Chapter 91

The cargo boxes used by Base 26 to transport fruits and vegetables are made entirely of metal and have the function of regulating temperature and isolating pollutants of a certain concentration. Only the top is made of transparent visible glass.

Therefore, when the little monkey squatting on the edge of the box finally couldn't help but reach out to the corn in the box, of course, its little hands were blocked outside.

The little monkey blinked, and obvious confusion was revealed in its round black pupils.

It tilted its head and groped on the glass with its small palm, but it couldn't get the corn that was neatly placed in the box and looked delicious.

After touching it for a while, it withdrew its hand and jumped to 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, hopped to the door, and pushed forward with its two little hands - it didn't move.

After trying a few more times and still failing to move, it didn't panic, but just lay on the gap and tried to look out, but didn't see anything.

The little monkey scratched its head and looked back at the boxes. After staring at them for a while, it couldn't help yawning.

It rubbed its eyes, got on all fours, and slowly climbed to the top of the box. Then it squeezed into the corner, curled up into a ball, and began to doze off, looking like it didn't worry about its fate at all.

The truck carrying the little monkey drove forward, passing through the buildings of the 24th Base and heading towards the airport built outside the base.

In front of the cultivation garden, Su Ci stopped with A Yan.

When he arrived here, the little monkey had naturally left, and after leaving here, its movement speed became faster and faster, and its direction was constantly changing. It was obvious that it took some kind of transportation.

However, judging from the speed, it was about the same as a suspended bus. As long as it was still in the 24th base, it would not be a big problem to find it.

Su Ci did not continue to chase for the time being, but looked into the cultivation garden, frowning slightly.

In front of the cultivation garden, the middle-aged uncle did not notice the figures of Su Ci and A Yan. After the truck from the 26th base left, a young man 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 the secret weapon of our base. Why did you give it away like this? What if people from other bases find out?"

The smell of the small garlic sprouts is so strong, and they are so outstanding in dispersing pollutants. It is almost impossible to hide it from everyone in the cultivation garden.

Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming did not hide it. After obtaining preliminary research results, they reported to Wu Yunqin.

Wu Yunqin immediately put aside the research on the three withered star chain fruits and mobilized all the backbone members to work together to maximize the role of the small garlic sprouts in the shortest time.

Because she understands how important a mutant green plant that can disperse the red mist is now that monsters have begun to actively invade buildings!

Moreover, if the red mist can be dispersed, can the monsters hiding in the red mist also be dispersed?

Although there is no direct evidence to prove this, so far, monsters have always appeared with the red mist, so the probability of success of this theory is still very high.

A small garlic seedling has brought about countless research topics, among which the three most important ones are:

the effect of garlic smell on pollutants, the effect of garlic smell on monsters, and the effect of using garlic smell to disperse pollutants on the survival rate and quality of crops.

If the third point can be achieved, then even if the research on the three star chain fruit trees that grew wildly and withered is abandoned, the impact will not be great.

Because the most fundamental factor that really limits the crop yield of the nursery is still pollutants! As long as there is a way to completely isolate pollutants, relying on today's cultivation technology, there is no need to worry about production!

This is also the reason why Wu Yunqin immediately changed the direction of research after knowing the supernatural power of the small garlic seedlings.

As for the water source problem, after investigating the underground river and extracting water samples from other buildings, the researchers did not find that the water source was significantly different from the past.

It seems that only the water quality in the cultivation garden has changed. Although the cause has not been found, this change in water quality has brought real benefits to the crops in the garden. After irrigation, the growth of crops has improved significantly.

After testing, it was found that it did not contain harmful substances to the human body, and the water continued to be used as everyone's domestic water.

In just a few days, the working atmosphere in the cultivation garden has obviously become more harmonious than before - because everyone's mood has improved, and even if they are bothered by the strong smell of garlic, it does not affect everyone's mood.

Because of these benefits, and the fact that there is no manpower to study the small garlic seedlings, the investigation of water quality in the cultivation garden has been temporarily shelved.

