Wasteland Garbage Planet 31 Tree Species

Early in the morning, Themis woke up from a beautiful dream.

The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the familiar features. Ximis couldn't help but reach out to trace Xie Yunsui's outline, as if he hadn't changed at all.

The eyelashes trembled under the skin. Themis moved her hand away, met his gaze, and then smiled.

Such a bright smile had never been seen on Themis's face. His smile was always cold and faint. Even when he was very happy, his smile was restrained. But now Themis' smile appeared more often on Theodore and Syl's faces.

A smile was reflected in Xie Yunsui's eyes. Without saying anything, Xie Yunsui knew that he was "thinking" of the past.

"How much do you remember?"

"Not much, just... I really want to eat boiled fish."

Xie Yunsui laughed: "I remember quite a lot."

Xiaoxi in every world is obsessed with this dish. When talking about boiled fish, Xie Yunsui thinks of the scenes of eating fish with Xiaoxi in several worlds.

Themis's memories have recovered a lot, and he has accepted the "aliens from another world" that he had not been able to understand before.

Thinking back to how he almost killed Xie Yunsui because of his lack of belief and excessive vigilance, Ximis felt a pang of fear.

"I'm sorry, I always forget. You are the only one who remembers. Every time you have to come to me to tell me, and you have to rebuild the relationship with me." Ximis said guiltily.

Xie Yunsui held her in his arms and couldn't help but kiss her. "You'll eventually fall in love with me. Just like you change your appearance every time we meet after a long time, it's quite a surprise."

Xie Yunsui never thought that this was something worth worrying about, but rather regarded it as a small happiness in life.

After being kissed, Themis subconsciously kissed back.

When he was just Themis, he wasn't used to such intimate gestures, but now he was a complete Xiaoxi with memories of multiple worlds. After more than a thousand years of being together, what kind of positions had they not tried? What was a mere kiss?

The two of them kissed each other and soon became passionate. Just as they were about to take their feelings a step further, they heard Moira's voice outside the house.

Xie Yunsui: "..."

Themis: “…”

…

Moira waited for a while before the door was opened. Xie Yunsui's eyes behind the door made her feel uneasy.

Xie Yunsui: "Themis just woke up, what's going on?"

Noira said: “It’s okay, I came to see you.”

Xie Yunsui raised an eyebrow and let the person in: "Is the problem in the vegetable field or the pond?"

"Neither. This morning, when the rust workers arrived for work, they discovered that all the trees they had planted were dead. The leaves were withered and yellow. I broke off a few branches and found that the centers of the branches were black."

The Rust People were frightened by the large-scale death of tree species. Fearing that Themis and the others would put the blame on them, they quickly reported it.

Moira quickly confirmed that all the tree species were dead before coming over to explain the situation to Xie Yunsui.

She said: "It's not just one or two trees that are dead. All the trees are dead. But when we finished work yesterday, they looked fine. At most, the leaves were a little yellow."

The construction of the oasis city planned by Xie Yunsui required a lot of wood, so a lot of trees were planted.

It takes too long for a tree to grow from a seed into a big tree, so Xie Yunsui directly asked the rust workers to dig holes and plant small trees that were more than three years old. All of them were varieties that would survive as soon as they were planted in the soil.

Xie Yunsui said, "It must be a problem with the soil. I understand."

"Is this completely scrapped?" Moira asked.

"Well, the depth of soil that black grass can purify is limited. Tree species and vegetable species are different. If they want to take root, they have to go to deeper places with water. They must have eaten the poison from deeper inside." Xie Yunsui frowned slightly. This was his inconsideration.

Themis went downstairs and heard the second half of the sentence: "Is there a problem with the tree species?"

Moira looked at him twice.

Taking a shower early in the morning? Your hair is still wet.

Xie Yunsui nodded and told Moira about her discovery. Ximis frowned slightly: "Doesn't that mean we have to replace all the tree species?"

"There's no other way. The benefits of afforestation are not just providing a batch of timber. Even if the next batch dies, we have to replace them until they survive." Xie Yunsui said with a smile.

Moira heard his firm tone and said, "Then I'll go and ask them to dig out the dead tree seeds."

There were no outsiders in the villa for the time being, so Xie Yunsui pinched a fire crystal core and reached out to stroke Ximis' hair to dispel the moisture.

"I'll go to the forest farm later. I'll need you to check on the vegetable fields."

Themis felt the slight heat on his head and obediently did not move. Seeing that he had arranged today's schedule, he also cooperated: "Okay."

He knew that Xie Yunsui was afraid that the vegetables he planted would suffer the same fate as the trees.

In fact, it is only a few months away from the arrival of the snowstorm that Kahn mentioned. The Rust Star used to have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, but in recent years, spring and autumn seem to have disappeared. After the end of summer, the temperature will drop sharply to the level of winter.

Few vegetables can grow in low temperatures, so they have to take advantage of this time to stock up on as much food as possible.

Regardless of whether Kahn is a reborn person or not, there is indeed a possibility of snow disasters in the winter on Rust Planet, so it is better to be prepared.

Both of them ate breakfast in a hurry and then went about their business.

Themis first went to the experimental field where Leo was located. He was the only employee here at the moment, and there were ten robots assisting him in his work.

"Lord Themis." Leo in the field saw Themis and hurriedly came over to greet him, wiping the sweat off his face.

