Chapter 1594 Night Battle with Zombie Wolves

Big camphor tree base.

Inner city.

The Ministry of Agriculture held a small meeting.

Minister of Agriculture Anya, Deputy Minister Zhang Qiwu, Ye Shi who is in charge of greenhouse planting,

Fourth uncle who is in charge of aquaculture, Yao Ji who is in charge of crop technology, Li Peizhen, Liu Mingsheng and others were all present.

They held the meeting in the No. 2 greenhouse and fruit garden in the inner city.

Most of the trees planted in the No. 2 greenhouse are fruit trees, and the height of these fruit trees is controlled within eight meters and cannot exceed the height of the greenhouse.

In the middle of the fruit trees, there is a cement open space with a small reservoir next to it.

They moved small stools and sat on the open space to listen to Anya's instructions on this headquarters water use meeting.

Anya stood in front of everyone and said to them:

"An hour ago, the city lord asked me to hold a meeting about water use. As everyone knows, it hasn't rained for three months. Now the water levels of the mountain pond reservoir and the buffer city reservoir have dropped by half."

"Our agricultural water consumption is huge, so the city lord asked us to reduce some agricultural water use. I think we should reduce the planting of crops with high water demand and increase the planting of crops with low water demand and high yield."

"In summary, reduce rice planting and increase the planting of crops with high water demand such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and wheat."

After she finished speaking, she merged the notebooks in her hand.

Asked Ye Shi: "The greenhouses 1 to 10 in the third outer city are about to mature, right?"

Ye Shi quickly stood up and replied: "Yes, we are preparing to harvest now."

"Well, when the harvest is completed, the rice will be reduced and replaced with sweet potatoes."

"Okay, got it."

An Ya looked at Zhang Qiwu and said:

"Mr. Zhang, what's the situation in the North?"

After Zhang Qiwu laid a foundation in the North, he returned to the headquarters base.

But the planting in the North has always been left to him.

Basically, he has to contact Xie Weishan over there through the radio station every day to communicate about the progress of planting in the North.

Zhang Qiwu is not only responsible for planting in the North, he also serves as the chief technical guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In the entire camphor tree base, he is the most authoritative in agricultural planting technology.

Even Anya is not as good as him.

Zhang Qiwu stood up and answered when Anya called him.

"In the north, there is a river running through the north. The runoff of that river has been reduced to only one third. However, there are fewer people and industrial factories there. The crops grown there are basically sweet potatoes that require less water."

"So far, the water shortage problem is not serious."

"Well, that's good." Anya nodded.

As for the planting in the oil city, there are only a few dozen acres, which are small-scale and completely handed over to Zhang Qiwu's students Hu Zhen and Bai Yuzhi.

Anya looked at everyone and said:

"We don't know when it will rain. At present, the headquarters base is preparing to build a water plant, but it is estimated that it will take two months to build it."

"Just follow what I said just now, and everyone will adjust the planting plan later."

"Okay." Everyone answered in unison.

Three months without rain is already a drought for the south.

For the survivors in the wild, most of the places where they get water are occupied by zombies.

This kind of water soaked by zombies must be boiled or filtered before drinking, otherwise drinking raw water directly will cause high fever and will not go away for a long time.

So many people like to drink mountain spring water, which is cleaner.

South of Oil City, 30 kilometers away.

Zhonghuashan Forest Park.

It is nearly 900 meters above sea level and is the highest mountain nearby.

The surrounding terrain is steep, somewhat similar to the topography of Zhangjiajie.

There is a road halfway up the mountain, but if you want to continue going up, you can only reach the top through the cliff plank road.

On the top of the mountain, several houses stand.

Various crops are planted around the house, mainly corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

In addition, there are some vegetables, but these vegetables are a little wilted, the soil is dry, and you can see at a glance that these vegetables lack water.

In the yard, a group of people gathered here.

"Alas, who knew it would not rain for three whole months!" Zheng Hanbing sighed and said.

After that, he looked at Lin Muguang and said:

"Captain Lin, why don't we take all these vegetables to the market to sell them, so that we can relax a little. It's too tiring to carry water every day."

A man holding a planer suddenly said:

"It's a pity that some vegetables are not fully ripe yet."

"We can dig the well deeper, so that we don't have to go up and down the mountain to carry water."

