"System, do you remember what the military doctor said before?"
[Remember, the military doctor said that in this case, it means that coriander was grown by humans. 】The system repeats the conclusion that the military doctor said before.
"Yes, coriander is grown by humans." Xi Qing said in a low voice. He agrees with this conclusion. After all, the empire is so big that there are only eight main planets. In such a vast location, except for the mountain behind the school Outside of a small area, I never saw the shadow of coriander again.
Moreover, both Xi Qing and the military doctor have transplanted and planted coriander, and all of them have survived. This shows that coriander has a strong viability, and it does not only survive in the back mountain.
If this kind of plant only appears in a small area, there is only one explanation - it was planted by people.
But now, this planted coriander appeared here—Xi Qing picked one and smelled it—it was exactly the same as before, and there was only one reason for this:
The man who grew the cilantro has also been here.
...But, didn't it mean that this asteroid was recently discovered?
Even the coordinates have not been announced to the outside world, how did that person find this place?
One question after another came to mind, Xi Qing was stunned, he kept grinding the fresh coriander until the juice inside seeped out, the smell spread in the air, smelling the familiar smell at the tip of his nose, Xi Qing slowly stood up got up.
【Host, what are you going to do? 】
"I'll go look ahead."
Just after Xi Qing stepped on the air, he fell directly downhill. This coriander field is not far from the downhill, but behind the coriander field is a dense bush, it seems that there is no way to go .
In fact, this is also normal. In this kind of place, the hillside is quite dangerous. After all, you don’t know what will be under the mountain, and the entrance of the slope here is very hidden. If you don’t accidentally step on it , will not be found here at all.
Coupled with the bushes at the back, it is equivalent to surrounding the coriander field in the middle. The coriander field is hidden in it, and it looks very safe. It can be seen that the planter does not want this place to be surrounded by other people. see.
But for some reason, Xi Qing always feels that this place is a bit familiar, as if he has been here before, and even the dense bushes behind him, he feels something is wrong, as if there should be a road there.
That's why Xi Qing wanted to go over there to have a look.
But he wasn't sure what he was thinking, so he didn't tell the system. He just walked there silently step by step until he reached the bushes before he stopped and carefully observed everything in front of him.
[Host, what are you looking for? ] The system couldn't help asking.
"I'm looking for the way..." Or traces, if someone comes and goes here, traces will definitely be left, and in this densely vegetated place, once traces are left, they will be replaced by the bare ground Difficult to eliminate.
But to Xi Qing's disappointment, he searched all over the place, but in the end he found nothing.
"Am I wrong?"
It's getting late now, and if we don't go there, it is estimated that Minister Zhang will send someone to look for him. Xi Qing can only suppress the doubts in his heart, and go to the agreed place to gather first.
During the time he was wasting, the situation on the Internet has changed a lot.
Huo Yan directly took out the military doctor's inspection report, but the emperor refused to admit it, saying that Huo Yan did this specifically to slander him, and because of the previous example of the false inspection report of the Academy of Sciences, even those who were The media bought by the emperor began to have reason to be suspicious.
This was actually within Huo Yan's expectations. After all, it was definitely impossible to completely smash the emperor's conspiracy with a thin inspection report.
His purpose of doing this now is to break the crowd's blind worship of the emperor and the so-called new nutrient solution, and to plant a seed of doubt in people's hearts.
Many people had doubts about this nutrient solution, and Huo Yan's prestige in the hearts of the masses was much better than that of the emperor. Even if Huo Yan said now, the emperor did not admit it. But now, there will be a lot fewer people who admire and look forward to the new nutrient solution.
This will make the emperor's original wishful thinking come true, and it will become extremely difficult. Looking at the frantic anger on the emperor's face, Huo Yan's original goal has been achieved.
But this is only the first step. When the second step is tonight, the military represented by Huo Yan will announce the fact to the public. In addition to the nutrient solution in the hands of the emperor, which is the nutrient solution of the Ye Group, even Another company's nutrient solution is also problematic, and only Li's nutrient solution is truly safe.
In this way, all the attention will be attracted to Li's nutrient solution. In order to strike Huo Yan, the emperor will definitely secretly investigate Li's nutrient solution and produce evidence to prove that Li's nutrient solution is the one with real problems. One, I want to use this to fight back against Huo Yan.
But he didn't know that the so-called nutrient solution had long been replaced with water...
Huo Yan's voice last night seemed to be still in his ears. Although he already knew all his plans and knew that Huo Yan would not have any accidents, Xi Qing still couldn't help but feel anxious, fearing that something might happen.
Xi Qing really wanted to call Huo Yan to ask about the situation, but he was afraid that he was busy now, which would delay his work, so after thinking about it, he could only send a message.
