Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Secret
Everywhere was yellow sand, which neither held water nor allowed drainage. Over twenty days of torrential rain had caused widespread waterlogging at the edge of the desert and even beyond.
Hou Lin held an umbrella and stood there with Ye Ning.
The pink pearls are directly exposed. Raindrops fall on them from time to time, and then slowly slide down the round surface of the pearls, leaving behind delicate water marks.
There was already a delicate halo flowing on the surface of the pearl, and after being washed by the rain, the pink and purple halo became even more crystal clear and soft.
Long Qi was just standing there at a distance of more than 20 meters, but Hou Lin could feel the dangerous and terrifying aura.
He was still dressed in black, with broad shoulders and a straight figure, and he exuded a sense of strength that was impossible to ignore. However, he still carried the same cold, unapproachable aura.
We had never met outdoors before, but this time we faced each other so directly.
Normally, he could sense the Emperor Dragon's aura from a distance, but today, he only noticed it when it was right in front of him.
Hou Lin, who originally felt nothing, couldn't help but start chattering his teeth the moment his eyes met Long Qi.
His hand holding the umbrella handle began to tremble, and he wished that Long Qi could go back immediately like before.
But unexpectedly, he also stopped there.
At this distance, Ye Ning didn't have to look up at him.
There was still a cold and hard look on Long Qi's face, and the corners of his mouth were pursed into a straight line with almost no curve.
Only then did Ye Ning realize that his eyes were on the pink pearl in her hand.
His eyelashes covered his eyelids, and he lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.
He didn't leave immediately like last time. Ye Ning thought about it and walked closer to him. "Is your injury better?"
Long Qi was silent for a few seconds before speaking stiffly, "Okay."
Ye Ning nodded.
She was about to say something else when she suddenly saw a huge scorpion several dozen centimeters long, with a thick tail, strong front claws, and a stinger that flashed with cold light, appear at her feet!
Its body is yellowish-brown, but with mottled red stripes, and it is swimming quickly in the water.
It climbed onto Ye Ning's calf at some point.
Ye Ning moved, and its climbing speed instantly increased, and it climbed onto her arm in a moment.
"Fuck, where did this scorpion come from?" Ye Ning must have been scared to death.
Hou Lin quickly reached out to help her take the big scorpion down.
"It's okay." Ye Ning held Zhenzhu in one hand and held the big scorpion in the other.
She had no gloves on and didn't want to take it directly like this. But if she let it continue to rise, she was afraid it would crawl onto her face.
The scorpion was truly enormous, even larger than her hand. When she held it, it was still vigorously dancing its claws.
Hou Lin didn't expect her to be so brave that she dared to crush a scorpion with her bare hands.
He quickly snatched the scorpion from Ye Ning's hand, "Put it down, put it down, this scorpion is poisonous!"
It wasn't just the scorpion, there were also lizards, spiders... Ye Ning even saw a small snake nearby!
Hou Lin almost screamed, "Damn, isn't this a horned viper?!"
It is well known that primate theropods have an instinctive fear of snakes.
The originally clean surroundings were suddenly filled with all kinds of insects and small animals, and they all surrounded Ye Ning.
Hou Lin quickly stood in front of her, ready to pick her up, "Where did this come from? It's never happened before!?"
Long Qi's face turned slightly cold. The next second, the animals that were rushing towards Ye Ning suddenly stopped and began to tremble.
The whole body of the horned viper curled up and rolled around in pain.
After a while, he said coldly, "Animal."
animal?
Hou Lin looked over in confusion.
Ye Ning…Ye Ning finally understood. She laughed and patted Hou Lin. “These should be desert animals. Let’s catch a few and put them in the planter box to see what happens.”
Hou Lin's eyebrows moved unconsciously, and he suddenly realized.
He subconsciously looked towards Long Qi, but as soon as he raised his head, he met Long Qi's cold gaze and quickly turned his head away.
Isn't that what they were talking about this morning?
Hou Lin: "It must be because you just used a lot of your innate power, and there is a strong plant smell on your body, so they all surrounded you..."
"But can we just throw it in like this? Don't we need to analyze and compare it first?"
Ye Ning: "I still want them, but these are local animals. We can put them in first and see how they go."
An ecological cycle goal cannot be achieved simply by throwing a few animals in. Many factors must be considered comprehensively, such as the species and number of organisms and the relative stability of the environment, to ensure the flow and circulation of energy.
Just like cattle and sheep feed on grass, when they are full, they excrete feces, which are then decomposed by microorganisms and converted into fertilizer for plants, thereby promoting their growth. This is a relatively closed ecosystem.
