However, there are many things to consider when growing vegetables, such as humidity, soil, and sunlight, all of which can affect their growth.

Fortunately, the base now has coal, and using thermal power generation can basically power some of the low-power electrical appliances in the base.

As for the issue of fluorescent lights being constantly on, it can generally be resolved, since the power consumption is not very high, and with only a few lights, the daily power consumption is not much.

On this day, Lu Yuan found several more crystals near the base. During this time, whenever Lu Yuan had nothing to do, he would keep a close eye on the dimensional crystals. Now, his spatial plot has reached more than 350 square meters, and the planting area has expanded a lot. Lu Yuan is currently conducting some experiments in the dimensional space.

Because the weather is getting colder, he plans to plant a batch of high-quality cotton. However, since cotton plants are basically grown on seedlings, the yield per acre is very limited, unlike rice which can be continuously increased in production.

In the past few days, Lu Yuan has been busy with cotton planting, but he hasn't made any significant breakthroughs, since he's not a professional researcher.

Although cotton grows very quickly, this is only within the dimensional space. If it is taken out and planted outside, the growth rate will be greatly reduced. This makes Lu Yuan somewhat confused as to why other crops can grow normally in the dimensional space, but cotton cannot, or whether there are other crops that grow like cotton.

Lu Yuan was a little confused. He had just finished his work yesterday and returned from the dimensional space when he saw Wang Ming come into the tent with a dark expression on his face, holding a stack of letters and handing them to Lu Yuan.

"Mr. Lu, I think we should build a road there. I'm practically a postman trying to keep up with all this communication. Coal production isn't going up, and I'm really worried about it. I see all this mail coming and going every day. I really want to build a road. That way, not only will communication be easier, but transporting coal will also be much more convenient. What do you think?"

After taking the letters, Lu Yuan casually flipped through some of them, found his own letter, and sighed, saying, "Building a road sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult in practice. And this is a mountain road, crossing peaks two to three thousand meters above sea level. It's absolutely impossible to complete in a short time. It will also consume a lot of food and resources, and more importantly, our tools are not very complete!"

Wang Ming knew what had happened, so he sighed, shook his head, and left the tent.

However, after Wang Ming left, Lu Yuan's mind was now entirely focused on road construction, as he knew that he had been separated from his family for a long time.

After all, while life isn't a concern here at the new base, life is tougher compared to over there. We're homeless, living in tents, whereas over there we live in concrete brick houses, and we have to worry about volcanic eruptions every day.

After finding his letter, Lu Yuan discovered two other letters inside. One was from Xiao Shan, who had sent Xiao Shan back with the coal mining team while he stayed behind because she was worried that Tan Qing would retaliate against her.

Now, this is the only way to communicate, since cell phones are no longer usable and the magnetic field signal is completely disrupted. Even the most advanced walkie-talkies cannot detect the signal; all that is received is a vast, drifting, snow-like noise.

The letter continued to recount various events that had occurred at home, such as how many piglets the pigs had given birth to, how the chickens in the coop had damaged the sofa, or how the cows had run off to someone else's house and caused some minor conflicts. These were all trivial matters at home, but Lu Yuan saw in them Xiao Shan's longing for him.

"Wang Ming, if Chen Bin is free later, please have him come in. I have something to ask him!"

Lu Yuan called out from outside. He didn't know if Wang Ming had left or not, but he was surprised to hear Wang Ming's reply. Wang Ming poked his head out of the tent and nodded repeatedly.

"Hey, why haven't you left yet?!"

"Haha, Mr. Lu, if I leave, who will pass on your message? Don't worry, I knew you'd be interested. Are you planning to ask Manager Chen about these road repair matters?"

After hearing what the other party said, Lu Yuan chuckled, then squinted at him for a while and asked, "Was this something that Chen Bin and the others conspired together?"

Wang Ming scratched his head and said, "Pretty much. Anyway, everyone wants to contact their families now. After all, we've all come here to work, and our families are all staying there. It's quite inconvenient to communicate. Everyone misses home sometimes!"

After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan nodded and said, "In that case, why don't you call everyone over in a bit? We can have a small meeting and discuss this road repair project!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ming's face lit up with joy. Without turning his head, he left the tent, his voice still echoing from afar: "Don't worry, President Lu, leave this to me!"

Not long after, Chen Bin, Wang Ming, Chen Ke, and the others arrived.

The men stared at Lu Yuan with burning desire, clearly indicating that they had already decided to build the road.

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