Generally speaking, the water in the mountains is in the valley area or at the foot of the mountain, or halfway up the mountain.

The reason why they chose this place was that it was safe on the top of the mountain and zombies couldn't get up.

And there is mountain spring water flowing down on the plank road halfway up the mountain.

And in the yard on the mountain, a well more than ten meters deep was dug, and the well water can also support their daily water use.

There is water, land, and it is very safe. This place is very suitable for survival.

But it didn't rain for three consecutive months, the water halfway up the mountain stopped flowing, and the water in the well dried up. Now they can only run to the small lake at the foot of the mountain to carry water for their daily life.

They inserted wood around the small lake to prevent zombies from walking into the lake.

Now they have to carry water up and down the mountain every day, which is exhausting.

They have been carrying water for a week since the water stopped halfway up the mountain and the well water dried up.

Everyone was so tired that they fell asleep at night.

Lin Muguang frowned and said:

"It's so dry now, and we are on the top of the mountain. We have to dig very deep to dig out water. When we dig to a certain depth and get water, the crops will die."

"Besides, we don't know how deep to dig to get water, which is full of uncertainty."

"Lao Zheng's idea is good. Although some vegetables will be lost, at least there will be a harvest."

Zhao Dongmei looked at the vegetables outside the yard and was reluctant to give them up.

"Captain Lin, have all these vegetables been sold? Don't we keep some for ourselves?"

Lin Muguang thought for a while and said:

"That's fine. Keep one third and dry them into dried vegetables, which can also be kept for a longer time."

He saw that Xie Minghong was not very happy, and obviously wanted to continue digging the well.

Lin Muguang sighed and said:

"Old Xie, how about this, we have limited manpower, only about 20 people in total, I will give you 3 people to dig a well, okay?"

Hearing this, Xie Minghong's face lit up and said: "Okay, I have no problem, Captain Lin, think about it, if we can dig out well water, we don't have to go down the mountain, how convenient."

"Yeah."

Lin Muguang nodded, and then began to assign tasks to everyone.

"Old Zheng, you will start harvesting vegetables early tomorrow morning, take them to the trading market to sell for points, and buy some daily necessities. It will probably take three or four trips to sell all the vegetables. There may be robbers outside the trading market. I will give you 10 people, pay attention to safety."

"Okay, the trading market asked us to join them last time and help them plant..." Zheng Hanbing asked after thinking about it.

Lin Muguang thought for a while, "We can confirm the conditions with them again. We have to ensure our basic living when we help them plant crops. You can talk to them again and ask them where to plant and what to plant."

"Okay."

Lin Muguang looked at his son Lin Lu again, "Xiaolu, you still carry water up and down the mountain to irrigate the crops as before. I will give you 8 people. Hold on for a few more days. When the vegetables are sold, your pressure will be much less."

Lin Lu was a little embarrassed when he heard that his father only gave him eight people.

You know, it takes an hour to go down the mountain, and two hours to go back and forth.

Seven or eight acres of cropland, four or five acres of vegetables, four trips up and down a day.

Even if all the crops are watered once, it can only be done once every three or four days.

"Okay." Lin Lu nodded with difficulty and agreed.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Lin Muguang said to everyone:

"That's it, adjourn the meeting!"

Water shortage and drought make it even more difficult for them to grow crops.

In the end of the world, it has always been difficult to grow crops. In addition to frequent natural disasters, there are also threats from zombies, so many survivors choose not to grow crops.

Not to mention wasting a lot of effort and energy, but in the end, there is nothing to harvest.

In the end, they can only cry without tears.

It is better to find another way out with this time.

Night falls.

Jiayu City.

Yuquan Town.

In the north, ten kilometers away from the Northwest Base Camp, in an abandoned factory.

A faint voice came from the darkness.

"No, you peed on my feet." Zheng Shiwu looked at the iron net in the distance with a night vision goggles, and suddenly felt his feet hot.

Black Hand replied awkwardly: "Sorry, ahem, I can't turn on the lights, so I didn't see it."

"I give up." Zheng Shiwu shook his legs and shook off the urine stains on his shoes.

The glass in the factory was broken, there was no basement, no windows or doors.

The cold wind was howling.

In October in the northwest, the night was only a few degrees, and with the strong wind, the perceived temperature would be even lower.

