The Interstellar's Expert Plant Tamer

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Xie Sen returned home, washed the wild fruits that the eagle had given him, put them on a plate and sat on the couch to eat and watch the news.

The headline at the top of the news was “Chilies, New Life!”

Xie Sen thought of the reporter’s question in the hospital parking lot, and had a sinking suspicion. He clicked on it, and quickly read the news. The content mainly was about how the chili really could improve fertility rate, Don’t believe it? Look at Xie Sen, and you’ll see.

Xie Sen rolled his eyes. His pregnancy, and the chili had nothing to do with one another, okay? As for the 100 percent rate, it should be just a coincidence.

He scrolled down the comments. Many people were very enthusiastic about chili peppers, but were also discussing where to buy them. Some people lamented that they could not grab them. Some said there were snatchers, and those people grabbed and sold them so the black market had a catty at more than 10,000.

Xie Sen was shocked. This was too profitable, right? He went to see the rich supermarket when the peppers were on sale, and the supermarket price was three thousand a catty. He was looking at the commentary when his bracelet rang. It was Ma Qun’s communication. He picked up, and Ma Qun’s voice came, “Sen. I’m not disturbing you, right?”

“No, President Ma, what’s up?”

Ma Qun asked, “Did you ever eat chilies before you got pregnant?”

Xie Sen realized what he meant and affirmed, “Chilies are good for your body, but it had nothing to do with my pregnancy. What the starnet says is too exaggerated.”

Ma Qun sighed. “The fertility rate has been gradually declining, and no solution has been found to improve it. Some sociopaths are putting forward the theory of human extinction to cause panic.”

Xie Sen looked at his stomach. The public’s attitude, and his sudden announcement of his pregnancy probably had something to do with it. His thoughts turned. “President Ma, compared to the total population of Brandt Star, the Institute has too few people and too little land. If you rely only on the Institute to produce food, the amount is just too small. Why not let other people grow plants as well?”

Ma Qun, “We tried earlier, but the land of Brandt Star isn’t suitable for plants. The Institute can plant successfully because of our special fertilizer. Since the fertilizer is not fixed, the researchers observe the growth of the plants every day. The fertilizer is mixed according to the change of the growth, so it cannot be packaged and sold.”

Xie Sen laughed, “It’s not the same as it used to be. Maybe the geology has changed. Didn’t you say before that the chili peppers can be grown even without nutrients, and that they change the soil quality?”

Ma Qun sighed, “We tried, using the mature peppers for seeds. After we raised the seedlings in the lab, we transplanted them to land outside the Institute, and the planting failed. But happily, they were able to grow in the current pepper field.”

Xie Sen froze, and then understood that only the System redemption plants, which were super vigorous, could grow in the harsh soil of Brandt Star, while the plants grown from them couldn’t unless they were planted in the land improved by the System.

Therefore, a piece of land was just like regular land as long as plants directly from the System had been planted there. Then it could be used continuously.

When he opened the System panel, there was more than 8,000 energy. There were dozens of seeds in one pepper, so if he exchanged 100 of them, he would have thousands of seeds, which could be planted in a lot of land.