Chapter 45

Su Ci looked at the names of the three plants: Snow Jade, Green Beans, and Golden Taro.

Well, it was confirmed that none of them were familiar.

Su Ci put the three small bags of seeds down again and frowned slightly in distress.

Although he knew that these three plants were what he needed most at the moment, that was all. He didn't know how to plant them so that they could take root and sprout and grow better.

As for casting spiritual arts...

Su Ci's eyes fell on the withered vines of the star chain fruit on the side. The scene of the star chain fruit on the wall withering in an instant was still vivid in his mind, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

Violating the growth law of life always has to pay a price, big or small.

Regardless of the price, whether it is his soul power or the lifespan of these ordinary plants, at present, it is not necessary to do so.

After all, even for the seeds of spiritual plants that can feed back the spiritual energy of the earth, Su Ci did not use his soul power to promote their growth. Facing these ordinary plants, it is even more impossible to do such a thing of forcing growth.

Let's use conventional means to cultivate them for the time being, and then take shortcuts if it doesn't work.

But, how to do it?

It must be said that Su Ci did gain knowledge during this visit to the nursery, and also realized that the human race does have their own unique way of tending plants.

At least in the era when he traveled around the world, he had never seen a planting technique that could allow so many varieties of crops to grow away from the land-

of course, those that used magic to promote growth did not count.

Although the humans in the base had forgotten their ancestors after traveling around the universe, they still remembered the skill of eating very well and even developed it.

Even Su Ci was surprised that they could cultivate so many green plants on the current earth, and there should be more than just the 24th base.

Although these plants did not grow from the land, these creatures originated from the earth.

When they are active on this land, they are also enriching the vitality of the earth, which is also the most powerful weapon to fight against the death and resentment in the red mist.

Of course, this does not mean that Su Ci approves of their approach - the earth is the source of all things, and governing the land and restoring the vitality of the earth is the most correct way to clear the red mist and resolve the resentment.

Using soilless cultivation is always a stopgap measure. The most important thing is the land, so planting the three plants in front of him is a very important first step.

Thinking of what Gu Qingchen had just said on the communicator, Su Ci glanced at the communicator in his hand, thought for a while, and tentatively said: "Call the base intelligent brain."

As his voice fell, a light curtain suddenly appeared in front of Su Ci, and an emotionless electronic voice also rang in the room.

"Hello, Su Ci, the trainee keeper of the brooding center, how can I help you?"

Su Ci frowned slightly. He was just trying it, but he didn't expect to really call out this thing called the base intelligent brain.

This thing seems to be called... intelligent core? It is probably a very advanced puppet, at least much more advanced than the nanny robot, because it no longer controls only the robot's body, but the entire base.

If it wants, it can even control 4586 and other nanny robots.

Su Ci browsed the knowledge and information that emerged in his mind, and couldn't help thinking, this kind of puppet is so smart and can manage such a huge base. Can't it really be regarded as another form of life?

He looked at the light screen in front of him, thought for a while, and asked: "Have you been looking at me?"

"Hello, trainee breeder Su Ci. In accordance with the principle of fully respecting the privacy of base members, the base's intelligent computer will not record all the images in the members' dormitories unless emergency conditions are met."

The electronic synthesized voice without emotion sounded flat, which was very different from the voice of 4586 and sounded particularly official.

Su Ci nodded, "So you will watch, but you won't record it for others to see, is that what you mean?"

"Unless an emergency condition is triggered, the intelligent computer will not record all the scenes in the dormitory of the base members." The intelligent computer repeated the answer just now.

Su Ci nodded, which means that there are surveillance cameras in the dormitory similar to those in the lobby on the first floor of the logistics department, but they are not usually turned on, but... you can still watch them when you want to.

"Have I triggered an emergency condition yet?"

"No."

"What does emergency condition specifically mean?"

"Including but not limited to monster invasion, personnel search and rescue, and command dispatch from high-level authorities."

Simply translated, it means that there is a possibility of manual review of surveillance, but the other party must have the relevant authority? Su Ci looked at the screen and said, "Are you looking at me now?"

"No."

"Then you are so rude."

"..."

