Someone came up behind Kuwano during the review.

He quickly responded to the matter that Sangye had entrusted to Lin Changli.

At that time, there were three classmates who became vegetative.

One of them has regained consciousness and returned to the army. However, her mental state was damaged, and her combat ability was severely impaired. She is currently undergoing rehabilitation in the army and is working in an administrative role.

Qiu Linghua and another person are still receiving treatment.

Neither of them needs to worry, as they are of noble birth and come from wealthy families.

Given the scarcity of guides, Qiu Linghua's family was able to find one for her once a day. Her awakening was only a matter of time.

"What are you going to do?" Lin Changli asked.

"There's not much I can do," Sangye sighed. "Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. If you want to come to me, fine, but we can either talk things out, or..."

Sangye didn't finish her sentence, but Lin Changli understood what she meant.

If she was determined to kill Sangye, then she had no choice but to retaliate.

I just hope it doesn't come to that in the end.

*

"Sang Sang, Sang Sang."

In a hazy state, Sangye felt someone calling her, but she couldn't open her eyes.

This feeling was very uncomfortable, and Kuwano subconsciously struggled.

"It's me!" The voice was cheerful. "It's Tongtong! Come in and see me!"

When did Tongtong, her spiritual entity, the sycamore tree, begin to speak?

Sangye immersed himself in the cave and discovered that in just a few days, the paulownia tree had grown to a girth that would require ten people to encircle. Its branches and leaves were so lush and abundant that it resembled a banyan tree more than a paulownia. It had the appearance of a single tree forming a forest.

Sangye walked to the tree with delight and stroked its newly grown shoots, which were still damp with soil.

On the trunk, the concentric vines cling to the sycamore tree. The vines are thick and lush, just as vibrant with green.

The red thread on the love vine glowed faintly, and the tokens of the sect members were tied to the red rope.

Some of these tokens have become useless and are no longer effective in the interstellar age.

The red line surrounding a layer of shimmering light signifies that everyone is still alive and well.

The spiritual power of the phoenix tree nourishes all things in the cave, and the ocean that Sangye has been looking forward to the most has appeared at the edge of the cave. On both sides of the ocean are high mountains covered with salt soil, which can cultivate animals such as argali sheep.

Originally, Sangye was worried about the depletion of salt. Relying on the coral beasts in the cave and the stock in her storage ring, she was about to run out of resources. But now she no longer had to worry. With the sea and the salt mountains, she was now the richest food producer in the entire interstellar space.

But what surprised Sangye even more was that the sycamore tree could talk.

"How come you can talk all of a sudden?" Sangye patted her thick tree trunk and praised her.

“You planted a small phoenix tree mark in Lin Changli’s mental landscape. The small phoenix tree can absorb the mental energy of his cave and feed it back to me. The phoenix’s mental energy is perfect for me. That little phoenix especially likes to lie down and sleep next to me. In addition, the ingredients you sent out and the mental treatment you gave to the Chaohai Clan... can all feed back to me.”

"When you get out, you'll find that your mental strength level has broken through," the sycamore tree boasted smugly.

"Wow!" Kuwano gave a thumbs up.

Sangye, who felt a strong sense of entitlement, wasn't embarrassed at all. After all, her mental marker was constantly repairing Lin Changli's mental landscape, so she could rightfully collect interest.

After talking with Tongtong, Sangye quickly replanted a new batch of crops in Dongtian.

She now has many crops in her cave. The Dulan wheat seeds that Jiang Sili gave her last time have been harvested. Sangye hasn't had time to make flour or pasta yet, but she has picked out a lot of plump wheat seeds to wait for the next planting.

Sangye planted all the somewhat "bad" seeds that Jiang Siwei brought, with the mindset of not wasting any.

After the crops grew, Sangye spent the whole night searching through the StarNet before he could find the corresponding name.

Not only are there a variety of fruits such as American raspberries, apples, bergamots, strawberries, dragon fruit, and bayberries, but there are also all kinds of flowers such as tulips, porcelain roses, pink jasmine, hoya, and pomelo juice.

Some seeds, planted in the soil, showed no signs of life, so at Du Yuan's suggestion, they were planted in water.

Then Sangye obtained cranberries, water lilies, calla lilies, arrowhead, water bamboo, lotus root, rambutan...

At that time, the fields and ponds of Kuwano presented a wonderful scene of flowers, vegetables and fruits mixed together.

This spectacular sight can only occur in grotto-heavens.

After planting the vegetables that were in the greatest demand, Sangye released freshwater fish and shrimp fry into the pond, and various marine fish and crab fry, as well as aquatic plants, into the sea.

The various sources of poultry and animal meat can be safely entrusted to the sycamore tree for care, and the mulberry field simply awaits the harvest; within the grotto, it is omnipotent.

The lieutenant general stationed at the Loda Plains base showed Sangye a tour of the areas that had already been mined during the day. Those areas were now completely abandoned, with huge pits left behind by the excavation.

