Chapter 132 Chapter 132 The Federation is hiding too deeply...
Only Xilos sent a message, and Long Qi did not make any movement. Ye Ning guessed that he might have been seriously injured or even unconscious.
Ye Ning did not hesitate and immediately sent a message to Xilos to inquire about the situation.
Silos didn't expect that she hadn't rested yet, so he replied to her message immediately.
Just as she expected, Long Qi fell unconscious after being injured. His skin, muscles, and even bones were damaged. However, even though he was seriously injured, he still did not transform back into his beast form.
"Don't worry, he's not in danger of death. The doctor said his health status is very stable, almost like he's asleep."
"I've used the herbs you gave me, and they're working very well. His skin is healing, but he'll need to stay in the medical cabin for a few days."
"Don't worry, he's awake, which means he's almost recovered."
Silos' voice was a little hoarse, but the tone was controlled just right, sounding soft and soothing.
Ye Ning could sense that he was a little tired. However, he tried to lighten his tone, not wanting to make her worry too much.
In fact, Long Qi's injury was completely within their expectations. After all, his goal was to unleash his potential through extremely dangerous environments.
Ye Ning never tried to persuade him not to do this, because if she were in Long Qi's shoes, she would make the same choice. She also felt that since Long Qi had already promised her, he would not joke about his life.
Before they entered, they had already made thorough preparations. Not only was there a comprehensive medical team on standby, but there were also ample supplies to deal with any emergency. She had also prepared pure plant-based potions for them. Furthermore, Long Qi's healing abilities were already superior to those of ordinary orcs, so as long as his life was not in danger, he would recover quickly.
After Ye Ning felt temporarily relieved, she asked about the situation in the ocean restricted area.
Siros briefly explained to her why the pollution concentration had suddenly increased, then said, "There must be a lot of more difficult-to-deal-with high-level pollutants in there. We plan to use the plants you gave us to slowly clean them up."
The only way to prevent the poisoned pollutants from becoming food for other pollutants is to completely eliminate them from the world. They can start from the edges, spraying plants over a large area, and cleaning them in little by little.
However, Silos does not want these pollutants to pollute the water quality of the ocean, so he plans to transport their bodies to land and then deal with them.
Ye Ning: "Then I'll prepare some more plants for you."
Small phytoplankton are very easy to cultivate. Even if the volume is full, a large area can be cultivated in a short time.
Silos still had to deal with the remaining matters, so the two of them exchanged a few more words and then hung up the call.
Ye Ning slept peacefully. But even though she went to bed late, she woke up earlier than usual the next day.
Ye Ning did not get up immediately, but clicked on the Sea Dust Star model again.
She checked the restricted area marked yesterday. The center was still black and gray. But where they'd fought, the gray had completely given way to green. And it was clear that the area had moved significantly inward.
Their cleanup progress was already quite good. Ye Ning thought about it and decided not to place plants in that area. After all, she couldn't just clean out the pollutants and then breed them again. It would be better to feed them directly to the marine animals.
After getting up, Ye Ning had a good breakfast and then went to the planting room as usual.
As soon as I reached the door of the planting room, Ye Nan came towards me.
As soon as he saw her, he greeted her warmly.
Ye Ning was a little surprised, but immediately said with a smile: "You are here so early today."
It was only 7:30, and she came so early simply because she was awake and didn't want to waste time. But if Ye Nan showed up, it could only be because he had deliberately come to meet her by chance.
Ye Nan smiled and said, "While you are in Gaojiang District, I also want to work harder and improve my talents."
"I heard that you came to the cultivation room last night because you dreamed about something related to your innate power."
Ye Ning heard Hou Lin and Gu Su mention it while having breakfast. She nodded. They knew the news about her so early in the morning. It seemed that Ye Nan really cared about her.
"If you had shown up earlier, there wouldn't be only a few of us left as pure humans." Ye Nan seemed to sigh, "Can I raise seedlings with you today? I always feel like my seedling raising speed has increased when I'm with you."
Hou Lin raised his eyebrows and immediately became alert.
But he didn't say anything. With Ye Ning there, it was not his turn to interrupt. Ye Ning would definitely reject Ye Nan anyway.
