Chapter 504 Little White Flower Oxygen Supply
After scooping up the brown thing, Xiao Zheyu flipped it a few times with the fishing rod and found that it was just a bunch of ordinary water plants. Maybe because it had not been raised for a long time, its color was brown, close to that of dead grass.
"What is this thing? It has buds on it." Li Yu'e stared at the group of water plants curiously. There was a bulge similar to a bud every five centimeters on the water plants.
Sun Qing also squatted in front of the water grass. "It seems that there are quite a lot of this kind of water grass. We can see it all along the way."
Xiao Zheyu asked in confusion: "Is it here all the way?" He didn't even notice this thing in the water.
Sun Qing nodded, "Yes, but some are under the water and some are on the surface."
Xia Xiaoman said, "Put it away first and take it back to Floating City for research. It might be useful."
Xiao Zheyu responded, picked up the water plants and took them to the cabin and put them away.
The ice and snow melted, and everything revived. On the way to exchange supplies, Xia Xiaoman and his companions encountered many strange plants, but none of them were as numerous as the brown water plants.
I don’t know how these brown water plants grow, but you can basically see their shadows wherever there is water.
After successfully arriving at the designated city and exchanging the necessary supplies, Xia Xiaoman and his team headed for the floating city at full speed.
On the way back, Xia Xiaoman and his friends saw white flowers suddenly emerging from the water. Under the morning light, these white flowers were particularly lovely.
Xia Xiaoman asked people to fish out these white flowers to see what kind of plants they were. After fishing them out, they found that these white flowers were all the "buds" of the brown water plants. The so-called "buds" were actually the flower buds of the water plants.
"These flowers are very similar to sea lettuce, but they are even more beautiful than sea lettuce. I haven't seen such beautiful flowers in many years." Li Yu'e said with emotion.
Xiao Zheyu, who has no romantic cells, fiddled with these small white flowers and said, "I don't know if these flowers can be eaten, but I think they are very suitable for hot pot. They will taste great when covered with red oil."
Li Yu'e gave him a look of disdain and said, "Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat."
Xiao Zheyu curled his lips and said, "It doesn't matter if they can't be eaten. It's good to be used as medicine. It would be a waste if such a large sea of flowers can't be eaten or used as medicine."
Li Yu'e: "..."
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Out of curiosity about these little white flowers, Xiao Zheyu went to inquire about them after returning to Fucheng.
Not long after Xia Xiaoman and his team left, the Fucheng Research Laboratory began to study these brown water plants. At first, they did not find any special uses for these brown water plants. It was not until the water plants bloomed that they realized how important these brown water plants were.
These small white flowers are not edible and have little medicinal value, but they can release a lot of oxygen.
Most plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis, while these aquatic plants continuously absorb water, extract oxygen from the water through their internal structures, and release oxygen through small white flowers.
Xiao Zheyu told Xia Xiaoman and the others what he had learned, "Those people said that these little white flowers should be a sign that the blue planet is repairing itself."
"The little white flowers absorb water and exhale oxygen. The water level will slowly drop, while the oxygen will gradually increase, and the ozone layer will slowly recover. Once the ozone layer recovers, the Blue Planet may be able to return to its original state."
Su Ran said, "Don't forget the geomagnetic problem. If the geomagnetic problem is not solved, there will be no day and night throughout the year on Blue Planet. There will only be extreme heat and cold and eternal day and night."
Xiao Zheyu waved his hand nonchalantly, "Extreme heat and extreme cold are minor issues, the ozone layer is the big problem. If the ozone layer problem is not resolved, we will have to wear shielding suits for the rest of our lives and won't be able to go out easily."
The role of the small white flower is extremely important. When the capital learned that the oxygen content released by the small white flower is higher than that of the everlasting grass, it issued an order that ships from all over the country were not allowed to enter the sea of flowers at will.
A waterway without small white flowers needs to be cleared between cities, and ships traveling back and forth can only take this waterway to avoid affecting the growth of small white flowers.
Although there are already small white flowers releasing oxygen, the immortal grass still needs to be planted. When the weather gets warmer, Lu Lanshan orders people to plant a large amount of immortal grass in the water world, and also has people build multi-layer baffles on the water surface near the underground city to block the strong ultraviolet light to plant the immortal grass.
As the weather got hotter, the growth of the small white flowers did not slow down, but grew stronger and stronger. Every time Xia Xiaoman and his team went out to deliver supplies, they could see large tracts of flowers.
Working in such a beautiful scenery would make one feel happier. But after two months of transporting materials, Lu Lanshan had not arranged for them to go out to look for mines, so Xia Xiaoman was a little confused.
"Isn't the floating city short of ore now?"
Lu Lanshan replied, "Of course there is a shortage. Mayor Yu wants to expand the water world, but due to a lack of materials, construction has not started yet."
"Then why haven't we been arranged to go out and look for mines yet?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Lv Lanshan sent a message to explain, "Last year, the landslide caused a lot of changes in the terrain. Even with a map, it was difficult to find the mine. So we made a submarine specifically for detecting mines, and we have arranged for professionals to drive the submarine to find the mine."
"You don't need to find the mine. You only need to transport the trade materials."
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "Then how are our salaries calculated?"
Lu Lanshan replied: "It's still the same as before. But if there is no work, there will be no salary." After all, there are risks in transporting supplies.
Seeing that the salary and benefits had not changed, Xia Xiaoman's frown finally relaxed. "I came back today and saw that some people had moved to Water World. Did they keep the house that was promised to be reserved for our fleet? Can we move there when the time comes?"
Lu Lanshan: "It has been reserved. You can move there anytime. I will have someone send you the address later. But I suggest you move in half a month later. Water World has just been connected to water and electricity, and many facilities are not yet complete."
Xia Xiaoman: "Can I change my house? I want to open a breeding farm. Can you give me a farm where I can raise livestock? I can make up the difference."
Lv Lanshan: "A 400 square meter farm costs 12,000 yuan a month. Are you sure you want to rent it?"
Xia Xiaoman's eyes widened. "Twelve thousand? It's so expensive, you are robbing me!"
Lv Lanshan: "A chicken that can be sold can be sold for more than 300 credits, and a pig can be sold for more than 10,000 credits. How is your rent of 12,000 credits expensive?"
Everything was expensive. Xia Xiaoman looked at the points in her account and sent a message, "Do you have any pictures of the farm? Send them to me."
Lu Lanshan recommended a person's account to Xia Xiaoman, "Contact him, he is responsible for this work."
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