Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 319 High Protein Growing on Trees
Over the next half month, Nige planted all the tree species one by one, but was disappointed again and again.

Until the last seed quickly emerges from the branch.

Nigge was completely desperate.

"It's over, it's over."

"Why are there only Panshu trees?"

"Is it because of the mud, or some other factor? What is missing from this world that makes it impossible to grow the Towering Tree... Without the Towering Tree, nothing else can be grown..."

Zhou Yi asked him: "Didn't you say that the Dingtian Tree was also improved from the Pan Tree? If it is improved again, is there any chance?"

"But I am from the Mud Department, I don't know how to improve."

Nigge showed a melancholy expression: "This is something that only tree naturalists can do. It is very complicated and requires high knowledge and skills, but the tree naturalist has been eaten by the life-extending flower."

"What is missing here that prevents it from fully developing and can only be in the form of a coiled tree?"

he muttered.

Zhou Yi focused his attention on the Pan trees. They were cultivated in mud grids and grew upwards every day, just like bamboo.

The tree that was originally a coiled plant has now grown to the height of a five-story building and is so strong that it requires two people to hug it.

The biggest reason why they grow fast is that there is enough light amber. A large amount of light amber is turned into ordinary sticky soil after being absorbed by them, and new light amber is constantly sent to cover the soil layer.

The bark of the Pan tree is a dense network of fibers, somewhat like a giant palm tree. However, its crown is different from any other tree, expanding in a spiral structure like an oversized mosquito coil.

A large number of branches and leaves grow on the crown of the mosquito coil tree, but the trunk grows faster than the leaves, making it look thin and frail, just like a human being growing during puberty.

The Pan trees are all planted along the east coast, but they grow at different rates.

"I know, I know what's missing!"

Nige, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly stood up, looked up at the sky and said, "There is no purple light here."

"Purple light?"

"It's the light that falls from the sky and hits the ground. Sometimes it turns purple, and here it's black."

This was the first time Zhou Yi heard this: "You mean the sun?"

"What is the sun?"

"It's the light source in the sky."

“Is this place called the Sun?”

Nig said: "We call it white light and purple light. Sometimes there is white light in the sky, and sometimes it turns into purple light."

"There is no purple light here, only black light, which is what you call the dark sky and night."

According to his description, in the world where the Mud Tree Civilization exists, there are only two different environments, daytime and purple sky, and there are no four seasons.

During the day, everything is peaceful.

The plants on the trees grew vigorously, and the Mud Tree Man could collect mud and soil from the Dead Sea without worrying about it. Even the monsters in the Dead Sea would be relatively leisurely and stable. As long as they were not provoked, they would not bother to hunt for prey even if they encountered prey that was within their reach, except for the necessary prey.

During the Purple Sky period, the energy density of the entire world increases significantly, and all kinds of life enter a period of riot.

Even the plants grafted onto the top trees would mutate a lot. The monsters in the Dead Sea would become mad and bloodthirsty, attacking and killing each other, and even the mud tree people would be affected to a certain extent and become irritable and angry.

However, it was also because of Zi Tian's special influence that the various plants of the Mud Tree People underwent large-scale mutation at an extremely fast speed and acquired a large number of biological tools.

"Without Zitian, Panshu cannot evolve into Dingtianshu."

Nigge was a little depressed: "The world is different after all. Things that can grow in our place cannot grow here. The sky is different."

Zhou Yi looked at the sun in the sky.

If the sun turns purple and brings about a stronger density of death light... it is really difficult to understand the operating mechanism behind the Mud Tree Civilization World.

“Is there a big difference between the Dingtian tree and the Pan tree?”

"It's big."

Nige said seriously, "The Pan Tree is the ancestor of the Dingtian Tree. It is also an ancient tree, but it is still an ordinary tree. It can only produce fruits that can fill the stomach, but it has no other abilities."

In Zhou Yi's opinion, just being able to grow in the Dead Sea is already unusual enough.