The "perfume" just given by the middle-aged uncle to the tall young man is the latest product developed by Wei Ming.

Although it smells pungent, it is quite effective in dispersing pollutants. Now we just have to wait for extreme weather to come to see what effect it will have on the monster.

And these studies are kept confidential under the order of Director Wu.

The people in the cultivation garden also knew that if the effect of the garlic sprouts was really discovered by other bases, it would be unlikely for them to continue to conduct research behind closed doors.

Everyone came to Hell Planet to study alien plants. They were able to endure such a harsh environment and were able to be patient in planting. They were all practical people and understood that it was not easy to get alien plants, so everyone kept their mouths shut. The middle

-aged uncle's behavior of sending out "perfume" just now naturally caused dissatisfaction among the young man.

Facing his complaints, the middle-aged uncle thought about it and asked him: "Then what do you think is more important, research or human life?"

The young man was startled, opened his mouth, and then fell silent.

"Base 26 has helped us a lot. When our base was in trouble, they have never helped us. If Xiao Fan encountered extreme weather on his way back and something happened, would you feel at ease?"

The young man was completely speechless. The middle-aged uncle smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Don't worry, Director Wu originally had the intention to cooperate with Base 26..." He lowered his voice and said, "The flower bud differentiation period of that garlic seedling is about to end, and the scale bud differentiation will begin soon."

This also means that in the future they will get more mutant garlic cloves and cultivate more garlic seedlings with the same function!

By then, there will be no need to hide it like now.

Of course, this period is very important, because if the nutrition can't keep up, it is very likely that it will become a single garlic. If this is the case, it will be difficult to get more garlic sprouts.

Therefore, in the cultivation garden, most of the cultivation of ordinary vegetables has been interrupted. Except for the supply to the base, the others are no longer planted after harvesting. The saved fertilizer and nutrient solution are all supplied to the garlic sprout.

Su Ci didn't listen to this.

He took A Yan and flashed into the cultivation garden and came directly to the greenhouse where the small garlic sprouts were cultivated.

In fact, the spiritual garlic now can no longer be described as "small garlic sprouts".

The spiritual garlic, which was originally the size of an ordinary garlic sprout, has now grown to a height of one meter, 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 is still constantly releasing a strong garlic smell. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary plants would find it difficult to survive in this strong smell.

Not to mention, it can grow better.

Therefore, in this greenhouse, other ordinary plants have been moved away, leaving only this spiritual garlic with an increasingly strong smell. As soon as

A Yan came to this greenhouse, he couldn't help holding his breath, and Su Ci's already wrinkled brows couldn't help but wrinkle even tighter.

"So—angry! So—angry!"

The spiritual garlic exuded angry emotional fluctuations, and in the process, it continuously released concentrated odor factors to attack all creatures that wanted to get close to it.

This is also the reason why Su Ci frowned.

Spiritual plants are generally gentle and friendly, and rarely actively attack creatures. It is rare to continuously release odor attacks like this spiritual garlic.

Only magic plants can do this.

Of course, because the attack power of the smell of spiritual garlic is small, it has not caused any major damage yet, but 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 magic plant. At that time, its smell may not only be effective against pollutants, but will also transform into an indiscriminate attack.

The most important point is that spiritual plants will give back spiritual power during their growth, just like the two small spiritual pears.

However, in this greenhouse, Su Ci did not sense much spiritual energy.

This was very abnormal.

While Su Ci was frowning and thinking, the little spiritual garlic, which was originally still angry, suddenly paused slightly in its emotional fluctuations, and then became a little confused.

And its increasingly strong smell also slowly stopped and maintained at a steady level.

Finally, the little spiritual garlic noticed something -

"Ah! Ah!" Its emotional fluctuations became joyful, and the leaves that had grown to a height of about one meter also trembled 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 little garlic released emotional fluctuations, becoming both happy and proud, and also a bit flattering.

Su Ci felt its changes, and his brows finally relaxed a little. He also stretched out his hand and touched the leaves that it stretched out with his fingertips.