Ye Ning looked at the animals on the ground and suddenly felt that they were actually the same as the marine creatures outside her private waters.
If you don't keep them out, it will seriously affect the growth of plants. But if plants want to grow outdoors, it is impossible to keep them out all the time.
The best way is to make the plants grow faster than they consume energy, but given the current situation, this cannot be achieved for the time being.
Hou Lin didn't dare look at Long Qi and simply handed the umbrella to Ye Ning. "I'll do it."
He quickly caught three or four scorpions, lizards and the like and threw them into the planting box.
But they still look half-dead.
It must be because Long Qi is still here. Hou Lin couldn't help but glance at Long Qi again, wondering why he hadn't gone in yet.
Ye Ning looked at Long Qi and suddenly thought of the pesticide again.
He was injured because he went to the central area to spread pesticides. Perhaps because he was so strong, he always did this kind of thing and came back injured.
She later heard and read a lot of external rumors. There were all kinds of rumors, but they were all about loans for things he had never done.
Thinking about it this way, Ye Ning felt that he was really a nice person. He was a little cold, but everyone had different personalities, and it was impossible for everyone in the world to be enthusiastic.
Ye Ning held the big pearl and looked at Hou Lin, "Extend your hand."
Hou Lin looked at her doubtfully, but still extended a hand obediently.
Ye Ning directly placed the oversized pink pearl on his hand.
Hou Lin:!!!
He froze in place for a moment, not daring to move.
Ye Ning added, "Wait for me here."
Having said that, she turned and ran towards Long Qi.
The ground was covered with water, and she ran over it, stepping on the splashes.
Ye Ning had just used her supernatural powers on a large scale in the water, and her whole body was filled with the scent of Silos and plants.
The smell stimulated his senses crazily as she approached.
When Ye Ning ran in front of him, he finally couldn't help it, raised the back of his index finger and put it on Ye Ning's forehead.
The sudden contact made Ye Ning raise her head in surprise.
She still had a smile on her face, and there were two sweet dimples on her face. Her eyes looked round and bright, and her soft hair stuck to her forehead, looking... soft.
Long Qi's body stiffened slightly. He quickly withdrew his hand and took a step back indifferently.
Ye Ning was a little confused.
He just... Was it because she was too close to him?
Ye Ning thought about it and took a small step back.
She came to him for something else.
Ye Ning said softly, "I have something I want to tell you secretly."
The rain was pouring down. Hou Lin, who was standing behind them, didn't know why Ye Ning ran over. He stretched his neck and ears to watch them.
The next second, Ye Ning felt as if the heavy rain was isolated outside.
She raised her hand and tried, and found that the water droplets were sliding down her body.
This should be his mental power?
After making sure Hou Lin couldn't hear their conversation, Ye Ning said, "If you want to use that effective toxin to kill pollutants next time, can you let me secretly add something to it?"
She hasn't figured out a suitable way to give out the formula for the intermediate disinfectant yet, but whether she gives out the formula or not, what they make will be far inferior to what the system produces.
So the best way is for her to release the pesticide directly from the system.
It doesn't matter in normal times, primary pesticides can suppress it, but when a wave of pollutants breaks out, primary pesticides are definitely not enough.
Ye Ning hadn't thought of Long Qi at first, but he showed up unexpectedly today and helped her find animals, which made her feel that he was actually quite easy to get along with.
After much thought, it would be most appropriate and convenient if this matter could be done directly through him.
Ye Ning had already thought of the reason, and she was just about to explain what she wanted to add.
Long Qi looked away and said coldly, "Okay."
After saying that, he left here and returned to his house.
Ye Ning:!!!
Even better, she didn't even need to make up a reason!
Ye Ning ran back to Hou Lin happily and took the big pink pearl back from his hand.
Hou Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced at Long Qi's house and asked curiously, "What did you just say?"
Ye Ning shook her head, "Secret."
hiss~
Pure humans and Emperor Dragon have a secret that sounds mysterious when told to others.
Ye Ning took another look at the situation in the large planting box and found that the animals had recovered a little.
The big scorpion even started biting the plants directly.
A few tender buds that had just emerged fell into its mouth. Ye Ning thought about it and decided to buy some growth accelerators and add them in.
But if they eat plants like this, are they considered pests?
Ye Ning threw some insecticide in.
She had a choice of both primary and intermediate insecticides, so she sprinkled a very small amount of primary insecticide in, which was almost the smallest amount she could control.
In an instant, the scorpion twitched and became stiff as if it had been poisoned.
