Chapter 506 Locust Plague
Hearing the movement, several people immediately turned their heads to look at the place where the sound came from.
Because it is close to the river, it is spring, and it rained frequently some time ago, and the river is rushing, making the sound of hula la.
Zhizhi~
I saw a little black mouse coming out of a corridor, sniffing here and there.
It seems that he is not afraid of people. After seeing Li Yu and the others, he went straight to Li Yu and the others.
Li Yu shot the little mouse without hesitation.
boom!
The little mouse was shot directly.
After shooting, Li Yu walked forward slowly, picked up a plastic tube on the way past, picked the mouse headlong, and turned it over.
The little mouse was blown to pieces, and there was only a layer of skin sticking to the joint between the head and the body.
Fur, normal, blood color normal.
Li Yu threw away the plastic rod in his hand, and then continued to walk to the pipe connection on the right.
"What's wrong?" Bai Jie asked.
Li Yu shook his head and said, "It's okay. This place is evil. The zombies have been infected by the chemicals here and have changed. I thought the mouse would also change. But I just took a look and there is no change."
After saying that, he walked to the discharge port on the right.
This place connected to the pipeline by the river is a row of bungalows.
Yang Tianlong stepped forward and opened the door of the bungalow, and what he saw was a pool. This pool was like an indoor swimming pool, but it looked like this place might be used to treat and purify chemical wastewater.
This pool was filled with the green liquid that had just been poured into the river. Li Yu looked at this place and found that there was a big hole in the top right side of this simple bungalow.
To be fair, it is unscientific that this place is indoors and the green water flows out after such a long time.
Seeing this broken hole, everyone knew that it was estimated that it rained some time ago and filled up the pool.
A lot of chemical substances have been deposited in this pool. When the rainwater comes in, water will be poured out again all at once.
Li Yu slowly walked to the edge of the pool, looked carefully, and found the entrance to the pipe. There was a closed valve on it. Li Yu pressed it hard.
Zhi~
The swirling water surface suddenly calmed down.
Li Yu said to He Chao who was next to him: "He Chao, Tianlong, go to the drain just now and see if there is any green water entering the river."
He Chao and the other two turned around and went out.
Li Yu looked at the big hole at the top, then walked out of the bungalow, and looked at the distance between the bungalow and the river.
It's about fifty meters, and the bungalow side seems to be lower than the middle part due to the terrain.
Bai Jie squatted down, put on gloves, poured the green water from the pool into the test tube, and then placed the test tube into a sealed iron box.
Li Yu took a glance and saw two very round moons.
After looking at the hole above, I felt there was no need to plug it.
If there is a heavy rain and the water in the pool overflows, the topography of this place will not allow it to flow to the river.
The zombies here have basically been eliminated, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Li Yu walked out of the bungalow and looked at the deserted factory building.
There are two rows of blackboard newspapers in front of them. The outside of the blackboard newspapers are protected by glass, but the writing on them is already mottled.
I can only vaguely see what is written on it: prosperity, democracy, harmony.
On the right side of this blackboard, there are some photos, with the name of the factory director written in the center, and the words advocated by the factory director.
In such a large factory, there must have been a lot of people before the end of the world.
Li Yu could even imagine the scene of people coming and going here before the end of the world.
But now, things have changed and people have changed.
Tap tap tap tap ~
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Li Yu turned around to see He Chao and Yang Tianlong.
He Chao walked over and said to Li Yu: "Mr. Li, we just saw that the water in the pipe has stopped being discharged."
Li Yu looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back. They have probably packed the sand."
Everyone got on the car, Cannon accelerated the car, and drove outside the factory.
After they walked for more than ten minutes, a figure on the roof of the factory building on the right looked coldly at the direction Li Yu and the others left.
They returned very quickly, and on the way, they encountered a group of people loaded with sand.
The group returned to the base together.
In the car, Li Yu said to Bai Jie: "After returning to the base, you should first study the changes in the wastewater discharged from the chemical plant and the zombies, and find out what is the reason. This may allow us to understand the zombies Learn more about it.”
Bai Jie nodded and said good.
When everyone returned to the base, they saw a busy scene in the base.
