Wasteland Garbage Planet 6 Beautiful Flowers
Endless water! ?
Kahn was completely stunned.
This never happened in my previous life.
Could it be that they actually did this in their previous life, but in the end there was no result?
A long time had passed and Kahn could hardly remember, but he was very sure that until he made the water purification device, the Rust People in the entire garbage dump still had to rely on picking up energy crystals and exchanging them with Themis's team for drinking water.
The water that Themis and his companions obtained was obtained in exchange for the pirates.
But the others were very excited, chattering away, asking meaningless questions like "What seeds?" "Can we plant them?" and "When can we get water?"
Victor himself didn't know what the seeds were, so he had to rely on Ethan's guidance for everything. He was only responsible for arranging people to dig a hole.
Don't be fooled by the large number of people queuing up now. They are all skinny and a lot of them will collapse after working for two days. They definitely need to be rotated.
Sarah looked at the list. Ethan said that three large pits needed to be completed within half a month. With such a small number of people, it would be difficult to do so.
She looked at Victor, this guy, a bottle of painkiller could do the work of a hundred men, so she wrote his name on it as well.
The next day, after deciding on the address, Sarah led her men to start digging in full swing.
On the morning of the first day, everyone was in high spirits. Everyone was excitedly thinking about how much water they would have to drink to make up for each shovel they made.
By the afternoon, some complaints were heard one after another.
Compared with the bottle of water in the future, they care more about the water they have now. They consume too much physical energy, and two bottles of water a day are obviously only enough for themselves. Even if they want to save some for future use or for their families, it is not enough.
Although it is tiring to go to the garbage mountain to pick up materials, the process of picking up garbage is full of uncertainties. Some experienced people even entertain themselves by giving themselves a small goal when digging a large cube of garbage, such as picking up at least two energy crystals this time. It would be even better if they could pick up some nutrients with a little paste left. In this way, picking up garbage can be quite interesting.
But digging soil is just repetitive and mechanical work.
The soil was not easy to dig. It was as hard as metal and it took a lot of effort to dig out a piece.
Even those who are very hardworking cannot bear it.
"Won't water leak out if you put water into such dry soil?"
"What's the point of digging these ponds? Isn't there a big lake outside those two garbage mountains?"
"Could they be up to something bad, deliberately tricking us into digging a pond for them?"
"What water purification seeds? Can they grow? People of my father's generation said that the water and soil here are no longer suitable for plant growth."
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Late at night, Ethan came to see Themis again.
Today's midnight snack is beef noodle soup. Simis is fighting the noodles seriously with two wooden sticks at the dining table.
Ethan didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Themis looked much better than before.
Xie Yunsui said to Ethan in a friendly manner, "Do you want me to prepare the same midnight snack for you?"
Ethan was greedy but held back: "No need."
Xie Yunsui poured him a glass of warm water and prepared to avoid their conversation.
Themis: "You stay."
He intuitively felt that Ethan came to him to discuss the cultivation of aquatic plants, and the seeds happened to be brought out by Xie Yunsui, so it would be okay to listen.
However, the problem Ethan brought had not yet reached the stage of planting. They were stuck at the stage of digging the pool.
"These rust farmers have very simple ideas. They think we can't grow it, and even if we can, it won't necessarily change the water quality. So they keep going on strike and insist on picking up trash."
There are not many people left to dig the pool. With their ability, they may not be able to dig a pool the size of Ethan's plan even if they dig for a month.
After a hard day's work, they get a "dead salary". They always think that if they are lucky, they can get no less than this reward by picking up trash.
"That's fine, but there are also some people who take the lead and don't work, just want to get paid."
This caused Sarah to withdraw a lot of people.
Ethan became more and more angry as he spoke: "If you go to pick up trash, you can only exchange water for us?"
When they run out of water, let’s see what else they can do.
