Chapter 520 - 159: Double-Crossed
"Blue Star is currently the planet with the best-preserved ecology on the Space Bugs’ invasion path. You will be living in those few relatively intact buildings. Besides training, on regular days, you need to clear collapsed structures and restore the land here. If you excavate any relics, please ensure they are handed over for better preservation."
Naturally, even if they don’t hand them over, there’s nothing that can be done.
The Blue Star civilization is dazzling and beautiful, one of the origin points of the Ten Stars Republic’s political system.
But its geography is not as good as Capital Star, always positioned on the country’s borderline.
After the Mechanical Planet was destroyed, most humans from Blue Star joined the army, while the elderly and children had to leave their homes, waiting for the time to return.
On the front line, those facing Space Bugs daily are mostly Blue Star people, very united, striving to protect their homeland.
The people welcoming the students are also from Blue Star.
They stayed to protect the seeds of civilization, saving more relics and history.
There are a total of ten tall buildings scattered in ten different directions across the city, with some areas already cleared, currently serving as training grounds.
Upon descending from the space station, the reception staff took them to the military camp and handed them over to the soldiers.
Admiral Bai stood on the high platform, looking around, and waved at Su Xiaocai upon seeing her.
Su Xiaocai waved to Wu Qingqing, carrying a cat cage and dragging her suitcase, boldly walking up the platform under many watchful eyes.
"It’s been a while, how does it feel here?"
"Unprecedentedly great." Su Xiaocai initially thought they would stay in the space station or spaceship, living on the ground is truly wonderful.
Su Xiaocai unabashedly said, "I want to live there, that piece of black land, it’s mine, I want to grow stuff on it."
The direction she pointed at was land recently cleared by the people of Blue Star, planning to grow some grass to rear livestock.
Su Xiaocai’s thoughts at this moment were simple and unadorned.
Where there’s land, just wish to grow something, and that place is perfect — it looks like a great spot for planting vegetables.
Admiral Bai was speechless: "Are you still a scientist?"
"When did I become a scientist? I’ve always called myself a vegetable farmer, just a farmer who grows veggies. If I can’t grow anything, I’ll leave anytime."
"Alright, alright. You are a valued guest, whatever you say goes."
Anyway, there’s plenty of space, and the reason for choosing here as a campsite is because the travel from food-supplying planets is a bit far.
We shouldn’t solely rely on outside food delivery.
Since Su Xiaocai wants to grow veggies, he must satisfy her. Anyway, she can’t eat all of it, surely some can be shared.
Others were troubled by arranging accommodation, but Su Xiaocai lived in a detached house, and no one dared disturb her there.
The black land given by Admiral Bai was right in front of the house.
On the vast field, there were some spots showing yellow or red, indicating slight desertification, likely "polluted" by Space Bugs.
"These are Mang Blood Seeds; infected land by Space Bugs can be planted with them, and after some time, it will improve. Remember to dig them up before they seed, although Mang Blood’s reproduction ability isn’t high, it could mutate and become an invasive species on Blue Star." Admiral Bai naturally knew Su Xiaocai had Mang Blood Seeds; given her nature not to be short-changed, she would inevitably ask them, proactively giving versus passively offering — the impression is different.
Su Xiaocai was very pleased that Admiral Bai remembered this; Hua Xin also took the opportunity to bring her materials for extracting Insect Slaughter.
Then they left, intending to return a bit later due to some matters.
Su Xiaocai didn’t mind, turning around and getting to work.
She took out her box of Space Buttons, yes, a whole box.
Ji Li gave them to her for fun.
Ahem, to be precise, she saw them, showed a yearning look, and Ji Li had no choice but to give them for fun.
So, she used them to store her assorted little junk.
Such as her second-hand excavator, casting machine, chips filling Space Buttons, like moving home.
It wasn’t long before a variety of machines were placed in front of the house.
Afterward, Su Xiaocai released Huahua from the cat cage, then Xiao Wanzi.
Xiao Wanzi looked around at the new place.
"Come and help settle in the new home."
Xiao Wanzi excelled at household chores: cleaning, making beds, changing lamps.
Su Xiaocai checked the house’s energy supply, made backup power, installed alarms around, launched a monitor, and set up a protective shield.
Turning the detached house into a secure fortress.
The soldiers secretly responsible for protecting her fell silent; with such awareness of defense, even if they perished, she wouldn’t.
Su Xiaocai was efficient, taking only half a day.
Soon after, many small farming robots streamed out from the house entrance, swiftly measuring the land and marking spots where large stones were found.