Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 234 is full
At this time, Bao Xiaolin was unaware that someone had been targeting her and her daughter, but because they had lingered too long at the hospital and hadn't expected her to be staying in the hospital's family compound, they had been targeted by the wrong person.

This would make them even more afraid to have any thoughts after being beaten.

A day passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Bao Xiaolin gave Yueyue another fever reducer, but it didn't work, and the high fever persisted.

She had no choice but to repeatedly wipe her body with alcohol and warm water until Lao Sheng came over again in the evening to bring her food, at which point she felt her daughter's burning body temperature had cooled down a little.

Old Sheng had been busy all day and had planned to come in the afternoon, but something unexpected happened. The few ordinary people who had been locked up last night, who had lost their minds, suddenly went berserk and started biting him.

When he rushed over after hearing the news, he found that one of them had bitten off one of his own arms. He seemed oblivious to the pain, his head bowed as he desperately tore at the flesh, biting at the shoulder and arm until his mouth was full of blood and the bones cracked.

The scene was horrifying.

Thankfully, they were all switched off, otherwise this would have become a slaughterhouse for wild animals.

Although he was human, he looked no different from a wild beast.

Fortunately, only three people were in this state. The others, though not fully recovered and appearing dazed and confused, at least hadn't gone berserk. What happens next remains to be seen.

Fortunately, this situation only occurred in the temporary residences of outside survivors; it did not occur in other areas, and it was not seen in the greenhouse area or Yunxi Village.

Some doctors speculate that the symptoms experienced by these individuals are likely related to their diet.

In Shenzhen, as long as you're not lazy, you'll basically never go hungry.

But the situation outside is much more complicated; countless people are starving or dying from disease.

Recently, when Lao Sheng occasionally patrolled the city gate, he saw that the survivors who came to seek refuge were, if not all of them were emaciated, then at least eight out of ten were like that.

When people are starving, they'll eat whatever they can get their hands on.

The three people were in such a state that keeping them alive would only cause them more suffering, so the management office acted decisively and burned the bodies completely.

This has heightened vigilance towards the survivors who recently entered the city, leading to the complete lockdown of the temporary resettlement area, and all those who previously lived in the tent area have been moved there.

Including those with superpowers, in short, not a single one was left.

Of course, Bao Xiaolin and her daughter are an exception.

Old Sheng didn't think their boss could get away with favoritism. Did he think he didn't know how many people had pulled strings with their relatives and friends before this?

He was quite startled to hear that Yueyue's fever hadn't subsided after a whole day.

After much deliberation, when he returned to Yunxi Village, he finally reported the matter to Jiang Minglang.

Bai Li happened to be present at the time, and when she heard that Yueyue was feverish and unconscious, she couldn't help but frown.

She was somewhat worried because he was a child she had watched grow up.

Jiang Minglang said, "Have Bai Yang take Xi Shuang on this trip and bring her some things while you're at it. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

When the door was knocked on again, Bao Xiaolin had just wiped Yueyue's body with warm water and was wiping the sweat from her forehead, wanting to sit down and rest for a while.

Hearing the knock on the door, she thought it was Lao Sheng.

As always, I checked the peephole before opening the door.

Bao Xiaolin knew Bai Yang, after all, he often went to Suzhou, and in their building, she was the only one who was closest to Bai Li.

So she and Bai Yang are quite familiar with each other.

"Xiaolin, it's been a long time."

After the gate opened, Bai Yang grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth.

To everyone's surprise, Bao Xiaolin's eyes suddenly reddened, and her voice choked with emotion as she spoke, "Bai Yang."

It wasn't that she was particularly excited to see Bai Yang; it was mainly because he was Bai Li's younger brother and looked somewhat like her. Besides, his phrase "long time no see" sounded like something out of a pre-apocalyptic world, where it was normal for close friends and family not to see each other for six months or even a year.

Unlike now, after more than two years of wandering in the apocalypse, where would I even have the chance to say "long time no see"?

"Oh, Xiaolin, don't scare me like that. If my sister finds out I made you cry, she'll give me a piece of her mind."

Bao Xiaolin wiped her eyes sheepishly and stepped aside to let the two of them into the house, but when she saw the large and small bags they were carrying, she couldn't help but tear up again.

