The next morning, Xie Sen finished washing up and sat at the dining table waiting for Maine to get breakfast from the kitchen. He asked Adam in his mind: "Has the position of water energy changed?"
Adan answered after a while: "It's been moving, getting closer to the Brant star."
Xie Sen asked about the specific location and drew a line of water energy on the map. His eyes lit up slightly: "Why do I feel like it's moving towards the Brandt Star!"
A Dan also said: "I think so too."
Xie Sen looked at the map and said, "There are two planets inhabited by humans along the way. If we don't stop, then we might be really lucky this time."
Adan said excitedly, "Oh, it would be great if we really came to Brandt Star!"
Maine placed the breakfast in front of Xie Sen. It included yam and red date porridge, boiled eggs and golden tender corn. It looked very appetizing.
Xie Sen raised his head from the screen, his lips curled up: "Thank you."
Maine bent down and kissed him on the lips, then looked at the map: "Where do you want to go?"
Xie Sen shook his head, turned off the bracelet, and stirred the porridge with a spoon: "The location of the energy has changed. Let me see where it is."
Maine sat down next to him. The breakfast in front of him was different from Xie Sen's. It was fried meat, fried eggs and corn. Xie Sen insisted that he eat the corn to supplement his nutrition.
Maine wondered, “Will the location of the energy change?”
Xie Sen nodded: "Does the flying rhinoceros remember? At that time, the energy was in its horn. If it moved, the energy would move with it." His eyes curved slightly, "It's getting closer and closer to the Brandt Star, which is a good thing."
After breakfast, Xie Sen exchanged an apple, ordered the pulp and seeds to be separated, the seeds to be collected, and then the pulp to be eaten.
While he was eating, Ma Qun contacted him and said directly: "We have found a cooperative company. The final price is 5,000 star coins per seedling. Each company provides 1,000 seedlings. Not counting you, there are three other companies. Each company needs to pay 5 million. After deducting the seedling cultivation fee, I will transfer the remaining 10 million to you after receiving it."
Xie Sen was surprised. One pepper could produce more than 30 seedlings, which meant each pepper cost 150,000 yuan. "So expensive?"
Ma Qun smiled and said, "Not really. They are all veterans in the business world and will not do business at a loss. We signed a confidentiality agreement. They know that the peppers we provide can improve the land, and there is data to support it. When a pepper tree matures, it can produce about ten kilograms of peppers every year, which can make back the profit in one year."
Xie Sen calculated it in his mind and instantly felt that the price was indeed not high: "Then I'll send the peppers over later."
“No need,” Ma Qun said, “Li You go get it. You are in a special physical condition right now, and there are many media watching you. It is not convenient for you to go out.”
Xie Sen thought about it and realized that it made sense, so he said, "Okay, I sorted it out. There are 124 peppers in total. If the seedlings grown are not enough, the other three will be the main ones. It's okay if I have less."
Ma Qun smiled and praised: "What a sensible child."
Xie Sen laughed dryly: "I am already an adult."
Ma Qun smiled even more deeply: "If you have any problems during the planting process, feel free to contact me. By the way, your situation is special, so it's best to find some help. It happens to be the graduation season, so it's convenient to recruit people."
Xie Sen: "Well, I'll consider it."
After hanging up the phone, he ate the remaining apples and discussed with Maine: "How many employees do you think the farm should hire?"
Maine thought for a moment and said, "Five, one from the Finance Department and four from the Botany Department. The operation of the instruments is simple and can be easily learned. There is no need for a Mechanical Department."
Xie Sen pulled up the map of the newly purchased land: "Except for the office, staff dormitory, and tool room, the remaining land can be divided into ten parts. We can plant ten kinds of food that we like to eat. Besides watermelon, what else do you like to eat?"
Maine did not answer but said: "I'm fine with anything, they're all delicious, plant the one you like."
Xie Sen thought about it and realized that Maine didn't show any particular liking for other foods except watermelon. He thought for a while and said, "Fruits and vegetables are all delicious. Let's have a variety of them. Three kinds of fruits: peaches, oranges, and watermelons; four kinds of vegetables: peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, and lettuce; plus three kinds of beans: soybeans, red beans, and mung beans."
Apples, pears and several types of green vegetables are grown on land near the apartment, so there is no need to grow them on the farm.
He grabbed Maine's hand, his eyes shining: "I tell you, soybeans are a good thing, and can be used to make a lot of delicious things!"
