Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Please allow us to go immediately...
Deep under the sea.
Yarlin crawled on the ground, not daring to look up.
Directly in front, a huge throne made of various precious corals, pearls and colorful gems stands in the center of the palace.
The man on the throne had features that looked as if meticulously sculpted, impeccably refined. His dark blue hair flowed down his back in wisps. His nose was high, his eye sockets deep, and his blue eyes resembled a starry night sky. His fair, translucent skin accentuated the sharp, hard lines of his muscles.
The fish's tail, which should have shimmered brightly in the water, was now reduced to a half-white skeleton. But his expression was indifferent, as if the abnormality of the fish's tail had nothing to do with him, or as if he had long been accustomed to this state of affairs.
He lowered his eyelids and said in a casual and indifferent voice, "Xisha District?"
"Yes," Yarlin explained excitedly. "The person who uploaded the picture was a young female elephant-man. It couldn't have been her. But we also found out that the Xisha District rescued the Emperor Dragon, and the people from Gaojiang District who were originally going to sign a support contract with the genius pure human have not left the Xisha District yet."
"King, please allow us to go to the Xisha area immediately!"
The elegant and noble emperor nodded slightly, his deep, magnetic voice gentle but without much emotion. "Go."
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After Gu Yu got the news, he immediately put down everything he was doing and went to find He Yang.
At this time, He Yang was in the third mining site in the Xisha District.
The mining site had long been surrounded by dozens of meters of walls and high-voltage barbed wire, and on top of the walls, many robots and armed guards were patrolling back and forth.
Not far away, several transport spaceships took off and landed from time to time, making a deafening roar.
Heyang was inspecting the mine at the time. She was wearing a protective suit and a safety helmet. There was only the mine manager around her who was explaining the current mining progress to her.
"The progress of the third mining site is very smooth, and the A and B areas are now fully operational."
"This is the latest S-grade Originium sample mined. This batch of Originium is much better than the previous ones in terms of precision and purity. However, the mining difficulty has also increased by several levels."
S-level Originium is usually found deep underground. Its quantity is scarce and its distribution is very scattered, so finding it usually requires extensive exploration. Furthermore, during the excavation process, one may encounter complex geology, extreme environments with high temperatures and pressures, and even toxic gases.
In the center of the pit, several giant robotic arms repeatedly swung their arms, digging deep, bottomless pits. Layer upon layer of minecart tracks crisscrossed the pits, countless silver minecarts crisscrossing them, sending dust flying everywhere.
Under the scorching sun, the air was filled with a pungent smell of metal and gasoline. Meanwhile, the chaotic and noisy noises of various equipment and machinery filled the mine, causing extreme eardrum discomfort.
"Areas C and D haven't been put into use yet due to staff shortages. But the Federal Prison informed us a few days ago that a new batch of exiled orcs and deformed orcs will be sent to the Xisha area next month, which will just fill the vacancies."
Tsuruo nodded, "Let's do it the same way as before. You can make the arrangements."
The vast majority of prisoners sentenced to serious or death row are sent to the mining site, one of the harshest exile sites in the southern continent. Not only does it offer the harshest environment and the heaviest work, but it also imposes the strictest management system. Orcs who, after being contaminated and deformed, have not lost their minds, are also discarded here by the Federation as failures.
When Gu Yu rushed over, the manager had almost finished reporting his work.
When he saw Gu Yu, he immediately greeted him warmly, "Captain Gu."
Gu Yu nodded to him.
He Yang saw Gu Yu and said in surprise: "Shouldn't you be at the training ground now?"
Gu Yu looked at He Yang: "I have something to talk to you about."
The manager immediately said with a look of understanding, "District Head, I'll be leaving now. You two can chat slowly."
After he left, Tsuruya said, "He is also from the Capital District. Your father will come to see me again later."
Gu Yu paused and said, "I belong to the Xisha District Military Headquarters and am from the Xisha District. You don't have to pay attention to him."
He Yang smiled and said, "You came to me so anxiously, is it because of the planting room?"
Gu Yu nodded and said, "District Chief, that place is not suitable."
