Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Do you want to take a look underwater? ...
He immediately caught another scent from her. The ocean scent intertwined with the plant scent on her body, so strong that he couldn't ignore it.
The atmosphere was exactly the same as the one he had clashed with in the early hours of the morning, as if it could outline the silhouette of another person.
He restrained himself from thinking too much, but the intertwined smells clearly told him that the two must have had very intimate contact.
Long Qi stood coldly by the window, his fingers unconsciously stroking the tomatoes Ye Ning gave him.
The tomato was bright red, the only touch of warm and lively color in his empty, cold, silver room.
Ye Ning had completely disappeared from his sight.
He lowered his head, looked at the tomato that looked very small in his palm, brought it to his mouth and took a bite.
Another kind of sweet and sour juice instantly fills the entire mouth. As you chew deeper, the pulp slowly melts between your teeth, releasing a fuller and richer sweet and sour fruit aroma.
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Ye Ning went back at noon. She ate much more than usual and took a good nap.
It was only a half-hour nap, but it gave her another blue dream.
When Ye Ning opened her eyes, she was still a little overwhelmed.
Her mind was filled with the blue sea, and then she remembered her own sea area.
Clicking on it, I saw a dense swarm of marine life surrounding the area, frantically pounding the edge of the water, trying to break in. A massive shark even appeared nearby. But their efforts were clearly futile; no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't break through the system's limitations.
From what Ye Ning saw in the system, the sense of reality was not that strong yet, so she could observe the shark carefully.
The shark's body didn't seem very clean, and there were even a few rotten spots. Its teeth looked very sharp and ferocious, but several of them were rotten. As soon as it appeared, the surrounding fish instantly scattered like birds and beasts, avoiding it from a distance.
Ye Ning observed it for a while, satisfied her curiosity, and continued to check the situation in the sea area. The plants in it were growing very fast. Although there was no support from any plant elements, the growth rate was comparable to that in the laboratory.
It may be because the laboratory uses seawater mixed in the laboratory, and that sea area is a space directly opened up for her by the system.
The giant kelp was already visible floating in the water, its long, thick leaves swaying in the wind. However, there were a few holes in the leaves, probably because the marine life inside had eaten some of them.
Ye Ning checked the status of the plants inside, then spent a few hundred gold coins to go fishing. She no longer fished for seafood, but to experience the fun of opening blind boxes.
Maybe it was because she didn't go fishing often enough, so new marine species appeared every time she went fishing. Last time she even caught a bright pink jellyfish.
The pink jellyfish is still inside, swimming leisurely, like a pink cloud floating in the water, looking very dreamy.
However, it is said that the brighter the color of the jellyfish, the more poisonous it is, so this beautiful pink jellyfish is highly poisonous. When it swims in it, other creatures do stay away from it.
Fishing in the system is really easy, she just needs to click a few operation keys.
She turned over the leaves of giant kelp again and finally found the king crab sleeping under the leaves.
Ye Ning couldn't tell if it had grown any bigger, but it seemed to have become cleaner. The crab shell had originally felt dusty, but now it seemed clearer.
The fish outside were too dense, so Ye Ning threw a leaf of giant kelp out of her private waters. The next second, the fish nearby ignored the sharks and swarmed over, eating the leaf clean in an instant.
If she needed gold coins urgently, she could also choose to sell the marine plants grown here back to the mall. But Ye Ning didn't want to sell the plants back. Growing them was so difficult, and selling them wouldn't make much gold coins. It would be better to let these marine creatures eat them, at least they could absorb some of the pollutants.
It took about ten minutes before she turned off the system and got up.
She had been so busy treating and planting Silos in the morning that she hadn't had time to water the other plants in the grow room.
Ye Ning picked up the kettle and watered all the plants.
The intermediate kettle has a 40% acceleration, which makes the growth rate even more obvious for plants in the growing room that already grow very fast.
Plants like mint grow very fast, and before she even left, they had already grown two leaves.
The researchers around were all amazed. "Master Ye Ning, has your talent increased again? The growth rate of these plants has become much faster."
Bai Qing happened to be nearby. She pushed up her glasses, looked at the data seriously, and said, "It should have increased the growth rate by at least 20%."
What the researcher just said was a good explanation. Ye Ning nodded and said seriously, "Maybe it's because there are more plants here. I feel that the plant elements are very abundant. And I've been planting plants and exercising every day recently. I feel that my ability to control plant elements seems to be stronger than before."
When the researcher heard this, he couldn't help but smile. "Yes, yes, that's how abilities are. The more you use them, the better they become."
Hou Lin followed behind her and became proud after hearing her say that. "I told you I'm the best person to teach you how to exercise."