Seeing that the message showed that the message was sent successfully, Xi Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
The location here is too remote, and the nebula has just been developed, and the communication conditions are extremely bad. Even the locators they wear are too far apart, and they will not be able to locate them, let alone the news that is so far apart.
At that time, Xi Qing was afraid that he would not be able to contact Huo Yan, but the system told him that it was there, and this matter was not a problem, and sure enough, the message was sent out in the next second.
Huo Yan should be busy right now, so he didn't reply immediately. After Xi Qing put his mind down, he continued to walk towards the agreed place.
The lush plants here block the sun to a large extent, and there are also disadvantages in providing shade in the hot summer, that is, the road is particularly difficult to walk, and Xi Qing took about half an hour to get there after walking for a short distance.
When he passed, everyone else was already there, sitting by the boulder and doing repairs.
Meng Fan was the first person to spot Xi Qing. He glanced at him and pretended not to say, "Xi Qing, why are you so slow? We've been waiting for you for a long time. Are you fascinated by the beautiful scenery on the side of the road?" Don’t you want to come here to do business?”
Xi Qing smiled: "I am a person who likes to study too much on weekdays. My health is not good. I am not familiar with the operation of parachutes. Unlike Mr. Meng, it seems that I do not exercise less on weekdays, right? I am so good at operating parachutes. I see you have rushed to the ground in front of Professor Wan."
He was close to throwing the words "simple mind and well-developed limbs" on Meng Fan's face, but Meng Fan didn't have time to refute, because Professor Wan who was mentioned by Xi Qing looked very unhappy at this moment.
Professor Wan is younger than Minister Zhang, but he is also older, and Meng Fan, a young man who is still behind Professor Wan, after operating the parachute first and successfully landing, what he does is not to meet the elderly professor, but to do it himself. Sitting on the ground and resting.
The two of them were at the top of the line, so Professor Wan didn't say anything about it, and everyone didn't know about it. Now that Xi Qing said it, everyone's eyes on Meng Fan changed a little.
Meng Fan was so anxious that he wanted to explain, but no one was willing to cooperate with him. In the end, he could only give Xi Qing an aggrieved look, and hurried to find Professor Wan to apologize.
Xi Qing didn't want to talk to him either, and when he was about to sit down and check the luggage in his backpack, he saw Minister Zhang coming over and said in a low voice, "He is Director Meng's son, if he said something wrong, don't be as knowledgeable as him. "
The meaning of Minister Zhang's words is obvious. He doesn't like Meng Fan, but because of his family background, he had to take him with him. After the investigation is over, Xi Qing won't have to get along with him anymore, so don't be angry because of him.
Xi Qing smiled: "It's fine."
"That's good, you take a break, we will leave in 5 minutes."
"Okay." Xi Qing nodded. Although he walked a little far from the landing point, he wasn't too tired. He felt much better after sitting under the tree for a while.
After 5 minutes, everyone set off together and began to explore along the established route.
Because no one has been here before, and the people who came to inquire before just recorded the map and then left, so it is not certain whether there will be accidents on the planet.
In addition, the planet is very large, and it is impossible for them to investigate all of them. They can only investigate according to the part of the map that has been drawn. Enough manpower and material resources to investigate here.
"In fact, even if you don't go inside, the lush vegetation here can prove its value." Professor Wan said, "If the Zerg find this place, they may go crazy."
The plundering and destructive capabilities of the Zerg are obvious to all. There are too few planets that have not been destroyed by them, but this planet is too far away from the main planet of the Empire. Even the surprise attack couldn't be resisted at all.
Only when it proves that there are enough resources here, and it is worth spending a lot of energy on development, will the government agree, which is the purpose of their visit this time.
"Go inside and rest in two hours." Minister Zhang said.
Xi Qing was at the end of the line, so that he could observe the surrounding environment more conveniently. While feeling particularly novel along the way, he also carefully explored everything.
It's not just because he has never been to this kind of place or seen this kind of environment before, but because that weird sense of familiarity reappeared.
That feeling wasn't strong, and it even appeared occasionally, but it was so strange that Xi Qing had to pay attention.
He has obviously never been here, and he has never been to a similar place, and there is no description of this place in the original book, so how can he feel familiar?
The more Xi Qing thought about it, the more confused he became, but now is obviously not the time to worry about this, the most urgent thing is to cooperate with the team to do a good job in the investigation.
The planet was really rich in supplies, as Minister Zhang had expected early in the morning. After walking for less than half an hour, Xi Qing heard Minister Zhang at the front of the team excitedly say: "Come quickly! There are pears here!"
Pears are not a rare fruit. Fruit shops in the empire usually have them, but the pears here are obviously better than those in the orchard of the empire. Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell how juicy these pears are. The light yellow pears hang high on the treetops like little lanterns.