"Inappropriate? I think it's quite appropriate." He Yang led him forward and said, "Besides where Long Qi lives, can you find another place where everyone will stay away?"
"It's absolutely safe, absolutely hidden, and it can defy everyone's expectations. There's no better place in the entire Xisha region."
Gu Yu: "You know Long Qi's personality, and you should also know that he has an extreme aversion to pure humans. He has already directly expressed his dislike for the cub to Mu Yan. Placing the cub next to him is deliberately provoking him, and he will most likely regard it as a provocation."
"I heard Mu Yan say that." He Yang looked at him, "So you're worried that he will really hurt the cub?"
Gu Yu didn't say anything, but not speaking was actually a disguised form of consent.
Tsuruo led him to the edge of the wall.
"You are comrades, teammates fighting side by side. Although it's not stated explicitly, you all assume that Long Qi is a member of the First Squad, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have trespassed into the restricted area for him. You also wouldn't have contacted your father just to get the Tiger Tribe to give him a plant to save him."
"Although I haven't had the chance to see the cub in person, I've heard about her from all of you. She's kind, intelligent, and talented, completely different from other pure humans."
"Pure humans are the last hope of this world. You should know that I would never joke about her safety."
"But Gu Yu, did Long Qi do anything wrong?" He Yang lowered his head and gestured for him to look down. From above, he could clearly see the deformed orcs digging for low-level source stone on the first floor.
"Those deformed orcs, simply because of their abnormal physical appearance, are considered aliens or failures by the Federation, a disgrace to their families, and rejected by society. What did they do wrong?"
"The reason we can still see Long Qi outside is simply because he has greater value to be used."
"Your worry stems from your distrust of Long Qi. But the bond between the Emperor Dragon and pure humans is far beyond your imagination."
Gu Yu was only twenty years old. When he was born, pure humans already hated Emperor Dragon very much.
But back then..., she had seen it with her own eyes.
"Gu Yu, Long Qi won't hurt her."
"Of course, if Long Qi really shows extremely strong disgust and aversion, or makes any move to harm the cub, it won't be too late for us to move somewhere else."
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Ye Ning held the green stone and immediately began to sense it.
It wasn't her, nor was it the plant elements gathered by the Green Singing Stone, but...
It was the Originium that the teacher had just stuffed into the instrument.
She knew that even if the planting box was high-tech and the seeds were excellent, it would be too exaggerated for them to sprout as soon as they were put into the soil without her using her supernatural powers.
But one after another, the ten seeds began to break out of their shells!
"Yes! That's right." Hou Sen's eyes gleamed brightly. He quickly recorded the data on his bracelet and continued, "Maintain the feeling you just had. Go deeper. Use your maximum sense to connect to one of the seeds."
"Breathe steadily and try to focus all your energy on it."
Ye Ning calmed down and felt it, and indeed discovered a very faint energy emanating from the source stone.
She couldn't put her finger on what it was, she just felt it.
Following Hou Sen's instructions, she directed the energy to one of the seeds. Soon, the seed grew a tender green bud tip covered with sparse hairs at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hou Sen's breathing stagnated, and he suppressed his frantically beating heart. He asked in a steady tone, "Can you continue?"
Ye Ning nodded. This seed did not consume her energy at all, and there was still some vitality in the source stone.
Ye Ning continued until all the vitality in the source stone was exhausted, then stopped.
At this time, the plant had already grown four buds.
Originium contains vitality, but its utilization rate is actually not very high. No wonder they placed so many of these stones next to the black dragon when they were treating the decomposing plants that day.
Hou Sen scanned it with the instrument, and it clearly showed an S-level plant!
Hou Sen, who had experienced round after round of shock, now felt that it was just as he expected.
This vibrant green shimmers in the sun, and the slightly curled, slightly moist leaves look vibrant, inviting you to touch them and feel their unique vitality.
Hou Sen stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch the green. But just as he was about to get close, he suddenly came to his senses and immediately pulled his hand back.
When Ye Ning looked at him, she found that his eyes were slightly red.
Ye Ning had a strong ability to empathize. Seeing Hou Sen like this, she was immediately touched. She ran to Hou Sen, patted him on the back, and then made a lot of gestures and said, "I will plant a lot in the future!"
