Interstellar Gardener Life

Chapter 123 Finding Treasures at the Bottom of the Lake, Distress in the Sky

Jiang Ling laughed, and couldn't help looking at the thing curiously.It looked like a piece of ice, a colorless and transparent crystal, a little cloudy, and a little dirty because it was stained with lake bottom mud.It has just passed through the manipulator and changed the ballast chamber, and it is still wet on top.However, it has been packed into a small thermobaric box.No way, it is not stable under normal temperature and pressure.

"This is combustible ice, a clathrate hydrate formed by methane and water. It is a clean energy source, and its combustion hardly produces harmful pollutants. One cubic meter of combustible ice contains about two hundred cubic meters of methane gas .

"Among the energy stars mentioned by foreign civilizations, there is a kind of mining of such things. Several planets in the outer reaches of our solar system also have a lot of reserves. In addition to Lake Baikal, there are many other places on the earth, such as the Arctic Circle. Of course , as well as China’s Qinghai Lake and the South China Sea.”

The submarine staff introduced a few words skillfully.This thing is not a rare item, and it is not the first time that tourists have poached it, and there are more than one small thermobars prepared on the submarine.

In fact, a piece of combustible ice that is hundreds to thousands of cubic centimeters is less than one cubic meter in gaseous state.Based on the retail price of piped natural gas on the market, it is calculated based on the price of kitchen gas for ordinary people, but it is only one or two yuan... It is really the cheapest souvenir!At least it's far cheaper than the thermobar it was installed in.

Peter would be excited only because most people don't have the opportunity to dig a piece with their own hands, then take it back and burn it.

Jiang Ling was also listening, and then Zhou Xinguang picked a small stone he liked and grabbed a piece: "Look, maybe it's a fossil!" Zhao Yonggang rolled his eyes, and Yu Jing disagreed: "How is it possible? , you can tell at a glance, the most common stone!"

Zhou Xinguang didn't care and said: "It's good to take it back and put it in the fish tank. It's very beautiful. It was fished from the bottom of Lake Baikal!" Then he called Jiang Ling: "Jiang Ling, you haven't caught it yet? Come on, they all Got it."

Jiang Ling responded with a smile, and went over.The submarine stopped at the bottom of the lake more than 800 meters at this time, because there is combustible ice here, but below 1000 meters, because of the geothermal heat, the water temperature is high, and combustible ice cannot form.

Of course, the submarine still has to continue diving, at least at 500 meters.But that was after lunch.

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"Which one do you choose?"

Jiang Ling originally wanted to pick up a small object, but there happened to be a large clump of long aquatic plants not far from the viewing window of the manipulator console.Jiang Ling habitually stretched out his mental power to communicate with them.The water plants were immediately excited, but when Jiang Ling probed, he found that there was an extremely dense "white mist" behind the grass, which was the same as high-grade natural stone-Jiang Ling didn't know what it was, but at least it was not a living thing. of.Because it didn't respond to Jiang Ling.

So Jiang Ling said: "There doesn't seem to be anything special here, can you take a look forward?"

She is not the first to make such a request.The staff readily agreed, and the submarine slid forward for a while and stopped again.

Then Jiang Ling saw that thing.It was a small piece of unknown material, the size of a baby's palm, swallowed by a long-dead fish, and it was not obvious or inconspicuous from the submarine.

The big fish has only fish bones left.The strange thing is that the fish bones are also covered with "white mist", similar to mid-range natural stones, covered with tiny algae and aquatic plants.

Zhou Xinguang's eyes lit up: "Is it a fossil?"

He was referring to fish bones.Jiang Ling didn't point it out: "No way? The shape looks like a fish bone, the same as the sturgeon you caught." The sturgeon caught by Zhou Xinguang has been peeled by eating meat—yes, peeled.Because sturgeon skin is comparable to crocodile skin, it is a high-grade raw material for leather production.

While they were talking, the manipulator operator had already skillfully grabbed the fish bones.The fish bones scattered a lot as soon as it was caught, only a skull and a part of the body were caught.The operator caught the fish bone back and continued to work.

Seeing that the wooden block didn't fall out, Jiang Ling felt relieved.But Zhou Xinguang exclaimed: "You are really a big guy!" The sturgeon was a big man in his lifetime, similar to the bear that Alexander and his team hunted, at least five hundred kilograms, maybe more than one thousand kilograms.

