For humanity, burn the stars.

Observations of new species continue on the tundra.

Maintaining a distance of about thirty meters, the three of them held their breath and stared intently at the creature in front of them, which they temporarily called "Niu Niu".

The other side slowly moved its six short, thick limbs, moving steadily across the frozen ground.

Suddenly, the other party stopped moving, causing all three of them to look over.

The creature they had temporarily named "Niu Niu" found a patch of plants on the tundra and began to eat.

In the ice field, this seems to be its only food.

At least so far, they have only ever seen "cows" eating this kind of thing.

The trio exchanged a glance, but did not go forward to disturb them. Instead, they waited silently.

"Speaking of which, even if we can't tame them, can't we still raise 'cows' as livestock and eat them?"

In response to the statement about the atomic bomb, Sun Xiaochuan immediately started to string together the words:

"Niu Niu is so cute, we can't eat 'Niu Niu'!"

"I'm a small-time animal rights activist. People who eat 'Niu Niu' will be punished and turned into 'Niu Niu' in their next life."

However, his two sworn brothers were no ordinary men either, and they immediately launched a counterattack:

"Why didn't you say so sooner! I must eat a lot of meat to punish the bad people who ate them in my past life."

"Damn, I'm a plant conservationist, now I have to eat meat and punish these bad cows that harm the plants."

The three, who shared the same peculiarities, exchanged glances and chuckled.

By this time, the creature had finished eating.

After consuming most of the plants in front of it, it slowly swam away.

The trio then set off again and approached.

It was a low-growing, solitary plant with a translucent, pale white stem, topped with several fist-sized fruits.

The fruit was strange and eye-catching, emitting a unique, ethereal blue light.

After being eaten by "Niu Niu", only a few intact plants remained.

Sun Xiaochuan couldn't help but lean forward, the faint light of the fruit reflected on his protective mask.

"Is this thing... glowing?"

"Damn, won't this emit radiation?"

[Atomic Bomb] shook his head and pointed to the values ​​displayed on the instrument on his arm.

"If it really is due to radiation, wouldn't we be rolling in money by finding this rare substance?"

"But unfortunately, the instrument didn't respond, so that shouldn't be the reason."

He reached out and gently poked the fruit twice.

"I think... maybe this fruit contains some kind of special energy."

"To grow to such a large size on this barren, icy planet, relying solely on the heat generated by conventional plants would somewhat violate the law of conservation of energy..."

[Hitagi] also quickly realized what was happening and added:

"Since it can survive in such a place on just this kind of food, it must have a lot of energy."

Sun Xiaochuan expressed his agreement while attempting to upload the blue fruit to the system.

Unfortunately, this plant has already been uploaded by someone else.

In addition to "Niu Niu" and this plant, people have been uploading new creatures.

"Tsk, someone beat us to it."

"It seems that apart from the initial unlocking of the 'Encyclopedia' feature, subsequent discoveries of new species have no longer been announced server-wide."

[Atomic Bomb] shook his head slightly, casually dug a couple of times into the hard frozen soil, and tried to pull the plant out.

"Regardless, let's collect some samples first."

After some effort, the three of them finally managed to get the plant out, roots and all.

After glancing at the time, the three of them briefly discussed the matter and decided to split up.

[Sun Xiaochuan] left the supplies behind, then took the plant samples back to report to Qin Heling, and also asked him to go back for a medical examination.

After all, being gored by "Niu Niu" is no joke; it would be terrible if there were any internal injuries or debuffs.

The remaining [Hitagi] and [Atomic Bomb] continued their exploration with supplies, hoping to find a herd of cattle or minerals.

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When Sun Xiaochuan returned to the vicinity of the spaceship with the plants, he happened to encounter another team of players led by Soul FIVE returning.

In fact, after such a long period of exploration, it was basically time to come back to rest or resupply.

Hitagi and the atomic bomb saw this as an opportunity and planned to leak the information.

Meanwhile, in the opposing team, a player named "Kick Ha General" was carrying a similar plant.

Judging from their general shapes, they should be the same kind, except that the other person brought back flowers, while he brought back fruit.

They exchanged a glance and nodded to each other before returning to the spaceship together.

After disinfection, the airlock door slid open, and a warm airflow rushed in.

Seven or eight players who had returned earlier had already gathered in the lobby, mostly around the supply station to collect nutrient paste and water.

Qin Heling was already standing in the hall, quietly waiting for all the returning players to report.

【SoulFIVE】stepped forward first and spoke to Qin Heling:

"Captain, we have collected new plants."

[Senjouhara Sun Xiaochuan] walked over side by side and handed the plant forward:

"There is a special kind of creature that feeds on this; I wonder if it's particularly nutritious."

"By the way, the picture of that creature has been uploaded."

Besides the two groups that had just returned, the surrounding players all gathered around to see what the new items were like.

The guy who's been researching building, 【I'm such a noob】, also joined in and posted a live stream to document it.

Qin Heling took the plants from the two of them and nodded gently.

Following the order of discovery, he first looked at [Senjougahara Sun Xiaochuan] and said:

"I have received the upload record, and after deliberation, we will call that creature 'Shepherd Spirit'."

As he spoke, the name "Shepherd Spirit" was automatically updated in the encyclopedia, and a notification popped up in the players' eyes.

Bringing information about unknown animals, plants, and minerals back to the spaceship will unlock their full names.

[Detailed attributes and uses will be unlocked as research progresses]

Sun Xiaochuan couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Actually, he thought the name "Niu Niu" was quite good, but it just looked like it could only be used as a nickname by the players.

Then, Qin Heling reached out and touched the fruit.

The fine veins inside are slowly flowing with fluorescent light, like the flow of some kind of energy.

"As for the plant in your hands... in fact, you may have found something that is rare even in the entire universe..."

"It seems that fruits influenced by 'psychic energy' sometimes grow in the ice and snow of this planet."

Upon hearing the new term Qin Heling used, the players immediately became interested and asked:

"What exactly is this so-called 'psychic power'?"

Looking at the players asking him questions, Qin Heling chuckled and decided to expand on the game's content for them.

"Psionic energy is a special kind of power, originating directly from the Void Realm..."

"Generally speaking, races that are more inclined towards idealism and value spiritual development are more likely to perceive the existence of this special power."