Zheng Shiwu wore warm clothes inside, a windbreaker outside, and a protective suit to prevent zombie bites. The outermost layer was a camouflage suit specially prepared for them by the Oil City.

This camouflage suit was khaki, close to the color of the soil here, and it was easier to hide.

The vegetation in the northwest was sparse, and there was some green in spring and summer. In autumn and winter, all you could see were dead trees and dead grass without leaves.

When the wind blew, there was sand everywhere.

The two arrived in Jiayu City in the northwest this afternoon. They parked the car in a private house ten kilometers to the north.

The car was too big and easy to be exposed.

Besides, they came here this time to monitor the situation of the northwest forces.

Zheng Shiwu saw the red dots flashing on the sentry tower on the iron net in the distance, and it was obvious that there were people there.

He said to Black Hand in a muffled voice:

"According to the information provided by Oil City, the area around the Northwest boss is surrounded by barbed wire. We can't see their city walls here. We have to move to another place tomorrow."

"Okay, but there are indeed fewer zombies in the northwest." Black Hand nodded.

"Put on the night vision goggles, and let's go to the cellar of the house next door to stay for one night. Although there are fewer zombies here, what if we both fall asleep and a zombie climbing the wall comes in the middle of the night?"

"Shoot it!"

"Once the gunshots are heard, our mission this time will fail, and we won't be able to leave at that time."

"Let's go."

There is a row of houses 30 meters away from this factory building. Most people in the northwest have a cellar at home.

This is similar to the northeast.

When it comes to late autumn, every household starts to stock up vegetables such as Chinese cabbage. These vegetables are in large quantities and are specially used for winter.

And the cellar is the place they found in advance in the evening.

The two put on night vision goggles and could see clearly in the dark.

"You don't use the night vision goggles. You peed on my feet. You are really good."

"It's uncomfortable to wear it."

As the two went downstairs, in the dark, it seemed that there were only the two of them between heaven and earth.

There were no insects chirping around, only the cold wind blowing.

Dingdangdang——

The iron sheets on the ground rubbed against the ground, making a sound.

The two came down from the 6th floor of the factory building. There were empty steps and nothing in the corridor.

Some of the mechanical equipment in the factory building should have been taken away by the Northwest gang, leaving only garbage on the ground.

The two went down from the 6th floor to the first floor.

Pushing open the rotten iron door of the factory building, it made a creaking sound in the dark.

Zheng Shiwu opened the door very slowly. Although there were few zombies here, it was not to say that there were none.

Huh——

"Come out."

Zheng Shiwu said to the black hand behind him.

Black hand came out quickly, and at this moment, the black hand's pupils shrank slightly.

A few black things appeared behind Zheng Shiwu.

He had goose bumps.

"Old Zheng, there is something behind you!"

Zheng Shiwu turned around quickly and pulled out the Nepalese army knife from his thigh.

The picture displayed by the night vision device was green. The things were about 30 meters away from them, just outside the door of the house they were going to.

The street was about 7 meters wide and the distance was a bit far.

These things didn't look like humans or zombies, but a bit like dogs.

Smash!

The things found them and rushed towards them instantly.

As these things rushed over, their sharp fangs and long tails

let Zheng Shiwu see clearly what these things were.

Wolf!

Zombie wolf!!

There are many wolves in the northwest. Before the end of the world, there was a kind of wolf called the Northwest Wolf. They are adapted to long-distance migration and hunting, and like to appear at night, so they are also called Night Moon Wolf.

Night Moon Wolf is terrifying, and it is even more ferocious when it becomes a zombie wolf!

Plop!

Zheng Shiwu directly dropped the package on his back,

holding a dagger in his right hand, squinting at these zombie wolves.

They must go to that cellar. If they don't kill these zombie wolves now, they will definitely not be able to enter the cellar.

Seeing this, Heishou understood that Zheng Shiwu obviously didn't want to escape, but chose to fight hard.

The tacit understanding cultivated during this period of time allowed him to quickly understand Zheng Shiwu's thoughts.

He also threw his backpack on the ground,

Dong!

He pulled his right hand from behind, and a butterfly knife appeared in his hand.

With a wave of his left hand, a sharp iron skewer appeared.

His eyes were sharp and his expression was indifferent. He was completely different from the unreliable look just now.