Chapter 151 Chapter 151 Something happened
When Ye Ning received the news, she was planting in the seamount area in the deep ocean.
Seamounts, also known as submarine mountains, usually refer to raised landforms below sea level but with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters.
This type of landform is mostly formed by volcanic activity. When the magma cools and solidifies, it forms volcanic rocks. When the volcanic rocks accumulate, they become seamounts.
There are about 20,000 seamounts scattered on the Dust Star, and what Ye Ning is planting now is the largest shield volcano among these seamounts.
Measured from the ocean floor, it's the tallest mountain on Dust Planet, with an overall height of 13,211 meters, and the portion above sea level measuring 4,105 meters. It took approximately one million years of evolution to reach its current form.
The entire seamount spans multiple climate zones. The base has a tropical climate and is warm all year round. The temperature gradually decreases with increasing altitude, while the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round.
Overall, the windward slope has abundant precipitation, while the leeward slope has a dry climate.
This is the seabed, but the underwater part is also rich in species, hosting almost every type of marine animal. From small corals and sponges to large fish, shrimp, whales, and more, nearly 10,000 species of marine life live here.
Therefore, the ecological restoration here is divided into two parts: above sea and underwater.
The offshore area is volcanic, with poor soil and extreme climate change. The researchers at the institute had already devised a detailed plan.
They are currently improving the relevant artificial intelligence system, hoping to design one that can accurately plan ecological restoration based on specific environmental conditions and ecological needs.
The institute had actually been working on this system from the outset, evolving and extrapolating data from the constantly improving "Source of Life" app. But Ye Ning had always been dissatisfied, because her own system-designed solution was so forward-looking and predictive that it could even ensure that the restored area would remain in good condition and integrate smoothly with the surrounding environment for hundreds of years to come.
However, the system developed by the institute always has some unsatisfactory aspects in the process of calculating evolution, especially in the restoration and integration of the overall ecosystem, there are still many defects.
On the one hand, this is due to errors in actual data, and on the other hand, it is because the complexity of the ecosystem is far beyond imagination, involving countless factors and variables.
Ye Ning's original intention of establishing the research institute, in addition to quickly promoting planting, was to migrate all the functions of the system to the real world to the greatest extent possible.
After discussion, they decided not to expel the creatures here for the time being.
But if you don't expel them, you need to feed them in the early stages.
So tons and tons of algae were thrown into the water. The green algae rippled slowly in the sea water and spread quickly to the distance with the rise and fall of the waves. The originally calm sea surface gradually became lively.
All the sea creatures swarmed up frantically, schools of fish darted through the water, their colorful scales gleaming in the sun.
Their surge directly caused the sea surface to boil.
But no matter how turbulent and churning they were, they did not affect Ye Ning's location.
Her private warship was surrounded by a whole circle of large warships, which kept her firmly in the center.
Unseen by anyone, a golden dragon, magnified several times, swirled and danced around her body. Like a soaring cloud, its movements sent golden light scattering around her like stars.
But she could no longer feel Long Qi's breath. If her eyes could not see, she would not even be able to realize that Long Qi's spirit body was beside her.
Long Qi would leave every night these days and would not return until the next morning. Although she did not know how he trained, she could feel that the tacit understanding between him and Jin Long had greatly improved.
She was very familiar with and sensitive to Long Qi's spiritual body, and Xilos was also very alert, but since Long Qi completely concealed his breath, they were unable to detect the existence of his spiritual body by perception.
This is terrifying. He is so powerful yet can hide so perfectly that even if he attacks others openly, he will not be discovered.
This also intensified Siros's desire for a spiritual body, and the intensity of his training was increased several notches. The two even had a fight, with Siros being slammed to the ground, nearly piercing the warship.
Ye Ning felt that it was good for them to compete with each other. After all, only by competing with powerful people can one become stronger.
The waves at sea were very strong and the ultraviolet rays were also very strong. She was fine because her clothes had sun protection function and there were people to shade her at any time, but the land orcs accompanying her were several shades darker.
The elite orcs who were originally guarding the periphery were transferred here to guard her closely.
They were all familiar faces, and Ye Ning could even call out everyone's name.
After reading the message from the Federation, Ye Ning shook her bracelet at Long Qi and said, "The Federation asked me to go to the Directly Controlled Area."
The Federation's meaning was simply that because there were no perfect laws, they had no appropriate way to deal with those pure humans.
Furthermore, the vast majority of pure humans believed that this matter was a matter for pure humans themselves, and even if legislation was required, pure humans must lead the decision-making process. Therefore, the Federation sincerely invited her to the federally administered area to personally participate in the improvement of relevant laws.
Ye Ning thought about it and realized that transferring the right of disposal to pure humans was indeed the best solution for the Federation at the moment. No matter who made the decision, it would not be as unanimous as if the pure humans made the decision themselves.