Bai Yang wasn't good at comforting people, so he quickly tried to change the subject, "My sister asked me to tell you that she's in a special situation right now and it's inconvenient for her to come out. Once this period is over, you can move to our place. She's already chosen a house for you, right in the row in front of my house. Once you move there, Yueyue can play with Qiqi every day."

After saying that, she introduced Xi Shuang to Bao Xiaolin, "This is my girlfriend Xi Shuang. She's a doctor and came specifically to see Yueyue. How is she? Does she still have a fever?"

Upon hearing Bai Yang ask about her daughter, Bao Xiaolin immediately suppressed her excitement and hurriedly said, "She still has a fever, but it's a bit better than during the day; it's not as hot anymore."

After saying that, he led Bai Yang and Xi Shuang towards the bedroom.

On the 1.5-meter-wide wooden bed, besides Yueyue, there was also a snow-white tabby cat.

Bai Yang paused, surprised, and said, "A good-for-nothing? Is that it?"

He had gone with Qiqi to feed this stray cat twice before. The reason he was able to recognize it so accurately was mainly because the white tabby cat had a small tuft of heart-shaped black fur on its ear, which was very obvious.

Bai Xiaolin nodded, "Yes, it's this one. When we left Suzhou, this cat actually followed us all the way to our hometown in Connecticut before showing up. We're so lucky to have it, otherwise Yueyue and I might not have made it this far."

She added with emotion, "This cat is truly amazing, and its speed is astonishing. It chased away most of the animals that tried to attack us on the road. For the few it couldn't defeat, it led Yueyue and me away. Who would have thought that the cat that the two kids usually fed with leftovers would save our lives in such a critical moment?"

Bai Yang didn't find it strange at all, after all, he had too many capable pets at home, so the food bucket wouldn't stand out much in the room.

Xi Shuang took Yueyue's pulse and checked the wound. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Bao Xiaolin finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then she said, "When I took her to the hospital this morning, her wound was still inflamed; it was a large, bright red patch on her arm. When I changed her dressing this afternoon, I found that it wasn't so red anymore, and the wound had even healed a bit. Dr. Xi, do you think her recovery speed is normal?"

She still remembered what Dr. Chen said that morning: if the wound heals quickly and the fever doesn't subside, then it's possible that supernatural abilities will be activated.

Of course, they also emphasized that it's possible, not 100%.

Bao Xiaolin doesn't particularly want her daughter to have superpowers; it would be best if she did, but it wouldn't matter if she didn't.

In short, her health is the most important thing.

Xi Shuang asked a few more questions in detail, and finally concluded, "This speed is quite fast, of course, it is also related to her young age. As for whether she will develop superpowers, we will have to see her condition after she wakes up tomorrow."

Bao Xiaolin's eyes lit up, "He can wake up tomorrow?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, she will wake up tomorrow." Actually, based on the pulse diagnosis, the little girl should have woken up tonight, but her body is too weak and lacks nutrition. In addition, she is also injured and exhausted, so she will be unconscious for a longer period of time.

But it's not a big problem. With proper care, it's easy to recover.

After the thunderstorm, no more survivors came to Pengcheng for a long time, which gave the management office a buffer period to classify the survivors who had already entered according to their physical condition.

Finally, after counting the total population, it was discovered that no more people could enter Shenzhen.

It's not that it's already saturated, but according to the size of the base issued by Kyoto, it can only accommodate a maximum of 100,000 people.

The current figure is 100,800, which is already over the limit.

But that's not the problem. The problem is, once this period of time is over, there's a high chance that more people will come. So, should we accept them or not?

If we accept them, it's against regulations; if we don't accept them, what about those who come on foot?
Li Nan's suggestion was that the western wall was already built on farmland, and the land further west also belonged to Pengcheng. At the time, he couldn't take it all at once, so he cut it in half and only enclosed the greenhouse area.

We could encourage people to redevelop those abandoned lands, providing seeds and planting methods free of charge, and then sending a patrol team to guard those areas.

This solves the survivors' survival problem without them having to live in the city, so it doesn't violate any rules, right?

There is one point: although these people do not live in the city, they belong to Pengcheng, and their names and other information must be registered in Pengcheng.

Jiang Minglang thought this was a great idea. In his father-in-law's words, leaving the land barren was a waste. In a time when everyone was struggling to make ends meet, they should plant as much as they could.

