Chapter 37 Spiritual Spring
The next morning, the team was divided into two again. Half of the team escorted the wounded back to the camp and requested support, while the other half stayed where they were, guarding the ruins of the laboratory. When the returning personnel brought support, they would dig the ruins together and try to find the laboratory materials buried deep under the soil and rocks.
As a temporary hired worker, Gu Nian had nothing to do now that her mission was over. She escorted the wounded all the way back to the camp and planned to leave with everyone else.
She said hello to Ruan Lu, Zhao Cheng and others who were escorting her, and left alone. Walking in the bustling camp, the sun shone all over her body, and the fatigue accumulated in the wilderness for days came back. Gu Nian simply turned around and went to the restaurant in the camp, intending to soothe her soul with delicious food.
It was still breakfast time. Gu Nian took the plate and served several breakfast dishes before sitting down. The fluffy and soft big dough sticks had just come out of the pot, and the aroma could be smelled from a distance. This shop also had a secret dough stick sauce, which was a slightly sweet and salty sauce. The dough sticks were so delicious that Gu Nian felt that his stomach, which had been tortured in the wilderness, suddenly came alive. The soy milk was freshly ground and exuded a strong bean fragrance. A sip of it was sweet and warm. In the soup base made of seaweed, dried shrimps and chicken soup, there were cute round wontons floating. When you bite them, your mouth is full of juice.
Lotus was biting into a fried egg, the white on the edge was slightly burnt, and the yolk was slightly red. It smelled so good! Lotus ate so much that she didn't even raise her head.
"Can I sit here?" A familiar voice sounded.
Gu Nian looked up and saw Yue Jian. He was still wearing his black mountaineering suit, with a white fluffy fur coat around him, and his long hair hanging down, looking dignified and elegant. Gu Nian had never known that someone could wear a mountaineering suit so elegantly. She could only sigh in her heart that the completion of fashion really depends on the face.
Gu Nian nodded: "Sit anywhere." After all, she and Yue Jian had teamed up together twice, so they could be considered acquaintances.
Yue Jian sat down opposite her, holding a plate full of breakfast in his hands. He put down the plate and ate the fried dough sticks, which seemed to be very delicious. He squinted his eyes happily and said, "I didn't expect that there is such a delicious breakfast now. I am so happy."
Gu Nian also nodded in agreement. In the current situation of material shortage, being able to eat fried dough sticks is enough to be called happiness.
Yue Jian is not a talkative person, and neither is Gu Nian. The two chatted occasionally and quickly finished breakfast together. Gu Nian said hello to him and was about to leave when Yue Jian suddenly called her.
"Gu Nian." Yue Jian looked at her intently, worry in his beautiful eyes. He seemed to want to say something but stopped, with his brows slightly furrowed.
This damn atmosphere that comes with this beauty, this is obviously just an ordinary breakfast shop, but when he looked at her with such eyes, Gu Nian actually had the illusion that he seemed to have something important to say, and that she seemed to be someone very important to the world.
"What's wrong?" Gu Nian asked.
The sunlight was very bright, making her skin slightly red. She could even see the shadows cast by her eyelashes on her skin. The way Gu Nian tilted her head looked like a kitten standing on her shoulder.
Yuejian thought quickly about how to say this, but in the end he could only say, "You will soon run into some trouble."
Gu Nian raised his eyebrows, feeling confused. What did it mean?
Yue Jian stretched out his hand and pointed at himself: "Have you forgotten that I know a little bit of divination? One of the sayings in divination is to read the qi. There is a dark qi between your eyebrows. It looks bad. You must be more careful recently." He handed Gu Nian a business card, "If you have any problems, you can come to my house to find me."
Gu Nian felt a little surprised. To be honest, she didn't think she and Yue Jian were that familiar with each other. She didn't expect Yue Jian to take the initiative to remind her that her fortune was not good.
Although it sounds like a curse, Yue Jian has proved with his strength that he knows a little bit about divination. With the mentality of believing it is better to believe it than not to believe it, Gu Nian took the business card, said thank you, and left.