And there are quite a lot of these pears. Each tree has at least one or two hundred pears, which is much higher than the output of the fruit trees in the empire. The most surprising thing is that there are a total of ten such pear trees. All grow in the same location.
Minister Zhang was so excited that he hurriedly asked people to measure and take pictures of these pear trees, and the soil composition under the trees also had to be collected for inspection.
But these newly discovered fruits cannot be eaten immediately. After all, before accurate research, it is not sure whether this fruit is really a non-toxic fruit like the pears they know.
Minister Zhang hurriedly asked someone to go up and pick another one, and by the way, another branch and leaf, and bring them back together for testing.
Meng Fan was a little surprised when he saw that everyone had put away the pears, branches and leaves, took a few photos in all directions, and was about to leave: "Don't you want to take some more?"
Even if you can't eat it, you can still take it with you. What if there is an accident and the nutrient solution they brought is gone?
In fact, Meng Fan didn't think these pears were inedible at all. In his opinion, they were the same as the ones from the empire, and they looked like they must taste good. It would be too wasteful to put them here.
But Minister Zhang shook his head: "These things don't belong to us. We can't take anything more than the samples we need to bring back for testing."
Minister Zhang specializes in the study of plants, so he pays special attention to the environment and ecology. If there are indeed supplies needed by the empire, it’s okay for humans to come here. If not, then they have to be careful no matter what they do. Otherwise, the ecology here will be destroyed.
In other words, even if human beings will really settle and live here in the future, the first things here should belong to the country, and no matter who it is, they can't take more of it privately.
Meng Fan didn't expect Minister Zhang to be so rigid, but now that everyone was watching, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only roll his eyes and silently followed everyone's footsteps.
But their good luck didn't last forever. After finding those pear trees, until the sky gradually darkened, no one found anything else.
But this is also normal. It would be strange if there were new discoveries all the time. Instead of being hit, Minister Zhang was very happy to call everyone to find a place to rest.
It’s already dark now. Although there is a light source, it’s not sensible to go out late at night in an unfamiliar environment. It’s better to find a place to rest and start early tomorrow.
There are a lot of them, and they need to set up a tent, so they have to find a wider place. Minister Zhang asked everyone to look for them with flashlights and spread out, but not too far away from each other.
Xi Qing nodded, and walked towards the east, thinking about the strange thing just now while walking.
"System, tell me, is it possible that those pear trees were also planted by that person?" This is the question Xi Qing has been thinking about.
Those pear trees don't look like they grow wild, and most importantly, there seems to be no trace of pear trees from other places except there, but it may also be because their observation range is too narrow .
Xi Qing thought about it, but didn't make a decision right away, but asked the system to check to see if there was such a tree on this planet, but after three seconds, the system gave a negative answer.
"...In other words, this kind of pear tree is also very likely to be artificially planted?" Xi Qing frowned.
But who would it be?Also the guy who grows the cilantro?
One question after another filled Xi Qing's mind. He felt as if his mind was trapped in a fog, and he couldn't find a way out.
The next second, he stopped, looked up and looked ahead, and found that not far away, there was a large open space, which was located under a tree and was suitable for living.
Xi Qing hurriedly called Minister Zhang and others over. It was getting late, and after everyone arrived, they made sure that there was no danger here, so they started pitching tents.
Xi Qingzha's speed was very fast. Just as he was about to help others, the optical brain suddenly rang. When he opened it, he found that it was Huo Yan's message.
The message was very short, just telling Xi Qing not to worry, just take care of yourself, everything is fine on his side.
Xi Qing raised his hand, and his fingertips kept slowly rubbing the writing on the optical brain screen, as if he could touch Huo Yan by doing so.
He was very depressed, and the system couldn't help him, so he could only say: [Host, I'll be back soon. 】
Xi Qing nodded.
Yes, soon.
There are still six days before he can go back.
The conditions here are not very good. There are a total of ten people in the investigation team. It is impossible for each person to have a tent. It happens that there are even numbers of men and women, so they can be divided into two people and one tent.
After the tent was set up, Meng Fan originally planned to live with Minister Zhang. After all, Minister Zhang is the most powerful voice and the leader here. For Meng Fan, who is looked down upon by everyone, the only thing he needs to please is Minister Zhang.
But I didn't expect that Minister Zhang didn't even look at him, so he said to Xi Qing: "Xiao Qing, shall we go together?"
Xi Qing nodded in surprise: "Okay."
Although today's investigation work only started at noon, for everyone who stayed in the laboratory for a long time, the workload of this half day was already heavy. After dinner and a simple wash, they all went back to the tent to rest.
Xi Qing was also very tired today, and he was very relieved that there would be no danger in tonight's action, so he fell asleep soon after lying down in the tent.
