The heavy rain has been falling for more than a month. During this period, the plants in the mountain forest have grown rapidly.

In the bamboo forest in the city inside the camphor tree base, the bamboos are knotted and growing taller and taller.

Li Yu put down the military radio headset in the duty room.

The situation in Oil City was much better with the help of the mobile knife.

It's just that the situation in the satellite cities around the Da Zhangshu base seems a bit bleak at the moment.

There has been no contact with the fifth satellite city for a long time. Li Yumo thought that all the people in the satellite city were dead.

The fourth satellite city is slightly better, but it is too far from the base and has no heavy artillery support. Today, the second uncle contacted Xu Taishan. Two-thirds of the manpower there was lost, and less than 300 people were left. Now they are huddled in the building.

Among them, the wall has already been captured by zombies.

The walls of the first, second, and third satellite cities have also fallen, but their conditions are better than those of the fourth satellite city.

Before they withdrew from the wall, the base used heavy artillery to bombard a wave of zombies from a distance. They did not lose many men when they retreated into the building.

But they lost more people when resisting the zombies.

Now the total number of people in the four satellite cities is less than 2,600.

This number is slightly smaller than the old cooperators.

Originally, according to Li Yu and his second uncle's estimate, the number of survivors who escaped this time should be between 6,000 and 8,000.

A thousand people who participated in the protest were subsequently caught and killed. During this heavy rain, the fifth satellite city with the largest number of people was wiped out, and the number of people in several other satellite cities was also reduced a lot.

The remaining people are only one-third of those who originally fled here.

Seeing Li Yu in a daze after contacting Oil City and Satellite City, he sighed, walked over and said to Li Yu:

"Our capabilities are limited. Not to mention whether bringing all those people into the base will cause civil strife, let's just say that they will have no food when they come in. How much food will we consume to feed them.

People will go crazy when they are hungry. These old cooperative workers basically have some food in storage. Even if they consume it all, they can be given part of it on credit.

But if those new collaborators come in, the food pressure will be too great."

Li Yu knew that his second uncle had misunderstood him and thought he was feeling uncomfortable, but in fact he was not.

Because he knows very well how much food is stored in the base.

Even if all new partners are brought in, he will be able to support himself for a while.

But why?

Why should they hoard and grow the food they worked so hard to feed to others in order to save more people?

Then what?

What are the benefits?

Was it the protests and rebellions that broke out before?

Or are you greedy and want more?

In the last days, the sinister human heart has seen too much ingratitude, and it owes nothing to anyone.

Besides, Li Yu thought he had done well enough.

The satellite city was left for them to avoid zombies, and even a small amount of food was left.

He...has a clear conscience.

The reason why he was in a daze was because the heavy rain had been falling for more than a month, and counting the time, it should be almost over.

The second uncle saw that Li Yu didn't answer him, so he poured a glass of water for Li Yu.

"Drink some water. The rainwater outside smells like Houttuynia cordata. It's better to filter it and boil it before drinking it." The second uncle said.

Li Yu took the water glass, nodded and said:

"Don't worry too much.

I asked Bai Jie and others, and they said that when lightning discharges in the air, it can help purify the air.

Because lightning discharge will produce a gas called ozone. Ozone has strong oxidizing properties and can decompose harmful substances in the air, such as sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, etc.

This kind of ozone is a light blue gas with a special odor. When the concentration is low, it smells like grass, and when the concentration is high, it smells like Houttuynia cordata.

There have been heavy rains, lightning and thunder recently, and it’s caused by too much lightning. It’s not a bad thing... eh.”

Li Yu suddenly stopped.

He remembered that after a heavy rain, isn't the strong solar radiation a bad thing?

The continuous heavy rain for so long has taken away dust and other tiny particles in the air, reducing the effect on diffuse reflection of sunlight. In addition, solar flare activity is abnormal...

Seeing Li Yu stop talking, the second uncle asked with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

Li Yu shook his head and said: "It's okay, I just suddenly thought about the research on zombies in the scientific research room. Bai Jie told me last time that a large number of cancer cells were found in the jumping zombie.

According to their research, even if the individual has died, the cells can still survive for a long time. Within 24 hours after death, some mice still have more than 1,000 genes that still remain active, and some are even more active than before death.

Especially those genes that cause cancer.

So the reason why this zombie can change is because the number of cancer cells increases, and the increase in cancer cells is related to the trace elements in the rainwater, but they have not found the source of infection, so it is difficult to figure out..."

After hearing this, the second uncle thought for a while and said:

"If I remember correctly, Madi seemed to have said that the outbreak of the virus originated from an extraterrestrial meteorite. They used this meteorite to extract a drug that could treat cancer. Later, the injection of the drug caused a zombie outbreak."

"Is it possible that if we find this meteorite, we can find a solution to the zombie virus?"

Li Yu nodded and said:

"It's possible, but Ma Di said that this piece of Tianwaiyu may have been taken away by people sent by the government, or taken away by the Western Alliance. Another possibility is that it still remains with the original pharmaceutical company.

But after the end of the world, the government collapsed. I have been to the Western Alliance before, and there was no whereabouts of meteorites.

The pharmaceutical company is in M ​​City, and I don’t know what that place is like anymore.

And after the end of the world, there will be so much chaos, who knows where that stone fell, it’s hard to find..."

He knew very well that until he was reborn two years later, the rumored meteorite had not been found.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking for it now is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the chance of finding it is slim.

Hearing what Li Yu said, the second uncle sighed with some disappointment and said:

"Take your time, you can always find it. Even if you can't find it, as long as you keep researching, you will one day be able to develop a potion to deal with zombies."

"Yeah." Li Yu nodded silently and did not continue to answer.

For some things, we can only do our best and obey fate.

.......

Coming down from the duty room, Li Yu came to the first outer city.

After nearly two months of nursing, the wounds of He Chao and Gongsun Jing have already healed.

"How is it? Is the injury completely healed?" Li Yu looked at He Chao and asked, with a faint smile on his face.

When He Chao heard what Li Yu said, he lay down on the ground and did more than twenty push-ups, finishing them in one breath.

After finishing it, he gasped and said: "Mr. Li, there is no problem at all. You see, I can do it at will!"

Li Yu said with a smile: "Okay, don't be sarcastic. Now that you are better, you have to take over the affairs in the outer city."

"Okay, hehe." He Chao had a simple and honest smile on his face.

During the time when He Chao was injured, the second uncle had been managing the outer city, but the second uncle also had to manage the affairs in the inner city, such as planting, breeding, factories and other trivial matters. He was extremely busy.

.

Now that He Chao has returned, he can also reduce the burden on his second uncle.

When leaving the First Outer City, Li Yu passed by the greenhouse and saw the imperial concubine walking from the greenhouse to the door.

During the heavy rain, the imperial concubine seemed to be holding an iron basin to fill the water. Seeing Li Yu wave, Li Yu also extended his hand in response, and then returned to the inner city.

Back in the inner city, Li Yu looked through the list of supplies in the warehouse of Da Zhangshu Base that Li Yuan had brought over.

Rice: 978 tons.

Corn cobs: 356 tons.

...

Salt: 59 tons.

Sugar: 45 tons.

.....

After taking a rough look, he had an idea. Whenever he saw these supplies, he would feel full of happiness.

He went through the most difficult days, so when he saw the warehouse full of supplies, he no longer worried about starving to death.

Many collaborators may have a deep understanding of this feeling.

Looking at the pouring rain outside, Li Yu put down the iPad in his hand and murmured to himself: "This rain, count the days, it should be almost over..."
To be continued...