Chapter 211 Competition Results
Although what comes out of Zhang Fei's mouth often has strange chain reactions, Xiao Zhen and others know that this is unreliable superstition.
At present, all the participating purple lemons have been lined up in the competition venue for tourists to see. Among the purple lemons of different sizes, glossy and round, only the huge purple lemon is the most eye-catching. All the tourists saw it at first sight. They stopped to admire it.
With it, the other purple lemon fruits suddenly seem ordinary and not worth looking at at all.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhen and others who were originally full of hope could not help but feel a little discouraged. Liu Bei leaned over to take a closer look, and then he said that the largest purple lemon was sent by a member of the Spore Group.
When Xiao Zhen heard the name of this powerful but badly reputed group, she felt more and more hopeless.
Fei wanted to struggle: "But our Jiamoer is also an expert with a license for planting agricultural products. The things she produces are of guaranteed quality."
"That's true. Let's take a look at the others."
"Yan Zhen, I need to go to the bathroom." Liu Xingquan whispered, looking around, "Is there a bathroom for Homo sapiens here?"
"It's on the sign. I'll go with you."
Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan followed the signs at the exhibition and found the toilet. But there was a sign at the door of the toilet for Homo sapiens: [Under maintenance, do not enter due to danger]. A staff member said that the toilet was under maintenance due to a technical failure and leakage, and asked them to wait a while before coming back.
Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan had no choice but to go back along the road, and walked around to see other booths. The fruit and vegetable booths were full of various agricultural products. Captain Spotted was looking around a booth not far away. Some tourists cast curious eyes on the chicken. Fortunately, there was a poultry section at the exhibition, so Captain Spotted was not so out of place as a chicken.
"What are you looking at?" Xiao Zhen asked Captain Madara.
Captain Madara raised his wings, and the cat-worm poked its little head out from its feathers and bowed to Xiaozhen.
"So cute!" said Liu Xingquan.
"Your caterpillar has woken up, but has turned back into its original caterpillar form."
The cat drooped its head listlessly and yawned a little. Liu Xingquan said, "Cute!"
Captain Madara said: "It will need a lot of energy to transform back into a phoenix. I have been studying its characteristics these days, and I would like to take this opportunity to see if there is any alternative feed it can eat. After all, the official feed is really a bottomless pit."
Xiao Zhen reached out and touched the soft hair of the catworm. The catworm twisted around against his finger and seemed very comfortable. It smacked its lips a few times, which made Liu Xingquan exclaim that it was so cute. Encouraged by Xiao Zhen, Liu Xingquan also touched the catworm carefully. After that, they continued to visit the competition venue. In addition to the purple lemon fruit, the Zejin had other participating crops.
The tubers of Ruo Xue sent by the Zejin were placed in a more prominent position. Tourists would occasionally pass by and take a curious look. This was the tuber of Ruo Xue that Ms. Fei personally dug out from the breeding farm, after layers of screening and careful cleaning. It not only looks good, but also tastes delicious. Its brothers and sisters who have already eaten the stomachs of the Zejin crew can testify to this.
In order to select the Rhododendron tubers for the competition, the crew of the Zejin dug up all the mature tubers in the cultivation site. After that, they ate Rhododendron for three whole days and personally confirmed that the tubers planted in Gamor are delicious and never get tired of eating. Although the tubers of other contestants next to the Zejin's exhibits looked very tempting, Xiaozhen and others were very confident in the quality of their own Rhododendron.
Maybe, this one will win.
But their confidence did not last long.
A staff member approached the booth carefully carrying a box. When he opened the box and took out the newly added products, all the audience couldn't help but exclaimed "Oh my God! "
He took out a golden tuber of Ruoxue, which was not only larger than normal, but also a wonderful golden yellow color, which was obviously the result of genetic modification. After the staff put it on the exhibition stand, it seemed to brighten up the exhibition stand.
"The Ruoxue tubers were sent by the Spore Group Research Institute for selection." the staff member announced.
"Oh oh oh oh oh, it's really eye-catching!" the tourists exclaimed in amazement.
"..." Xiao Zhen and his group looked at the golden crops on the booth in silence.
Guan Yu couldn't help but say: "Why did they make this tuber golden? It's too shiny!"
"Because it looks good." Xiaozhen said.
Liu Bei said, "Because gold is an auspicious color for many ethnic groups, it symbolizes brightness and glory. It is natural that this color can attract the attention of the public."
Captain Madara shouted, "This is a food! The first attribute it should have is deliciousness!"
