Chapter 5: Food
"The No. 8 experimental field was confirmed to be destroyed, and the experimental data were sorted and recovered......"
Several researchers looked at the data in their hands with a bitter face, and in front of them, there was a middle-aged and elderly man closest to the glass cabinet, he stared closely at the situation in the glass cabinet, and only sighed after a long time, and said to several researchers: "I am going to report to the council, and I have failed again, and I have failed eight times so far, this is not a reason for good luck or bad luck, or lack of time, it seems that the previous speculation may come true...... It's no longer a place for living things. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
As the leader of the food regeneration team, this middle-aged and elderly man was already a celebrity when he was in the Red Sea, he was a very famous botanist, agriculturist, and animal husbandry expert in the Red Sea at that time, as early as the beginning of the establishment of the island government, he had been ordered to rebuild the research on food planting and regeneration, and before the Red Dragon attacked, he made several achievements, so that the island government could have enough food in a short period of time, he can be said to be indispensable.
But now......
In all the internal force realms, internal qi realms, and Hao Qiquan are all performing all kinds of outing tasks, in the end, the ordinary people and ordinary warriors in the shelter are not idle to play and rest, their tasks are also quite heavy and important, from the water circulation purification system, to the reconstruction of various factories, the manufacture of a large number of vehicles, and the construction of underground bases, these are indispensable to their labor struggle, and even during this period, many people are tired and fainted, that is, because of this, only more than four months have passed after the attack of the red dragon, and the situation where the final refuge is located has been completely new, and the underground base has basically built a general outlineThe rest is just slowly built.
Water resources, although not much, only more than 220 cubic meters of stock, but some savings, and further optimization of the water recycling and purification system, this water can support the survival of everyone for two and a half years, this is no longer an imminent crisis.
As for the rest, there is also a large amount of radioactive minerals in storage, which is not serious compared to the abnormal loss of water, and the stored radioactive minerals are enough for the reactor to consume for decades, at least for the time being.
The basic materials are also stored very much, generally five to six internal force realm as a group, or a separate internal qi realm as a collection unit, their efficiency in recycling and collecting materials can be much stronger than ordinary people driving vehicles, the original Yaxi continent is the most developed of the three continents in the original Red Sea, although it has experienced various catastrophes and disasters, but a large number of urban ruins are there, taking metal as an example, some ruins and buildings can be broken at will, and a large number of steel bars can be collected from them, which can be said to be rich in resources, and these basic materials are enough for this small number of survivors to consume for a long time。
Now, more than four months after the Red Dragon attacked, there is actually only one truly looming crisis left......
Food!
According to the experience when it was thrown out, after the resumption of production, it was planned to use the greenhouse and artificial light to plant food planting, but in the trial stage was taken as a stick, all the plants planted were all unnaturally withered and died within a few days, the results of the study showed that there were no pests and diseases, and there were no unsuitable toxins and the like, there was only one reason, abnormal liquid loss, and the speed at which the rhizomes of plants absorbed water was even much lower than the rate of water loss in the soil.
Of course, in terms of Red Sea technology, it doesn't matter if you don't use soil, the artificially prepared nutrient solution, coupled with the full isolation state to prevent water loss, there is indeed no such thing as a plant withering within a few days in such a trial environment, but the growth rate is slow, abnormal decay, sudden death and so on still happens, when the first wave of emergency accelerated vegetable planting for ten days, which can be harvested and marketed in the original Red Sea, and even before the Red Dragon attacked, but this batch of plants is still in the seedling state, and has died more than three percent of the seedlings, according to this growth rate, it may be fully grown, less than 20% of the harvest......
This happened again and again, and the situation that was not too stressful about food production immediately changed, and everyone with relevant expertise immediately launched an urgent study, and this famous botanist, agriculturist, and animal husbandry was the number one expert in leading the research, but the results of the study were desperate......
“...... Unfortunately, I can't explain the current situation, and there is no theory in my knowledge that can explain the current situation, there are no pests and diseases, and there are no genetic mutations, and the cause of death is the self-decay of plant cells, if I have to make an explanation, I think it is the plants dying on their own...... The environment here is no longer suitable for any plant to live, even if we use artificial environment to simulate it, it may be unknown radiation, or it may be some deeper unknown fluctuation, in short...... The replanting plan has failed, and I am responsible, and I will take the blame and resign......" The middle-aged and elderly man said in a low voice, wiping his eyes, and then looking directly at the top of the government.
