Mobile Shelter

Chapter 84 New Food Sources

Refueling your car is very simple. Although the vehicle's fuel tank has been reinforced and the maximum internal capacity has been increased, it still only holds a few times more fuel than a regular car.

However, the subsequent charging issue is still quite troublesome. Unlike the research institute built at the port, there is no fast charging equipment here.

However, since there are supply points everywhere along the way, there is no need to worry about running out of energy supplies.

Therefore, in order not to waste time, Dong Qi and his team decided to leave from here first and then go directly to the research institute to recharge after returning to the port.

The others boarded the bus provided by Qidong, while only Shao Kai accompanied Dong Qi.

Although Wu Yifei introduced them and the two had worked together tacitly on the ship, there was actually no deep contact between them, since Shao Kai had his own work to do on the ship.

However, having gone through this life-or-death experience together, Dong Qi and Shao Kai became even closer than he and Wu Yifei.

Perhaps because there was no one else in the car, the conversation between the two became more in-depth, and it was at this time that Dong Qi learned about Shao Kai's identity.

The patriarch of the Shao family was one of the twelve marshals of the Great Xia Dynasty. However, the Shao family was very large, with seven brothers and sisters in Shao Kai's father's generation alone.

Although Shao Kai's father was relatively young among his siblings, he was not the youngest.

Old Master Shao held rather traditional views, so most of the Shao family's resources were used on the eldest son, Shao Kai. Although Shao Kai's father could also enjoy some benefits, and although he was much better off than the average family, his benefits were still quite limited.

By Shao Kai's generation, not to mention his other cousins ​​in the Shao family, he also had several brothers in his own family.

According to the Shao family tradition, although Shao Kai's father was in his prime at this time, he had already begun to use his resources to pave the way for his eldest son.

While Shao Kai wasn't left to his own devices, the resources he received were indeed limited. Otherwise, given Shao Kai's age, he wouldn't just be mingling in the logistics unit of the Wintership, and not even a high-ranking one, but merely an inconspicuous mid-level manager.

However, Shao Kai did not complain about his situation. After chatting with Dong Qi along the way, Dong Qi realized that Shao Kai did not have a strong sense of ambition and was somewhat easygoing.

This personality is actually somewhat similar to Dong Qi's. Don't be fooled by the fact that Dong Qi not only awakened Blue Star skills but also received gifts from Mother Earth.

However, Dong Qi did not act like some novel protagonists who, after gaining special abilities, start to bully everyone and everything.

At the very least, Dong Qi was able to control his inner desires. Even after discovering that he could obtain a large amount of energy for manifesting thoughts through killing, Dong Qi did not go on a killing spree. Instead, he calmly followed his plan step by step.

Therefore, friends who get along well almost always have similar personalities.

Dong Qi also learned about Wu Yifei's identity through Shao Kai.

If Shao Kai achieved his current status by virtue of his elders' influence, then Wu Yifei, an orphan, obtained his status as a researcher through his own talent.

Although Wu Yifei was an orphan, his greatest strength, compared to his talent, was his interpersonal skills. He often liked to invest in people with potential using the resources at his disposal.

Just like Dong Qi, he had only known Wu Yifei for a few days before Wu Yifei helped Dong Qi join the mission.

Although this mission is actually very dangerous, for most people, carrying out this mission does not seem difficult on the surface, and most people feel that participating in the mission is just going through the motions.

At the time, whether it was Wu Yifei, Shao Kai, or even Dong Qi, they all thought the mission was very simple after seeing the supplies and personnel provided.

Therefore, this mission was actually an investment that Wu Yifei made in Dong Qi by using his connections.

Of course, because of Dong Qi's special ability, it can also be considered as Wu Yifei providing Shao Kai with a way to save his life.

However, this escape route, which was originally not intended to be used, unexpectedly helped Shao Kai save his life in the final desperate situation.

The two didn't find it boring at all, chatting and laughing as they walked along the coastline toward the port city.

At this point, it became clear that the frequency of attacks by the mutated marine creatures had increased significantly compared to when they left the port by ship.

Fortunately, because a large number of personnel were transferred from the inland areas, the coastal areas were still firmly under the control of the Great Xia.

Moreover, thanks to the contributions of many criminals, Da Xia was able to determine which parts of the mutated marine creatures' bodies were edible from their corpses.

Due to the heavy snow in the early stages and the gray snow in the later stages, the crops of grain, fruit and vegetables in Daxia were completely lost, which also led to the death of all poultry raised in the livestock industry.

The emergence of EMP has made it impossible for vegetables and meats stored in cold storage to be preserved for long periods of time.

In addition, the paralysis of industrial equipment has made it impossible to process those vegetables and meats into dehydrated dried vegetables that can be stored for a long time, or various canned goods that can be stored for a long time.

Therefore, the people living in the territory of Daxia at this time mainly consumed the supplies they had stored up during the peaceful era, and they had not found any new food sources.

When the snow melts, it not only directly pollutes a large amount of farmland, but also penetrates underground and pollutes groundwater resources.

Although those water resources can be used as drinking water after purification, large-scale purification for irrigation is simply not a realistic thing during this period of industrial equipment paralysis.

As for highly specialized indoor agricultural planting and indoor livestock breeding, due to EMP, not only were the original indoor equipment and instruments damaged, but the power plant was also unable to supply power as usual, so they were essentially paralyzed and unable to maintain normal production.

If it weren't for this reason, the imperial court wouldn't have been in such a hurry to use the prisoners in the jail to directly test whether the corpses of those mutated marine creatures could be eaten normally.

Although in the Great Xia, anything edible will be turned into food if it tastes good, and if it tastes bad, people will try to make it delicious. If it is really unpalatable, they will try to turn it into medicine.

But it wouldn't be like it is now, where they've discovered that those mutated marine creatures are the product of dual infection from nuclear radiation and an unknown space virus, and they're already eager to turn them into food.

If it weren't for the lack of other stable food sources, Da Xia wouldn't want to lower its standards like this.

However, lowering the edibility threshold of food in this way to obtain a stable source of food is much better than maintaining the previous food standards and living off our resources.