Chapter 5 Discovering New Plants
Hurrying through the meadow, Ansu came to the puddle that he had dug yesterday, and a few leaves had fallen on the water, covering about fifteen centimeters of water. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info Ansu picked up the leaves and scooped up some water, and the water in the pit was half less at once. About 200 ml of water is simply not enough to meet the body's needs, she needs more, more, more fresh water. If the problem of fresh water is not solved, it will be impossible for Ansu to survive here for a long time, let alone build a raft and prepare for the sea, who knows how far it will be from the end of the mainland?
The speed at which the water filled the small puddle was too slow, Ansu drank it again, looked up and observed the sun, about three o'clock in the afternoon, and then looked at the deep woods, Ansu decided to scoop up the water again and go back, and come back tomorrow to explore. While waiting, Ansu circled around to see if anything new had been discovered. However, she found three plants with leaves that resembled taro leaves. Its leaves are heart-shaped, basin-sized, and the whole leaf is green, but the veins are red, radiating all over the leaf, and the red and green colors collide strangely. The dark purple oval rhizome is half buried in the ground and half exposed to the ground. Generally speaking, animals and plants with bright appearances are generally poisonous, although there are exceptions, such as milk snakes, although they have red markings on their bodies and have a bright appearance, they are not poisonous. However, the coral snake, which is similar to the milk snake, is a real venomous snake that can secrete strong neurotoxins, damage the human respiratory system, and cause death.
It is impossible for Ansu to give up research because she suspects that plants are poisonous, and if she gives up just because she has encountered plants and animals that she has never seen before, just because they may be poisonous, she will not be able to serve as the captain of the spaceship Explorer for more than 30 years, complete one alien exploration mission after another, and become the longest-serving female captain of the Federation. After genetic modification, the average life expectancy of future people is more than 200 years, and 63-year-old Ansu can only be regarded as a young man. The young female captain is full of adventure and exploration. If human beings want to open up the universe, the Explorer is the guide and pioneer, discovering the energy and mineral deposits on the unknown planet, and replenishing a steady stream of power for the sustainable development of the Federation.
Fear and fear will only restrain the pace of progress, and many births and deaths on various planets have created Ansu's strong mental qualities, calm, rational, decisive, and cautious. Yesterday was a mistake, I didn't expect the toxicity of that red grass to onset so slowly, but the consequences were so serious. Ansul will be more cautious with newly discovered plants and animals, but will never get hurt once and dare not try again. She is a cautious and adventurous person.
Ansu dug through the soil around the plant with a saber and found that its rhizomes were growing down like turnips, and only a small part of the ground was exposed. So Ansu cut one end of the stick into a chisel shape and dug it on one side of the rhizome, carefully lest it be broken. I dug down about 40 centimeters to see the end of the roots. After digging up the soil around the rhizome, Ansu grabbed the bottom of the leaf with her hands and easily pulled it out.
A large dark purple radish. Ansu took it in his hand and muttered. The rhizome resembles a white radish, but its skin is as rough as that of a pine tree. In the absence of professional tools to inspect in the wild, it is generally checked whether the unknown plant is edible, which can be smelled, coated, and licked. First of all, you can't eat it if the smell is not good, or if it smells like peaches or bitter apricots. Those with a peach flavor or a bitter apricot flavor may contain ******. Then you can cut off the part you want to eat, apply it to sensitive areas such as elbows and wrists, and wait for about 15 minutes, if you have itching, rash, swelling and pain, etc., you should not eat it. Finally, touch the corner of the mouth or lick it with the tip of the tongue, and after a period of time there is no adverse reaction, it is basically edible. If you are still not at ease, you can eat a little bit, wait for about 8 hours, and if there are no adverse reactions, then you can eat it. An Su was careless when she was pitted by the red grass, and this time she was much more cautious. After completing the trilogy, she was almost sure that the rhizomes of the plant were edible, so Ansu dug up the rhizomes of all three plants and wrapped them in their leaves. I picked up enough dead branches in the woods, tied them up with vines, and threw them on my shoulders to carry them back.
The night sky of the alien star is not like the earth, you can look up and see the brilliant starry sky, here you look up and see all kinds of celestial bodies that are clearly recognizable, entangled with all kinds of nebulae, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, like cotton wool and like streamers, magnificent. Every time Ansu looked up, he had the feeling of still being in the spaceship, and through the screen, he could glimpse the mystery and splendor of the universe. She had been quietly admiring it alone in the command room before, but at that time, in her eyes, the universe was the object of her ambition to conquer, and all kinds of beautiful planets and nebulae were more valuable to her than beautiful. Now that she is alone in a different planet, she suddenly discovers such a different beauty, and wants to talk to someone, but no one is around.
Ansu rubbed his eyebrows, there was a nano-level chip implanted there, which was able to record the memories of the implanter, and every military member of the Federation had to implant it. This kind of chip is the proof of their military identity, and the chip can be shattered to confirm death, if it is only a physical death, another body can be cloned, implanted in the previous chip, and the same person can be copied. The chip can be read by a special machine, so the chip has also become the target of enemy spies, but the chip can be destroyed by its own strong mental power, but after the chip is destroyed, even if it is healthy, it is still a vegetative person. This method avoids the leakage of intelligence, and it is up to everyone to decide if they have the courage to blow up the crystal after being captured.
This technology of implanting crystals, which is currently in the hands of the Federal Supreme Research Institute, is the top secret of the Federation. All members of the spaceship Explorer have implanted crystals, and even if they die, as long as the chips are recovered, they can still get the information they want. Ansu hopes to find them alive and kicking instead of cold chips.
There is a special energy induction between the chips, but whether or not it can capture that subtle energy vibration depends on the size of the spiritual power and the distance of the distance. After the liaison device broke, Ansu hoped to catch a trace of energy fluctuations, but I don't know if it was because of physical weakness, mental instability, or because of the different alien magnetic fields, Ansu failed several attempts.
Maybe it's just too far away, Ansu looked up at the night sky and comforted herself.