Themis remained calm. After assessing everyone's labor, he said, "Starting tomorrow, we'll cancel the daily salary and instead exchange 100 kilograms of soil for one bottle of water. The more you work, the more you earn."
Ethan's eyes lit up: "Good idea."
Xie Yunsui suddenly asked, "Haven't they ever seen a plant growing?"
Ethan replied, "That's probably because the Interstellar Federation announced the extinction of the last plant on Rust Planet eighty years ago and would no longer allocate any resources to its development. This was just superficial work. They hadn't allocated any resources to its development for hundreds of years."
Themis added: "Only colorful fluorescent bacteria currently survive on the Rust Star, and they are extremely poisonous."
"Why not let them see some green plants?" Xie Yunsui suggested. "They're not afraid of hard work, they just don't think plants can be grown here. Wouldn't it be better if they had a goal?"
He took out a lotus flower with its leaves attached and placed it on the table.
Ethan looked at the pink and white lotus, and the delicate fragrance of the flower immediately invaded his nose. He stared at the lotus without blinking: "The seeds you gave me can grow into flowers like this?"
"No, this is an edible variety. Lotus petals are delicious when fried, so I collected some. But the seeds I gave you also have a variety that can bloom, but they are not edible."
Ethan couldn't help but touch it: "It's a beautiful flower."
In fact, they are similar to the Rust People and have not seen many real flowers so far.
Themis couldn't see it, but he could smell the fragrance of the flower. He said without hesitation, "Put this flower over there by the pond and take care of it."
Ethan frowned: "What if it's broken by some ignorant Rust People?"
"Get a shield."
Ethan was about to say something, but Themis asked him, "What do you think of when you see this flower?"
Ethan was slightly stunned: "...Find a way to get it, hide it in my secret base, and watch it every day."
Themis said calmly, "Then grow them by the pond. Anyone who dares to break the flowers will be caught and forced to work for free."
Ethan: “…”
The Rust People are used to being oppressed. Sometimes when you do something good for them, they don't appreciate it. Only by suppressing them with force can these people become obedient.
Ethan felt sorry for the flower, but Xie Yunsui said he had other varieties of beautiful flowers and could replace them if one was broken. So Ethan followed his instructions and took the flower away.
When Victor and Sarah heard about the flowers, they ran to Ethan's place to see them without even sleeping.
"Is this a flower? It's so soft, it feels like it will break if I pinch it." Victor was stunned.
Sarah: "Why are you pinching it?"
"I won't pinch you, but those Rust people will."
"Victor, help me find a protective shield." Ethan ordered.
"Just cover it with a useless protective shield? That thing will break if you squeeze it." Victor didn't understand.
Sarah complained: "The Rustmen don't have your iron hands. If their brittle bones come into contact with them, they will be the ones to break."
Ethan explained, "If someone damages the flowers, we can bring them over and dig the pond for free. The more people damage them, the more free labor we'll have."
He smiled slightly: "So don't wear the protective shield too tightly."
What we are waiting for is someone to break the rules.
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At Kahn's home, his parents were arguing about whether to continue digging the pit.
At first I thought it was a good job, but after two days I didn't want to do it anymore.
Kahn's father's hands were covered in blisters and burning. He was filled with resentment: "What's the point of digging that big hole? We might as well continue to pick up trash like before. I can collect energy crystals and exchange them for twelve bottles of water by myself."
Kahn's mother felt that although Themis and his men were also exploiting them to pick up energy crystals, compared to the previous ruler, their material exchange was very conscientious.
Moreover, before Themis came, they exchanged things and had to be on guard against being stolen by others.
Having seen the good and bad of the days, Themis and the others are still pretty good.
"Lord Themis wants to purify the water. We are helping them now. Maybe we can exchange it for drinking water first in the future. Didn't you see those troublemakers? Lord Sara and the others don't like them very much."
Kahn's father was a little discouraged: "...Why do we need them to like doing something? We make a living with our own hands..."
