Chapter 332
The young people who walked out of the grocery store were naturally Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, and the little boy in Tang Yu'an's arms was Kang Kang.
Three months have passed in this world, and ten months have passed in the wasteland.
During this period, Tang Yu'an entrusted Kang Kang to help cultivate the purple Melaleuca alternifolia tree——
He had also tried cutting branches from another dimension and using them as cuttings, but it hadn't worked. As for directly transplanting a Melaleuca alternifolia tree? Because of the size difference, the difficulty of transplanting and keeping it alive was beyond imagination.
So, Tang Yu'an thought of Kang Kang.
He gave the Melaleuca alternifolia leaves to Kang Kang, hoping to get a Melaleuca alternifolia tree that was the size of an ordinary tree, had a high survival rate, and retained its original insect repellent effect.
Kang Kang is very interested in Melaleuca alternifolia.
However, perhaps because Melaleuca alternifolia is a tree species from another dimension and Tang Yu'an's requirements were a bit high, Kang Kang spent more than half a year before finally cultivating this mutated Melaleuca alternifolia.
Compared to the original mother plant that can grow to hundreds of meters high, this Melaleuca alternifolia is much smaller and can only grow to a few meters high when mature.
However, its insect repellent effect has not weakened, but has been greatly enhanced.
Of course, just because the mutated Melaleuca alternifolia can grow in the wasteland world doesn’t necessarily mean it can survive in the original world. What Kang Kang brought here now is a branch of the mutated Melaleuca alternifolia.
He wants to try to see if he can grow this divided plant alive.
So this time, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi appeared as the leaders of Huangcheng Home, and had already greeted Liang Jin before coming over.
As soon as they appeared at the door of the branch, someone came to meet them.
"Is it Mr. Tang and Mr. Zhou?"
The receptionist, Fan Yue, quickly confirmed their identities. However, when he saw the little boy in Tang Yu'an's arms, he hesitated and asked, "Could this be... Master Kang Kang?"
Kang Kang glanced at him, then buried his face in Tang Yu'an's arms.
He is only lively around plants and acquaintances, but becomes shy when facing strangers.
Tang Yu'an touched the back of his head and nodded, "Well, he is Kang Kang. Has the land for planting purple melaleuca trees been arranged?"
"It's all arranged!"
All of them have witnessed the power of the purple Melaleuca alternifolia leaves, and are also arranging for experts and scholars to carry out tissue cultivation of the purple Melaleuca alternifolia leaves.
However, since Ping An Chamber of Commerce has it ready for sale, they are naturally willing to buy it.
This had also been agreed upon before they came over, with a selling price of 100,000 points per plant, and there was also a talent resource cooperation plan.
Because the original world is also in a mess, the cooperation plan has been temporarily postponed until the situation here stabilizes.
So, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Kang Kang and got in the car to their destination.
The area where they are is in a state of war readiness because it is close to the disaster area, but the situation looks much better than in the disaster area.
Being in such a civilized world again made Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi feel a little dazed.
Only about ten months had passed since the end of the world, but for them and the people in the disaster area, it felt like a lifetime ago...
Tang Yu'an suddenly realized that even if they returned to such an environment, they seemed unable to return to their previous life.
"Mr. Tang and Mr. Zhou, is this your first time on Earth?"
Being sent to receive them, Fan Yue’s rank must be quite high, so he knew that the Ping An Chamber of Commerce was an organization from another planet. The people in this organization believed in the God of Commerce and adhered to a peaceful and friendly development philosophy.
The Deserted City Home is the base operated by the Ping An Chamber of Commerce on the alien planet.
Although these two young men looked immature, they were able to become the decision-makers of the alien base, so their abilities must not be underestimated, so Fan Yue's attitude was very respectful.
"No." Tang Yu'an said truthfully, "I just haven't been here."
Fan Yue automatically translated his words as "I have only been to the disaster area, not to other normal cities."
"When the apocalypse is over, you can travel around." He smiled and said, "I also want to go to another planet to broaden my horizons."
"Yes, we really need people like you."
"Mr. Tang, you're joking." Fan Yue thought for a moment and said seriously, "There's hope for the end of the apocalypse, all thanks to the Ping'an Chamber of Commerce. If there's anything you need from us, please feel free to ask."
