Chapter 108

Cen Liang froze in place as if struck by lightning. He looked at the green seedlings under the corner of the wall. His eyes first widened as big as copper coins, and then he rubbed his eyes with both hands in disbelief. He

looked again and found that... he was really not seeing things?

Cen Liang was extremely shocked. He couldn't help but take a few steps closer, squatted down tremblingly, and reached out to touch the star chain fruit tree closest to him.

The touch from his fingertips and the unique fragrance of the star chain fruit tree leaves that he smelled were enough to make him sure - he really wasn't dreaming!

These were indeed real star chain fruits!

He lowered his head again and looked carefully at the roots of these star chain fruits.

They really grew out of the soil!

This scene was so plain and simple that even Cen Liang was a little dazed. How many years had it been since he had seen plants growing out of the ground?

Moreover, there was no metal floor where he was standing.

Cen Liang looked back and realized belatedly that the land behind the nursery building had been reclaimed! The exposed land made him subconsciously feel terrified.

After all, he had been in Hell Star for so many years, and he really hadn't seen real land for a long time!

"You..."

Cen Liang looked at Su Ci and opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't speak for a while.

It was so shocking!

This scene in front of him would definitely shock him for a whole year!

He had been in Hell Star for so long, but he had never seen anyone successfully plant on the land of Hell Star, let alone... so much!

He couldn't help but think of Zhuang Shisong's evaluation of Su Ci: good vision, and some research in planting.

How can this be called some research? If this is just some research, then what are these people in their cultivation garden? Are they worthless waste?

Cen Liang took a deep breath, and then he felt that the air here was much fresher than elsewhere.

He looked down at the land again, at the star chain fruit trees... Oh no, there are also jade snow, golden taro and Yingcui beans...

When it comes to plants, Cen Liang has a sharp eye and no problem with counting, so he quickly found that there were three of each of the three plants at the back, and then thought about the number of seeds that Su Ci took away that Zhuang Shisong told him...

He couldn't help but cover his chest.

So the germination rate is really 100%?

Cen Liang's gaze towards Su Ci became increasingly heated.

"Keeper Su, you...how did you do all this?"

He had too many questions to ask.

For example, how did he overcome the problem of soil pollution on Hell Star? For example, how did he achieve such a high germination rate? Another example...

Cen Liang looked at the thriving green plants, especially the ten growing around the small spiritual buds. He calculated the time in his mind and found that no matter how he calculated it, it was wrong.

The day when this breeder Su went to the nursery to get seeds, he happened to discover the mutant garlic sprouts, so the time was easy to calculate. Moreover, even if you count from his first day on the job, it has only been less than half a month!

These green seedlings are growing too fast!

Those under the corner of the wall are probably two months old, and the ten special ones...

It can be seen that the Yingcui beans that mature faster are already approaching the flowering period, which means they have grown for at least three to four months!

How can I calculate the time wrong?

Cen Liang was confused.

Of course, he soon noticed the small open space in the middle of the land, and the two green buds in the middle of the open space that were obviously different from the surrounding plants.

The closer the plants were to the two green buds, the faster they grew, and he suddenly had some enlightenment.

Cen Liang pointed at the two green buds and blurted out, "Then... do those two green plants promote the growth of other plants?"

Su Ci knew that anyone who saw this green area would find something wrong, but he didn't expect Cen Liang to see the clues so quickly and accurately guess the function of the two small spiritual buds.

As expected of a specialist in planting, he is really good at it.

Su Ci nodded, "The plants planted around them do grow faster."

Cen Liang swallowed and asked nervously, "So... are these two mutant green plants?"

Su Ci glanced at him and said, "Probably."

Cen Liang didn't know what to say for a moment about his nonchalant answer.

They were all so excited when they found only one mutant garlic sprout in the cultivation garden. Almost everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep all night. And look at this breeder Su...

He had just arrived at Hell Star not long ago, and he actually found two, and they were mutant green plants with such good properties! How could he be so calm?

In addition, no one knew what was wrong with the mutant garlic sprout. After it suddenly glowed, the strong garlic smell became weaker day by day...

The researchers in the cultivation garden were really confused. Cen Liang was also very anxious, but he couldn't find any problems.

When he had a video call with Su Ci yesterday, he said that he was very busy recently. This was not nonsense. He was mainly busy with the mutant garlic sprouts.

If he hadn't accidentally caught a glimpse of the green plants in the corner, he would have felt more and more that something was wrong, and finally decided to come over and take a look. Otherwise, he would never have been able to deliver the things to Su Ci in person.