"The top tree is completely different. It is life that has entered another stage."

The tall Mud Tree Man looked very serious: "It's not that we discovered the Dingtian Tree, but that the Dingtian Tree chose us, the Mud Tree Man."

"It repels the monsters in the Dead Sea, preventing them from climbing up the tree. The towering trees that are inhabited will also grow more and more suitable for living, and will grow flatter and thicker."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Mutual selection is also a form of symbiosis."

Nig hummed, "If we use the branches of the towering tree and then graft the fruits grown from the seeds, we will get a very strong mutant."

"But before you pick the fruit, you can't be sure of its power and effect."

"It could be just an ordinary fruit, or it could be a supernatural creature like a common banana or a blackthorn."

This is similar to opening a blind box, and it is also the fun of the mud tree people during the harvest season.

"Panshu doesn't have that ability."

Zhou Yixin said no wonder.

One can open blind boxes and get equipment.

The other is just large fruit trees.

In the eyes of the Mud Tree People, there is indeed a world of difference between the two.

……

The company's autumn planting is still in full swing.

Last year, white radishes and Chinese cabbages were a big hit, and the farm has once again expanded their cultivation.

But the vast majority of farmland is still dominated by staple foods such as wheat, sweet potatoes and peanuts.

Zhou Yi had always wanted to grow rice, but was cruelly rejected by the agricultural machinery.

"Chairman, here, rice is much more difficult to grow than wheat. It's not just about sowing the seeds."

"Although we contacted Liangshan and found suitable rice seeds, it is not suitable for planting this year."

"Rice planting involves seeding, germination, and sowing. When the rice grows to a certain size, the seedlings need to be transplanted from dry land to paddy fields, which requires a certain amount of manpower assistance."

“This summer lasted too long and the rainfall was very low,” said the company’s most senior farm engineer.

"Rice fields cannot do without water. Although the Dead Sea Canal can alleviate some of the irrigation problems, one Dead Sea Canal is not enough for large-scale rice field development. The fields must maintain humidity and moisture, and the mud and water must be soft and smooth."

"If you decide to grow rice, then we should prepare this winter and dig new Dead Sea channels to irrigate rice fields and solve basic supply problems. Early rice should be planted as early as March to April next year to ensure sufficient harvest in July and August."

Zhou Yi had no choice.

It is really not easy to eat a bite of rice cooked with new rice.

He immediately asked Gongsun Bao: "Build another Dead Sea Channel specifically for irrigating rice fields. It must be completed before next spring."

"Yes!" "Also, go to the hospital to get your teeth fixed."

Gongsun Bao looks handsome, but his buck teeth are too noticeable, which lowers his overall image.

"This... Chairman, can I not go? I'm afraid of pain, especially toothache."

Gongsun Bao said in a low voice.

"No, this is an order! Your personal image is the image of the company!"

"Yes……"

On the other hand, there was good news and bad news from the breeding platform.

The good news is that the seedling culture was successful.

After three generations, grass carp, which grows fast and is not prone to disease, is finally officially released.

It used to take four months for the targeted improved grass carp to grow to 5 kilograms, but now it only takes two months, shortening the growth cycle by half.

It can not only survive in the middle section of the river, but also in the marginal areas near the Dead Sea, greatly expanding the water space that can be cultivated.

This batch of fish fry has been handed over to the tree keeper, which makes him very happy.

"Great! Mr. Zhou, our fish production has doubled. The fish grow fast and the funds can be recovered quickly. We can expand the fish farm without any worries!"

The bad news is that the fry culture was very successful.

Another fish fry, the silver needle fish, mutated during the targeted breeding process and a ferocious species was born.

It will frantically snatch and devour all kinds of feed and algae fed to it, and will even attack and harm other fish so that they dare not compete with it, while it becomes stronger and stronger.

Later it turned into a form of food bullying, even to the point of slaughtering common silver needle fish.

Each of these food-stealing silver needle fish can grow very large and very fast. Conventional silver needle fish take a year to mature, but this one only takes three months to mature, and can grow as long as a forearm.

