Chapter 60

Before Su Ci agreed, the little wolf cub took the flute from the activity room, ran to the bathroom, flushed it with water, and then carefully wiped off the water stains.

"Here, Susu, it's clean!"

He held the flute before Su Ci like a treasure. He remembered that the keeper had wiped the flute with a handkerchief before playing it. If he took it to be cleaned this time, there would be no reason for the keeper to refuse, right?

Su Ci looked at the child's eager green eyes, then looked at the other two children. He could only sigh and took the flute.

"Don't wash the bamboo flute in Zhengxing's hand with water." He sat down, thought about it, and reminded the boy.

Although it is blessed with magic, it is essentially made of paper. Once it comes into contact with water, the magic will probably break.

"Oh! That flute can't touch water? I know!" Little Langze agreed readily, then pulled the little white deer and sat down on the floor in front of Su Ci.

Little Zhengxing, who had been curled up on the edge of the bed, stood up, ran over, and sat down next to the little wolf cub.

The three children sat in a row, looking up at Su Ci together.

Su Ci took out a bottle of water from the space button, took a sip, and then asked them: "Is it the same song as last time?"

Little Langze wanted to ask if there were any other options, but when he saw the usually slow-paced Little Zhengxing nod, he changed his tune and said, "Yes! I want to ride the big yellow ox!"

Xiaolu Jiao was slightly stunned. Although he didn't know what "riding a big yellow ox" meant, he nodded hurriedly and said, "Yeah...right!"

Okay.

Su Ci placed the flute sideways, then recalled the previous melody and began to play it.

However, the last performance was originally casual, and it was impossible for Su Ci to completely repeat the previous flute sound. The picture presented to the children by the music was also different from the previous one.

It was still the same mountain fields, the same clear, winding stream, and the same shepherd boy riding on the big yellow ox, but he had slowly walked down the stone bridge and was heading into the dense woods.

Seeing the shepherd boy and the big yellow ox leaving, Xiao Zhengxing was a little disappointed, and then he saw——

Along with the cheerful sound of the shepherd's flute, a cool breeze with the fragrance of grass blew by, and two birds flapped their wings, riding on the wind, flying past him, chasing and playing.

They chased after the shepherd boy and the big yellow cattle, circling and dancing. The clear chirping of birds and the sound of flutes blended with the rustling of leaves and the gurgling of water.

The convergence of various sounds presents a spring scenery before their eyes that is not only full of rich and colorful colors, but also like an auditory feast.

All three children couldn't help but indulge in it.

At the same time, in room 303, A Yan, who was practicing the formation seriously, couldn't help but raise his head and stare at the ceiling in a daze.

He heard the flute again...

Is it the keeper playing the flute? Ah Yan listened to the full-blooded and lively flute music and couldn't help but close his eyes and listen carefully.

There was no need for Su Ci to use his soul power and music cultivation techniques to guide him; he could hear a lot from the beautiful flute sound.

At the same time, blurry images appeared before his eyes.

A Yan blinked in confusion.

Those scenes did not disappear, as if they had happened before. There was a figure in each scene, hazy and distant. Only the long light golden hair hanging behind the person could be vaguely seen, gently blown by the wind.

Accompanied by the sound of the flute, the figure of that person is sometimes casual, sometimes gentle, and sometimes filled with loneliness...

Who is it?

A Yan watched one of the scenes - in the midst of heavy snow, the man was sitting under a withered peach tree. The sound of the flute was clear and lively, but... it did not make people feel the slightest bit of joy.

The pain in my heart started to come again.

He stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the man, wanting to pat him comfortingly, but before his hand made contact, the melodious flute music stopped.

He couldn't touch the person, as if it had never happened.

A trace of disappointment flashed across A Yan's eyes, but he soon became confused. Who was that person? Why did he feel so familiar?

The child was thinking in confusion, and when he lowered his head and saw the formation results that had already taken shape on the paper, he suddenly came to his senses.

Don’t be distracted anymore. This is the homework assigned by the breeder, you have to complete it carefully!

A Yan held the pen and continued to draw the formation structures on the white paper. He drew very slowly at first, but not in a laborious way. Every stroke of his was straight and the lines were smooth, almost perfectly replicating the example picture drawn by Su Ci.

After the first one was finished, the subsequent ones took shape faster and faster.

However, the further he drew, the more the formation structure deviated from the example diagram. However, judging from the aura it exuded after it took shape, the deviation was stronger.

A Yan also noticed this and scratched his head in confusion.

When he was outlining according to the example picture again, he always felt that no matter how he drew it, the feeling in his heart was not right. But how could the example picture left by the breeder be wrong?