What everyone didn't expect was that Ye Ning actually agreed.
"Okay, but I'm going to the ocean planting room to grow seedlings this morning."
"Let's go, let's go together."
Ye Nan was right. Planting would indeed grow faster around her, because her special ability drifted through the air, making it easier for the surrounding plants to grow. It was nice to have someone to help, so I could plant more.
Ye Nan was stunned for a moment, then followed Ye Ning.
Gu Yu and Gu Su were also surprised. After looking at each other, they followed silently.
She had always suspected him, and even if he didn't come, she would have gone to look for him.
The ocean planting room is very large, and the planting area is divided into several different functional blocks. Each block is connected by a transparent water-isolating channel, which not only ensures the circulation of water, but also makes each area relatively independent, making it easier to manage and observe.
The center of the growing room is a large, integrated nursery area, where three-dimensional planting is used according to different lighting requirements, creating a vertical green ecological network.
After Ye Ning came here, Gaojiang District directly changed the original planting model and opened up a large area specifically for her to grow algae.
Ye Ning looked at him and said, "I need to cultivate some phytoplankton. It's very easy to cultivate, and you can cultivate it quickly."
Ye Ning glanced at the time. "There are still four and a half hours until 12 o'clock. If you hurry, you can cultivate at least three cubic meters of phytoplankton."
Taking diatoms as an example, under perfect conditions, it takes about a month for them to grow naturally to a biomass of 3 cubic meters.
Ye Ning wasn't sure if he could grow three cubic meters of phytoplankton in four and a half hours, but a little more pressure would definitely be more efficient than no pressure at all.
"3 cubic meters?" Ye Nan was a little surprised, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face. "Isn't this too much?"
"With your abilities, you can definitely do it. Let's get started. If we waste time and fail to complete the task, we'll have to postpone lunch."
"This is the pool I usually use. All the environmental conditions inside have been set to perfect. You can use this pool."
Ye Nan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he saw Ye Ning had already gone to the other side of the pool.
Seeing this, Hou Lin quickly said, "Master Ye Nan, we need these plants urgently. Thank you for your hard work."
"Lord Ye Ning likes quietness when planting, you see..."
Ye Nan glanced at Ye Ning's back and could only nod.
Silos had shared the purification data after spraying phytoplankton this morning, and even sent a lot of pollutants to the weapons research institute in the Xisha area.
Many of the weapons they used were newly developed by Gaojiang District and specifically used to deal with pollutants.
Now that it is used on a large scale, it can provide them with usage data to help them improve their weapons.
This incident also happened to coincide with Long Qi's trip to the ocean, so no one suspected anything.
While rockgrass is simple to grow, it's still a plant, so they couldn't bring themselves to use it to feed pollutants in other areas. Of course, this was mainly because there hadn't been a large-scale outbreak of pollutants recently. If they really wanted to experiment, they would have to venture deep into the restricted area.
The restricted area has high pollution concentration, strong radiation, and disordered magnetic field. The central area will still lose contact with the outside world. In the situation where peace has already been achieved, each district is unwilling to do such a thankless task.
Ye Ning no longer cared about other things and began to cultivate plants seriously. She hoped that she would level up quickly and get the advanced pesticide.
With Ye Nan around, Hou Lin didn't know what to say, and they all stood quietly behind Ye Ning.
They don't need to salvage the plants manually. Every time Ye Ning finishes planting a batch, he just presses the button next to it, and the plants in the pool will be automatically filtered out and the water will be refreshed.
Because even phytoplankton needs sufficient nutrients to grow quickly.
Ye Nan's direction was exactly opposite to Ye Ning's, so when planting, the two could only stand back to back.
Although he didn't know how Ye Ning's planting was going, as long as he turned around, he would see Ye Ning planting quietly and attentively.
And every time she turned around, she would be met with Hou Lin's smile.
Ye Nan looked at him several times, and then simply concentrated on planting.
His planting speed is far slower than Ye Ning's, but it is still much faster than some pure humans in Gaojiang District.
Cultivating phytoplankton is indeed much easier than cultivating seedlings, but such endless cultivation is really very time-consuming and laborious.
