Next, Qiao Ya showed Lu Yuan the remaining report.
After reading it, Lu Yuan couldn't help but swallow hard.
"You mean, those giant trees underground have already grown?"
"Yes! It seems you may face an even greater threat in the future! The appearance of the super giant tree may mean your lives will return to the primitive era! Even more dangerous than the primitive era!"
Lu Yuan held the report for a long time, still finding it hard to accept.
After all, as a human being, and a well-educated one at that, he found it incredibly difficult to convince himself to believe these things.
After all, the atom is already the smallest basic building block of matter that mankind has discovered, but now a unit even smaller than a yard, the spore, has appeared.
This seemed unlikely at first glance, but Qiao Ya still took out the test report and placed it in front of her.
For a moment, Lu Yuan scratched his head, his mind racing with possible problems that might arise next.
Back in his room, Lu Yuan was still holding those reports, at a loss.
Finally, he decided to tell his family about it so that they could prepare in advance.
If a new disaster does occur, they must be prepared to respond.
It now seems that it wasn't that the disaster didn't happen, but rather that they didn't realize it had occurred.
So, Lu Yuan gathered everyone together before they had lunch.
Seeing Lu Yuan's serious expression, everyone felt that something was wrong.
"Son, what's wrong with you today? You seem downcast, like something's on your mind."
Lu's mother looked at Lu Yuan with some concern, then reached out and touched his forehead: "Do you have a fever or a cold?"
Lu Yuan shook his head with a wry smile: "No, I'm fine, but I've discovered something!"
Then, as he spoke, he took out a report that he had already photocopied: "Everyone, pass it around and take a look! I'll explain these things later!"
So, Lu Yuan distributed the report, and only after everyone had read it with shocked expressions did Lu Yuan finally speak.
"The report shows that these spores have survived for more than a year! So these spores come from a superorganism! And there are even aerial roots of a super giant tree inside!"
Almost everyone gasped in shock.
"So... what should we do next?"
"Yeah! You just said that the giant trees are hundreds of meters tall. Won't we become dwarfs then?"
"That sounds interesting! But what impact will this have on us? Won't we have more food after we have trees?"
Lu Yuan gave a wry smile and said, "If these giant trees could provide us with food, that would be fantastic news. After all, an apple weighing several hundred kilograms would be enough to feed us for a long time; just thinking about it makes me happy. However, reality is cruel. These giant trees don't provide us with sweet food. Instead, their rapid growth constantly drains the moisture from the soil! They release these spores precisely to prevent us from eating them!"
"What?"
Everyone was stunned: "To prevent us from eating them? No way! Are they trying to take over our territory?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Yes! It seems so for now! However, these spores are currently harmless to us, but we can't guarantee that one day they might carry some viruses! So, from now on, we absolutely cannot use newly dug water! Remember that?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Then, Lu Yuan continued, "Right now we know nothing about those super trees, so what I mean is, before those super trees grow, what we need to do now is control the growth rate of these plants!"
"How can we control it? We have so few people!"
"From what I understand, those giant trees have territories! Once they grow, they absorb all the nutrients from the soil around them to prevent other plants from absorbing their nutrients! At that time, the entire soil will become extremely barren!"
"What I mean is, in order to prevent our crops from being damaged, and to ensure that our poultry and livestock don't go hungry, so that we can all survive better, I've decided that from now on, we'll dig an underground tunnel and see if we can find a giant tree! Once we find a super giant tree, we can follow the trail to find the tree itself!"
Everyone thought it was a good idea and nodded in agreement.
"Alright! Let's not delay, let's start assigning tasks now!"
Lu Yuan was very happy; everyone was always of one mind.
Therefore, after the tasks were assigned, the excavation sites were divided into three locations.
They were located in different parts of the house, but to prevent the military from hearing them, they specifically used very traditional digging methods so that the military wouldn't hear them digging.
Finally, after digging for several days, all three locations reached a depth of about 30 meters underground.
This depth is already quite deep, but fortunately everyone's physical strength is very good, and the 30-meter depth did not waste too much time.
However, nothing was found. Apart from some garbage left over from an unknown era, there were only various kinds of soil and stones.
Lu Yuan squatted at the bottom of the well, lost in thought, when suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.
"Do you think it's possible that these giant trees, in order to dominate the land, first controlled the water source, so their roots are mostly located near the water?"
Zhou Tong's face showed a hint of shock, then he quickly stopped him: "Stop, stop! The underwater water is now under military control! If you dig underwater, you'll definitely get caught! We put in a lot of effort to dig this deep!"
Just then, Wang Mingming, who was in charge of the instrument detection, took off his headset and whispered, "I heard the sound of water! It's about thirty meters underground!"
Lu Yuan was immediately overjoyed: "Dig, keep digging! We must dig until we find water!"
Zhou Tong still wanted to organize things, but seeing Lu Yuan like this, he could only sigh and join in the work.
Three more days have passed, and water stains have appeared 60 meters underground.
There were mud puddles everywhere, and the mud underfoot was wet and soft.
"The water's right below! Haha! We've finally found it!"
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