Looking at the two small spiritual buds, Cen Liang's mind couldn't help but float.

But when he met Su Ci's black eyes and noticed his gaze that seemed to see through everything, the words that Cen Liang wanted to say were once again suppressed in his heart.

Of course, it would be more appropriate to plant two such precious green plants in a nursery, but could he say that?

Obviously not.

He didn't know why Su Ci was so confident in bringing him here and letting him see this miracle-filled green space behind the nursery building.

If it were him, he would never bring a stranger he met for the first time to such an important place, unless...

he was fearless!

Under the impact of the green land in front of him, Cen Liang's constantly heating head finally cooled down after realizing this.

Yes, what does this Su breeder rely on?

Cen Liang looked at the soil in front of him that had just been reclaimed not long ago, and suddenly thought of the key point as if he had a flash of inspiration -

as a trainee breeder who had just arrived at the nursery, where on earth did he get the authority to reclaim such a large piece of land in the 24th base?

The ground in the base is all paved with metal. Isn't it because the land on the Hell Star is highly polluted and has a certain degree of danger?

Looking at the planting of these green plants, it should have been reclaimed for a while. Are the people in the action team blind? Why didn't anyone stop this Su breeder? Or... did they stop him, but failed?

Moreover, it is not easy to break these metal floors. How did this breeder Su do it without anyone noticing?

Cen Liang looked at Su Ci, and this time, his eyes became cautious.

He barely curled the corners of his lips, using a smile to hide his nervousness, and then tentatively asked: "Breeder Su, speaking of which...how was this piece of land opened up? It will probably take some effort to break the metal floor, right?"

Su Ci shrugged: "Fortunately, we have Luo Shengfei's machine."

Luo Shengfei?

Cen Liang certainly knew the captain of the maintenance team. He had also worked in the 24th base for quite some time. It should be impossible for him to violate the base regulations for a new trainee breeder.

Unless... there is no problem with the procedure for what Su Ci entrusted him to do!

In other words, Su Ci's clearing of land behind the nursery building was approved by the base's intelligent computer and authorized!

Cen Liang became more and more confused and uneasy.

So why would a small trainee keeper be given such authority?

And Su Ci obviously had no intention of explaining to him. After he finished speaking, he walked to the metal frame placed on the open space, looked at it, and nodded.

He grabbed the metal frame and moved it to the right position. Cen Liang saw his action and wanted to ask him if he needed help, but Su Ci lifted the entire metal frame easily.

Cen Liang had to shut up, thinking that maybe the metal frame was not as heavy as it looked.

After Su Ci put down the metal rack, he walked to the green area and touched Xiao Zhengxing's head, and decided to give the child an extra piece of barbecue at noon.

Seeing his actions, Cen Liang noticed that there was a child squatting next to the green area?

Aren't the cubs in the brooding house locked in the room? But thinking of the little wolf cub that suddenly appeared in front of the camera yesterday, Cen Liang was relieved again.

Maybe it was a new change made after this keeper came?

In terms of raising cubs, the keeper has the highest authority. Although Su Ci is still in the probation period, who said that he is the only keeper in the brooding house now?

So Cen Liang did not express any opinion on this.

He walked closer to the green space, wanting to take a closer look at the two mutant green plants that can promote plant growth. As a result, when he approached the metal frame, he accidentally glimpsed that one of the legs of the metal frame was pressing down on the snow-white vine.

Cen Liang didn't think much about it, stretched out his hand to grab one of the metal legs of the frame, and wanted to lift the frame up, but...

he didn't lift it?

He spent a little more effort, and only then did he barely lift the metal frame a little bit and pull out the vine.

When he put it down again, his palms holding the metal frame were red.

You know, because the culture medium needs to be moved on a daily basis - although there are transportation robots, it is impossible to let the robots do everything, so Cen Liang thinks that he is not weak in strength.

However, looking at his slightly red and swollen palms, and recalling the scene of Su Ci just casually grabbing the metal frame, Cen Liang suddenly became a little uncertain.

He looked at Su Ci, looking at his thin and weak figure, he couldn't associate him with a strongman.

Seeing Su Ci and the child wrapping the vines on the ground around the metal frame, Cen Liang did not immediately step forward to help, but quietly turned on the communicator.

He needed to seek off-site assistance to determine the next course of action!

When Yan Ping received the message from Cen Liang, he was still guarding the metal wall outside the base.

Although he knew that the water dragon was caused by Su Ci, he did not dare to take it lightly. The members of the action team and the guards who had no idea about the inside story were even more nervous and on standby.