“How’s the growth been lately?”

Leo stood up straight and answered nervously, "Of the one hundred experimental plots, the growth of plots 3, 5, and 97 is promising. They have grown a lot more than the last time you came. Plot 3 is ready for picking."

As Ximis listened, he walked towards field No. 3. The plots of land were divided into small squares of equal size. Each square contained different crops, and there was a small iron plate on the side with the name of the crop written on it.

Field No. 3 has a unique and refreshing green color. The leaves of the lettuce crops have grown to a size that can be picked and eaten. The general growth cycle is about twenty days.

Themis asked the robot to pick the crops in Field No. 3. He would take them back later to analyze whether they were edible.

Leo continued his report, his voice gradually fading. "Among the other crops, twelve plots of experimental fields have sprouted, but are in a slow growth phase, and their growth... isn't very good. Half of the remaining seeds have not sprouted yet, and half have suddenly died after sprouting..."

Although he took good care of the experimental fields every day and buried every seed in the soil with his own hands, hoping that they would grow, the reality was not as he wished.

Leo felt more sorry for the dead seeds than anyone else.

Themis turned around and took a quick look. Most of the blocks were empty.

Those that have not sprouted have probably lost their activity since being released into this world. Those that suddenly died after sprouting may be too delicate and unable to adapt to the current soil environment.

Themis: "Replace all the seeds in the experimental field that didn't germinate. List the seeds that didn't germinate separately and don't plant them again. Try planting again on the 3rd and record the data."

Leo nodded hurriedly: "Yeah."

Themis: "You go ahead and do your work. I'll take a look."

He walked through the experimental fields, briefly analyzing the surface soil with his left eye to see if there were any toxic residues. Suddenly, he saw a familiar leaf and glanced at the small sign. It was the sweet potato from plot 97.

As soon as he saw the sweet potatoes, he was reminded of his life in the Orc world, when everyone was huddled in a cave eating sweet potatoes during the snowy season.

With his experiences in other worlds, he now realized how abnormal it was that a bunch of sweet potatoes suddenly appeared in the valley at that time.

Ximis laughed. Maybe Xie Yunsui used some black technology to grow it?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He thought of something and left the robot holding dish No. 3 and went to find Xie Yunsui.

The distance between the forest farms is a bit far, and this area is connected to other black grass fields. The rust farmers here have heard the news that all the trees died overnight. When they saw Xie Yunsui, they were a little afraid that he would vent his anger on them.

There are so many tree species, and they all died at once. If they were their own things, they would be so angry!

There was a manager at the forest farm. He worked quickly and efficiently, and had good character. He had been specially promoted to motivate the farmers to work harder. But now he had lost the pride he had as a small leader. When he saw Xie Yunsui, his eyes filled with tears: "Sir... we... we didn't slack off..."

Xie Yunsui first randomly inspected a few small trees. Under the gray bark, the entire trunk was black to the core.

The root systems of small trees are not as dense as those of large trees, which means that the soil layer purified by black grass is actually very shallow.

It was worse than he had imagined.

"Stop crying and tell me about Xiaoshu's situation these two days." Xie Yunsui patted the manager's shoulder and took him aside to find out what happened.

When Themis arrived, the Rust People were moving tree seeds to the vicinity of the tree pit.

"Pause for a moment." said Themis.

Xie Yunsui turned sideways: "Why are you here?"

His heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the experimental fields were also...

"The experimental fields are going well. I just suddenly remembered..." Themis smiled comfortingly, approached him and whispered, "Do you still have the magic apple seeds that you gave to the Apothecary Guild in Theodore's previous life?"

Xie Yunsui suddenly realized what was going on after he reminded her: "You mean, we should use magic apple trees to replace these trees?"

Why didn’t he think of it!

After experiencing so many worlds, especially staying in the world of immortal cultivation for nearly five hundred years, I have forgotten all the unimportant little things. The resources accumulated in the previous worlds can only be recalled when needed.

He was so focused on planting the half-finished sapling that he forgot about the data seed he got in the first world.

It's a great thing that can grow and bear fruit quickly within three months, regardless of the soil composition, as long as it is planted according to the established procedures!

Moreover, once it grows, it can bear fruit in winter as long as it is watered and pest-free on time.

Xie Yunsui sighed, "I had completely forgotten about it. Why did you remember this?"

Themis said, "Maybe it's because I just 'reviewed' it last night."

The review was just in time! If he had been even a day late, he would have wasted a lot of tree seeds.

Xie Yunsui collected very few tree species, and this species of tree was too easy to survive, so he collected a few out of curiosity.

I thought everyone was going to fall into this trap, but who would have thought there would be an unexpected turn of events.

Xie Yunsui counted the seeds accumulated in the first world. Only apple, mango, and durian could grow into large trees and bear fruit periodically. A lot of apple tree seeds had been sold in Theodore's world, and only half of the others were left. Fortunately, there were still nearly 50,000 seeds in total, so there was no problem filling up this forest area.

"However, this world has no magical elements. I took these out..."

Ximis said, "Don't worry. The Rust Star has long been forgotten by the Federation and won't be discovered. The Rust People have no idea about it and will just think it's a special species from outside. If pirates discover it in the future, they won't be able to steal it due to the special nature of these seeds."

"Don't you want to earn energy?"

"This might even become a specialty of Rust Planet besides robots, bringing you countless trade opportunities."