Chapter 91
The cargo boxes used to transport fruits and vegetables at Base 26 are made entirely of metal and have the function of regulating temperature and isolating a certain concentration of pollutants. Only the top is made of transparent visible glass.
So, when the little monkey squatting on the edge of the box finally couldn't help but reach out to the corn in the box, naturally, its little hand was blocked outside.
The little monkey blinked, and there was obvious confusion in his round black pupils.
It tilted its head and groped on the glass with its little hands, but it couldn't reach the corn that was neatly placed in the box and looked delicious.
After touching it for a while, it withdrew its hand and jumped onto another box in disbelief. After finding that it still couldn't touch the things inside, the little monkey finally gave up.
It turned its head and found that the door of the truck had been closed at some point.
The little monkey quickly jumped off the box, skipped to the car door, and pushed forward with his two little hands - but failed.
After trying a few more times and still failing to push it forward, it didn't panic. It just lay on the gap and tried to look out, but it didn't see anything.
The little monkey scratched his head and looked back at the cargo boxes. After staring at them for a while, he couldn't help yawning.
It rubbed its eyes, got on all fours, and slowly climbed to the top of the cargo box. Then it squeezed into a corner, curled up into a ball, and began to doze off, as if it didn't care at all about its fate.
The truck carrying the little monkey drove forward, passing through the buildings of Base 24 and heading towards the airport outside the base.
In front of the cultivation garden, Su Ci and A Yan stopped.
When he arrived here, the little monkey had naturally left, and after leaving here, its movement speed became faster and faster, and its direction kept changing. It was obvious that it was taking some means of transportation.
However, judging from its speed, it is about the same as the hover bus. As long as it is still within the 24th base, finding it is not a big problem.
Su Ci stopped chasing for the time being, but looked into the cultivation garden with a slightly frown on his face.
In front of the cultivation garden, the middle-aged man did not notice Su Ci and A Yan. After the truck from Base 26 left, a young man who was standing inside the gate of the cultivation garden came out.
He looked at the middle-aged man and said with a little dissatisfaction: "That's our base's secret weapon. Why did you give it away like that? What if people from other bases find out?"
The smell of the young garlic sprouts was so strong, and they were so effective at dispersing pollutants, that it was almost impossible to hide it from everyone in the plantation.
Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming did not hide anything. After obtaining preliminary research results, they reported them to Wu Yunqin.
Wu Yunqin immediately put aside his research on the three withered star chain fruits and mobilized all the core members to work together to maximize the effect of the small garlic sprouts in the shortest time possible.
Because she understood how important a mutated green plant that could dispel the red fog was now that monsters had begun to actively invade buildings!
Moreover, if the red fog can be dispelled, can the monsters hiding in the red fog also be dispelled?
Although there is no direct evidence to confirm this, so far, monsters have always appeared with red fog, so the probability of this theory being successful is still very high.
A small garlic sprout has brought about countless research topics, three of which are the most important.
The first is the effect of garlic smell on dispersing pollutants, the second is the effect of garlic smell on monsters, and the third is the impact on the survival rate and quality of crops after using garlic smell to dispersing pollutants.
If the third point can be achieved, then even if we give up the research on the three Star Chain fruit trees that grew wildly and then withered, the impact will not be significant.
Because the real limiting factor in a plantation's crop yields is pollutants! As long as there's a way to completely isolate pollutants, relying on current cultivation technology, there's no need to worry about yields!
This is also the reason why Wu Yunqin immediately changed the direction of research after knowing the special ability of the garlic sprout.
As for the water source, after investigating underground rivers and taking water samples from other buildings, researchers did not find any significant difference in the water source compared to the past.
It seems that only the water quality in the cultivation garden has changed. Although the reason has not been found, this change in water quality has brought real benefits to the crops in the garden. After watering, the growth of crops has improved significantly.
After being tested and found to contain no harmful substances to the human body, the water continues to be used as drinking water for daily life.
In just a few days, the working atmosphere in the cultivation garden became noticeably more harmonious than before - because everyone's mood improved, and even though they were bothered by the strong smell of garlic, it did not affect their mood.
Because of these benefits, and the fact that there is no manpower to study the garlic sprouts, the investigation of water quality in the cultivation garden has been temporarily shelved.
The "perfume" that the middle-aged man just gave to the tall young man is the latest product developed by Wei Ming.