Ah Yan's heart was filled with contradictions. Just when he was thinking about temporarily putting aside the formation structure and waiting for the breeder to come back and ask him again...

He suddenly stood up, and the next moment, with a pen in his hand, he was already in the elevator of the nursery.

A Yan was not at all panicked. He raised his head and saw the breeder standing beside him, looking down at him. He subconsciously smiled with joy.

The ears on his head, which had turned pure white, also stood up, pressing against his black hair, making it look like the hair had faded.

Su Ci reached out and touched the top of his head, then rubbed his furry ears.

He originally thought that the hairy ears on A Yan's head would disappear soon, but he didn't expect that the hair color would become more and more pure, and the hair quality would become better and better. The feel of the hair was no less than that of a wolf cub.

"Have you practiced the formation structure seriously?" Su Ci asked.

A Yan paused and nodded hesitantly.

Except for a moment of distraction in the middle, I was very serious the rest of the time...

Su Ci nodded, without delving into his hesitation, and said, "Come out with me."

After studying for a whole day, it’s time to take a break.

"Um!"

When the child heard that he could go out with the breeder, his dark red eyes suddenly became bright. He nodded his head vigorously, with a happy expression on his face and smiled happily.

Seeing him so happy, Su Ci's mood was also infected. He asked: "Does A Yan like going out?"

A Yan shook his head. He looked at Su Ci cautiously and reached out his hand to him tentatively. When he found that Su Ci did not stop him, he hugged his legs, smiled with squinted eyes, and rubbed his cheek against him.

It’s not that I like going out, but I like the breeder.

Although he cannot speak, the child's behavior clearly conveys his thoughts.

Su Ci looked at him, and in the end, he did not choose to distance himself from him.

The elevator slowly descended.

When the elevator door opened, A Yan took the initiative to let go of his hand, waited for Su Ci to leave first, and then followed him closely, happily acting as the breeder's little tail.

However, after taking a few steps, he saw the pen still in his hand, and quickly put it back into the space button. Then he continued to move his short legs and continued to follow Su Ci.

Su Ci was not idle after leaving the nursery.

He had just played the flute for the three children, leaving the little white deer in room 403 with an intoxicated look on his face. When he came to the corridor, he received a voice call from the cultivation garden.

The person who called him was not Zhuang Shisong, but another staff member responsible for distributing vegetables and fruits.

Just as the little white deer said, today is indeed the day when the nursery receives fresh fruits. However, it was supposed to be delivered to the door by robots, but this time there was a little accident.

"Yesterday our cultivation garden harvested a batch of Star Chain Fruits. The quality is very good. The director said that they should be distributed to various departments of the base while they are still in their best consumption period."

The staff member's face was filled with the joy of a good harvest.

Obviously, there is nothing wrong with the test results of the Star Chain Fruit that has grown wildly and produced fruit. Instead, it is the best quality fruit cultivated in the nursery over the years.

Such fruits naturally could not be sold to other bases. After Wu Yunqin left enough seeds, he decided to distribute the rest to avoid wasting such good fruits.

The staff member contacted Su Ci mainly because there were not enough delivery robots, and wanted to ask the nursery whether to send a nanny robot to pick it up first.

Su Ci originally wanted to go out for a walk, so he readily agreed. Since he was too lazy to go back to the dormitory, he teleported A Yan to his side.

No matter what, he couldn't leave A Yan alone in the nursery.

As for whether Xiao Langze and the other two would go berserk while staying together while he was away, Su Ci was not too worried.

When he played the flute for them just now, he incorporated the calming technique of music cultivation. With the soothing and suppressing effect of the flute sound, they would not have the problem of their bloodline power rioting in the short term.

At least, there's no problem holding out until he comes back.

Su Ci took A Yan onto the floating bus and headed towards the plantation. His spiritual consciousness collected all the surrounding information as the bus moved forward.

After emergency repairs, the damage left in the base by the blood rain has been almost repaired, but it can be seen that the atmosphere in the base is much more tense than before.

Monsters actively attacked buildings in the blood rain. This new change was like a cloud of haze. After the information spread completely, it enveloped almost everyone's mind.

Even those who have recently joined the company have been informed about this new change and the possible dangers it may bring.

A lot of video footage from more than a dozen or twenty years ago, before the red fog faded away, has been preserved. The tragedy that occurred at that time constantly reminds the people still living on the Prison Star how terrifying the monsters in the red fog are.

Many people have thought about leaving, but except for researchers and breeders, almost all positions in the base are occupied by military personnel. If they want to leave Prison Star, they can only submit an application for transfer.

