Chapter 25: Buds

"The soil around here is good."

Witte took out a test microbial content stick from the soil. Ellie on the side was looking at other labeled soil. This is the place with the most lush vegetation near the base, but it is necessary to transport the soil here back to the base. More difficult.

It has been almost half a month, everything in the hall has been prepared, the lights have been modified, and some experimental crops have sprouted under the light.

Now they have to find a way to transport some soil suitable for planting from outside to the base. They only have eight people. Even if everyone works day and night, this is still a very huge project.

Although there are vehicles that can be used, everyone's opinion is that vehicles must not be used because they consume too much gasoline. Gasoline is now an extremely important resource in the base and cannot be used easily. In the future, it will be necessary to smelt some things and manufacture some machines. Gasoline is needed.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of electric energy now. Now they have to transform some vehicles to be driven by electric energy, and then transport them back to the base one by one.

Li Chu has never been able to break through the system's defense wall, and is still racking his brains to find a way every day. Now the gate of the base cannot be opened for the time being, because Gu Yi does not have complete authority.

The two continued to look at the conditions of some nearby land. It was about 2 kilometers away from the base and was a patch of low vegetation, which was also a place that could be reached by cars.

Many of the nearby terrains are undulating, making it difficult to drive a car over them. In order to increase the efficiency of transportation, they must level some roads.

What followed was another very time-consuming and labor-intensive project. Witte looked at the faint sun in the sky. It was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It was not a rainy day these days, but the temperature of the sun's rays was dropping every day. This This is a very bad phenomenon.

"You haven't eaten very much these days, is that okay?"

Ellie asked, and Werther shook his head.

"It's okay. I'm in very good spirits every day now. I don't need to eat too much."

Ellie hummed. They all had the same feeling, that is, they were very energetic. Now they used the medical equipment here to study the cells in their bodies and found something different. This was something they had never seen before. Having seen the cell structure, their bodies are indeed undergoing some kind of change.

This change is good at this stage. The two continued to take out some microbial content sticks and record the data in detail.

It wasn't until around 3 p.m. that the two began to return.

"The current situation is pretty good, but we have to move it as soon as possible to move the soil to the base for cultivation before the microorganisms in the soil begin to die in large numbers."

Ellie nodded, and the two planned to discuss with everyone when they went back, so that Jean and Deguna could quickly start to modify the truck and some digging tools. The two of them had already carried out the seeds of some plants nearby. It is preserved to ensure that some plants can grow in the base in the future and effectively increase the oxygen content in the base.

Soon they returned to the base. The small door was always open. After the two entered, they heard the rumbling sound of machinery. They were sorting and moving some supplies.

Forklifts were busy, and a lot of cement fragments were piled up near the door. They planned to use the broken cement to pave the road directly, as long as there was a slightly smoother gravel road.

Just drive some construction trucks out to crush these cement fragments and make the road surface smoother.

Soon everyone stopped. It was just 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Ellie and Werther told everyone their thoughts. Li Chu sighed helplessly.

"If we can crack the program and transform it into our own program, we won't have to worry so much."

"Just do it slowly."

Gu Yi said and Li Chu nodded. Deguna and Jean have been out inspecting the solar power generation panels in the past few days. Now the energy storage has improved a lot.

"Let's start tonight. We should be able to finish the engine part overnight. We just need to test it tomorrow."

Jean said and Deguna nodded.

"That's not good."

Ellie said and Gene smiled.

"I feel very good now."

Originally, everyone was a little frustrated half a month ago, because there were only eight of them. Although a complete base construction and transformation route had been planned, their number was limited, and it might take many years to complete these things.

But now this frustration has disappeared. They can work for a long time without feeling tired. Especially when carrying heavy objects, they feel very relaxed.

"Let's eat early today and have a drink before we start working."

Rose suggested.

"Drink again? Although there is still a lot of wine in stock, if this continues..."

Before Gu Yi finished speaking, Tang Rao had already walked towards the warehouse where supplies were piled.

After a while, along with the aroma, today was another luxurious meal. Everyone brought in a box of wine, which they had not drunk in almost two weeks.

After the planting base in this hall is completed, everyone plans to find a way to build a small water circulation generator. After all, the sun may suddenly disappear one day.

Through the detection of sunlight, the amount of radiation has been much lower. We are obviously on such a plateau, but the amount of radiation from the sun is pitifully low.

If it weren't for this new type of high-efficiency solar power panels, the power supply in the base would have begun to run out.

"I wonder what's going on on that grassland."

Ellie said something with emotion, and Deguna laughed after taking a big sip of wine.

"No matter what, it has nothing to do with us in the near future. Don't think about those things anymore. We are no longer the same as we were in the past."

At 6 o'clock, everyone planned to take a rest first. Everyone drank a lot. Li Chu returned to the central control room. Everything here made him extremely at ease. This was how he came here in the past, in a room full of electronic equipment. , always makes him feel at ease.

"Do you need help?"

Gu Yi walked in.

"Aren't you going to rest?"

Gu Yi shook his head.

"I can't sleep. I've recently conducted a lot of testing and research on sunlight. The actual situation may be much more serious than you think."