Limestone, clay, steel bars, sand, and stones are classified into different categories and divided into regions, and piled up many hills.
At around five o'clock in the evening, Fu Sheng and the others also came back, bringing back with them a rotary kiln and a shaft kiln specially made for cement.
These two devices are relatively large, and they are still disassembled for transportation.
Li Yu found Fusheng, asked about the installation, and learned that it can be installed directly tomorrow, that is, the cement production can be started tomorrow.
When the cement is made, everyone will use molds, and then use cement, sand, and stones to cast it directly on site.
Everything is ready, just wait until tomorrow to officially start the construction of the outer wall.
Night falls.
When night came, Li Yu asked everyone to return to the base. Although they were in a hurry, the lives of the people in the base were more important.
Therefore, they did not work overtime at night.
These days, we all do one thing together, communicate with each other more, and become more familiar with each other.
Everyone was a little tired after a busy day, so they fell asleep early.
What they don't know is.
50 kilometers away from the base, a yellow torrent is constantly heading south, overwhelming the sky.
Early the next morning, Li Yu was woken up by being licked by three little wolf dogs.
Li Yu opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let me feed you. This is getting bigger and bigger, and the appetite has also increased a lot. Next time I go out from the base, maybe I can take you with me." "
Oow, oow, oow.
The three wolfhounds lined up in a row, obediently waiting for Li Yu to feed them.
Wow~
Li Yu poured some of the dog food he found earlier into several small bowls.
Watching the three wolf dogs eating food, Li Yu got up and did 100 push-ups on the ground until his body felt a little warm.
Just put on sports clothes, and at this time, the three wolf dogs also ate up the food.
They squatted obediently at the door, waiting for Li Yu to open the door and take them out to exercise and run in the mountains.
Li Yu just went downstairs and sniffed the air.
It feels a little dusty.
After thinking about the construction outside the base in the past few days, I thought it was dust drifting in from the work outside.
Li Yu started to run, but as he ran, he smelled something strange.
Buzz~
Pa da ~
He saw a yellow locust appearing on a peanut leaf planted by the roadside.
Because he was running, he didn't see the locust clearly and thought it was an ordinary insect.
But soon, he ran less than 300 meters, and another bug flew in front of him.
The two appearances caught Li Yu's attention.
Li Yu squatted down and looked at the bug.
It's locusts!
Li Yu looked up at the sky. Within the visible range around him, he could see more than a dozen locusts appearing sporadically.
Seeing that there were more than a dozen locusts, Li Yu was instantly attracted.
This is!
Li Yu was in no mood to run and ran directly to the villa area.
While running, I heard the intercom on my arm ringing.
"Mr. Li, our staff on duty at the north side of the national highway said that there are a lot of locusts, many, many, and you can't see the end point at all." He Chao said on the intercom.
Li Yu was shocked when he heard this.
Contact your second uncle immediately and ask him to ring the highest alert bell in the base.
The locust plague is very terrifying. Wherever you walk by, not a single blade of grass grows.
It is now May 8th.
The rice has only been planted for more than 50 days. For rice with a 90-day growth cycle, it is still in the growing period.
What to do.
After hearing the siren, people inside and outside the base were on alert.
Li Yu said to Zhou Weiguo, who is responsible for breeding: "Currently, how many chickens and ducks are there in the base?"
Zhou Weiguo thought for a while and said: "As for chickens, there are about a hundred or so, and there are about ninety ducks. If you include the chickens and ducks that are just half a month old, there are about four hundred and fifty in total."
Li Yu calculated it and found that this number was not too small, but when looking at the entire base, it was still a bit small. After all, the inner and outer cities now totaled nearly 200 acres of land.
On average, there are only two chickens and ducks per acre, which is simply not enough to take care of.
Li Yu said to everyone: "I received news from the brothers on duty outside that there are a large number of locusts coming in our direction. Everyone must be prepared.
First, everyone quickly makes some nets for locusts. After catching the locusts, deal with them in a unified manner. Uncle Lai, you are responsible for this part.
We will conduct experiments on animals to see if these locusts can be eaten. If they can be eaten, these locusts will become our food reserves.
Second, Zhou Weiguo, you are responsible for taking good care of these chickens and ducks, and assign another 40 chickens and ducks to the outer city. There are more than 20 acres of rice there.
