Chapter 490: Binding the Birth System to Become a Life Winner Chapter 491: Farming in the Interstellar World (3)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

The four dorm families were all doing well enough that eating at the cafeteria wouldn't bankrupt them.

Shen Yao ordered vinegar fish, the others each ordered well-reviewed food, and the four ate to their hearts' content before returning to the dorm to rest.

Even in the interstellar world, college students' daily lives couldn't avoid classes and studying.

It was just that the course content mixed in some high technology, such as history, which had originally been studied, becoming cosmic mysteries that needed to be understood, and mathematics and physics, which had originally been studied, becoming mastery of machinery and artificial intelligence.

Technological progress replaced some traditional theoretical knowledge to a certain extent.

Although Shen Yao had long been familiar with it in her memory, truly sitting in the classroom looking at the transparent screen ahead still gave her a novel feeling.

Going to class and leaving class, dormitory classes, Shen Yao spent a week steadily at school, then took a hover car again to the rented fields in the suburbs.

With experienced farming robots around, Shen Yao wasn't worried about the condition of the plants in the fields.

Only because her mental power couldn't connect and resonate with them every day, Shen Yao feared the effect after these plants grew wouldn't be good.

'You can rent another portable field to conduct a comparative experiment.'

The system had spent most of its energy recently exploring L-system planets, and had already determined that some planets had no spiritual energy.

This wasn't good news for Shen Yao; the more her mental power grew, the more resources she needed, and some couldn't be bought with money.

'You can try exploring more in the N62 Star System,' if it really didn't work, after graduating from university she could apply to become an Exploration Hunter, then she could more justifiably explore other star systems.

The universe was vast, star systems were everywhere, some hadn't been explored yet, maybe she could come across a place full of spiritual energy?

However, Exploration Hunters were hard to become; generally, those with animal mental forms had more advantage. For someone like Shen Yao with a rather useless mental form, the consequence of not being able to form a team was that she would most likely have to go as a lone wolf.

Leaving the suburbs, Shen Yao spent a lot of money to rent a portable field of less than a hundred square meters. Looking at it, it was palm-sized, with a transparent membrane inverted over the outside, and inside was a pitch-black clump of land.

Actually, when fully unfolded, it could easily cover the entire area of the dormitory.

Shen Yao planted chamomile seeds inside, then placed her mental form inside. Except for occasionally paying attention, she didn't manage it most of the time.

Anyway, the portable field was more intelligent, with miniaturized farming robots inside. As long as the mental form connection time was guaranteed, she could just wait quietly for the harvest.

"Shen Yao, how did you start farming?" Zou Xue pointed at the portable field placed by the bedside, her face full of wonder.

"Materialized mental power is plants. I plan to try the effect." There was nothing to hide; maybe they could cooperate when hawking goods in the future, so Shen Yao simply said whatever she had to say.

Hearing this, Zou Xue's expression was surprised, and even more was empathy for Shen Yao.

"I'm also a plant. I've been drinking nutrient solution lately," but not as fast as Shen Yao's progress.

Tang Wen and Yu Feifei weren't in the dorm, but during this vacation both of them had awakened mental power.

Without exception, they were all rather useless plants. The reason the big shots hadn't brought it up was that they felt it was embarrassing.

"Look on the bright side. On our planet, ninety percent of people who awaken mental power are plants," the remaining ten percent included animals and other relatively rare spirits.

However, Shen Yao had still not seen any mental forms other than plants up to now, showing how common the characteristic of L98 Planet was.

Zou Xue's emotions came fast and went fast, and she soon returned to normal.

Laughing and chatting with Shen Yao about the handsome people at school, talking about the courses the teachers had lectured on, and then mentioning the several exploration planets they might go to this semester.

"Speaking of which, I really want to go out with the Mecha Department. They have mecha, so they can protect us if there's a problem."

"And there are so many handsome people in the Mecha Department, like that person, that person..." Zou Xue got more and more excited as she spoke, wishing the midterms would arrive immediately so she could take a spaceship to the exploration planet right away.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao currently only wanted to farm and make money, temporarily not considering marriage and children (who let people in the interstellar era have long lifespans and be able to live for a long time), and she didn't comment on Zou Xue's lovesick behavior at all.

Even when Zou Xue pulled her to rank the top three handsome people in the Mecha Department, Shen Yao good-naturedly chose the ones she thought were most pleasing to the eye.

Zou Xue touched her chin. "Speaking of which, single-soldier mecha have explosive tempers, while a Commander better fits your requirements."

