Interstellar Gardener Life

Chapter 413 Questionnaire —————————————————

The next morning.

The newborn sun is bright and warm, melting the thin frost in the night little by little, and awakening the leaf buds on the branches.

It's a fine day.

The rhino group stopped on a sunny and leeward hillside, looking for a place to rest.

They are full and going to sleep.

Jiang Ling confirmed that there was no danger around her, jumped off the female rhinoceros, and relaxed her movements.After bouncing on the back of the great horned rhino for a whole day, Jiang Ling felt that he was falling together even if his feet landed on the ground.

Then Jiang Ling looked southwest.

Dongming is over there and is coming.If there is no accident, you can meet at noon or afternoon, or evening at the latest.

They would have seen each other last night if Dongming hadn't had to avoid the net-weaving vines.

In any case, this is good news, good news worth looking forward to.So Jiang Ling smiled slightly.

But at the next moment, Jiang Ling's expression froze!
……

Two lightning leopards sneaked silently in the woods.

They are mother and child.

Father died last year, at the hands of a human.At that time, the male leopard was still inside the female leopard's belly.Since then, the female leopard has hated humans—for most of the beasts in the "playground", humans are creatures they have never seen before.So their perception of humans depends on the first few contacts.

And what happens in these encounters is often quite different.The result is that some natives are happy to live in peace with humans, while others regard humans as natural enemies.

As a widowed female leopard, there is no doubt that she will pass this knowledge on to her offspring.

Now, the mother leopard is following a lonely human with her son.

They are looking for an opportunity to sneak up on this person.

……

Dongming is very careful.

The jungle is not only dangerous, but also very confusing: it looks peaceful on the surface, but there are countless people fighting beneath it.Every moment, everywhere.

In other words, its deceptive nature is its greatest danger.

Dongming has not found any enemies yet, and Dongming has not stopped, but Dongming has secretly raised his vigilance.

Because the sound of the birds in the surrounding area has disappeared.Set off by the hustle and bustle in the distance, it is extraordinarily quiet and tense-this is not normal.

There must be something going on that he didn't see.

So Dongming was on his way as usual, and then he suddenly stopped, turned around, and drew his dagger out of its sheath!

The grass flickered!
The young male leopard pounced on Dongming.

……

The mother leopard shook her head in confusion, but didn't follow her - there was a voice that suddenly came out from the bottom of her heart, as if she wanted to discuss something with her.

But the young male leopard was startled by Dongming's sudden movement and made a noise, so it had to attack in advance!
It was cheated out by Dongming.

But what's the use of this?

The strength gap between the two sides is too great!
Dongming's reaction could not be described as unpleasant, he rolled to avoid the attack of the male leopard.It's a pity that he has no advantage in one-on-one!

But young male leopards have no advantage either.

But what's worse is that the mother leopard also joined the battle group-compared with the safety and victory of her son, that inexplicable voice is not important at all!
So, in just four or five seconds, Dongming disappeared suddenly!

Then a small group of furry things fell down and landed on the nose of the young male leopard.

It's Xiao Shuoyun.

It opened its eyelids with a "pop", and was surprised to find that it was no longer in a familiar place—as a small and exquisite bird, its normal body temperature is higher than that of humans.Therefore, it is very comfortable to stay on Dongming's body: it is cool in summer and warm in winter.

So little Suoyun likes to use daddy Dongming as its lair: behind the collar, or in the breast pocket, both are fine.

But now, its beloved nest is gone!

Disappeared!
The young Lightning Leopard shrank back vigilantly, its two blue eyes fought together, looking at the little thing that landed on the tip of its nose.

Then it felt a pain in the tip of its nose!
It immediately raised its paws to grab it, but it was in vain—Xiao Shuoyun pecked the male leopard hard, and then realized that he couldn't deal with this huge monster. He immediately kicked the leopard's nose, and suddenly flew into the blue sky. After a few ups and downs, Go away suddenly.

The young Lightning Leopard jumped up and chased it enough, but couldn't reach it.Angry and curious, it fell back to the ground and shook its head, looked up at Shuoyun, and watched Shuoyun turn into a small black spot in the sky cut by branches, and then disappeared after a while.

It was not until its mother snorted and urged it that the young male leopard turned around and followed.

One of them is the spirit condensed in the sky, and the other is the ranger loved by the earth, so they are destined to meet and not be together.

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Jiang Ling gritted her teeth!

Human calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations!

She can take revenge on that Lightning Leopard mother and son.But Jiang Ling thought about it for a moment, and gave up——Dongming was fine, and there was no need to pay for it with his life.

This made Jiang Ling extremely depressed.After a while, it slowed down a little.

The bright sun is warm and refreshing.Jiang Ling basked in the sun, sighed, turned on the recorder, and studied the map data.

She wanted to go back early to see Dongming, her parents, grandma, and Jiang Le.

Want it so so much.

But before that, Jiang Ling had her private plan to complete.

In order to ensure that things like Jiang Le's robbery would never happen again, Jiang Ling chose to follow reason.

……

It's all gone!
The lightning leopard that rushed over, the ground under its feet, the vegetation around and above its head all disappeared at once!
Dongming found himself in a soft white light, with a starry sky above his head, a starry sky around him, and a starry sky under his feet.

This situation is similar to logging in, but the displayed content is different.Dongming immediately counted his heartbeats silently.When he counted to six, he felt himself falling down, and the soft light disappeared in the next second. Dongming was surprised—it was the cabin and location where he and Jiang Ling were before setting off!

Exactly.