But in the middle of sleeping, Xi Qing suddenly felt someone calling his name, he answered vaguely, and opened his eyes in a daze, and finally found that the person calling him was Minister Zhang.
Xi Qing woke up suddenly: "Minister, what's wrong?"
Minister Zhang put his finger on his mouth, motioned him to whisper, then picked up the flashlight and a small machine at the side and slowly got up: "Follow me."
Xi Qing was confused, but did not delay, and followed him forward.
At this time, the woods were quiet, only the occasional sound of the wind beating the leaves.
Xi Qing followed Minister Zhang and walked for about [-] minutes before stopping. During this period, Minister Zhang kept pointing the machine in his hand at the ground, as if he was detecting something.
Xi Qing originally thought it was used to test the composition of plants or soil, but Minister Zhang said, "This one is used to test minerals."
"Minerals?" Xi Qing was stunned. The word minerals includes many things. In addition to the favorite gold and diamonds for jewelry, interstellar power stones are also minerals, but what is Zhang Zhang looking for?
Minister Zhang put the machine aside and kept it running. At the same time, he sat on a stone beside him and beckoned to Xi Qing: "Sit."
Xi Qing nodded, and sat down upon hearing this.
"Actually, before I came here, I had researched that there might be energy stones on this kind of planet," Minister Zhang said.
In fact, this is not difficult. Many planets have energy stones, but the concentration and content of energy stones determine its mining value.
Before Minister Zhang came, he decided to come here this time, and he had to find out whether there were energy stones here, and if so, how many.
Xi Qing nodded, this is not difficult to think of, after all, energy stones are very important to Interstellar, and no one is willing to waste this kind of resource.
It's just, "Why do you want to conduct detection at this time? Isn't it more convenient during the day?" Xi Qing was a little confused, and there were still people who could help at that time.
Minister Zhang smiled: "Because I don't want to dedicate these supplies to the current emperor."
He simply said a word, and Xi Qing understood what he meant.
If it was chosen during the day, as long as the machine really measured that it contained energy stones, then everyone in the investigation team would know, and the news would spread quickly.
When the emperor finds out about this, he will definitely send people to mine it immediately, and these things are likely to fall into his hands.
And if Minister Zhang conducts the test secretly, once he finds the energy stone, at least he can do something to prevent these precious resources from reaching the emperor's hands.
"But why do you believe me?" Xi Qing asked in confusion. In all fairness, he and Minister Zhang haven't known each other for long.
Minister Zhang smiled mysteriously: "The marshal lent me that machine."
The meaning in his tone was too obvious, Xi Qing saw his gossiping expression as soon as he turned his head, and quickly looked into the distance: "The weather is really nice today!"
Minister Zhang: "..." It's night!This brat!
Although the machine that detects energy stones is small, it has a large range and can detect them in a radius of more than 100 miles, but their luck is not very good tonight. There are no power stones.
Minister Zhang put away the machine regretfully: "It's okay, we will continue tomorrow."
"Okay." Xi Qing nodded.
It was almost dawn now, and in order to prevent anyone from getting up, they had to go back quickly.
Minister Zhang walked in front, Xi Qing was behind, the flashlight in his hand illuminated the way forward, but as he was walking, Xi Qing's footsteps suddenly slowed down.
Minister Zhang turned around and asked him what was wrong.
Xi Qing was a little embarrassed: "I feel like going to the toilet, why don't you go back first?"
Minister Zhang smiled, nodded and left.
Of course, Xi Qing didn't want to go to the toilet, but because when he just shone the flashlight, he suddenly noticed something abnormal in the bushes over there, as if there were some traces.
Xi Qing walked over and shined the light on the ground, after searching for a long time, he finally found out what was wrong.
"Here, it seems to be a footprint?" Xi Qing said hesitantly. This footprint should have trampled on a bush. The plant that was stepped on did not grow so quickly, so it is more obvious, but if it is really a footprint, then This seems to be too big, it does not belong to human beings.
[Yes, this is indeed a footprint, and it still belongs to the mecha. ] replied after scanning the system.
"Mecha?" Xi Qing compared. Only tall and big mechas can step on this kind of strength and size.
Therefore, the traces of people's activities on this planet can already be determined, not only the coriander and pears planted by people, but also the footprints belonging to the mechs. Only humans can leave such traces.
But isn't this planet just discovered?Except for the initial inspector, no one should have come here at all, but Xi Qing is very sure that this does not belong to that inspector.
"There is only this one footprint, and it will disappear when it gets here." Xi Qing frowned.
This is the case again, the previous coriander field is the same, there is only this one trace, and there is nothing else, and no wrong track or road is found in other places.
It shouldn't be, how could the mecha leave only one footprint?Did it just disappear in place?
This answer will definitely be unexpected for a while, Xi Qing took a photo with the optical brain before leaving here.
