Chapter 498: Bound to the Childbearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 499: Interstellar World Farming (11)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

The girl's name was Su Su; she had happened to encounter a mutant beast escaping on the day she came over, recuperated at the hospital and hotel for a while, and only then hurriedly came to her family's farm to buy it.

The Su family were not from Heng Suo; they came to live here because Su Su's awakened spiritual body had something to do with farming.

"Is this rice?"

Looking at the palm-sized rice spiritual body that seemed somewhat malnourished, Shen Yao glanced at Su Su's youthful face and suddenly understood why she had run into her at the shopping mall office building in the city center.

Su Su smiled shyly, "The spiritual bodies awakened by my family are all crops, and since I awakened too, I thought of coming to Heng Suo to develop."

Unlike Shen Yao's chamomile, the spiritual bodies awakened by Su Su's family were either staple foods or vegetables, and even included raw materials for seasonings—they were simply heaven-chosen farming people.

Su Su's parents had previously only dabbled a little, but later, as more and more types of spiritual bodies were awakened by family members and the fields they bought grew larger, they finally saved up some money and simply came to Heng Suo to buy a farm.

After all, Shen Yao's situation here was somewhat mismatched professionally, while the Su family had no such concerns; even before the Su family had finished farming and cultivating, stores specializing in purchasing had come to discuss cooperation, showing that being a heaven-chosen farming person was not exactly a thankless task.

The two did not say much when they met; Su Su also came with a meaning of thanks. Back then in the storage room of the mall office building, she had owed much to Shen Yao's help.

"Where would that be; we are neighbors in the future, come visit often when you have time," helping each other without harming personal interests, and even able to conduct some crop transactions.

Because the crops they sold were different, there was no such thing as one hindering the other.

Quite the contrary, they could also introduce good business to each other.

Distant relatives are not as good as near neighbors; in the Interstellar World, behind technological development, the boundaries between people became increasingly distinct.

Shen Yao's nature was somewhat go-with-the-flow; she could exchange a few words with anyone.

As long as the Su family were not the ambitious, restless type, she believed their two families would become good neighbors.

Su Su hummed and nodded, and seeing that it was not early, she smiled and waved her hand to leave.

Shen Yao also returned to her residence to rest; with nothing to do, she did not need to busy herself in the fields.

'Better to cultivate my Shenfu.'

Although the manifested spiritual body was somewhat weak, Shen Yao could not ignore it.

She unscrewed the culture fluid and poured it into her mouth; beneath her, spirit stones spread out in a circle of dazzling radiance.

Shen Yao closed her eyes, focused her mind and calmed her breath, constantly refining her heart and spirit.

Cultivating in this way, by the time she opened her eyes again it was late night; the spiritual body on her shoulder shook its leaves and flowers, and a unique fragrance lingered around her nose.

Chamomile now had a bit of intelligence, but not much.

'Hungry, hungry, hungry...'

Constantly fluttering its two small leaves, the spiritual body came close to Shen Yao to act coquettishly.

Shen Yao curled her finger and flicked it, directly making the chamomile do a little somersault, 'Just ate full and now clamoring for hunger; beware of indigestion.'

When the time came, it would still be the one crying pitifully; it had done this kind of thing not a few times before.

'Go digest in the Portable Field; no noise allowed,' Shen Yao treated the spiritual body like a child, opened the Portable Field and put it inside, then herself stood up and walked to the kitchen to prepare food.

She simply made some dried noodles, paired with eggs and vegetables; Shen Yao filled her belly, returned to the bed, and planned to brush her Wristband before resting and sleeping.

But just as she was brushing her Wristband, Shen Yao received a message from Xu Zi Qing.

"Want to come to L105 Planet?"

Huh?

Go to L105 Planet?

Go to L105 Planet to do what? Surely not to go find the planet's World Core.

Shen Yao complained in her heart, but on the surface she still tossed this question to Xu Zi Qing opposite her Wristband.

As for the possibility that Xu Zi Qing deliberately wanted to pit her, it was not within Shen Yao's consideration. Wealthy Big Shots would not do such a thing; her little ability had no effect or influence on Xu Zi Qing whatsoever.

Xu Zi Qing did not explain, but simply sent back a few pretty good photos; there were no human figures on them, only all kinds of plants.

Shen Yao:...

"There's something special here, especially the plants," previously Xu Zi Qing had mailed Shen Yao various seeds, including some more special varieties.

Now L105 Planet also had discoveries; considering Shen Yao's L98 Planet was close to here, Xu Zi Qing had the invitation just now.