The parking lot of the camp took good care of Gu Nian's car, except that the charges were as high as ever. Gu Nian paid 30 contribution points for the parking fee, stepped on the accelerator, and drove towards Jiangcheng.
Along the way, she had been thinking about what Yue Jian said, that she would soon run into trouble. Who would deal with her? Gu Nian considered a bunch of candidates in her mind, but had no idea. However, Gu Nian suddenly understood why Yue Jian said that his skills were improved by practice when he first met him. If a fortune teller came here with hope, but heard the news that he was going to be unlucky, it would be easy to get angry if he was not well-educated, especially when he met some domineering and powerful people. I am afraid that these fortune tellers really need some fighting skills to do their job. Isn't it the same with Grandpa Jing? He makes a living by fortune telling, but he practices martial arts diligently, and Jing Li is the same.
Gu Nian returned to his villa. When the villa was remodeled, the price of concrete and steel was still very cheap, so Gu Nian built a three-meter-high concrete and steel wall along his villa. Seeing the wall and the heavy iron gate, Gu Nian felt more confident. No matter what trouble it was, he would just deal with it.
Gu Nian sat down on the sofa in her home, lazily lying there. The smart home system had already preheated the floor heating, and the house was warm as spring. The little cat Lotus jumped onto her thigh and patted her face with its paw: "Meow, go back to the space~ Lotus wants to go back and take a look~"
Gu Nian picked up the lotus, and the next moment, he appeared in the farm space.
Gu Nian walked to the edge of the farm's pond. In the shallow brown mud was a pool of clear water. It was strange that, although the water was in a pond made of mud, there were many weeds beside it, and there was a lot of dust in the fields next to it, but the water was always spotless and crystal clear, just like the spring that Gu Nian had recovered next to the laboratory. There was never any mud or dust floating in the water.
Gu Nian took out the small gourd, and Lianhua looked at it expectantly. The gourd was only the size of a palm, but a constant trickle of water poured out from the mouth of the gourd, filling up the entire pool. The last drop of water, the tiny water droplet, also jumped out of the gourd and happily fell into the pool, splashing a huge splash that was inconsistent with its size, and soaking Gu Nian's body and face.
"Hehe, I told you to let me move~" Gu Nian vaguely heard the voice of a child playing a prank.
Gu Nian was stunned. Has the spring water regained its consciousness? But the pool was silent and there was no sound anymore.
However, the space suddenly changed. The air suddenly became humid, and the breath that hit her face became damp and filled with water vapor. Then, Gu Nian felt a chill on her face, and a drop of water fell on her face. Suddenly, a thin line of rain fell from the sky. At first, it was just a small drizzle, and soon it turned into a continuous line of rain. A rain fell in the farm space.
Gu Nian was extremely shocked. She had been on the farm for so long, but the farm had only day and night, and no other celestial phenomena, such as wind, rain, thunder... These celestial phenomena that are common in the real world have never appeared in the farm space.
This is the first rain in the farm space. Just like in the real world, celestial phenomena have begun to appear here. Could it be that all this was caused by that spiritual spring?
Gu Nian reached out and caught the rain.
The rain lasted for an hour before it stopped. In the distant forest, the nine-tailed fox stayed in his cabin, holding a cup of hot water deftly in his huge claws. He drank the water while quietly listening to the sound of rain outside. The originally dry river began to gather water, and the withered trees sprouted new buds. The water brought vitality to this incomplete space.
"Finally... it's starting to evolve." The nine-tailed fox sighed, and even its furry face showed human melancholy and emotion. "I hope it will succeed this time."
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Gu Nian started the test.
She used a bucket to draw water from the spiritual spring to irrigate the nearby farmland, but no matter how much water she drew, the spiritual spring was never too big or too small, just enough to fill a pool, as if it was inexhaustible. Rather than calling it a spiritual spring, it would be more appropriate to call it a water source.