As soon as it touched it, the whole little garlic trembled slightly, and the leaves instantly shrank back in shyness.

It kept making babbling sounds, as if it was singing.

Su Ci's stretched brows, and then slightly wrinkled.

The emotional fluctuations of this little spiritual garlic were too big and too rich. It was more active and more stubborn than the spiritual plants he had come into contact with before.

He originally thought that even if it was sad and angry because of his departure, it would not last long. He did not expect that its anger could last for such a long time, and even pushed itself to the point of being possessed.

Su Ci thought about it for a while and 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 the little spiritual garlic grew up in an environment filled with resentment, just like A Yan, a certain concentration of pollutants had originally accumulated in its body.

It is obvious that its ability to expel pollutants does not work well on itself, which causes its emotions to be easily out of control, just like the cubs in the nursery, especially negative emotions. It is

actually very simple to solve this problem.

A little light appeared at the tip of Su Ci's finger, and it fell on the body of the little garlic with a light flick.

Gu Qingchen's purification technique became a magic technique in Su Ci's hands.

When the little light fell on the little garlic, it quickly spread over it, making the whole little garlic emit a faint soft light.

Under the effect of the soft light, the pollutants in the body of the little garlic were purified bit by bit, and finally disappeared.

"Ah...ah..."

The voice of the little garlic gradually became smaller, and when the soft light completely dissipated, it also fell into a deep sleep.

Unlike A Yan, the little garlic did not grow for a long time, no more than a month at most, so there were not many pollutants accumulated in its body. Su Ci's purification technique completely cleared the hidden dangers for it.

The remaining purification power was transformed into the energy it needed for growth. It took time for the little garlic to absorb such pure power all at once, so it fell into a deep sleep.

When it wakes up again, it will not be completely reborn, but it should be able to make further progress in grade.

The smell it releases should also be less aggressive, and it is not up to Su Ci to decide which direction it will develop in the end.

At least, it will be better than it is now.

When the small garlic was emitting soft light, several researchers wearing gas masks and protective clothing rushed in.

Among them were Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming.

Even through the gas masks, Su Ci could feel their fatigue, but in this fatigue, there was also an indescribable excitement.

Of course, facing the mutated small garlic at this moment, they were more worried and cautious.

Su Ci had no intention of exposing himself, so after making sure that the problem of the small garlic had been solved, he took A Yan away again and left the greenhouse.

After coming outside, Su Ci did not leave directly.

He looked at the greenhouses that were emptied after each harvest, and his wrinkled brows did not relax.

This is why he does not 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.

"Su Su..."

Seeing that there was no one around, A Yan called him carefully.

Su Ci exhaled slowly, stretched out his hand and pressed it on A Yan's head, rubbing his furry ears vigorously, and as he rubbed, his slightly irritable mood eased. More

haste makes waste.

How could he not understand this truth?

The crops planted in the human greenhouse are basically crops that can grow quickly and be harvested quickly. These crops can be used as food to meet the needs of human life.

In itself, these plants do 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 with strong vitality can never be burned out by wildfires and will grow again in the spring breeze. As long as conditions permit, they can seize every opportunity to grow and can barely survive even in the harshest environment.

Moreover, turf has a good water storage capacity. Once it forms a scale, it can provide a habitat for other creatures and form a good ecology.

As for the plants with these two characteristics...

at least among the seeds provided by Zhuang Shisong for him to choose, Su Ci did not see them. How to obtain such seeds may become the problem he has to solve next.

However, as his mood improved, looking at the greenhouse in the distance, Su Ci slowly changed his mind.

Think about it from another angle. The plants cultivated by the human race all use soilless cultivation technology. The nutrients required for the growth of these plants do not come from this planet.

So no matter how much they plant, it is beneficial and harmless to him. Why force too much?

Thinking of this, Su Ci lowered his head and looked at A Yan, whose hair was messed up by him. He smiled lightly and said, "Let's go find the little monkey."