Before Ye Ning, the pure human concept of the use of innate power was that innate power was limited, and excessive use might lead to exhaustion or damage of innate power, so it must be used sparingly and with restraint.
It was Ye Ning who first proposed the method of breaking through the limits of ability to improve one's ability.
It is really exciting to see Ye Ning's rapid improvement in ability with my own eyes.
How old is Ye Ning? She's already increased her talent so quickly in such a short time. That's a 20% increase, a rate that requires a significant amount of Originium and Green Song Stones. And she's managed it in the time it takes to water!
In a few years, when she grows up a little bit, it is unimaginable how terrifying her planting ability will be!
On the other hand, the researcher who made the fruit basket had worked late into the night with his team to develop the product.
He came over specially and invited Ye Ning over.
"We searched for ten kinds of fruit overnight and restored them in a 1:1 ratio. And considering that fruits come in different sizes, we also made them in three sizes." The researcher pushed open the door and waited for her to enter before closing it.
As soon as Ye Ning entered, the researchers greeted her warmly.
Three people, six dark circles under their eyes.
Hou Lin looked around at them. "Don't you guys sleep? If someone didn't know, I'd think you were all ring-tailed lemurs. Your dark circles are getting darker than yours."
One of them took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and drank a sip of nutrient solution to help him wake up.
"Master Ye Ning's suggestion is so good that I can't help but want to do it quickly."
Hou Lin: "Why are you staying up late? Does staying up late make you do better—"
He looked at the colorful fruits on the table on the other side and shut up.
He leaned in closer, his eyes almost glued to the table, "This is a strawberry you made, it's not real?!"
He also sniffed it carefully, and even found the natural fruity aroma of real strawberries, which came from pure plant fruits.
Ye Ning also lay down beside the cabinet, but she had to stand on tiptoe to see. The researcher quickly lowered the cabinet until it was at the level of her abdomen.
These were specially modified for Ye Ning after she went to Gaojiang District.
At that time, she felt that the tables, chairs, etc. were too high for her and sometimes very inconvenient.
As soon as Ye Ning left, their research progress slowed down, and naturally they had time to consider other things.
Ye Ning reached out and picked up a strawberry.
They look exactly the same, but they feel very different. This one feels a bit slippery, but they look very similar.
Ye Ning put down the strawberry and turned to look at the banana.
The bananas are crescent-shaped, with a bright yellow skin. They aren't completely golden yellow, but rather have a turquoise stalk, creating a rich, layered color palette.
Ye Ning subconsciously wanted to see if she could peel off the banana peel, and it turned out that she could!
Ye Ning looked at them with some surprise, "Can these fruits be cut or peeled?"
The researcher nodded. "We've carefully observed all the forms of those fruits. While we can't completely recreate the texture and taste of a real banana, we can definitely make one that looks exactly the same."
"And as you said, we've added plants here, so whether you smell it or eat it, it has a strong purifying effect. And we've combined it with other effects. For example, this strawberry is mainly made of nutrient solution, so it has the dual effects of satiety and cleansing."
The researchers placed the fruits in a very exquisite fruit basket. The colorful fruit basket exuding a plant scent looked very tempting.
Moreover, there are three sizes, large, medium and small, which can be matched together.
Hou Lin quickly applauded, "If we sell this, we'll definitely make a lot of money."
He couldn't help but buy a strawberry to try.
Ye Ning also nodded. "You guys did a great job. When the time comes, you can have someone demonstrate how to peel a banana on site, and then do some scientific knowledge about bananas. This should be more attractive."
The researchers nodded in unison.
If they see this kind of fruit nutrient solution in the mall, they will definitely want to buy it and try it.
They put twice as much plants in it as high-concentration mint water. It will definitely be more expensive, but the purification effect will be better.
Ye Ning looked at the other bananas and asked, "Can I take these bananas away?"
"Of course, of course. If you want, you can take them all. These are samples."
Ye Ning thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take a little bit."
She picked out one of each small fruit, then chose a very delicate box, put them in, and put a few leaves at the bottom.
Ye Ning wanted to give it to Feng Qi and always said that she would plant a banana tree for her, but since she couldn't eat bananas for a while, it would be fine if she could eat something else first.
However, even if Feng Qi received this gift box, she might not eat the contents. But it didn’t matter. I gave it to her and she could do whatever she wanted with it.
When Feng Qi received the gift box, she was reluctant to accept it at first, but Ye Ning said that it was not real fruit, but just nutrient solution in the shape of fruit, and asked her to accept it. Feng Qi could only accept it with a feeling of being moved and embarrassed.
She hugged Ye Ning and rubbed her against her, and told her that there was a new teacher in the school.
"They are new teachers from Gaojiang District. Everyone says they are very smart. Our old teachers also said so, saying that the new teachers are much better than them."
