Chapter 103: Busy Farming in the Last Days

They first arrived at a small base with only a few hundred people. Due to the small number of people, the projects that could be completed were also very limited. If it were not for the high walls of a factory area that had been built before the apocalypse, this small base would probably not exist.

The members of the S base’s paranormal team have been exploring and understanding the situation outside the base, so they are very familiar with these small bases. The bases they visited this time had already expressed their desire to submit to the S base, so there was no danger. Otherwise, Liang Jincheng would not have brought Ji Cha out.

Ji Cha and Liang Jincheng sat in an off-road vehicle, with another off-road vehicle and a truck in front and behind them. In the other off-road vehicle were Qin Shuang and two other members of the ability team, and in the rear was the truck, driven by a regular soldier, with provisions such as main food, meat, vegetables, clothing, and other supplies. This amount of supplies was only enough for a meal at the base’s cafeteria, but for a base with only a few hundred people, it was enough for them to eat and drink for almost a month.

The car drove for about an hour and a half. Although the members of the ability team occasionally cleared out zombies along the way, they still encountered at least ten or more zombies from time to time. Having a means of transportation made them slightly safer, but it was very difficult for the people in the small base to have any contact with the outside world, and the journey could potentially kill them.

The leading off-road vehicle stopped in front of a high wall, with two zombies wandering outside the wall. The noise of their arrival attracted a lot of attention, and there were rustling sounds in the bushes around the convoy, making people alert.

Originally, Ji Cha was lying in the backseat of the off-road vehicle, resting with his eyes closed. He noticed the car had stopped and sat up again when Liang Jincheng pulled out a piece of candy from his pocket and put it in Ji Cha’s mouth before getting off the car. “Wait a bit,” he said.

Ji Cha played with the milk candy at the corner of his mouth and looked out the window, through the glass, wondering if the candy was expired.

He felt a little conflicted for a moment, but decided to keep it in his mouth. The taste was still the same, anyway.

Not long after Liang Jincheng got off the car, Ji Cha saw a head pop up from behind the tall wall. The person inside seemed tense as they peered outside, but relaxed visibly upon seeing the S-base mark and text on the truck. “Do you need our help?” they shouted outside.

Qin Shuang didn’t even look back. “No, just open the gate later.”

There were indeed a few zombies around, but they were no match for the ability team. After a short fight, which lasted about five minutes, Liang Jincheng confirmed that there were no zombies within a radius of 500 meters. He then walked up to Ji Cha, opened the car door, and said, “Let’s go.”

Ji Cha nodded and followed Liang Jincheng, one step behind him.

The factory gate was opened by the people inside, and three cars drove in one after the other.

As it was a small base, almost everyone inside had come out at this point. Ji Cha felt his heart pounding when he looked around. The people in the base were all very thin, wearing very little clothes despite the fact that it was already cold enough for Ji Cha to wear a scarf and gloves. Their eyes lacked vitality, and they looked at Liang Jincheng and Ji Cha with curiosity and caution, but mostly fear.

However, this base was not without its good aspects. There were old people, children, and women inside, and their numbers were not small. This was enough to show that the people here had not chosen to abandon the weak after the apocalypse, and that humanity still existed here.

Ji Cha’s gaze fell on two boys about the same age as Xiao Chao, who were so thin that their bones were visible through their skin. They had almost none of the innocence and childishness of children their age. His heart ached, and he turned to look at Liang Jincheng.

After both sides had finished introducing themselves, they learned that the leader of the small base was named Wu Kai, who appeared to be around thirty-five.

Liang Jincheng spends a lot of time outside and has gradually become numb to scenes like this as his powers upgrade. But when Ji Cha turned his head to look at him with a pitiful look, Liang Jincheng almost couldn’t resist reaching out to pat Ji Cha’s head.

“What’s wrong?” He asked Ji Cha in a low voice.

“Shouldn’t we distribute the supplies first?” Ji Cha looked at the people shivering in the crowd.

Liang Jincheng turned his head and gestured to a soldier. The soldier immediately ran to the back of the truck and opened the door.

The meat, vegetables, rice, and other supplies in the truck were revealed in an instant. The people in the base who had previously had calm gazes all focused on the truck at the same time.