Kahn had heard enough and walked out of the isolated small bedroom: "Dad, actually, if we go to work for Lord Ximis, we can get more supplies."
"More fluorescent boards! Two bottles of water and ten protein cookies a day. Don't we workers need to eat or drink?"
"But you go and pick up energy crystals, and you get twelve bottles of water a week. After exchanging them for protein cakes, you only have seven bottles of water and forty protein cakes left. But with Themis, you get fourteen bottles of water and seventy cakes a week, almost twice as much as you get when you pick up trash!"
"What do you mean by double? I don't understand! I just know that there is no water left every day."
"We can have some protein cakes left over, Dad. Once we finish digging this big pit, we'll have a lot of protein cakes. Then we won't have to exchange extra protein cakes for water in the future. We can just exchange as much water as we can."
Kahn patiently persuaded his father, and his mother listened thoughtfully.
No one taught them how to calculate with numbers, but since it was related to their survival, they could only learn to count from their elders, collecting one, two... ten energy crystals, and counting the extra ones again, but only calculating with numbers within a hundred.
Kahn's mother moved her fingers gently and found that her son's calculation was correct.
She was surprised to find out: "How did you calculate all this?"
It is difficult to give birth here and the children born are likely to die, so she is very doting on this child who can grow up and will not let him pick up a lot of garbage even if he takes him to the garbage mountain.
Because of the recent acid rain, they haven't taken him to the garbage dump for a long time.
I didn't even teach him arithmetic, but he learned it on his own?
Kahn just didn't have the right opportunity to reveal his uniqueness. "I found a scrapped holographic helmet in a garbage dump. I tried to fix it myself, and it seems to work. However, it requires connecting to something called an interstellar network, which isn't available here. There are only some videos that teach stories and calculations by looking at pictures. I was very interested, so I followed along."
Kahn's extraordinaryness surprised the two adults. They intuitively felt that when Kahn grew up, he would be able to work under Themis, so that he would not have to pick up trash like them all his life.
In that case, I might as well go and set a trap for Themis. I can’t let Sarah and the others dislike me. What if my son is implicated?
Kahn's parents made plans for Kahn and packed up their things to dig a hole.
Kahn also thought that his persuasion had moved his parents, and he watched his parents leave with peace of mind.
Then he retreated back into the room and looked at his simple water purification device. He collected some rainwater and put it in there for purification. The purification and filtration speed was a bit slow, but the sour taste in the water was obviously much less.
However, he didn't dare to try to drink it. He planned to make another testing device, but the materials required would be very complicated.
He searched through his home, which was like a garbage dump, for the trash his parents brought back that might be useful, picking and choosing.
On the other side, Kahn's parents came to the place where the pool was excavated and were about to start working, but suddenly they saw a transparent protective cover placed in the middle of the three planned pool locations. What was the thing in the cover... What was that beautiful thing in the middle of the green round pancake?
Kahn's parents were drawn to it and couldn't help but reach out, wanting to touch it. Someone nearby shouted, "Don't touch it! Lady Sarah said that if you break it, you'll have to work for them for free. You won't even get a day's pay, it's all for nothing!"
Kahn's parents didn't pay attention to these things and hurriedly asked: "What is this? That beautiful..."
He didn't know what it was, and couldn't even think of a specific word to describe it.
"You mean the pink flower?" The man came over with a smile on his face. He had been keeping an eye on this place. "Lady Sarah said it's a flower called lotus."
"Lotus?"
"Yes, they also said that after we build the pond, we will be able to grow beautiful flowers like this in the future."
"So... is this a flower?"
"I seem to have heard from my grandfather that there used to be flowers on our land. Were the flowers he saw also so beautiful?"
Kahn's parents and the newly arrived Rust People couldn't take their eyes off the delicate lotus flowers in the protective shield.
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The author has something to say: Even now, when I see the sunrise, sunset, beautiful scenery, and gorgeous flowers, I always feel like crying...
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