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Amiya said in a childish voice that she was adopted by Kal'tsit earlier than in the original history.

Because Kal'tsit left her original region earlier due to the fall of the Windrunner, she encountered Amiya's family earlier as well.

This time, however, the crisis that would have killed her entire family turned into being hit by a piece of debris. While investigating the falling debris, Kal'tsit found the unconscious Amiya, who had miraculously survived, and decided to take her in at her medical station.

“It’s really safe here, as long as you don’t wander off. You can’t go into the workshops on both sides of the street…” Yelena half-squatted down and rubbed the two little girls’ ears. “There are very dangerous machines in there. If Aunt Skadi sees them, she’ll be angry. She’s super scary when she’s angry.”

"Hmm... I see. Why are these chicks kept inside the house? Why can't they be allowed to come out into the yard?"

"Because it's warmer inside..." Yelena rarely showed such tenderness, probably because the little brown rabbit was so cute.

After all, the people in northern Ursus are mainly Ursus people, and the Caster people are still very rare.

"Is that so? The doctor's house is very warm inside. Can I take one home with me?"

"Amiya, Dr. Kal'tsit will be angry."

"Oh—" The little brown rabbit lowered its head in disappointment.

"Did Dr. Kal'tsit only adopt the three of you?"

"Yes, that's right. However, we have many companions, and a very scary aunt, but they are all on Rhodes Island." "I see." Frostnova didn't ask any further questions, as asking more would be suspected of prying into their background.

“Your condition is stable. You must take the medicine that Boss Xia gave you on time and do not stop taking it suddenly. I heard before that some of you sold your allocated medicine or gave it to your relatives and friends. It is best not to do this again.”

Kal'tsit pushed up her glasses and looked down as she wrote a medical record. Her doctor's white robe was half-draped over her body, revealing her rounded, fair shoulders. However, the dense Originium particles covering her entire back and most of her shoulders made her look particularly ferocious.

“I know what you’re thinking, but giving them your drugs is actually harming them. This kind of drug requires several preliminary treatments. I once treated a young man named Alexei, you might remember him. He almost paid with his life because he took some incomplete drugs that were leaking from here.”

"Understood, doctor. We will never do this again," the infected man in front of him said with some shame. Although Xia Lin had also given instructions, he was more of a farmer than a doctor. Now that even a proper doctor had said so, the infected naturally didn't have the courage to continue doing this.

On the snowy plains, a doctor is a highly valued talent, respected by everyone, let alone a doctor who is himself infected and willing to serve other infected people.

"Alright, here's your prescription. Go get your medicine from that big guy by the door."

Kal'tsit was referring to the Yeti squad member who had come to help and keep watch. Of course, she was initially very opposed, but the latter said that he had received basic first aid and pharmacy training and had to grit his teeth and bear it.

Fortunately, he wasn't lying; he was capable of picking up the prescription, especially since there weren't many medications available to begin with, making it much easier.

Xia Lin doesn't manufacture many types of drugs, but their effects are extremely potent—so potent that Kal'tsit begins to worry about the consequences of their misuse, especially the nano-antibiotics, which are almost regarded as a panacea by the locals.

In a sense, this nano-targeted antibiotic that implements a whitelist-based eradication system is essentially a micromachine and can indeed be used as a panacea.

Aside from Oripathy and a few fungal and parasitic diseases that are incurable, it can cure almost all external wound infections, food poisoning, and respiratory infections. This saves Kal'tsit a lot of trouble in preparing medicine, but it also makes her extremely afraid and worried about it.

The line between medicine and poison is inherently blurred. If a medicine is so potent, it means that under certain circumstances, its toxicity can have the same potent effect.

"Red, Amiya? Where did they go?" After dealing with a group of patients, Kal'tsit walked up to the upper living area of ​​the medical station. The three children's rooms were empty. She then remembered that she had let them go out to play when she was too busy to pay attention.

Xia Lin had assured her that this place was safe, and based on her observations, it was indeed so. The Yeti squad in snow camouflage and the security guards in farm uniforms maintained local order very well.

Although the methods were somewhat crude, there was virtually no extortion or bribery involved.

Of course, there's no need for that here, since everyone is paid by the farm. Strictly speaking, these guards are even paid more than the hired workers.

Moreover, they all wear monitoring wristbands, and such behavior will be severely punished if discovered. In addition, the Patriots' Shield Guards are also mixed in with the hired workers, which increases the cost of this crime by more than ten times.

"Doctor, doctor, look—" Amiya rushed into the medical station carrying a kitten with difficulty, "It's a kitten."