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[Remember, the military doctor said that in this case, it means that coriander was grown by humans. 】The system repeats the conclusion that the military doctor said before.
"Yes, coriander is grown by humans." Xi Qing said in a low voice. He agrees with this conclusion. After all, the empire is so big that there are only eight main planets. In such a vast location, except for the mountain behind the school Outside of a small area, I never saw the shadow of coriander again.
Moreover, both Xi Qing and the military doctor have transplanted and planted coriander, and all of them have survived. This shows that coriander has a strong viability, and it does not only survive in the back mountain.
If this kind of plant only appears in a small area, there is only one explanation - it was planted by people.
But now, this planted coriander appeared here—Xi Qing picked one and smelled it—it was exactly the same as before, and there was only one reason for this:
The man who grew the cilantro has also been here.
...But, didn't it mean that this asteroid was recently discovered?
Even the coordinates have not been announced to the outside world, how did that person find this place?
One question after another came to mind, Xi Qing was stunned, he kept grinding the fresh coriander until the juice inside seeped out, the smell spread in the air, smelling the familiar smell at the tip of his nose, Xi Qing slowly stood up got up.
【Host, what are you going to do? 】
"I'll go look ahead."
Just after Xi Qing stepped on the air, he fell directly downhill. This coriander field is not far from the downhill, but behind the coriander field is a dense bush, it seems that there is no way to go .
In fact, this is also normal. In this kind of place, the hillside is quite dangerous. After all, you don’t know what will be under the mountain, and the entrance of the slope here is very hidden. If you don’t accidentally step on it , will not be found here at all.
Coupled with the bushes at the back, it is equivalent to surrounding the coriander field in the middle. The coriander field is hidden in it, and it looks very safe. It can be seen that the planter does not want this place to be surrounded by other people. see.
But for some reason, Xi Qing always feels that this place is a bit familiar, as if he has been here before, and even the dense bushes behind him, he feels something is wrong, as if there should be a road there.
That's why Xi Qing wanted to go over there to have a look.
But he wasn't sure what he was thinking, so he didn't tell the system. He just walked there silently step by step until he reached the bushes before he stopped and carefully observed everything in front of him.
[Host, what are you looking for? ] The system couldn't help asking.
"I'm looking for the way..." Or traces, if someone comes and goes here, traces will definitely be left, and in this densely vegetated place, once traces are left, they will be replaced by the bare ground Difficult to eliminate.
But to Xi Qing's disappointment, he searched all over the place, but in the end he found nothing.
"Am I wrong?"
It's getting late now, and if we don't go there, it is estimated that Minister Zhang will send someone to look for him. Xi Qing can only suppress the doubts in his heart, and go to the agreed place to gather first.
During the time he was wasting, the situation on the Internet has changed a lot.
Huo Yan directly took out the military doctor's inspection report, but the emperor refused to admit it, saying that Huo Yan did this specifically to slander him, and because of the previous example of the false inspection report of the Academy of Sciences, even those who were The media bought by the emperor began to have reason to be suspicious.
This was actually within Huo Yan's expectations. After all, it was definitely impossible to completely smash the emperor's conspiracy with a thin inspection report.
His purpose of doing this now is to break the crowd's blind worship of the emperor and the so-called new nutrient solution, and to plant a seed of doubt in people's hearts.
Many people had doubts about this nutrient solution, and Huo Yan's prestige in the hearts of the masses was much better than that of the emperor. Even if Huo Yan said now, the emperor did not admit it. But now, there will be a lot fewer people who admire and look forward to the new nutrient solution.
This will make the emperor's original wishful thinking come true, and it will become extremely difficult. Looking at the frantic anger on the emperor's face, Huo Yan's original goal has been achieved.
But this is only the first step. When the second step is tonight, the military represented by Huo Yan will announce the fact to the public. In addition to the nutrient solution in the hands of the emperor, which is the nutrient solution of the Ye Group, even Another company's nutrient solution is also problematic, and only Li's nutrient solution is truly safe.
In this way, all the attention will be attracted to Li's nutrient solution. In order to strike Huo Yan, the emperor will definitely secretly investigate Li's nutrient solution and produce evidence to prove that Li's nutrient solution is the one with real problems. One, I want to use this to fight back against Huo Yan.
But he didn't know that the so-called nutrient solution had long been replaced with water...
Huo Yan's voice last night seemed to be still in his ears. Although he already knew all his plans and knew that Huo Yan would not have any accidents, Xi Qing still couldn't help but feel anxious, fearing that something might happen.
Xi Qing really wanted to call Huo Yan to ask about the situation, but he was afraid that he was busy now, which would delay his work, so after thinking about it, he could only send a message.