Li Chu nodded and sat up. Although he was a little sleepy, since Gu Yi, a photonics expert, said this, it was enough to show that the sun was disappearing faster.

“What will the future look like?”

"When the sun disappears, everything on the earth will die, the temperature of the entire planet will continue to drop, and the severe cold will kill all living things."

Li Chu hummed and said helplessly.

"If we could know the result in advance, maybe..."

Gu Yi said in a low voice.

"I seem to have forgotten something about my daughter's appearance recently."

Li Chu put away his smile.

"Me too, I don't quite remember what my family looks like."

Their eyes met, and the two smiled at each other. After falling, they had already understood the reality clearly. Even if this reality was extremely cruel, they could only face everything, put away their sorrow and longing, and continue to live.

Everyone realized that they had unshirkable responsibility for the disaster that occurred on this planet. Although this was the final result of the game between big powers, as pawns in the game, they did not make the right choice before the disaster was about to happen. .

In fact, many scientists on that asteroid realized that there was a lot of high-mass and energy matter on the asteroid, which might cause an explosion, but in the end everyone took action.

"What do you think would happen if the remaining humans knew the truth?"

Li Chu asked, Gu Yi scratched his head and said.

"You may find it ridiculous. Human beings have destroyed themselves. Numerous scholars have discussed this issue in the past. Human beings will eventually destroy themselves one day. I didn't expect that it hit the mark."

"You can help me write some backup code. You just need to follow this note guide I made."

Li Chu said, pointing to a code program on a computer. Next to it was Li Chu's laptop. Gu Yi walked over and sat down, and the two began to work.

"How long do we have left?"

"It won't last more than three months at most."

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"We were starving, really."

A disheveled man begged. There were more than twenty men similar to him around. They all had injuries. Allen looked at them quietly.

There was a fierce battle last night, and his men lost nearly 50 people, and the culprit was this group of people. There were nearly 100 of them, and they came up with some heavy firepower weapons.

"You are starving, but what about us? You have destroyed several pieces of the farmland we managed to cultivate."

Allen looked at these people angrily. There were sounds of executing them all around. Allen didn't hesitate this time. Now nearly 2,000 people have come up on the entire land. I don't know where they came from. The land became increasingly chaotic, but more people meant there was plenty of labor.

The fields have been cultivated very quickly in the past few days, and the crops that have grown have also received their first round of harvest. The yield is very good and can feed many people for a while.

This land has become more and more unstable. Allen is now asking his men to lead the people here to work harder to cultivate and sow seeds every day. After all, if this continues, there will be more and more people on this land. .

People also appeared in other directions, and what Alan was worried about happened.

Allen has found a place that can be used as a shelter. It is close to the mountain forest. There is an opening for easy defense. There is a flat foothill in the mountain forest. Allen plans to let his men lead people to reclaim it and plant on the foothill.

The area at the foot of the mountain is very large, and it is condescending. As long as crops are planted, they can survive there for a long time. This grassland is too vast, and it is obviously unrealistic to make everyone obey.

"Hang them."

Allen gave the order, and the men in front of him immediately begged for mercy, saying that they would definitely listen to Allen in the future, but Allen never believed such nonsense. Some people resisted, but were immediately knocked over by blunt objects.

On a simple gallows, men were sent up one by one. Seeing them struggling, Allen felt terrible.

If they handed over their weapons as soon as they came up, Allen would have a good talk with them and then assign them an area to cultivate, but as soon as they came up, they went straight to take the fruits.

Looking at the cheers around him, Allen turned around and planned to go back to the tent to rest. His control was seriously insufficient. This was not like the city. People here not only gained hope, but also had more desires, because this grassland seemed to have no boundaries.

Many people understood that as long as they kept moving forward to cultivate and sow, they could continue to survive, but people who had paid the labor would not want to share with others.

Many people already knew how to cultivate seeds, and the groups on the entire grassland had begun to split. Although Allen now had more than 400 people under his command, he could actually control less than 200 people.

Especially some technicians, their current status was very high, and Allen could only discuss with them properly. This was also a matter of course. It would not work without them.

Most of these people began to become self-centered under the instigation of the people around them.

Allen, who returned to the base, opened the remaining half bottle of wine and took a big sip. At this time, Jed walked in.

"Have you thought of any solution?"

Jed had already discovered that Allen had begun to prepare, and he could also see that the land was gradually losing control.

"I did think of a way, but now it's time for us to go our separate ways."

After Jed sat down, he smiled helplessly.

"I thought we could get along well."

Alan's face was angry.

"Don't joke, Jed, I should have killed you at the beginning."

Jed turned around and left the tent. He has completely changed now. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to take action early. Now he has nearly 200 people under his command, which is enough to compete with Allen.

Whoever controls the seeds now controls the future.

Jed did this at the beginning. He controlled a large number of seeds. With this advantage, he developed his gang of only more than 20 people to 200 people. Now he can compete with Allen, and Allen's people have become less united for various reasons.

If you want to survive in such a doomsday, you must be faster and more ruthless than others.

Jed has completely understood this truth. He looked back at the tent, and at the jar house that was still under construction, with a comfortable smile on his face, especially since so many of Alan's men had been killed last night. They are now in a passive position, and coupled with the problems caused by his men before, the people here have become hostile to them.