Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 20 Orange Fruit

Chen Ming, half of his body exposed outside the tree canopy, raised the terminal and looked to the northwest.

It was just like the one Chen Ming had glanced at in the air before.

In the northwest direction centered on the spacecraft, there is a river running northeast and southwest.

From the hill to the north of the spaceship where he is now to the other side of the river, there are very dense woods.

Only on the southwest side of the hill where the spacecraft is located, the vegetation appears slightly sparse.

But looking at the flat terrain there, there is also a small river that flows down from the north but happens to go around in a circle to the south.

Chen Ming thought it might be caused by floods that often flooded there.

However, while the floods took away the plants, they also brought fertile soil, so although the amount of vegetation in this area is not more than that in the north, the overall growth is very good.

And more importantly, Chen Ming saw several vines growing in the gaps between the trees.

Even though they were far away, Chen Ming saw some orange fruits on the vines in the video captured by the terminal.

As for the east side of the two hills, it is the area where purple plants and green plants on the planet meet.

Large areas of purple plants and green plants grow alternately among them, competing for nutrients and sunlight. At first glance, it appears to be the densest place with the densest vegetation around the spacecraft.

But when he looked carefully, Chen Ming discovered that most of the vegetation here was dead, and only a small number of survivors were enjoying the corpses of other vegetation.

Looking at it like this, the possibility of getting the crops you want here is very low.

On the contrary, the area in the southwest near the river bank with fewer plants is more likely.

The soil there is fertile, the water is plentiful, and I just saw a few plants that have already produced fruit.

The surrounding terrain has been determined and taken using the terminal. The terrain map surrounding the spacecraft has appeared in the terminal.

With the help of technology, Chen Ming was able to complete the whole day's task with very high efficiency.

Next, Chen Ming had two choices.

One is to squat by the river to see if any animals will come to drink water.

The other is the area southwest of the spacecraft, where you can find the fruit cluster you just saw.

Chen Ming chose the latter.

The crops and crop seeds that can be planted, and the stable acquisition of these two points are better than squatting by the river and waiting for God to give you food.

And it doesn’t mean that the previous choice has been completely given up.

The fruit cluster was located on a small piece of low-lying land along the river. Chen Ming could have walked along the river and checked to see if there were any animals on the way.

Chen Ming spent some time coming to the river.

We walked along the gravel beach on the river bank to the sparse woods with orange fruits in the southwest direction.

The river water next to it was quite clear, but Chen Ming did not see any animals such as fish or shrimp in it.

After watching for a while, Chen Ming couldn't see anything interesting in the river, so he focused more on both sides of the river bank.

However, until Chen Ming walked into the woods at his destination, he didn't see any animals, but he saw a lot of footprints.

The footprints ranged from large to small, and there were even some very fresh footprints that looked like they had just passed through and been soaked in the river water.

However, Chen Ming did not go up to track him. He only had two legs and was wearing protective clothing. How could he outrun four legs?

What if you catch up and end up working in vain, and when you look back and find that the orange fruit you discovered earlier has been stolen by others, then it's a loss to your grandma's house.

It is better to continue with the previous idea, at least the fruits you see can still fall into your pocket.

And although there was no real gain from walking along the river, at least Chen Ming could be sure that this river was a drinking point for many nearby animals.

This time I just stopped by to take a look, so there was no result. Next time I come back with more preparation, I can always find a few animals without eyes.

Soon after, Chen Ming found the vines growing in the gaps between the woods.

The top was the same as what he had seen before. Under the purple curly leaves, there were fist-sized fruits with curved lines growing on the surface.

Chen Ming wanted to complain about the appearance of this thing, but he restrained himself.

It was analyzed directly using the Advanced Plant Analyzer.

There are still a lot of properties related to it.

But this time, the useful entries in this pile of entries are different from the purple orchid and other plants that I found before. There are three.

[Name: Orange Fruit]

[Edibility: Edible] [Growth cycle: 15 days]

This is a plant that perfectly suits Chen Ming’s needs.

Not only is it edible, the growth cycle is also surprisingly short.

Originally, Chen Ming thought that the reason why this fruit grew here and was not eaten by animals was because the fruit might be poisonous or for some other reason.

Now it seems that I have overthought it. These orange fruits have just matured, so they have not had time to be discovered by herbivores, and they finally took advantage of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming naturally accepted it with a smile.

Take out the knife in the repair kit and remove the orange berries from the vine one by one.

I also cut one open. Under the curved lines on the outside, the inside is similar to the pulp of a cantaloupe melon with seeds inside.

However, the pulp of orange fruit is not as hard as cantaloupe, but as soft as strawberry.

Chen Ming scraped off the seeds, put them in the empty jar in his backpack, and took a bite of the pulp.

The pulp gave Chen Ming a big surprise as soon as he took it into his mouth.

There is not much juice in the orange fruit, but the pulp has a very good taste.

The sweetness is very high and the sugar content is high. Not only is it delicious, but it is also an excellent food.

With the harvest, Chen Ming stopped hanging around outside.

After searching through the terminal, I searched for the crop orange fruit.

After confirming that as a vine with a 15-day growth cycle, its vines can only bear fruit once, they returned to the spacecraft with more than 30 fruits harvested.

Start working on the fruits.

What Chen Ming has to do is also very simple. Take out the seeds, save the pulp in the refrigerator, and then stuff the seeds into the agricultural machinery components that are matched with the hydroponic bin.

It is enough to leave the rest to the mechanical equipment.

It will automatically pour the nutrient solution from the nutrient solution extractor next to it into the hydroponic bin.

It will also automatically adjust the simulated environment inside the hydroponic warehouse based on the conditions of the crops.

The line "Current maintenance environment: None" that Chen Ming saw on the hydroponic barn panel changed from nothing to "Ruimu Star" after the orange fruit was planted.

In addition to the planting environment, agricultural machinery components will also allocate the planting area of ​​each crop according to the needs of the crops.

If it is an unrecorded plant, then this requirement needs to be entered by Chen himself, but orange fruits are obviously not such a crop.

So this also saved him a lot of effort.

But in the end, the hydroponic warehouse was not full. It was not because there were not enough seeds, but because Chen Ming deliberately left it empty.

What if you find a better crop in the future? Should you not pluck the half-grown orange fruit?

So make some space in advance in case you need the growing space in the hydroponic warehouse someday.

As for the extra seeds, Chen Ming did not choose to store them in cold storage. Instead, he picked a place outside the spacecraft, cultivated it a little, and planted it.

When the time comes, I will cultivate the crops planted outside according to the records of the agricultural machinery components, and leave it to fate whether I can survive.

After finishing all this, it was almost evening.

Chen Ming is ready to take a rest.

But just when Chen Ming turned off the lights of the spacecraft, many green eyes flashed outside the captain's cabin.

Chen Ming immediately controlled the machine cannon and at the same time shined the searchlight on the top of the spacecraft.

Under the strong light, a deer-like animal was frightened and ran away, and there were some noises in the trees nearby.

The other animals that were peeping at him also disappeared into the night.

It seemed that they were some brave animals. After noticing that there was no big movement when the spacecraft landed, they took advantage of the night to come over and take a look.

Chen Ming was a little regretful that his first reaction was a little slow, and the machine cannons didn't have time to fire, leaving a few behind.

But since they came to spy today, they might do the same tomorrow.

Chen Ming had plenty of patience and time to wait for these animals to become bolder and bolder.

Sooner or later, they will fall into their hands.

(End of this chapter)