"During the recent rainy season holiday, the school seems to have been rebuilt. I saw the photos my classmates sent me, and the new school is big and beautiful."
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Feng Qi kept talking in Ye Ning's ear. Suddenly, she stopped for two seconds and poked Ye Ning, "Sister, you gave me a lot of things, but I can't give you anything."
Ye Ning hugged her and said, "Just grow up well."
"You can give it to your classmates, or anyone else you want. You can do whatever you want with it."
If, as Mu Yan said, the average age of going to the battlefield in the Xisha area is fourteen, then Feng Qi would also have gone to the battlefield at the age of fourteen, or even younger.
Fortunately, Feng Qi is a real little cub now, and there is still a long time before she grows up. By the time Feng Qi really grows up, she should have grown a lot of plants.
Feng Qi also hugged Ye Ning, woo~, my sister is so nice.
She cannot reveal her sister's identity now. Later, she must tell all her classmates that the plants they eat are given by her sister for free, the teachers in Gaojiang District are specially found by her sister, and even the school was rebuilt with the help of her sister!
Hou Sen didn't come back all night. Ye Ning asked Hou Lin, but Hou Lin didn't know what happened either.
The next morning, Ye Ning had breakfast and finished her exercise before preparing to go to Xilos's ocean cultivation room.
But when passing by her large planter box, Ye Ning couldn't help but stop.
Although the system did not break down the steps for this task, an evaluation interface appeared, just like last time.
The plants in the planting box have grown out one after another and are growing very well.
However, the system's requirement is to build a small ecosystem. So far, the system's evaluation interface has not changed.
So just letting the plants grow is definitely not enough.
Basically, an ecosystem is divided into four components: producers, consumers, decomposers, and the abiotic environment.
She has only realized two components: the producer plants, and the abiotic environment, which includes soil, climate, air, water, etc.
One hundred square meters is too large an area, so Baiqing installed a new irrigation system two days ago.
There are planting boxes now, but when the rainy season ends, the Xisha area will return to its previous extreme drought conditions, so they must provide the roots with the necessary water before they grow long enough to naturally absorb groundwater.
Consumers are small animals, the most classic of which are earthworms. Earthworms can loosen the soil, improve soil fertility, and consume and decompose large amounts of organic matter and soil, promoting material circulation.
But she is now planting in yellow sand, so earthworms are definitely out of the question. However, she can introduce some lizards, spiders or some other insects.
Decomposers are microorganisms. For example, fallen leaves are broken down and turned into fertilizer. This step is also very critical.
It is impossible for her to turn yellow sand into fertile black soil in one go, but even plants growing in yellow sand need organic matter and nutrients.
Come to think of it, she seemed to have never seen any other animals outdoors, not even small insects or the like.
This is actually a bit unreasonable. Although this is a desert, it is impossible to say that there are no other living things.
When Ye Ning asked Hou Lin, Hou Lin raised his chin.
Ye Ning followed his gaze and saw Long Qi's house.
Hou Lin said in a very low voice: "Animals are all aware of danger. With Emperor Dragon here, even if an animal comes, it will be scared away by him."
Ye Ning nodded and called Bai Qing out.
After she told Bai Qing about her idea of introducing some animals, Bai Qing pushed up his glasses and said, "In theory, it's very reasonable. But if we want to introduce insects, lizards, spiders, etc., they will definitely cause some damage to the plants."
Although these are carnivores and do not feed on plants, they all have pollutants in their bodies, so plants are also very attractive to them.
These plants have just grown out, and if they are over-eaten by them, it will definitely seriously affect their growth.
This is certain. Ye Ning continued, "If we plant plants outdoors in the future, there will definitely be small animals that want to eat them, but this is the inevitable process of planting plants outdoors."
"We can release one or two first and observe the situation. Plants themselves have the ability to resist diseases and pests. This is a self-protection mechanism in the process of plant evolution, so we can't always protect them too well."
For example, the marine animals she caught would initially devour the marine plants crazily, but would stop eating them when they had enough. This was because plants had never been their staple food, but they were plagued by pollutants and became so obsessed with them.
For them, eating other animal foods has nutritional value and is in line with their survival instincts.
Bai Qing hadn't expected Ye Ning to think so far ahead. She pushed her glasses up, suddenly realizing that her concept of outdoor planting was simply about moving plants from indoors to outdoors.
If in the future, plants are placed directly in the yellow sand and the planting boxes are completely removed, then the interference from other organisms will indeed be an important issue that they need to consider and face.
She said she came to help Lord Ye Ning, but Lord Ye Ning ended up thinking ahead of her.
Bai Qing once again thought of what Ye Ning said when they first met, about planting plants outdoors.