Ye Ning didn't expect the effect to be so obvious, so she quickly gave it some supernatural power, and finally it recovered.
Little Mushroom was right, her abilities really made her more compatible with this world.
Ye Ning asked the little mushroom: "Are these creatures also considered pests?"
The little mushroom nodded. "Because for plants, any organism that harms their growth, development, and fruiting is a pest."
In that case... Ye Ning clicked on the description of the intermediate insecticide again. She read it several times and found that it only said, "Mild and harmless to plants."
It seems the system's definition of pests is quite broad. Ye Ning pondered, "Doesn't that mean it can also work on people who harm plants?"
If that was the case, it was still good for her. It was like having another way to protect herself. Her speed and strength were no match for an adult orc. At least every orc she had encountered so far, including Feng Qi, was much stronger than her.
Although she exercises every day and her speed has improved a lot, it is still not enough compared to the orcs.
Ye Ning turned around and said, "Let's go. What did you want to tell me just now?"
"What I just did?" Hou Lin thought for a long time before he remembered.
"Tsk, I almost forgot. I just had a debate with someone online." Hou Lin swallowed the word "swearing".
"Somehow the news of the dean asking Yan Gang to leave the cultivation room got leaked. As a result, a bunch of people started scolding the dean for disrespecting pure humans."
Hou Lin got angry whenever he thought about it. The person who spread the news didn't post any videos or photos. He just spread such a rumor.
But the key is that this news is true.
At this point, some people started to complain, saying that no matter how powerful Gaojiang District was, they shouldn't disrespect the plant therapists, and that they were just getting cocky and showing off after achieving a little success.
The words became more and more unpleasant. Hou Lin couldn't help it and started to quarrel with them.
"This must have been leaked by Yan Gang. He must have felt he had lost face in Gaojiang District and wanted to redeem himself, so he deliberately slandered us in public. Gaojiang District even taught him how to use his innate power. He's such an ungrateful person."
Ye Ning thought about Yan Gang's appearance and thought that this kind of thing should not require him to do it personally.
There are many forces intertwined behind a plant therapist. There is also a certain degree of competition between the districts. Gaojiang District is currently in the limelight, so it is normal for someone to deliberately smear it.
Hou Lin nodded, "That's true, but it makes me uncomfortable to see this kind of thing."
Ye Ning: "Then don't worry about it. As long as our products are good, even if they criticize us verbally, they will still support us with practical actions."
This is true. Hou Lin felt refreshed instantly after thinking about those people who cursed happily but actually had to pay into Gaojiang District's pockets.
In the end, Ye Ning put the big pearl in Hou Lin's pocket and asked Hou Lin to help her carry it in.
The big pearl was too big, and Hou Lin said there was a breath of the ocean, and another breath that he couldn't distinguish, but he could feel that the other party should be very powerful.
After he said that, Ye Ning decided to keep it secret and not let anyone else see it.
She couldn't smell any of their so-called scents, but if orcs could smell it, it would be better not to let others know.
After Ye Ning returned, she immediately told Hou Sen what she had discovered today.
Hou Sen's bracelet has signal shielding turned on, and communication is only open to specific people.
When he saw the message from Ye Ning, he immediately stopped what he was doing and checked it.
This sight made him freeze in his tracks. Hou Sen's expression gradually turned ugly. The professor next to him also stopped when he saw that he was motionless. "What's going on? What happened again?"
He quickly used his bracelet to retrieve the data from his last examination of Silos, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
If the orc fusion incident hadn't happened, and if Ye Ning hadn't told him there was something wrong, he wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with the data. He would have just thought it was a little more serious than the previous contamination data and injuries.
Hou Sen frowned and said to the researcher beside him, "I have a data sample here, you can compare it."
Five minutes later, the results quickly appeared before his eyes.
The professor next to him also came over and said, "This is not..." His face also turned ugly.
It was just a guess, but unexpectedly, the result was just as I had guessed. Hou Sen nodded, "The contaminants in this data sample are consistent with the data from the fusion contaminant."
The other side.
A man, fully armed, leisurely walked around the casino where mermaids mixed together and entered a secret room.
It was pitch black all around, and the people sitting in the prayer room were wrapped up tightly, leaving no room for any air to see.
The man entered the room and made sure the door was completely closed before saying, "Sir, the D-class fusion orc has been successfully sent out. The Federation sent someone to the Xisha area and is investigating the situation."
The person in the prayer room nodded slightly and said appreciatively, "You've done a great job. The plan can move forward."
It was a disguised mechanical sound. Even though the man had heard it many times, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Moreover, to this day, he still doesn't know whether the other person is a man or a woman.