Although the smell is pungent, it is quite effective in dispersing pollutants. Now we just have to wait for extreme weather to come and see what effect it will have on the monsters.
All these studies were kept confidential under the order of Director Wu.
The people in the nursery also knew that if the effects of the garlic sprouts were really discovered by other bases, it would be unlikely for them to continue conducting research behind closed doors.
Everyone came to Prison Star just to do research on exotic plants. They were able to endure such a harsh environment and were patient enough to do the planting. They were all practical people and they understood how hard it was to get mutant green plants, so everyone kept their mouths shut.
The middle-aged man's initiative to give away the "perfume" naturally aroused the young man's dissatisfaction.
Facing his complaints, the middle-aged man thought for a moment and asked him, "So, what do you think is more important, research or human life?"
The young man was stunned, opened his mouth, and then fell silent.
"Base 26 has helped us a lot. When our base was in trouble, they always offered help. If Xiao Fan encountered extreme weather and something happened on his way back, would you feel comfortable with it?"
The young man was completely speechless. The middle-aged man chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Director Wu has always intended to cooperate with Base 26..." He lowered his voice and said, "The flower bud differentiation period of that garlic seedling is almost over, and bulbil differentiation will soon begin."
This also means that in the future they will get more mutated garlic cloves and cultivate more garlic sprouts with the same function!
By then, there will be no need to hide it like we do now.
Of course, this period is very important, because if the nutrition cannot keep up, it is likely to become a single garlic. If this is the case, it will be difficult to get more garlic sprouts.
Therefore, the cultivation of ordinary vegetables in the cultivation garden has been mostly interrupted. Except for those supplied to the base, the others are no longer planted after harvesting. The saved fertilizer and nutrient solution are all supplied to the garlic sprout.
After hearing this, Su Ci stopped listening.
He took A Yan and quickly entered the plantation, going directly to the greenhouse where the garlic seedlings were being grown.
In fact, the garlic nowadays can no longer be described as "small garlic sprouts".
The magical garlic, which was originally the size of an ordinary garlic sprout, has now grown to about one meter tall, and the petals have become as big as a bowl. It is placed in a culture tank, and its dense roots are embedded in the nutrient solution, constantly absorbing nutrients.
At the same time, it continues to release a strong garlic smell. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary plants would probably find it difficult to survive in this strong smell.
Not to mention, getting better growth.
Therefore, all other ordinary plants in this greenhouse have been moved away, leaving only this garlic with an increasingly strong smell.
As soon as A Yan arrived in this greenhouse, he couldn't help holding his breath, and Su Ci's already frowned brows became even tighter.
"So angry! So angry!"
The spiritual garlic exudes angry emotional fluctuations, and in the process, it continuously releases strong odor factors, attacking any creature that wants to approach it.
This is also the reason why Su Ci frowned.
Spiritual plants are generally gentle and friendly, and rarely attack living things. It is rare to see a spiritual garlic plant that continuously releases odor attacks like this one.
Only the demon plant would do this.
Of course, because the smell of the garlic has a small offensive power, it has not caused any major damage yet, but precisely because of this, it is constantly increasing the concentration of the smell.
Once it exceeds the critical value, it is likely to transform into a demonic plant. At that time, its smell may not only be effective against pollutants, but will also turn into an indiscriminate attack.
The most important point is that spiritual plants will feedback spiritual power during their growth, just like those two small spiritual pears.
However, in this greenhouse, Su Ci did not sense much spiritual energy.
This is very abnormal.
While Su Ci was frowning in thought, Xiao Lingsuan, who was originally still angry, suddenly paused in his constant emotional fluctuations, and then became a little confused.
And its smell, which was becoming increasingly strong, slowly stopped and maintained a steady level.
Finally, Xiao Lingsuan realized something——
"Ah! Ah!" Its mood fluctuated and it became happy, and the leaves that had grown to about one meter high also shook gently and reached towards Su Ci.
It felt the arrival of the spirit of the earth!
And now, it has grown into the most handsome guy here!
The emotional fluctuations released by the little garlic became joyful, proud, and a bit flattering.
Su Ci felt its changes, and his brows finally relaxed a little. He stretched out his hand and lightly touched the leaves that extended towards him with his fingertips.
As soon as it was touched, the whole garlic plant began to tremble slightly, and the leaves instantly shrank back in shyness.
