Chapter 40

Wandi is a person who likes to sleep in. After finishing all the work, she falls into a deep sleep in the warm bed, which makes her feel that her whole body is purified.

Wandi awoke naturally, opening her eyes to see the morning glow from the window reflected on the walls and ceiling. The sky darkened, and the room was very quiet. Suddenly, her ears moved, and she heard the sound of snow being shoveled far away from the window. Wandi stared aimlessly at the wall, blinking slowly as she watched the small snake's body quietly coil around the branches of the bookshelf.

The little snake stuck out its tongue, and the slight sound it made reminded Wan Di of the flickering flames in a stove in winter.

I feel extremely satisfied even without doing anything.

When Wandi went downstairs, she saw everyone sitting on the sofa, talking in low voices. They all smiled and waved at her when they saw her.

"It snowed just now. Luckily we packed up everything a few days ago. Now we just have to stay in the warm house and enjoy ourselves!" Yao Si happily stretched out his hands and feet, smiling with his eyes squinted.

Ji Wenxue then collapsed on the sofa. "Zuizixing also gave me a lot of nutritional supplements. I drank one before, and it tasted pretty good! And I drank it a day ago, and I'm not hungry at all now! I want to continue the experiment and see how long this nutritional supplement can last."

Wandi looked at everyone with a smile and sat on the sofa. She saw that everyone was wearing comfortable pajamas.

"How did you sleep?" Jiang Zouwei asked. In fact, she had almost guessed it by looking at Wandi's expression.

“Very comfortable.”

Wan Di's answer indeed confirmed Jiang Zouwei's judgment.

"Have you told everyone? It's my habit. I was worried that everyone would be surprised. Now it seems that I was overthinking it." Wendy leaned back in the pillow, carefully placing her hand on her thigh. The little snake cleverly crawled from Wendy's shoulder to her wrist.

Jiang Zouwei nodded, "I did." Then he lowered his head to look at the little snake and said, "This little guy is quite amazing. Ying Zhao didn't know about it yesterday and was worried that something might have happened, so he wanted to go check on you, but the little snake blocked the door."

Seeing that the topic was about himself, Ying Zhao also straightened his body and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I was scared at the time, and I wondered if this little snake was a monster that could change size at will." Swallowing, Ying Zhao pointed at the little snake with his finger, "I thought this guy ate you and that's why he did this."

Wandi laughed as she listened, and touched the little snake's body with her fingers. "Come to think of it, after a nap, I suddenly thought of her name."

"Hey, what is it?" everyone asked curiously in unison.

"Swallowing stars." Wandi looked at the little snake and said, "People use the phrase 'swallowing mountains and rivers' to describe extraordinary courage. I hope she can also swallow the sun, the moon, and the stars."

"Our Swallow Star is so powerful, he'll definitely be able to do it!" Ji Wenxue said, looking at the little snake with a smile. "Oh, by the way, Sister Wandi, how are Mouth Star and the others doing? I wonder where they are now?"

"I just contacted them. We just left the galaxy," Wandi replied. Thinking about what happened on Mouth Star, after a good night's sleep, it seemed like it happened a long time ago. "You like it, right, Mouth Star?" she asked Ji Wenxue beside her with a smile.

Ji Wenxue couldn't help but smile wider, "I think it's quite interesting!" Zuibaxing attaches great importance to food, and does a great job in production, evaluation and improvement, so she felt like she had known him for a long time.

"Will the planet Mouth Star be in danger if it wants to transfer? After all, the journey is so long."

As Ying Zhao spoke, he frowned slightly, and was even worried about what he would do if he encountered such a situation.

"Yes, but it sounds so exciting! An entire planet wandering in the universe, everyone sharing the same destiny, facing all the unknowns. So cool!" Yao Si said that she was eager to try it, and then said with a look of regret: "Actually, what do you think, should I have stayed there and wandered here with everyone?" By the way, she could also experience this feeling for herself.

Everyone was amused by Yao Si's changing expression.

Wandi smiled and gave everyone some encouragement.

"Don't worry. Although Mouth Star is small, its technology and cuisine are developing rapidly. It's quite powerful. The route the wanderers took is also an interstellar channel. I've also left a message there. If there's any danger, I'll be able to detect it immediately."

Everyone nodded and began to look forward to the days after Mouth Star arrived.

Yao Si looked left and right, looked around for a long time, clapped his hands and said: "We are all wearing pajamas, why not have a pajama party tonight!"

Everyone agreed without any burden, and from then on, the warm winter ended with everyone resting and having fun, or occasionally going outside to have a snowball fight or build a snowman.