Ursus has just as many rats as other places. So, Xia Lin bred several cats.

Of course, cats not only eat mice, but also birds and other small animals, making them ecological killers.

But the Covenant itself is the biggest ecological killer, and it doesn't care at all—

Xia Lin even felt that biological extinction of the small animals and birds that stole his seeds and feed was too slow.

“Amiya, you…” Kal'tsit’s head started to ache. For some reason, the cat’s fur was a strange pale greenish-white—exactly the same color as her hair—was this some kind of demonstration or some strange etiquette? Amiya, who had specifically asked Frostnova to dye the cat the same color as Kal'tsit’s hair, looked at the doctor in confusion.

"Fine, since you're going to keep it, then it's your responsibility. You'll be in charge of everything it does, from eating and drinking to using the toilet, and make sure it doesn't wander into my lab or ward, understand?"

"Okay—" Amiya happily hugged the cat, which let out a soft, meowing sound.

Chapter 73 Frost Star ~ Country Girl Fashion

Chapter 73

When the pale blue forsythia that White Rabbit kept on the windowsill bloomed, spring in Ursus gradually arrived, stepping on the still-falling fine snow, like a demure lady carrying her skirt walking across the snowfield, leaving tiny green footprints between the snow and frost.

Xia Lin's soybeans, millet, and corn were all frozen to death by the natural disaster. Only the cloudberries survived because the mountains blocked the cold air and they could survive at minus 40 degrees Celsius.

If they were to replant, Xia Lin would need to start breeding new varieties. If they were to plant corn on all of the approximately 20 square kilometers of newly developed arable land, they would need 75 tons of seeds, which Xia Lin would undoubtedly be unable to provide all at once.

Therefore, those extensively cultivated lands are mainly planted with local staple crops such as ryegrass and alfalfa from summer. Rye is a low-growing subspecies of ryegrass that can grow on ryegrass. It has a low yield but is extremely cold-resistant and salt-tolerant, and its root system is not easily damaged by permafrost.

The approximately 100 tons of tequila seeds came from a trade deal in Schulzburg and were of mediocre quality.

Although the Covenant did not have a corresponding sowing program, considering the crop's extremely resilient vitality, Xia Lin still managed to complete this massive sowing operation, driving the bull and the other Yeti members driving the tractor.

The previously cleared land of about ten hectares was then planted with sugar beets. Each hectare of sugar beets requires about 15 kilograms of seeds, but since all the machinery had been used to plant wheat, the planting had to be done manually.

The warm irrigation water flowing from the heat collection tower flows along the cement canal with a gurgling sound. The warm water seeps into the soil little by little, slowly thawing the lowest layer of permafrost.

After testing the soil temperature for several consecutive days and finding it to be above 5 degrees Celsius, the workers began planting sugar beets. The Covenant sugar beets reach technological maturity in only about half the time it takes for natural sugar beets, meaning they transform from biennials into annuals, reaching technological maturity around August or September.

The so-called technological maturity period refers to the point at which the sugar content in sugar beets begins to increase and reaches the standards for industrial sugar production, which is earlier than its biological maturity period.

Correspondingly, the sugar beets of the Star Alliance are industrial crops and cannot be eaten directly. They contain large amounts of growth hormones and slightly toxic components. In order to prevent pests and diseases, Xia Lin has to maintain the application of pesticides and concentrated fertilizers almost throughout the entire process, which is extremely damaging to the soil.

This will perfectly connect with the next round of soybean planting, and the dozens of square kilometers of alfalfa land will also be used to grow soybeans and sugar beets, further increasing the planting of sugar-producing plants.

Furthermore, alfalfa itself can be used to feed livestock and raise cattle and horses, serving as a high-quality green fodder and forage. Of course, feeding pigs is also an excellent option.

On the infected people's private plots, strong women were turning over the soil with their half-grown children, preparing to plant fast-growing crops such as cabbage and carrots. The men in the family were either working in the workshops on the other side of the industrial street or in the fields, and even the Yeti squad and the farm security guards were no exception.

Dr. Kal'tsit raised questions because it seemed wasteful to send those elite warriors to the ground, and she also asked if Xia Lin and the others harbored any resentment.

The answer is of course yes, but Xia Lin insists that everyone should work in the fields when they are supposed to. Jobs that do not involve labor are fertile ground for the birth of privileged classes. Even someone like him living in the interstellar era cannot avoid labor, let alone those who are supposed to be sweating on the frozen ground just to earn a living.

From the perspective of the Star Alliance's education system, it is a career job allocation system. You can choose one from several options based on your overall grades and interests.