After cultivating for an hour, Ye Nan began to feel weak.
He stopped to rest for two minutes, thought about it, and then walked towards Ye Ning.
"Ye Ning."
Ye Ning looked up at him, "Have you finished cultivating it?"
Ye Nan shook his head.
Ye Ning: "Then let's talk after you finish cultivating."
Ye Nan paused, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he could only return to his pool.
This morning was really a torture for Ye Nan.
He had never cultivated plants with such intensity before. By the end, each pool of phytoplankton seemed to be challenging him to his limits. He even drank two bottles of nutrient solution before finally persevering. But his body was still exhausted.
By 12 o'clock, he had only cultivated 1 cubic meter of phytoplankton, which was only 1/3 of the target set by Ye Ning.
Ye Ning glanced at the plants in the tank. They were of average quality, but good enough. Since they were being used to feed the pollutants, any living plant would be fine.
Ye Ning kindly gave some advice: "You're growing too slowly, mainly because you don't exercise enough. If you keep exercising every day and plant intensively like this in the morning and evening, you'll see great progress in less than a month."
One month…Ye Nan’s expression cracked slightly, but he still nodded, “Okay.”
"Ye Ning, I——"
Ye Ning suddenly sniffed, then covered her heart and started coughing violently.
This cough was like a giant torpedo dropped in the air.
Everyone was instantly shocked and their expressions became tense.
Hou Lin's face suddenly changed, and he asked anxiously: "What's wrong with you? Do you have a cold? Are you sick? Are you feeling unwell? Why are you coughing suddenly?!"
Gu Su frowned, his eyes filled with anxiety, "I'll go find a doctor now."
Gu Yu walked over directly and picked up Ye Ning, "Go now and tell them to bring a doctor over."
Ye Nan, on the other hand, was filled with nervousness and disbelief, "What's going on? Why are you coughing?!"
But the next second, Gu Yu carried Ye Ning out of the planting room.
"Master Ye Nan, has Master Ye Ning also been poisoned?" The orc hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "You were right there with him both times. Will Gao Jiangqu think it's your fault?"
Ye Nan's expression was solemn. He closed his eyes and calmed himself down. "It has nothing to do with me. The innocent will be innocent."
Ye Ning leaned on Gu Yu silently.
Everyone moved very quickly. Before they reached the residence, the doctor had already been brought in by Cang Chen.
The group of people were extremely anxious. Ye Ning patted Gu Yu's shoulder and jumped down from his hand neatly. "I'm fine."
Hou Lin didn't believe it, "Why are you coughing if you're fine?"
Ye Ning asked the doctor to leave first, and then said, "He was pretending so that you would have a reason to investigate him."
Hou Lin paused, "Are you really okay?"
Ye Ning said firmly, "It's okay. Go tell him right away. Don't tell anyone else about this. I just caught a cold because I didn't wear socks last night."
"Then we'll see what's going on and quietly ask him if it's his fault. After all, Chongji and I only coughed because he was around."
Hou Lin instantly understood what Ye Ning meant and immediately went to find Ye Nan.
Although Ye Ning said she was fine, everyone was still worried and asked the doctor to give her a physical examination.
Fortunately, the examination results were very good, especially her height. She was 0.2 cm taller than when she had the physical examination half a month ago.
When Hou Lin came back, Ye Ning was eating lunch in a good mood.
"He was very worried about you and kept asking me if you were okay and whether it was because of him. He even asked me to check on him. I readily agreed."
Hou Lin felt very strange. Ye Nan seemed to be genuinely worried about Ye Ning's safety. Could it be that this matter really had nothing to do with him?
Ye Ning took a sip of soup and said, "Then check carefully."
Ye Nan paid too much attention to her, and she always felt that the way Ye Nan looked at her was different from the previous few days.
There is scrutiny, hesitation, entanglement and struggle.
The feeling she had today was particularly pronounced.
After all, Ye Nan is a pure human in the capital area, so we can't just catch him and beat him up.
And if he knew something, it must be more than what others knew, so Ye Ning didn't want to fall out with him.
While they were having lunch, everyone saw the news that the Federation was about to wipe out the rebels.
