Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 164 Ecological Earth

After the Threat Reliever left Earth, the people lingering near the ruins of the Altar of Truth gradually dispersed.

Although the people are gone, the compensation left behind by those who mitigated the risks continues to have an effect.

In the Sahara Desert of Africa, a satellite captured the cracked earth for the last time, showing rapidly multiplying supergrass penetrating the hardened soil and ignoring the nearly 60-degree Celsius surface temperature, spreading across the entire surface at a visible speed.

The African people, who struggle to survive in semi-subterranean dwellings to escape drought and high temperatures, are surprised to find that what was a lush, tender yellow grass sprout in the morning has grown into waist-high tender grass by evening.

The lush grass and the evaporation of moisture from its respiration quickly moistened the parched earth, creating a clear, cloudless sky. Wisps of thin clouds formed under the evaporation of this moisture, which may soon develop into cumulonimbus clouds, completing the atmospheric water cycle from nothing to something.

No one knows where the water for these super grasses comes from. All that humans know is that eating these grasses provides the body with just the right amount of water, basic nutrients, and energy.

This is true for humans, and even more so for wild animals.

Whether it's a pride of lions, hyenas, eagles, or other carnivores or scavengers, they can nibble on some grass when they're bored. The calories provided by this grass are only enough for emergency survival, not enough for reproduction.

If they want to reproduce, they still have to hunt native animals in the food chain.

This was clearly a deliberate design by those responsible for mitigating the risks, limiting the heat generated by the grass to prevent an overpopulation of wild animals.

Besides wild animals, humans have also made an unexpected discovery that insects almost never actively eat this super grass. Although the specific mechanism is not yet understood, humans can vaguely guess why these insects are restricted.

It's most likely just a fear of insect plagues caused by an unlimited supply of food.

Those who helped eliminate the risks are truly kind people.

Another noteworthy point is that these supergrasses do not encroach on the ecological space of native plants. They do not compete with plants for oxygen and sunlight. Although they are green, they hardly participate in any photosynthesis, relying solely on respiration to improve the earth's surface and maintain ecological balance.

Once native plants of Earth gather and reproduce in an area, such as ferns growing or shrubs spreading, Supergrass will immediately shrink its territory, as if it can sense the pheromones emitted by these native plants.

They improved the cake, made the cake bigger, but didn't divide the cake. There's no grass in the world more understanding than this.

As the African continent awakens, humans begin to reintroduce artificially bred wild animals, but they dare not release any genetically edited animals or plants again. Although the Digital Republic has submitted a political proposal to the United Nations to regain trust in MOSS, people in the real world remain very wary of MOSS's existence.

Any proposal regarding MOSS will be rejected with a single click.

Only when backed by a digital republic will people be vigilant in screening and reviewing these related proposals.

The psychological trauma this artificial intelligence has inflicted on humanity is too severe.

The Green Life Organization also played a key role in this great recovery, especially with its self-funded, comprehensive seed vaults, which are far more comprehensive and abundant than the official seed storage stations established by the United Nations.

Thanks to the selfless efforts of tens of thousands of environmentalists and ecologists at Green Life, they averted the fifth mass extinction in Earth's history.

Seven days later, the grass waves, which started from the equator, crossed the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and spread further south and further north.

Beyond Africa, the endless blue waves can be seen everywhere in North and South America, Eurasia, and Australia.

Ten days later, the grass spread across the abandoned city clusters. Those cities that had been abandoned because they had lost their round soap bubbles were given a different kind of life. Rusty rails were lifted up by tender stems, and asphalt roads cracked under the pressure of roots. This strong visual contrast between wasteland and rebirth attracted a large number of photography enthusiasts.

Faced with a dangerous building that was on the verge of collapse due to ecological restoration, the Nikon enthusiasts shouted something like "Amazing!" and rushed in with their cameras.

On the fifteenth day, the waves of grass from the Northern Hemisphere spread over Beijing, and most of China had been re-greened. However, since China had already planted a large number of trees, people did not feel a strong sense of rebirth brought about by the green grass. But citizens could clearly feel that the temperature had dropped.

A Beijing temperature of 50°C is completely different from a Beijing temperature of 30°C – it's like heaven and hell.

