Chapter 20 Orange Fruit

Chen Ming half exposed his body outside the tree canopy, raised the terminal, and looked to the northwest.

It was just like what Chen Ming had seen in the air before.

In the northwest direction with the spaceship as the center, there was a river running from northeast to southwest.

From the hill to the north of the spaceship where he was now to the other side of the river, there were very dense forests.

Only on the southwest side of the hill where the spaceship was located did the vegetation appear a little sparse.

However, looking at the flat terrain there, there was also a small river that flowed down from the north but circled around there and went to the south.

Chen Ming thought it might be caused by the frequent flooding there.

However, the flood brought fertile soil while taking away the plants, so although the number of vegetation in this area was not more than that in the north, the overall growth was very good.

And more importantly, Chen Ming saw several vines growing in the gaps between the trees here.

Even from a distance, Chen Ming saw some orange fruits on those vines in the picture taken by the terminal.

As for the east side of the two hills, it is the area where the purple plants and green plants on the planet meet.

Large areas of purple plants and green plants grow interlaced in it, competing for nutrients and sunlight. At first glance, it is the place with the densest vegetation around the spacecraft.

But after a closer look, Chen Ming found that most of the vegetation here has died, and only a small number of survivors are enjoying the corpses of other vegetation.

It seems that the possibility of getting the crops he wants here is very low.

On the contrary, the area with fewer plants near the river bank in the southwest is more likely.

The soil there is fertile, water resources are sufficient, and he just saw several plants that have already borne fruit.

After determining the surrounding terrain and taking pictures with the terminal, the terrain map around the spacecraft has appeared in the terminal.

With the advantage of technology, Chen Ming's original plan to complete the task of a whole day is considered to be completed with very high efficiency.

Next, Chen Ming has two choices.

One is to squat by the river to see if there are any animals coming to drink water.

The other option was to go to the area southwest of the spaceship to find the bunch of fruit he had just seen.

Chen Ming chose the latter.

The ability to plant crops and crop seeds, as well as the ability to obtain them stably, were better than squatting by the river and waiting for God to give them food.

And it didn't mean that the previous option was completely abandoned.

The place where the bunch of fruit was located was a small low-lying flat land along the river. Chen Ming could walk along the river and see if there were any animals on the way.

It took Chen Ming a while to get to the river.

He walked along the gravel beach on the river bank to the southwest to the sparse woods with orange fruits.

The river water next to it was quite clear, but Chen Ming didn't see any animals such as fish and shrimp in it.

After looking for a while, Chen Ming didn't see anything special in the river, so he focused more on both sides of the river bank.

However, until Chen Ming walked into the woods at his destination, he didn't see any animals, but he saw a lot of footprints.

The footprints were big and small, and some even looked fresh and had just been touched by the river.

However, Chen Ming did not chase them. He only had two legs and was wearing protective clothing. How could he outrun four legs?

What if he chased them and ended up working in vain? When he turned around, he found that the orange fruit he had found before was also stolen by others. That would be a big loss.

It would be better to follow the previous idea. At least the fruits he saw could fall into his pocket.

And although there was no substantial gain along the river, at least Chen Ming could be sure that this river was a drinking point for many animals nearby.

This time he just took a look along the way, so there was no result. Next time, when he was more prepared, he would come again and he would always find a few animals without eyes.

Not long after, Chen Ming found the vines growing in the gaps between the trees.

It was the same as what he had seen before. Under the purple curly leaves, there were fist-sized fruits with curved lines on the surface.

Chen Ming wanted to complain about the appearance of this thing, but he restrained himself.

He directly analyzed it with the advanced plant analyzer.

There were still a lot of entries related to its properties.

But this time, the useful entries in this pile of entries were different from the plants such as purple orchid grass he had found before. There were three.

[Name: Pulp Orange Fruit]

[Edibility: Edible]

[Growth Cycle: 15 Days]

This is a plant that perfectly meets Chen Ming's needs.

Not only is it edible, but its growth cycle is also unexpectedly short.

Originally, Chen Ming thought that this kind of fruit grew here and was not eaten by animals because the fruit might be poisonous or for some other reason.

Now it seems that he thought too much. These pulp orange fruits have just matured, so they have not been discovered by herbivores in time, and finally Chen Ming got the advantage.

Chen Ming naturally accepted it with a smile.

He took out the knife in the repair kit and removed the orange fruits on the vine one by one.

He also cut one open. Under the curved lines on the outside, the inside was similar to the shape of cantaloupe and melon, with flesh wrapped around seeds.

However, the flesh of the orange fruit is not as hard as cantaloupe, but as soft as strawberry.

Chen Ming scraped off the seeds, put them into the empty can in the backpack he brought with him, and tasted the flesh.

The flesh gave Chen Ming a big surprise as soon as he took a bite.

The orange fruit does not have much juice, but the taste of the flesh is very good.

It is very sweet and has a lot of sugar. It is not only delicious, but also good enough to be an excellent food.

With the harvest, Chen Ming stopped hanging around outside.

He searched for the crop of orange fruit through the terminal.

After confirming that it is a vine plant with a 15-day growth cycle and its vine can only bear fruit once, he returned to the spacecraft with more than 30 fruits he had harvested.

He started to process these fruits.

What Chen Ming had to do was also very simple. He took out the seeds, preserved the pulp in the refrigerator, and then stuffed the seeds into the agricultural machinery components that matched the hydroponic chamber.

The rest of the work was left to the mechanical equipment.

It would automatically pour the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution extractor next to it into the hydroponic chamber.

It would also automatically adjust the simulated environment inside the hydroponic chamber according to the situation of the crop.

The line [Current maintenance environment: None] that Chen Ming had seen on the panel of the hydroponic chamber before also changed from None to "Raymu" after the orange fruit was planted.

In addition to the planting environment, the agricultural machinery components would also adjust the planting area of ​​each crop according to the needs of the crop.

If it was a plant that was not recorded, then this requirement would need to be entered by Chen Ming himself, but the orange fruit was obviously not such a crop.

So this also saved him a lot of effort.

However, in the end, the hydroponic chamber was not full, not because there were not enough seeds, but because Chen Ming deliberately left it empty.

What if he found a better crop in the future, would he still pull out the half-grown orange fruit?

So he cleared some space in advance in case he needed the planting space of the hydroponic chamber one day.

As for the extra seeds, Chen Ming did not choose to store them in cold storage, but picked a place outside the spacecraft, cultivated it a little, and planted them.

He would plant these crops planted outside according to the records of the agricultural machinery components, and whether they could survive would be up to fate.

After finishing all this, it was almost night.

Chen Ming was ready to rest.

But just when Chen Ming turned off the lighting of the spacecraft, many green eyes flashed outside the captain's room.

Chen Ming immediately controlled the machine gun and shone the searchlight on the top of the spacecraft.

Under the strong light, an animal like a deer was frightened and ran away, and some noises came from the bushes next to it.

Other animals that were spying on him also disappeared in the dark.

It seems that some brave animals came to take a look at night after finding that there was no big movement when the spacecraft landed.

Chen Ming felt a little sorry that his reaction was a little slow at the first moment, and the machine gun didn't have time to fire, leaving a few of them behind.

But since they came to spy today, they might do the same tomorrow.

Chen Ming has plenty of patience and time to wait for these animals to become more and more courageous.

Sooner or later, they will fall into his hands.