Wasteland Garbage Planet 4 Plant seeds that purify water sources...

This sudden confession caught Themis off guard, and his mind seemed to go blank for a moment.

He said...what?

Themis's stunned expression was really adorable. Xie Yunsui really wanted to kiss him, but considering their current identities, if he kissed him for no reason, he would probably end up in the garbage dump.

After waiting for a few seconds, Themis came to his senses and loosened his grip on him as if to avoid it.

It looks like it's stained with something dirty.

"Go away."

Xie Yunsui: "..."

It seems like I'm being disliked.

Xie Yunsui blinked and asked him, "How about a sandwich with smoked ham and salty cheese, and sweet milk with honey?"

Themis had never eaten these things before, so he could have just refused them with a clear conscience.

But he smelled the aroma of smoked ham and warm milk.

As if a small hook was tempting him, Themis calmed down for a few seconds and took the tray.

"I'm going to make golden, crispy, salty, and delicious fried chicken for lunch. If you're interested, remember to come down for dinner."

Xie Yunsui said with a slight smile the moment Themis closed the door.

Although Xiaoxi in this world is still wary of him, who can resist the temptation of delicious food?

Besides, Xiaoxi in every world loves to eat.

Without much thought, Xie Yunsui had already decided on a food strategy for the coming week. He happily went downstairs to clean up a room to use as a kitchen.

Upstairs, Themis sat in the middle of the mutant moss cultivation greenhouse and placed the tray solemnly on the table in front of him.

His right hand touched the interstellar networking device on the table, and soon he was connected to the interstellar network.

"Look up smoked ham."

"Smoked ham is a type of ham that is cured and smoked..."

"Look up salty cheese."

“Salty cheese is a kind of…”

"Query Honey."

"Query milk."

…

Following the voice explanation, Themis finished the food on the tray bite by bite, eating very seriously.

Finally, he put the empty plate aside and said, "Check the fried chicken."

At twelve o'clock noon, Themis went downstairs on time.

Xie Yunsui walked to the stairs, deliberately heavy footsteps to lead the way for him: "I found some kitchen utensils that I had stuffed in the space button before, so I also made some corn and pork rib soup. It tastes light..."

Themis said, "There's no food on Rust Planet, not even plants. You've used up the space button's supply, so you can only eat the protein cakes that the Rust people eat."

Xie Yunsui had seen the protein cake in the small room. It was a green cake without any protein.

Maybe calling it a protein pancake is just to fool people?

It's just something that allows people to work without being hungry, it can't be called food at all.

Xie Yunsui smiled faintly: "My space button has the largest memory capacity. The food inside can probably feed two people for half a year."

After half a year, there should be a breakthrough in his relationship with Xiaoxi, and he can reveal his identity then.

Themis: “…”

His stereotype of the rich people in the capital planet increased.

"Themis!" Moira's energetic voice came from outside the door: "Ethan asked me to give you last month's report."

Xie Yunsui glanced at Ximis's expression and took the initiative to open the door.

Seeing that it was him who opened the door, Moira scanned him up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and then walked straight in.

"What is this?" She saw the food on the table.

Like Themis, Moira had never eaten any food other than nutrient solution and moss protein cakes. She was immediately attracted by the fragrant golden fried chicken.

Xie Yunsui followed her and his eyes lingered on the exposed metal spine behind her back.

"I made this. I saw there was nothing to eat at home, so I just made some with the ingredients I brought with me." Xie Yunsui stepped forward and said.

Moira frowned: "Did you bring the ingredients?"

Xie Yunsui brushed the hair by his left ear, revealing a space button stuck in his ear bone. This was a space magic tool he had specially modified based on the plot information. He said, "I used to love traveling to various planets and stockpiled a lot of food."

Moira narrowed her eyes. She actually missed checking this place yesterday.

Could this space button, which can hold a lot of food, also contain deadly weapons?

Xie Yunsui seemed to know what she was thinking. He took off the space button and handed it to her: "You can check what's inside. I didn't set a password."

Such frankness made Moira feel uncomfortable, but she didn't hesitate and directly took the space button to scan it.

The space button has a high level of anti-theft. Except for the owner of the space button, outsiders cannot know what is inside. Moira is only detecting whether there are any weapons with energy reactions inside.

Except for weapons like energy pulse cannons, ordinary knives and sticks cannot hurt Themis.

After confirming that there were no lethal weapons, Moira returned the space button to Xie Yunsui, looking puzzled. "Food is very precious. If you had taken these things out at the beginning, you could have exchanged them for a starship ticket to leave the Rusted Planet."