Even if there are occasional losses due to natural disasters, as long as you plant, you will reap a harvest and accumulate experience. Things will definitely get better and better in the future, and there will be more and more grain.

Two years and six months into the apocalypse, the Pengcheng Management Office posted a notice encouraging citizens to leave the city and go west of the greenhouse area to cultivate land. Seeds and planting methods were provided free of charge, and those with wood-type or water-type abilities would receive points as a reward.

Most importantly, the grain produced in the first year belongs entirely to the grower, and from the second year onwards, only 10% needs to be handed over to the management office.

The policy was quite lenient, but surprisingly, not a single person signed up after it was posted.

That's understandable, since the city is definitely safer than the outside.

Moreover, there are many deserted villages in the city that are surrounded by walls, and a lot of land there is abandoned. If we really want to reclaim wasteland, why not start with the ones in the city?
After that, many people went to the management office to inquire whether they could settle down in a certain village, where they could cultivate ten acres of wasteland and hand over 10% of the land to the management office in the first year.

In terms of policy, can the seeds for the first year still be provided free of charge?

Once the first question is asked, a second and a third will follow.
As they watched the crowds surge toward the management office, Jiang Minglang and Li Nan, standing on the fifth floor looking down, exchanged a smile.

Seriously, you can't appreciate the difference without comparison, right?
In the past six months or so, those survivors who have recently arrived in Shenzhen seem to be quite proactive in finding jobs, but what are they actually looking for?
They were all like wolves, staring intently at the greenhouse area on Li Nan's side, as well as the paper mill, thermal power plant, and the garment factory that opened six months earlier.

Whenever a spot becomes available, people scramble for it like crazy.

They also posted notices telling them to go to the suburbs to reclaim wasteland.

Unfortunately, it was as if no one saw the notice at all; nobody paid any attention to it.

As time went on, the notices disappeared.

Now, they've all learned to take the initiative to ask and inquire.

Before long, people began to move into the thirty deserted villages.

Initially, 100 people were sent to each village, with each person having three mu of land.

You can form a team or hire someone; there are no restrictions.

In short, as long as you register and are willing to farm, that's fine.

After the three thousand people were deployed, at least half of the villages and wastelands north and east of Yunxi Village were put to use.

Don't underestimate these three thousand people. Once you get started, more people will definitely sign up one after another. They know that if they have to reclaim wasteland without a stable job, it's much safer to do so in the city than outside the city.

To strike first is to be strong, but to strike later is to suffer disaster.

To avoid being forced to leave the city to farm, many people would naturally prefer to farm in the city.

As for the land west of the originally planned greenhouse area, if any new survivors arrive, they will have to be relocated there.

Bao Xiaolin and Yueyue stayed in the hospital's family compound for about half a month. The wounds on the two of them and the cat had completely healed, and they were eating and drinking well. Their faces were visibly more rosy than before. Then, on this day, Bai Yang took them to Yunxi Village.

By the way, after Yueyue recovered from that fever, she indeed developed a superpower—the same great strength as her mother.

Watching her ten-year-old daughter easily lift a solid wood table, Bao Xiaolin felt very conflicted. She didn't know whether she should be surprised or not, or just be surprised anyway.

Whatever kind of superpower it is, having it is better than not having it.

So be it, I'll be a "muscle Barbie" then. It's fine this way, I won't suffer any losses later.

After a two-week break, she thought she would be able to see Bai Li again with a stable emotional state.

To everyone's surprise, when Yueyue hugged Qiqi and burst into tears, she couldn't help but shed two tears herself.

It was so difficult. A year ago, she couldn't have imagined that she would see Bai Li again one day.

The two adults were initially a little sad, but after hearing Gigi's words, they almost couldn't help but laugh.

"Yueyue, do you only think about Qiqi and not me?"

".think."

"You're lying. You hugged Qiqi, but you didn't hug me."

"I haven't had a chance yet, I have to hug them one by one."

"Okay, I forgive you."

Lin Zhe, who had been hugged by Yueyue, had a satisfied smile on his face.

That's great, another new friend has arrived.

Although they hadn't seen each other for more than two years, Yueyue, Qiqi, and Jiji didn't feel any awkwardness at all.

The three quickly became friends, and the two little boys led Yueyue towards the white orchard.

Bai Li then took Bao Xiaolin to the small courtyard she had chosen for her. It had been ventilated and cleaned, and was ready for immediate occupancy.

good night!