Xiao Zhen shook her head and said, "You are wrong. Appearance is a very important attribute for most Chinese people. Which one would you choose between a clean and beautiful tomato and an ugly and deformed tomato? Naturally, I would choose the good-looking one."
"But this gold color is too outrageous!!" Captain Madara questioned, "Would you eat a golden tomato?"
"But even in Lola, there is a tradition of adding gold foil to expensive meals. Most intelligent life forms really like gold." Xiao Zhen narrowed her eyes. The golden Ruoxue on the booth was really too shiny. Its golden glow attracted a group of tourists to take pictures in front of it.
The hearts of all the crew members of the Zejin sank. It seemed that Ruoxue's chances of winning the competition were slim.
…
The rice area has also been filled with products sent by contestants from all over the world. Not only in Lola, rice is also a popular grain in the Milky Way. Pure natural rice without any modification, artificial hybrid rice, genetically modified rice, etc. are displayed in an orderly manner on the exhibition stand in different categories. Among them, the rice cultivated by Gamor Zhongzhi and harvested by the crew of the Zejin attracted some praise at the beginning. Because its grains are crystal clear and full, and there is a faint fragrance. But soon, when the staff brought out the new participating crops and shouted "This is the zero NSJ216 genetically modified rice selected by the Spore Group", everything happened again.
All the participating rice became a foil.
The rice sent by the Spore Group attracted everyone's attention again.
The rice they sent was not only of large grains, but also had a shining golden appearance.
Liu Xingquan exclaimed: "Look, it's golden rice!"
Captain Madara shouted, "How much do they like gold!"
Xiao Zhen said: "I really have to thank them for not bringing a golden purple lemon to participate in the competition!"
It must be admitted that the crops submitted by the Spore Group are the most eye-catching in the entire venue .
As a result, all crew members lost interest in continuing to visit the competition.
The five-year-old Fata-scented Bee Meat, an important ingredient in Gamor's recipe and the first prize of this competition, will obviously not belong to them.
Seeing Fei's gloomy expression, Xiao Zhenxin's thoughts moved. He wondered whether he should find some way to get some Fata Aromatherapy Bee Meat.
After leaving the competition area, the Land Gagong race was about to be held in the western exhibition area. Xiao Zhen saw that Liu Xingquan was very curious about the Land Gagong, so he took him to the Gagong race venue. Several vigorous and spirited Land Gagongs were ready to go, and several riders were doing preparatory exercises nearby.
These riders were all native Malafu people from the planet Mailuya. They all wore bright feather costumes and metal masks. The audience seats were almost full.
Xiao Zhen found a seat and sat down with Liu Xingquan. "You can also bet on the results of this Gagong Speed Race. Do you want to bet on who will be the champion?"
"Isn't this horse racing?" Liu Xingquan picked up the racing competition flyer placed on the seat. On it was the name, pedigree and previous achievements of each participating horse, and on the back was an introduction to the rider's record.
“There are similarities.”
"But this is gambling." Liu Xingquan said seriously, "Gambling is bad."
Xiao Zhen silently looked at his friend beside him, who was demonstrating with his own actions that he was indeed a three-good student with a pure mind. Liu Xingquan's pure and shining thinking pattern made Xiao Zhen unable to open his eyes for a while.
"We're not gambling, we're just watching," Xiaozhen said. Suddenly, the stands erupted with excited noises from the audience.
A green-scaled gargoyle came out proudly. It was the champion of the previous competition. This was a routine parade before the competition. Its Marafu rider rode around the field and waved to the audience. When the rider walked in front of Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan, Xiaozhen felt that Liu Xingquan suddenly became very nervous. His hands were tightly grasping the seat handles. He bit his lips unconsciously. He was on guard against something.
Xiao Zhen asked him, "What's wrong?"
"His metal mask changes."
"That's a personality mask. It has special meaning to the Malafu people." Xiao Zhen smiled, "You don't need to be nervous."
Liu Xingquan whispered: "The officer who interrogated me also wore a mask like this."
"Ah?" Xiao Zhen was stunned. He thought for a moment and said, "So the supervisor who arrested you is from the Marafu. Don't be afraid. Almost all Marafu people wear this mask. Most of them are friendly people who are good at communication."
"Do all the Chinese people wear this kind of mask?"
"Yes. The Marafu are different from most carbon-based creatures you have seen. It is generally composed of three parts, each of which has an independent personality. The Marafu use masks to indicate which part is dominant. The memory metal of the mask can automatically shape the corresponding personality pattern. For example, when a gentle personality is dominant, the mask will show a gentle smile, and when it is replaced by another part of the personality, the mask will change accordingly."
