"Ah ah ah ang ang ang ang—"
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
"Ah ...
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
In the frigid, pure white snow, rows of black and white adult penguins moved forward in a single file, their plump bodies swaying with difficulty. They seemed to have performed a precise calculation, the distance between each penguin roughly equal. Every so often, these creatures would lower their heads, peck at the snow with their hard beaks, and let out excited calls.
"Ah ...
At the feet of each adult penguin, there crouched a pair of light gray penguins, who pecked a seed from their chest feathers and dropped it accurately into the snow pit, then waited for the adult penguin to cover it up with its feet.
The movements were so fluid and synchronized that one might mistake them for some kind of robot.
It's just like Penguin Factory.
If someone were to fly overhead, they would see this scene: a vast army of black and white penguins marching forward, and wherever they go, countless green, fast-growing polar tomato trees quickly grow, desperately trying to grow upwards to withstand the harsh cold from all directions.
—The seedlings at the front haven't even broken through the soil yet, but the seeds behind them have already grown into towering trees in an instant. Amidst the intertwined greenery, the bright red fruits are like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, exceptionally beautiful and charming.
"Great job! You did a really good job!"
Xu Milu stood at the end of this fast-growing tomato forest, holding frozen sardines in her hand. Every time a penguin finished its seeding task, she would feed it the sardines, then take out the next one from her system space, and so on.
In the end, even she herself couldn't count how many fish she had fed.
There was no other way; Antarctica was just too cold. Fresh sardines would freeze into ice blocks in less than a second if placed on the ground. She had no choice but to become a heartless "feeding machine."
The penguins were fast, numerous, and quite obedient. In just one morning, they transformed the vast snowfield in Xu Milu's view into a tomato forest.
Tomato trees are well protected from the cold, providing shelter for animals that have survived in Antarctica. The tomatoes on the trees also provide food for some herbivores, helping them to grow their populations, which in turn provides food for carnivores.
Xu Milu believes that before long, Antarctica may become a true animal paradise.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
After the penguins finished collecting the sardines, a gleeful little penguin rushed out of the penguin flock and rubbed its head against Xu Milu's leg, its innocent chirping full of joy.
Xu Milu immediately recognized the little penguin as the one that had initially tried to scam her. She squatted down and rubbed its head.
"Little one, where have you gone?"
The next second, she saw the "gray kiwi" start moving its short neck again:
"Chirp chirp chirp—Wah chirp chirp!"
The little penguin vomited up half a small fish that hadn't been fully digested, and it tilted its head, its black bean-like eyes seemingly filled with confusion, as if asking why it wasn't eating.
Xu Milu: "..."
Well, she knew she couldn't hire child labor, or she'd get her comeuppance sooner or later.
...
...
Over the next two days, with the help of the penguin army, Xu Milu successfully opened up a "polar highway" between the Taishan and Zhongshan research stations:
This road is entirely marked by fast-growing polar tomatoes, with a tomato tree planted every five meters on both sides of the road. This not only makes it easier for the Chinese side to accurately locate and deliver supplies, but also allows Xu Milu to find the right direction in the vast white expanse.
[Sizzle sizzle... sizzle sizzle...]
Xu Milu was driving her snowmobile back to Taishan Station when her communicator, silent all day, rang again. After pressing the call button, Hao Xiaoxi's cheerful voice came through the communicator:
[Ms. Xu, I have great news for you! The cultivation of fast-growing polar tomatoes has been successful. Starting from the Beijing Experimental Base No. 3, Chinese citizens in 42 shelters across Beijing, Hangzhou, and Jinan are now enjoying these tomatoes. Seaweed and wheat balls have been planted, and the silver osmanthus trees are in the cultivation stage—our comrades no longer need to go hungry!]
Thank you, thank you!
The excitement in the other person's voice could even be heard through the communicator. Xu Milu answered while operating the snowmobile:
"That's great news, congratulations."
Hao Xiaoxi seemed to realize her excitement and took a breath before continuing:
[One more thing, Ms. Xu, the Global Animal Protection Association approved the preliminary plan for the "Arctic Animal Protection Plan" yesterday. Simply put, animal protection organizations believe that intense solar radiation has rendered the Arctic unsuitable for animal survival. Therefore, they have applied to the United Nations government for an animal aid plan, which plans to transfer surviving Arctic animals to Antarctica in eleven batches via air transport.]
Who came up with this plan?
Sending Arctic animals to Antarctica to raise them?
Xu Milu's face was full of unspeakable emotions: "Okay, thank you for informing me in advance, Director Hao."
She suddenly remembered a joke she had seen before, which asked why polar bears don't eat penguins, and the answer was, "Because one lives in the Arctic and the other in the Antarctic."
This joke might actually come true now.
...
"Crunch, crunch—"
The snowmobile had driven over a thick layer of snow, and Xu Milu could already see the robots working at Taishan Station. But just as she was about to hang up, she stopped and looked up at the sky.
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