Seeing that the message showed that the message was sent successfully, Xi Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
The location here is too remote, and the nebula has just been developed, and the communication conditions are extremely bad. Even the locators they wear are too far apart, and they will not be able to locate them, let alone the news that is so far apart.
At that time, Xi Qing was afraid that he would not be able to contact Huo Yan, but the system told him that it was there, and this matter was not a problem, and sure enough, the message was sent out in the next second.
Huo Yan should be busy right now, so he didn't reply immediately. After Xi Qing put his mind down, he continued to walk towards the agreed place.
The lush plants here block the sun to a large extent, and there are also disadvantages in providing shade in the hot summer, that is, the road is particularly difficult to walk, and Xi Qing took about half an hour to get there after walking for a short distance.
When he passed, everyone else was already there, sitting by the boulder and doing repairs.
Meng Fan was the first person to spot Xi Qing. He glanced at him and pretended not to say, "Xi Qing, why are you so slow? We've been waiting for you for a long time. Are you fascinated by the beautiful scenery on the side of the road?" Don’t you want to come here to do business?”
Xi Qing smiled: "I am a person who likes to study too much on weekdays. My health is not good. I am not familiar with the operation of parachutes. Unlike Mr. Meng, it seems that I do not exercise less on weekdays, right? I am so good at operating parachutes. I see you have rushed to the ground in front of Professor Wan."
He was close to throwing the words "simple mind and well-developed limbs" on Meng Fan's face, but Meng Fan didn't have time to refute, because Professor Wan who was mentioned by Xi Qing looked very unhappy at this moment.
Professor Wan is younger than Minister Zhang, but he is also older, and Meng Fan, a young man who is still behind Professor Wan, after operating the parachute first and successfully landing, what he does is not to meet the elderly professor, but to do it himself. Sitting on the ground and resting.
The two of them were at the top of the line, so Professor Wan didn't say anything about it, and everyone didn't know about it. Now that Xi Qing said it, everyone's eyes on Meng Fan changed a little.
Meng Fan was so anxious that he wanted to explain, but no one was willing to cooperate with him. In the end, he could only give Xi Qing an aggrieved look, and hurried to find Professor Wan to apologize.
Xi Qing didn't want to talk to him either, and when he was about to sit down and check the luggage in his backpack, he saw Minister Zhang coming over and said in a low voice, "He is Director Meng's son, if he said something wrong, don't be as knowledgeable as him. "
The meaning of Minister Zhang's words is obvious. He doesn't like Meng Fan, but because of his family background, he had to take him with him. After the investigation is over, Xi Qing won't have to get along with him anymore, so don't be angry because of him.
Xi Qing smiled: "It's fine."
"That's good, you take a break, we will leave in 5 minutes."
"Okay." Xi Qing nodded. Although he walked a little far from the landing point, he wasn't too tired. He felt much better after sitting under the tree for a while.
After 5 minutes, everyone set off together and began to explore along the established route.
Because no one has been here before, and the people who came to inquire before just recorded the map and then left, so it is not certain whether there will be accidents on the planet.
In addition, the planet is very large, and it is impossible for them to investigate all of them. They can only investigate according to the part of the map that has been drawn. Enough manpower and material resources to investigate here.
"In fact, even if you don't go inside, the lush vegetation here can prove its value." Professor Wan said, "If the Zerg find this place, they may go crazy."
The plundering and destructive capabilities of the Zerg are obvious to all. There are too few planets that have not been destroyed by them, but this planet is too far away from the main planet of the Empire. Even the surprise attack couldn't be resisted at all.
Only when it proves that there are enough resources here, and it is worth spending a lot of energy on development, will the government agree, which is the purpose of their visit this time.
"Go inside and rest in two hours." Minister Zhang said.
Xi Qing was at the end of the line, so that he could observe the surrounding environment more conveniently. While feeling particularly novel along the way, he also carefully explored everything.
It's not just because he has never been to this kind of place or seen this kind of environment before, but because that weird sense of familiarity reappeared.
That feeling wasn't strong, and it even appeared occasionally, but it was so strange that Xi Qing had to pay attention.
He has obviously never been here, and he has never been to a similar place, and there is no description of this place in the original book, so how can he feel familiar?
The more Xi Qing thought about it, the more confused he became, but now is obviously not the time to worry about this, the most urgent thing is to cooperate with the team to do a good job in the investigation.
The planet was really rich in supplies, as Minister Zhang had expected early in the morning. After walking for less than half an hour, Xi Qing heard Minister Zhang at the front of the team excitedly say: "Come quickly! There are pears here!"
Pears are not a rare fruit. Fruit shops in the empire usually have them, but the pears here are obviously better than those in the orchard of the empire. Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell how juicy these pears are. The light yellow pears hang high on the treetops like little lanterns.