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Jiang Ling originally wanted to take the fish bones back in a low-key manner, but her plan did not come true.Because when things enter the interior of the ship through steps such as changing the ballast, they have also passed the carbon test and natural stone test-this submarine is owned by Petukhov's family, and it does not have guests every day.When there are no guests, the submarine is used to search for natural stones on the bottom of the lake.

The results showed that the fish bone was indeed that of a sturgeon, and it was a medium-quality natural stone with a history of hundreds of years.Sturgeon has been around since ancient times and is a fish known as a "living fossil".So the bones of a large medieval sturgeon are far from being fossils and of little historical significance.

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The operator was very excited, staring at the seabed on the screen, and was still searching for the remaining bones, refusing to let go of a single piece.And the bones of the whole fish have been sent in for everyone to watch.The lecturer took out a small natural stone detector for accurate detection.

"It's really greedy, there are a lot of things in its stomach, and it even bit one in its mouth!"

"Come on, let's get the stuff out."

"Look at the big ones first, and the big ones first!"

"The bones are medium quality."

"...such a large pile of mid-range natural stones! What a nice souvenir!"

“The most valuable souvenir today!”

"This is the bone of a salmon. Looking at the image and comparing the bone types, it looks exactly the same! And this one looks like a whitefish! Yes, it's a whitefish!"

"What kind of shell is this? A seashell? It doesn't look like..."

"Then what is this?"

"It's a lobster shell. It's broken. It may have been half digested. I don't know. The scan showed it was woody. I didn't enter the tree species information here, but there are algae. In the Lake Baikal information package, it is only near the lake. Several kinds of trees in the forest."

"Looks like tree bark. Wow, high quality!"

"Hundreds of years ago it was such a good time, even a single tree was so rich!"

Alexander cheerfully congratulated: "Good luck, Jiang Ling!"

Jiang Ling smiled: "Well, yes." Then he said anxiously: "What should I do with it now? It can't be put in the living room at home."

Seeing Alexander talking to Jiang Ling, Feng Yong walked towards Jiang Ling unintentionally; at this moment, he said, "Sell it! It can be exchanged for a lot of foreign exchange."

Jiang Ling glanced at him and said lightly, "I know." Undoubtedly, Feng Gang was very happy.And this made Jiang Ling feel extremely uncomfortable!It's not that Jiang Ling is narrow-minded, but because the last time the news of the twin lotus with nine buds came out, so many copies of her planting records were copied in the blink of an eye!At the same time, she paid a huge amount of personal tax for the money she received.But when she was unemployed before, she only had special compensation and no unemployment benefits.

Looking at the three things separately, they were nothing; when combined, Jiang Ling immediately wondered who the money was spent on... the person who robbed her of her planting records?At least most of them... Besides, the Feng family and Zhou family, as well as the Gong family, Tao family, Wang family and Yu family, who robbed her, all have a share, right? !
And this time with such a large pile of natural stones, who knows what tricks they will come up with!
So Jiang Ling said to Alexander: "Actually, I just want a nice decoration. But now, it is too expensive, it belongs to Lake Baikal; besides, it would be better to sell the bones of the whole fish together. Therefore, I brought Just take these two little things." She pointed to the small wooden piece and the broken lobster shell: "It just happened to be brought back as a gift. As for the fish bone, it belongs to whoever it is found in."

Alexander was surprised: "Why? You should be happy, this is a lot of money!"

Jiang Ling shrugged: "How much money can I use? What I have is enough." As for Dongming, the key is not money, but Lu Lin.Lu Lin is willing, one Qiya coin is enough.Lu Lin is unwilling, the whole Qi Ya is not enough.Jiang Ling turned to glance at Feng Yong and the others present: "I don't want to be 'stolen' again openly. That kind of feeling is really bad, once is enough."

She spoke lightly, and Alexander, Feng Yong and others who stood close heard her, but Peter and the others over there didn't hear them, and they were still discussing happily.

Feng Yong sullenly turned his head away stiffly.Alexander also didn't speak for a moment, and then he looked directly at Jiang Ling and said, "I admit that Petukhov's family is also among them. But, Jiang Ling, you must understand: how powerful a person has is to protect how precious something is. To you, to Petukhov, to anyone else. A natural stone of such a peculiar shape is rare, so let us keep it for you? Wait until you come to take it away someday."

Jiang Ling was a little surprised, because her thoughts were all focused on Feng Yong, and she forgot about Alexander; after hearing this, Jiang Ling looked back at Alexander, and then she found that Alexander was very sincere, frank and sincere, even though he was talking about a cruel the rule of.So Jiang Ling nodded solemnly: "You won't wait too long."

