Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Marine Plant Planting Room
After finalizing the candidate, Ye Ning and Bai Qing made an appointment and went to the nursery to water the plants.
Le Song followed behind her, wearing strict protective clothing, looking at the surrounding plants in amazement.
Who would have thought that not long ago, he was just an orc who had never seen an S-level plant in person. But now, he could actually stay in a space with hundreds of S-level plants.
Just one look at the plants made Lesong's heart race. With so many plants, they wouldn't have to worry about pollutants!
If other people saw this, they would surely be as excited as he was and full of hope for the future!
Seeing that he was still wearing the filter mask, Ye Ning asked him, "Do you want to take it off?"
He was wearing a reverse filtering mask to filter out the contamination in his body. The researchers inside, who were in indoor environments for a long time, no longer needed to wear one. Only Le Song was dressed tightly.
Le Song shook his head. "No, no, this is fine."
He was heavily contaminated, and when the researchers were about to come in, they were reluctant. It was Ye Ning who pulled him in, insisting he come with her, that they finally let him in.
But before letting him in, he was thoroughly disinfected from head to toe.
But he had not recovered in the first place, so Ye Ning still felt that taking off the mask would allow him to inhale more plant elements.
She pulled Lesong's sleeve and motioned him to come over.
Le Song quickly squatted in front of her, "What's the matter?"
Ye Ning took a look and directly helped him remove the filter from the mask, then stuffed the filter into his pocket.
"Just pick it off secretly."
This way, nothing unusual can be seen from the outside, but he can breathe in the air here without any hindrance.
As soon as the filter was removed, the rich plant scent instantly filled Le Song's nostrils. He couldn't help but breathe in deeply.
Woo woo woo, the little cub actually took off the filter for him so that he could better purify the pollutants in his body.
Le Song breathed deeply, feeling touched and comfortable, but at the same time, he felt a little guilty. "Won't this affect the growth of the plants inside? I'd better wear it."
Ye Ning stopped him from moving. "If just breathing near the plants affects their growth, then I really can't grow plants outside."
The pollution outside was so severe that it wouldn't be as simple as just one orc breathing it in. In such a harsh environment, they all had to wear filtering masks to isolate themselves from the pollution.
"And I hope you can recover soon." Ye Ning smiled at him.
"You can definitely grow plants outside." Le Song said anxiously, his round and bright eyes becoming more determined when he looked at Ye Ning.
Although the researcher said the probability was zero and it was impossible to do it, when he saw Ye Ning's determination and confidence, he felt that she would definitely succeed!
He didn't understand plants, but he believed in Ye Ning. A genius plant therapist who could fill such a large growing room with plants could definitely grow plants outside!
Ye Ning sensed the emotion in his eyes, so she touched his head again through her protective suit and said, "Let's go water the plants first."
Ye Ning deliberately slowed down and watered the plants slowly. But after she finished watering all the plants, it only took her an hour.
During this time, she also gave Le Song a large glass of mint water and asked him to chew two raw watermelon leaves.
The effect was immediate. As soon as Le Song ate the plants, he felt that his recovery speed had increased.
Ye Ning took a look at the planting room and felt that it could be expanded.
She thought the growing room was very large at first, but after it got on track, she felt that it was still a little too small.
Now, every night before going to bed, she compresses her supernatural power into a huge sheet and covers all the plants with it.
This will not have a very obvious promoting effect, but it will help her to develop her supernatural powers.
While Ye Ning was watering the plants, Le Song kept thinking about what Hou Lin had said to him. While thinking, he reflected on the problems he had encountered last time.
While investigating, he encountered an S-level pollutant. With his strength, he couldn't fight it alone. But he wanted to break through, so he didn't choose to escape immediately, but fought it.
Deep within the complex environment of the mining site, the pollutant frantically swung its tentacles, violently slamming against the stone walls and causing severe damage to the mine structure. The mine, already devoid of light, was immediately enveloped in a cloud of dust, leaving chaos everywhere.
He only managed to hold out for twenty minutes in such an environment. By the time reinforcements arrived, he was already severely injured.
In fact, the captain also gave him some advice, but the angle and ideas given by Hou Lin were completely different from those given by the captain.
Gu Yu graduated from the top military academy in the capital region and was meticulously nurtured by his family from a young age. He arrived in the Xisha region with Long Qi, and their arrival instantly transformed the then-diminished state of the Xisha region's military.
But Hou Lin was trained in Gaojiang District. He had heard that Gaojiang District had its own unique way of doing things. After seeing Hou Lin, he felt that was true.
He had to think carefully about Hou Lin's words and see what the specific reason for his failure was.
In the afternoon, Ye Ning got a batch of ocean seeds.