Lan Ling'er was also among them, she, like everyone present, had a thick dark circle under her eyes, and she immediately said to the middle-aged and elderly man: "Mr. Wang, please don't say that, this is not your responsibility, you have done your best for this...... You haven't been home for a week, haven't you? You've been in the test field every day, sleeping less than three hours a day, and you've been making reports, you've been writing texts that fill this room, which we can't do at all...... What's more, Mr. Wang, you have also found that algae plants are the least affected, which is actually the biggest result. ”
The middle-aged and elderly man shook his head slowly, and he said bitterly: "The lower the plant, the slower the decay rate, but just like the rate of water loss, the decay rate of the plant is accelerating, at present, it is estimated that a large number of algae plants can be allocated to get some food within a month, but as the decay rate of algae plants continues to accelerate, after a month, we will no longer have any food sources...... I don't feel like I've achieved anything, it's just the last bit of comfort......"
Everyone is silent, yes, in the report of the middle-aged and elderly man in the past few days, this can be completely confirmed, the decay rate of plants is gradually increasing, even in the case of complete isolation, plants still follow some mysterious law in decay, irretrievable decay, so far, the only plants that can be cultivated and survive and reproduce are only algae, maybe food can also be found from the microbial aspect, it really can't, through water, minerals, etc. to synthesize food can also be considered, but as the middle-aged and elderly man said, this is just the last bit of comfort, unless the technology they have mastered immediately jumps significantly, to the point where you can synthesize food with energy alone, otherwise in less than three months, everyone will starve to death, without exception!
At this time, among the people present, the scientist suddenly spoke: "After this continent is broken, the external erosion has penetrated into all aspects, and the broken continent here can only maintain the existence of human beings, but in addition, whether it is water, air, plants, animals, or even the broken continent itself, it is actually slowly disappearing...... Looks like we have to get there. ”
Almost all of the people present were high-level government officials, including middle-aged and elderly men, and for the replica of the ancient scientist, that is, this young man who called himself a scientist, everyone present was already familiar with it, and the theory of external erosion he proposed was also the one that made everyone despair the most.
On the outside, only mind-level creatures can maintain their existence, and only god-level creatures can shelter the surroundings, while all other tangible things will be eroded from the outside and then turn into nothingness, including this Yasi continent, the entire continent will be like this, but the time is longer or shorter.
Unless it is to meet the standard of a self-generated cycle world, such a world can maintain its existence outside, and at the same time shelter the creatures in the world, and the original Yaxi continent because of its huge size, so whether it is the loss of water, or the decay of plants, etc., its speed is very slow, almost imperceptible, or it needs to be measured in years to be detected, but when the Yasi continent is broken, although the overall amount has not changed, it is no longer a whole, which makes the external erosion begin to intensify, and the resulting consequence is the loss of water, air and other materials, as well as the decay of plants, and even the decay of microorganisms after that, and even when the erosion reaches the end, if everyone has not returned to the Seven Seas World at that time, then it will be the decline of the human race.
Scientists have come up with such an explanation, and at the same time a solution, perhaps the only one......
Invade other small worlds, plunder water, food, and, if possible, merge the small worlds into the shattered continent of Yasi, which can greatly slow down the effects of external erosion.
When the scientist spoke, the rest of the people present were silent, and after a long time, Lan Ling'er asked, "So...... A vehicle that can carry ordinary people across the world, even if it's just a short distance, and then invade the small world closest to us...... What about the construction of the Dragon Dimension battleship?"
The scientist smiled, then said dejectedly, "It will take at least three months...... This is already the fastest speed, all weapons and equipment are not manufactured, and even the engine is an external fluctuation engine that has been simplified and simplified to the limit, the energy source is extremely inefficient, and it takes at least five reactors to drive such an engine...... Large...... Just that, it will take another three months, at least three months......"
After three months......
At that time, were they still alive?
This thought arose in everyone's hearts......