Seeing that he liked it, Maine suggested, "Why not plant more?"
Xie Sen shook his head: "It's enough. This piece of land is quite large, but there is no water source nearby, so we need to divert water."
Maine didn't care: "Just leave it to the construction company. I'll tell them and let them build the necessary buildings as well."
Xie Sen smiled and said, "Well, it just so happens that it will take some time to grow the seedlings, and the issue of seeds has not been resolved yet." If the source of the seeds is not clear, it will be very troublesome. At this point, Xie Sen asked, "By the way, how is Lu Qingxing's investigation going?"
Maine: "He has a gentle personality, is very reliable, has principles, and is a reliable person."
Xie Sen leaned over and asked quietly, "Are you monitoring him?"
His curious look was very cute. Maine held his neck and kissed the corner of his lips: "There is a bug in his office at the institute."
Xie Sen said: "In that case, I'll make an appointment with him!"
Maine opened the bracelet: "I'll contact him."
Xie Sen twitched the corner of his mouth, smiled, and secretly said that he was a jealous person.
When Maine contacted Lu Qingxing, he exchanged all the plants he was going to plant, except for the vegetables, and ordered them to separate the seeds and pack them in small bags one by one.
He looked outside the door and saw various green vegetables planted in the fields in the distance. He had to pick one for each type and wait until they grew and bloomed before he could get the seeds.
Lu Qingxing came very quickly. He transferred 10 million to Xie Sen and said, "Sorry, it's been a delay for a few days."
Xie Sen returned it intact: "I said no, I need your help with something, and it's quite complicated and I can't finish it all at once."
It is not practical to discover all the plants at once through archaeological excavation, so he plans to discover them in several batches.
Lu Qingxing smiled gently and said, "No matter how much trouble I can help with, it's not as good as making a contract."
Xie Sen raised his eyebrows: "That may not be the case."
Lu Qingxing showed a hint of surprise, then said carefully: "We must try our best."
Xie Sen said: "The most important thing is that I hope this matter can be kept secret. Don't let anyone know except you."
Lu Qingxing nodded and said sincerely: "I promise."
Xie Sen took out a small bag of seeds and placed it in front of Lu Qingxing: "These are seeds of various plants. I hope they can be exposed and replanted by humans. The source is - archaeological discoveries."
Lu Qingxing was stunned. After he came to his senses, he picked up the seeds and looked at them. He said in surprise, "These are all fresh seeds."
Xie Sen nodded: "So I'll have to trouble you to make it look old again."
Lu Qingxing looked at him, puzzled: "Where did you find the plant? Why don't you just tell the Botanical Research Institute? Everyone will be grateful to you."
Xie Sen smiled helplessly. He really wanted to be grateful, but he couldn't explain the origin of the plants.
"I'm sorry, the details are hard to explain, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you for help. Can you help?" he asked.
Lu Qingxing pondered for a moment, a little hesitant: "The archaeologists did discover plant seeds, and they were even admired and respected for it. You gave me so many seeds, I... can't bear the reputation."
Xie Sen was surprised. He didn't expect that this was his difficulty. He advised: "It's nothing. If you don't help, these seeds will be buried. If you help, you will be the one who brings them back to the world."
Lu Qingxing shook his head: "You are the one who should be praised."
Xie Sen waved his hand: "No, I'm already very famous now, and I've been praised by many people for discovering chili peppers. These things are useless to me and are a burden. So, this favor is really not a good thing for you."
Lu Qingxing said: "I am not a public figure. I often travel around and rarely go out at home. It won't affect anything."
Xie Sen said happily: "That's even better, you should agree to help!"
Lu Qingxing thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I agree." He turned on the bracelet and brought up a map. The map was different from the ones he usually saw. There were semi-arc marks at many locations on it.
He showed the map to Xie Sen. "The gray semi-arc marks represent ruins that have not been thoroughly investigated. Which one is closest to where you found the plant?" He added, "It is more credible if the seeds are found near where the plants grow."
Xie Sen asked about the climate in various places and pointed out a place with a climate similar to that in the south, which was located at the junction of Moon City and Star City, and was quite remote.
Lu Qingxing marked this place: "This is the Licheng ruins. We need to collect detailed information before we set out. Seed processing also takes time. We can only set out in a few days."
"It's okay, no rush," Xie Sen said, "Just finish your job and help me at the same time."