It is not quite correct to say seeds, because most marine plants do not have seeds. They mainly reproduce through spores, broken branches or vegetative bodies.
So what they gave Ye Ning were some spores and the plant itself.
The researchers had already prepared everything for her. Each small cup contained spores and nutrients from different plants. Ye Ning only needed to gather the plant elements on them and help them germinate.
This time, the Empire sent a large box of green stones. It is no exaggeration to say that it is enough for Ye Ning to replace the plants in the planting room twice.
Ye Ning, wearing the badge given by the system, was somewhat surprised when she came into contact with the seeds. These marine plant seeds weren't newly synthesized, but had been preserved for decades. They had been very well preserved, so while the vitality of these seeds was slightly reduced, they were still considered healthy.
It is not easy to preserve it to this extent for such a long time.
Ye Ning reached out and stirred the cup, and the system soon issued a prompt sound.
[Ding——, the kelp encyclopedia has been unlocked.]
[Ding——, the seaweed encyclopedia has been unlocked.]
[Ding——, the Awa Algae Atlas has been unlocked.]
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There are a total of five marine plants, and Ye Ning replaced them all with those from the mall.
But when it sprouted, I realized something was wrong.
She was clearly using the same plant elements that were used to germinate land plants, but the marine plants in front of her showed no reaction at all.
Ye Ning immediately increased the output of his supernatural powers, but the marine plants in front of him still showed no signs of sprouting.
Even kelp doesn't germinate? Do they need so much energy?
Ye Ning was a little shocked.
She continued to increase it by 10%. Finally, when the energy she used reached twice or even three times the original amount, the marine plants in front of her sprouted!
A tiny, almost transparent kelp sprout tip sprouted out. The seaweed sprouts in another cup were also small and soft, but with a little bit of lavender fuzz inside, they looked very cute!
However, it consumes so many plant elements. No wonder pure humans who find it difficult to grow land plants cannot grow marine plants.
But it was still easy for her.
Ye Ning looked at Hou Sen happily, "Teacher, it's sprouted!"
When Hou Sen heard the good news, his eyes lit up and he immediately strode over.
"Great, great, it worked!" Hou Sen was very happy to see the marine plants floating in the water. "How do you feel?"
After Ye Ning's last talk, they conducted a lot of research and discovered that marine plants have many advantages. Not only are they good at purification, but they also grow very quickly. The only drawback is that they are very difficult to grow.
Therefore, in the past few decades, the marine orcs have not obtained marine plants, because there is no pure human being who can grow them.
But Ye Ning can germinate hundreds of land seeds at a time, so it is very easy for her to germinate these marine plants.
As soon as this thought flashed through Hou Sen's mind, he suddenly realized that he had actually made such an exaggerated thing sound so lightly.
Ye Ning has raised his threshold time and time again.
He fully believed that once she was announced and her talent in planting became known to the world, it would definitely attract the crazy covetousness of all major forces!
Ye Ning expressed her feelings, "It seems that marine plants have 2-3 times more difficulty germinating than land plants."
Hou Sen nodded. "Because marine plants have stronger purification capabilities. If the growth rate is fast enough in the later stage, focusing on cultivating marine plants is also a good choice."
"The reason we didn't give you many seeds this time is because the Empire didn't know your strength, and these are the few seeds they have saved. But if they knew they had all sprouted, they would definitely send the rest immediately."
After germination, it is time to move the seeds to the ocean planting room.
The marine plant cultivation room next door was completed last night.
The ocean cultivation room currently being built is only an initial stage and will require continuous debugging and optimization in the future.
Because they had no experience, they could only build it based on previous information.
However, the elements required for plant growth are common, and based on this, they simulated the marine environment.
When Ye Ning stepped into the ocean planting room, the first thing she saw was a deep and soft blue.
Rows of huge, crystal-clear aquariums were neatly arranged, each containing crystal-clear water. Some had sand and mud at the bottom, others had nets hung to simulate the environment, and some even contained shells and pearls.
The sea water and unique marine products, gently illuminated by carefully blended soft blue lights, create a tranquil and profound atmosphere throughout the space.
The innermost wall is actually made of completely transparent material. Although it has not been filled with seawater yet, it is obvious that the internal space is large enough to accommodate a miniature ocean world.
Ye Ning smelled it and there seemed to be the salty smell of sea water in her nostrils.
“Is all this seawater real?”
Hou Sen shook his head and explained, "We carefully blended simulated seawater to a specific concentration based on the growth needs of marine plants. Real seawater also contains pollutants and is not as clean as this blend."
