Farm games to survive the apocalypse

After discussion, the four decided to proceed step by step. Li Qingruo and Xiao Chen would be responsible for collecting supplies, while Jiang Wei and Yang Le would be responsible for collecting and paying attention to various information.

Jiang Wei's plan was to walk through the streets and alleys of Xuancheng, familiarize himself with the terrain, and also find out some information, such as discovering some things from the rising food prices and other daily conversations.

Jiang Wei was eating wontons in a small shop when he heard the discussion of nearby residents.

“Why did the price of food rise again this month?”

"I can't help it. The war is intense at the front and I am still afraid of conscription."

"That's right. I hope the war will be over soon."

"Yeah, yeah."

Jiang Wei scooped up the last wonton with a spoon and ate it, then got up and left. The rise in grain prices during this period was a normal phenomenon. The fine grain that Li Qingruo bought from the grain store had increased from 5.6 wen to 10 wen per catty.

When I returned to the Li Mansion, I heard Li Qingruo said that it was not only the Li family in the city who were collecting food.

"We went to several households today and found that they had no food left. After asking around, we found out that several households in the city suddenly appeared and started purchasing food." Xiao Chen said anxiously.

"Could it be another player?" Li Qingruo was also a little worried.

"It's very likely. After all, the system said at the beginning that there will be one hundred teams this time, and the distribution areas should not be too scattered." Yang Le also said.

"It's okay. We have collected a lot of things. And the more food we collect, the more money we spend. The Li family will also be dissatisfied." Jiang Wei said.

Although the Li family loves Li Qingruo, they will not allow her to spend most of her money on buying food. They have been quite dissatisfied with her behavior recently, especially since the imperial court has begun to control food. It was fine before, but now large-scale stockpiling of food will easily attract attention.

"Okay, we've stockpiled most of the stuff anyway." Li Qingruo nodded.

A few days later, the imperial court began to recruit soldiers again.

Jiang Wei squeezed under the posted notice, "Every family with two or more sons must send one between the ages of fifteen and forty-five to enter the military camp for training and join the army."

"Didn't we just recruit soldiers at the beginning of this year?"

"Is the war so serious?"

"What can I do? There is no money at home."

Jiang Wei returned to Li's house and told the other three people the news. The original body's father died in the war. Jiang Wei certainly knew that in this era, ordinary people who participated in the war would basically end up as cannon fodder. Although silver could be used instead, it was difficult for ordinary families to come up with silver, so in the end they still had to send their family members to the battlefield.

"I went to the government office to learn about the situation and talked with the officers and soldiers there. The war on the border is tense, and Yancheng, located at the very border, is about to be breached." Yang Le told about his recent observations.

"Something's wrong." Xiao Chen said.

It's not just wrong, the progress of this dungeon is very fast. They have only been in this dungeon for 6 days, and the smoke of war is already imminent.

"Pack your bags. We can evacuate at any time if the situation goes wrong." Jiang Wei said.

"Yeah," the other three nodded.

Sure enough, news of the fall of Yancheng soon came. Conscription became more strict, and those who wanted to escape were caught and brought back, with troops escorting them along the way.

Even Xiao Chen was almost sent to serve in the military. He had two children at home and his eldest brother was already married. It was either he or his eldest brother to go. However, Li Qingruo had money and they didn't have to go after paying 10 taels of silver. So they stayed.

"It's a good thing. Otherwise, if they were sent to the border, no matter how powerful they were, they would not be able to withstand a hundred thousand cavalrymen." Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

After the people's reluctant separation and the departure of the conscripted soldiers, the situation of Kang Dynasty's retreat was alleviated to a certain extent, but the end of the world will never be so gentle.

After two or three days, Jiang Wei looked around the city and found dark clouds in the distance. Her eyesight had long since recovered to 5.0 after strengthening her physique. She looked carefully to see if they were dark clouds. As the dark clouds approached, Jiang Wei saw densely packed insects in them.

"It's locusts!" Jiang Wei reacted suddenly, then rushed back to the mansion and shouted loudly: "Everyone, hurry into the mansion, transport the food to the granary, and return to the city as soon as possible. Hurry up."

Upon hearing the news, Li Qingruo also hurriedly instructed the people in the mansion, "Quick, listen to Jiang Wei, and get moving."

Everyone was in a panic, but fortunately there was not much food left in the mansion, so they hurried to move it to the granary, closed and locked the door, and then returned to their rooms and closed the doors.

The locusts in the distance were like a dark cloud, getting closer and closer to Xuancheng, covering the sky and the sun, like the end of the world.

"Oh no, it's locusts. Go and cover the food."

"Hurry up and harvest the crops. We can't let these beasts steal and eat them."

"Hurry, little boy, return home, be careful of the locusts that are biting your flesh."

When the people saw the black swarm of locusts, some rushed to collect food, some protected the food, some ran home, and many people gathered together, everyone felt panic.

Jiang Wei and his companions looked at the locusts outside through the window and found that they were extremely large. The largest one was as long as a palm, with sharp mouthparts. The huge buzzing sound when flapping its wings was frightening. The locusts rushed towards the green plants as soon as they saw them. After a few bites, only the bare stems were left of the plants. The beautiful plants in the Li Mansion in the past became withered, and the lotus in the lotus pond was also eaten up, leaving only a desolate scene in the courtyard.

And more locusts flew farther and farther, flying to every distant place, flying to farmlands and devouring farmers' crops.

The locusts greedily clung to the crops that the people had worked so hard to cultivate, and used their huge mouthparts to erode every plant in the fields, until only a bare field was left. Some people shouted in order to protect the farmland, "Don't touch my food," but were bitten by the locusts and had to let go of their hands.

Everyone could only helplessly watch as the locusts flew up and down, eating every inch of plants on the ground, passing through every inch of land, and laying their eggs on the dry land.

Finally, he flew to the next place with satisfaction. The locusts invaded Qiu Xuan City for only a short hour, but the damage they caused was enormous.

Countless farmers rushed out of their homes, crying out to the land.

"It's gone. Everything is gone."

"Heaven is going to kill me."

"If we lose these foods, how will we survive?"

"My God, you have no heart."

Jiang Wei and others opened the door after seeing the large group of locusts leave. There were still some locusts scattered around the attached hospital, and they were all killed by the angry servants as a way of venting their anger.

Jiang Wei felt very uncomfortable when he saw that the green plants that had been carefully transplanted in the mansion were now completely unrecognizable and only a wasteland was left. The harm caused by this locust plague was more than that.