And there are quite a lot of these pears. Each tree has at least one or two hundred pears, which is much higher than the output of the fruit trees in the empire. The most surprising thing is that there are a total of ten such pear trees. All grow in the same location.
Minister Zhang was so excited that he hurriedly asked people to measure and take pictures of these pear trees, and the soil composition under the trees also had to be collected for inspection.
But these newly discovered fruits cannot be eaten immediately. After all, before accurate research, it is not sure whether this fruit is really a non-toxic fruit like the pears they know.
Minister Zhang hurriedly asked someone to go up and pick another one, and by the way, another branch and leaf, and bring them back together for testing.
Meng Fan was a little surprised when he saw that everyone had put away the pears, branches and leaves, took a few photos in all directions, and was about to leave: "Don't you want to take some more?"
Even if you can't eat it, you can still take it with you. What if there is an accident and the nutrient solution they brought is gone?
In fact, Meng Fan didn't think these pears were inedible at all. In his opinion, they were the same as the ones from the empire, and they looked like they must taste good. It would be too wasteful to put them here.
But Minister Zhang shook his head: "These things don't belong to us. We can't take anything more than the samples we need to bring back for testing."
Minister Zhang specializes in the study of plants, so he pays special attention to the environment and ecology. If there are indeed supplies needed by the empire, it’s okay for humans to come here. If not, then they have to be careful no matter what they do. Otherwise, the ecology here will be destroyed.
In other words, even if human beings will really settle and live here in the future, the first things here should belong to the country, and no matter who it is, they can't take more of it privately.
Meng Fan didn't expect Minister Zhang to be so rigid, but now that everyone was watching, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only roll his eyes and silently followed everyone's footsteps.
But their good luck didn't last forever. After finding those pear trees, until the sky gradually darkened, no one found anything else.
But this is also normal. It would be strange if there were new discoveries all the time. Instead of being hit, Minister Zhang was very happy to call everyone to find a place to rest.
It’s already dark now. Although there is a light source, it’s not sensible to go out late at night in an unfamiliar environment. It’s better to find a place to rest and start early tomorrow.
There are a lot of them, and they need to set up a tent, so they have to find a wider place. Minister Zhang asked everyone to look for them with flashlights and spread out, but not too far away from each other.
Xi Qing nodded, and walked towards the east, thinking about the strange thing just now while walking.
"System, tell me, is it possible that those pear trees were also planted by that person?" This is the question Xi Qing has been thinking about.
Those pear trees don't look like they grow wild, and most importantly, there seems to be no trace of pear trees from other places except there, but it may also be because their observation range is too narrow .
Xi Qing thought about it, but didn't make a decision right away, but asked the system to check to see if there was such a tree on this planet, but after three seconds, the system gave a negative answer.
"...In other words, this kind of pear tree is also very likely to be artificially planted?" Xi Qing frowned.
But who would it be?Also the guy who grows the cilantro?
One question after another filled Xi Qing's mind. He felt as if his mind was trapped in a fog, and he couldn't find a way out.
The next second, he stopped, looked up and looked ahead, and found that not far away, there was a large open space, which was located under a tree and was suitable for living.
Xi Qing hurriedly called Minister Zhang and others over. It was getting late, and after everyone arrived, they made sure that there was no danger here, so they started pitching tents.
Xi Qingzha's speed was very fast. Just as he was about to help others, the optical brain suddenly rang. When he opened it, he found that it was Huo Yan's message.
The message was very short, just telling Xi Qing not to worry, just take care of yourself, everything is fine on his side.
Xi Qing raised his hand, and his fingertips kept slowly rubbing the writing on the optical brain screen, as if he could touch Huo Yan by doing so.
He was very depressed, and the system couldn't help him, so he could only say: [Host, I'll be back soon. 】
Xi Qing nodded.
Yes, soon.
There are still six days before he can go back.
The conditions here are not very good. There are a total of ten people in the investigation team. It is impossible for each person to have a tent. It happens that there are even numbers of men and women, so they can be divided into two people and one tent.
After the tent was set up, Meng Fan originally planned to live with Minister Zhang. After all, Minister Zhang is the most powerful voice and the leader here. For Meng Fan, who is looked down upon by everyone, the only thing he needs to please is Minister Zhang.
But I didn't expect that Minister Zhang didn't even look at him, so he said to Xi Qing: "Xiao Qing, shall we go together?"
Xi Qing nodded in surprise: "Okay."
Although today's investigation work only started at noon, for everyone who stayed in the laboratory for a long time, the workload of this half day was already heavy. After dinner and a simple wash, they all went back to the tent to rest.
Xi Qing was also very tired today, and he was very relieved that there would be no danger in tonight's action, so he fell asleep soon after lying down in the tent.
But in the middle of sleeping, Xi Qing suddenly felt someone calling his name, he answered vaguely, and opened his eyes in a daze, and finally found that the person calling him was Minister Zhang.
