A group of replica people agreed without even thinking about it.
Trouble? They were so bored that they were worried about trouble.
And making food delicious is such a meaningful thing, so they are naturally happy to help.
Being idle is one thing, but when you hear Mingyue say that she wants to sunbathe in the sea, that’s another thing entirely.
Even if everyone is a replicant, the fact that water evaporates when exposed to sunlight is a matter of common sense and something that everyone understands.
One of the replicators smiled and said, "Mingyue, are you kidding me? If the water is exposed to the sun, it will disappear, right?"
The others nodded as well: "Yeah, how can this water stand up to the sun? Even if the weather on Planet K is good, it won't work. This is not about the weather."
"That's right. Besides, once the water is gone, it's gone. How can it become something again? Isn't this just a joke?"
"that is… "
Mingyue shook her head: "You don't understand this. The water drying I'm talking about is not just ordinary drying. It's about bringing seawater onto the beach and letting it evaporate under the sun until crystals form."
Having said this, seeing that the group of replicators still had confused faces, Mingyue finally realized that they really didn't understand either.
The citizens of the Federation now eat nutrient solution. Salt was eliminated hundreds of years ago, not to mention the traditional salt-drying method.
Mingyue smiled bitterly and talked about her experience as a science popularizer in the interstellar space.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. We will learn slowly. First of all, you have to know that salt is something that makes food delicious. When seawater is evaporated by sunlight, crystals will precipitate. We just need to gather all the crystals together. When the concentration is saturated, it is the salt we want, but it is just a coarse salt." At this point, Mingyue asked everyone to taste the sea water.
As soon as the sea water entered my mouth, the salty and bitter taste filled my entire throat.
Some replica people couldn't stand the strange smell and spat it out quickly.
Others questioned: "How can this water, which is so unpalatable, produce something that makes food taste good?"
Mingyue is really confident. You know, in those small worlds in the past, no matter in ancient or modern times, no matter rich or poor, salt is indispensable, so this shows the importance of salt.
"We'll know how it works if we try it," Mingyue smiled confidently.
Although the other replicators had doubts in their hearts, they did not object out loud.
After all, Mingyue’s decisions have never disappointed them.
But it was already getting late, and we had been out for more than half a month, so it was time to go back.
So everyone made a mark here, and then slowly headed back along the marks they had made along the way.
Fortunately, before I went out, I greeted the people left at home and told them that I would probably be away for a long time, otherwise they would have been really worried.
You know, in the past everyone would come back after three to five days away, and there had never been anyone who stayed away for so long.
Of course, the harvest was also very rich. In addition to various wild fruits and vegetables, the biggest harvest was the sea.
On their way back, Mingyue and the others dug up several kinds of edible wild fruit trees and transplanted them in a nearby woods so that they could pick the fruits conveniently in the future.
Although they might leave before the wild fruits ripen, no one thought of this when they were doing it. That night, a group of people lit torches and ate the fresh dishes brought back by Mingyue and others, the roasted suckling pig from the farm (the old pigs were attached to the people and they couldn't bear to kill them, but the young ones could), and talked about who would dry the salt in the future. Everyone had a smile on their face, and their eyes were full of longing for the future.
However, something unexpected happened at this time.
Mingyue was sitting at the top seat, eating the roasted pig's trotter in her hand, when she heard a loud shout from the back seat: "Xiaojiu, what's wrong with you?"
Soon another copycat screamed, "Ah, Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu he, he..."
Mingyue frowned, stood up and walked towards the back.
She had just approached and was about to ask questions when she saw with her own eyes a replica suddenly explode, bursting into pieces of flesh from head to toe, and covering the replicas around him with sticky blood and flesh.
You should know that not long ago, this replicant named Xiaojiu was eating meat with everyone with a smile and imagining the future of life together.
But at this moment, he was blown into pieces.
For a moment, the expressions on everyone's faces froze.
Everyone knew that it was because the remote control of the G chip in Xiaojiu's body was activated, which was why he suddenly exploded.
Moreover, all of their clones have G chips in their bodies.
The peace that they had enjoyed for such a long time was broken in an instant. They suddenly realized that they had no freedom and that there was a time bomb in their bodies. They didn't know when they would suddenly disappear from this world like Xiaojiu.
One replica suddenly had a mental breakdown. He knelt on the ground, covered his face and cried, "I don't want to die. After I met you, I felt like a real person, a person with flesh and blood, not a replica as they said, not someone's blood bank. I want to live and live well with you."
His crying made the mental state of the other replicants become unnatural.
"They always treat me as a substitute for that person, but I am myself. I can't be that person they say, and I don't want to be that person. I'm really tired. It's you who make me feel that I can be myself. I want to live a good life and be myself in the future."
"They never treated me as a human being, and said that my genes would revolt sooner or later. Rather than being sad and upset in the future, it would be better for them to not care about me from the beginning. But I also want to be cared about, and I would be sad too."
"They always say that they and I are family, but when my brother was in the service, everyone pushed me out. Is there any difference between me and my brother? Yes, because I am a replica, I am not their family."
"I… "
It was also at this time that a group of replica talents spoke out the words that had been accumulating in their hearts for a long time.
When a group of people were crying and making a fuss, Mingyue's brows relaxed and she suddenly raised her voice and said, "Why are you crying? What's the big deal? Cheer up, I have a way to remove the G chip for you."
As soon as she said this, everyone held their breath and looked towards her.
Yes, on the surface everyone was talking about their own misfortunes, but in fact, it would be more accurate to say that after seeing what happened to Xiaojiu, they began to fear for their own future.
The source of their fear is the G chip in their bodies.
(End of this chapter)