Winter is cold and dangerous, and is supposed to be a difficult season, but thanks to everyone's thorough preparation, the tree house is warm and comfortable, and contains a wide variety of food and nutrients. Everyone just sits around the fire, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, and appreciating the charm of winter.

The snow outside the window faded imperceptibly, the ice and snow on the ground melted. People were ready to return to work again, and the land had rested for a whole season. It felt very familiar to step on it again.

Everyone has tasted the sweetness, so they are working harder on planting and production this time. Risks and changes may come at any time, so they need to be prepared as soon as possible.

Wandi took out a piece of paper with simple lines and patterns on it, and drew triangles in several places to mark the key points.

"I went exploring before, and these places might contain energy stones or something similar. Planting and nutrients can sustain life, but if people's quality of life is to improve rapidly, we must also have strong economic strength."

Everyone nodded.

Energy stones or other mineral resources are the easiest way for them to build a solid economic foundation. However, for several days, they have gained nothing.

"We've looked here, but nothing." Yao Si drew a cross on the map and sighed. "Where on earth could these things be? We've been searching very carefully, but we still can't find anything."

Ji Wenxue also sighed. "Who knows? But Sister Wandi said before that part of the reason these resources are valuable is because they are rare, so it's normal that they are hard to find." She looked up at the sky. "Compared to this, I think I should go check on the vegetable garden again when we go back."

"Hey, what are you looking at? Didn't we just check it two days ago?" Yao Si recalled the previous few days of tidying up. They had saved the seeds from last year's harvest of fruits and vegetables. After processing them with machines, the yield and taste had greatly improved. However, because of this, the variety of crops had increased. Although they only planted a small part of each, the land they had reclaimed was no longer enough.

Ji Wenxue has been thinking about taking advantage of this period of time to cultivate more land so that she can catch up with the best time for planting.

Under Wan Di's leadership, they have attached great importance to environmental protection from the very beginning. The area and location of arable land were decided after everyone's research and discussion. This ensures to the greatest extent that while their quality of life is improved, the original ecological environment of Diqiu is not damaged.

"Didn't I say before that I wanted more land? The location, soil samples, and vegetation have all been sent for research and evaluation. I think the results will be out today!" Ji Wenxue said with an excited smile.

She felt inexplicably confident, thinking that the potato she found was very suitable and there shouldn't be any problem.

Yao Si laughed when he heard that, but then immediately turned sad again, "Wait a minute, if your stuff gets approved and you go and do that, then I'll be the only one looking for energy?"

Ying Zhao primarily continued his research, while Wan Di and Jiang Zouwei split up. Yao Si and Ji Wenxue, after careful consideration and perhaps due to some coquettishness, also joined forces.

Ji Wenxue turned her head to look at Yao Si crying, and her eyes suddenly changed. "What? Sister Wandi said that we were going together because of the two of us. If it were just you, our team should have been canceled! You still want to come alone? It's so dangerous, the sisters will definitely not agree."

When Yao Si heard this, he felt like the sky was falling.

Although she always complained about not being able to find anything when searching for energy, to be honest, she still enjoyed the process of searching. But if she didn't come to find the energy stone, if she was assigned to analyze data or record something, that would be really dangerous!

They returned to Jiaoyuan with their own thoughts. When they were still a few steps away, Ji Wenxue grabbed Yao Si and ran.

"Come on, let's go and see if my soil is up to par!"

Yao Si's bewildered expression quickly turned into determination. How things would develop depended entirely on Ji Wenxue's soil, and she was eager to see. She simply turned her legs quickly, immediately reversing the situation, running in front of Ji Wenxue, and even switching her hands.

"Walk!"

Ji Wenxue clenched Yao Si's hand in silence. "What do you mean by 'go'?" she asked. "You're clearly about to fly!" If she didn't hold on tighter and run faster, Ji Wenxue had no doubt that Yao Si would drag her away.

They rushed all the way to the laboratory and began to read the data files at a glance.

"ha!"

"Why!"

The two eyes that were moving back and forth and quickly shifting left and right stopped on the same line of words. The sister from the research institute even thoughtfully marked these words in red, and it was clearly written on them.

"The soil has passed inspection and is suitable for planting."

Ji Wenxue happily began to plan what she would plant. The light in Yao Si's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he thought blankly, "What should I do? What should I do? What should I do..."

Wen Xue requested planting, Wan Di and Jiang Zouwei were also taking action, and Sister Ying Zhao was... Hey, Sister Ying Zhao! If she remembered correctly, Sister Ying Zhao shouldn't have to go to the lab tomorrow, so wouldn't she be able to go with Sister Ying Zhao to look for energy?

Yao Si thought about it, her smile grew wider, and she immediately rushed out in a hurry. She was going to talk to Wanti now!