Chapter 111 Planting Experiment
The two walked around the mining area for a long time, and Qiao Xing began to talk about business. "This planet has two suns. The two suns take turns scorching it, which is very hot. The environment, temperature, and humidity are all difficult to meet the conditions for plant growth. If we want to grow plants, we need to find a place where the sunlight is not too strong, or create a shade ourselves. Once we find it, we need to change the soil and irrigate that land with a lot of water."
Qiao Ye asked: "Dr. Qiao Xing, do you have a way to change the sand here so that it can store water?"
Qiao Xing looked at her with appreciation and said with a smile, "You figured out a difficult problem right from the start. How smart."
"Sand is formed by long-term weathering. The particles are very small, much smaller than sand, and the gaps between the particles are also large. This causes water to flow down naturally and cannot be retained. It has poor water retention and low nutrient content. Planting on such land is very difficult."
"However, our scientific team had already done some research on this planet before coming to the Wasteland Planet. So I brought a treasure that can make sand retain water."
Qiao Xing took out two bottles of something from his space ring and said, "This is a plant fiber adhesive extracted from plants. Mix it with water, dilute it, and mix it into the sand. It can make the sand have the properties of soil. Just use it once, and it will make the sand retain the properties of soil for a long time."
Qiao Ye stared at the plant fiber adhesive.
"Have you found a place suitable for planting?" Qiao Ye asked excitedly.
Qiao Xing took Qiao Ye for a walk and said, "We found it, but both the plant fiber adhesive and the soil itself require a lot of water. I thought that if we use a machine to convert water, we would probably need a lot of blue crystal stones, which would be difficult to accomplish. Until just now... you used blue crystal stones to convert so much water..."
Qiao Xing's eyes seemed to be filled with stars.
Qiao Ye scratched the back of his head.
Qiao Xing patted her shoulder and pointed at the land in front of them. He smiled and said, "This is the piece of land I'm interested in. It's a low-lying area in a nearby field, at the bottom of a valley, surrounded by cliffs. It's in the shade for half of the day. The soil here is not as severely desertified as outside, and it looks darker and more nutritious. Plants growing here have the greatest chance of survival."
"If possible," Qiao Xing lowered his eyes and looked at Qiao Ye with a gentle look, "I hope you can fill the lake with water here."
"If plants could really grow here," Qiao Xing said with a smile, "the people in the Empire here would have something to eat. Also, I'd have a solution for my thesis this year."
"...Haha, 6." Qiao Ye couldn't help but say.
Qiao Xing turned around and looked at her.
Qiao Ye couldn't help but smile and said, "No problem. Just consider it as supporting the interstellar scientist's paper."
After saying that, she picked up a small blue crystal stone from the bag of waste stones that Yi Yuanhua had given her.
As her water-based abilities were activated, the surging water energy in the blue crystal stone poured out.
Qiao Ye waved his hand slightly, and the blue crystal stone flew into the air. A large amount of water fell from the sky, hitting the ground, moistening the thirsty and dry land.
Pei Shiyi and Wei Guan looked at the water falling from the sky in surprise.
What's this?
This is not science.
This is a miracle.
Wei Guan murmured, "What is this?"
"Whether she controls water with a machine or something else...water is the source of all things. The reason so many planets lack life is because there's no water. If she can control water, then can't she create life? And if she can create life, then isn't she a god?"
Pei Shiyi glanced at Wei Guan.
Wei Guan closed his mouth and said, "General, should we send the interstellar secret sentinels back now?"
Pei Shiyi shook his head: "No, the Dark Sentinel hasn't been found yet, all activities continue as usual."
Wei Guan: "Okay."
Qiao Ye controlled the water to soak the place where Qiao Xing wanted to soak, and there was a lot of water, forming a shallow lake. However, this was where Qiao Xing had mixed some plant fiber adhesive, so the water did not sink completely.
Once the water completely moistens the land, it will slowly become arable land suitable for planting.
This is, using manpower to change the environment!
Qiao Xing jumped down.
When Qiao Ye saw Qiao Xing jump down, he jumped down too.
Then, Lu Chi, Pei Shiyi and Wei Guan also jumped down.
Qiao Xing found a corner and said, "We only get about four hours of sunlight here every day. I'll plant a few potatoes here to see if they can survive."
Qiao Ye curiously watched Qiao Xing find a few well-stored, sprouted potato seedlings from his space ring, and he carefully planted them in the moist soil.
Then, he sprinkled some eggshells and stirred them into the soil.
There weren't many suitable places to rest in the mining area. Since only caves offered a bit of coolness, the people of the Empire lived in caves carved into the rock walls. Yi Yuanhua had divided the rooms into two-person compartments, each carved into a cave in the rock wall.
Qiao Bang and Xie Chen were in the same compartment, Lu Chi and Qiao Ye were in the same compartment, and Pei Shiyi and Wei Guan were also assigned to the same compartment.
As for the inside of the compartment, there was nothing inside, it was empty.
There is a shortage of supplies on the wasteland Saturn, and no one has anything to eat or drink. It is already very good to be assigned a pre-carved compartment.
Lu Chi tidied up in the cave.
Qiao Ye was a girl after all, so Lu Chi had to leave her some private space. So he found a useless piece of broken steel plate in the space ring, cut it with the tools in the space, found a few hinges, and nailed it to the entrance of the cave, using it as a door.
Lu Chi looked back at Qiao Ye. Qiao Ye was also tidying up the cave. She took out the temporary tent that she had used for bathing before and placed it in a corner of the cave as a shower room.
Lu Chi said: "I didn't bring a wooden bed, but I brought a foldable camp bed."
Lu Chi spread out the camp bed, a single bed about one meter wide. He found a sleeping bag and placed it on the bed.
"Qiao Qiao, you sleep in the bed tonight."
After that, Lu Chi placed another sleeping bag on the ground and began to sort out the things he had brought that were suitable for Qiao Ye.
He took out one thing at a time: a comb, shampoo, a towel, the girl's nightgown, and so on.
Then he found a big bag of snacks.
Qiao Ye didn't know why Lu Chi was so foresighted and actually put snacks in the space, even some fruits that had not yet gone bad.
Lu Chi neatly placed the clothes and other things that Qiao Ye might use on the bed.
Lu Chi: "Are you tired? Eat something."
However, at this moment, someone knocked on their steel door.
Lu Chi stood up and opened the door.
Outside the door were several third and fourth grade students from the Imperial Military Academy.
They murmured, "The grandsons of the Empire's First Army are treated differently from us. Their cave actually has a door."
"The door is open, the door is open."
Lu Chi, who was 194cm tall, stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the students in front of him with a cold and distant expression. "What's going on?"
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