But these were not things he could be curious about.
The man said respectfully, "Yes."
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After Ye Ning returned to the planting room, she first put the big pearl back into the room.
Her room is very big, but the pearl is so big that it will stand out no matter where it is placed.
Ye Ning looked around but couldn't find a suitable place to put it.
She simply tried to take it into her private waters.
Since she can take those marine creatures out of the system directly, it should be possible for her to put something in it.
The next second, the huge pink pearl disappeared from her hand.
Great! Isn't this equivalent to giving her a storage space in disguise?
Ye Ning picked up a cup and wanted to put it in, but this time, she failed.
The little mushroom explained, "Only things that already exist in the ocean can be put directly into it."
Ye Ning nodded, this was already very good.
The pink pearl slowly sank to the bottom of the private waters. Although it was not falling very fast, once it touched the seabed, the nearby marine life seemed to be frightened and instantly scattered frantically, fleeing far away from the pearl.
There were schools of fish all around. Ye Ning moved the pearl to the edge, and the fish dispersed before the pearl got close. Even the sharks that had been nearby swam away suddenly.
Ye Ning dragged Pearl around in a circle. No matter where she moved to, or how powerful the marine life she encountered, the same thing happened. It seemed that Siros's aura still had a strong deterrent effect on marine life.
After packing up the pearls, Ye Ning told Bai Qing about the animals.
After hearing that the plants were being bitten madly, Bai Qing quickly arranged several aggressive robots to protect the plants.
"I roughly set a range. If the damage they cause to the plants exceeds this range, the robot will actively control them and limit their harmful behavior."
"These animals can still be used in subsequent research, but because our research on animals is not in-depth and professional enough, we need to send the relevant data back to Gaojiang District for other researchers and professors to analyze."
Ye Ning nodded, "Just do whatever you want."
In the afternoon, the researcher came to Ye Ning with a planting package.
If the fruit basket is very luxurious, then this planting package is even more luxurious.
Ye Ning looked at his container, which was actually made of crystal.
A beautiful crystal glass bottle, with river sand at the bottom. The lower part gradually becomes transparent, so you can clearly see the growth status of the plant roots.
"This container can be customized, whether you want glass, ceramic, or crystal, it can be customized."
"For soil, we can choose organic substrates that are more easily available, such as river sand, perlite, and vermiculite. This coarse-grained substrate can make the soil more loose and breathable."
"In terms of maintenance, we have two plans. Customers can choose to maintain the plants themselves, or we can send someone to perform regular maintenance. Of course, they can also choose to purchase our matching planting robot."
"Of course, this is a high-end selling method. As you said before, you hope that more orcs can grow plants themselves, so we have also found a way to produce a batch of lower-cost planting packages."
The researcher brought out another planting package. "This one doesn't come with containers. It only sells soil, nutrient solution, and seeds. However, we've made some adjustments to the seeds. The more expensive ones have a wider variety of seeds, and they can also choose to buy the already sprouted plants and raise them themselves. But the cheaper ones, like this one, only have the simplest rockweed."
Ye Ning looked at the simple packaging and asked, "How much is this?"
"1,000 federal coins is the lowest cost we can manage. The seeds need to be cultivated, the soil needs to be disinfected and re-mixed, and the nutrient solution needs to be prepared. If the seed cultivation speed can be accelerated, the cost will be reduced."
1000 Federation Coins is really expensive. The most diluted mint water is only 100 Federation Coins. And Feng Qi, who has a relatively high pocket money among her classmates, only gets 50 Federation Coins a week.
So the bulk of the cost is still on seeds.
Regardless of the purification effect of rock grass, it is a real plant after all, and it is definitely better than those diluted purification products.
Ye Ning thought about the planting room in Xisha District, "Didn't Professor Hou say that the planting room in Xisha District would be opened soon?"
Researcher: "We can put the soil from Gaojiang District in today. However, they can't consume so much Green Song Stone and Originium, so the growth rate will definitely not be too fast."
Ye Ning nodded. "Professor Hou has been very busy these days. How about I go and take a look myself?"
The researcher thought for a moment and said, "Of course, we can, but we can't leave. Professor Hou is the only person in the entire cultivation room who can communicate with the outside world, and you and Hou Lin are the only ones who can enter and exit freely. If you want to go to the Xisha District cultivation room to grow plants, you can ask Professor Hou who you should contact."
Ye Ning thought about it and felt that the person she could find should be Gu Yu.
But neither Gu Yu, Shao Yu, Mu Yan, nor Le Song had appeared for several days.
Ye Ning felt vaguely uneasy.
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