It kept making babbling sounds, as if it was singing.
Su Ci's relaxed brows wrinkled slightly again.
The mood swings of this little spiritual garlic were too great and too rich. It was more active and more stubborn than any spiritual plant he had come into contact with before.
Originally, I thought that even if I was sad and angry about his departure, it wouldn't last long. I didn't expect that my anger would last for such a long time, even pushing me to the point of being obsessed.
After Su Ci thought about it for a moment, he roughly understood the reason.
After all, this spiritual garlic did not grow from a spiritual seed. It was an ordinary plant that gained spirituality after mutation, and this spirituality itself was not pure.
Because Xiao Lingsuan grew up in an environment filled with resentment, just like A Yan, a certain concentration of pollutants had accumulated in its body.
What is obvious is that its ability to expel pollutants does not work well on itself, which causes its emotions to get out of control easily, just like the cubs in the nursery, especially the negative emotions.
It is actually very simple to solve this problem.
A faint light appeared at the tip of Su Ci's finger, and with a slight flick, it fell on Xiao Lingsuan's body.
Gu Qingchen's purification technique became a magical technique in Su Ci's hands.
When that little bit of light fell on the garlic, it quickly spread over it, making the entire garlic emit a faint soft light.
Under the effect of the soft light, the pollutants in the garlic's body were purified little by little, and finally disappeared into thin air.
“Aa ...
The voice of the little garlic gradually became smaller, and when the faint soft light completely dissipated, it fell into a deep sleep.
Unlike A Yan, the small garlic does not grow for a long time, no more than a month at most, so there are not many pollutants accumulated in its body. Su Ci's purification technique completely helped it eliminate the hidden dangers.
The remaining purifying power was converted into the energy needed for its growth. After receiving such pure power all at once, the garlic needed time to absorb it, so it fell into a deep sleep.
When it wakes up again, it may not be completely transformed, but it should be able to take a step further in terms of grade.
The smell it releases should also become less aggressive, but the direction it will eventually develop in is not something Su Ci can decide.
At least, it will be better than it is now.
When the garlic was emitting soft light, several researchers wearing gas masks and protective clothing rushed in.
Among them are Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming.
Even through the gas mask, Su Ci could feel their fatigue, but within this fatigue, there was an indescribable excitement.
Of course, facing the mutated garlic at this moment, they are more worried and cautious.
Su Ci had no intention of exposing himself, so after making sure that the problem with the garlic had been solved, he took A Yan and left the greenhouse again.
After coming outside, Su Ci did not leave immediately.
He looked at the greenhouses that were emptied after each harvest, and his frown never relaxed.
This is why he doesn't want to see too many spiritual plants being born, because the growth of spiritual plants requires much more nutrients than ordinary plants, and when resources are limited, humans are obviously more inclined to supply spiritual plants.
This is contrary to his hope that there will be more and more life on the planet.
"Susu..."
Seeing that there was no one around, A Yan called him cautiously.
Su Ci slowly exhaled, put his hand on A Yan's head, and rubbed his furry ears vigorously. As he rubbed, his slightly irritable mood eased.
More haste, less speed.
How could he not understand this truth?
The crops grown in the human greenhouse are basically crops that can be grown and harvested quickly. These crops can be used as food to meet the human race's living needs.
In themselves, these plants did not quite meet his requirements.
He needs plants with long life cycles. Although they grow slowly, they can slowly and effectively change the water and soil of a piece of land over the years.
Of course, short-cycle plants are not completely useless. For example, weeds have strong vitality and cannot be burned by wildfires. They will grow again in the spring breeze. As long as conditions permit, they will seize every opportunity to grow and can barely survive even in the most harsh environments.
Moreover, the grass has a good water storage capacity. Once it reaches a certain scale, it can provide a habitat for other creatures and form a good ecology.
These two plants...
At least among the seeds that Zhuang Shisong provided for him to choose, Su Ci did not see how to obtain such seeds. Perhaps this would become the next problem he had to solve.
However, as his mood improved, Su Ci slowly changed his mind as he looked at the greenhouse in the distance.
Think about it from another perspective. The plants cultivated by humans all use soilless cultivation technology, and the nutrients needed for the growth of these plants do not come from this planet.
No matter how much they plant, it will be beneficial to him, so why demand too much?