Humans no longer have to cower inside buildings.

On the twentieth day, the Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia regions, affected by Siberian desertification, began to reforest. The four northeastern provinces welcomed a light snowfall after several years. Although it melted quickly, the snow caps of the Greater Khingan Mountains and Outer Khingan Mountains remained. The white mountains and black soil have once again become a reality.

On the thirtieth day, the entire Siberia transformed into an emerald labyrinth, and the surviving wild animals discovered that the world had become a fragrant mossy cushion.

In the third month, the doldrums of the equator are once again swept by moist monsoons. The ecological recovery brought about by the supergrass has even affected the marine world. Blue-green algae at the bottom of saltwater lakes are revived in the water purified by the roots of the grass, and flocks of flamingos fly over the endless oases.

The Trisolarans were incredibly envious.

A year later, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in the dried-up mud, a dandelion took off with the help of the new air currents. Looking towards the horizon along this dandelion, endless dandelions were taking off, turning into fluffy white clouds, celebrating their flight towards this newborn world.

The space cities that evolved from the three major space stations—the United Nations, the International Space Station, and the Chinese Space Station—are places where residents can almost see with the naked eye the transformation of the once yellowish-brown Eurasian continent back into greenery. The once pale and yellowish desert belt on this blue planet has completely disappeared.

In Crisis Era 89 (2096), the United Nations solemnly announced that the two-year ecological collapse had ended and the Great Depression had also ended.

MOSS once stepped on the gas pedal twice during the Great Depression, hoping to make human civilization play a game of destruction and rebirth. But before this high-speed chariot of humanity could plunge into the abyss, it was ultimately brought to a halt by the invincible Risk Remover because of the existence of Einstein's Equator.

Everything is just right.

The first anniversary of the Green Grass Era.

Someone found Luo Qing still digging in the ground on the American plains.

"You wall-facer! Why are you still digging in the ground? Hasn't agriculture been slowly recovering?"

"There is still not enough food, and it will take a long time for agriculture to recover. Many people are still starving and eating grass."

Luo Qing, who was plowing the land at supersonic speed, stopped after hitting the sound caused by the vibration of the air.

"Stop tilling the land! You who are facing the wall, look who's here!" the man shouted again.

Luo Qing turned around and saw the former US president riding on a giant rotary tiller. She was wearing a white shirt and a straw hat, and at first glance, she looked a bit like a female knight who had tamed a giant beast. Behind her were dozens of large rotary tillers lined up in a row.

"Why did you come here?" Luo Qing asked her.

“Go back to China. There are many scientists waiting for you outside your Wallfacer compound.”

"Didn't I just teach them some universal truths two months ago? And now you're doing it again?"

"You know, scientists are in some ways more insatiable than us politicians; they need more cosmic truths."

“I can go back then, but these lands…” Luo Qing pointed to the farmland.

The former US president patted the giant rotary tiller he was sitting on: "It's been a year, and humanity has recovered. Agriculture, industry, handicrafts, commerce—leave it all to us! We're not just sitting around doing nothing. Civilization is reviving. Be a good evangelist of knowledge. You are now the greatest teacher of all mankind, the master of scientific truth, without exception!"

As she spoke, the former US president, driving a giant rotary tiller, along with her former Secretary of State, former President of the Senate, former Speaker of the House, former Supreme Court Justice, and other former government staff, and even her loser, black-skinned opponent, began their rumbling work.

"In that case, thank you all for your hard work. I'll head back now; I'll leave this place to you." Luo Qing casually cast a beam of immortal light at her before soaring into the sky.

A little concern from a friend.

In fact, five years have passed since he woke up from his seclusion. During these five years, he has spent most of his time dealing with this US president. It wouldn't be inappropriate to call them friends. Although the other party is no longer seeking re-election, Luo Qing still cherishes this friendship.

Seeing the Wallfacer who was gone forever, and feeling his body being healed by that celestial light, the former US president pursed his lips and pushed the control lever in a huff.

The giant rotary tiller increased its horsepower, and its speed, previously unmatched by the Secretary of State and others, sped forward at an astounding pace.

(End of this chapter)