Chapter 18 Another Way

Chen Ming stood on solid ground.

The world in front of him was full of unknown but extremely novel things to him.

Not just those purple plants that looked similar to the green plants on the planet, but were different in color.

Chen Ming could see several new creatures he had never seen before by just turning his eyes.

There were so many new things here that Chen Ming suddenly felt a little confused.

He wanted to get crops that could be planted, with high yields and short growth cycles. Where should he start? Where is the most likely place to grow crops suitable for planting?

Chen Ming's eyes unconsciously diverged and he fell into thinking.

However, Chen Ming did not dwell on this issue for too long, nor did he dwell on where to start looking.

Instead, he chose the dumbest, but most direct and practical way.

Start from under your feet.

Chen Ming half-crouched on the ground and pulled up a handful of purple grass leaves under his feet.

After taking a photo with the shooting function of the advanced plant analyzer, he cut off a small section as a sample and put it into the analyzer.

A line of small characters appeared on the display screen of the analyzer.

[Analyzing...]

Then it became more than a dozen lines of densely packed small characters.

It contained various characteristics of this purple grass leaf.

However, most of the results of the analysis had no practical significance for Chen Ming.

Because for Chen Ming now, just looking at the first two lines was enough.

[Name: Purple Orchid Grass]

[Edibility: Inedible]

The result of this analysis was within Chen Ming's expectations.

Chen Ming did not expect to find suitable crops as soon as he landed on the planet, so he had plenty of patience now.

Throwing away the clump of grass, Chen Ming noticed that a small insect flew out of the thrown grass and landed on another blade of grass.

Chen Ming stared at the chubby little insect and suddenly realized something.

Meat is also a kind of food.

If Chen Ming wants to survive in space for half a year, he can't just rely on the planting cabin.

Hunting can also obtain a lot of food.

If there is enough meat to fill a whole freezer, it should not be a problem to last for another three months.

Chen Ming's thinking was limited because of the planting cabin.

Now he suddenly saw the living creatures and reacted immediately.

And Chen Ming does not have to worry about whether some animals on Raymu are poisonous.

Since the existence of the empty jellyfish can be retrieved in the terminal before, other animals can also be retrieved.

Even if he really encounters an unfamiliar animal, he does not know whether it can be eaten.

Then Chen Ming is not without a solution.

He found several handy tools left by the previous crew members in the living cabin.

Among them is something called edibility analyzer.

It can be used to help distinguish whether something is edible.

If it is really not possible, he can just not eat it.

Following the idea of ​​hunting, Chen Ming also thought of one thing.

That is, he can observe the behavior of those animals during hunting. If they are herbivorous animals, then the plants they eat may also be eaten.

If it can be eaten, that would be the best. If it can't be eaten, there are still animals that I have targeted as a backup.

Chen Ming's thoughts became clear at once.

After watching the little bug disappear in the bushes, Chen Ming stood up and returned to the spaceship.

Not to fly the spaceship, but to make other preparations.

Preparation for hunting.

Although the terrain where he landed is relatively flat, it is basically surrounded by lush trees.

The low-altitude flight of the spaceship is likely to scare them and cause them to hide.

When the spaceship's vision is limited by the woods, it is easy to miss the animals hiding in them.

Therefore, hunting animals cannot be directly used with the spaceship, and can only rely on Chen Ming himself.

Therefore, Chen Ming plans to modify the pistol he picked up from the space station as a tool for hunting later and a guarantee of his own safety.

Although this pistol is not part of the spaceship, Chen Ming only needs to put the pistol in any cabin of the spaceship, and the object column on the cabin panel will show its existence.

Then the panel of the pistol can be displayed in front of Chen Ming.

[9mm semi-electromagnetic excitation pistol]

[Manufacturer: Sinda Rockwell Weapons Company]

[Ammo: 5/7]

[Durability: 79%]

[Available operations: Repair/Renovation]

As Chen Ming expected, the pistol also has two options: repair and renovation.

When Chen Ming pressed the repair button, the pistol's bullets were filled up just like the machine gun when it was repaired.

As long as Chen Ming brought enough repair materials when he traveled later, and as long as he could hold on, it would be equivalent to a pistol with unlimited bullets.

Then there is the modification.

Although Chen Ming had been reading modification manuals for ship weapons and the spacecraft itself before.

But Chen Ming had also read some modification manuals for firearms, and in many cases, the modification of firearms is common to ship weapons.

Therefore, there are many ways to modify firearms, including various accessories, various external devices, various modifications to the gun body, etc.

Such similar options made the modification panel of the pistol much larger than the panels of other equipment that Chen Ming had modified.

Chen Ming finally selected and chose six modification options.

The first one is [Caliber Modification (.45)]. As a weapon for hunting and self-defense in the future, Chen Ming only needs a moderate caliber, not too small or too large.

The second one is [Expanded Magazine (20)]. When Chen Ming first saw this modification option, he was a little surprised and didn't quite understand it.

Because Chen Ming thought that the expanded magazine was just an accessory of the pistol that could be replaced at any time.

But since it was placed on the modification panel, Chen Ming would naturally not miss the opportunity to improve the firearm's capabilities.

Although he could refill the gun with bullets by relying on the panel, it would take time to repair it, and a larger magazine would mean greater tolerance.

Of course, it is not good to be too big either. Excessive weight of the gun may cause some problems for people like Chen Ming who rely purely on exploration and have no experience in using guns.

For example, the gun cannot be held steadily, and the physical strength is not enough to wear it for a long time.

Chen Ming thinks that a 20-round magazine should be more suitable.

Then there is the [Armor-Piercing Bullet]. When Chen Ming saw this modification, he had the same idea as when he saw the expanded magazine.

This is even more excessive. It is just a modification of the consumables of the pistol. Chen Ming doesn't know how to calculate it.

But Chen Ming didn't bother about it. No matter what the modification is, it's good as long as it is useful.

Although Chen Ming himself has never hunted personally, he has heard people say that hunting animals only requires the bullet to pass through the fatal organs of the animal.

So the penetration of the bullet is very important.

The remaining three modifications are also accessories. There is nothing to say about the [Flashlight] and [Red Dot Sight].

The last item, [Silencer], was specially found by Chen Ming when he saw other accessories.

Chen Ming felt that this item was the most important thing for his future hunting.

However, after these six choices were determined, Chen Ming got off the spaceship again.

At least today, after repairing the armor of the spaceship, Chen Ming did not have the extra energy to modify the pistol and spaceship weapons.

However, Chen Ming was not without things to do. He could still search for the one he needed among these many strange plants within the protection range of the spaceship.