Only after their application is approved can they leave the Prison Star with the supply ship. Even if someone is capable of obtaining approval in the short term, it will take at least two months before they can leave.

Two months on Prison Star is enough time to experience many extreme weather events.

No one can guarantee that the monsters will not continue to attack and destroy buildings when extreme weather comes next time, so it is no wonder that people in Base 24 have become panicked.

All this has little to do with Su Ci.

He looked at it for a while and then blocked out the information about it. When he arrived at the plantation station and got off the floating bus, Su Ci felt something different.

The concentration of resentment around the cultivation garden is obviously lower than other places, but...

"Why does the plantation smell like garlic today?"

Su Ci heard a familiar voice. He turned his head and saw Luo Shengfei standing not far away, complaining to a fellow maintenance worker, "This garlic smell is too stinky..."

Having said that, he seemed to notice something. He looked over here and met Su Ci's gaze.

"Hey! Breeder Su, what a coincidence!" He greeted and ran over here.

Su Ci nodded at him, and then listened to him say, "I've almost finished the task you entrusted to me, but it may not be exactly the same as before."

Luo Shengfei scratched his head. "But there's nothing wrong with the core, and the data has been preserved..."

"Well, thank you for your help."

"Hahahaha, no trouble!" Luo Shengfei laughed heartily, "Then I have something to do first, I guess I can send it to you later."

After saying this, he waved to Su Ci and returned to the maintenance team.

Su Ci looked over there. From a distance, he could hear the other maintenance workers discussing in low voices.

"You said, why did the plantation suddenly ask to go underground to collect water samples? What's going on? Is there something wrong with the underground river?"

"That shouldn't be the case, right? But I heard that a cultivator went to the logistics building to get water today, and it seems several other departments also conducted water sampling inspections..."

The maintenance workers whispered to each other, worried about the arboretum's sudden action after the bloody rain.

If there is really a problem with the water source, then their lives on Prison Star will be in trouble, and the threat will not only come from monsters.

Listening to their conversation, Su Ci knew that the plantation had discovered that the water quality had been purified and had begun to investigate the matter.

Listening to the maintenance workers' increasingly depressed discussion, Su Ci silently withdrew his gaze, keeping his achievements and fame to himself.

Soon, two researchers in protective clothing came out of the plantation and followed the maintenance team, probably preparing to collect water samples from the underground river.

And Su Ci, under the guidance of the robot, entered the cultivation garden and prepared to receive the Star Chain Fruit.

"In the nursery, there are eight cubs and one breeder, each allocated 30 Star Chain Fruits. The fruits are being packed, please wait." After the robot finished speaking, it turned and went into the warehouse.

The warehouse of the plantation is very busy with delivery robots constantly coming in and out.

Su Ci and A Yan were waiting on the side, yawning out of boredom and half-closed his eyes lazily.

Only then did A Yan realize that the breeder brought him to the plantation to receive the Star Chain Fruit.

Thinking of the sweetness of the Star Chain Fruit and the deliciousness of the dishes it made, A Yan became happy.

With the Star Chain Fruit, he could make even more delicious food for the breeder! Thinking of the smile on the young man's face when he ate the food, A Yan was filled with anticipation.

He stared at the delivery robots entering and leaving the warehouse, his little head moving left and right.

Not far from them was the greenhouse where the Star Chain fruit vines grew wildly. Outside the greenhouse, there were still some traces of the wildly growing vines, and they had not been completely cleaned up.

In the greenhouse, the star chain fruits have been picked, leaving behind clusters of vines of varying shades of color.

On the exterior glass that was once covered with star chain vines, there are still a few tiny withered vines hanging, swaying in the wind.

At this time, a hand reached out and pinched one of the vines.

The hand was furry and covered with short, golden hairs. The owner of the hairy hand pinched the small piece of dead vine, stuffed it into his mouth, and then lay on the outer wall, with his hairy face pressed against the glass, looking into the greenhouse of star chain fruit.

A Yan, who was turning his head to watch the robot coming out of the warehouse, suddenly stopped.

The figure lying on the glass seemed to have noticed something. It kept lying on the wall and looked behind it.

Their eyes met.

A Yan blinked and stared curiously at the creature that came out from nowhere.

It has round eyes like black grapes, a pink and white face, and its body is covered with golden fur that looks extremely dazzling in the sun.

This is actually a little monkey!

A little monkey that was even thinner than A Yan and about as tall as Su Ci's knees!

The little monkey didn't seem to be shy. After meeting A Yan's gaze, it tilted its head slightly, and its cute look seemed a little silly.

After being stunned for a moment, A Yan couldn't help but look up and gently tugged at the breeder's clothes.