Xi Qing woke up suddenly: "Minister, what's wrong?"
Minister Zhang put his finger on his mouth, motioned him to whisper, then picked up the flashlight and a small machine at the side and slowly got up: "Follow me."
Xi Qing was confused, but did not delay, and followed him forward.
At this time, the woods were quiet, only the occasional sound of the wind beating the leaves.
Xi Qing followed Minister Zhang and walked for about [-] minutes before stopping. During this period, Minister Zhang kept pointing the machine in his hand at the ground, as if he was detecting something.
Xi Qing originally thought it was used to test the composition of plants or soil, but Minister Zhang said, "This one is used to test minerals."
"Minerals?" Xi Qing was stunned. The word minerals includes many things. In addition to the favorite gold and diamonds for jewelry, interstellar power stones are also minerals, but what is Zhang Zhang looking for?
Minister Zhang put the machine aside and kept it running. At the same time, he sat on a stone beside him and beckoned to Xi Qing: "Sit."
Xi Qing nodded, and sat down upon hearing this.
"Actually, before I came here, I had researched that there might be energy stones on this kind of planet," Minister Zhang said.
In fact, this is not difficult. Many planets have energy stones, but the concentration and content of energy stones determine its mining value.
Before Minister Zhang came, he decided to come here this time, and he had to find out whether there were energy stones here, and if so, how many.
Xi Qing nodded, this is not difficult to think of, after all, energy stones are very important to Interstellar, and no one is willing to waste this kind of resource.
It's just, "Why do you want to conduct detection at this time? Isn't it more convenient during the day?" Xi Qing was a little confused, and there were still people who could help at that time.
Minister Zhang smiled: "Because I don't want to dedicate these supplies to the current emperor."
He simply said a word, and Xi Qing understood what he meant.
If it was chosen during the day, as long as the machine really measured that it contained energy stones, then everyone in the investigation team would know, and the news would spread quickly.
When the emperor finds out about this, he will definitely send people to mine it immediately, and these things are likely to fall into his hands.
And if Minister Zhang conducts the test secretly, once he finds the energy stone, at least he can do something to prevent these precious resources from reaching the emperor's hands.
"But why do you believe me?" Xi Qing asked in confusion. In all fairness, he and Minister Zhang haven't known each other for long.
Minister Zhang smiled mysteriously: "The marshal lent me that machine."
The meaning in his tone was too obvious, Xi Qing saw his gossiping expression as soon as he turned his head, and quickly looked into the distance: "The weather is really nice today!"
Minister Zhang: "..." It's night!This brat!
Although the machine that detects energy stones is small, it has a large range and can detect them in a radius of more than 100 miles, but their luck is not very good tonight. There are no power stones.
Minister Zhang put away the machine regretfully: "It's okay, we will continue tomorrow."
"Okay." Xi Qing nodded.
It was almost dawn now, and in order to prevent anyone from getting up, they had to go back quickly.
Minister Zhang walked in front, Xi Qing was behind, the flashlight in his hand illuminated the way forward, but as he was walking, Xi Qing's footsteps suddenly slowed down.
Minister Zhang turned around and asked him what was wrong.
Xi Qing was a little embarrassed: "I feel like going to the toilet, why don't you go back first?"
Minister Zhang smiled, nodded and left.
Of course, Xi Qing didn't want to go to the toilet, but because when he just shone the flashlight, he suddenly noticed something abnormal in the bushes over there, as if there were some traces.
Xi Qing walked over and shined the light on the ground, after searching for a long time, he finally found out what was wrong.
"Here, it seems to be a footprint?" Xi Qing said hesitantly. This footprint should have trampled on a bush. The plant that was stepped on did not grow so quickly, so it is more obvious, but if it is really a footprint, then This seems to be too big, it does not belong to human beings.
[Yes, this is indeed a footprint, and it still belongs to the mecha. ] replied after scanning the system.
"Mecha?" Xi Qing compared. Only tall and big mechas can step on this kind of strength and size.
Therefore, the traces of people's activities on this planet can already be determined, not only the coriander and pears planted by people, but also the footprints belonging to the mechs. Only humans can leave such traces.
But isn't this planet just discovered?Except for the initial inspector, no one should have come here at all, but Xi Qing is very sure that this does not belong to that inspector.
"There is only this one footprint, and it will disappear when it gets here." Xi Qing frowned.
This is the case again, the previous coriander field is the same, there is only this one trace, and there is nothing else, and no wrong track or road is found in other places.
It shouldn't be, how could the mecha leave only one footprint?Did it just disappear in place?
This answer will definitely be unexpected for a while, Xi Qing took a photo with the optical brain before leaving here.
The author has something to say: the countdown to the end!Ding!
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