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Oil city.

Zhong Chuchu looked at the evacuating motorcycle gangs, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt relieved.

This notorious motorcycle gang is said to have robbed several survivor forces. They are not engaged in production, but only rely on plundering supplies from other forces to make a living.

Behind her, many residents also saw the evacuation convoy in the distance and burst into cheers.

But as she looked at those motorcades, worry came to her mind.

Obviously, those motorcycle gangs did not choose to retreat because their side was too strong, but because it was going to rain and to avoid zombies, they chose to leave.

When the rain stops and the sun comes out, these people will definitely come back.

At that time, it will be another tough battle.

Western Conference.

Gan Xiong looked at the dark clouds outside worriedly. To be honest, he already regretted letting Qian Long and the others go out.

Just one day after Qianlong and the others left, Lao Zhuang came to report tremblingly, and Gan Hu was also missing.

After searching throughout the Western Alliance, Gan Hu was not found, and Zhuang Shaohua at the entrance also reported that he did not see Gan Hu leading anyone out.

There is no doubt that Gan Hu secretly followed Qian Long and ran out.

Gan Xiong was already very old. He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter and youngest son all died outside.

Now only two sons are far away from him at this time.

If something unexpected happens, Gan Xiong will be dead.

Over the past year, the various natural and man-made disasters that have continued to break out have made him nervous and nervous, making him look a little older.

At this time, the strong wind outside the house was blowing loudly.

The sky is full of dark clouds, which makes people feel extremely depressed when they see it.

Lao Zhuang was waiting nearby, not daring to take a breath.

On the eve of Qianlong's last departure, he went to Gan Hu's room to check that Gan Hu was still there.

But he never thought that in the blink of an eye, Gan Hu would sneak into the car.

If anything happens to Ganhu and the others, he will be held responsible.

"How is the progress of the planting team now?" Gan Xiong opened his mouth slightly and asked Lao Zhuang behind him.

Lao Zhuang said: "The progress is very good. Now that we have switched to wheat, the wheat has grown well and is resistant to cold and drought. It is expected to be harvested in three months."

"How much can it produce?" Gan Xiong nodded. They had also tried to grow rice, but rice required too much water. Once it encountered drought weather, it was likely to die directly.

Lao Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said: "This time we tested it more cautiously. We planted about 100 acres. According to calculations, we can produce up to 40 tons."

Gan Xiong nodded slightly. One ton of wheat is enough to feed four people for a year.

40 tons is almost enough to feed 160 people for a year.

But there are more than 2,000 people in their base. If they are evenly distributed, they can only feed them for one month. If they save food, they can only feed them for two months.

So someone is bound to be hungry.

Today, the food reserves in the Western Alliance only have one month left.

If after a month, no new food is replenished, the Western Alliance will face the crisis of running out of food.

A person is hungry, even to the extreme, but he can do anything.

In fact, they have been thinking of ways to grow their own rice, but the weather is changing. They had planted rice before, but all of it died in the dry weather that lasted for several months.

Since there are zombies in the river, their base is not close to the river.

Only groundwater can be used.

But in the driest time, people will die of thirst, so they will not care about the crop fields.

In comparison, the Da Zhangshu base has a mountain pond reservoir, which stores a large amount of water during the rainy season, enough to support them through the dry season.

In addition, their original number was not large, and their planting area was not that wide.

But for the Western Conference, the pressure is relatively high, there are many people, and the pressure of food is on the head.

So they expanded a large planting area, but as the amount of planting increased, more water was needed. During droughts, they were unable to provide water for irrigation, and could only watch the crops dry up and die.

Hearing the amount mentioned by Lao Zhuang, Gan Xiong sighed slightly and said: "It's still not enough, far from enough."

Lao Zhuang remained silent and stopped talking.

The sky outside the window was as dark as ink.

The strong wind picked up some weeds, dust and some discarded waste products on the ground and blew them into the sky.

Boom——

A bolt of lightning struck, and a patter of rain fell.

In the big camphor tree base.

Li Yu looked at the zombies walking out of the woods amid the torrential rain, lightning and thunder.

These zombies are visible clearly in the lightning.

The searchlights were turned on, penetrating the rain curtain and shining on the zombies. The walking steps of these zombies began to become more agile.

It is completely different from the state before the heavy rain. The sensitivity and strength have been greatly improved.

Whenever Li Yu sees this scene, he sometimes wonders why these zombies have changed like this.

Previously, Madi and the others used elements extracted from meteorites to treat cancer, but later discovered that they had serious side effects. This side effect was that people who received the vaccine would completely lose their minds and then turn into zombies.

Recently, Madi and the others have been studying the correlation between rain and zombies. Although they made a small progress last time, they are still far away from developing an antidote.

By chance, a zombie attracting potion was developed, and later an enhanced zombie attracting potion was developed.

Li Yu was thinking wildly under the eaves of the duty room.

At this time, he heard footsteps coming from beside him, which attracted his attention.

It's the second uncle.

"Xiaoyu, are we still going to have a weekly meeting today? It was originally scheduled for three o'clock this afternoon, but you see the time has passed now." The second uncle didn't know when he put on water shoes and came to fetch water.

Li Yu looked at the zombies outside the wall. It had just rained heavily, and there were not many zombies below. There were only a few hundred at this time, and they were probably all within five kilometers of the Da Zhangshu base.

Nowadays, many collaborators and non-staff have spontaneously built wooden fences, and there are people living around the Da Zhangshu base, so many zombies have been cleared in this area.

However, once it rains heavily, the zombies' sense of smell will increase several times, and they can come from far away to where there are dense crowds.

Li Yu looked at the zombies under the wall. It seemed that it would take at least half a day to form a large-scale zombie wave.

So he said to his second uncle: "Let's do this. The weekly meeting will be held as usual. There are many things that need to be discussed. Let me inform everyone that the weekly meeting will be held as normal."

"Is it still held in the inner city?" asked the second uncle.

Li Yu hesitated and said, "Well, let's still hold it in the inner city."

The second uncle nodded, and then informed other core members of the base.

soon.

In the inner city of Dazhangshu Base, on the first floor of the villa area.

meeting room.

There were dozens of people sitting in Wuyangyang. Except for the uncle and Lao Lu who were guarding the wall, everyone else was present.

Everyone took their seats.

Yutong stood up, counted the number of people in the conference room, lowered her head and said to Li Yu: "There is still one person left, He Chao has not arrived yet."

Li Yu frowned, and then looked at the time. It shouldn't be. The second uncle informed that the meeting would be held in half an hour.

From the outer city to the inner city, it takes no time.

Besides, He Chao was often the first person to arrive, so how could he be late today?

At this time, He Chao was at the door of the villa, shaking off the rainwater on his umbrella. The rain was so heavy that the umbrella did not provide him with much protection. After all, most of his clothes were still wet.

He looked down at his watch and patted his thigh.

"It's late, it's late. Oh, if I had known, I would have waited until the meeting was over before looking for my daughter." He Chao muttered and hurried to the conference room.

Squeak!

The door of the conference room was opened, and when He Chao saw everyone present, his heart skipped a beat.

Li Yu glanced at him and said nothing.

After all, today's weekly meeting, originally scheduled for three o'clock, was canceled at short notice, and then rescheduled at four-thirty at short notice.

In addition, He Chao was not late for a few minutes, so I won’t talk about him this time.

Wait until he comes in.
To be continued...