A Yan nodded, not caring at all that his hair was messed up - as long as Su Su could be happy, he could rub it for as long as he wanted!

Of course, before leaving, Su Ci still used his fingers as a comb, and gently helped him tidy up his hair.

A Yan looked up at him, his black and red eyes sparkling, full of intimacy and joy.

Finally, Su Ci took his hand and led him to disappear again. The

area occupied by the 24th base is not big, but it is not small either.

Because there is no prison built, the main work revolves around the nursery and the research institute, so the 24th base is equipped with far fewer spaceships and battleships than other bases.

In addition, the action team has limited manpower, and the base occupies too large an area, which makes it easy for support to be delayed.

Therefore, due to various considerations, in the end, except for the supply spaceships of the logistics department and a few combat spaceships that can dock directly in the base, other types of spaceships need to land at the airport outside the 24th base.

This also includes spaceships from other bases.

After leaving the nursery, the suspended truck of the 26th base drove forward and finally stopped in front of a 20-meter-high metal wall -

it was built many years ago to resist monsters. Although, it is not very useful when facing creatures like giant spiders that are good at crawling.

As the team leader, Fan Hao poked his head out of the cockpit. After the facial recognition verification, he saw that a door on the metal wall opened automatically, revealing a passage for the truck to enter.

Fan Hao sat back in his seat and drove into the wall, and the long line of cars behind him automatically followed.

After entering the wall, there was a road about three meters wide - yes, the inside of the wall was hollow.

Because monsters will not attack the inside of buildings, the defense wall outside the base was built into such a tunnel-like road, and it also became an emergency shelter.

However, after the monsters began to attack the buildings, this place could not be guaranteed to be absolutely safe.

After entering the road inside the wall, Fan Hao felt a little more relaxed, but at least surrounded by the inner wall, it gave people a sense of security compared to the empty outdoors.

However, he did not completely relax.

Because the real challenge is still ahead. Only by transporting this batch of goods back to Base 26 can we be truly safe.

In the inner wall tunnel, light and shadow are constantly intertwined. At the top of the tunnel, where the light cannot reach, there seems to be something moving slowly.

Occasionally, in the reflection, you can see a pair of huge eyes.

The eyes are turning, observing the trucks coming from afar, and then, when the leading truck keeps approaching, it extends two forelimbs with saw-tooth spikes, waiting for the best time to attack.

Finally, the first truck, the truck carrying the breath of fresh human blood, came right under the pair of 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 at the front of the truck in horror, as if he saw something.

The little monkey squeaked and screamed.

Unfortunately, his voice was too small. Moreover, as a spirit, no one could hear him even if he warned others.

Fan Hao, who was sitting in the cockpit, didn't know that danger was coming.

Now he was still within the range of Base 24, so he was relatively relaxed, so he turned on the truck's automatic driving system and took out a small spray bottle from his pocket.

He recalled what the middle-aged man had said to him -

this stuff can refresh the mind...

Although it is really pungent, he felt the fatigue and sleepiness that suddenly surged, and after hesitating for a moment, he still pressed the spray bottle.

Compared with making mistakes at work and possibly losing his life on the way back, being choked by the garlic smell is nothing?

So, a light yellow liquid splashed out of the spray bottle.

The liquid evaporated quickly, and the cockpit was soon filled with a strong smell. This smell was not even blocked by the compartment, but spread outward.

Smelling the sour garlic smell again, Fan Hao couldn't help but shudder. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt...

this smell was really a bit intoxicating!

The pair of forelimbs with saw teeth did not fall on the leading truck in the end, but stopped in mid-air.

The owner of the pair of forelimbs was slow to swing the sickle to harvest the life with fresh blood in the truck.

After a truck drove past, a huge figure with a pair of wings on its back fell directly from the top of the tunnel.

Its entire body flipped over and lay on its back, revealing its abdominal cavity and multiple pairs of trembling legs.

The reaction was as if it had been 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 shook his head in confusion, and when he saw that the crisis was resolved, he calmed down again.