Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 3 I can control plant growth!

Li Mu stared at his hands, feeling a little confused for a moment.

"How did I suddenly gain this ability?"

Li Mu sat on the edge of the bed, stroking his chin, thinking about the source of his supernatural powers.

"Hmm? Where's my jade pendant?
Don’t I wear it all the time?”

Li Mu suddenly discovered that the jade pendant he had worn for more than ten years was missing.

The origin of this jade pendant is quite peculiar. It was picked up by Li Mu when he was young while digging wild vegetables in the fields. It is shaped like two green bamboo seedlings, one long and one short.

Li Mu had been wearing it as if it were an ordinary handicraft for more than ten years. Its sudden disappearance triggered Li Mu's speculation.

"Could it be that my superpowers come from the jade pendant? There was no change in the past ten years, but when the Ice Age came, it actually gave me this superpower!"

He couldn't help but sigh at the mystery of chance.

"Ignore these for now and try to ripen other plants."

"Lily of the valley, succulents, and cacti, even if they grow up, they are not very useful. After all, they are just potted plants for people to appreciate."

Suddenly, he remembered something:
"By the way, I think I bought a vegetable seed gift pack some time ago, which contained ten common vegetable seeds in our country."

After a careful search, Li Mu finally found the mysterious gift package from deep in the cabinet.

He couldn't wait to open the gift package and found that it was indeed filled with various vegetable seeds, such as spinach, cabbage, eggplant, pepper, etc.

Faced with these seeds, a glimmer of hope emerged deep in Li Mu's heart.

"It's decided to be you, Jimaocai!"

Chicken feather vegetable, a green leafy vegetable with a very short growth cycle, only needs careful watering and it can grow from seeds into edible vegetables in just half a month.

Li Mu carefully took out a dozen of Chinese cabbage seeds, planted them in nutrient soil, and finally watered them with precious water.

However, after a while, Li Mu did not see the expected green light, and his mood became gloomy.

Was that green light just a short-lived miracle?

His heart was in turmoil. Was the hope of survival that he had finally found shattered just like that?
"No, it must be my method that is wrong."

Li Mu began to recall how he had stimulated the growth of tomatoes.

It seemed that at that moment, his heart was filled with anticipation, his fingers pressed closely against the tomato, and then the green light appeared.

So, is the key the strong intention deep in the heart or the physical contact?
Li Mu pointed his palm at the flowerpot with the Chinese cabbage and said silently in his heart:

"Grow up quickly!"

The green light shone again! Like the power that inspired the growth of tomatoes, this mysterious green light gushed out from the palm of my hand and penetrated into the flower pot bit by bit, witnessing another miracle.

At first, it was the tender green shoots that broke through the constraints of the soil and stubbornly poked their heads out.

As green light continued to be injected, these green buds grew taller rapidly. In a short period of time, the originally delicate leaves had grown as broad as an adult's palm.

Just half a minute later, the flowerpot, which was a dozen centimeters wide, was filled with emerald greens that made people salivate!

Li Mu stared at the Chinese cabbage in the flowerpot with his eyes wide open, unable to come back to his senses for a moment.

He carefully picked a leaf and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"It's sweet even when eaten raw, and it's much better looking than the ones you buy at the market!"

Li Mu was ecstatic. Since vegetables can be ripened quickly, then wheat and rice can also be ripened. I remember there are some uneaten potatoes in the kitchen. The family next door has a cat, so there is probably cat grass. In this way, wheat can be harvested as well! (Cat grass is barley seedlings)

In this case, even if the world really ends, there will be no shortage of food!

If Li Mu had awakened this ability before the apocalypse, he could at most perform magic tricks for people. After all, in this era, who would still lack food? But now that the Ice Age has arrived, it is estimated that it will be difficult to grow crops on the surface. Li Mu can completely rely on his own ability to build a shelter and survive in this ice apocalypse!
While looking forward to a better life in the future, Li Mu was considering whether or not to tell his two good brothers about this matter. After all, the three of them had to live together in this doomsday, and such a thing could not be kept secret.

Taking out a batch of fresh vegetables every once in a while, anyone would know there is something wrong.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something fishy going on.

After careful consideration, Li Mu decided not to reveal the secret for the time being because the time was not yet ripe.

The supplies will be enough for a while. The end of the world has just arrived and their mentality may not have changed. After a while, when the supplies are almost consumed, they will truly realize the importance of food!

And I have to keep this secret well. After all, the landlord has food and I have guns, so the landlord’s house is my granary!

During this special period, although Li Mu and his companions have the physical strength of youth and the power of three young adults, they still need to be vigilant against the leakage of this secret.

Once people driven mad by hunger learn of this news, they may not be able to cope with the ensuing crisis.

In addition, Li Mu didn't want to be trapped in one place and become a machine that only produced food.

In this situation, keeping secrets and ensuring his own safety are the first things Li Mu has to consider.

Even if you have a thousand thoughts in your mind, you still have to take one step at a time.

Li Mu covered himself tightly with the quilt and slowly fell asleep.

"Lao Li, Cheng Cheng, wake up quickly, something happened!"

Suddenly, Ah Sao's urgent cry came from the darkness.

When Li Mu opened his eyes, he saw Ah Sao standing in front of the door holding a candle and wearing a winter cotton coat.

"what happened?"

Li Mu looked at the dark sky outside the window. It was obviously still night. He didn't understand why Ah Sao came to him at this time.

"When I heard you say this afternoon that the Ice Age might last a million years, I was completely stunned and couldn't fall asleep even after returning to my room.

I was worried that something might have happened to my family. Lin'an is so far from my hometown, and I didn't know if I would be able to see them again in this life. I don't know how much time had passed, the snow outside was getting heavier, and a strong wind was blowing. The glass of the south window in my room was directly shattered!

I'm worried that the glass in your two rooms might break, so I came to ask you to get up and take a look."

Li Mu and Cheng Cheng were both a little surprised after hearing what Ah Sao said.

They quickly put on their clothes and followed Ah Sao to his room.

As soon as they entered Ah Sao's room, following the flickering candlelight, they saw the cold wind and snow blowing in through the broken window glass, causing the temperature in the room to drop sharply.

"A Sao, luckily you didn't sleep, otherwise you might have been frozen into an ice sculpture in your dream."

"You need to find something to cover this hole, otherwise your room will be buried in the snow overnight!"

As Li Mu spoke, he and Cheng Cheng began to look for materials that could repair the windows.

Li Mu noticed the cardboard boxes used to transport goods and suddenly thought of a good idea.

Li Mu directly dismantled Asao's computer desk, sealed the broken hole with the desktop, and nailed it to the wall with the removed screws. He then stuffed it with cardboard used for transporting goods, directly blocking all the air leaks.

After using the same method to reinforce Li Mu and Cheng Cheng's windows, they turned around and checked the windows of the kitchen and balcony and found that they were all intact.

When all this was done, about an hour had passed.

The three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in the living room, and lit another cigarette by the candlelight.

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