"Okay, okay." Hou Sen looked at Ye Ning with a look of relief. He had never thought that at his age, he would still burst into tears just by seeing a young sprout.
But no words could describe his mood at the moment.
Everyone said that pure humans were the world's last hope. But the experiences he had had over the past few decades had made him increasingly skeptical of this statement. But today, he finally had a profound understanding of what "hope" truly felt like.
"You've done very well with the first sprout today."
"It's tiring to constantly guide the plant elements. You're still young, so this is already very good. Don't try again for the rest of the day. These plants are here with you, so you can try to take care of them first."
But still worried that Ye Ning might be tired, Hou Sen let her rest for a while before continuing the class.
If anyone else who had seen Hou Sen saw this warm and caring scene, they would definitely wonder if he had been possessed by another spirit.
In the afternoon, Hou Sen gave her a lot of relevant knowledge. Before leaving, he also gave her an electronic version of the plant encyclopedia.
"The books have to wait for them to bring them over from Gaojiang District. Take a look at this first."
"Different plants have different habits. Although others can help you with subsequent cultivation and maintenance, if you do the entire process yourself, the plant's purification effect will be better."
If it were any other pure human, Hou Sen wouldn't have said this. After the seeds germinated, maintenance was all done by other orcs. They were too lazy to study so hard, and they didn't have the patience.
But Ye Ning was different. Despite her young age, she was extremely patient and eager to learn. She could spot many details that he hadn't noticed, and then ask him about them, often drawing inferences from them.
Teaching such students, he felt that his mind became much younger.
Ye Ning nodded and carefully wrote down Hou Sen's words. She also wanted to see what the plants she had grown using the methods of this world would look like.
She had originally thought that since there were no plants in this world, their cultivation technology would be relatively backward or severely flawed. However, on the contrary, precisely because plants were so scarce, they were placing more and more emphasis on their research.
After Hou Sen left, Ye Ning secretly took out the statue and wanted to put it in the flowerpot, but it seemed a bit out of place and she couldn't explain where it came from. Ye Ning apologized to the statue, shrunk it to the smallest size and buried it in the soil.
After a moment's thought, she took another photo of the statue and searched online. While the statue didn't turn up, she did find a shovel and a watering can. They looked like children's toys, but they were similar to the ones the system had given her. Without a close look, there wasn't much difference.
Ye Ning took the bracelet and ran to find Mu Yan, "I want this."
Mu Yan helped her set the address and placed the order, but when he found out that it was bound to Gu Yu's account, he couldn't help but feel confused.
With Gu Yu around, Long Qi wouldn't hurt her, but Long Qi...
Ye Ning didn't notice Mu Yan's dilemma at all. She felt better because Mu Yan didn't keep looking at her.
She ran to the balcony and reassembled the seeds and the flowerpot after disinfecting them that morning. After thinking about it, she decided not to replace the seeds. When Feng Qi came back, if she wanted new seeds, she would give them to her.
You have to put water in the planting box yourself. Ye Ning replaced all the water with the watering can, took out the seeds, and carefully turned the soil several times. After making sure that no matter how much he turned the soil, there would be no beneficial effect, he put the seeds back.
"Are they absorbing pollutants now?" Ye Ning asked the little mushrooms while lying next to the planting box.
The little mushroom nodded and said, "Of course, the mission progress hasn't changed, it's because you're planting too few now."
[But your mission progress is already very fast! You've reached level 3 today!]
"Once they build the growing room, they should be able to grow more at once." She didn't know whether other pure humans in this world grew crops in the same way, but overall, the experience was still very wonderful.
She had originally thought she could only plant slowly, but she hadn't expected them to have all sorts of ways to stimulate rapid plant growth. They were probably much more anxious and enthusiastic about planting than she was.
Ye Ning exchanged another seed from the mall and gave it to Feng Qi in the evening. She was really curious why only pure humans could grow plants.
If Feng Qi uses her shovel, watering can and seeds, can she grow them successfully?
As soon as Feng Qi got out of school, he ran back home excitedly.
"Sister, sister, I received a gift from the Mermaid King!!"
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