Alien signal? It seems to be from me.

Chapter 60: The Olive Tree and the Dodo
If we only talk about the planting method, whether it is the process or the action, there is absolutely no fault to be found in the other party's planting records.

Especially when recording the video, he turned the soil and planted seedlings, he was so skilled that he looked like a real farmer.

If these alien potatoes were really potatoes, they should have sprouted long ago.

but……

A botanist was looking through the final lab report, his tone puzzled as he read the contents recorded on it.

"In both experimental plots, all the plants eventually rotted in the soil."

After repeatedly reading the experimental records and systematically understanding the ecological environment of the alien planet, the expert group finally came to a judgment.

——If you want these alien potatoes to sprout, they should require stimulation and catalysis from other external factors.

After reaching this conclusion, Zhou Zheng's experimental report was immediately thrown aside in disgust.

She had just regarded it as a golden rule, but in the blink of an eye, it changed from Little Sweetie to Mrs. Niu, and the way she looked at it was even worse than a piece of waste paper.

The expert group has read most of the archives on alien ecological environments, so they are very confident that their judgment is correct.

No wonder he couldn't grow potatoes, because he was wrong from the very beginning.

"Do you know how the big-skulled olive tree became extinct?"

The gray-haired scholar threw away the experimental report in his hand and asked Zhu Xutai beside him.

"know."

"The seeds of the scutellaria have a very thick seed coat, making them difficult to germinate if planted directly." Zhu Xutai nodded. "But the dodo loves to eat the berries of the scutellaria. Their gizzards can grind down the seed coat, allowing them to germinate smoothly."

"But later, the dodo was hunted to extinction by humans, and the euphorbia pulex tree was unable to reproduce naturally, and gradually became extinct."

Having said that, Zhu Xutai already understood what the scholar in front of him wanted to express.

Those alien potatoes are like the olive trees that once grew on the island of Mauritius.

It is believed that it does not have the ability to reproduce naturally, but relies on symbiosis with other organisms to do so.

Some potatoes that cannot sprout will of course rot if they are buried in the soil and watered every day.

This is not a problem of fertilizer or planting method at all, but something was wrong from the beginning.

This is all thanks to the huge amount of messy records Zhou Zheng has sent over the years. The various information he sent alone is enough to build a relatively complete ecosystem.

As for why it is said to be relatively complete, it is because although the content is recorded in detail, the area is really too small.

There is only the area near the spacecraft, and it is impossible to judge the overall ecological situation.

But this alone is enough, because the various records about alien potatoes are really detailed enough, which is also the main reason why scholars can make a judgment so quickly.

But now the question arises, what is the key factor for these potatoes to sprout?

"Loose powder season."

The silver-haired scholar pushed his glasses and spoke with confidence.

Their expert group carefully studied all the content about alien potatoes sent by Zhou Zheng, and even studied all the creatures in the records that had some intersection with alien potatoes.

But we still haven't found the point on these organisms that can make alien potatoes sprout.

Until I saw the emergence of loose powder season.

All other options have been ruled out, so the reason can only be this biggest special event so far.

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"Loose powder season?"

His brows were furrowed.

Zhou Zheng sat on the hillside, holding his knees, looking at the reply from the Earth in front of him and thinking silently. It must be said that he is an expert.

This sentence pointed out the key point that he had completely ignored for so long.

Yes, the alien potatoes that I planted were, to some extent, like they had been boiled and killed. Things that were destined not to germinate would naturally fail.

For so many years, due to the seven-day time limit, he had never known about the existence of loose powder season.

The benefit is that in order to grow potatoes, he has completely eliminated all other factors except the powder season.

So when the alien expert mentioned this, Zhou Zheng was like a screen window, and he immediately realized that what the other party said was probably the main reason for his failure.

If there is one major difference between the powder season and normal seasons, it is obviously the massive amount of spores that fall from the sky.

"Do the alien potatoes need these mushroom spores to sprout?"

Touching his chin, Zhou Zheng felt a little headache because of this truth.

He had long known the "true face" of mushroom spores and had also witnessed how Brother Shu went completely crazy because of this thing.

Having seen too many real cases of poisonous spores harming people, Zhou Zheng is now always a little timid when facing this thing.

Alien potatoes require mushroom spores to germinate.

If this is true, can he really eat the potatoes that are grown?
Don’t let the potatoes get contaminated, otherwise you will go crazy like Brother Shu after eating them.

He doesn't have the incredible "fighting power" of Brother Shu. If he loses his mind, no matter who he fights with, the only outcome seems to be death.

I couldn't help but shrink my neck.

Just thinking about dying in this way is scary enough.

"Damn it! Do it!"

Taking a deep breath and making up his mind, Zhou Zheng stood up and brushed off the dirt.

Looking at the huge mushroom in the center of the forest, his eyes showed the spirit of a bachelor who was ready to die.

We're all going to die anyway, so just consider it as sacrificing ourselves for science.

Compared to the benefits that will come after this thing succeeds, the price of dying once is really too small.

At least for Zhou Zheng, this kind of thing is too common. The only difference is that he might die in pain.

So continue to repeat the previous actions.

Collect potatoes and cultivate experimental fields.

But this time they chose a different fertilizer.

Everything is ready, quietly waiting for the arrival of loose powder season.

Until that familiar loud bang "bang!" was heard, which scared Zhou Zheng, who was catching up on his sleep, and made him jump up from the rocking chair.

The sky was filled with pale purple spores falling from the sky like rain.

Zhou Zheng rolled up his sleeves and fired a shot into the sky without saying a word. The unscrupulous cannon made from an iron barrel successfully ascended into the sky carrying the energy crystal, and finally exploded a ball of blood out of thin air in the sky.

The next second, the invisible giant flying fish appeared in the air like a stuck disc, falling downwards in pain.

Zhou Zheng shot very accurately and hit the flying fish's floating organ in one shot.

"Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Looking up and watching the flying fish fall, Zhou Zheng said to himself, "The only thing to blame is that you are such a big eater."

(End of this chapter)