And there is one more thing at his feet - a backpack.The backpack he left in the cabin.

Dongming picked up the backpack casually, but felt that the weight was wrong: his backpack was not lost when he landed, but all the supplies inside were taken out, and the bag was empty.

So Dongming cautiously opened the backpack, then he was taken aback, then continued to laugh.

Inside is Jiang Ling's collection.One part is a regular box, which contains various things, such as muscle grass collected in Monkey Valley, soil and water samples.All marked above.

There are also some, which are small things.Including eight small wood carvings, which the two of them made in their free time; a bag of very beautiful small pebbles, picked up by Jiang Ling; a tree root shaped like a sleeping bear, picked up by Jiang Ling; a small bunch of flame chicken The feathers were picked up by Jiang Ling; a box of various beautiful fallen leaves was picked up by Jiang Ling...

Jiang Ling wanted to use them as bookmarks.She still prefers physical books on paper.

Dongming's smile widened, he turned the things out, looked at them in front of him, shook his head, got up and washed them.

Afterwards, he still needs to be disinfected and tested—after doing these, he can walk out of this cabin.

He remembered.When Jiang Ling went to Crescent Lake for training, she would sometimes put on a backpack and put a few compressed boxes in it to hold things.

The first time I brought him a box of sashimi with a plate of various wild fruits.Later, there are water chestnuts, lotus seeds and fresh lotus roots...

Therefore, both backpacks were occupied by Jiang Ling: one was used to take out, a must-have for porters; the other was kept at home, as a storage bag.

It's just that they don't know that when the "playground" kicks people out, it also has the function of attaching luggage - that's right!Otherwise, after so many years, traces and things left by human activities can be found everywhere in the playground.

This should be mentioned in the entry guide.However, this time everyone's entry time was earlier than the expected time, and some work was too late to start.

Of course the guide has a backup in the recorder, but the two of them are training, not looking for treasure, so why would they think about that.

……

When Jiang Ling started working, Dongming walked out of the cabin with a completely new look.

Backpacks are sterilized and their contents are inspected through established procedures.

Among the inanimate objects, Dongming can get them in a blink of an eye.But like that box of live muscle grass, it will not be opened here - opening will cause damage and is a shameful waste.

First, it would be handed over to the ship's equipment for storage, because large equipment works better than those small boxes; then, after a decision was made on where to go, it would be sent directly there.

Generally speaking, when it is turned on again, it will be in a specific environment that simulates the physical conditions of a playground, surrounded by a bunch of instruments and personnel.

So Dongming gave an order to send those bits and pieces to his and Jiang Ling's cabin, and nothing else happened.

But when Dongming walked out of the passage, he was surprised to find that the original hall had changed completely: it was divided into many small areas, decorated with potted plants, and looked very similar to a high-end restaurant, if the researchers in it were ignored. .

A young researcher greeted them—they were assigned to work here in Balder, so they were uniformly dressed; and their uniforms were different from those of the entourage, so they could be recognized at a glance.

Dongming was a little puzzled.

The researcher smiled and motioned Dongming to go to the leisure area next to him.

She smiled so enthusiastically, almost obsequiously, that Dongming couldn't help but be secretly alert.

Then Dongming saw clearly what greeted him: a pair of comfortable seats, a low table and the assistant machine next to it... these are not the point!

——The point is the large questionnaire displayed on the desktop.

Donnie was sitting at another table not far away.Opposite her is a gentle middle-aged man.Two people are talking, the atmosphere is relaxed, but the content is formal.Because that middle-aged man would take some notes from time to time.

Tang Ni was standing there, and when she heard the footsteps, she knew it was Dongming. She signaled to stop for a while, and turned to look at Dongming.

Seeing Tang Ni turn her head to look at the person, the middle-aged man also temporarily stopped what he was doing, and then looked at Dongming - it is obvious that a man and a woman work together, and work is not tiring.This ancient principle has tenacious vitality and is applicable everywhere: from the distribution of commercial leaflets that Jiang Ling is familiar with, all the way here, to the strategic projects of Valhalias.

Tang Ni smiled sweetly at Dongming as a greeting, and while refilling herself a cup of her beloved bitter tea, she said to Dongming, "Take your time. I'm still here."

Dongming nodded knowingly - Tang Ni was sent out of the "playground" shortly after they split up yesterday.This can be known from the recorder.So this work is really long, meticulous and time-consuming, so that Tang Ni needs to come over today to continue.

So Dongming sat down and took the time to chat with Tang Ni: "How about that swarm of hornets?" Also from the camp, also familiar with the terrain and environment, Dongming knew very well which directions Tang Ni would choose.If the subsidiary task of taking Zhou Xinguang to Crescent Lake is included, then there is only one direction left.

Tang Ni shook her head: "Forget it, I didn't even have time to get there! Where's your man-eating vine?"

"Very good. It's a pity that I met a Lightning Leopard on the way back." Dongming chose pearl milk tea from the assistant, strawberry flavor-it's hard to say that Dongming likes this, he just looks familiar.Because these earth-style menus were put in by Jiang Ling.

The middle-aged man was puzzled: "Man-eating vine?"

"Oh, weaving vine." Tang Ni shrugged, "Who gave it the name!"

Both researchers laughed.The young woman smiled and said: "In the wild, the name 'net-weaving vine' is not very good. But in the field of materials science, its greatest role is precisely to weave nets."

"Really?"

"Yes. All kinds of protective nets, and fishing nets."

Tang Ni nodded, the four of them ended their chat, and Dongming signaled the staff to start.

(End of this chapter)