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Jiang Ling and the others had a great time, and the only problem was Lao Wang.After he arrived at Lake Baikal, he would go winter swimming with a group of people every afternoon when the sun was at its best.As a result, I swam and swam until the day of NO.14. The ear injury recurred when I was young, and my left ear was almost deaf. I had to go to the hospital to repair the eardrum.Fortunately, it was only a minor operation, and five days of observation in the hospital after the operation would be enough.Much smaller than appendicitis, not a few drops of blood.

If you want to have a panoramic view of the entire Lake Baikal region, one week is not enough-at least one year of living and watching the cycle of seasons.It's a pity that on October 16th, Jiang Ling and his group boarded the Feng family's private plane.

Feng Yong was leaving, but Alexander had no interest in keeping him.But for Jiang Ling, Zhou Xinguang, Tao Yang, and Xu Bohou, Alexander was very enthusiastic.But Zhao Yonggang told Jiang Ling that she had better go back early because there were other arrangements.

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Jiang Ling got a big head: "What's the matter?"

Zhao Yonggang is not very clear: "Anyway, it's not a bad thing."

Jiang Ling narrowed her eyes slightly: "I want to go home, not to work somewhere."

Zhao Yonggang nodded: "It's back to Jinghai."

--and then?

But Jiang Ling was too lazy to ask.She currently has to do gymnastics, Qi Ya language, school application, and preparations for customs declaration of plant varieties, so she is too busy to care about other things.So... soldiers come to block, water comes to cover!

Among them, the declaration plants were brought to Mitai Star.It was a young planet, and the original ecosystem was fragile and harsh, not suitable for human activities, so it was artificially modified, and it is still seeking to introduce a large number of species.

Of course, not all species can be introduced and must be identified.The organisms that are evaluated as suitable will enter the observation period, and if the situation is good, they will be promoted.Those who can enter the observation period can be exempted from the appraisal fee; those who get the promotion will also be rewarded with a large sum of rewards-rewarding the contribution of the introducer to the diversification of the biosphere of Mitai Star.

The cost of identifying a creature is not small.Because it is necessary to simulate its impact on the entire Mitai star ecosystem, including climate, geography, species, food chain, etc., the computing equipment is not cheap to use once.It's also because of the need to prevent someone from applying maliciously - a lot of things were brought in randomly, and they were thrown directly to the laboratory to try their luck!
Anyway, the extra money can be used to reward the insightful people who have introduced the species that can be promoted!

Therefore, in order to save costs, Jiang Ling has begun to use manual analysis to select plant varieties.

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Knowing that they were going back together, Alexander regretfully gave them some "special souvenirs".Men are all vodka, Yu Jing is a bearskin hat, and Jiang Ling's gift is a gun.A light "Diana" pistol, exactly the model that Jiang Ling practiced at the shooting range.

So when Jiang Ling opened the box, she was very surprised: "... the gun?!"

Alexander nodded: "For self-defense. This is also my specialty here!"

Jiang Ling understood, and went mad again: "I think it's very good, Alexander. But you can't own private guns in China. That is to say... I put this gift in my own home, and that's a crime!"

Alexander smiled and looked at Zhao Yonggang; Zhao Yonggang said softly: "You can apply for a gun license, and it will be approved."

Suddenly, Jiang Ling said softly: "You mean they all have this?" Without waiting for Zhao Yonggang to answer, Jiang Ling thanked Alexander: "Thank you for the gift, it is really good."

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The private plane is very comfortable.Jiang Ling chewed xylitol chewing gum, watched the earth gradually move away, and watched the clouds flow under the plane.Then Jiang Ling spit out the gum and closed his eyes to sleep.In this way, after getting off the plane, she can have the energy to do what she should be busy with.

However, Jiang Ling couldn't sleep to the end...

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Jiang Ling was woken up by Zhao Yonggang's shaking. Before she opened her eyes, she was surprised to find that many people were talking in the cabin, all in low voices and in a hurry. They were all entourages telling the people under protection.

Zhao Yonggang directly wrapped a parachute in front of Jiang Ling: "Put it on!"

Jiang Ling followed suit without further ado, and concentrated on listening to Zhao Yonggang finish the skydiving precautions, and then asked: "What happened?"

Zhao Yonggang's voice was very deep: "I have to make a forced landing!" He gave Jiang Ling a compass and helped Jiang Ling put on the holster while talking.

Before he could finish his words, the plane slid behind two sharp whistles, followed by a violent shock!

(End of this chapter)