Wu Kai was also an ability user as well. He had been working under Liang Jincheng for a while, and he could naturally sense the fluctuations of the base leader’s abilities. Compared to Liang Jincheng, his ability level was like a drop in the ocean.

After introducing themselves to each other, Liang Jincheng didn’t say anything, and no one else dared to speak.

Unlike the others who were naturally afraid of Liang Jincheng’s supernatural abilities, Ji Cha walked to the back of the truck and said to Wu Kai, “Brother Wu, come and move these supplies. It’s almost lunchtime. Why don’t we eat first and talk about business later?”

Wu Kai was taken aback. He looked at Liang Jincheng first and saw that he had no objections, so he quickly replied, “Okay, how much do we need to move?”

Wu Kai hesitated to ask and his heart was violently stirred. The people in their base were originally from a village, and the people in the village were somewhat related to each other. Therefore, they supported each other. The villagers had some food reserves, but they had been robbed of some of them in the past year and a half, and many had been damaged. In addition to consumption, there was not much left. In the past six months, the people in the base had been trying their best to fill their stomachs, but life was still very difficult, and they were already struggling to survive.

Seeing so many fresh supplies in the truck, almost all the people in the base turned red-eyed.

Ji Cha gave him a reassuring smile, “All of this is for you. You can move it wherever you want.”

Only then did Wu Kai let out a sigh and turned to call his companions in dialect. When he turned back, his voice was trembling, and he said “thank you” four or five times to Ji Cha, Liang Jincheng, and the others, and his eyes were already watery.

Ji Cha felt a bit embarrassed. They brought supplies due to the agreements they had in place. There was a former dairy and food processing plant within this small base, and the machinery inside was entirely new and had never been utilized previously. Given that the factory was founded just two years before the apocalypse, it could be regarded as relatively recent and capable of serving its purpose for a long time. Having control of this small base was also beneficial for the S city base.

The people in the small base quickly followed and began moving the supplies as if Ji Cha and the others might change their minds if they were slow. Therefore, the transportation of supplies proceeded briskly. There were newly harvested rice, freshly slaughtered pigs, and in addition to fresh vegetables, there were also many preserved vegetables, such as pickles and dried radish, which could be stored for a long time.

After the adults left, Ji Cha could now see the children standing around.

There were five children in the base, three girls and two boys, aged between four and ten, and all of them looked a bit timid.

Ji Cha walked up to Liang Jincheng and asked him, “Do you still have the candy you gave me earlier?”

Liang Jincheng took out a handful from his pocket and handed it all to Ji Cha.

Ji Cha looked down and found that the candy packaging was very simple, made of paper, with only the words “milk tea” printed in Chinese characters on it, without any other markings. He was a little puzzled, “This candy?”

Liang Jincheng explained, “Qin Shuang gave it to me before we set off. It was produced in the factory over there in the new district, and the quantity is still small. This is the first batch.”

So there was no expiry date issue.

Ji Cha was also pleased to hear this news. He took the candy and walked up to the children, then held out his hands and handed the candy to them, saying, “Here you go.”

The children were timid, and a woman next to them quickly pulled them aside and thanked Ji Cha before taking the candy. As Ji Cha listened to the childish “thank you’s,” he felt a bit uncomfortable. Translated on ho lo lo novels dot com.

After receiving some candy, the children couldn’t wait to eat one, and then cherished the remaining candies in their hands.

“So much meat…” The children couldn’t help but point to the pork with admiration.

In fact, not only the children, but also the adults in the base had already begun to salivate, wishing to take a bite immediately.

When the goods were almost unloaded, the other side began to prepare the meal.

Because they were used to being hungry, the women who were cooking were reluctant to use too much rice, but when Wu Kai saw this, he immediately said, “Put more, don’t be stingy. Let’s all have a good meal!”

With S base behind them, were they still afraid of not having enough food?

Since he had spoken, the woman “yes”ed in agreement and added a lot more rice to the pot.

On the other side, someone was cutting pork and cooking soup and vegetables, and everyone was busy. Ji Cha also joined in to help and learned about the survival situation of this base.

The small base didn’t grow much, and they didn’t have the same planting conditions as before the apocalypse, even if they did plant, they didn’t have much of a harvest. Before the apocalypse, three of the children in the base had already gone to kindergarten and primary school, while the remaining two had not yet gone to school. There were also nearly twenty people in the base who used to work in this food processing factory, each with their own job.

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