With these foods, even if they were not cooked, they could exchange them for something valuable, not to mention a boat ticket to leave here.

This person possessed such a precious thing, yet he was willing to stay here and serve Themis? And he generously shared it with him?

Xie Yunsui glanced at Ximis who was quietly drinking soup, smiled and said, "There's a reason why I want to stay here."

Moira, a strange new human, no matter what his reason for staying, he must take care of Ximis's eyes until they recover, and she will always keep an eye on him outside the villa.

Themis waited until their confrontation was over before letting Moira have a bowl of soup as well: "It tastes great."

Moira refused: "I don't eat these things."

She was used to the nutrient solution and had a certain resistance to these strange foods. Although they tasted delicious, many times fragrant things were also poisonous, so she was not completely attracted.

Just watching Themis enjoy his meal is enough.

She continued to explain the reason for coming here: "Ethan has taken stock of last month's drinking water consumption. Themis, the long summer on Rusty Planet is coming soon. Drinking water consumption will increase, and our water reserves may be insufficient."

The surface temperature will continue to rise during the long summer, with the daily daytime temperature rising to over 40 degrees Celsius, and the perceived temperature will be even higher.

The Rust People have to keep searching for energy crystals in the garbage mountain, and the minimum consumption of one bottle of water a day is far from enough.

Themis said, "There is still a month until the transaction."

"Ethan means that the amount of transactions the scavengers make with us each time might not be enough."

The Star Pirates and Scavengers Alliance is the only organization willing to do business with them.

Because their long-term trading routes pass through the Rusty Planet, they can resell some water resources that other planets don't care about in exchange for energy crystals, which is a sure-win business.

However, often only two or three energy crystals can be found in a ton of garbage, which are forgotten and destroyed in many scrapped instruments.

Moira said, "If we want to increase the trading volume, we need to offer more energy crystals. Those vampires won't do business at a disadvantage."

But there are only so many Rustmen, and to produce more energy crystals, they have to squeeze them harder.

Ximis put down the soup bowl and said, "In addition to energy crystals, have them search for mecha joints in the near future. The purchase price of an axle joint is the same as that of an energy crystal for the time being."

"Mecha joints?"

"The Interstellar Federation has made some moves recently, raising the price of mecha joints. Scavengers shouldn't mind doing more business."

Xie Yunsui originally planned to avoid them because he saw them discussing serious matters, but no one paid attention to him, so he just listened to a few words.

As shown in the plot, Themis and his men were indeed making a deal with the pirates.

Even if Themis has the ability to avoid being bullied by the Scavengers Alliance, it is impossible for him to gain any benefits from them.

The people of Rust Star lack food and water. Once one of them is cut off, even if Themis and his small group are powerful, they will be in trouble. Therefore, the Scavenger Alliance is fearless.

Xie Yunsui knew that Ximis did not intend to entrust his lifeline to others, so he had been trying to find a way to solve the problem of drinking water.

External sources of goods are unreliable, so you have to do your own research.

However, the environment on Rust Planet is too harsh, with no grass growing and the water source is highly polluted. With the ability of Themis alone, it still has a long way to go to be self-sufficient.

Xie Yunsui looked at the water in the small room yesterday. This precious water resource is hard to come by for the people of Rust Star. All of it is low-pollution water. Drinking it for a long time will put a burden on the kidneys, but for them, this is the best-tasting and least harmful water.

Themis used to drink this kind of water.

Xie Yunsui sighed softly, then said, "Sorry to interrupt, but if it's a lack of water, I think I have a solution."

Themis and Moira's attention turned to him.

"I once bought some plant seeds that were said to purify water during my interstellar travels. I bought them out of curiosity and never had the chance to use them..."

Xie Yunsui has traveled through so many small worlds and collected countless plant seeds.

Although we are not sure which seeds can purify water, there is still some time before the long summer, so you can try them all.

"Plant seeds?"

Themis once had such an idea, but the interstellar civilization had experienced a food crisis, and after that the Federation strictly controlled the sale and planting of seeds. Except for the capital planet, private transactions were not allowed.

The Scavengers' Alliance is not qualified to buy seeds, and they don't have the capital to let the Scavengers' Alliance take risks in the black market.

"What's the price for these seeds?"

Xie Yunsui replied, "I can provide it for free. After all, I'm going to stay on the Rust Planet for a long time, and I need clean drinking water."

Seeing that Themis frowned slightly, as if he was not used to such free friendship, he added: "Of course, I need a certain degree of security in my future life on Rust Star."

"This is my sincerity."