Lu Qingxing smiled, carefully put away the seeds, and looked outside: "Ajia misses you and the other contracted beasts, can you play here for a while?"
Xie Sen stood up and said, "Of course, come on, I'll take you to the contracted beast's residence. If Ajia wants to come, you can always bring it over."
The giant armored beast played with the contracted beasts for half an hour. Before leaving, it gently touched Xie Sen with its tail and said, "Asen, I will help Qingxing and do your job well."
Xie Sen touched its phosphorus armor and said, "Thank you. Be careful when you go out and stay safe!"
"Well, Asen also needs to take care of himself." The giant armored beast said softly, and left with Lu Qingxing.
In the next few days, Maine went out from time to time to take care of things, while Xie Sen stayed in the apartment, chatting and playing with the contracted beasts from time to time. However, the contracted beasts were concerned about his health, and their actions became gentler when he was around.
The farm area has been divided and the irrigation equipment has been built. On the ten plots of land, powerful sprinklers are installed every fifty meters. When the switch is turned on, water is sprayed out from the sprinkler in an arc, covering a large area, and the angle can be adjusted, so that every place can be irrigated. The house is still under construction. After it is completed, the farm can be put into use.
Xie Sen looked at the farm. The ground had been turned over and the soil was crushed. It looked much better than before, but the soil was still too dry. He switched to the control panel, selected the irrigation device, set the standard program, and turned on the switch.
Suddenly, all the sprinkler heads on the farm began to spray water, at alternating angles, just enough to cover all the land.
Xie Sen exclaimed that it was really convenient. He set a timer and it would automatically turn off after ten minutes.
After finishing, he felt a little hungry, so he exchanged it for a dragon fruit and ordered it to peel itself, cut into small pieces evenly, and fall onto the plate.
He sat on the sofa with the plate in his hand, eating the fruit with a fork. While eating, he received a message from Lu Qingxing, telling him that he had left. He replied with a message to thank him and continued eating.
Adam's surprised voice suddenly sounded in his mind: "Asen, the energy has reached Brandt Star, it's very close to us!"
Xie Sen immediately put down his fork and clicked on the map of Brandt Star: "Where is it?"
"Fifty kilometers northeast." Adam said.
Xie Sen looked at the destination and was stunned: "Botanical Research Institute?" He stood up quickly, "Could it be that the researcher went to Wusi Star and just came back? I'll go and take a look."
Dan cheered: "Yeah, so lucky!"
Maine went to Guangyao to get farm tools and was not at home. Before Xie Sen left, he sent a message to Maine, telling her that he had gone to the Botanical Research Institute.
Xie Sen drove the shuttle to the parking lot of the research institute. When he got off the shuttle, A Dan said excitedly, "We are very close. I can feel it."
Following A Dan's instructions, Xie Sen walked into the research institute. Everyone in the institute knew him, so he had no obstructions and walked straight to Ma Qun's office.
He was about to knock on the door when it was suddenly pushed. Xie Sen was startled. The force of the push on the door was so great that he subconsciously stepped back, but it was too late.
"Bang..." A loud noise was heard, and the door opened just two palm widths before it was hit by a huge force and closed again.
Xie Sen's heart was pounding. He took two steps back, looking at the dented door panel and the fist-sized melon seed embedded in the dent, then turned his head to look at the sunflower on his left shoulder.
The sunflower was slowly shrinking, twisting its branches, and rubbing its petals against his cheek in a soothing manner. At the same time, Xie Sen felt a sense of worry.
He breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pinched the stem of the sunflower, and said in his mind: "Thank you," he smiled, "I'm fine."
The branches of the sunflower twisted even more violently, and the worry was replaced by joy. It shrank back to the size of a finger and stood prettily on Xie Sen's left shoulder.
Ma Qun and the person who pushed the door were stunned by the sudden loud noise. Someone from a nearby office poked his head out and said, "Asen, what happened? Are you okay?"
Xie Sen turned around and smiled: "I'm fine."
The man looked at the dent on the door, his mouth opened into an O shape, and looked at Xie Sen in shock: "You did it?"
Just as Xie Sen was about to explain, the door was pushed open again. This time, the force was used with discretion. After the door was fully opened, a chestnut-haired man over 195cm tall was revealed. The man had a strong build and a vicious look in his eyes.
Behind him was Ma Qun, who was walking around the desk. Thinking of what had just happened, Ma Qun's face suddenly changed and he asked hurriedly, "Asen, are you okay? Did you get bumped just now?"