Third, everyone should seize the time to harvest vegetables, potatoes and other grains that are ripe outside. If they are not yet mature or are about to mature, pick them as well.
As for rice, it has just begun to bear ears and is not mature at all. Everyone needs to find ways to protect it.
Fourth, Bai Jie, you and the two pharmacists should think of a way to prepare the corresponding pesticides as soon as possible so that we can carry out chemical prevention and control.
That's all for now, let's get started. "
After explaining everything, Li Yu went to the outer city and explained to He Chao and others, asking them to protect the rice in the outer city.
These rices are the source of their food.
Currently, the total population of the base is more than 200, including more than 140 people in the inner city and nearly 100 people in the outer city.
The size of the locusts is unknown now, so Li Yu doesn't want people from the outer city to come in for the time being.
Moreover, with the current number of people, it is still enough for the time being.
Suddenly, Li Yu thought of something.
He immediately found Anya and told her: "The underground planting areas in the inner city must be carefully protected to prevent a locust from entering."
Anya also knew the importance of the matter, and said seriously with her dark face: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I've shut down the underground planting area. There are still people watching over there."
Li Yu was relieved when he heard her say that.
Time passed little by little.
There are more and more locusts in the air.
After these locusts arrive, they will eat anything and are not picky at all.
As long as it's green, these locusts will start nibbling.
Li Yuan and the others are frantically harvesting vegetables. These vegetables have large leaves, which locusts especially like to eat.
half an hour.
Li Yu and the others mobilized nearly 80 people to harvest all the vegetables, and placed tons of vegetables in the underground warehouse.
Li Yu asked Lai Dongsheng's wife Zhou Xiumei to lead five or six people to deal with the vegetables urgently.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, vegetables will rot in a short time.
Two tons of vegetables are placed in the cold storage, and the remaining vegetables need to be processed.
First of all, the first way is to pickle.
In fact, there is another way, which can be dried and stored for a longer period of time.
It’s just that there are so many locusts outside right now. If you leave them outside, they will definitely be eaten up.
So for the rest, several dehydrators that were brought back to the base were used.
Dehydrating vegetables is also a solution.
As everyone was busy, more and more locusts arrived.
Li Yu thought for a while, there must be no shortage of people on the wall.
There are 28 acres of land planted outside in the inner city, 20 acres of rice planted in the outer city, and nearly 10 acres planted indoors and underground, totaling nearly 60 acres of land.
Li Yu thought for a while, then asked Li Tie, Sanshu and other 10 people to guard the wall, and then asked Li Hang and Li Yuan to clean up the locusts around the warehouse.
Finally, He Chao and those who had followed him were allowed in.
There were almost forty people.
The reason for choosing them is simple. They are the group of people who have been joining the Zhangshu Base for the longest time in the outer city.
Moreover, their contribution value is not far away from being able to enter the inner city. Many of their children were able to study in inner cities later.
Moreover, for Li Yu, although most of these people are women and children, fighting locusts does not require bravery.
But patience and persistence.
After they came in, He Bing, Lao Luo, Uncle Qin and others were the only ones left in the outer city.
Xiaoshi also entered the inner city to wipe out the locusts together.
An hour later.
The sky was much darker.
It's not because of the weather changes, but because there are so many locusts that they cover the sky.
Li Yu looked at so many locusts and felt a little desperate.
Dense locusts are everywhere.
They were frantically culling locusts, and they had no time to take care of the orchards on the mountains.
The most important thing now is the crops.
In addition to the ten acres of land in the underground planting room, more than two hundred people in the base have invested in the remaining forty acres.
Basically, there are four or five people and nearly 10 chickens and ducks on each acre of land to protect the crops and ensure that these locusts will not eat the crops.
As for the other flowers and plants in the garden and the fruit trees in the mountains and forests, they paid no attention to them.
However, even so, these crops are still visibly reduced.
Look at the locusts covering the sky and the sun, stretching endlessly.
Too many.
Everyone worked very hard and nearly a ton of locusts were caught.
But the locusts still don't seem to be getting smaller, but are becoming more and more numerous.
Oh shit! Li Yu cursed.