Bai Qing looked at Ye Ning and said seriously, "I will now go and select some high-quality, highly adaptable insects and animals, and put them in a small area to see how they perform."
"Land plants nowadays are all somewhat mutated, so I'll try to pick the milder ones."
"As for the decomposers you mentioned, I extracted some microbial flora from the soil earlier and added them to a newly developed soil conditioner, mixed with the yellow sand. All they need is some nutrients every once in a while."
Ye Ning thought about the evaluation interface and said, "Can you give me some plans first? We can find a few more suitable and simple ecological cycle goals, then compare them and make a decision."
Making a plan before taking action can indeed reduce a lot of subsequent work compared to directly implementing the plan and then adjusting the plan after encountering obstacles.
Bai Qing once again clarified the goal in her mind, a simple ecological cycle—
The huge ocean cultivation room next to it was nearby. Bai Qing looked at Ye Ning wearing protective clothing and asked, "Is that the newly built ocean cultivation room? Do you want to go over there now?"
Ye Ning nodded.
Bai Qing: "Professor Hou doesn't seem to have arranged for any researchers to go there."
Ye Ning nodded affirmatively again, but just smiled and didn't respond.
Hou Lin had no idea what was going on next door, and even though Hou Sen was giving him instructions, he just sat there quietly as a pendant.
Bai Qing packed up her things and said, "I'm a little curious about such a large planting room. I'll go back to the planting room first. You go ahead and do your work."
Ye Ning wasted some time here, so as soon as they approached Xilos's ocean cultivation room, Yarlin came out to greet them.
"Lord Ye Ning, you are finally here."
Ye Ning was a little surprised that he was waiting at the door in a hurry, so she ran over quickly.
"Sorry, something happened just now that delayed us. Let's go in."
Yaerlin originally felt short of breath and felt a little uncomfortable, but as soon as Ye Ning leaned over, the uncomfortable feeling disappeared without a trace.
Yaerlin looked at Ye Ning with a look of respect and reverence. He was indeed a master of plant therapy with top talent.
It was still the same few disinfection moves, and Hou Lin was stopped at the door.
He looked at Yarlin and tried to reason with him, "Can't you let me go in with you? I don't know how to do anything. It would be too boring for me to stay here alone for two or three hours."
Ye Ning took off her protective suit and said, "It shouldn't be that long today."
Yesterday was her first visit, and she had to follow the planting plan, so it took a while. Today, she just wanted to take a casual walk.
Yaerlin stopped Hou Lin and said, "Sorry, I really can't let you in."
"But if you need anything, you can tell me and I will do my best to satisfy you."
Things had come to this, so Hou Lin naturally had nothing more to say and could only continue to shrink in the corner.
At this time, someone from Xisha District should be sent, Le Song or Shao Yu would be fine. I don't know what they did, but after Gu Yu left, his successor hasn't come yet.
Professor Hou left in a hurry yesterday, and before leaving, he only told him not to let Ye Ning out of his sight. Could something have happened in the Xisha area again?
Hou Lin sat bored in the corner and swiped his wristband.
After Ye Ning entered, she saw Xilos, who had recovered a lot and looked much more energetic than yesterday.
He was still in the water tank, but when they looked at each other for the first time, Silos smiled.
Like the first ray of sunshine in the morning, it instantly lights up everything around.
He seemed to be in great spirits and swam over to the tank closest to her.
Then his upper body floated lightly out of the water, his seaweed-like hair spread out behind him, swaying gently in the water and spreading across the surface of the water.
Xilos supported his upper body with one hand, the breath of the ocean blew in his face, and his delicate face enlarged again in front of her.
"Ye Ning."
Siros observed her carefully. This feeling was very strange. After she left yesterday, everything around him seemed to have lost its original brilliance. Even though his body had recovered a lot, he could not feel the happiness or joy he felt when she appeared.
But today, the moment she appeared, especially after he felt the scent of plants surrounding her, happiness and joy reappeared in his body, even more vigorous than yesterday.
He never had much feeling for cute things, but at this moment he felt that the little cub in front of him was very cute, which made him feel close to it.
It is impossible for a pure human being who finds it difficult to grow land plants to be surrounded by such pure plant scent like her.
No wonder she was so drawn to orcs.
Siros suddenly reached out his hand, wanting to touch her.
Ye Ning took two steps back and looked at him: "Your Majesty Xiluo Si, good morning."
Silos withdrew his hand and laughed, "Sorry."
The fish's tail swayed gently, creating ripples.
Xilos had recovered a lot, and even though his face was expressionless, his eyes were as bright as stars.
He looked at Ye Ning and said, "Just like what I said yesterday, do you want to go underwater and see for yourself?"
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