Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Planting Marine Plants on Land? ...
Ye Ning still couldn't sleep at night, but Feng Qi slept soundly because he could smell her scent.
So when Ye Ning woke up, it was already noon.
Ye Ning looked at the time and found that it was already the class time agreed upon by Hou Sen and her. She quickly got up, tidied herself up, and ran downstairs.
She had told Gu Yu before that after she went to sleep, they would come to see her once an hour. He wasn't in her room now, so he must be downstairs.
As soon as she went down the stairs, she saw Hou Sen sitting in the living room waiting for her.
Ye Ning immediately said embarrassedly, "Teacher, I got up late today."
She even made a tapping sound on the stairs because she was so anxious.
Hou Sen heard the anxiety and shame in her tone and said quickly, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, take your time."
He had waited so long for her, and even tried to comfort himself, but when Ye Ning walked up to him, she felt even more embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I'll definitely pay attention to the time next time and won't stay up so late and keep you waiting."
Everyone's time is precious, and he always comes to her house to give her lessons. Ye Ning feels that she really shouldn't make him wait for her.
Look, look! What a thoughtful person! What a thoughtful person! He'd only waited ten minutes, and she must be exhausted after spending so much energy and reading for so long yesterday.
Hou Sen looked at her kindly and said softly, "You're still young, it's time for you to get more sleep. Besides, you planted so many plants yesterday, so it's only right that you should sleep longer."
"Eat breakfast first. You can't eat on an empty stomach in the morning."
Hou Lin, who was standing next to her, had been staring at Ye Ning in amazement since she appeared. After hearing Hou Sen speak to her in that tone, he shuddered.
His pupils dilated slightly, and his gaze kept switching between Ye Ning and Hou Sen. His tone was filled with incredible surprise, "Pure, pure human?!"
How could there be a pure human in the Xisha area, and such an adorable pure human cub at that! !
"Yes, she is a pure human." Hou Sen gave Hou Lin a confirmation reply, his eyes fell softly on Ye Ning, as if he was admiring a rare treasure.
Hou Lin had never been treated in such a kind and gentle tone by Hou Sen in his life. No, it should be said that Hou Sen had never treated anyone like this. No wonder they didn't even go to the capital area!
Hou Sen turned around and glanced at Hou Lin.
Hou Sen still had a smile on his face. Hou Lin suppressed the scream in his heart and held the S-level plant he had just obtained, not daring to breathe for a moment.
Hou Sen looked at him again, this time frowning, "Bring the plants here."
Hou Lin quickly handed over the safe he had been carrying.
After Hou Sen opened it, he found an S-level plant inside!
Its roots are soaked in nutrient solution, but the leaves still look a little lifeless.
Ye Ning took a look and saw that it was mint!
[Ding——, the Mint Atlas has been unlocked. 】
Hou Sen explained kindly, "This S-rank plant is given to you. You can see the difference between what others grow and what you grow."
Ye Ning nodded quickly. Mint would take root and sprout immediately if soaked in water. If planted in the soil, it would grow into a large area. It was a very easy plant to grow.
She hadn't eaten vegetables for a long time. Ye Ning even wanted to chew two mint leaves. Mint fried eggs would be fine too!
This mint plant looks wilted, probably because it hasn't seen the sun for a long time.
Ye Ning: "Teacher, let me show you the plants I planted yesterday. They have grown very tall." She turned around and wanted to go upstairs to move the planting box.
Shao Yu stopped her and said, "I'll go, you have breakfast first."
Hou Sen: "Yes, yes, you should have breakfast first."
That's fine, Ye Ning turned to Shao Yu and said, "The planting box is in the corner of my room."
Having said that, she quickly ran to eat breakfast.
Her three meals consisted of milk, some unknown eggs and meat, and the meat and eggs were different for each meal.
She had heard Feng Qi say that this kind of fresh food was hard to come by, as they usually ate nutrient solution and rarely ate fresh food. So no matter what fresh food they gave her, she ate it all up.
And she didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that her physical condition seemed to have really improved.