"Our school's Commander has only one squad, rarer than Mecha Masters," but they weren't easy to pursue.

Shen Yao shook her head helplessly. "They'll have to go to the battlefield in the future." Her wish was just to farm, save money, and have fun; she was unwilling to live in fear.

"The Federal Government is recently sweeping the Star Pirates and Zerg on a large scale. Once on the battlefield, you have to fight on the front lines." Although soldiers could earn higher salaries, dying suddenly was very dangerous.

Zou Xue couldn't accept just thinking about that kind of scene. She hurriedly shook her head to put aside her lovesick thoughts. "Being an ordinary citizen is quite good." She shouldn't daydream about those Mecha Department handsome people.

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Compared to Shen Yao, the time at school was relatively relaxed. Her busiest daily task was running to the suburbs, making two round trips every week. After about two months, the chamomile in the suburban fields bloomed, and Shen Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the school would soon have practical exploration time. At that time, Shen Yao's entire department would have to go to an abandoned planet closest to L98 Planet to complete a mission. Being away for a month, the chamomile blooming period would have passed, causing Shen Yao greater losses.

Simply taking samples to contact flower shops and pharmacies with good reputations for sales negotiations, on the premise that the price was not lower than her psychological expectation, Shen Yao sold all the field products in one breath, earning a small sum.

The idle land was not left unattended. Shen Yao directly planted the most common grain.

Just wait until they return from exploration to harvest a wave, then replant chamomile.

As for the chamomile in the portable field, it could be carried around to continue cultivating, because they had been nourished by mental power for a longer time, so the price would be higher.

"Shen Yao, are you packed? You can check it in. I need to go to the playground to take the spaceship."

Seeing Shen Yao still organizing crates, Zou Xue anxiously paced back and forth in the dorm.

Tang Wen puffed out a laugh. "Do you want to take the spaceship or see handsome people?"

"This time we're going out to explore with the Mechanics Department and the Mecha Department. I heard the other departments are envious."

Yu Feifei answered in a strange tone. "Our little Xue isn't diligent in class. This time she definitely wants to see handsome people."

"Aiya, forgot who said it. Mecha Department graduates going to the battlefield is too dangerous. Being ordinary is good."

"How long has it passed? Look at my terrible memory. How did I forget?"

Zou Xue cried out, covering her face with both hands, shy and not knowing what to say.

Yu Feifei and Tang Wen laughed very loudly. It was only after Shen Yao finished packing her things that she gestured for the three of them to hurry out with her. They weren't going to the playground to take the spaceship; if they were late, they wouldn't be able to get window seats.

"Shen Yao, you're still the best."

Zou Xue turned her head and glared at the other two roommates who loved to tease her, letting out a soft hmph, arrogant yet adorable.

These three roommates of hers — Shen Yao shook her head helplessly in her heart, her eyes holding an unmistakable pampering.

From the dormitory to the playground wasn't far; the four of them walked for about ten minutes and saw an oval spaceship, its gangway stairs lowered steadily at the hatch, students continuously entering it.

Their department's counselor stood to one side; seeing the four approach, she hurriedly waved them over.

"Hurry inside; the spaceship will start up soon, and it won't wait if you're late."

Then you'd not only lose a rare exploration opportunity, but the school would also count it as a failed course, affecting your individual final assessment.

The four quickly admitted their mistake, then stepped aboard the spaceship.

The interior space of the hull was larger than it looked from outside; because several departments were going out on exploration together, many people were seated inside.

Their department was rather useless; the whole department was arranged in a corner near the rear of the spaceship, and not far beyond was the area for lodging and rest.

Finding their seats and sitting down, Shen Yao had just wanted to catch her breath when Zou Xue lightly nudged her shoulder.

Hm?

"Look ahead, count five rows forward — those are all Mecha Department students," there were same-year and upper-year students alike, every one of them tall, handsome, and long-legged.

Zou Xue's eyes practically went straight; she was dying to go up and strike up a conversation to get contact info.

Too bad teachers from the school were all around the spaceship; Zou Xue cared about face and didn't dare be too brazen.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao confirmed these people weren't her type; she glanced once and paid them no more attention.

Zou Xue beside her, on the other hand, let out a constant stream of "aiyo, aiyo" sounds.

Shen Yao took out the snacks she had brought and stuffed them into Zou Xue's arms, "Eat a bit; the spaceship will travel for a while," they couldn't go out for fresh air, and even through the windows they couldn't see any scenery because the spaceship's speed was extremely fast; this stretch before reaching the exploration planet could be called their boredom time.

