The apocalypse is weird: I am the number one containment object, what's wrong with being a litt

Boom...

After passing through a gate open to the main road, Ye Lan's motorcycle stopped on the side of the road, with a huge vegetable field on the side.

After pulling out the key and looking at the surrounding scenery, Ye Lan really felt like he had returned to the past for the first time. Driving out of the city, stopping on the side of the road, there were wheat fields on both sides.

The only thing that still didn't make me feel very involved was... the gray-black gloomy atmosphere of this wasteland was so lifeless.

In the vegetable fields on the side of the road, there were rows of plants that were pure black from stems to fruits. That was the legendary specialty of Sewage Town - the devil black pepper.

Perhaps to prevent outsiders, the vegetable fields were still within the outer wall of Sewage Town, but very close to the border. The entire large vegetable field was surrounded by a circle of wire fences, which looked quite safe.

I was able to come in unimpeded because the door was facing the town, and it was possible that my new vest could pass some kind of certification.

There is a small path on the roadside leading to the vegetable field, and at the end of the path is a small house.

Although it is the end of the road, it is not far away. People living here can take care of the roadside and take care of the fields part-time.

But for Ye Lan, this is still a bit outrageous... Farmers will not live directly in their own vegetable fields!

Creak.

The door of the small house was pushed open, and an old man with a straight back and a lively look between his eyebrows came out.

Although his clothes are still a bit tattered, the overall feeling is more like convenient for work. The overall mental and physical quality is much better than most of the townspeople in the sewage town he has seen.

However... under that "lively" look, there is a hint of haggardness that is difficult to conceal, and there is a hint of anxiety between his frowning brows. Needless to say, Ye Lan also understands that the change in this vegetable field has made the other party worried.

"Who is it?"

The old man quickly walked to the side of the road and came near Ye Lan. It was fine at first, but after a closer look, these eyes were full of vigilance.

But that's right. The other party's age is here, I don't know how many vicissitudes of life in Sewage Town. Even if I'm wearing a vest, I'm still a stranger.

"A member of the town guard, I received your commission and came to check the situation."

Ye Lan didn't intend to waste time on ineffective communication, and reported his identity clearly and concisely.

"I haven't seen you."

"I just started working today."

The old man was not very surprised, after all, Ye Lan's uniform said it all. He was slightly less vigilant, but he seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Oh... It doesn't matter. You are too young, don't waste time if you are not sure. Arthur didn't solve it, can you?"

Ye Lan shrugged, and he knew the xenophobia in Sewage Town. But now that there is an advantage in identity, then convince him.

"Whether it can be solved or not, we will know after we see it. Arthur can't do anything. If you don't count on me, who else can you count on?"

The old man looked at Ye Lan again, muttered something in his mouth, sighed and nodded.

"I know, come with me. Although I don't know why Arthur asked you to join the town guard, you don't seem to be someone who has any experience in farming. I'm old and don't want to experience hope and disappointment repeatedly."

Ye Lan didn't say anything, but suddenly realized something. The identity of a member of the town guard is enough to offset the negative impact of the "new face" for the people of Sewage Town.

The old man led the way in front, and Ye Lan followed closely behind, and stepped into the vegetable field of Devil Black Pepper with him.

It was better than the farmland before the end of the world. When you stepped in, it was not soft soil and mud, but... very solid.

It was especially solid, as if the soil had lost its vitality, just like the current situation of the entire wasteland.

As he walked, Ye Lan observed closely the famous black pepper that almost killed him with its first bite of food in the apocalypse.

The stems grew upward like corn fields, and on the black blood-like thin stems, a few pure black "fruits" were produced every few sections.

The fruits were in the shape of an inverted triangle, but the corners were not too sharp. Each one was the size of a small schoolbag, and the black color was like burnt charcoal, giving people the feeling that if they rubbed it, their clothes would be stained with ink.

The old man stopped, probably because he had walked to the most convenient place for observation. Ye Lan also tried his best to make himself look more professional, and reached out to touch the pure black devil black pepper on the stem.

The center of the pepper was very soft, and it seemed hollow in the middle. It could be flattened by squeezing it hard, but it felt a little like a green pepper.

Puff.

Ye Lan thought so, and did so. But just as he exerted a little force on his fingertips and entered the state of nirvana, a crisp sound came from the black pepper, and then dust-like granular gas spread out.

"Cough! Cough cough..."

Damn, it's so spicy!

Something like dust emanated from the pepper, and the tip of the nose was exposed to an extremely pungent smell, and even the eyes were so spicy that they almost shed tears.

Good, good, the second contact with the devil black pepper, I was dominated again.

Forcibly suppressing the state of discomfort, Ye Lan looked at the old man, who looked at him with melancholy. As if silently saying... Can you really do it?

It's like this after just smelling it, can you "cure" it?

"Tell me the details."

Ye Lan did not question this, but just began to understand the situation.

The old man may have tried his best to save the situation, and explained the current situation in detail.

"The soil has been surveyed by someone, and everything is normal and meets all the standards for planting; the water source has also been checked, and it is all pure sewage transported from the sewage ditch every day for irrigation, and there is no cutting corners for a single day. The fertilizer has also been checked by someone, and everything is normal. The weather now is the best every year, and it is the day when we can harvest a good harvest soon, but it is withering."

Ye Lan nodded gently and asked in a steady voice.

"Do you have the normal devil black peppers that you planted before? Show me and compare them."

"Yes, you wait." This is really too simple. The old man didn't say much nonsense, turned around and walked towards the hut again, apparently to get samples for himself.

In this moment of solitude, Ye Lan was a little confused for a while.

This... came with full confidence, and then found that it is indeed like a mountain between two different fields. This is a problem at the level of agronomy, and it is the end-of-the-world "new agronomy" whose principles are almost overturned and rebuilt. What can I understand?

What I am good at and can solve now are things related to abnormalities!

But...if I give up just like that, Ye Lan is really unwilling.

Soon, the old man came over holding a huge, black inverted triangle, and Ye Lan's eyelids jumped...

Okay. Originally, Ye Lan couldn't see anything, and even felt that the peppers here were "growing well". But once he compared them, he finally realized how serious the black peppers in the farmland were "withered".

The sample that the old man brought over was huge and full. Compared with the little one on the stalk now, it was like the sweetest and most ripe big watermelon in summer and the small melon that was raised with great difficulty in winter.

Just...even an amateur like him can see the extent of the problem.

"Assuming everything goes well, how long will it take for the melons here...no, the black peppers here to grow like this?"

The old man seemed to be hurt by a sentence and closed his eyes.

"Soon. It may be harvest season in a few days. Even three days ago, the black peppers you see now were almost this size. But overnight, they shrunk by nearly a quarter, and then became smaller and smaller, and became like this now... It's no longer edible."

This...

Ripe immediately, and then suddenly start to wither?

No...

Ye Lan suddenly understood the most unpleasant thing about him now.

How can this be withered?

This is degeneration!