The three of them didn't notice Hou Lin standing next to them, his jaw dropping in shock. Professor Hou, you're just going to give her this S-rank plant? She's so young, is it really okay to give it to her?! Has Professor Hou forgotten the pain they went through to get that plant?
Hou Lin was scratching his head inwardly, but he didn't dare say a word. He had a premonition that if he dared to question it, Professor Hou would definitely not let him off easily!
Shao Yu pushed open the door and saw the planting box in the corner at a glance.
His eyes fixed on the planting box, his heart trembled slightly, and then he carefully carried the box downstairs.
The moment he saw the planting box, even though Hou Sen was mentally prepared, he lost his composure.
All the seeds there grew several sets of leaves, and the plant that Ye Ning had germinated yesterday had grown directly to maturity today!
The original tender green has turned into dark green, and the main trunk has also turned slightly red, all of which are signs that it has become fully mature.
Hou Lin was originally still feeling sorry for the S-level plant, but now seeing Shao Yu coming down with ten plants in his arms, his mind felt a little dazed.
Hou Sen took out the detector and checked them one by one. There was no doubt that every one of them was S-grade!
"They are all S-grade. You actually grew ten S-grade plants at once, and made them grow to this size overnight!" He excitedly took out his bracelet and started taking pictures from all angles.
If other people knew about this, he couldn't imagine what a sensation it would cause!
"They should be able to bloom soon." Ye Ning said beside him.
When the seeds are ready, she won't have to go to the mall to buy them, and she can share the seeds with them. The seeds in the mall are of such high quality, maybe they can also use them to successfully grow plants.
Little Mushroom said that any seeds from the mall could absorb pollution. It didn't really matter who planted them, as long as they were hers.
Hou Lin's brain was completely dead, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Ye Ning changed dramatically in an instant. No wonder Professor Hou looked down on Yan Gang. He would look down on him too. Comparing the two of them, there was a world of difference!
Ye Ning pointed to the pearl inside and said, "I also put a pearl in there yesterday that the mermaid king gave me."
"The pearl given by the Mermaid King?" Hou Sen was a little surprised and took out the pearl.
He thought it was a decoration that Ye Ning put in specially.
Ye Ning explained: "It has the scent of Green Ming Stone, so I put it in."
Hou Sen looked at the pearl carefully, knocked it, and the bracelet immediately vibrated slightly.
Hou Sen's brow furrowed immediately. He handed the pearl to Hou Lin and said, "Take a closer look."
Hou Lin quickly took the pearl and examined it carefully. Not long after he held it in his hand, the bracelet began to vibrate slightly.
He immediately took out another device and scanned the pearl carefully.
Hou Lin quickly came to the conclusion, "It does indeed contain our new nano-plant tracker."
This is a new tracker they released this year, which can effectively track and locate plant elements. However, after it was released, few people bought it because its use case was too low.
As a result, the mermaids bought it and hid the tracker in the pearl?
"Tracker?" Shao Yu's face darkened slightly. He also walked over and observed the pearl carefully.
Hou Lin glanced at him and said, "You can't see it, and no one else can see it except us."
He said this not because he looked down on Shao Yu, but because the tracker was equipped with an anti-tracking mechanism for specific people in Gaojiang District. Otherwise, with a nano-level tracker built into such a large pearl, even the king of heaven would not be able to detect it.
This anti-tracking mechanism is locked to their wristbands, allowing them to sense and identify in real time any attempt to track them using their devices.
Ye Ning didn't expect that it was just a pearl, there was something else inside.
She told Ye Ning about the hidden bubbles and the gift. She also told her about the scent of the green stone in the bubble water.
Hou Sen thought for a moment and sneered.
When he saw the marine orcs at the auction, he was surprised to see them coming all the way here to buy plants. He didn't expect them to be searching for talented pure humans as well.
The ocean is much less polluted than on land, and there aren't as many pollutants. Plus, the ocean was originally formed by continental sedimentation caused by crustal movement, so the plant resources in the ocean are actually much richer than on land.
Moreover, marine orcs play a vital role in the federal economy and can be said to control the economic lifeline of the federation.
Why would they suddenly seek out Master Plant Therapist in this way? They support quite a few pure humans; they are behind almost every pure human in the Federation.