The Federation quickly assembled a massive military force, encompassing the Army, Air Force, and Special Forces. The weapons they deployed were all newly developed by the Federation, the latest models not yet released to the various districts, and the soldiers they dispatched were all elite members of the Federation.
In just half a day, the assembled army appeared on another continent.
Various news media outlets were covering this incident extensively, with many reporters rushing to the front lines to broadcast the event live.
The Federation directly issued a final notice to the rebels, claiming that as long as they surrendered, they would be forgiven. The Federation only wanted to resolve the dispute through peaceful means and did not want to harm innocent people.
Secondly, anyone who captures an important member of the rebel army will be given special recognition by the Federation, including but not limited to generous material rewards, medals of honor, and various preferential treatments.
The federation also directly issued a notice of dismissal of the district mayors and important military executives of these districts, which will take effect in 24 hours.
This means that the Federation will only give them 24 hours to consider whether to continue following the rebels or turn back in time and pretend that this incident never happened.
Everyone's enthusiasm instantly soared, and some military teams and wandering orcs also began to gather near the area, trying to join the encirclement and suppression operation.
Hou Lin was a little surprised. "With so many new weapons, the Federation must have hidden them too well."
Le Song was also envious of the weapons, but he was even more angry. "They have so many good weapons, and before they only gave us some scrap metal, and that was all the district chief had to beg for."
Hou Lin: "But it seems like the rebels have no chance of winning. Are they going to unleash the fused orcs and fight ten of them alone?"
It's useless to release it. Any hand-to-hand combat in the face of hot weapons is almost like performing a shaman act.
Ye Ning propped up her chin with one hand and asked, "Tell me, are Hu Ding and the others really here?"
If we can't capture Hu Ding, there's no point in annihilating this wave of rebels.
Hou Lin: "You mean, he's not actually here, but somewhere else?"
Ye Ning looked at him, "If it were me, would you let me stay here?"
Hou Lin said without hesitation, "Impossible! It's too dangerous in there. If a fight breaks out, a single quantum laser cannon shot could destroy a building. Besides, I don't think ordinary people would necessarily be willing to join the rebels. It's mainly the will of the district chief and the officers. The ordinary people down there would probably be scared to death by seeing so many weapons."
"They must have received a lot of benefits from the rebels, or they must have some leverage in their hands, or the rebels must have used some kind of coercion or bribery to coerce them. Otherwise, how dare these few districts openly challenge the Federation and become sitting ducks?"
When it came to Ye Ning, his mind instantly became active.
Gu Su: "After this is over, the Federation will definitely open source the data on these weapons. However, people's dissatisfaction with the Federation is becoming more and more serious, and the Federation should hold an election for a new president."
Gu Yu continued, "After the chairman changes his term, the ruling elite will also be reshuffled. After a round of this, public opinion should be appeased."
Hou Lin: "Then the first supporter that the candidate needs to obtain must be Ye Ning."
Ye Ning's influence is so great that whoever she chooses to support is basically a sure winner.
Ye Ning wasn't ready to think that far ahead. She looked at everyone and said, "Let's have dinner together tonight. What do you want to eat?"
Le Song quickly said, "I'll eat whatever Ye Ning wants to eat!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Ye Ning thought for a moment and said, "Then let's have dumplings tonight. Just tell the chef what flavor you want and ask him to make more. We can all eat as much as we want. I want to have a good meal with everyone."
They have a big appetite, and even when they eat together, they only taste the food and mainly rely on nutrient solution to fill themselves up.
"By the way, when the time comes, you should send a copy to Ye Nan as well and tell him that my discomfort today has nothing to do with him and ask him to relax."
It was rare for Ye Ning to have so much leisure time, so Le Song immediately went to tell the chef about it.
In the evening, the table was piled high with all kinds of dumplings. In order to fulfill Ye Ning's idea of eating as much as possible, the chef made hundreds of big fat dumplings and also prepared a lot of hot dishes.
However, just when everyone was happily and lively eating dumplings.
The latest news came from the Internet.
Just now, something unexpected happened.
The strong containment and serious warnings by the Federation not only failed to play any deterrent role, but several districts resolutely and publicly announced that they would join the rebel camp!
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