182: Chapter 182 Nine-Leaf Lingzhi Grass, Spirit Element

"In ancient times, there was Lin Daiyu uprooting a weeping willow..."

"I didn't expect that my zero-year-old daughter could also uproot a weeping willow."

Jiang Chen watched as Commander Jiang Qiuzhi pulled the willow tree out from the mountain rocks, completely stunned.

Originally!

He thought his eldest daughter might be able to send him flying with one punch in half a month.

But looking at it now...

She could send him flying with one punch right now!

After Commander Jiang Qiuzhi pulled the willow tree out of the rocks, she gave it a light toss, throwing it to the side.

She clapped her hands and said,

"It was quite handy."

Handy...

You call that handy?

You have infinite strength; you're a modern-day Lin Daiyu!

Jiang Chen quickly stepped forward, picked up his daughter, and checked her arms and palms for any injuries.

However...

After an inspection, aside from her palms being slightly red, there wasn't a single problem.

In other words...

His daughter was born with divine strength!

"Baby, you really are amazing."

Jiang Chen couldn't help but lift his daughter high up.

Previously, he had been thinking about when to arrange life no. 1 for his daughter.

After all, strengthening the body needs to start from a young age.

With her current constitution, she probably wouldn't even need a basic improvement potion like life no. 1.

"Next time I go to the Scientific Research Station, I'll get you some Flat Peaches; they'll definitely make you stronger."

Jiang Chen couldn't help but mutter.

The genetically modified Flat Peaches he had eaten at the Scientific Research Station last time had many benefits.

If he had known his daughter was so fierce, he would have saved one for her last time.

"Flat Peach?"

"Dad, look at that fruit. Doesn't it look like a Flat Peach?"

Hearing Jiang Chen's muttering, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi pointed to the fruit that had just hit her and spoke.

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi had already seen that this willow tree was actually a mutated Flat Peach Willow, only ten years old.

It grew the most ordinary white Flat Peaches.

The spiritual energy contained within was very thin.

This led Commander Jiang Qiuzhi to judge that the Mother Star seemed to have fallen into an era of thin spiritual sources.

Otherwise...

Everything within sight should have been spiritual trees tens of millions of years old.

But in reality...

There weren't any.

Even this Flat Peach Willow, located at the peak in the best geographical position, was only ten years old.

"Flat Peach?"

Following his daughter's hint, Jiang Chen noticed that the fallen fruit was indeed shaped like a peach, just somewhat large, similar to the genetically modified Flat Peaches he had eaten on the Antarctic Continent.

Jiang Chen stepped forward, picked up the Flat Peach, and weighed it in his hand.

It was about as heavy as five apples.

"It was you, you little rascal, that hit my daughter. I'm going to eat you."

Jiang Chen wiped it with his clothes and then took a big bite.

He tasted it and felt it was quite delicious.

It seemed even more palatable than the genetically modified Flat Peaches he had eaten on the Antarctic Continent.

Furthermore...

With the sensitivity of Jiang Chen's tongue, he could vaguely feel a trace of energy contained within.

Although he wasn't quite sure what it was...

...Jiang Chen still couldn't help but hand it to his daughter. "Want a taste?"

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi grinned, revealing the awkwardness of not having grown teeth yet.

"Bite it with your gums; you can definitely get a piece off,"

Jiang Chen said.

She could uproot a weeping willow.

He didn't believe his divine daughter couldn't handle a peach.

"..."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi simply didn't want to eat such a low-grade Flat Peach.

But for the sake of her father's good intentions, she still held the Flat Peach, which was nearly half her size, and began to gnaw on it.

"I'll take you out to sea for some fresh air!"

Jiang Chen lifted his daughter over his head and let her sit on his shoulders.

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi conveniently placed the Flat Peach on her father's head, gnawing on it as she followed him back to the small fishing boat.

The small fishing boat descended.

It landed on the sea surface.

It traveled slowly across the ocean.

Although the ocean had expanded twofold, seawater was still seawater.

However, beneath the sea, there were vaguely many new substances and many creatures never seen before.

But!

These creatures were also smart; after the small fishing boat landed, they automatically kept their distance.

They seemed to be weighing the strength of both sides.

After circling for a while, most of the creatures left.

Only a few creatures seemed unwilling to give up, wandering around as if looking for an opportunity.

Jiang Chen didn't care.

He pulled the fishing net out of the boat and said to the daughter on his shoulder, "Baby, I forgot to introduce myself. Your dad is actually a fisherman who specializes in fishing. Just watch, Dad's going to haul up some big treasures for you."

As Jiang Chen spoke...

...he threw the fishing net down.

The moment it was thrown, the system in Jiang Chen's mind automatically appeared.

It showed the global fog zones and non-fog zones.

Originally!

According to Jiang Chen's previous exploration path, currently only the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean were still fog zones.

But at this moment...

...the map in Jiang Chen's mind showed that besides the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, other previously explored oceans had once again developed fog zones.

These fog zones were all very small, but there were many of them.

In the Southern Sea Area alone, there were six fog zones.

"Strange!"

"How did fog zones appear again in the sea areas that have already been explored?"

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned.

But soon...

...he understood.

The ocean had, after all, expanded several times over.

So some places had once again become fog zones.

And...

The geographical locations of these fog zones were very precise.

The small fishing boat just had to fly over, and it could immediately start fishing.

There was no need to drift around on the sea.

"Dad, those big fish are all running away!"

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi pointed ahead. Because of the small fishing boat's arrival, a large number of fish were leaping out of the water in a frantic escape.

They had clearly sensed danger and wanted to avoid the small fishing boat.

Jiang Chen looked at the map of the South Indian Ocean; there were no fog zones within ten miles of here.

The nearest fog zone was a hundred miles to the south.

Jiang Chen thus set this fog zone as his target.

Then he said to his daughter, "No rush, I'll take you to a place where there's guaranteed to be treasure."

After saying that...

...the small fishing boat flew toward the nearest fog zone.

In just five minutes...

...the small fishing boat appeared a hundred miles away.

Jiang Chen threw the fishing net down again.

The net hadn't been down for even five seconds...

...when the system reacted.

[Reminder to host: You have caught nine-leaf lingzhi grass.]

[nine-leaf lingzhi grass is a basic plant that produces spirit elements. This plant can grow anywhere in the universe without the need for watering, soil, or fertilizer, requiring only cosmic microwave radiation.]

As Jiang Chen pulled up the fishing net...

...a bunch of lingzhi grass about the size of hemp stalks was hauled up.

A large amount of information about this nine-leaf lingzhi grass flooded into Jiang Chen's mind.

And one sentence in particular made him realize something.

"spirit elements account for eighty percent of the universe's mass."

For a long time...

...scientists have been measuring the relationship between the mass of celestial bodies and gravity.

But through all their measurements, everyone discovered that with the current mass of the Solar System, it was simply impossible to keep the celestial bodies, including Earth, trapped within it.

Theoretically, the celestial bodies within the Solar System should have disintegrated long ago.

However, since they hadn't disintegrated...

...it could only mean...

...that there was still some invisible matter exerting a massive gravitational force all around, holding the entire Solar System together.

But this substance was invisible and untouchable. Scientists had explored for many years and still didn't know what substance was at work.

So, they collectively referred to this conceptual substance as 'dark matter'.

After learning about the function of the nine-leaf lingzhi grass, Jiang Chen immediately knew that human's periodic table of elements was actually missing one element.

That was the spirit element.

In ancient times, people generally called this spirit element 'Qi'.