This is not the familiar blue planet she knows.
Lake Baikal is gone, turned into yellow sand.
The Kunlun Mountains are gone, replaced by high sand dunes.
The Himalayas are gone; you can search the entire planet and still not find their location.
Besides these, places like Shennongjia and the North and South Poles have all turned into sand dunes and their exact locations can no longer be found.
Under the intense heat of the flames, the vast expanse of yellow sand appeared to be flowing.
As the wind blew, the quicksand in some areas began to shift.
Sand worms, hidden beneath the dunes, emerged from the swirling yellow sand.
Its hideous and grotesque appearance inspires fear, and its wide-open mouth is filled with disgusting mucus.
These sandworms rolled around in the sand, killing each other.
If a sandworm is injured or dies, a swarm of sandworms will rush towards it.
In a short while, the sandworms scattered, leaving only a few extremely hard shells in place.
The sandworm's corpse was gone; it had been completely devoured by its own kind.
This incredibly cruel scene left Monet and the others pale with shock.
Tears streamed down Sang Ning's face uncontrollably. Why had humanity's home become like this?
Why has our blue planet, with its splendid history and brilliant civilization, become like this?
Although she already knew about the current state of planet E72 through the original owner's memories, the contrast was still unbearable for her when she actually saw it.
"So happy to be home?"
Seeing her tears, Gu Shiqian jokingly assumed she was crying tears of joy.
Sang Ning sniffed and hummed in agreement, "I've been away for too long, and I'm a little excited to be back so suddenly."
It doesn't matter if it turns into yellow sand; there were great desert control workers in her era.
At that time, there were no plants like sand cotton that were suitable for desert planting, had a short growth cycle, grew quickly into forests, and could effectively transform sand into soil.
Generations of great desert control workers have successfully controlled desertification.
Now that they have the sand cotton plant, which has extremely low requirements for water and only needs a little sunshine to thrive, Sang Ning feels that their chances of successfully controlling desertification are still very high.
She clenched her fist and asked Gu Shiqian, "Uncle, which continent are we currently residing on?"
"There is no mainland anymore."
Gu Shiqian said sadly, "The environment of the entire Blue Planet is now similar. The mountains, rivers, plains, hills, lakes and seas that were once there have all become sandy land."
"I know."
Sang Ning explained, "What I mean is, according to the original map, which area we live in now was once part of that area?"
"Dragon Kingdom".
Gu Shiqian was able to answer this question. He said, "According to the original world map, we are currently located in the Dragon Kingdom."
"Can you still find Ningcheng's location?"
"Ningcheng?"
Gu Shiqian frowned. "Which province is this?"
"Formerly Beijiang Province".
Gu Shiqian genuinely didn't know and couldn't answer this question.
A few hundred years is enough for the world to change drastically, not to mention that planet E72 has been a desert for thousands of years, and its history and civilization have long been buried in the yellow sand.
The ruins of those old cities were naturally submerged as well.
Unable to answer, he could only remain silent.
Sang Ning understood immediately. She murmured, "Uncle, do you think that if our generation works hard, we can dig out ancient ruins and civilizations from the endless yellow sand?"
"Disaster."
Gu Shiqian roughly knew what she was going to say, and said helplessly, "We're all buried in yellow sand. This sand is incredibly thick. Every time a sandstorm comes, we can't even open our eyes, not to mention the quicksand will carry us to different places."
"We might be here today, but in another place tomorrow."
At this point, he sighed, "We once thought about excavating the site, but we never succeeded, mainly because we couldn't accurately determine the direction."
"Furthermore, all our information about Planet Water comes from video and written data. We have absolutely no idea what Planet Water is really like, with hundreds of regimes and countless cities scattered throughout it."
Sang Ning remained silent for a long time.
So long that Monet and the others began to worry and think about how to comfort her, she said—
Let's give it a try!
"Try to find the ancient ruins!"
She said urgently, "As humanity's home planet, a planet that has existed for billions of years, nurturing countless lives and boasting a brilliant civilization and history, we should make a concerted effort."
Gu Shiqian thought it made sense; Sang Ning wasn't the only one with this idea.
They had it before.
They even put it into action.
It should be said that ever since the blue planet turned into a desert planet, every generation living on this planet has made the same decision and taken action to search for the ruins of old cities.
However, reality is too cruel.
Purebred humans have been suppressed too severely, and the ecological environment of the Blue Planet is too harsh.
This has led to generations of people exhausting all their energy just to survive, leaving them truly powerless to do anything else.
Therefore, I was never able to stick with it.
But now, Gu Shiqian feels he has seen hope.
However, this matter cannot be rushed.
"We will definitely look for them, but not now."
He looked at Sang Ning and said seriously, "Our primary goal is to improve the living conditions of everyone."
"Only when we are free from worries about food and clothing and safety can we officially take action."
Sang Ning hummed in agreement, "I know, let's improve some of the soil first."
With soil, they can engage in planting and animal husbandry, and also build houses on the land.
This way, they wouldn't have to live in sand shelters.
Security can also be improved significantly.
"Given the characteristics of sand cotton, it takes about three seasons to transform the desert into soil, which is about a year. We've waited for so many years, so what's one more year?"
“We can help.”
Monet responded enthusiastically, and Emmanuel and the others nodded in agreement.
Sang Ning's lips twitched slightly. "Sand cotton does not need to be planted by humans. As long as the integrated equipment is assembled, the sowing, harvesting, and even the monitoring and growth in between are all mechanically controlled."
The implication is that they are not needed.
Everyone was speechless.
I could feel their blatant disdain.
A group of people looked at Gu Shiqian, and he smiled, "Don't worry, you guys aren't just sitting around doing nothing."
"Don't forget, you still have to teach the children."
Holy crap, they forgot about that.
Just as I was about to speak, a mechanical electronic voice filled the entire space.
"Dear passengers, the Qin Heng is currently at an altitude of 5,726 meters above the ground. Please prepare to disembark."
The system announced it three times, and Qin Heng shuddered and urged, "Hurry, hurry, we'll be landing on the ground in less than ten minutes. Let's hurry up and pack our things."
It definitely needs to be cleaned up.
So, the group of people ran towards the room.
Meanwhile, Qi Wenyuan and his group watched through the holographic screen as the starship descended from the sky and slowly landed hundreds of miles away from them, and they all fell silent.
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