Chapter 335 Natural Enemy
"Now let's talk about what happened." Xiao Zhen said.
Liu Xingquan opened his mouth. His mind was in a mess at this moment. Various information jumped around in his mind for a long time. During this time, Xiao Zhen did not urge him. He turned around and picked up the fallen furniture in the room one by one. The noise just now made the room feel like a hurricane had passed through.
After a while, Liu Xingquan finally calmed down.
He told his friend what had happened.
"Theo?"
"Yes, these large beasts attacked my farm, and then I hired a bounty hunter to drive them away." Liu Xingquan ejected the 3D image of Seo, "I just asked the hunter to drive them away from my Tas Ball."
"I have an impression."
"Just now, the crow showed me a lot of information about smuggled Seol." Liu Xingquan said, "It said that these Seol came from my planet, and the arbitration committee believed that I was suspected of illegally smuggling wild animals. I thought about it and realized that I only handed the Seol matter over to the bounty hunter, so it could only be the bounty hunter who did it."
Xiao Zhen stomped a few steps in the room, touched his chin and said, "Strange..."
"What's wrong?"
"Your case is obviously a smuggling case where a bounty hunter violated the bounty regulations. This is not uncommon, but the strange thing is..."
"What?"
"That's right. The transportation and sale of various wild animals between stars is strictly regulated. Generally speaking, in such cases, a notice of illegal loss of species will be sent directly to the planetary administrator to urge them to strengthen control, but the planetary administrator will not be summoned directly."
"Not only did it summon me, the crow actually attacked me directly." Liu Xingquan said sternly, "It electrocuted me!"
"It's a bit strange..." Xiao Zhen whispered.
"So that arbitration meeting is fake?"
"I'll let Mr. Cat investigate further," Xiao Zhen said. "If it's true, will the Joint Arbitration Office bother you again within the time limit it mentioned?"
"OK."
"Don't worry." Seeing that Liu Xingquan still looked worried, Xiao Zhen patted his shoulder with great momentum, "I'm here."
Liu Xingquan looked at his friend and nodded vigorously.
"Your farm must continue to operate. I am still waiting to eat your tart balls."
"Tas Ball..." Liu Xingquan shouted, "Yan Zhen, I have something else to tell you!"
"What?"
"My Tussball is going to be ruined again."
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Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan walked in the real-life simulation of the Tas Ball Farm.
This is a real-life simulation based on the images recorded by Platinum Star a few days ago. Everything in front of me can only be described as shocking. The once vibrant grassland is now covered with a layer of lifeless green gauze. Pastures, farmland, farm fences, farm machinery, and small agricultural robots are all covered with this thick green moss.
Nothing can escape the sight. Green moss is everywhere. The transmitting antenna erected next to the ranch farmhouse is also covered with green moss. From the roof hangs green spider webs, like billowing green gauze when the breeze blows.
"I feel like my breath is filled with this green stuff," True muttered.
Liu Xingquan came to the farmland and couldn't help but let out a low cry. All the crops planted in the farmland had died. The undulating shapes of the crop debris could only be barely distinguished in the thick green moss. A farm machine was parked nearby, and it could be seen that it had fought the battle to remove the green moss until the last moment. Now it could no longer move, and fuel was dripping from the cracks in the green moss-covered shell, leaving winding traces on the road.
The farmhouse building next to it was completely covered in a thick green coat. Its door was locked tightly, and Star Platinum had closed all the entrances and exits. At this moment, the interior was a completely closed internal circulation system.
The current scene was a simulated reality, and the gate had no meaning to Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan. They both passed through the wall like ghosts.
In the indoor breeding farm, Star Platinum was standing in front of the operating table checking the system data. He turned to Xiao Zhen and Liu Xingquan who were walking into the indoor breeding farm and said, "There is green moss everywhere outside. With the facilities here alone, there is currently no effective way to deal with the green moss."
"I feel it." Xiao Zhen said, looking at the Platinum Star in front of him. After these days, the limbs that Liu Xingquan, the slime mold, had lost due to the bite of Seol have been restored, and now his appearance is no different from Liu Xingquan. Platinum Star turned around and continued to work. The scene in front of him was just a video that Platinum Star had recorded in advance, and he could not communicate with Xiao Zhen and others in real time.
"Yan Zhen, come and see my Tassball." Liu Xingquan said. When he mentioned the Tassball, his tone was a little excited.
"Your little Tasi ball has grown a lot." Xiao Zhen stared at the field intently. Two little Tasi balls were jumping and playing. On the other side of the field, a Tasi ball was beating up another Tasi ball. Liu Xingquan said that was Azhen and Aqiang. Since moving indoors, the two enemies inevitably came into contact more often, and Aqiang took the opportunity to get close to them, so he was beaten up every day again.
"Well..." Xiaozhen said, "Azhen went to play with those two little Tass balls."
"I think Azhen likes the younger ones more." Liu Xingquan said, "But Beibei hates Azhen getting close to her children." As soon as Liu Xingquan finished speaking, Beibei suddenly jumped out and separated Azhen and the two little tass balls. Azhen was startled and staggered and made a chirping sound to protest, while Beibei fiercely spread her fur to scare it. The two white fur balls circled and threatened each other. The two little tass balls swung back and forth between their mother and the beautiful big sister.