Furthermore, the salinity of seawater varies from shallow to deep sea. Shallow areas are close to land, where rainfall and river inflow dilute their salinity. However, deep sea areas, far from freshwater inflow, experience slow water exchange, leading to very high salinity.
Specific environmental conditions vary depending on the needs of the plants.
Of course, in addition to the most basic salinity, conditions such as water temperature, light, and oxygen content also vary significantly.
They took various factors into consideration and held many discussions with the marine orcs before they created such an ocean cultivation room on land.
Each tank here can easily change environmental conditions independently.
The Empire was very interested in the construction of the cultivation room. After receiving photos of the cultivation room, they officially began investing in the Xisha District. They even reached a new cooperation with the Gaojiang District, but the Gaojiang District was relatively low-key and the operation was relatively secretive.
The Empire repeatedly requested that a special person be sent to the planting room, but no matter what the Empire's attitude was, He Yang rejected it with good temper.
She was not afraid that the Empire would break up with her. After all, she had never said that there were pure humans in the Xisha area.
Even if they really found Ye Ning and publicized the matter, it would not have any negative impact on the Xisha District. On the contrary, it would greatly enhance the cohesion of the Xisha District and the attention of other districts to the Xisha District.
By then, if other families, financial groups, and military forces come to support Ye Ning, the number and probability of the empire obtaining marine plants will only be lower and more difficult.
And the more people there are, the more problems there will be. If the Empire and Gaojiang District disagree on jurisdiction, it will not only cause administrative chaos, but may also affect the existing allocation of resources.
Ye Ning was still young, and her time and energy were limited. If the two sides were to be managed separately, and Ye Ning was asked to meet the planting needs of both the Empire and Gaojiang District at the same time, it would undoubtedly put enormous pressure on her and might even affect the quality and efficiency of the planting.
It would be better to leave everything to Gaojiang District as it is now. At least for now, they are very satisfied with the plant distribution in Gaojiang District.
There were no plants here, and they had no experience, so they had to start from scratch. So in order not to waste resources, they planned to start planting on a small scale.
After Ye Ning put the kelp and seaweed in, she looked at her system again. Her fishing column was still gray.
There are also many orcs in the ocean, and they also need plants. It’s amazing to think about it.
Although she had seen a lot of related content online, she had never seen it with her own eyes, so it always seemed unreal.
But the Xisha area is some distance away from the sea. If she wants to go fishing, where can she go?
She also wanted to eat some grilled fish, shrimp, crab or something.
After finishing this matter, the rest of the time will be her own.
Ye Ning looked at the bracelet and it was exactly the time she had agreed with Bai Qing.
She sent a message to Bai Qing using her bracelet and prepared to wait for her at the door.
But as soon as she went out, Ye Ning found that the weather today was really bad.
As soon as she stepped outside, she felt a fierce wind blowing towards her. The wind whipped up the sand, lashing her body and face like tiny blades, causing her face to sting. Not only was the sand blowing, but the temperature had also dropped significantly, with waves of chill sweeping over her.
Seeing this, Le Song picked up Ye Ning without hesitation. He opened his coat and wrapped Ye Ning in it.
After making sure she wouldn't be blown away by the wind and sand, he asked, "Do you want to go in and wait for her first? The weather is bad today, you should wear protective clothing."
Ye Ning shook her head and looked at the sky outside through the cover of her clothes.
The sun had clearly not yet set, but millions of falling ice crystals had already refracted the sunlight into different circles of light, which were connected into countless blood-red, thick pillars of light reaching all the way to the zenith.
But the wind and sand were so strong that the sky became dark and oppressive. The buildings and roads that were usually clearly visible were no longer clearly visible, and even the pillars of light were vague.
She checked the time again. It was three in the afternoon. "The sandstorm today is really bad."
Le Song explained with a smile: "This is not a sandstorm, it's a sandstorm vortex."
Sandstorm vortex?
Ye Ning: "Isn't it different from a sandstorm?"
Le Song nodded. "The rainy season is here, and sandstorms will easily form in the desert."
He pointed in a direction and motioned Ye Ning to look, "There, if you're not careful and get sucked in, you can easily be taken to the restricted area."
Ye Ning looked in the direction of his finger, and she could only see yellow sand and a slightly darker block of color.
However, Ye Ning asked him in surprise: "Is there still a rainy season here?"
Le Song: "Yes, it should start in a week. The rainy season usually lasts about a month. Although the Xisha area is full of desert, it will rain all day long when the rainy season comes. The yellow sand and heavy rain will make the weather even worse."
"But as long as we're in the house, we'll be safe. Don't worry, we won't be swept away by the sandstorm vortex."