The intelligent computer did not speak, but six dots appeared on the screen in front of Su Ci. It was not known whether there was no answer option in the database or it was speechless.

Su Ci did not continue to tease the intelligent computer, but returned to the topic.

"I want the detailed information and planting methods of these three plants." He pointed to the three small bags of seeds on the tea table and said.

Even if the dormitory is really full of cameras, so what? As long as he does not agree, no one can see anything - just like he reclaimed a piece of land in the yard, and no one has discovered it so far.

Of course, being under such surveillance all the time is indeed inconvenient to do things.

Maybe he would have to find a way to solve it later, and it would be best if... the intelligent core of the base stood by him and took the initiative to help him conceal the truth.

Su Ci touched his chin. This was indeed a little difficult to do, mainly because he did not yet understand the intelligent core, which was called high-tech by the human race.

But Su Ci believed that this would definitely not be difficult for him, it was just a matter of time.

"Okay, please wait."

After Su Ci finished speaking, a beam of light scanned the three bags of seeds that Su Ci picked out. "The plant seeds have been scanned, and their names are: Yuxue, Yingcuidou, and Huangjinyu."

"Query in progress..."

"Ding - the query results are as follows: Keeper Su, you are not a staff member of the cultivation garden and do not have the authority to enter the relevant database. If you need an answer, you can consult the relevant personnel of the cultivation garden."

"May I ask if there is anything else I can help you with?"

Su Ci: "..."

He gave the intelligent computer screen a look that said "what's the use of you", and then turned on the communicator.

Plantation, Zhuang Shisong's greenhouse.

Two fully armed figures wearing protective clothing and gas masks walked out of the greenhouse. When the greenhouse door closed, the two took off their masks.

"The smell of garlic doesn't seem to be as strong as before?" After taking off the gas mask, Wei Ming took a deep breath and said suddenly.

There is still a strong smell of garlic in the greenhouse. They just came out of it, and their bodies are inevitably contaminated with the smell, but compared to the stinging smell when he first entered, he now feels that he can accept it.

Even...

"Is there something wrong with my sense of smell? I actually think the smell of garlic is quite pleasant!"

Wei Ming couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt.

He turned around and observed the plants in the greenhouse through the glass.

Originally, he and Zhuang Shisong planned to move all the plants in the greenhouse out and only leave that special little garlic seedling - after all, the garlic smell was too pungent, and they didn't know if it would harm other plants.

However, after observation, they found that after the garlic smell became stronger, the other plants in the greenhouse not only did not wilt, but grew better?

They had to call up the monitoring records, check the data, and then found that this was not their illusion.

In the midst of the strong garlic smell that was enough to kill people, the growth of other plants in the greenhouse was not only not negatively affected, but benefited from it!

In order to verify this, they did not even have time to eat lunch, and moved more than a dozen different plants from other greenhouses one after another. Then, after observation and comparison, this was preliminarily confirmed.

Whether it was because of the strong garlic smell that promoted the growth of other crops, or because the concentration of pollutants in the greenhouse was reduced to a very low level, this needs further research.

But the current discovery alone is enough to make Wei Ming so happy that he was at a loss.

Just now, not a trace of pollutants could be detected in the entire greenhouse, which was enough to prove that this small garlic seedling was the purification plant they had always wanted! As

soon as he thought of this, Wei Ming smelled the strong garlic smell, and he felt that it was getting stronger and stronger, and he was getting more and more addicted.

"Ding ding--"

Before Zhuang Shisong next to him could respond, he had just taken off his gas mask and protective clothing when his communicator rang.

Because of the appearance of the suspected purification plant, Zhuang Shisong had not yet found the time to study the water source problem. When he heard the communicator ringing, he immediately remembered what the director had told him, and he quickly turned on the communicator to check.

However, he found that the person who contacted him was not the director of the cultivation garden, Wu Yunqin, but the trainee breeder Su Ci of the nursery.

When seeing the content of the message sent by the other party, Zhuang Shisong could not help but remain silent for a while, and finally replied: [Okay, wait a moment.]

Then, he really started to look through the database.

