In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

To be honest, protein blocks are really disgusting, especially when you know what raw materials are used to produce them. It absolutely kills any desire to eat them.

But in times of life and death, protein blocks are genuinely good stuff, and even Li Ming admits their value.

After all, although mutant cockroaches look disgusting, people still need to live.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ming said, "Immediately begin artificial breeding of cockroaches and research into the production of protein blocks!"

A staff member immediately took notes and began preparing to carry out this work. Of course, protein blocks might not be needed now, but that doesn't mean they won't be needed in the future.

Cockroaches have strong survival and reproduction abilities, which makes them a good resource in the apocalypse.

They can be prepared as technical and food reserves. After all, in the apocalypse, everything is about survival, and all actions revolve around survival.

After seeing these mutated southern giant cockroaches, Li Ming was already surprised by the mutation abilities of these insects, but then Elder Sun gave him another lesson.

"Chief, not only are insects mutating, but even rats are mutating!"

"What? Let's go take a look!" Li Ming had dreamed of many mutant rats, but dreams are dreams, and seeing them in reality is another matter.

Soon Li Ming was led to an iron cage, and he gasped when he saw the rats inside.

These rats were too big. The entire rat was about 80 centimeters long from head to tail, and their bodies were also very large, looking almost half a meter long, with blood-red eyes.

These rats looked like they weighed about 15 to 20 pounds, about the size of a 20-day-old piglet.

It was shocking that a rat could grow so big!

Li Ming turned to Elder Sun and asked, "Elder Sun, besides the size, what other differences are there between these rats and ordinary rats?"

"Chief, please take a look!" Elder Sun said, taking out a thin iron wire to tease the rat.

As a result, the rat in the cage opened its mouth and bit the wire, even biting through the thin iron wire. Although it was a thin wire, it was still shocking.

The rat's bite force was so strong that Li Ming was amazed, but then he discovered the use of rats of this size.

"Elder Sun, can you conduct research on the edibility of these rats?"

Elder Sun smiled, "Chief, we have already started research in this area. According to our current research, although these rats and cockroaches carry various bacteria and viruses, they can be processed into food after our technical treatment."

"Especially the rat meat. The bacteria in the rats are no different from ordinary rats, and there is also Pasteurella pestis, but for us, as long as we carry out high-temperature cooking, the rat meat can be made into canned meat..."

Li Ming nodded. Eating rats is risky, after all, these rats are definitely surviving by eating corpses and garbage, so the bacteria and viruses in their bodies are countless.

But even the most powerful viruses can't withstand high-temperature sterilization technology, and Li Ming also has enough technical means to deal with these things.

After hearing that rat meat could be cooked, Li Ming became interested and prepared to carry out a large-scale rat-catching campaign.

Elder Sun suddenly remembered something and said, "Chief, according to the mutation of these animals and insects, there may be a large number of insect plagues, rat plagues, and snake plagues in the future!"

"Huh? Snake plagues? Are you sure there are still snakes that can survive?" Li Ming asked in surprise.

"Chief, many animals, such as snakes, can hibernate for a long time, so many snakes will definitely hibernate during the extreme cold. Now that the temperature is rising, once the rat plague breaks out, the snakes on the food chain will inevitably appear, and snakes generally feed on rats," Elder Sun said.

After speaking, he led Li Ming to a display case made of explosion-proof glass and pointed to a colorful snake inside, "Chief, this is the snake we recently captured. This snake has obviously also undergone mutation. Just look at the colors on its body to know how terrifying this thing is!"

Li Ming nodded and said, "Elder Sun, currently, with our technical means, we are already producing special insecticides, but there is no good way to quickly catch rats."

'After all, you know that once there are too many rats, a rat plague will inevitably break out, which is a very terrifying infectious disease and very deadly, so a large-scale rat extermination work is imperative!"

After hearing Li Ming's words, Elder Sun smiled, "Chief, we had already started similar research after catching these rats. Currently, we have developed a special rat trap, mainly using ultrasonic waves to attract a large number of rats to gather, and then using ultrasonic waves to put the rats in a state similar to being drunk so they can be captured in large numbers."

Li Ming was overjoyed, "There really is such a thing?"

"Chief, this is just something we developed based on the rat's sensitivity to sound waves. After all, many animals are far more sensitive to sound waves than we humans."

After listening, Li Ming nodded and said, "Has this device been tested? How is the effect?"

"Chief, it has already been used inside the base, especially in areas such as the planting area. It has been used and the effect is very good, capturing many rats."

"Immediately arrange for the production of this rat-catching equipment!" Li Ming instructed Captain Wang Shuang.

"Yes!"

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After leaving the research center, Li Ming was not in a good mood, because many disasters would occur next, especially the harm of the four pests, which are flies, mosquitoes, rats, and cockroaches.

These four kinds of creatures have begun to mutate, which will further strengthen their survival ability. Of course, this may not be a bad thing.

Take rats as an example, they can provide a certain source of meat for humans, but if you want to eat the rats you hunt yourself, there is a certain risk, so Li Ming decided to encourage the survivors to hunt rats and snakes in exchange for the canned food produced here.

On the other hand, he can also send troops to use special equipment to hunt rats and snakes on a large scale, and turn these things into edible canned food and put them on the market.

In general, the apocalypse is full of crises, but crisis and opportunity coexist......