Just their existence makes the entire directed culture of fish fry basically fail, and other normal fish fry are greatly affected.

Unfortunately, this fish can only survive alone and is a water tyrant. If it is released into a river, it may cause big problems for other fish.

So Zhou Yi and his company employees could only eat all the silver needle fish with tears in their eyes to ensure that there would be no future troubles.

The only consolation is that this silver needle fish tastes extremely delicious and is very tasty.

When the weather cooled further, the first Pan tree planted bore fruit.

Zhou Yi and Zheng Tao went under the tree to observe it up close.

The Pan tree is now about twenty meters tall, but its growth rate has obviously slowed down, and it is expanding more horizontally.

The fruits are hanging on the branches that are coiled like mosquito coils.

They look gray, like balls made of mud, and are no bigger than a fist at most, making them small to medium-sized fruits.

Nige climbed up the tree nimbly and picked a bunch of fruits.

They are all ripe fruits the size of a fist.

"The small ones don't taste good, they need to grow bigger."

As he said this, he used his big hands to hold the two fruits together, squeezing them against each other to break the shells. A layer of shell that looked like mud or gravel fell off, revealing a milky white, juicy fruit inside.

Nige handed the fruit to Zhou Yi: "The taste is just average, you'd better not expect too much."

Zhou Yi took a small bite.

what.

It has a sweet, thick and crispy taste, plenty of moisture, and a surprisingly good texture. The closest fruit to it is jackfruit.

Zhou Yi finished a few bites and found that there was no core in the fruit.

"The Pan tree has a very long growth period. It is not yet mature and cannot produce seeds. It will take many years for its seeds to bear fruit. It will take about 300 rounds of fruit before seeds gradually begin to appear."

Nigge said so.

Zhou Yi did the math.

According to the current situation.

The tree bears fruit once every two months, so 300 cycles means 600 months, which is 50 years. The growth period is indeed long enough.

"This fruit... is amazing, amazing."

Zheng Tao closed his eyes and savored the memory.

"The tongue likes it very much. This fruit is of high quality."

Zhou Yi asked Nige, "How many fruits can a Pan tree produce in one rotation?"

"I heard before that it can produce at least 1 to 1 ash-absorbing fruits. The bigger the tree, the more fruits it has."

Zhou Yi was stunned by the words of the Mud Tree Man: "How could there be so many?"

"Not now, but maybe later."

"The Pan tree will still grow and develop."

Nige looked at the tree in front of him and said, "It can only produce a few hundred fruits at most."

Zheng Tao beside him suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Chairman, I suggest that this fruit be sent for testing to determine its specific ingredients."

"Although the tongue's identification of food is guided by taste, in fact, the higher the edible value, the higher its grade. According to my tasting just now, the tongue's evaluation is already similar to that of the light Na meat like the claw beard before."

Zhou Yi immediately contacted the Mechanical Knight and sent two Ash-Absorbing Fruits over, which were then tested in the Mechanical Knight's biological laboratory.

The results are amazing.

The conclusion is displayed on the controller screen.

……

[Nutritional content (per 100g)]

Water: 57.1g
Energy: 699 kJ
Protein: 13.1g
Fat: 2.8g
Carbohydrates: 26.8g
Vitamins: ...

……

The final assessment of the Mechanical Knights was that this was an extremely high-quality food with rich and complete nutrition, and the closest thing to it was eggs.

However, eggs contain more fat and water, and are not as nutritionally complete as ash-eating fruit.

This fruit can be eaten in large quantities, not only providing a high sense of fullness, but also being of great benefit to the growth and strength of most life forms.

Zhou Yi looked at the report and felt excited.

This is high protein that grows on trees!
No wonder the mud tree people are so tall. They have been eating this kind of thing since they were young, and it can be said that they have always been in a state of overnutrition.

Finally, I can give everyone some nutritional supplements!

(End of this chapter)