If we're really hungry, the meat of demon rats can also be eaten …" Xue Sidao smiled and said softly, "I'm also willing to give up …"
"I'm also willing to give up …" Xia Pingan said.
Seeing Xia Pingan's attitude, all the other summoners also expressed their willingness to give up their food ration in the base. No one could be picky about their attitude.
Summoners really didn't have to worry about starving to death. If even summoners could starve to death, then there probably wouldn't be any ordinary people left alive.
After all the summoners had expressed their opinions, a few representatives put forward some suggestions, such as organizing food production teams such as harvesting teams, fishing teams, and production teams. There were also some suggestions such as advocating frugality and advising the elderly and women to eat less. The more reliable suggestion was that one of the representatives suggested that they first look for some materials in the base, try to build some vegetable greenhouses, and organize people to try to produce vegetables out of season.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour. In the end, everyone left one after another.
Although this meeting didn't propose a complete solution to the food crisis, some countermeasures were put forward.
That was all they could do now.
During the entire meeting, Xia Pingan didn't say anything other than expressing his opinion once.
It wasn't until everyone left the auditorium and went outside that Xia Pingan stopped Guo Wei and gave him a look, asking him to stay.
The cold wind was still blowing outside. Xia Pingan pulled Guo Wei under a pine tree to talk.
"Aren't there a few underground granaries near Xinchuan City? What about you? Can you get your hands on the construction plans of Xinchuan City's granaries?" Xia Pingan asked directly.
As soon as he heard Xia Pingan's question, Guo Wei's expression changed. He already knew what Xia Pingan wanted to do. "No, it's too dangerous. Xinchuan is practically the world of those magical creatures now …"
Xia Pingan smiled. "My hands have been itching for the past few days. I want to go to Xinchuan to take a look. If there's still food in the underground granary of Xinchuan, I'll bring some back. Won't this problem be solved?"
"I'll bring some people with you!"
"I'll go alone. If someone follows me, they'll be too big of a target. Secondly, they'll distract me and affect my efficiency. You might not be able to keep up when I'm running!"
Guo Wei hesitated. "Old Tu and the others …"
"Old Tu and the others won't go. It's more convenient for me to go alone. I'll come back once I get the food. If not, I'll just go to Xinchuan to investigate again!"
Seeing Xia Pingan's firm attitude, Guo Wei couldn't help but nod. "There's a lot of information stored in the base. I'll go look for it!"
"Okay, if you find it, send it over this afternoon!"
Guo Wei nodded and waited for Guo Wei to leave in a hurry.
Manzijin walked out from the side and looked at Xia Pingan eagerly. "I want to go …"
"Don't go anywhere. Finish the Body Strengthening Pills I gave you first. Don't forget that you have a heavy responsibility now …"
As soon as she heard Xia Pingan's words, Manzijin could only remain silent. "Is it really possible to fuse with the Realm Pearl after eating 180 Body Strengthening Pills?"
"I don't know. It's just my feeling. It might be dangerous, and it might fail. But I think it's worth a try!"
Manzijin nodded heavily.
A few hours later, Guo Wei sent over two maps. When the sky turned dark, Xia Pingan quietly left the Yunwan Mountain base alone, wearing a cloak and a pair of skis.
Xia Pingan took advantage of the night and braved the wind and snow to ski through the night. Relying on his valiant body, he returned to the outskirts of Xinchuan City the next morning.
The entire Xinchuan City was covered in silver and there was no sign of life. All the roads were piled up with snow.
Xia Pingan used his remote vision ability to take a look. The underground air-raid shelters and shopping malls of Xinchuan City were densely packed with Devil Fire Spiders and Devil Liquid Spiders.
The Devil Rats were crowded in the residential buildings of the residential areas. Some of them had dug a lot of holes in the ground, but on the surface, no abnormalities could be seen.
When Xia Pingan's gaze landed on the vicinity of the two permanent space-fissures in Xinchuan City, his heart shook fiercely.
F * ck!
The streets in the vicinity of the two spatial rifts had completely changed. A large number of Devil Wolves had already occupied the streets around the spatial rifts.
Devil Wolf Warriors with weapons on their backs and walking upright on their feet were everywhere.
Devil Wolf Warriors were different from Devil Wolf Mages. Devil Wolf Warriors had the shape of wolves and were tall. Each Devil Wolf Warrior was about two meters tall and was covered in hair from head to toe. They were full of wildness. Wild Wolf Warriors wore leather armor and carried something similar to an old-fashioned flintlock on their backs. They also held swords and sabers.
It seemed that the large number of Devil Wolves had just come out of the spatial rifts. The patrolling Devil Wolf Warriors were full of vigilance and curiosity.
Just as Xia Pingan used his remote vision ability to patrol, Devil Wolf Warriors kept coming out of the spatial rifts.
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