He frowned slightly and turned on the communicator to take a look.

In addition to being a mid-level researcher, Cen Liang is also responsible for external liaisons. He is also familiar with Yan Ping, but the two rarely contact each other except for official business...

So why are they suddenly looking for him now?

[Cultivation Garden-Cen Liang]: Captain Yan, the new breeder Su has opened up a piece of land behind the nursery building. Did you know about this?

Yan Ping's brows frowned even more tightly.

How could he not know about this? He was lucky enough to witness it with his own eyes...but, now even the people in the nursery know about it?

Ever since he knew about Su Ci's strength and guessed that he might have a very high status in the Star Alliance, Yan Ping was worried that his men would bump into him, so he withdrew the action team from the vicinity of the nursery.

No one was sent to monitor or patrol the inside of the nursery - facts have proved that his approach was right, at least this Su keeper was currently quite friendly to him.

Although the members of the action team were very puzzled by this order, they all obeyed the boss's dispatch, so naturally, Yan Ping didn't know what happened to the land after it was reclaimed.

He looked at the message sent by Cen Liang, pondered for a while, and replied cautiously: I know.

Almost the next moment after he sent the message, Cen Liang sent another message.

[Cultivation Garden-Cen Liang]: So you know this Su breeder...what is his identity?

Seeing this question, Yan Ping couldn't help but pursed his lips.

On the other side, Cen Liang was waiting anxiously.

Seeing that Yan Ping was slow to reply, he couldn't just stand by and watch, so he took the initiative to go over and help wrap the vines on the ground around the metal frame.

The vines of Yingcui beans are thinner, not as thick as the vines of Star Chain Fruit and Yuxue, which can climb to high places.

Obviously, the person who built this metal frame also took this into consideration, so many thinner metal wires were connected at the bottom of the metal frame to facilitate the climbing of the vines of Yingcui beans.

Cen Liang patiently and carefully wrapped around it, and felt that the quality of the metal frame was really good. He thought about asking the purchasing department to customize one for him later.

As for the vines of the Yingcui beans, he treated them with great care, as if they were hard-earned treasures.

From his perspective of planting for many years, once these two Yingcui beans grow up, the quality will definitely reach S grade! No, not only Yingcui beans, but other crops can also reach the same level!

Cen Liang felt like he was still dreaming, his head was dizzy and not very clear.

At this time, the prompt sound of the communicator rang, which made him perk up, and he quickly opened the message to take a look.

However, Yan Ping did not directly answer his question.

[Captain Yan]: What are you doing in the nursery?

Cen Liang thought for a moment, answered him truthfully, and then continued typing: [When I was video chatting with him yesterday, I accidentally saw the green plants, so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect...]

He didn't say anything after that, but quietly sent a photo of the green land to Yan Ping.

Unexpectedly, Yan Ping's reply to him was...

[Captain Yan]: Withdraw the message, delete the photo, and don't let anyone else know about this.

Seeing him so cautious, Cen Liang couldn't help feeling uneasy, and hurriedly did as he was told.

Then, Yan Ping's message came again.

[Captain Yan]: I can only tell you that the identity of this Su breeder is not simple, so don't offend him.

[Captain Yan]: Whatever he asks for, try your best to meet it.

Cen Liang was confused, but he still responded quickly with a "OK". Then he saw Yan Ping's message continued to come -

[Team Yan]: Is Su the breeder... in the nursery now?

[Farm-Cen Liang]: Yes.

On the metal wall, looking at the reply from Cen Liang, Yan Ping couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He looked far away in the direction of the riverbed. There had been no movement there for a long time.

So, how did this Su breeder return to the nursery without anyone noticing? So many of them have been watching here, how come they didn't notice any signs?

Cen Liang didn't know the frustration in Yan Ping's heart. After finding that Yan Ping had no intention of continuing the conversation, he turned off the communicator.

He looked at the lush green plants all over the ground, then at the two small green buds that seemed so adorable to him. After a while, his eyes fell on the young man who had created this miracle with his own hands.

The young man, wearing the gray-blue uniform unique to breeders, stood beside the metal frame and wound the vines up one by one. The little boy standing next to him, although he couldn't see with his eyes, was also groping to help.

This scene looked harmonious and friendly, and there was an inexplicable feeling of peace and quiet.

As Cen Liang watched, he also felt calm.

But soon, he remembered Yan Ping's words...

To be honest, he was unwilling to give up on the two mutant green plants that could promote plant growth.

If they can be transplanted to the plantation, they can receive more careful care, and they can also research more topics.