Not far away, Aqiang, who had just been beaten up , was approaching cautiously, as if he wanted to seize the opportunity to show his presence in front of Azhen.
"Your circle is so chaotic." After witnessing this scene, Xiao Zhen expressed her thoughts.
"Well, because the space has become smaller, the relationship between the tasers has become tense." Liu Xingquan said, "You see, their emotions are unstable indoors and they always fight. The breeding guide says that if this state is prolonged, they are likely to die. So I have to solve the problem of green moss as soon as possible."
Xiao Zhen nodded.
The situation was indeed as urgent as Liu Xingquan said. The closed space was not suitable for breeding Tash Balls, and they had to solve the green moss disaster outdoors as soon as possible. If time was delayed, it was very likely that in the end, the only living thing left here would be a green platinum star.
Xiao Zhen accepted all the relevant reports sent by Star Platinum. In fact, he knew nothing about this green moss. Now it seems that this matter must be consulted by professional biologists.
Coincidentally, there are several alien experts in this city.
The next day after school, Xiaozhen followed Liu Xingquan to his home.
When Luo Qingxi saw Xiao Zhen coming, he happily invited him to have dinner with him, and Xiao Zhen quickly agreed.
After entering Liu Xingquan's bedroom, Xiaozhen took out the expert he had invited, Xilin Xiaoren Dawn, from his pocket.
"A little man!" Liu Xingquan said in surprise.
Xiao Zhen said in a serious tone, "Be polite. This is a Xilin person, and she is Princess Fuxiao of the Xilin branch of Luoya."
"Princess?"
Fu Xiao, who was standing on Xiao Zhen's palm, said, "I would rather you introduce me as Master Kelun's disciple Fu Xiao." She nodded slightly to Liu Xingquan, "Hello, Yan Zhen's Homo sapiens friend."
"Hello, Princess." Liu Xingquan looked at the slender little person in front of him who was not even as tall as his palm in surprise. "I am Liu Xingquan."
"I know you, Liu Xingquan, the savior of Hope Township. It's an honor to meet you." Dawn jumped lightly onto his desk.
Xiao Zhen said: "Fuxiao is one of the top experts on fungi on this planet."
"That's right." Dawn said without any modesty, "Now let's take a look at what happened on your planet. I have come to a conclusion."
A three-dimensional holographic rotating image appeared above the dawn. It was an enlarged diagram of the structure of a green moss monomer. "It's called the green mud giant horn gametophore flagellate moss."
Liu Xingquan immediately opened the Star Network and searched it. Xiao Zhen glanced at it and said, "I didn't find anything."
"Because that's what I just named it."
“…”
Fuxiao pointed to the monomer structure in the stereoscopic image and said, "Look at the flagellum on the gametophyte and the big horn. This name is very suitable. Hehe, thank you for giving me the opportunity to publish a new species paper with GPA points."
" ...Do you mean this is a new species that has not been discovered yet?" Xiao Zhen said, "I looked at the past records of the Heart of Asgard, and there has never been a similar disaster before."
"Because it didn't have the opportunity to reproduce explosively in the past." Fuxiao clicked on another 3D image, and this time a small creature similar to a snail flashed. Its shell was flatter than that of the snails on Earth, and it had four tentacles. "This is a soft-bodied creature distributed in the central part of the western continent of the Heart of Asgard. It is called Crete's snail. The spread of the green mud giant horn gametophore is closely related to it."
"Then why is Green Mud...the name you chose is too long! Change it to a shorter name!"
"The excrement of the Crete snail is the best nutrient for the green mud giant gametophore." Fuxiao clicked on a detailed chart.
"Are you still repeating this without mercy?"
"Looking at this chart, I compared it with several reports provided by Star Platinum and found something of concern from the sample data he provided. That is, the excrement of Crete snails in this area has increased sharply in a short period of time. I speculate that the surface of the entire grassland has shown abnormal eutrophication."
“……”Xiao Zhen blinked.
"It is this eutrophication that caused the sudden proliferation of the green mud giant gametophore flagellate moss."
Liu Xingquan's eyes widened: "You mean, the green mud moss is the result of this snail pooping too much?"
"Yes."
"Then why do snails poop more?" Liu Xingquan asked with difficulty.
“Because its natural enemies disappeared.”
"What is its natural enemy?"
Another 3D hologram popped up above Fuxiao's head, showing a large-eared rat. "This is a round-eared fat-tailed rat, which feeds mainly on Crete snails. But in recent times, the number of this kind of rat has dropped rapidly."
"I feel like I seem to have seen the results." Liu Xingquan whispered.
Xiao Zhen nodded, "I have a hunch as well."
Fuxiao continued to explain: "The number of round-eared fat-tailed rats has dropped sharply because its natural enemy, the white-fronted rat-eating beast, has suddenly increased in number." A creature that looked like a raccoon and a fox appeared in the hologram. It was holding a round-eared fat-tailed rat in its mouth, which looked a little cute.
Liu Xingquan murmured: "I already understand."
"The reason why has increased suddenly is because their natural enemies—" She clicked on another holographic image, which was a holographic image of a large beast with a baboon-like head and a cat-like body. Dawn cleared her throat and said, "—the number of Seo suddenly decreased sharply."
"I knew it!!!" Liu Xingquan shouted.
