Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 730 - 390 Food Crisis_2

Chapter 730: 390 Food Crisis_2

After all, there was a limited amount of fuel, and many households simply couldn’t start a fire, making food a problem. With Bai Zhengli’s reform, the situation in the base gradually improved. Not only factories, schools, hospitals, research institutes, and breeding farms entered the right track, but agriculture also gradually developed and yielded a large amount of food.

As late autumn approached and the weather grew colder, the number of zombies and mutant beasts outside began to decrease, and no one knew where they had hidden. Without their threats, the people in the base no longer had to go out daily for tasks and could finally take a break.

Long Province was colder than other places; as soon as late autumn arrived, it began to snow. Large greenhouses were built on the farms, and with the enhancement of Wood Element Superpower Users, the crops inside didn’t have to worry too much, and the animals in the breeding farms were mostly doing well.

After fall, Hope Team along with other powers within the base cleaned up the nearby urban areas of the base, thus expanding its territory. Not only could everyone live more comfortably, but they also found a large amount of thick cotton quilts and cotton-padded jackets to distribute. The base seemed to be getting better and better, almost becoming a utopia in the apocalypse.

However, not all bases were as lucky as Hope Base. There were six small bases near Hope Base; except for Peace Base, which had sworn allegiance early and mixed with Hope Base, the remaining five bases, harboring doubts, always refused to bow to Hope Base.

Although Bai Zhengli knew that these small bases were not in ideal situations, he had no intention of pleading to help them and thus kept his forces inactive. Even with the support of Hope Base, Peace Base had gradually developed, yet they remained stubborn and refused to yield.

Fortunately, after fall the temperature began to drop, and the activities of zombies and mutant beasts weren’t as frequent, allowing these small bases to barely survive without being breached by zombies or mutant beasts.

These bases didn’t have to worry about food, and though their situation was quite worse compared to Hope Base and Peace Base, it was still slightly better than many other bases.

Some bases were even about to run out of food, and under the threat of food shortages, many people had no choice but to leave their bases and migrate elsewhere.

The Market Base where Fang Yuxin and her group had stayed was also in an unfavorable situation. Market City was an economically developed city with a high population density. Thus, after the apocalypse, there were many zombies and survivors, but few places to live.

When Fang Yuxin and her group left, the situation in Market Base wasn’t at its worst. At that time, there were still quite a few reserves of food and other living supplies, and there was no need to worry about drinking water, which was entirely provided by Water Ability Superpower Users.

However, as days passed, even with the large amount of food for several hundred thousand people in Market Base, it wasn’t enough.

In a decent conference room, three generals of the base, along with other influential and powerful leaders of various factions, were all present. However, everyone’s face looked grim.

Generals Li and Song, who were originally spirited, now looked worn and aged. Even Qiu Hongsheng, who had awakened a superpower due to the Elemental Crystal, bore a very heavy expression, as did others present; the situation was not good.

They were facing a very severe problem—the food was not enough!

Before the apocalypse, Market City was quite developed, but not an agricultural city. After the apocalypse, although people gathered quite a few resources, now, they were starting to run out. If not for the farm managed in the base and the enhancement of Wood Element Superpower Users, they might have already run out of food.

Since General Song was the oldest and most senior, he asked, "What are your thoughts? Let’s discuss. The situation in the base is not optimistic. We must figure out a solution; we can’t just sit here and wait for death."

As soon as he spoke, someone suggested, "Why not buy food from other bases?"

As soon as this was mentioned, someone bluntly said, "Which base should we go to buy food from? Which base has enough food now? Even if they have enough, why would they sell to us?"

Then another person dissatisfiedly retorted, "If the food in the base isn’t enough and we don’t seek a solution from other bases, what else can we do? Surely we can’t just conjure up food, can we?"

Following that, various arguments ensued.

Qiu Yiming sat next to Qiu Hongsheng, wearing a sullen expression, silently observing everything without saying a word. Ever since Fang Yuxin left Market Base, his expression had never been good, always gloomy, and even his gaze when looking at others was chilling, resembling a lonely yet ferocious wolf.

Qiu Hongsheng secretly glanced at his expression and couldn’t stop sighing inwardly. If he had known things would develop to this stage, he would never have let Zhou Fanghua act recklessly!

Qiu Hongsheng couldn’t understand how things had reached this point. The Fang Family was perhaps too impulsive! In the apocalypse, apart from the safe base, everywhere else was full of zombies. How dangerous would it be for them to go out?

But he mostly just thought about it and dared not mention anything related to the Fang Family, especially Fang Yuxin, in front of Qiu Yiming! Because of this issue, the normally filial Qiu Yiming even had a big argument with Zhou Fanghua, and their mother-son relationship had not eased since then, so he definitely didn’t want to take that risk!

Listening to the noise of others arguing, his annoyance grew. Such meetings had been held more than once, but unfortunately, no good solutions had been put forth, and each session was accompanied by various arguments, making it extremely tiresome.

He had initially thought to just muddle through, but suddenly, the ever-silent Qiu Yiming spoke up, saying, "I plan to go to Beishi Base. The situation there should be much better than here."

Qiu Hongsheng was startled by his words! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)