"Huangcheng Home is very happy to cooperate with you. We have also experienced the apocalypse for a long time and are still in the process of reconstruction. It can be said that there is a lot of work to be done."
Tang Yuanke has not forgotten his current identity.
"As for the Ping'an Chamber of Commerce..." he said, "The Chamber of Commerce is affiliated with the Shangshen Cult and is governed by the Divine Envoys. We cannot make the decision."
Fan Yue quickly said, "As a window connecting the two planets, the role of the Desolate City Home is crucial. We also hope to establish friendly relations and achieve long-term and stable cooperation."
Tang Yu'an smiled and nodded, and then said nothing more.
After all, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make, and you might accidentally reveal the truth, so he'd better be cautious.
Fortunately, they arrived at their destination in a short while.
As soon as he got off the car, Tang Yu'an saw a long barrier made of steel. It was this line of defense that kept the mutants in the disaster area out of the safe zone.
Originally, half a year ago, the country had pushed this line of defense inward, recovered a lot of land, and carried out disaster relief work actively and effectively.
However, as the mutants entered their reproduction period, the land that had just been recovered was lost again, and eventually they retreated behind this barrier again, and the country once again paid a heavy price.
Fortunately, they held on and finally got the purple Melaleuca alternifolia from the Ping'an Chamber of Commerce.
And now, there are purple Melaleuca seedlings.
The purple Melaleuca alternifolia tree has an expelling effect on mutant species. The best place to plant it is naturally outside the barrier, where it can form a natural line of defense.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi also thought this place was suitable.
After using purple melaleuca leaves to expel the mutant species, an area of land near the barrier has been cleared, and work is still in full swing in other places.
When they arrived at the location, they saw a white-haired old man with a few younger people around him.
Seeing the flowerpot in Kang Kang's hand, the old man came over quickly and asked, "Is this the seedling of the purple Melaleuca alternifolia?"
"Academician Lin, this is Master Kang Kang," Fan Yue introduced quickly. "He is the one who cultivated the Melaleuca alternifolia seedlings."
Then, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were introduced.
It was obvious that Academician Lin's attention was all on Kang Kang and the Melaleuca alternifolia seedlings.
"Little kid, did you grow this seedling? How did you do it?" Academician Lin squatted on the ground and tried to communicate with Kang Kang.
Kang Kang hid behind Tang Yu'an, only sticking out half of his head, looking at the group of strangers warily.
"Kang Kang is a little shy." Tang Yu'an explained.
Academician Lin nodded regretfully.
"Let's plant the Melaleuca seedlings in the ground first."
"Okay, okay, do you need help?"
Tang Yu'an looked at Kang Kang, and Kang Kang finally said, "We need to dig a hole."
"Okay, dig a hole!"
Everyone quickly took action. After they dug the pit, under Kang Kang's command, they poured water into the pit to moisten the soil, and then buried some purple melaleuca leaves.
After they had all done as required, Kang Kang handed the Melaleuca alternifolia seedlings to them and asked them to transplant the seedlings into the pit and fill it with soil.
Kang Kang watched them take action and gradually became braver.
He ran to the Melaleuca alternifolia seedling, first gave it some water, and then started to communicate with it in babbling voices.
When facing the Melaleuca seedlings, his expressions and language became much richer.
Soon, the child's expression became distressed.
He stood up and ran to Tang Yu'an, saying, "Brother, Xiao Zi wants earth spirits and wood spirits... There are too few here..."
Tang Yu'an knew that he was probably talking about earth spiritual energy and wood spiritual energy.
"Okay, let's figure it out."
He looked at Zhou Qi, who immediately understood. He took out the materials and directly arranged several inscriptions around the purple thousand-layer seedlings.
After being embedded in the earth crystal and wood crystal, the inscription pattern automatically started to operate, stimulating the spiritual energy contained in the crystal.
Although Academician Lin and his colleagues could not sense the existence of spiritual energy, they could clearly see that the withered seedling quickly became energetic.
Just when they were about to ask, they saw the little boy running to the seedlings again. His little hands released a bright green light towards the seedlings, and his childish voice spoke a language they could not understand.
