To Fang Qingdai's surprise, after returning to the base, the children became so interested in the new ecosystem.
They spontaneously formed a research team, conducting animal research every day. While urging the researchers on Professor Li's side to produce research reports on the mice, they also browsed the library to look up animal knowledge and ecological balance.
A week later, Qingluan led a group of children into Fang Qingdai's office.
"What's wrong?" Fang Qingdai asked, somewhat surprised, putting down her work and getting up to inquire.
I knew she had a bit of the airs of a base leader. She was usually too busy and rarely interacted with the kids, so they were a little afraid of her.
After all, in the eyes of children, the base commander is the most powerful official who can decide the life and death of everyone in the base.
The group of children looked at each other, and finally Qingluan, Tan Jie, and Xiao Nuo stepped forward.
"Sis, we want a high-precision map of the wasteland. The teacher said we need your permission."
Fang Qingdai rubbed her temples. Could this teacher be Teacher Zhao again?
Normally, a teacher would strongly discourage students from wanting such a strategic weapon. It's likely that only Teacher Zhao would encourage the children to come to her!
Fang Qingdai shook her head and asked patiently, "What do you need that thing for?"
Xiao Nuo raised his hand: "We want to study areas in the wasteland where new food chains might emerge!"
Fang Qingdai's eyebrows twitched, and she asked, "And then? What's the point of researching that?"
Sure enough, Xiao Nuo's next words gave Fang Qingdai a headache: "We believe that the root cause of the apocalypse and wasteland lies with humanity, but nature has been exceptionally lenient towards humanity and ultimately did not have the heart to let humanity perish."
"We, as sinners, have adapted to the wasteland faster than other species and launched another war that could have a significant impact on the emerging new food chains!"
The children mustered their courage and said in unison, "We should find those emerging food chains and protect them!"
The Azure Phoenix's voice was firm: "We should atone for our sins and shoulder the responsibility of being the most advanced intelligent beings in this world!"
Looking at this group of bright-eyed, energetic little rascals, Fang Qingdai felt a mix of emotions.
They really are children, so innocent and pure.
Aside from them, how many adults would dare to so openly admit their crimes?
Even Fang Qingdai would attribute the responsibility for the apocalypse and the wasteland to previous generations of humans. What did she do wrong? She didn't participate in it.
But that was just wishful thinking. In fact, she came from a pre-apocalyptic world and enjoyed top-tier resources. Just like the internet's judgment of the wealthy in that era, she was also one of the high-energy-consuming individuals.
She knew all too well that the energy consumption of a family like hers in a year could be equivalent to that of an average person in a lifetime.
How could she not bear any responsibility? She's just comforting herself by saying she has no direct responsibility.
That's why she resisted and struggled to change something after seeing this world riddled with problems.
In the children's words, that's called atonement!
Fang Qingdai opened her mouth, wanting to try her best to persuade the children to give up this naive idea.
How could the Oasis Base possibly protect those emerging ecosystems with its limited capabilities?
If Oasis Base were to actually undertake this task, how much manpower and resources would it require? At this critical juncture in the war, where would they find the spare capacity to do so?
As she was trying to find a reason, Tan Jie spoke up: "Base Commander, we asked the teachers, and they said that it's very impractical to spread manpower to every corner of the wasteland to protect those new species."
Fang Qingdai nodded, secretly relieved.
Fortunately, Teacher Zhao had some conscience and didn't put all the pressure on her.
But Tan Jie then added, "But we can establish a pollution-free area at the base, collect samples of each new species, bring them back for cultivation, and help them grow."
"At the very least, if the war has truly damaged those ecosystems, we have done our best to preserve their roots, so that they are not just a fleeting phenomenon!"
Fang Qingdai's face stiffened again.
The children in the wasteland are precocious and eager to learn. Under the full-fledged education of the Oasis Base, these children are all as shrewd as ever, able to spout theories one after another. They are no longer the kind of ignorant and easily fooled little fools.
To Fang Qingdai's surprise, Xiao Nuo's next words actually moved her!
"Base Commander, we asked Elder Li, and he said that in order to form a new ecosystem, it is necessary to have an energy stone core as support. So, searching for those new ecosystems is also a search for energy stone cores!"
“Even if we don’t search, other bases will definitely search. If other bases find it first, they definitely won’t care about the ecosystem, and they might even use it against us after they get the energy stone core!”
Fang Qingdai's expression turned serious: "Who told you all this?"
Xiao Nuo straightened her chest: "You forgot, I'm a spy. I make a living under the three-party base, so I know how those three forces operate."
Compared to the children in the base, Xiao Nuo was much more aware of the situation of the outside forces and the ugliness of human nature.
But what he said makes sense.
Once the Xuanwu Base discovers that it cannot enter the highly polluted area near Xuanwu No. 4 base, it will definitely shift its target and search for other energy stone cores.
Fang Qingdai has a natural advantage and should indeed explore the areas where energy stone cores might exist before the Xuanwu base.
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