Liu Xingquan recalled the metal mask that kept changing when he was interrogated, "So that's how it is."
"Yes. The difference between the Marafu and Homo sapiens is very large, and it is definitely not comparable to the difference between crabs and monkeys." Xiao Zhen turned his head and looked at the arena. "The competition is about to begin. In addition, this speed race is actually different from the horse racing on Earth."
"What's the difference? Isn't it a comparison of speed?"
Xiao Zhen said, "It's a competition of speed, but in a sense the competition is to see which rider can stay on the back of the Gagong the longest."
"Ah? Does this mean that all riders will be thrown off?"
"To be precise, he was blown away." Xiao Zhen winked at Liu Xingquan, "The game is about to start, come and see for yourself."
With a whistle, the Gagong competition officially began. The audience stood up and cheered for their respective Gagongs and riders.
The land gagongs were speeding along the track like arrows from a bow. Liu Xingquan watched intently, his heart already gripped by these riders. Riders were swaying on the backs of the running gagongs like flying flags. Soon, one rider was blown away by the wind, and the gagong under him slowed down. Then, another rider was blown away.
"Blown away!!" Liu Xingquan shouted.
"Yes!"
But what happened next stunned Liu Xingquan. A rider who fell was blown by the wind towards the protective wall beside the track, but the expected collision did not happen. The rider's body directly sank into the wall and rolled out from the other side of the wall. The audience burst into loud laughter.
"He passed through the wall! Is my vision blurry?" Liu Xingquan exclaimed, "His body passed through the wall!"
"Yes." Xiao Zhen explained, "This is the difference between the Marafu people and most of the middle races in the galaxy. The particles that make up their bodies are more dispersed, more like a gas, so they are lighter and can even be blown away by the wind. Although this wall is a solid, there is also a distance between the basic particles that make up it. The Marafu people can change the distance between the particles in their bodies to sneak themselves into certain entities. This is also the reason why they can pass through walls."
“That’s amazing!”
"But this is not what the contestants want. In fact, walking through walls is considered disrespectful to the Malafu people."
"shameful?"
"Yes. It is shameful for the Malafu people to let their bodies pass through the wall in public. You see, he only passed through the wall, but his mask and clothes remained on the other side of the wall." Xiao Zhen said, "You can hear the laughter in the venue."
"I see. This is like accidentally stripping naked in public."
"Almost. But it seems that there are more reasons than this." Xiao Zhen scratched his head, "There are other traditions of the local civilization."
Liu Xingquan nodded, not quite understanding. He admitted that there were too many things in the universe that he could not understand.
After a while, the race was over. The audience who won the bet jumped up and down in their seats and cheered. The champion rider who stayed on the back of the gargoyle until the end circled the field and greeted all the audience. During the race, the knights who were blown away came to their respective gargoyles with their heads down and pulled them away.
Liu Xingquan said: "I found that after the Gagong riders were blown away, the speed of these Gagongs all slowed down or even stopped running. Is this because the riders lost control?"
"Yes, the Malafu are a very special tribe. Their bodies are equivalent to a kind of charged gas. Riders can control the electric current in their bodies to stimulate the Gagon, just like the riders on Earth use whips to whip their horses."
“So that’s how it is!”
…
Xiaozhen told Liu Xingquan that it was almost time to vote for the agricultural products competition and they should go back and take a look.
When we returned to the exhibition hall, the competition venue was already crowded. The judges were carefully examining the agricultural products one by one. The purple lemon sent by the Zejin was cut into thin slices and placed on a plate. A data board next to it displayed its various nutritional components, and also left the taste memory of the judges. If visitors wanted to taste it, they just had to put their hands on the sensor board, and the brain would automatically generate the taste that the judges tasted.
In Xiaozhen's opinion, their purple lemon, snow tubers, rice and other crops all tasted as good as those of the Spore Group, but the Spore Group's participating crops were all too eye-catching. Their crops were either unconventionally large or dazzlingly golden. Under the circumstances of almost the same deliciousness, the tourists' votes were clear at a glance.
Fei watched sadly as the Spore Group's votes took off far ahead of the rest.
The three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang worked hard to promote their agricultural products, but there were still very few tourists who came to vote for them.
Liu Xingquan, who was standing nearby, looked a little frustrated, so he told Xiaozhen that he wanted to go to the toilet again.
"The toilet is leaking electricity, I don't know if it's fixed yet."
"Hmm?" Captain Ban's eyes lit up, and he offered to go with Liu Xingquan.
So Liu Xingquan and Captain Ban went to the exhibition toilet together. The toilet door still had a sign saying it was under repair.