Hou Sen instructed Hou Lin, "Disable the tracker inside."
Hou Lin quickly said, "It's been blocked, but the previous coordinates should have been transmitted long ago."
Hou Sen thought for a moment and said, "The Bareranti Sea is at least two days' journey from here. If nothing goes wrong, they will arrive in the next two days."
Ye Ning pointed at herself in surprise, "Are you here to see me?"
Hou Sen nodded. "If they really arrive tomorrow, something serious must have happened in the ocean."
Shao Yu looked at Hou Sen and said, "I need to report this matter to the district chief immediately."
Hou Sen nodded in agreement. "Explain everything to her so she can be prepared. I'll discuss this with Lu Chuan as well. Now that they've discovered something's wrong, I'm afraid they won't be easily dismissed."
Ye Ning thought of her algae atlas and couldn't help asking, "Are there purely human-grown plants in the ocean?"
Seeing Ye Ning's curiosity, Hou Sen immediately softened his voice and explained, "There used to be some, but the number of pure humans has been decreasing in recent decades. It's difficult for land-based orcs to adapt to life under the sea, let alone pure humans with average physiques. However, marine orcs can also come to land, so the impact isn't significant."
Ye Ning nodded thoughtfully and asked, "If they have seeds of marine plants, can I plant them?"
Seeing everyone looking at her in surprise, Ye Ning explained, "I watched a documentary yesterday. Marine plants grow in water, and some algae only need water and sunlight to grow. So I wondered if marine plants would be easier to grow."
For example, spirulina and chlorella, which ducks love to eat, can grow in large patches as long as they are exposed to the sun.
They were all plants. If they were more concerned with quantity, algae would be particularly suitable. She vaguely remembered hearing about something called giant kelp, which could naturally grow 30 to 60 centimeters in a day. If her special abilities and other factors were added to stimulate growth, the growth rate would definitely be even faster.
"I want to give it a try. Maybe I can grow a lot at once?"
Hou Sen hadn't really studied what Ye Ning was talking about. He had spent his entire life studying land plants and how to improve their utilization efficiency. So Ye Ning's question really stumped him.
However, he had heard a little about it and knew that someone had studied it before.
While growing terrestrial plants requires consideration of factors like temperature, humidity, soil, and climate, and some require a long growth cycle, marine plants appear to require only light and water. In fact, the environmental conditions required by these marine plants can be well controlled in the laboratory.
Moreover, the pollution level in water is much lower than that in the air. At the same time, the growth rate of marine plants is much faster than that of most land plants.
Hou Sen immediately used his bracelet to search for information and said, "Marine plants not only grow faster and have better purification effects, but they also require more plant elements and are extremely difficult to grow. Many years ago, no pure human could grow them."
but--
Ye Ning is talented! Her talent for planting is something that only appears once in a thousand years! What others can't do, maybe she can?!
Hou Sen suddenly felt like his Ren and Du meridians were opened, and the door to a new world was opened.
In the past, many things didn't work because pure humans couldn't grow them. But now it's different. With Ye Ning, they can definitely think more creatively.
Although no one has been able to grow marine plants for many years, there must be well-preserved seed mother plants.
"I'll ask the people in Gaojiang District to research it right away!"
Hou Sen finished the call quickly, his face full of excitement. When he looked at Ye Ning, his expression was full of admiration and doting.
People tend to think within established frameworks and patterns, which is the primary cause of rigid and limited thinking. He should have built on her abilities and broadened her horizons and avenues. Instead, he was stuck in past experiences, simply repeating fixed thought patterns.
Hou Sen couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.
It is said that excellent students will also help teachers to make continuous progress, and he now truly understands this.
On the other side, He Yang had already led his people to select a location for the construction of the planting room.
After directing everyone to start the work, he turned and went to Long Qi's residence.
She held the spare key in her hand and turned it gently. With a slight click, the door slowly opened.
In the dim room, Long Qi was curled up on the cold floor, twitching from time to time due to the torture of pollutants, looking miserable and fragile.
Tsuruo sighed and walked towards him.
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