Buildings in the Xisha region are exceptionally windproof and stormproof, among other things. In the event of strong winds, the structures can quickly adjust their exterior shapes to adapt to the direction of the wind and sand, minimizing damage. If surface sandstorms are extremely severe, the buildings can even be sunk underground for shelter.
Le Song hugged Ye Ning tightly and pulled her closer to him. "If you don't want to go back and put on protective clothing, then I'll hold you first."
Ye Ning's body temperature was lower than his, and with the temperature outside so low, she would definitely feel cold. His body temperature was high, so he could just transfer heat to her.
He had just held his sister's newborn cubs a few days ago, and he was afraid that they would melt away in his hands.
It feels different from hugging Ye Ning, but he likes it both ways.
Ye Ning didn't notice his actions, and she did feel the imbalance in her body temperature.
She looked up at Le Song and said, "I'll go put on my protective suit first."
Well, Le Song took her back inside with some disappointment.
When Baiqing was about to come out, he specially changed into protective clothing.
But when she changed her clothes and prepared to go out with the testing equipment, she happened to meet several researchers from other groups.
"You want the door now in this weather?"
"Are you going to do some outdoor planting with Master Ye Ning?"
Bai Qing nodded.
The two exchanged glances, and one of them pulled Bai Qing aside, saying earnestly, "Although Lord Ye Ning possesses top-tier talent, the outdoor environment is so poor, how could it be possible to cultivate plants naturally? We've used so many resources and expended so much effort in the laboratory to create an environment suitable for plant growth."
It wasn't that they didn't believe Ye Ning could germinate or grow plants; with her talent, she could definitely do it. But they usually planted plants in the laboratory under 24-hour supervision and consumed a large amount of S-level Originium to ensure their healthy growth. Even the slightest mistake was unacceptable.
But the environment outside, the weather, the soil—
Bai Qing pushed his glasses up, lowered his head, and said awkwardly, "Maybe it's possible."
"If you ask me, wouldn't it be better to use this time to study more plants in there and plant more plants?"
"Besides, we now have an additional marine cultivation room. We don't have enough manpower to take care of these two cultivation rooms alone."
"We're doing this for your own good. With the weather and climate in the Xisha Islands, it's impossible to plant crops outdoors."
"Yeah yeah."
Bai Qing didn't look at them. He just found the right spot, ran sideways, and said softly, "Master Ye Ning is waiting for me outside. I'll leave first."
When Ye Ning changed her clothes and went out, Bai Qing was already waiting at the door.
The weather outside was bad, so Baiqing also put on protective clothing.
There was a strong wind howling in her ears, and Ye Ning had to be held by Le Song to prevent her from being blown away. In such an environment, even Ye Ning herself felt that it was a bit outrageous to talk about planting plants outdoors.
But this kind of weather is also part of the environment.
When faced with difficulties, she kept thinking that she couldn't do it. It was impossible. If she couldn't do it even with the help of the system, then there was really no hope for this world.
Ye Ning took Bai Qing's hand and shook it, "Let's go choose a place first."
This was the second time Ye Ning held her hand.
Bai Qing looked at the spot where the two of them were touching and nodded slightly, "I've already picked out a few suitable spots that are close to the planting room today."
Bai Qing transmitted the location to Ye Ning.
"I did a rough data analysis. These three areas each have their pros and cons, but the pros can basically be ignored."
There are three locations in total.
Area A: Close to water sources, but with severe soil salinization...
Area B: It can be protected from wind and sand to a certain extent, but it has strong direct sunlight and poor soil...
Area C: The temperature difference is small, but the terrain is low and prone to flooding...
Ye Ning glanced at the distance and pointed to the nearest one, "Here."
Bai Qing looked at her in surprise and pushed up his glasses. "Don't we have to go to all three places to check it out?"
Ye Ning shook her head. "Neither one is suitable anyway. Choose the safest one."
That location is between the planting room and the house where Long Qi lives.
The buildings on both sides block the sandstorms, and the poor soil and direct sunlight are not a problem.
"Let's go there and mark our spot today!"
Le Song helped her bring a marker. After Ye Ning selected a 1*1 meter range, she asked Le Song to put her down and marked it with her own hands.
At the same time, in her shopping mall system, the originally blank local environmental assessment column also showed the yellow sand spot she had just marked.
Planting area: Haichenxing (25°N, 13°E) 1*1 square meter
【Task 1: Basic Environmental Assessment (in progress)】
The first step was completed. Ye Ning clapped her hands happily, "That's it. The rest of the environmental assessment will be completed by the robot collecting data."
"This place will soon be home to the first wild S-rank plant in this world in nearly a hundred years!"
Ye Ning's lofty ambitions were thus heard by Long Qi next door.
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