When Su Ci opened his eyes and looked down at him, he quickly pointed in the direction of the greenhouse, and Su Ci looked in the direction he pointed.

However, where are the little monkeys under the outer wall of the greenhouse?

Ah Yan was slightly stunned. Huh? Where's the little monkey?

He took two steps towards that side and looked around, but still couldn't find the little monkey. He couldn't help scratching his head.

Could it be that he saw it wrong?

While A Yan was confused, Su Ci was also looking at the greenhouse. He didn't say anything and didn't ask A Yan what he wanted him to see.

At this time, the robot that went into the warehouse to pack finally came out holding a small box.

"Here are 30 Starlink Fruits in total. Two for each cub, four for each breeder, and the rest are free to distribute. They're all here." The robot's electronic voice sounded emotionlessly. "Please check and sign here."

Su Ci signed his name skillfully and then took the box of Star Chain Fruit.

He didn't contact Zhuang Shisong, nor did he ask about the small garlic sprout, because...

Smelling the garlic scent that almost filled the entire cultivation garden, Su Ci could probably infer that this little spiritual plant was in good condition.

Su Ci put the fruit box into the space button and walked out of the plantation with A Yan.

At this moment, in a greenhouse not far from him, Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming were studying the data of the garlic seedlings, as well as the conditions of other plants in the greenhouse.

Just as Su Ci guessed, the garlic sprouts were growing very well.

After Su Ci's reminder, Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming conducted experiments overnight and finally confirmed that this special small garlic sprout was indeed not the purifying green plant they were looking for.

Although there was some deviation from what they had expected, Zhuang Shisong and the others were not disappointed, because the small garlic sprouts and the purifying green plants actually have similar effects.

They conducted several sets of experiments. First, they placed small garlic sprouts in a sealed container. Within a short period of time, the content of pollutants in the container would drop sharply.

From this point of view, the ability of young garlic sprouts seems to be purification.

However, when they added a special protective cover to the outside of this container to prevent the penetration of pollutants to the greatest extent, they finally discovered that

The contaminant concentration between the container and the protective cover increases over time and then begins to decrease very slowly over time.

From this experiment, Zhuang Shisong came to a preliminary conclusion: the ability of the young garlic sprouts should be...

Drive out pollutants!

When he came to this conclusion, Zhuang Shisong felt incredible, because he had a feeling that this conclusion should be the right direction.

This kind of ability is actually more in line with the characteristics of the garlic plant. However, if it weren't for the reminder from the breeder Su, he might have to take many detours before he could really figure this out.

That breeder Su probably thought that the ability of the garlic sprouts should not be purification based on this point, right?

What a terrifying yet valuable intuition!

Then Zhuang Shisong handed the task of investigating the water samples to other researchers. After reading his and Wei Ming's reports, Wu Yunqin immediately made a decision and fully supported their research on garlic sprouts.

As for the reason why the plantation was filled with the smell of garlic today—

Wei Ming collected the smell emitted by the young garlic sprouts and released them into other greenhouses. He is currently conducting an application experiment on whether the smell of the mutated garlic sprouts can also expel pollutants.

If this experiment is successful, it will be of great significance, because Wei Ming not only thought of its application in crop cultivation, but also in combat!

If the smell of garlic sprouts can really expel pollutants, then does it also have a certain effect on the monsters in the red fog?

If this can be proven, then related weapons can be made, which will definitely play a key role in the base's subsequent fight against monsters!

Zhuang Shisong was observing and recording data, thinking about the next experimental plan, when he heard Wei Ming say, "The breeder at the nursery... just took the Star Chain Fruit away."

Zhuang Shisong nodded. Actually, according to the regulations, the nursery could not be allocated so many Star Chain Fruits, but after discussing with Wei Ming, he gave both of their quotas to Su Ci.

Hearing Wei Ming's words, Zhuang Shisong said "oh" and then continued thinking.

At this time, Wei Ming said, "You said... could he really grow something in the nursery?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Shisong couldn't help but look at him and gently pushed his glasses down.

Meeting his slightly teasing gaze, Wei Ming froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I still don't think he can do it. A nursery is a place to raise cubs, and those cubs are a real worry. No matter how strong his theoretical knowledge is, how much time can he have to study planting?"

Zhuang Shisong smiled and nodded.

Anyway... he wasn't the one making the bet.

Su Ci brought A Yan to the station outside the cultivation garden to wait.

Suddenly, he looked up.

Above his head was the awning set up beside the platform. At this moment, a long, thin tail tip hung down from the awning.

Then, a furry little head popped out, and it was the little golden monkey.