Xie Sen shook his head.
The chestnut-haired man glanced at the dented door panel, his eyes sliding across Xie Sen's palm, sizing him up and down: "Did you hit him?"
Xie Sen shook his head and did not answer. All his attention was drawn to the necklace on the man's neck. Unfortunately, only the black rope of the necklace could be seen, and the pendant was blocked by the clothes.
Adam shouted excitedly in his mind: "It's right here!"
Even without it saying it, Xie Sen could feel it. Even through his clothes, he could feel the energy. The remaining water energy was on this pendant.
Ma Qun looked at Xie Sen in surprise. Xie Sen's gaze was too direct. Staring at a male's chest like this really attracted attention. He coughed lightly and said, "Asen, this is Cen Jun, the vice president of Yuecheng Botanical Research Institute."
Xie Sen came back to his senses and greeted politely.
Cen Jun snorted disdainfully: "As expected, she is a pregnant female. She is really hungry. Don't pay attention to me. I am not interested in other females."
As he spoke, he walked past Xie Sen and took two steps out. He grabbed the door panel and pushed it a little inward. Looking at the outside of the door panel, he reached out and took the melon seeds off.
Xie Sen was shocked by his words for a while, then he came to his senses and stretched out his hand and said, "This is mine, give it back to me."
After the sunflower's energy is recycled, it can mass-produce small melon seeds, but large melon seeds require a lot of energy. Among the plants he activated, there is no dried fruit, and melon seeds are his only dried fruit. One of them can replenish the nutrients needed for a day.
Cen Jun didn't look at him. He weighed the melon seeds and put them to his nose to smell them. "Didn't you say you didn't hit them?"
Xie Sen: "I didn't hit it myself." Seeing Cen Jun take the melon seeds away from his nose, he reached out to grab them.
Cen Jun dodged in disgust and shouted angrily, "Don't touch me!"
Xie Sen: "...I'd rather not touch you, give me back the melon seeds!"
"Pumpkin seeds?" Cen Jun was startled, his eyes burning. He took the melon seeds and looked at them. "This shape is indeed very similar to sunflower seeds, but it's too big. There has never been such a big melon seed in the books."
He looked at Xie Sen: "Where did you get it from? How can you prove that it's yours? If you can't, I'll take it away."
Xie Sen pursed his lips. Only four people knew that the sunflower was his contracted plant, and he was not going to reveal it. After all, it was a secret weapon in times of danger.
Moreover, many people know that pepper is his contracted plant, and the two contracted plants are even more difficult to explain.
He was hesitating when Ma Qun said, "It's easy. There are surveillance cameras outside my office. If this is Asen's stuff, you have to return it to him."
Upon hearing this, Xie Sen immediately said, "No need to check the surveillance, I can prove it. Let's go in and talk?" He pointed inside the office.
Ma Qun stepped back into the office, Xie Sen followed him in, Cen Jun hesitated for a moment, frowned, and also walked in.
After the office door was closed, Xie Sen ordered the sunflower to grow bigger. He stretched out his hand, and the sunflower spat out a large melon seed into his hand. He looked at Cen Jun and said, "Can you give it back to me?"
Ma Qun and Cen Jun's eyes lit up. Cen Jun approached and stretched out his hand to touch the sunflower. Xie Sen stepped back: "Stay away from me!"
Cen Jun snorted: "You didn't have this attitude before." He threw the melon seeds at Xie Sen.
Xie Sen reached out and grabbed both melon seeds, putting them into the space.
A Dan said in his mind: "Asen, knock him out and take the necklace!"
Xie Sen thought about the influence of energy: "Are you sure you can knock him out? When my plants touch him, they will feel the energy, won't it be like what the Flying Lion Beast did to Xiao Kui?"
Adam hesitated and said, "Then, let Main fight. The flying lion beast can't help. He has to fight by himself."
Xie Sen sighed: "He has water energy in his body, which is equivalent to turning on a cheat. No matter how powerful Maine is, he can't beat him!"
A Dan sighed even more heavily, then said cleverly: "What should we do? Steal him while he's taking a shower?"
Xie Sen pursed his lips: "It's unreliable. We may not be able to get into his room. He may not take the necklace when he takes a shower."
As they were chatting, Ma Qun excitedly grabbed Xie Sen's arm and stared at the sunflower: "Asen, is this a sunflower?"
Xie Sen nodded: "Yeah."