"It's not well yet..." Liu Xingquan said depressedly.
Captain Madara pushed open the toilet door. The toilet was empty and the maintenance worker was not there.
"Electric leakage, that's great." Captain Madara shouted, "Cat-cat-bug! Come out now!"
I saw a golden-red light leaping out from Captain Ban’s feathers, and a fire phoenix dancing in the air.
Liu Xingquan widened his eyes in surprise.
The fire phoenix flapped its wings, and the air suddenly rang with the sound of electricity. Lightning began to bounce and flicker in the space, like a fine spider web, but it was fleeting. The flowing electric light turned into sparks in an instant and flew into the body of the fire phoenix. It was absorbing the current leaking from this space.
Soon, the brilliant electric light disappeared in an instant, the crackling sound of the electric current stopped abruptly, and the toilet returned to silence.
"This is……?"
"I've researched this past few days. The cat-worm needs to replenish a lot of energy in its phoenix form. It now has the ability to absorb electrical energy. The energy supply for this medium-sized exhibition is quite large. Look, the cat-worm is now very energetic." The phoenix flying in the air shouted happily.
"That's amazing." Liu Xingquan said while pressing the phone.
“Did you take that photo?”
"Well, the flashing lights in the toilet were really beautiful, and I couldn't help but take a photo." Liu Xingquan said, "It's a pity that I didn't take the heroic photos of the cats and bugs in the photo."
"It doesn't matter."
A bystander walked up to Liu Xingquan and asked, "Did you take a picture of it?"
Liu Xingquan nodded.
The tourist's metal mask transformed into a smile. He was a local Malafu man. "Can you send it to me?"
"Why?"
The tourist lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, I'm just watching it myself and I won't tell anyone else."
Liu Xingquan glanced at Captain Ban and saw him nod, so he sent the video on his mobile phone to the Marafu man.
But he didn't expect that not long after he sent the video to the tourist, he was surrounded by a group of tourists who all wanted the video.
"Can you send it to me? I won't tell anyone else!"
"I want one too!! I will definitely protect the rights of the person who took the photo."
"Can you send it to me? I want it too!! I definitely won't let anyone else know."
Liu Xingquan was stunned. Although he didn't know why these Marafu people were interested in , it seemed that they really wanted it. An idea suddenly came to his mind. So he smiled and said, "Everyone line up, come one by one, everyone can have it. It's free, but I have a request."
He never expected that the team would form a long line, stretching all the way to the entrance of the exhibition hall. This strange team was made up of all Marafu people. From time to time, new Marafu tourists joined the team. They basically didn't talk to each other, and their metal masks all showed strange smiles.
By the time the last tourist from Marafu left, Liu Xingquan's fingers were sore from posting.
He returned to the race, and the crew of the Zekin were celebrating their victory.
The champion’s name was displayed in large letters on the screen in the venue: [Zejinhao].
Fei came down from the podium holding the prize, her face full of disbelief.
Liu Bei murmured, "I can't believe it, we actually won!!"
Xiao Zhen said, "It's so strange. From the beginning, locals kept voting for us, Zejin. Our votes kept soaring, and we were able to turn the tables."
Guan Yu shouted: "Is this Zhang Fei's causal power!!!"
Zhang Fei said anxiously: "Second brother, don't join in the fun!"
Captain Ban said, "Actually, it's Liu Xingquan's credit."
Liu Xingquan scratched his head embarrassedly.
The only requirement he sent the video to tourists just now was that they must vote for the Zejin.
…
The crew of the Zekin curiously watched the short video that brought them victory. The lightning on the screen danced brightly and beautifully, which was really a beautiful spectacle.
But why are the Malafu so interested?
Xiao Zhen thought about it and said, "So that's how it is."
"What?"
"The Marafu are like a gas with an electric current. I wonder if you have heard of the reproduction method of the Marafu."
Liu Bei said: "I have heard that, because they are introverted by nature, they feel that it is not decent to be in the air. So when they reproduce, they will hide themselves in the entity, such as wood or bricks and stones to make intercourse. It is said that it is the collision of electric currents in a solid body."
Captain Ban shouted, "I understand! So in their eyes, this little video is equivalent to a live pornographic film in broad daylight. It seems that there are many regulations in Mailuya for local people to sell pornographic films. No wonder those people are so excited."
"Uh... so we got votes by selling local pornographic films..." Liu Bei said softly.
They all turned to look at Liu Xingquan who was not aware of what was happening not far away. The boy's innocent face flushed slightly, and he was still excited about the victory of the Zejin.
"It's better not to tell him!" Xiaozhen said.
