Chapter 148

As soon as Su Jing's consciousness entered the herb planting area, she was drawn to the deep red figure in the middle of the hemostatic herb area—

Twenty mature hemostatic herbs stood in the spiritual soil, their leaves three times wider than when they were seedlings. The pale red leaves had a matte finish, and the tips were slightly curled. A faint medicinal fragrance could be smelled when you got close, which was a sign that they were fully mature.

She reached into her spatial toolbox and took out a pair of silver-gray miniature scissors, the blade touching the ground 1 centimeter away, ready to harvest the first plant.

"Su Jing! Are these red-leaved herbs the ones that can stop bleeding?" Little Jin darted over from beside the cultivation rack, its short golden fur speckled with spiritual soil. Its little paws clung to Su Jing's trouser leg, its voice filled with curiosity.

"Can the harvested crops be used for those who were injured before? Like the wounded soldiers in Lao Zhou's unit?"

"Yes, this is the hemostatic herb. Its medicinal effect is strongest when it is mature."

Su Jing smiled and nodded, then gently cut the first hemostatic herb in her palm. She carefully removed the excess spiritual soil attached to the roots. "However, we need to store this harvest first. The extreme heat is coming, and we need to ensure that we have enough medicinal reserves so that we can no longer sell them to others."

She placed the hemostatic herb into a transparent storage box next to her, lined with damp moss to prevent the leaves from dehydrating.

Xiao Jin immediately understood, ran to find a small bamboo basket, and pushed the basket to Su Jing's feet with its paw: "Then I'll help you fill it! I'll be gentle and won't crush the leaves!"

It squatted beside the basket, waiting for Su Jing to finish harvesting a plant before carefully taking it and placing it in the basket. It would even touch the leaves with its little nose to make sure they weren't damaged. "Su Jing, can you leave a few tender leaves? Maybe the fawns can eat them when they hatch. They're so small, they can't bite the old leaves."

"Okay, keep 5 of the tenderest pieces, wash them clean and put them in the fawn's food bowl later."

Following its lead, Su Jing selected five tender leaves with light red edges and placed them separately in a small dish. The remaining 19 hemostatic herbs were quickly harvested, and the herbs in the basket were neatly stacked without a single damaged leaf. A notification popped up on the communicator: [Harvested 20 low-level hemostatic herbs (98% activity), stored in the temporary storage area, ready for sorting].

The sorting and processing took place at the sorting station in the planting area. Su Jing first placed 10 hemostatic herbs into the temperature-controlled cabinet in the "personal use reserve area." Each herb was wrapped in breathable cotton paper and labeled "medicinal grade, shelf life 180 days."

These are for dealing with potential wound infections in extreme heat, or for use by Xiao Jin, a fawn that is about to be born;

She placed five hemostatic herbs in a seed sifting tray, gently crushed the leaves with her fingertips, and collected the sesame-sized black seeds inside. "These seeds can grow into 50 new seedlings, enough to plant two rows, just enough to fill the gaps after harvesting."

Little Jin came over to help pick up the seeds that had fallen through the sifting tray, rummaging through the tray with his little paws and scooping the seeds that had spilled onto the cotton paper into the seed bag: "I counted them, there are more than 200 seeds! We can plant lots and lots of hemostatic herbs, so we won't have to worry about running out of seeds in the future!"

It handed the bag full of seeds to Su Jing, its eyes sparkling, "Do you want to use the spirit herb growth solution from before? The seedlings grew so fast after we watered them last time!"

"Use a diluted solution; the original growth solution is too concentrated, and the new seeds can't tolerate it."

Su Jing took out the growth solution given to her by the wisteria demon from her space, poured 1 ml into 100 ml of purified water, shook it well, and handed it to Xiao Jin. "After you finish planting, help me water it. Just water each seed with 1 drop, don't water it too much."

Before sowing, Robot No. 3 had already dug 50 shallow pits in the harvested hemostatic grass area as Su Jing requested, with a spacing of 20 centimeters and a depth of 3 centimeters. Two milliliters of purified water were also dripped into the bottom of the pits to keep the soil moist.

Su Jing placed four seeds in each hole and gently covered them with a thin layer of soil with her fingertips. Xiao Jin, holding a diluted growth solution, used a micro-dropper to drip one drop into the bottom of each hole, her movements as serious as if she were completing an important task. "Su Jing, look, I've watered the seeds in this hole! It'll definitely grow the fastest!"

After sowing in 50 holes, Su Jing marked a small area next to it as "Reserve Planting Area" and sowed 100 reserve seeds there.

"This way, even if some seedlings wither, there will be backups to replace them, ensuring that there is always mature hemostatic grass available and there will be no shortage."

She scanned the sowing area with a scanner, and the message read: "[Hemostatic grass seeds have been sown. They are expected to germinate in 3 days and mature in 15 days, which is in line with the cyclical planting cycle.]"

After finishing her business in the planting area, Su Jing exited the spatial dimension, sat down at the workbench in the control room, and opened the management interface of "Number One Store Under Heaven"—

There are 350 Qi-gathering Grass, 300 Hemostatic Grass, and 15 Millennium Spirit Grass seedlings left from the previous listing.

She swiped her finger across "Product Management" and clicked the "Remove from Shelf" button. A confirmation message popped up: "[Confirm removal of low-level Qi-gathering Grass, low-level Hemostatic Grass, and Millennium Spirit Grass seedlings? After removal from shelves, new orders will no longer be accepted. Orders that have been placed but not yet shipped must continue to be fulfilled]."

"Confirm removal from shelves." Su Jing didn't hesitate. She looked at the "Product removed from shelves" message that popped up on the screen and breathed a sigh of relief.

Extreme heat is approaching, and the medicinal herbs are a vital safeguard for her, Xiao Jin, and the young deer. They are also key to preventing wound infections under high temperatures. Prioritizing her own supply and ceasing external trade to focus on cyclical cultivation is the safest option.

Xiao Jin squatted down next to her, watching the product icons disappear from the screen, and a voice in her mind said with understanding: "You won't be selling spirit herbs anymore? That way no one will come to snatch them up, and we won't have to worry about running out."

Su Jing patted its head, and just as she was about to respond, a light red system warning popped up on the communicator. The text on the screen made her tense up instantly: [Environmental Warning Update: The extreme cold will completely end in 10 days, and the world will enter a period of extreme heat. The highest surface temperature is expected to reach 60℃. Please complete the installation of high-temperature protection equipment immediately].

"Looks like we need to speed up the installation of cooling equipment and sunshades." Su Jing stood up and ordered the robots, "Number 1 and Number 2, continue installing the sunshade brackets in the planting area. Numbers 3 and 4, check the solar panels of all the cooling equipment to ensure they can supply power normally. Number 5, prepare the sunshade netting for the herb planting area. Everything must be installed by tomorrow!"

The robot responded immediately, and the sound of its tracks turning filled the control room.