Zi Xi blinked, looking at her mother with a puzzled expression, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"If others find out about this, they'll probably go crazy. Xiao Xi, you absolutely mustn't be foolish enough to reveal these things you found at the ruins. Remember, you mustn't expose them."

"The person from the First Legion you encountered this time was a good person, but not everyone is a good person. People are driven by self-interest, so don't be biased towards them just because they are from the Federation Army."

Grandpa held the jasmine milk pudding, forked a skewer of strawberry pieces, sighed contentedly, and gave Zixi some instructions.

"Okay, Grandpa! There are still snacks here!"

Zi Xi smiled and agreed, then brought out a large box of homemade beef jerky.

"This meat..."

Luo Sheng picked up a piece, took a bite, and frowned slightly. He tasted a sweetness from the meat, along with an indescribable flavor. This shouldn't be the meat of a strange beast.

"Dad, this is the hind leg meat of a particularly hard-to-catch beast!! It's incredibly tender!"

Zi Xi immediately offered an explanation that only served to cover up the truth.

Luo Sheng stared at her for a few seconds, but ultimately didn't expose her, only giving a faint "hmm".

When Grandma ate her third piece of jerky, the house's smart system suddenly went off with an alarm: "Ancient species genes detected! Do not..."

"What kind of garbage AI is this? It should be destroyed. It can even give false alarms."

Luo Sheng immediately raised his hand to turn off the home security reminder using his smart bracelet, and calmly continued packing the beef jerky.

After the meal, Grandpa Luo walked slowly towards his study. Luo Ming and Luo Sheng exchanged a glance and followed silently.

The study door closed gently, and the scent of imitation sandalwood filled the air.

Grandpa Luo took out an exquisite ecological cultivation chamber from his bracelet. Inside, the plant called cherry tomato that Zi Xi had just given them lay quietly. Each fruit was like a ruby, and the freshness of the soil exuded a fragrance that was no less than that of this era.

In the interstellar age, natural plants are more precious than anything else.

"Do you believe that there are remnants in the outer galaxies?"

"Back then, wasn't it the First Legion that cleared that area?"

Grandpa Luo tapped the cabin wall lightly with his fingers, smiled, and laughed at how naive his adopted granddaughter was, as her excuses were full of holes.

“Back then, we conducted a thorough search, sending out tens of thousands of robots. Xiao Xi said she found it by chance in an abandoned greenhouse.”

Luo Sheng rubbed his chin, thinking of the fruit called lemon in his bracelet that his daughter had told him to soak in water and drink, and smiled speechlessly.

"No greenhouse in the interstellar world, whether it's the Federation or the Empire, can grow this kind of flower."

Luo Ming held his jasmine flowers, feeling a bit of a headache over his younger sister's naiveté.

Even if such a thing exists, we shouldn't tell them.

The three fell silent.

When they adopted Zi Xi, they checked her file many times. She had pure interstellar citizen genes, a record of being born in an incubator, and her growth trajectory were all complete.

But when she faced those plants and ancient cooking techniques, the light in her eyes and her exceptionally skillful movements made it seem as if she had known these supposedly extinct plants a thousand times over, or even as if she had cooked hundreds of ancient meals.

Based on these facts alone, their previous investigation results can be completely disregarded.