Shen Yao did not refuse outright, but mentioned that her identity was merely a Common Citizen, and she could not temporarily enter Exploration Planets.

"Rest assured, you can leave the arrangement to me," Xu Zi Qing's short two sentences directly put Shen Yao on a spaceship heading to L105 Planet.

System:...

The System jumped up and down in Shen Yao's brain; not because it was angry that the Host would go to L105 Planet, which had just been attacked by the Zerg, because of Xu Zi Qing's few words, but because it was angry that it actually could not sense the location of L105 Planet's World Core.

'Perhaps it's too far away?' They had just set off; the spaceship would take three days and four nights.

Right now not even half the journey had been reached; the System not sensing it was too normal.

The Universe was vast and boundless; the spaceship shuttling through the Universe was like a single leaf boat.

'No, the World Cores of L System Planets are all easy to find;' the System had known the location of L98 Planet's World Core the day it just came over; there was no reason it couldn't find L105 Planet's World Core.

The System had privately summarized the reason before, ultimately attributing it to L System Planets being in remote locations, with the Federal Government putting in relatively little effort there.

Because for planets where the Federal Government put in more effort, the System did not dare to stick its head out (with righteous confidence).

'It's possible it was taken by someone else,' after all, quite a few Exploration Hunters had gone in; Xu Zi Qing had already stayed there for a while before inviting Shen Yao over.

'Most likely impossible,' the System could not accept someone being more capable than it, and hugged its body while sulking in isolation.

With the chirping noisy disturbance gone from her ears, Shen Yao could finally rest for a while.

Putting on an eye mask to block the light, Shen Yao leaned against the seat, tilted her head, and fell into a deep sleep.

Until the broadcast above her head sounded, she raised her hand to rub her somewhat sore and swollen neck, stood up, and went to the nearby Hall to move around.

"I wonder if we head over now, can we snag a bargain?"

"Stop overthinking it. Not losing out is winning. Besides, the Realm Core is still there, so the few of us..."

"No Zerg at all? Just afraid there might be some slip through the net. When the time comes..."

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The hall was even noisier and more chaotic than the seating area, and everyone who came was a mercenary by trade.

After all, to explore a planet, you're either a licensed Exploration Hunter or an unlicensed mercenary who can navigate both the legal and illegal worlds.

"Mercenary" isn't a profession, but a collective term for those who walk the line between the legal and illegal worlds.

In other words, Shen Yao could go to Planet L105 only because Xu Purple Qi gave her the identity of a mercenary.

Finding a window with a view outside, Shen Yao stood there, admiring the scenery while listening to the conversations in the hall.

The main topics of discussion were none other than Planet L105's specialties and the Realm Core.

Specialties referred to flora and fauna and such. The Realm Core involved many issues, but little could be said; most of it was fake news.

After staying for about half an hour, Shen Yao felt it was enough and returned to her seat.

For three days and four nights, Shen Yao spent most of her time staying put in her seat, and a small portion wandering around. When the ship finally docked at the temporary landing site on Planet L105, Shen Yao finally met up with Xu Purple Qi.

Having not seen each other for a while, Xu Purple Qi looked even sharper than before.

Shen Yao wore a protective suit and carried a spatial backpack, fully equipped.

"Let's go to the residence and rest first. In a couple of days, when the situation outside stabilizes, I'll accompany you to gather those plants."

Xu Purple Qi and Shen Yao walked out, and only after boarding the aircraft did he explain the reason.

It was actually unrest.

Citing natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons, Xu Purple Qi gave the reason as the discovery of the Realm Core.

"Once the Realm Core is taken, this planet will completely lose its value. How much longer can we stay here?" Shen Yao had worked hard to get here; she couldn't leave empty-handed.

"The Realm Core is hard to take," Xu Purple Qi hadn't been here for a short time and knew some secrets. "This planet's situation is different from the previous ones; there appear to be two Realm Cores."

Two?

Shen Yao was surprised. "If there are two, taking just one isn't of much use."

The Realm Core possesses uniqueness and singularity. Two Realm Cores appearing on one planet simultaneously made Shen Yao feel inexplicably strange.

"The Federal Government plans to compress the Exploration Hunters' time to extend the planet's open period as much as possible, allowing more people to enter and search."

Because ordinary citizens who obtain a Realm Core choose to sell it to the Federal Government, and the more ordinary citizens there are, the higher the probability of the Realm Core being found.

This benefits the Federal Government more than it harms them; ordinary interstellar citizens are far more reliable than Exploration Hunters and mercenaries.

"You plan to stay longer?" That's why you sent for me.

In reality, whether Shen Yao came or not didn't affect Xu Purple Qi's plans.