Wei Ming saw that he was busy, so he did not interrupt him, but continued to look through all the data of the small garlic seedlings from the beginning of hydroponics to the present.

He tried to determine the time period when this small garlic seedling mutated and the factors that caused it to mutate, which would be of great help to their future research on purifying green plants.

After a while, Zhuang Shisong finally gathered all the information, packed it up and sent it to Keeper Su -

although Keeper Su only asked about three of the plants, Zhuang Shisong still helped him find all the information on ten plants.

"Did the director ask you?" Wei Ming asked.

"No, it was Keeper Su from the nursery." Zhuang Shisong said.

"Keeper Su?" Wei Ming couldn't help but frowning when he thought of the keeper who stayed where he was and picked fruits with his bare hands when the plants mutated.

"What did he ask you for?"

"He traded some seeds with me this morning. He just asked me about the relevant planting methods, and I told him." Zhuang Shisong said truthfully.

"Huh? He doesn't know the planting methods, so what's the point of having seeds? Planting them for fun? Isn't this a waste of resources?" Wei Ming shook his head, and his impression of the breeder Su became even worse.

"He should have some basics."

Zhuang Shisong defended Su Ci, "The three plants he just asked me about are all fertilizer crops. If planted in the land, they can effectively increase soil fertility."

And the other seven plants also have some effect in this regard, so he thinks that the breeder Su should not be a complete novice in planting.

Wei Ming still insisted on his point of view.

"Even if he has the basics, this knowledge is not applicable on Hell Star, so his final result is just a waste of seeds and fertilizers, just like that doctor Gu, you still accompany him to fool around!"

Gu Qingchen's talent in planting is too poor, he is the kind of person who can't do it well even if he follows the tutorial, and Zhuang Shisong can only feel sorry for him.

"But I have diseased plants that need to be purified, and Dr. Gu will do his best to help. And if it weren't for the breeder Su, I might not have discovered this small garlic seedling until a long time later. It is very likely that by the time I discovered it, it would have had problems due to improper care."

Compared with the purified plants, it is just some seeds and fertilizers, as well as related planting information, which are all trivial matters.

Wei Ming was a little speechless.

In fact, as Zhuang Shisong said, the plants in the greenhouse are very fragile. If the purified plants wither and die due to untimely discovery, it would be a real loss.

But he felt suffocated when he was asked to change his words.

Finally, he could only curl his lips and said angrily: "That Su Ci is just lucky. If he can finally grow fruits, I... I will personally come to his house to give him gifts and apologize!"

Zhuang Shisong didn't know what to say.

Although rationally, he also felt that without greenhouses and soilless cultivation equipment and technology, it would be difficult for Su the breeder to grow anything on the Hell Star, but...

for some reason, in front of him, the scene of the young man facing the wall of plants growing wildly, but still standing still, and finally gently picking a star chain fruit appeared again.

Is he so confident just because he is brave?

"Okay, let's not talk about this Su Ci anymore. Let's continue to study the purification ability of small garlic sprouts." Wei Ming said, "There is also the issue of its cultivation. Should we maintain the original amount of fertilizer and water? Do we need to make some adjustments?"

Zhuang Shisong was attracted by his words, and just as he was about to express his own opinion, he heard the communicator ringing again.

Keeper Su: [Thank you]

He glanced at it, and just as he was about to close it, he saw the other party sent a second message.

Keeper Su: [Also, the small garlic sprout in the greenhouse, its ability may not be purification]

Seeing this sentence, Zhuang Shisong was stunned.

Then, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind. He hurriedly seized the inspiration at this moment, and had no time to reply to Su Ci, but snatched the greenhouse data panel from Wei Ming's hand and quickly flipped through it.

"Shisong, what's wrong with you? Did you find anything?" Wei Ming asked.

Then, he saw that Zhuang Shisong's reading speed was gradually slowing down, but his eyes were getting brighter and brighter. He only heard him say: "Wei Ming, we were wrong. The ability of this mutant garlic sprout is not purification!"

"What is that?" Wei Ming was confused.

However, Zhuang Shisong did not answer him. He had already rushed back to his laboratory, ready to prove his guess through experiments.

Nursery, Room 303.