"Mm, Shen Yao, your snacks are from the supermarket? The taste is pretty good."

Zou Xue's gaze was diverted by the snacks in her arms; both cheeks stuffed full of food, she looked especially like a little squirrel stealing a snack.

Tang Wen and Yu Feifei started teasing Zou Xue again; the three horsed around, drawing looks from people in the seats ahead and behind, forcing them to be careful for the next leg of the journey.

During the day they sat in the spaceship's passenger cabin; at night they returned to their assigned rooms to rest.

They flew for six or seven days straight before the spaceship's speed slowly decreased.

A robot's mechanical voice came over the broadcast, informing them they were about to arrive at this exploration planet and to mind their safety when disembarking.

The crossbar above that had stayed closed suddenly popped open, ejecting two capsule boxes.

"Inside are protective suits; remember to put them on before getting off the spaceship. There are aggressive creatures on the exploration planet; everyone stay alert when moving about."

The counselor reminded them as she walked, her eyes fixed tightly on the surrounding crowd.

Shen Yao obediently took a capsule box, opened it, took out the folded protective suit inside, then unfolded it and put it on over her clothes.

The protective suit with the Federation's latest technology was light, thin, form-fitting, and didn't hinder one's own movements, yet it was an essential item for wilderness exploration.

Zou Xue touched the protective suit on her body, marveling that the school was really willing to spend big money; such a safe and comfortable protective suit wasn't cheap.

As they spoke, the spaceship smoothly entered the exploration planet and landed steadily in the middle of a valley.

The spaceship hatch was opened; the crowd seated in the seats disembarked in turn.

They thought outside would be some wild ridge, but actually the whole valley contained various buildings, and not far away there was even a specialty snack street.

Shen Yao: …… Hm?

"The school comes to this exploration planet every year, and other institutions too, so you understand."

Yu Feifei shrugged; as a family member of a government worker, she had always been in the know about these things.

Tang Wen patted Shen Yao's shoulder, pointing at the hotel not far away, "That was also built with school funding; they say the annual profit is very high."

A group of people lined up by major, led by the counselor into the lodging area for settlement.

As for the exploration mission they came out for this time, it would be announced tomorrow morning.

"We can't escape some gathering and hunting anyway; this planet has no humans, extremely abundant wild flora and fauna, and also the relatively dangerous red ants that excel at attacking people," Zou Xue didn't know where she'd wheedled this intelligence from; taking advantage of the time before team exploration began, she hurriedly told them everything she knew.

Shen Yao tapped her wristband, ordered some essential wilderness ointments, and by the way pulled out some chamomile from her portable field to divide among the three, "Can help sleep and relieve pain, good for the body."

Moreover, these chamomile had been linked and resonated with her spirit body day and night; their value was extremely high.

Zou Xue and the other two hurriedly thanked her, put the chamomile into their backpacks, planning to carry them when they went out tomorrow.

The ointments were delivered in just a moment; Shen Yao worried the three might not be prepared enough, and also reminded them not to forget to bring more wilderness tools; their exploration mission did not include returning halfway — they could only return after finishing.

"Last year's exploration mission was cancelled for someone because of cheating.

This year restrictions will be even more; our high-tech products can't be brought in."

Shen Yao pointed at the portable tools in her backpack; besides the tent, all the others might be temporarily confiscated by the counselor.

Because this isn't real wilderness, and they aren't Exploration Hunters.

Taking advantage of the sky not yet being dark, the four ran a trip to the supermarket downstairs to shop.

By the time the counselor announced team assignments the next morning and read out the relevant rules, Zou Xue slapped her chest in relief that their advance preparation had been right; otherwise they'd be at a total loss right now.

"Stop talking; the four of us aren't on the same team; see you in half a month."

Shen Yao waved her hand, joined Team 45 via her wristband, and ran hurriedly to the gathering point.

Two mecha individual soldiers, one Mecha Master, one Mechanic, plus one Field Operative (Shen Yao) — that was the team's entire roster.

Shen Yao introduced herself first, then took out the chamomile she had prepared in advance as a meeting gift.

Including the mecha individual soldiers with extremely strong combat power, everyone got along very normally; all received the meeting gift and smiled gratefully in thanks.

"Who's our team's captain?" Their team's luck wasn't great; they hadn't drawn a Commander, whose numbers were scarce.

"Let Lin Sheng handle it," mecha individual soldiers needed to protect everyone's safety, the Mecha Master had to ensure the mecha stayed undamaged, Shen Yao was a girl and also logistics; the captain position could only go to the Mechanics Department's Lin Sheng.