It was just that the two had maintained a so-so relationship over the years but kept in occasional contact. Xu Purple Qi felt the plants on this planet would greatly benefit Shen Yao, so he tried inviting her.

He didn't expect Shen Yao to agree immediately and take a ship straight over.

Upon receiving Shen Yao, a strange emotion suddenly surfaced in Xu Purple Qi's heart.

The emotion came fast and left just as fast.

Xu Purple Qi quickly composed himself and continued, "That's right, but the only one choosing to stay longer here is me."

Huh?

Why?

Shen Yao was baffled. She thought: A Commander may be strong, but they're also a squishy target. Without a mecha for solo protection, what if they run into danger halfway?

"We'll avoid those marked dangerous areas for now. Plus, the military is coming."

Most dangers can't find them; the military has plenty of capable people.

Shen Yao let out an "Oh" at that, her gaze calm as she looked out the aircraft.

Lush and verdant, the forest dense.

Even though this is a planet dominated by water resources, the remaining landmass is still plenty large.

The two rode the aircraft all the way forward until they saw a tent placed in the center of a tree trunk.

"Right now, it's just me here. This is the electronic key to your room. You can set the password and door/window positions yourself," Xu Purple Qi handed the items to Shen Yao and jumped off the aircraft first, walking into the tent interior.

Shen Yao:...

Seeing Xu Purple Qi leave so decisively, Shen Yao didn't think much of it.

She followed closely behind, entering the tent. The first thing to appear was a silver-white electronic door.

Following the prompts to set the password and rearrange the door and window positions, Shen Yao then pushed the door open and walked in, entering a space completely different from what was seen outside.

It was technology similar to Capsule Space. Although both she and Xu Purple Qi lived in the tent, if they wanted to meet, they had to contact each other via their wristbands.

Because the outside tent was just a cover; the space inside was the real deal.

"So rich. Such mature space technology definitely doesn't come cheap."

The System sighed at Xu Purple Qi's extravagance. As expected, no matter where you go, money makes life good.

"That's why we need to make money, get rich," Shen Yao brainwashed the System, telling it to stop obsessing over gossip and do some real work; maybe her grand plan of buying a planet to farm could start early.

System:...

The System was convinced by its Host. Why insist on farming? It was going to go find the Realm Core.

One person and one system chatted two lines and dropped the topic. One ran off clamoring to find the Realm Core; the other lay in bed planning to rest and recuperate.

Shen Yao hadn't forgotten the purpose of this trip: the plants growing on the planet.

Before the Realm Core was taken, collecting more plant seeds would only benefit her farm.

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"We'll operate in this forest today. The photos I sent you earlier are just up ahead."

Xu Zi Qing pointed his finger at a spot not far away, obscured by lush branches.

After Shen Yao rested for a day, the two drove a flying vehicle out to gather.

Originally Shen Yao did not want Xu Zi Qing to accompany her; Xu Zi Qing stayed behind to search for the World Core, and lingering here was useless.

But Xu Zi Qing had his own considerations; he was the one who invited Shen Yao over, and if he could not ensure Shen Yao's safety, Xu Zi Qing himself would worry.

Moreover, searching for the World Core was not a matter of a day or two; he stayed behind more because of the Xu Family, with little to do with himself personally.

"Wait until we return this afternoon, I'll go out alone," Xu Zi Qing did not value this mission much; were it not for the clan's constraints, a man from a Commander background like Xu Zi Qing would not have chosen to become an Exploration Hunter.

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, lowered her head, and collected the surrounding plants, putting them into the Space Backpack.

Besides the Space Backpack she brought, Shen Yao had other spatial equipment, guaranteeing that no plant she encountered would be missed.

Everyone understood that once the World Core of the planet was gone, this place would head toward destruction, and all creatures of the entire planet would cease to exist.

In the morning the two went out to gather; in the afternoon Shen Yao returned to the tent or moved around the surroundings, while Xu Zi Qing searched for the World Core himself; in the evening both went to bed early, waiting for a new day to repeat the same actions.

The system listlessly said it had not found the World Core; its abilities were useless here.

"How could that be? The collected plant seeds have some credit to you."

Shen Yao praised the system's monitoring function as decent; at least the surrounding risks were controllable. Leaving Xu Zi Qing to move about alone, Shen Yao did not worry about being attacked by wild beasts that had run out.

"When will the Host return?"

Heng Suo's farm crops were about to mature again; their main family business was there.

"Wait a bit longer; recently many people have come over; perhaps the World Core will be found by them."

By then they would have to leave even if they did not want to; while there was still an opportunity, they should gather as much as possible.