Looking at the documents that Zhuang Shisong had packed and sent, Su Ci nodded with satisfaction.

This human race is pretty good. He only asked about three kinds of plants, but he didn't expect that he would send him all of them. Then he didn't mind returning the favor and letting him take fewer detours.

As for whether he could listen and go in, it was not his business.

Su Ci opened the file and looked through it carefully. He read ten lines at a glance, and understood and remembered the text information on the file with just a glance. When he finished reading, the relaxed and happy expression on his face had already faded.

He didn't expect that planting would be so troublesome.

The seeds of these ten plants have different suitable growth temperatures, suitable sowing time periods, required fertilizer dosages and light duration, etc.

Moreover, in Zhuang Shisong's data, the control of these indicators is very precise, and the time is even accurate to seconds.

After reading it, Su Ci couldn't help but have deep doubts. Was it so troublesome for the human race to grow crops in the past?

The most troublesome thing is that many of the knowledge points mentioned in the data are basically not applicable to him who is currently short of resources.

There are even fewer aspects about soil planting. Most of them are Zhuang Shisong's experience and knowledge in soilless cultivation. This knowledge is precious, but not suitable for Su Ci.

Of course, it cannot be said to be useless.

Su Ci got up and walked to the kitchen. He picked out ten empty cans left over from previous meals, put them all in the dishwasher to wash and dry, then took out three cans and filled them with spiritual water, and then threw the three bags of seeds in to soak.

Finally, he placed the cans with soaked seeds next to the soil can.

Originally, they were placed in a row, but Su Ci took a look and adjusted the position, so that the soil can was in the middle, and the other three were placed around it, like stars surrounding the moon.

I don't know if it felt the pressure, but the little spirit seed, whose slogans were getting weaker and weaker, suddenly became louder.

"Grow! Grow! Grow, grow, grow!"

The mighty sound seemed to break the skin in the next second - of course it didn't break.

However, feeling the urgency conveyed in its consciousness, as if it was using all its strength to grow, Su Ci curled his lips with satisfaction.

This is right.

A Yan, who was originally practicing the divine text seriously, couldn't help but be attracted by the voice of the little spirit seed. He looked over here, and then found that three cans had appeared on the table at some point.

His spiritual consciousness swept over and saw the seeds floating in the water.

Although their expressions were not as clear as those of the small spiritual seeds, A Yan could still feel that the seeds of these ordinary plants were releasing joyful emotions.

Just like what he felt in the cultivation garden, full of vitality and vigor.

Then...

Su Ci stretched out his finger and flicked it lightly in the air.

A Yan's spiritual consciousness returned immediately, and the keeper's finger seemed to flick on his forehead, causing him to subconsciously raise his hand to cover his head.

Feeling the figure approaching, A Yan quickly retracted his little hand and sat up straight.

He wanted to continue writing, but Su Ci reached out and picked up the notebook in front of him. The child only wrote three words, but the spiritual charm contained in these three words was thicker than one.

By the last one, it was infinitely close to a real divine text.

Although Su Ci had already raised his evaluation of A Yan, this little guy always surprised him.

He originally gave A Yan half a month, but in the end, the child was estimated to learn and master the first divine text in less than three days. Then, Su Ci lowered his eyebrows and saw A Yan's uneasy expression as if he had done something wrong, and his expression softened.

His fingertips touched his forehead and gently touched the place where he had just flicked.

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

A Yan shook his head. Actually, it hurt, but for him who was in severe pain all the time, this little pain was nothing.

He picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on the notebook:

I shouldn't have been distracted just now, I'm sorry.

Seeing the child admitting his mistake, Su Ci pursed his lips and suddenly couldn't help but reflect on himself, whether he was too strict with A Yan.

"Be more careful next time."

Su Ci patted the child's head, and then said, "Since you are not concentrating, take a break first. Do you want to eat some fruit?"

A Yan blinked and looked up, and saw the keeper flip his hand, and the bright red star chain fruit appeared in his palm - it was the fruit that the keeper picked in the cultivation garden!

A Yan, who was originally in a low mood, was immediately diverted. He looked at the star chain fruit with bright eyes. Although he really wanted to taste what it tasted like, but...

