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

The drone flew along its path, spotting a resident on the roof of an apartment building who had gone up to retrieve something while wearing slippers. The soles of the slippers softened from the heat of the cement rooftop.

They stuck to the cement, and the resident immediately turned around and ran, abandoning the slippers.

Some of the glass on the city buildings was hot to the touch from the sun, reflecting light so intensely it was blinding.

Oppressive heatwaves swept through the city center, visibly distorting the air.......

After observing all of this, Li Ming recalled the drone. Just then, good news arrived from the research center.

"Report, Chief, the drought-resistant sweet potatoes and some drought-resistant grain crop seeds are ready for production!" Secretary Wang Shuang reported.

"Okay, I understand. Let's go to the research center and take a look!"

Li Ming had never relaxed his investment in the research of edible grain crop seeds. Now, results were finally emerging.

Not only drought and heat-resistant sweet potatoes, but also drought-resistant seeds for some grain crops had been developed. These would be extremely useful during the extreme heat disaster.

Soon, Li Ming arrived at the research center. The expert in charge of the project was named Qi.

"Professor Qi, tell me about your progress," Li Ming said directly.

"Chief, based on the technical data of drought and heat-resistant sweet potatoes, we have conducted a series of genetic modifications to existing crops, such as corn and potatoes. These seeds can survive and produce yields in high-temperature and drought environments."

"Chief, please look at this corn seed. In our laboratory conditions, with a simulated temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, the growth of these corn plants is still very stable, as you can see. They require very little water," Professor Qi explained.

Li Ming knew why he was being shown this. He asked, "Professor Qi, how long does it take for this drought-resistant corn to yield from the time it is planted?"

"Chief, according to our predictions, this drought and heat-resistant corn is based on the technology of drought-resistant sweet potatoes. We estimate it will take about 2 months to mature. However, the yield depends on the fertility of the soil. We estimate that ordinary survivors, without sufficient chemical fertilizers and only using the nutrient solution provided with the seeds, will only get about 600 pounds per acre."

"That means one pound of seeds will yield an average of about 130 pounds of corn."

After hearing this yield, Li Ming was silent, but then he realized that this was without the use of other fertilizers. Thinking of this, he asked, "If farm manure is used reasonably, what can the yield per acre reach?"

"About 4 pounds of seeds are needed per acre. With reasonable use of farm manure, the maximum yield is 800 to 1000 pounds per acre. That's the limit," Professor Qi explained.

Li Ming couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed that drought and heat-resistant sweet potatoes were still the main focus. No matter what, sweet potatoes contain sugar, and they have a high yield. Their yield is even greater than potatoes, making them definitely the best food crop in the apocalypse.

"What is the yield of drought-resistant sweet potatoes?"

"Chief, for most ordinary survivors, one pound of sweet potato seeds will yield a maximum of 90 pounds of sweet potatoes. However, sweet potato vines can also be eaten, so that can also be considered another food supplement," Professor Qi said.

Li Ming nodded. "How is the research on drought-resistant vegetables going?"

"Chief, that's not very realistic. Vegetables have a high water content. If they are drought-resistant, they still need a lot of water for irrigation, so..."

Li Ming was helpless but still very satisfied with the performance of the research center.

Just as Li Ming was inspecting the base, a terrible insect plague finally broke out in the outside world.

Li Ming's former manager, Lao Zhang, was resting at home. Since joining Li Ming, their lives had become more and more promising. The entire community banded together for survival and received support from Li Ming. Except for a few elderly people, most had survived the extreme cold period.

Their lives were much better than others!

Basically, every household had a lot of cold-resistant potatoes as reserves, as well as some fuel given to them by Li Ming, and they had stored a lot of fresh water after receiving Li Ming's notice in advance.

This kind of life could be said to be like a fairy tale. In addition, they had obtained a lot of solar panels from Li Ming's market, achieving electricity freedom, and the fans were running in the house, making life very comfortable.

So, the life in the main city garden during the period from the end of the extreme cold to the retreat of the flood was really very pleasant.

One day at four o'clock in the afternoon, a family of three had just finished dinner, lying on the bed resting with the fan blowing, when Lao Zhang suddenly felt something crawling on his leg.

"Damn!" He quickly got up and took a look, and couldn't help but complain.

Because a huge cockroach crawled across his leg. This cockroach was actually the length of a palm, and about two to three centimeters wide. What the hell, was this a southern giant cockroach?

Lao Zhang was stunned. The size of this cockroach was too big, completely beyond his cognition.

What was even more terrifying was that the big cockroach flapped its wings and flew up, flying directly into his face.

"Ah!" Lao Zhang was shocked and quickly swatted it down, knocking the big cockroach to the ground, and then picked up the cockroach-killing artifact unique to southerners, and slapped it down with a slipper.

With a crisp "crack" sound, the big cockroach died without a complete corpse.

As a southerner from the Tianhui Empire, he knew very well what a southern giant cockroach was, but the size of the cockroach in front of him really made him unable to hold back.

The cockroach that died without a complete corpse made his skin crawl. He knew very well that when a big cockroach appeared in your house, it meant that there were already countless cockroaches in your house.

He didn't understand where these cockroaches came from.

Lao Zhang subconsciously looked towards the flood outside Chuanlu Country, and saw countless garbage bags floating on the water. When he thought of the cockroaches actually eating the things in the garbage bags, he couldn't help but feel a little nauseous.

"Ah!" Just as he was thinking, screams from his wife and son came from another bedroom.

Lao Zhang hurriedly put on his clothes and slippers and went straight to the other bedroom.

As soon as he opened the bedroom door, he saw four or five big cockroaches flying around wantonly in the bedroom. Lao Zhang became angry from the bottom of his heart and directly picked up the usual fly swatter and hit a big cockroach that was landing on the wall.

The fly swatter, which had always been effective, actually failed. Although the huge cockroach was hit, it did not die completely, but was only injured......