Ma Qun's eyes were burning: "Is it your contracted plant?"
Xie Sen nodded again, and Ma Qun said excitedly: "Oh my God, you actually have two contracted plants, it's amazing! Does Dean Mu know? What did he say?"
Xie Sen shook his head: "They don't know." He hesitated for a moment, "Dean Ma, can you destroy the surveillance camera outside your door?"
The horses immediately realized what he was thinking, and he didn't want others to know.
Ma Qun calmed down: "If this matter gets out, it will definitely cause a huge sensation. We must be prepared before exposing it. I will have someone deal with it now." He walked aside and sent a message to the relevant personnel.
Xie Sen looked at Cen Jun, who frowned, "This matter is of great significance and should be made public. Perhaps we can get some useful information from you. If everyone can activate two contracted beasts, their abilities will be greatly enhanced."
Xie Sen curled his lips: "How do we get useful information?"
Cen Jun said seriously: "Cooperate with the research. After the experts study you, they will definitely find something different."
Xie Sen thought, if that was the case, he didn't want to be a guinea pig. What's more, he actually only had one contracted plant.
He glanced at Cen Jun and said, "Why don't you take the initiative to let someone study you? Your body should have undergone a lot of changes, right? You are so dedicated, why don't you go by yourself?"
Cen Jun's face suddenly changed. He took a step forward and grabbed Xie Sen's wrist. He was so strong that the skin on Xie Sen's wrist turned white instantly. He screamed in pain and wanted to withdraw his hand, but he couldn't break free.
"How did you know?" Cen Jun asked in a deep voice, staring at Xie Sen.
Xie Sen's face turned pale, and Sunflower fired small melon seeds at Cen Jun. Although the seeds were small, they were very powerful.
Cen Jun dodged and was forced to let go. His voice became deeper: "How did you know?"
He remembered Xie Sen's gaze from before, and subconsciously touched the pendant through his clothes, his eyes fanatical, "You have it too, right? You have two contracted plants, is it because of it?"
Xie Sen rubbed his wrist: "I don't know what you are talking about." He felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have hinted that Cen Jun was affected by energy just to confront Cen Jun.
Cen Jun's attitude made him feel uneasy, a bit like a martial arts fanatic who found a rare secret manual in a martial arts novel, too abnormal. In this case, it was impossible to ask Cen Jun for the pendant, and even if he touched it, the possibility was very small.
Cen Jun sneered, his face full of disbelief: "No wonder you have potatoes and vines in addition to peppers...I see."
Ma Qun didn't understand what they were saying, so he explained, "Asen's plant body is a pepper, it just has mimicry."
Cen Jun looked at Ma Qun and said, "Do you believe this?"
As he was speaking, someone knocked on the door: "Asen."
When Xie Sen heard Maine's voice, he immediately went to open the door. When his hand left the door handle, Maine grabbed it. Maine said coldly, "What's going on?"
The wrist where Xie Sen had been grabbed before was now bruised, and because of his fair skin, the bruises were particularly noticeable.
Xie Sen thought of Cen Jun's water energy and shook his head, "It's okay."
Maine's eyes swept across the two people in the room, finally landing on Cen Jun, and his tone was cold: "You did it?"
Cen Jun said disdainfully: "I just grabbed it casually, I didn't use any strength at all."
Maine's eyes were cold. He let go of Xie Sen and quickly rushed towards Cen Jun, swinging his fist directly at Cen Jun's face. Cen Jun reacted very quickly, moving his feet to the right, turning his head to avoid the attack, and kicking Maine at the same time.
Maine dodged sideways, and with a bang, Cen Jun's foot kicked the side of Ma Qun's desk, and a big crack appeared on the wooden side of the table in an instant.
Ma Qun could no longer maintain his elegant expression and shouted angrily, “Stop it!”
Xie Sen also quickly said, "Maine, stop fighting." If these two really started fighting, the office wouldn't be big enough for them to tear down.
Maine paused, retreated to Xie Sen's side, and looked at Cen Jun with a cold gaze, thinking about taking advantage of Xie Sen's absence to make a move.
Cen Jun moved his wrist and shrugged at Ma Qun: "Sorry, I will compensate you."
A Dan said sadly, "It's over. He will definitely not be willing to give the pendant to you."
Xie Sen said: "It was impossible from the beginning."
A Dan was quiet for a moment: "Let's use violence. I have an idea!"
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