"But the Federation is being too hasty, piling so many things together."
There are negotiations with the rebels, elections for a new chairman, and now there’s a purely human piece of legislation to add to the mix.
Long Qi looked at Ye Ning, "Do you want to go?"
Ye Ning casually placed her hands on the railing, "It's not the time yet."
She still had two levels left to reach her next level, and there was still a huge amount of progress to go. But she could clearly feel that the speed of cultivation in the ocean was much faster than on land.
Moreover, she slept very well these two days. Looking at the blue sea and sky and the sunset on the horizon during the day, her mood improved a lot.
Her power alone is limited, so she still needs to mobilize more people.
Ye Ning was thinking when her bracelet started vibrating again.
She glanced down at the message. "It was from Gu Su, saying that District Chief Xiru had specifically told him not to go to the Directly Controlled Area to get involved in this matter."
Long Qi: "Don't you want the Federation to resolve this matter?"
Ye Ning pondered, "He said the territories are in chaos, and this matter is also very complicated."
Xiru only gave this meaningless explanation.
But if you look closely at this sentence, it is quite interesting.
Ye Nan told her not to get involved in the affairs of the rebels and the Federation, and Xiru also had some implications.
But as Long Qi said, Xiru said this most likely just to create trouble for the Federation and didn't want them to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
After all, this matter has been fermenting, which has always been beneficial to him. I said that you will ask him about it no matter what you see. He just shared his own story. Do you understand?
After Ye Nan returned, Xiru's attitude towards her changed drastically.
Not to mention the many gifts he gave her in the early days, he also mentioned her name whenever he gave campaign speeches during this period.
For example, what she has said, what she has done, and in what ways her charity has helped people.
In short, every time I finish a speech, I will use it to make a great sublimation.
Ye Ning just watched a speech clip two days ago. He spoke with such passion that he even had tears in his eyes and red at the end.
His governing ability is another matter, but his acting skills are definitely at the level of an Oscar winner.
And everyone with a discerning eye knew that Xiru was using her to drum up publicity and attract attention. But because she was the protagonist, no one dared to use this incident to accuse Xiru.
Today, she has become a regular guest in every candidate's speech, and everyone praises her at the end.
They worked hard, and many things she didn't know were dug up.
But excessive attention isn't a good thing either. When society excessively praises one person, leading to a heightened sense of personal worship and deification, it's easy for people to become blinded by it. Individuals gradually lose their ability to think rationally, their thinking becomes increasingly singular, and in serious cases, it can even lead to social division.
Attention and admiration should be appropriate and rational. Therefore, Xisha District and Gaojiang District have been continuously paying attention to recent public opinion and promptly promoted other people who have made outstanding contributions.
This was something Ye Ning had emphasized earlier. She had her staff set up several award programs to reward those who made outstanding contributions. She also made a documentary for everyone to remember and share.
Ye Ning finally replied to the federal message, saying that she was very busy and had to plant in the ocean for a while. She asked them to come back and discuss it with her after they had some results.
She has a great influence and this matter definitely cannot avoid her.
But the most important thing for her now is to quickly plant the remaining two levels of plants.
She calculated that she could only stay in the ocean for a little over a week. Expecting to plant the entire ocean within that week was clearly impossible, so their primary mission was to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent planting of related crops by the marine orcs.
This plant feast lasted for four hours.
While they were dumping the plants, Ye Ning was planting plants in the growing room. She also secretly pulled in the private waters and spread a lot of plants.
They placed shielding jammers around the perimeter of the seamount, so no more creatures could get in.
Such high-speed purification quickly reduced the pollution concentration in the entire area.
When the expected critical value was reached, a large number of planting robots flew out from the warship.
The soil improvement had already been handled in advance by the marine orcs who had gone ahead. Ye Ning gave them a lot of soil conditioners and fertilizers purchased from the system, and also gave them shovels.
Both the shovel and watering can have acceleration functions, and she now wears all the badges on her chest.
She also used the rest of the ecological recycling equipment, ecological diversity enhancement equipment, and ecological acceleration equipment.
Ye Ning looked at the notes on the ecological acceleration device again.
Ecological Acceleration Equipment: This equipment can significantly accelerate the ecological cycle and natural recovery in the area. Whether it is vegetation growth, resource regeneration, or the self-repair of damaged ecosystems, it will proceed at an astonishing speed, allowing you to see significant results in a short period of time.
She had just seen the plants in the radiation leak zone two days ago. Genetic mutations, severe damage, withering and death were common. In the case of a high concentration of nuclear pollution leak, plants that had just survived in this world would have no chance of resisting.
Even with the assistance of system props, it still takes a large number of plants several years or even decades to purify the pollution.