More importantly, they can also increase crop yields. Once the rules are figured out and used well, the food problem of all bases on Hell Star can be solved!

Of course, all bases on Hell Star... this goal is a bit big, but there should be no problem just meeting the needs of bases 2 and 4.

Once the supply of food and vegetables can keep up, the soldiers will not need to live frugally, and other members of the base will not have to rely on nutrient solution to survive.

With surplus food and vegetables, they can open a small farm, so that everyone can not only eat rice and vegetables, but also fresh meat!

The money spent on purchasing food can be saved and used in other places in the base - being self-sufficient locally will definitely cost much less than transporting food across space.

Cen Liang couldn't help but fantasize about the future, and his eyes became more and more passionate as he looked at the two little green buds.

No matter what, we must get them to the plantation!

But... thinking of what Yan Ping had just said, he forced himself to calm down.

Su the breeder's identity is not simple, and he cannot be offended... If this is the case, then there is only one way to get these two little spiritual buds!

Cen Liang looked at Su Ci, his eyes became extremely firm and sincere.

He said, "Mr. Su, the suggestion I told you yesterday, are you really going to reconsider it?"

"What suggestion?" Su Ci said absentmindedly.

"It's about working in the aquaculture farm." Cen Liang smiled kindly and enthusiastically, "What I told you yesterday may have been a little too conservative. When it comes to excellent talents, our aquaculture farm will never be stingy!"

He said some more words to persuade people, focusing on explaining the aquaculture farm's welfare policy. In addition to such practical benefits, he did not forget to draw cakes.

"Keeper Su, with your knowledge, you should be able to easily see the effects of these two mutant green plants, right?"

Cen Liang kept talking. When he mentioned the farm, the lazy Su Ci became a little more energetic, but...

"I knew that you, the bad grandfather, had bad intentions!"

At this time, a figure rushed out from the side. It was the little wolf cub who was hiding and observing secretly and could no longer control his emotions after hearing this.

Behind him, there was the little white deer who had been pulling him but failed in the end.

The boy with a pair of wolf ears looked much more ferocious than in the video call. Before Cen Liang could react, he was thrown to the ground by him and could no longer speak words to persuade Su Ci.

"Su Su won't go with you! Just give up on this idea!"

Cen Liang was so frightened that his body stiffened. He watched helplessly as the young man rode on him and raised his fist to hit him.

He closed his eyes in fear and only had time to raise his hands to protect his face. However, the pain he imagined did not come, but his body felt lighter.

Cen Liang subconsciously looked over and saw a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life -

he saw the skinny and weak keeper picked up the mad wolf cub with one hand, and no matter how the wolf cub struggled, it could not escape from his hand.

In the end, the little wolf cub could only calm down obediently, with its limbs drooping down, looking at the young man pitifully.

Not to mention Cen Liang, even the little white deer couldn't help but widen his eyes, because he felt that this scene was so familiar - when he was almost bitten to death by Langze before, before he fainted, he vaguely saw the picture of the keeper carrying the little wolf cub.

It turned out to be true! He was not seeing things!

It was really Su Su who saved him at that time!

The little wolf cub who was picked up was also shocked at first, but he soon felt relieved.

After all, Su Su was so strong that he could easily kill a giant spider, and now he was picked up with just one hand. What's so strange about this?

He looked at Su Ci pitifully, but he didn't think he was wrong.

Su Ci felt a little headache. He looked at the wolf cub and said helplessly, "Didn't I tell you to be polite?"

Hearing this, Xiao Langze felt wronged. He pointed at Cen Liang and said, "I called him Grandpa!"

So calling him Grandpa is being polite?

Cen Liang, who had just climbed up from the ground with the help of the little white deer, supported his waist with difficulty: "..."

He looked at the wolf cub and then at Su Ci. He finally equated this skinny breeder with a strongman. Although he was shocked by his strength, he didn't want to give up.

Cen Liang tried to make a final struggle. He looked at Su Ci and said, "Don't you want a greenhouse? I have a way..."

As long as you are willing to come to the nursery, you can have as many greenhouses as you want! You can use it as you like!

However, before he finished speaking, Su Ci let go of the wolf cub and looked at him with a strange look.

The young boy who almost beat him just now jumped to the ground flexibly, looked at him suspiciously for a few times, and said with a pout: "Bad grandpa, although you agreed to let us dismantle the greenhouse, I still won't give Su Su to you!"

???

Cen Liang was confused. When did he agree to let them dismantle the greenhouse? Did he want Su Ci to go directly to the cultivation garden to use the greenhouse? !