Interstellar travel, a beloved companion, a magnificent and turbulent otherworld.

Mo Li herself is very adventurous. She suddenly had a brilliant idea and tried to remove those violent factors with her wood-type ability. She originally thought it would be difficult, but it turned out to be very easy for her. In just five seconds, the violent factors of the green fruit were completely purified by her.

This attempt brought her a great surprise. She never expected that her mutated tenth-order wood-type ability would also have the skill of purification. Doesn't that mean that in the future, she could easily turn mutated plants and animals containing a large amount of berserk factors, which are avoided by everyone in the interstellar community, into treasures?

With this amazing discovery, she was full of energy and began a new experiment, taking out a small bag of all sorts of seeds from her spatial button, the nature of which she did not know.

It took a minute to purify all the violent factors contained in the seeds. On a whim, before planting, I took out diluted spiritual spring water from my space and soaked the seeds.

then------

A special area was designated and isolated within the space, where seeds soaked in the spiritual spring water were planted using the mind.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

She discovered that the seeds purified by interstellar space grew faster and matured in half the time compared to the seeds she had originally sown during the apocalypse.

This batch of seeds will be ready for harvest in about two weeks. With the successful experiment, she is already looking forward to tomorrow's trip to collect seeds in the suburbs.

Having learned all the details beforehand, Mo Li put on a protective suit and gas mask made of special materials before setting off, covering herself up completely so that not a single bit of skin was exposed.

The air in the suburbs is extremely dense with pollutants. Because there are no human inhabitants, no air purifiers, which took countless manpower and resources to develop, have been installed.

Each air purifier is very expensive to manufacture, and its effectiveness can only be maintained for ten years after installation. Nearly a hundred air purifiers have been placed in each of the three inner zones of the core area.

In Zones 6 to 3, 30 to 50 units were deployed in each zone. In Zones 7 and 8, only 20 units were deployed in each zone. The environment was already poor, and the violent factors in the air were more severe than in the first six zones. From time to time, a small black storm would sweep through the area, making life unbearable for the people living in these two zones.

The average lifespan of interstellar humans is 220 years. However, the people in Zones 7 and 8, due to their long-term exposure to harsh growing environments and the consumption of inferior nutrient solutions made from low-grade nutrient solutions, as well as the ravages of berserk factors and black storms, have an average lifespan of 80 years.

70% of the people living in these two areas suffer from various illnesses year-round. The wounds caused by years of abuse are unable to heal due to the presence of too many violent factors, leaving them helpless to watch them rot and endure pain that is unbearable for ordinary people.

Humans cannot survive normally outside of Zone 8. Comprehensive measures must be taken, otherwise the erosion from the Berserk Factor and the Black Storm alone will be unbearable.

Mo Li wouldn't go against her own body. This time, she didn't bring the nanny robot Kelly, otherwise it would seem like she hadn't been weaned.

Despite everyone being heavily armed, the team heading to the outskirts to collect materials quickly gathered together using the small tags they held. This time, they were traveling in a specially modified public aircraft.

After everyone boarded the aircraft and took their seats, their seatbelts automatically fastened. The pilot then asked:

"Is everyone here?"

The team leader said, "That's enough, we can set off now."

The spaceship's interior was enormous, with huge windows made of transparent steel crystal on both sides. This was Mo Li's first time seeing this interstellar space. As the spacecraft traveled, she could clearly see the landscape of each region and the vast differences in their living environments.

Flying over Zones 7 and 8, we saw living conditions resembling slums, with visibly polluted air. Even though we were wrapped up tightly, the horrific wounds on our exposed skin were still clearly visible.

Some babies held in adults' arms and children being led by the hand cry out in pain. These children, born from the combination of genes, have experienced nuclear storms three thousand years ago and the worsening of the environment over the past thousand years. They already have genetic defects and appear even more vulnerable.

One of the middle-aged women who was collecting materials glanced outside and sighed:

“Living is not easy. We are also risking our lives when we go to the suburbs to collect samples. If our protective gear is damaged, the pain we will suffer in the future is unimaginable. The wounds caused cannot be repaired by the medical pod.”

After a slight pause, he kindly offered the following advice:

"You should be careful. Besides the violent factor with its heavy breath, the black storm that may strike at any time, there are many other unknown dangers."

"thanks, I will."

Two hours later

The spaceship landed in a relatively flat area in the suburbs.

The captain glanced at everyone and said, "We've arrived. Everyone, check your protective gear. If there are no problems, you can disembark."

Mo Li followed everyone and carefully checked the protective gear she was wearing. She had received a huge sum of "living expenses" from the four scoundrels, so she naturally didn't skimp on her equipment.

Shopping in the interstellar world is even more convenient than in the original post-apocalyptic world. You can place an order through your personal computer and it will be delivered in fifteen minutes. Each store has its own courier collection and delivery point.

She put it on while it was still fresh and warm, because no matter when or where, her life had to be the first priority.

Stepping off the airship, all she could see was a hazy gray, as if everything around her was hidden in a mist. Despite being heavily armed and not losing her senses, she could still feel the strong wind blowing through her protective suit and hear the "whooshing" sound in her ears.

Even worse, if you take ten steps, you'll step on something sticky in six of them. If you don't pull your foot out quickly, there's a high chance you'll get stuck and won't be able to get out.

To be honest, the environment we're in right now is absolutely terrible.

This time, she was with a very experienced collection team. Under the captain's command, at least they didn't have to worry about getting lost due to the influence of the surrounding environment.

"I won't go into the veteran team members who have been following me on field trips for a long time, as you are more experienced. New members, please keep up with my pace. If you have any questions or discoveries, please raise them immediately to avoid being caught off guard by sudden dangers and suffering great losses due to not being able to react in time."

"Got it, Captain."

The only newcomer to this survey was Mo Li, so she was the only one who could answer.

As Mo Li followed in everyone's footsteps, she spread out her mental abilities, enveloping the surroundings to prevent any danger from approaching.

After using psychic abilities to explore, the surrounding environment was found to be desolate. The remaining trunks of the withered trees had turned black due to long-term erosion. Moreover, it was unknown how many people had come to the outskirts to collect them before.

Those who come here are all hoping to get lucky. Normally, they would travel to other planets by spaceship to collect resources. Occasionally, they would come to the outskirts of the city after they had just finished collecting resources from other planets and were on vacation at home. They couldn't stay idle for long, so they would come to the outskirts of the city in groups. On the one hand, they wanted to stretch their muscles and, on the other hand, they hoped that if they made a harvest, they could earn some extra star coins.