Ye Ning's aversion to the rebels deepened again.
While she was planting here, on the other side, Heyang had already revealed the news that the terminally ill patient might be related to the rebels.
The purely human issue still needed to wait for the Federation to come to a conclusion. However, the rebels deliberately created a disaster, causing everyone to contract a terminal illness and voluntarily transform into fused orcs, which was closely related to everyone.
Once the seed of doubt is planted, coupled with some traceable facts, it will quickly grow into a towering tree.
He Yang did not tell Xiru alone, but secretly revealed the matter to many candidates, especially those in areas that were previously severely polluted and had nuclear radiation.
The mayor of the nuclear radiation zone had long been held accountable and sent to the federal government. However, the impact was not going away quickly, and many people simply left their homes and moved to other districts.
The impact of this incident was so great that the entire federation conducted a thorough investigation of the safety of nuclear facilities and issued new relevant documents.
The director of the radiation zone was particularly excited when he saw the news. If it could be confirmed that the rebels were responsible for these incidents, then they would not be held responsible for this matter and become sinners.
So as soon as the news broke out, with the support of all parties, it instantly became a hot topic.
In the information age, rumors and speculation tend to spread like wildfire.
The uncertainty and fear of the situation made everyone feel extremely uneasy. If it was man-made, no one knew where the next disaster would occur, nor did they know whether they and their families would become new victims.
The people gradually fell into panic and anger.
And those terminally ill patients who originally flocked to the rebellious zone and regarded turning into fused orcs as their final salvation were now even more confused and fearful.
But for them, leaving means death.
Public opinion was fermenting wildly, and the little reputation and prestige that the rebels had accumulated disappeared without a trace in an instant after killing pure humans and harming ordinary orcs.
This was too much like something the rebels would do, and with the Hu family's precedent of killing other pure humans, coupled with the unusual data and the rebels' ambitions, everyone had to suspect that the rebels were behind all this.
Many people even demanded that the federal government completely execute the rebels.
In a flash, the Federation regained the support of the people.
After seeing the news, Ye Ning also posted a tweet.
It is a video of more than ten seconds showing them planting on the seamount.
The photo was taken at night. Above the sea level, a red moon hung in the sky, and the red moonlight fell on the sea like a veil.
On the moonlit seamount, researchers and soldiers bustled about. Everyone was toiling away, working overtime. The planting robots, too, didn't pause, weaving through the crowds and the mountain, emitting a gentle hum.
"Plants take time to grow, so ecological restoration is an extremely long process. Given Dust Planet's current situation, it may take decades or even centuries for the ecosystem to stabilize again. But I firmly believe that as long as we work together and persevere, Dust Planet will one day return to its lush green state."
Ye Ning's voice was gentle and clear, and people soon realized that this was the content of her speech when she first appeared in public.
Under the moonlight, the newly planted plants swayed in the breeze. Ye Ning was not in the picture, but everything looked so quiet and peaceful.
The orcs felt mixed emotions, but mostly shame and guilt.
Ye Ning was clearly working hard to help everyone grow plants, but a deliberately caused nuclear leak could make all her hard work go to waste.
As a result, everyone's hatred for the rebels has deepened a lot.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were so many people around and the mood was high, Ye Ning asked someone to distribute the things that had been prepared in the past few days.
This is direct evidence of the impact of marine plants on the global climate and environment. The importance of marine plants has long been popularized in public education. Consequently, various districts have planted numerous coastal plants, such as mangroves, along nearby coastlines.
But these are just the tip of the iceberg in the vast ocean.
There are many reasons, including insufficient manpower, insufficient resources... It is really impossible to take care of every place.
So Ye Ning made a direct public appeal, asking research institutes and pure humans on land to come to the ocean to help with planting if they have free time.
Algae grow quickly and are much easier to grow than land plants.
Most of the pure humans received the call from the Federation and headed for the Directly-Administered Area, but Gaojiang District felt unsafe and did not release anyone.
Ye Ning had almost fully utilized the planting area in Gaojiang District, and Chongji and his family were only planting crops now. So when Ye Ning made this request, Chongji's family agreed without hesitation.
Silos acted quickly and took them in that same night.
With Ye Ning making the proof in front, those who come after just need to copy their model exactly.
Xiru has always shown great support for Ye Ning, so as soon as Ye Ning called for help, he immediately sent six pure humans to help.
With the help of more than a dozen pure humans, Ye Ning's planting progress bar immediately improved greatly.
Two days later, the Federation's dislike for the rebels grew stronger and stronger. All the rebels' past deeds were brought up and repeatedly scourged.
Just when the confrontation between the two sides reached its peak and everyone thought a large-scale conflict would break out.
Something happened on Ye Ning's side.
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