The rocks on both sides of the riverbank are covered with dense, glowing moss.
These mosses cover the rock surface, giving the cold stone walls a soft, green blanket.
If a comparison were to be made, Xi Xi felt that they were like the landscape lights in the river of the original World Park, illuminating the darkness along the sewer banks and giving this quiet space a dreamlike glow.
These rays of light are reflected in the water, intertwining with the ripples in the river to create a flowing picture of light and shadow.
Clumps of fungi grow on some of the moss, and the colorful mushrooms emit a soft glow, like countless tiny fireflies dancing gently, adding a touch of mystery and tranquility to the tunnel.
Before Xi Xi could even express her feelings, Chu Zhiqin brought over breakfast—a basket of steaming hot meat buns.
This is fresh pork that we unpacked yesterday; it's thick and juicy.
After washing up, Xi Xi took a bite of the large meat bun.
These meat buns are delicious, with a soft and elastic outer skin. When you bite into them, the savory meat juices flow out, and the filling is generous, with tender and juicy meat. The savory flavor is just right, leaving you wanting more.
As she ate her breakfast with relish, she looked up through the window again. The cave ceiling was covered with layers of vines, and glowing white flowers hung down.
These flowers vary in shape, but they all look very similar to lilies of the valley. Some hang like pendulums in the crevices of rocks, while others cling to the rock walls, and some have even withered and fallen into the ditch.
Their petals seem to be sculpted from transparent thin ice, containing strange fluorescent substances that slowly release a soft glow in the dark.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Xi Xi couldn't help but open the light screen camera, adjust the focus, and take a picture.
Vines grew tenaciously from the cracks in the rocks, spreading along the riverbank and forming a series of staggered curtains of light.
"How beautiful!" Chu Zhiqin couldn't help but exclaim. She sat down, stopped what she was doing, and looked out the window.
Against the backdrop of these luminescent plants, the river water appeared even clearer.
On the water's surface, dappled sunlight and fallen petals intertwined with the radiance, creating dazzling beams of light.
They not only illuminated the tunnel, but also infused the river with a life force, making the entire canal shine brightly and full of vitality.
Xi Xi finished the last bite of the meat bun with satisfaction. Then, she picked up a cup of rich and fragrant soy milk from the table and took a small sip.
Afterwards, Xi Xi greeted her mother who was sitting next to her and stopped the car.
She carefully approached the luminous plants, observing their shapes and characteristics. Then, wearing light feather gloves, she picked each plant as a specimen and gave them to Li Jinshao.
Xi Xi (Ping): "One minute. I need all the information on these cave plants."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Yes, but one minute might not be enough."
Li Jinshao seems to still be that honest, 2G guy, and didn't understand Xi Xi's joking tone.
Over the course of their time, Li Jinshao and Xi Xi gradually became familiar with each other, and Xi Xi also gradually figured out Li Jinshao's character.
Although this person seems defensive and aloof, they are actually a pretty good person. Apart from being a bit too rigid at times, they are generally easy to get along with.
Before long, Xi Xi figured out the uses of various plants. Most of these plants were ordinary luminescent plants. After being picked, their light would gradually fade. Once the light had completely faded, they could be eaten. They tasted bitter and were hard to swallow, but they could fill one's stomach.
Next, Xi Xi came to a fork in the road. Her gaze was drawn to the lush bushes by the roadside. Upon closer inspection, she saw clusters of fresh and juicy mushrooms growing among the verdant foliage.
These mushrooms weren't as pretty as the glowing mushrooms on the moss before, but Xi Xi vaguely remembered the variety. She had asked Li Jinshao about it when she ate skewers before. Although they looked a bit strange, they tasted really good.
Steaming hot mushroom soup with a rich broth; fragrant roasted mushrooms, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside; and the smooth and delicious mushroom meat sauce noodles are simply unforgettable... In short, they are all great lunch choices!
With that in mind, Xi Xi picked a lot of wild mushrooms.
"Thank you!" Li Jinshao accepted Xi Xi's mushroom gift package. "If you like these kinds of mushrooms, you can pick some and place them around the Valan Stone. The spores will spread automatically."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "By the way, if there is water around you, there might be a four-leaf shaped duckweed in these shallow caves, called lotus root duckweed."
Li Jinshao (Ji): "In my 'Miner's Biography,' I say that in the old days, miners would boil this kind of duckweed to make orange juice when they went down into the mine. It could replenish their physical strength, increase their agility, and improve their mining speed."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Even so, lotus root is easy to obtain, but oranges are a bit difficult to obtain, so I think... it's hard to say whether it's worth it or not."
Lotus root?! Xi Xi vaguely remembered this ingredient name.
She returned to her car and quickly took out "Dongli's Dawn: A Beginner's Cooking Tutorial" and opened to page 66.
Lotus Root and Citrus Juice
Ingredients needed: Citrus fruit pulp, sugar, lotus root, water
Such a simple recipe! Such common ingredients!
Xi Xi gazed at the white algae roses in the fish tank beside her. The white algae roses had already multiplied considerably and should be plentiful.
However, the problem that prevented Xi Xi from mass-producing algae-roasted milk was not the algae, but the fresh milk.
Fresh milk has an extremely short shelf life, and the chances of getting milk from the box are extremely slim, which means that it is difficult for Algae Rose Roasted Milk to achieve true mass production.
Although lotus root and citrus juice can only replenish physical strength and improve agility, which is quite different from the effects of algae and rose roasted milk, if only lotus root and citrus pulp are needed, then the difficulty of obtaining raw materials will be greatly reduced!
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