The base hasn't invested much effort in repairing the mine, which is related to past policies; this planet was originally intended to be abandoned once mining was complete. As a member of the royal family, Lin Changli couldn't stay here indefinitely.

If the indigenous people refuse to leave, then we can only leave them to fend for themselves.

But when Sangye looked at her vast expanse of black soil, he had other thoughts.

The next day, when the lieutenant general at the garrison woke up and prepared to go to the mine as usual, he found that several transport ships were filled with black soil, and dirty sentries were still transporting it to other transport ships.

Meanwhile, the famous guide was directing from the side.

When the general asked with curiosity, Kuwano casually replied, "I'm planting trees for you."

This seemingly unbelievable thing was as easy as turning her head.

*

After the transport ship dumped the black soil, heavy robots quickly filled dozens of mine pits of various sizes.

Sangye then joined the sentries and the robots in planting trees and creating forests.

Perhaps because of the improvement in Sangye's spiritual level, she could clearly sense that the spiritual energy loss from the black soil this time was much less than that of the last time the West Building was renovated.

The black soil carries spiritual power, which means it can spread and reproduce rapidly.

But this was interpreted as admiration by the sentry.

They had never seen a guide who could imbue an inanimate object with their spiritual power; this was something even the top S-rank guides couldn't do.

After the black soil was filled in, Kuwano marked the boundary on the terminal, and the next day, the extent of the black soil spread could be seen by comparison.

While farming, Sangye divided the fields into areas, where the crops could grow even without sunlight thanks to the nourishing spiritual soil.

The area that was first filled was very close to the Loda Plains settlement, and it was with this in mind that this area became the first to be mined.

Gazing at the distant settlement, Sangye thought of the group who had sneaked in last time, and Jiang Sili, who remained silent about it. He had a feeling that something was about to happen, and his heart felt heavy.

Someone was approaching from behind her.

She came alone, and compared to the normal sentries, she appeared somewhat thin, as if she had just woken up from a serious illness, and her skin was unnaturally pale.

*

Lin Shuangqiao pressed her forehead and looked at the review record submitted by Meluxin.

The red line, at the end, gave a conclusion—

Based on the total output, average daily production, and comparison coefficients of various minerals, there is a reduction in quotas in the Loda Plain region. Due to weather conditions on Black Tower Star and personnel relocations caused by various emergencies, the specific cause cannot be determined. However, there is some overlap in the amount of black crystals flowing out of the underground black market and the total reduction in the Loda Plain in terms of time and quantity. Without conclusive evidence, no specific inferences will be made in this review.

The rest of the review was correct.

“It’s rare for Melusin to have this situation.” Lin Shuangqiao flipped through the document, looked at Duke Vera opposite her, lingered on the black pearl on her neck for a few seconds, and then looked away.

Vera understood what she meant.

Melusin's ability allows her to see the flow of all money. She can see the beginning, the end, and all the intermediate points of any financial record she accesses. Back when she was still serving in the Empire, many families carefully hid their financial records to prevent her from finding any clues.

Well-prepared financial records, as long as the results and calculations are correct, can fool a super calculator.

But they couldn't fool Melusin.

When Vera saw the report, she thought her daughter had been threatened and something had happened.

When she rushed over, her daughter was having afternoon tea with a child at the base, looking perfectly normal.

Melusin explained that she was seriously injured and her abilities had not yet fully recovered.

The mental level displayed on the testing device also proved that Melusin was not lying.

This report is all she can do right now.

Melusin's gaze also fell on the string of black pearls.

Vera had nothing to hide from her daughter. "This was given to me by Qiu Lingxin. She wanted to know if Jiang Sili had contacted the White Wolf Gang on Black Tower Star. But if you feel you can't tell me, I'll return the necklace."

Melusin shrugged indifferently: "I can't see anything right now. Maybe by the time I can, Jiang Sili and the others will have left. Anyone with a brain knows it's impossible that there's no connection at all. But she wants concrete evidence, which I can't provide."

Vera nodded. "Even if you have evidence, I can only hint that we are only accountable to the royal family. Let them resolve their own grievances."

“Yes,” Melusin said thoughtfully, “if I were in that situation, I wouldn’t have done any better.”

Vera thought she was talking about Qiu Lingxin.

Vera nodded in deep agreement.

Melusin knew Vera had misunderstood, but she smiled slightly, lowered her head, took a sip of chocolate milk, and offered no explanation.

When facing Lin Shuangqiao, Vera still wore that string of black pearls.

“Your Majesty, I believe that giving the right answer is the most important thing,” Vera said. “After all, General Ment will definitely return to the G13 Corps. A little insignificant oversight cannot be a stain on her career, nor can it be on her marriage partner’s.

Lin Shuangqiao simply exchanged a glance with her capable assistant, and then smiled with satisfaction.

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Author's Note: This chapter mainly focuses on the Loda Plains and the White Wolf Star Pirates, and will involve the past of Jiang Sili and Aso Ment. This foreshadowing was slightly laid at the beginning of the book.

A promising young man of S rank "willingly degenerates," while an ambitious young woman exposes her vulnerability.