Chapter 124 Extra 1
After careful consideration, Jiang Zhi decided to hand over the interdimensional passage in the sinkhole to the base.
The air sac hydra has a unique growth pattern, triggering a new plant regeneration cycle every month.
Seven years after the disaster.
The continent supported by the vines was named the Andong Continent.
After the new world took shape, the base was in a reconstruction phase for a long time.
For this reason, the base has specially set up an open day for alternate dimensions.
Each month, residents will be arranged to enter the alternate dimension in batches to collect data, thereby ensuring everyone's daily needs are met.
Although they can no longer be as wealthy as before, the people are not incapable of accepting the scarcity of resources on the floating islands, compared to the days of worrying about safety on the surface.
To reduce resource consumption in the alternate dimension, the base moved the experimental field from Collection Area 1 to the tongue of the air sac hydra, enriching the variety and resources of the mutated plants.
It's worth mentioning that once the vines had climbed thousands of miles above the ground, the water supply was completely cut off.
In the alternate dimension, the mutated moss that was originally collected by the seeds has multiplied into a large area.
Almost all of them are low-level toxins.
The mutated moss absorbs soil moisture indefinitely, becoming an important source of water resources for the base.
Despite the large population at the base, and the availability of resources from the alternate dimension, everyone still struggled to make ends meet.
In contrast to these frugal days, the base is experiencing vigorous technological development.
If there is a shortage of drinking water, then artificial rain will be created.
When food is scarce, they experiment with a limited number of mutated plants and animals to extract nutrient solutions that can better increase satiety.
These new technologies, developed using special minerals, have significantly improved the living standards of the base's residents.
Besides increasing revenue and reducing costs, it is even more important to find new resources.
Based on feedback from countless mutants sent out by the base, the research institute upgraded and reformed its defense equipment time and time again.
Finally, under pressure from the other side, they invented a defensive shield with some defensive capabilities and a disposable space transfer device that could teleport one kilometer.
This greatly increases the survival rate of mutants who go down to explore.
Ten years after the catastrophe, the base established a mutant training center on the basis of the original Central School.
They specifically train young, talented children who are prone to becoming mutants.
Jiang Sui and his sister, along with Niu Xiaolu, are among the key individuals being nurtured.
Jiang Sui, in particular, successfully became a mutant at the young age of fifteen.
Whether in combat or mental fortitude, he far surpasses his peers, and is even stronger than ordinary mutants.
"Auntie, how long will we be staying down there this time?"
Jiang Sui looked at the gradually descending aircraft and asked somewhat nervously.
Jiang Zhi found it somewhat amusing.
Despite his usual calm and collected demeanor, my nephew still showed signs of nervousness befitting his age when faced with his first mission.
"It seems the base is currently short of materials and seeds. We need to find more. Also, the air sac hydra in the planting area needs upgrading; we must find items that can upgrade it."
At this point, Jiang Shu asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Sui Sui, are you scared?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Sui shook her head, "No."
Wu Bing patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we're here, nothing will happen."
Jiang Sui's superpower is a highly aggressive corrosive power.
So far, based on the experiments at the base, no mutated creatures have been found that can resist Jiang Sui's superpowers.
The reason their team brought Jiang Sui along this time was twofold: firstly, to train him, and secondly, to find some tough materials.
Jiang Sui's special ability is perfect for testing materials.
At this moment, Yan Liang suddenly said, "We've arrived."
The aircraft landed stably on the vines 500 meters above the ground.
This height is a safe distance discovered by many mutants at the base after years of testing.
There, a circular airstrip with a diameter of one kilometer was built around the vines.
Near the vines, there is a spiral staircase that winds down around them.
After disembarking from the aircraft, everyone walked down the stairs.
Jiang Sui looked curiously at the lush, diverse mutated plants below, somewhat awestruck.
Although I had seen the world below through damsel images at school, seeing it through a screen and seeing it with my own eyes are two different things.
The sheer number of mutated plants is overwhelming, even just looking at them is enough to make one dizzy.
—The trunk of the silver-scaled tree is covered with fluorescent vesicles that occasionally sway and emit tiny bursts of fluorescence. When the vesicles burst, a pale purple mist also drifts out.
The low bushes looked even stranger, with translucent amber leaves edged with sharp barbs and moving hairs crawling on the back of the leaves. If you looked closely, you could see the sticky sap oozing from the roots of the hairs.
Ferns taller than trees are adorned with crimson veins, and spark-filled fruits hang from the tips of their leaves.
The fiery red vines on the ground support flower buds filled with translucent droplets of liquid, which, when the sunlight shines on them, refract a rainbow-like halo.
Seeing that Jiang Sui was staring in disbelief, Wu Bing couldn't help but chuckle.
"Well, you've never seen these things in the textbooks before, have you?"
Jiang Sui nodded, a fiery glint in her eyes.
"What you learn in school is the most basic and the most common stuff. But what we're seeing now is not the trivial stuff in the textbooks."
After the formation of the new world, Earth was in a stable state. The mutated creatures that grew on the surface were affected by a new round of radiation, and it was difficult to see their original appearance.
Even Jiang Zhi and the others could not find any trace of the original creatures in these newly generated mutated beings.
"Sui Sui, you'll be in charge of finding seeds in the vicinity with Wu Ge and the others later."
Jiang Sui stiffened. "Auntie, what about you?"
Jiang Zhi, "Your uncle and I are going to find something that can upgrade the air sac hydra."
Jiang Shu put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Sui Sui, let's not be third wheels."
Jiang Sui was somewhat disappointed.