Then, something that shocked them happened.
The purple Melaleuca seedling began to grow rapidly, rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it stopped at a height of about two meters.
This, this is too fantastic!
Although they had seen many people with special abilities, this kind of ability that could make plants grow quickly was the first time they had seen it.
At this time, Kang Kang, who was originally full of energy, also became listless.
Tang Yu'an walked over and picked him up.
Kang Kang rested his head on his shoulder and rubbed his eyes with his little hands, "Brother, I'm sleepy..."
"If you're sleepy, take a nap." Tang Yu'an rubbed his head.
Academician Lin, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but lower his voice and asked Zhou Qi: "Master Kang Kang, do you have the ability to communicate with plants?"
Zhou Qi nodded.
Academician Lin couldn't help but widen his eyes. This was exactly the ability that farmers dreamed of!
"Is this ability... common on alien planets?"
Zhou Qi shook his head.
Academician Lin had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhou Qi say, "There are many people who have the ability to stimulate plant growth. There are more than a dozen of them in our homeland."
The old man couldn't help but gasp.
Then, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he asked eagerly, "Can I visit your home?"
"You're welcome anytime."
The old man couldn't help but rub his hands together excitedly, "Okay, I'll report it when I get back!"
Fan Yue was already sweating profusely. Academician Lin, stop joking. As a national treasure, how could the country approve you to go!
The divisions of Melaleuca alternifolia were planted in this way.
Because a large supply of earth crystals was needed, the country had another new business deal with the Ping An Chamber of Commerce.
In order to allow the Melaleuca alternifolia to grow into a forest as quickly as possible, Kang Kang stayed behind temporarily, and then Grandma Guo was also taken in by Zhou Qi.
On the one hand, Granny Guo's ability to induce labor is not weak. On the other hand, the time difference between the two worlds is too big, and it is not good to keep the grandmother and granddaughter separated.
After Granny Guo came, Kang Kang gradually became lively again and quickly became the darling of the National Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
In order to meet him, various experts and bigwigs racked their brains and tried every possible way to find a way.
Of course, Kang Kang was also very happy because he met many new plant friends that he had never seen before, and he seemed to be reluctant to leave.
The Melaleuca alternifolia forest is expanding rapidly.
A month later, the edges of the safe zone had been completely surrounded.
Of course, this is far from enough.
However, with the continuous supply of leaves from the Melaleuca alternifolia forest, various products and equipment derived from the leaves have emerged, greatly improving the survivability of soldiers when fighting against mutants.
In addition to continuing to clear out the mutants, the victims who had previously been housed in the small town were also gradually transferred to the safe zone.
Although there was no danger in the small town, the living conditions were still relatively poor, so the victims accepted the arrangements.
However, the young and strong people who went to work in the deserted city homes, as well as the pregnant women and the elderly who were resettled in the homes, were unwilling to come back.
The environment of their home is indeed not as convenient as the safe zone in their original world, but they have been there for almost a year and have gotten used to it.
Moreover, they have been staying on the alien planet for a long time, and some of them have even awakened special powers!
As long as you awaken your superpowers, your lifespan can be extended and you can gain superpowers. Naturally, no one would want to go back.
The country did not force it, but instead arranged personnel to continue clearing out the mutants and carrying out disaster relief based on the branch built by Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi.
Tang Yu'an gave them several vending machines and opened the teleportation arrays of more than 20 branches to the country.
According to their understanding, the world has basically fallen, and only their country is struggling to hold on and barely retaining its hinterland.
In addition to the hardest-hit areas within the country, the defense pressure at the border is also very high.
Although they now have Melaleuca alternifolia, the border of their country is too long. It is unknown how long it will take to plant Melaleuca alternifolia along the entire border, and how many dangers they will have to endure during the process.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but come up with a bold idea.
"What if we build a branch on the edge of the country and ask the country to temporarily hand over all the land along the border to the Ping An Chamber of Commerce?"
In this way, a protective barrier can be formed in an instant, and nothing can get in except the flying mutants!
Anyway, they won't really do anything with these lands. They will just return them to the country when the situation stabilizes.
After all, they now not only have the wasteland world, but also the alternate dimension. They can have as much land as they want!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
