CHAPTER 893: CHAPTER 461: RUMOR TURMOIL (PART 2)

The seeds certainly shocked Qian Sen and Li Qingyun, but after the initial shock, they were left with overwhelming joy. Their main concern was the food issue, and as for how Fang Yuxin accomplished it, although they were curious, they were smart enough not to ask anything.

The seeds were soon planted, and both Qu Qianhe and Bai Zhengli, as well as Fang Jintang, attached great importance to this matter. Qian Sen and Li Qingyun were even more anxious, wishing they could watch over the planted seeds twenty-four hours a day, making observation reports.

However, there were still many studies waiting for them in the base, and the two of them simply didn’t have the time. In the end, they had to assign several assistants to write observation reports while they continued to stay in the research institute to work on other projects.

Although Fang Yuyang remained in seclusion in the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion, Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye didn’t always stay at the Hope Base. Seeing the crops growing better and better, they would occasionally go out. They didn’t dare to go too far, just hunting zombies in Long Province and the nearby provinces and cities.

With these two human weapons, the number of zombies in Long Province and the surrounding provinces and cities became increasingly few. Seeing the decreasing number of zombies, people from various bases started to feel more relaxed and began to expand the base range.

The food crisis was not only a problem troubling the Hope Base, but other bases as well. To offset the negative impact of low crop yield, the base could only expand farms as much as possible and clear larger areas of arable land.

However, even though the number of zombies was decreasing, the mutated creatures were still making life difficult. Especially the Mutated Birds and Mutated Rats, which reproduced very quickly, forming dense swarms every time they moved. The Mutated Birds could swoop down directly from the air, wreaking havoc in the base. The Mutated Rats could dig tunnels and were also very troublesome.

Not all mutated creatures were fit to become Contracted Beasts. Apart from people like Fang Yuxin who had a way, most superpower users either killed the mutated creatures they encountered or were killed by them.

As the number of zombies decreased, the superpower users gradually turned their attention to the mutated creatures. Fortunately, even if a mutated creature injured someone, there was no need to worry about turning into a zombie, which relieved some pressure.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the mutated crops planted on the farm began to yield gradually. Qian Sen had high hopes for these crops induced to mutate by Fang Yuxin. He specially arranged for people to monitor them day and night and write observation reports, just to know as much as possible about the growth status of these crops.

And the final result surprised him immensely. He didn’t know how Fang Yuxin managed it, but these crops not only met his expectations but greatly exceeded them! Their growth period was shorter, their life force stronger, and yet their yield was even higher!

Looking at the golden, heavy rice ears in the paddy fields, he could hardly believe his eyes! The golden grains were densely packed on the rice ears, each grain plump and growing exceptionally well! Without looking at the final weighing data, he knew the yield per mu of these rice plants would definitely exceed two thousand jin!

This kind of situation was only seen before the apocalypse, and he hadn’t seen it in a long time! No! These rice plants grew even better than those excellent rice plants from before the apocalypse! The yield should be even higher!

Not only the rice, but other crops harvested in the past few days also achieved high yields!

Just at this time, a rumor suddenly spread within the base, claiming that there’s not much grain left in the base, and a food crisis had already appeared!

Although it was not yet known who spread the rumor, the motive was quite malicious. It not only declared that the Hope Base was facing a food crisis, but also maliciously claimed that Bai Zhengli, the base leader, only cared about the superpower users, so that they could have enough food, while the ordinary people in the base had already been abandoned! At that point, they would starve to death!

The rumor spread quickly, developing numerous versions in less than half a day, reaching throughout the entire base. A large number of Ordinary People rushed into the commercial area, directly blocking the grain store, demanding to buy grain.

The base’s grain reserves were indeed not ample, so from the very beginning, food was supplied in limited quantities, with each person given a purchase limit. This was done to ensure that no one could hoard food maliciously, so everyone would have food to eat, and the base could hold on longer.