Throughout the base, there are legends about Jiang Zhi and Lin Yuan, a married couple.
Currently, the base's knowledge of the vast majority of Earth's surface comes from them.
It can be said that the two are undoubtedly the two strongest mutants in the base.
Wu Bing said, "Come on, handsome young man, let me teach you how to identify danger."
The vines had long been cleared out by the mutants at the base within a radius of 500 meters.
These emerging mutant plants grow very quickly and need to be cleaned regularly to maintain their growth.
2,000 meters west of the vines, there is a small patch of wild rice that spews out grains.
Although it is very aggressive, the wild rice that it spits out is edible, and the grains are about the size of a fist.
The base sends people down every now and then to exploit them.
Jiang Shu also had a mission. He took out a piece of paper and looked at it. It contained information on materials that the base urgently needed.
He then said, "Brother Wu, I'm entrusting my nephew to you."
Wu Bing gave an OK sign.
"Don't worry, we won't go far."
Soon, Jiang Zhi and Lin Yuan rode directly on Qiu Qiu's back, moving away from the safe area of the vines.
This time, their target is a deep pool to the southwest.
The two had previously explored this area.
There are far too many dangerous mutated creatures.
If it weren't for the dashboard on the ginger twig, it probably would have broken there.
But that's also why the more you explain it, the more likely it is that something can upgrade the air sac hydra.
Chiu Chiu quickly led the two to the vicinity of the deep pool.
The deep pool was hidden beneath several giant, umbrella-like mutated ferns.
The pool water was dark green, as still as a piece of solidified jade. A thin layer of duckweed with a bluish tinge floated on the surface, looking soft and fluffy, yet not even a ripple was disturbed by the wind.
There were no ordinary plants or trees by the pool, only a ring of gray-black rocks, with sticky, dark purple moss seeping from the crevices.
Occasionally, a drop of water would fall from a fern leaf into the pool with a muffled "plop," sinking into the water without echoing for a long time, making the surroundings seem even quieter, so quiet that it made one's heart sink, always feeling that something bottomless was hidden beneath the dark green surface of the water.
The two got off the ground.
After instructing Jiujiu to be careful, Jiangzhi told her to be careful.
They then set up protective suits specially designed for the two of them by the base.
The protective suits were made of special minerals of the gold and space elements, and could be attached to their bodies with just the push of a button.
It can withstand attacks from a small number of mutated creatures.
The two walked to the edge of the deep pool, and Jiang Zhi blew a bubble for herself and Lin Yuan.
After the ability level was increased, Bubble's role became much more significant.
It not only allows people to move freely underwater, but also prevents them from being affected by underwater pressure and buoyancy.
It can be said that the two people covered in bubbles can move freely in the water.
Last time they came here, they didn't go into the water because they weren't prepared.
The dashboard indicates that there is something more advanced than the purple-gold item underwater.
This time, the two made ample preparations, bringing dozens of space transfer devices so they could escape if they encountered danger.
Lin Yuan used his gravity ability to cover Jiang Zhi, so that anything that got close would be affected.
That's like having double insurance.
Lin Yuan: "Let's go."
Jiang Zhi nodded.
The moment the two entered the water, the coolness of the pool, along with a faint fishy smell, wafted up.
As your gaze pierces through the dark green water, a completely different scene unfolds beneath—
The remains of the giant tree, submerged at the bottom of the water, were covered with thick, white, coral-like fungi.
A school of translucent fish swam along the pool wall, their bodies appearing normal but with claws like shrimp.
Deeper in, several dark-colored water plants swayed gently in the current, with strings of glass-bead-like bubbles hanging from their leaf tips, emitting a faint white glow.
Jiang Zhi noticed that the dashboard didn't indicate much danger, so she went over and removed the bubble to use as a spotlight.
The two looked around but didn't rush to find anything good.
Jiangzhi was very curious about everything in the new world.
Often, bringing certain mutated creatures back to the base can yield unexpected benefits.
Like the levitation powder from a mutated plant she brought back recently, the base studied it and used it to coat objects; one gram could make something weighing over a hundred kilograms float in the air.
The height at which the floats varies depending on the amount of buoyancy powder used.
For this purpose, the base also specially built several aerial pavilions, which are of different heights and connected by stairs.
That building is now considered one of the wonders of the site.
"Drip-water bed bugs are extremely nutritious."
Jiang Zhixin's heart stirred.
If the nutrients are high, it can be taken back to the air sac hydra to reproduce, and then it can be made into a nutrient solution.
She caught a string of palm-sized water bugs that passed by her feet and put them into her space capsule, then continued swimming around.
After swimming a short distance, Lin Yuan suddenly stopped and pointed his finger diagonally downwards.
Beside the mudflats along the shore, there was an inconspicuous patch of "water plants." The stems were dark silver, the leaves were narrow and thin, but at the base of the plant were clusters of pale golden granules the size of rice grains.
When Jiang Zhi got closer, she discovered that there was a faint electric current in those particles.
"Drip, electromagnetic grass, containing high-density energy crystals, extremely stable, and capable of emitting a powerful current."
“This is…” Jiang Zhi suddenly looked up at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan nodded.
"I feel like it should work."
Because of their relationship, Lin Yuan's intuition about the mutated creatures in the new world far surpasses that of ordinary people.
Although not as precise as Jiangzhi's dashboard, it can still easily distinguish what is useful and what is not.
Jiang Zhi said softly, "This thing can generate electricity. The base's current power system relies on wind power, which is very unstable. If we can cultivate this grass, we won't need to carry spare batteries when we go out on missions in the future!"
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