She had previously come across videos about desertification control in China, but now she has no other choice but to follow in the footsteps of the pioneers.
Without hesitation, she immediately found the only hope in the village—Teacher Xu, and also gathered her friends.
After listening to Lu Sheng's suggestion, Xu Yi adjusted his glasses. "There are indeed precedents for desertification control in China, and they have been very successful. China is already the first country in the world to turn a desert into an oasis."
“I know the answer to this question. If you want to get rich, have fewer children and plant more trees.” Zhang Xiaojuan immediately replied, “I’ve seen this documentary. It’s about how several generations of people have to keep planting trees in the desert. Once the trees have grown, their roots can stabilize the soil and absorb water.”
After Zhang Xiaojuan finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Han Rui.
"Okay, okay! I'll plant them!" Han Rui exclaimed excitedly, sweat beading on her nose.
That's great! Finally, it's her turn to shine!
The young girl immediately rolled up her sleeves, eager to get to work.
The group had just finished eating and had nothing to do, so they immediately drove out of the safe zone.
"Let's start here." A few minutes later, Xu Yi parked the car about fifty meters outside the safe zone.
Lu Sheng and the others got out of the car and squinted as they gazed into the distance.
Where the sky meets the horizon, everything is a hazy yellow, covered in yellow sand as far as the eye can see, with the few scattered buildings riddled with holes from the wind and sand.
A gust of wind blew by, stirring up a sandstorm that blurred everyone's vision.
Lu Sheng bought some poplar and sea buckthorn seeds from the space shop and gave them to Han Rui. Both of these plants are excellent at combating desertification, and sea buckthorn berries are also edible.
It was Han Rui's first time planting trees, and she was incredibly excited. She took the seed tubes, turned them into saplings, and planted them in the ground.
Just as the group was dividing up the work to plant greenery, a series of pattering sounds suddenly came from not far away.
Lu Sheng raised his head warily. His field of vision was limited, and he could only see a large dark shadow rapidly approaching from the yellow sand.
"What's that?"
Before Zhang Xiaojuan could finish speaking, a large bird, about two meters long, suddenly rushed out of the yellow sand.
A pair of red eyes flashed with a fierce light, and a long, hooked beak viciously pecked at Han Rui, who was bending over to plant trees.
The large bird was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost biting Han Rui's buttocks.
"Holy crap, what kind of bird is this that's so big!"
Zhang Xiaojuan immediately summoned the earthen wall, keeping the strange bird that was about to bite her outside the wall.
These precious few seconds allowed everyone to finally see what the strange bird looked like.
It has a black head, a white belly, two short legs that look like they were given away with a phone top-up, and two short, thick wings that can't fly. After flapping for a long time, it can only jump half a meter in place.
"This is... a penguin?" Sun Tiantian stared wide-eyed in surprise.
How can there be penguins in the desert?
When Lu Sheng and the others remembered Wu Hainan saying that the base had been wiped out by kangaroos and koalas, they roughly understood.
This means that Antarctic species have also invaded the territory.
"This is the first time I've ever thought penguins aren't cute..." Han Rui said, still shaken, clutching her bottom.
This penguin has merged with a zombie; its entire body is covered in rotten flesh and pus, with not a single piece of intact flesh remaining.
A fleshy lump the size of a football protruded from the white belly; only upon close inspection could one discern that it was the head of a zombie.
This disgusting scene immediately made everyone who had just finished lunch feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Gah!"
The penguin stared intently at Lu Sheng and the others like a vicious wolf, its crimson eyes gleaming with intense hunger.
Suddenly, Sun Tiantian, who was the lightest, felt as if her feet were going to go limp.
Looking down, I saw that half of my foot was already stuck in the sand.
"It seems like we're sinking!"
Splash!
Suddenly, the sand beneath their feet began to churn like water. At first, the movement was relatively gentle and imperceptible, but it quickly accelerated, eventually forming a circular eddy beneath their feet!
"This is quicksand! Get out of here quickly!" Xu Yi shouted immediately.
The zombie penguin let out a piercing scream and charged forward, spreading its two short wings.
"Such a fierce QQ."
Lu Sheng frowned, raised his hand, and pointed it at the zombie head on the penguin's belly and spit it out.
With a loud bang, the filthy, vengeful head was pierced into a pit the size of a washbasin, revealing the penguin's corroded, greenish internal organs.
But the penguin seemed to have no intention of backing down at all, and like a lump of meat, it slammed into the direction where Lu Sheng was.
Lu Sheng moved with lightning speed, swinging his knife directly at the penguin's short, thick neck.
*Pfft*
Due to inertia, the headless penguin lurched forward a few steps before collapsing onto the sand.
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