"Go wash it." Su Ci put the star chain fruit on A Yan's table.

A Yan immediately stopped hesitating. He excitedly picked up the fruit, which was a bit big for him, and went to the kitchen. He put the fruit under the tap and washed it carefully.

The star chain fruit was not dirty. The skin was bright red. After all, it was a gift to the spirit of the earth, so it was naturally of excellent quality. After being washed with spiritual water, the surface was moist with water beads, and it looked as beautiful as a spiritual fruit.

Spiritual fruit?

Ah Yan blinked, feeling a little confused because of this strange yet familiar word, but he quickly forgot about this doubt, turned off the water, and flashed back to Su Ci's side.

"Hmm!"

He held the fruit in both hands, and his short baby voice was crisp and cute.

Su Ci reached out to take it, touched the top of the child's head in appreciation, and then divided the star chain fruit into two halves.

The fruit was already ripe, with thin skin and thick flesh, full and juicy. The flesh itself was petal-shaped, separated by layers of shallow membranes, crystal clear, and you could see black seeds embedded in the middle.

Su Ci waved his hand, and a dozen seeds flew out and landed in the empty can on the coffee table.

"Eat it."

Su Ci generously handed half of the fruit flesh to A Yan, then walked to the tea table and put away the dead vines on it.

A Yan held the star chain fruit in his hand, looked at the keeper stupidly, and finally opened his mouth obediently and took a small bite of the flesh -

the sour and sweet aroma of the juice immediately spread in the taste buds, and the soft and spongy taste was like stepping on the clouds. It was a wonderful taste that A Yan had never experienced before.

It's delicious!

A Yan couldn't help but look at Su Ci, but the young man disappeared in the dormitory at some point.

The joy of tasting the food suddenly disappeared, and A Yan subconsciously released his spiritual consciousness, but soon he found the keeper in the yard of the nursery.

A Yan quickly put the remaining fruits into the space button, then flashed outside and saw the keeper squatting next to the exposed land.

He was putting the collected pieces of star chain fruit vines into the extra soil pit next to the small spirit seed.

Looking at the slightly moist soil, it should be what the keeper had just dug out.

Is the keeper going to bury them? A Yan thought of the three withered star chain fruit trees. They... should have died, right?

Thinking of the scene of the green vines on the wall quickly withering and falling, A Yan couldn't help but feel a little sad in his dark red eyes.

So, is the keeper saying goodbye to them?

A Yan came to Su Ci's side and squatted down with the keeper.

If possible, he really hoped that these plants would not die. They liked the breeder as much as he did, and they could bear many, many fruits for the breeder to eat...

At this time, A Yan tilted his head slightly, and his attention could not help but be attracted by the breeder's hand.

The hand, which was as perfect as a work of art, emitted a faint golden light and drew a simple but mysterious hand gesture in the air. The handsome young man, with a calm expression, seemed to have a little more divinity on his face.

"Dead trees come back to life in spring."

With this ethereal voice, the fingertips of that hand lightly touched the dead vine.

Under the young man's light touch, the originally rotten and withered star chain fruit vine slowly showed a little green in A Yan's surprised eyes.

The green started from the young man's fingertips, slowly but firmly, and began to spread around.

A miracle also happened at this moment.

The rotten wood that was willing to give everything to the gods and was willing to wither and die finally received the response of the gods and ushered in their spring again.

The green spread little by little, from the epidermis to the dead vines, and the vines were full of water again, until these dead vines all regained their green color, and the faint light emitted from Su Ci's hand disappeared at this time.

A Yan looked at the star chain fruit vines, his eyes full of surprise and admiration.

Su Ci withdrew his hand, but sighed in his heart.

Although the fruit vines have regained vitality, according to the previous standards, this magic is still greatly discounted. The

current star chain fruit has not yet fully revived.

He took the tools, buried all the fruit vines halfway into the soil, and then evenly poured spiritual water on them, hoping that the spiritual energy in the water can help these star chain fruit vines -

only when the fruit vines grow roots can they be considered to have truly recovered vitality, and at that time, they may be able to have another chance.