Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce sat outside and guarded until 3 a.m. The expected sandstorm did not come, and both of them were too sleepy to stand it, so they went back to the base to change shifts and let the students of the second group continue to keep vigil.
Waking up the next morning, Yue Xingwen found that their project was intact.
There was no overnight wind last night and today’s weather was sunny. However, if the sandstorm did not come, everyone could not rest assured, after all, their project had not been tested, and no one knew whether it would be successful this time or not.
Yue Xingwen looked at Lin Manluo and asked, “Senior sister, do we have to wait for a sandstorm to confirm that the project is okay before proceeding to the next step, or do we start today and continue the following?”
Lin Manluo frowned and thought carefully for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, “Let’s wait and see. In case there is a loophole, and we hurriedly take the next step, the planted plants will be destroyed again and it will be too late to re-plant again. The funds will not be enough.”
Jiang Pingce agreed and said, “It is more prudent to accept the first stage successfully and then continue with the second stage.”
It was just that their project had not been accepted by higher-level professionals, and could only be handed over to the library for verification.
On the following day, everyone simply took a holiday, stayed at the base to rest, and paid close attention to the weather outside.
Since there was plenty of light during the day, there was no need to stay outside to observe in person, so Ke Shaobin only needed to put Xiao Tu outside. Every few minutes, Xiao Tu would take photos and transfer them to his laptop.
Twelve people sat together, chatting and waiting for the sandstorm.
After a whole day, the sandstorm still did not come, and Liu Zhaoqing sighed. “This library, it makes a sudden attack when it should not come, and it does not come when we wait, really annoying.”
Yue Xingwen reminded them, “Don’t slack off, continue the vigil tonight.”
In the evening, the students of the second group waited until 3 am in the morning, but the sandstorm still did not come. Zhuo Feng whispered, “If the sandstorm does not come, we can’t wait forever, right?”
Lin Manluo gritted her teeth and said, “Wait two days at most. If there is no movement the day after tomorrow, we will continue to the next step.”
They didn’t know if the library was deliberately wearing out their patience. The night was still calm, until the afternoon of the third day, Ke Shaobin wanted to go out of the base to take a look, and a cold wind suddenly rushed towards him, mixed with a large amount of sand and dust violently slapped his face. He immediately shouted excitedly, “Here it comes!” Other students hurriedly rushed out and looked into the distance together.
The strong wind really drove the quicksand towards them, and the momentum was like a thousand horses galloping! However, after encountering the first layer of barriers, those sands were partially intercepted by the wall, and many more rushed out of the sand drainage and continued to rush forward——
The billowing yellow sand rushed towards them, this time the wind was much stronger than the sandstorm of the first night!
The students’ hands were sweating for fear that their project would be ruined again.
What made them happy was that after the interception of layers of sand barrier, the amount of quicksand was significantly reduced, and by the fifth layer, there was not much left, and in the sixth layer, the quicksand was completely blocked by the wall!
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Lan Yarong smiled and patted Lin Manluo’s shoulder. “Good job Manluo. In this way, our task of wind prevention and sand fixation is half completed, and these eight layers of barriers are enough to ensure that the cultivated land around the town won’t be destroyed.”
Lin Manluo’s hanging heart in the past few days finally came down, and a smile appeared on her face. “Great. This is the result that everyone calculated together, and now it has finally been verified!”
Yue Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jiang Pingce.
In the past two days, he was also very nervous, after all, the funds in his hand were not much, and the worst plan was to go back to the 1st floor to retake the exam after failing the course. But it turned out that their data calculation and sand table model drills were still very effective. The project made according to the model was perfect!
No longer would it be like at the beginning, when the sandstorm came, the defense project collapsed directly.
Yue Xingwen concluded with a smile, “It’s indeed a very wise decision to do the experiment first before the official construction.”
Zhuo Feng nodded. “That’s right. When the sandstorm passes, Mango will start setting up the next stage of the tasks!”