Now that she had a water source, Gu Nian could finally lay water pipes. She first led the water pipes to the wooden house she built on the farm. She no longer had to carry water in. She could just turn on the pipes and water would flow out. This would be much more convenient for her to make medicine in the kitchen in the future. Then she laid water pipes to the ranch, turned on the faucet, and the ranch's water tank slowly filled up. Now all she had to do was raise some livestock on the ranch.
But what kind of livestock should she raise? Gu Nian was worried. She had already tried, but she couldn't bring living things from the real world into the farm space.
Instead of thinking about it alone at home, Gu Nian simply went to find the person, no, the animal, who was most likely to answer his questions for help.
She took the lotus and went again to the forest where the nine-tailed fox lived.
"I'm here to return something." Gu Nian shook the small gourd in his hand towards the nine-tailed fox.
The tall nine-tailed fox walked over. Its nine fluffy white tails swayed as it moved, making Gu Nian's fingers itchy.
The nine-tailed fox narrowed its eyes and said, "Oh, you are lucky. You found the spiritual spring so quickly. This thing is not easy to find. It is a rare thing."
Isn't it? If he hadn't happened to run into that evil god believer, taking advantage of his divine revelation and directly plundering the spiritual spring on the territory designated by a certain evil god from outer space, Gu Nian really didn't know how to find such a spring in the vast wilderness.
"I've tried for a long time, but I can't bring animals here from where I came from. So how can I raise animals on the ranch?" Gu Nian said distressedly, "After all, I have to raise them quickly to pay you back for the chickens I owe you."
What a cunning little girl! She came here to get information from him, but she pretended to care about him! The nine-tailed fox crossed his arms angrily, but he had to admit that he was being controlled by Gu Nian.
Tu Shanluo had a sullen face, but because the nine-tailed fox was covered with fluffy white hair, even if it was unhappy it would just let its hair stand out, which made people want to touch it even more. He returned to his cabin unhappily and rummaged through the drawers to find a round piece of iron.
The piece of iron was small, with numbers engraved on it, 00 2, like a number plate.
Tu Shanluo said with a stern face: "Remember, not all animals can be raised in this ranch. In the place where you come from, you can't bring in animals that have not evolved, and you can't bring in animals that have awakened their intelligence. Moreover, if you want to bring them in, you must use this iron sheet to leave a mark on them." The nine-tailed fox said, handing the iron sheet to Gu Nian. Then, it pointed at Gu Nian with its claws and said rudely: "Next time you come, you must bring me more good things. This iron sheet is charged."
So that's how it is. It seems that this piece of iron is a pass, Gu Nian thought.
Gu Nian did not delay and took the lotus out of the space. She drove to the wilderness again. Only in the wilderness could there be living mutant beasts for sale.
Gu Nian bought a group of mutant golden pheasants. These mutant chickens were almost as big as goslings and had delicious meat. They were the second most popular meat in the wilderness today. The most popular one was a mutant black pig. Gu Nian also bought two mutant black piglets.
The noisy little creatures were all put into wooden cages, which were then tied to the top of the off-road vehicle. Gu Nian carried the animals back to her villa. She picked up the iron sheet given by the nine-tailed fox, circulated her spiritual energy, and covered the chicken's tail with the iron sheet. The feathers there naturally fell off due to the heat, and a 00 2 brand appeared on the exposed skin.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" The mutant golden pheasant was frightened and suddenly raised its neck and crowed.
Gu Nian stretched out her evil hand to the next mutant golden pheasant. This time, the tattoo she put on it automatically changed to 002. It turned out that this iron sheet also had the function of automatic coding, which was interesting.
It took Gu Nian a while to finish coding all the animals. This time, with just a thought, all the animals followed her into the farm space.
Great, my ranch is finally ready for use! Gu Nian immediately rushed all the mutant golden pheasants and mutant black piglets to the ranch. She poured feed into the trough, and the water trough was already filled with clean water. These mutant golden pheasants and mutant black piglets wandered around and soon adapted to the environment. They started eating and drinking, and showed great interest in the water trough, drinking water with a bang.
Gu Nian looked at the pasture with satisfaction. The originally empty shack was now fully filled. It seemed that soon, in addition to vegetables, the output of his own farm would also include livestock.
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