Thinking of this, Su Ci lowered his head, looked at A Yan, whose hair was messed up by him, and smiled gently, "Let's go find the little monkey."
A Yan nodded, not caring at all about his hair being messed up - as long as Su Su could be happy, he could rub her hair for as long as he wanted!
Of course, before leaving, Su Ci still used his fingers as a comb to gently help him tidy up his hair.
A Yan looked up at him, his dark red eyes sparkling, full of intimacy and joy.
Finally, Su Ci took his hand and disappeared with him again.
The area covered by the 24th Base is neither big nor small.
Because there is no prison built, the main work revolves around the nursery and research institute, so the number of spacecraft and warships deployed at Base 24 is far less than that of other bases.
In addition, the action team has limited manpower and the base occupies a large area, which makes it easy for support to be untimely.
Therefore, due to various considerations, in the end, except for the supply ships of the logistics department and a few combat ships that can dock directly in the base, other types of ships need to land at the parking area outside the 24th base.
This also includes ships from other bases.
After leaving the plantation, the hover truck from Base 26 continued forward, finally stopping in front of a twenty-meter-high metal wall.
It was built many years ago to defend against monsters, although it is not very effective when facing crawling creatures like giant spiders.
Fan Hao, the team leader, stuck his head out of the cockpit. After facial recognition verification, he saw that a big door on the metal wall opened automatically, revealing a passage for trucks to enter.
Fan Hao sat back in his seat and drove into the wall, and the long line of cars behind him automatically followed in.
After entering the wall, there is a road about three meters wide - yes, the inside of the wall is hollow.
Because monsters will not attack the inside of buildings, the defensive wall outside the base was built into a tunnel-like road, which also serves as an emergency shelter.
However, after the monsters started attacking the buildings, this place could no longer be guaranteed to be absolutely safe.
After entering the road inside the wall, Fan Hao felt a little more relaxed. However, at least being surrounded by the inner wall gave him a sense of security compared to the empty outdoors.
However, he did not completely relax.
Because the real challenge is still ahead. Only when this batch of goods is transported back to Base 26 will it be truly safe.
In the inner wall tunnel, light and shadow constantly intertwine. At the top of the tunnel, where the light cannot reach, it seems that something is moving slowly.
Occasionally, in the reflection, you can see a pair of huge eyes.
Those eyes moved, observing the trucks coming from a distance, and then, as the leading truck kept approaching, it stretched out two forelimbs with serrated spikes, waiting for the best time to attack.
Finally, the first truck, the one that smelled of fresh human blood, arrived right under the forelimbs.
The sharp saw teeth flashed a sinister light under the light.
In the last truck, the little monkey who was dozing with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes. He looked towards the front of the truck in horror, as if he saw something.
The little monkey squeaked.
Unfortunately, its cry was too soft. Moreover, as a spirit, no one here could hear it even if it warned loudly.
Fan Hao, who was sitting in the cockpit, had no idea that danger was coming.
Now still within the scope of Base 24, his mind was relatively relaxed, so he turned on the truck's automatic driving system, and then took out a small spray bottle from his pocket.
He recalled what the middle-aged uncle had said to him——
This thing can refresh your mind...
Although it was really pungent, he felt the sudden wave of fatigue and sleepiness, and after hesitating for a moment, he pressed the spray bottle.
Compared with making a mistake at work and possibly losing your life on the way back, what does choking on the smell of garlic matter?
Then, a light yellow liquid splashed out from the spray bottle.
The liquid evaporated quickly, and the cockpit was soon filled with a strong smell. The smell was not even blocked by the car compartment and spread outward.
Smelling that sour and refreshing garlic smell again, Fan Hao couldn't help but shudder. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt...
This taste is really intoxicating!
The pair of serrated forelimbs did not land on the leading truck in the end, but instead stopped in mid-air.
The owner of the pair of forelimbs was reluctant to swing the sickle to harvest the lives in the truck that smelled of fresh blood.
After the trucks passed by, a huge figure with a pair of wings on its back fell directly from the top of the tunnel.
Its entire body turned over and lay on its back, revealing its abdominal cavity and multiple pairs of trembling legs.
That reaction was like being poisoned...
In the last truck, the little monkey who was originally screaming to warn, thinking that he was about to witness a tragedy, stopped in confusion.
“…”
The little monkey scratched his head in confusion, and when he saw that the crisis was over, he became quiet again.
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