Their current project only prevented quicksand from encroaching on farmland and ensuring that residents’ cultivated land was not affected, but it did not fundamentally solve the root of the problem. The exam requirements were to manage the environment and improve the ecology, so they must not only prevent, but also manage.
Lin Manluo opened the project plan and spoke quickly, “The last stage is to level the sand dunes to create land.” She pointed to the distance and said, “The large sand dunes in front are the key cause of sandstorms when the wind blows. Our team has Xiao Nian from the Architecture Department, and the work of leveling the sand is very easy to do, just get on the bulldozer and make the sand dunes flat.”
Zhang Xiaonian took out the mapping drawings, looked at the data and said, “With such a large area of sand dunes, I probably have to… take half a day to get it done, is that okay?”
Lin Manluo laughed. “Half a day is already fast, your special ability is much more efficient than the normal construction team.”
Yue Xingwen asked, “The sea buckthorn that senior sister chose before can grow in the sand, but if the sand is not firm enough, the plants can’t firmly take root, and if the wind blows, will the trees we planted be blown down?”
Lin Manluo nodded. “Yes. Although these plants such as sea buckthorn and sand willow can survive in the harsh sand, they can’t be directly planted in the sand and live. This piece of land still needs to be transformed again. The best way is to divert water to pull sand to create land.”
Ke Shaobin was stunned. “Water diversion?”
Lin Manluo said, “Since there are towns and cultivated land neary, there must be water sources. We need to build some water diversion channels to bring the water sources over for watering, create a sandy area suitable for growing plants, and then plant the saplings.”
Jiang Pingce reminded them, “There are still 9 days until the end of the exam, is it too late?”
Lin Manluo thought for a while and said, “It should be in time. We have junior brother from the Architecture Department, and the speed of digging water canals is very fast.”
Yue Xingwe made a decision at the moment and said, “Okay, I went with Pingce and young Ke to find a water source, and the others will assist Xiao Nian in leveling the dunes. Senior sister Lin, you will make a plan for planting trees as soon as possible to see how the canals and plants will be distributed.”
Everyone began to divide the work.
With Jiang Pingce’s coordinate system parabolic movement, coupled with Xiao Tu’s radar detection, the three people quickly found a water source nearby, from here to divert water over, replaced by the general engineering team, which might take more than half a month to construct. Fortunately, with Xiao Nian’s excavator, the digging was very fast, and then using cement to paste it into the dig canal to make a simple water channel.
At the same time, Lin Manluo also discussed with his teammates to draw a reforestation area, designed the distribution of water channels. The water channels arranged vertically and horizontally, forming a ‘田’ shape, could water the land in all directions. The plants were planted in the middle square, and the final reforestation project would be more aesthetic.
After making all the preparations, Zhang Xiaonian started the construction.
His excavator skill had now risen to level 4, and his speed was several times faster than that at the very beginning. In just one afternoon, Zhang Xiaonian finished the project of leveling the dunes and digging the water channel.
Everyone rested overnight at the base and got up early the next morning to work again.
Lin Manluo turned toward Yue Xingwen and said, “Xingwen, how much money is left?”
Yue Xingwen said, “If you buy sea buckthorn seedlings, you can buy thousands of them.”
Lin Manluo looked through the mall and said, “Buy some more grass seeds. I saw that grass seeds are particularly cheap, and buying a few pounds is enough to grow in a large area. If the seeds are sprinkled, even if they can only live half, they are very helpful for improving the environment of the entire area.”
Yue Xingwen nodded and bought about 1,000 sea buckthorn saplings with the rest of the funds, a few more pounds of grass seeds, and tools such as shovels. The 12 people started planting trees in separate groups according to senior sister’s wishes.
Every year on Arbor Day, the school often organized students to plant trees. Yue Xingwen still remembered that in his first year of high school, he planted a willow tree in the open space behind the school, and later, he went back to his alma mater with Jiang Pingce, and the sapling he planted had grown up and was green enough for his junior brothers and sisters to cool off.
How long would it take for the trees planted in the sand to grow?
In order to prevent the students from planting the trees crookedly, Jiang Pingce specially calculated the distance, used a triangular ruler to draw the entire field transformation area into a chessboard-like coordinate system, and instructed everyone, “Plant trees at the junction of the chessboard, so that the distance between every two trees will be the same.”
Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but laugh and said, “Is this the obsessive-compulsive disorder of the Mathematic Department?”
Jiang Pingce said, “The trees will be ugly if they are arranged messily, so let’s make it neat.” He paused and added, “Besides, can’t sea buckthorn bear fruit? After a few years, when the trees had matured and could bear fruit, it would be convenient for local residents to pick if it’s neatly arranged.”
Yue Xingwen nodded in agreement, “En, it’s still Pingce who is thoughtful. Everyone just follows the coordinate system and plants trees at the intersection!”
Lin Manluo reminded them. “Don’t dig too deep, submerged the root of the sapling, and then fix the sapling about 15 cm higher! Remember to water it after planting.”
Yue Xingwen said, “No need to water, I’ll rain directly when the time comes.”
Everyone stood in 12 rows, each planted in a row.
Since Jiang Pingce drew a line on the ground and stipulated the coordinate of each tree, everyone followed the coordinate points and planted saplings one by one. Even if 12 people planted trees at the same time, it would not be chaotic.
The more trees were planted, the more people found… Neat and tidy did look good!
Thousands of saplings were divided by 12 people, each of them needed to plant about 90 trees. In order to rush the work, everyone simply stayed up all night. It took a day and a night to plant all the saplings. Yue Xingwen summoned the rain, let the clouds move slowly to water the saplings.
Everyone stood in the distance with some worry—— The plants they planted with their own hands, they didn’t know what the survival rate could be? A group of laymen had done their best to do this, and then they could only resign themselves to fate.
Yue Xingwen looked at this spectacular project and sighed. “It’s hard to believe, this is made by 12 of us.”
Jiang Pingce said, “Only with the help of special abilities can we complete it in such a short time. There are still 6 days until the end of the exam, and next, everyone still can’t be careless and consolidate the results.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
In the following time, everyone went to the forest every day to patrol and watered any areas they saw that were short of water. When the wind was strong, in order to avoid the saplings being blown down by the wind, they also reinforced them with triangular stakes next to them.
Time flew quickly, their 1 day, which was equivalent to 24 days in this world.
Those saplings actually emitted tender green shoots at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Watching one sapling after another survive smoothly, everyone’s mood was full of excitement.
On the last day of the exam, the scene in front of them suddenly changed. A line of words appeared in everyone’s hover box: “Congratulations to the Research Group 183 for passing the exam. What you’re seeing is the view of the sandy land ten years later.”
In the distance, the sea buckthorn they planted grew rapidly as if by magic, and between the tender green leaves, bearing a large orange fruit, dense and small bean-sized orange fruit in a row, stretching for thousands of meters, extremely spectacular!
Ke Shaobin looked at those fruits, almost left his mouth watering. “Just show us to see, not for eating?”
Lin Manluo was so excited that she burst into tears. “This is the scene ten years later, everyone has worked hard!”
Each tree was planted by their own hands, and at that moment, everyone’s hearts were full of accomplishment that was beyond words.
It was because of their efforts that, ten years later, the original barren, desolate, and plagues by quicksand, appeared as a vast expanse of vibrant greenery and bore the sweetest fruits.
Wow, so much work.
“Just for seeing, not for eating?” Same, Shaobin! I also want to eat. xD
I managed to catch up. Thanks for the translation.
I like sea buckthorn. Tea with it really yummy
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I kinda see the pattern of the library ebery course (kinda?). First, it’s like they let the students experience injustice/grievances and next let them feel accomplishment something like that? Ah I can’t explain it properly
TY FOR THE TRANSLATION!!!!!