However, there is absolutely no such thing as someone being unemployed and looking for jobs everywhere – for example, Xia Lin has never said that he has ever had a job search experience.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Covenant population has been lost too much, and there are actually far more jobs than people to do the work. It literally means that they even want to use the cat's paws.

The white rabbit had changed into casual clothes, a rare occurrence for her. A bright blue and white floral headscarf was tied around her light white, medium-length hair to prevent grass from getting her hair dirty. Her hair had now reached her back, and washing it was a hassle, which the white rabbit didn't particularly like.

Wearing a headscarf, an apron, and ridiculously large gloves, Frostnova was with a group of infected girls of the same age. She looked nothing like the heroic girl who had chased after thugs in her car across the wasteland. She was just like any other simple farm girl.

They went to the hillside to pick flowers. Yelena would then put the collected petals and distilled alcohol into an automated processing device to turn them into natural fragrances. These fragrances could be used to manufacture essential chemical products such as floral water and soap.

Of course, the latter requires fat to produce glycerol, making it a complete luxury, but the former is not a problem.

Don't underestimate the power of mosquito repellent. It's a bit better in early spring, but in the summer, the mosquitoes in Ursus are no more merciful than those in other places, and mosquitoes are the vectors for spreading diseases and plagues.

Both Kal'tsit and Xia Lin believed that corresponding mosquito prevention measures should be prepared in advance. Why not choose to pick flowers in the summer? That's because summer is the time to harvest wheat and sugar beets!

Wheat, sugar beets, fast-growing corn, wheat, rice, and all kinds of vegetables were in full bloom for those few months, and it wasn't until late October, with the arrival of the first snow, that things became relatively... less busy.

"Don't pick the flowers randomly, and don't trample the seedlings. These are cloudberry seedlings, Talulah, do you want a beating?"

The white rabbit glared angrily at the dragon girl, who seemed a bit out of place in the group. The dragon girl awkwardly lifted her foot, revealing a trampled cloudberry seedling beneath it. [Don't underestimate TaRua; in the original history, she actually did three years of proper farm work…]

“We mainly need to collect these two kinds of flowers…” Froststar held up two dried flower specimens in her hand. “The white ones can treat frostbite and burns. Doctors need quite a few. A few days ago, some idiots were getting burned by the hot water from the heat collection tower every day.”

After all, let alone the infected, even the veterans of the Shield Guard had rarely seen such a fully automatic hot water supply.

Several people have already been scalded by Kal'tsit because they misjudged the water temperature and didn't turn on the cold water tap.

Kai Maomao said he had never seen anything like it before. Frostbite is a common sight on the ice field every year, but burns are really rare, especially large-area burns caused by hot water. If there hadn't been enough antibiotics, two of them would have died that very night.

"This flower has a very strong fragrance, which attracts many wild bees to steal the honey. This means all the honey from our alfalfa plants will be eaten by these wild bees, preventing the domestic bees in the hives Lao Xia prepared from collecting nectar. Plus, the honey can be used to make perfume and floral water—"

Also, go back and tell your old man that if anyone else is taken to the hospital because of drinking floral water, Dr. Kal'tsit will have to charge extra for medical care.

"It's no use. Don't even mention floral water, Grandpa would lick the antifreeze off a truck twice." The girl from Ailafia looked utterly hopeless.

"Don't worry, after he has his stomach pumped once, he won't dare to do it again," White Rabbit said with a mischievous grin, and the girls all laughed.

"Talulah, what are you doing now?"

"Me? I'm on guard," the dragon girl standing on the high place looked at Frostnova in confusion, "In case any wild beasts come, I can help you block them."

Ursus has many wild animals in the spring. She once went hunting with Kosiché, although the latter was trying to make her understand his philosophy and complete his "education" through dying animals and the act of hunting.

"You don't need to be on guard. My Yeti will take care of the wild beasts. Don't even think about shirking your duties."

"Ah, I didn't think that way..."

"Then come down and get to work! What's the point of you going up there if even Old Xia's motion detector and the patrolling Yetis can't catch the enemy? Are you just going to muster up the courage to go and get yourself killed?"

"I'm not weak..."

"But you can't beat me," Yelena said, looking at Talulah with displeasure. "Or do you want to try getting beaten up and crying your way home again, just like last time?"

Previously, Talulah tried to run around and bring other suffering infected people in with her. She was caught by the Yeti several times. The last time, she was cornered by Yelena. At that time, Yelena was in action mode and wearing the protective suit that Xia Lin gave her. She pinned Talulah down and beat her up.

“You’re not wearing that scoundrel’s armor today…” Talulah said with a look of dissatisfaction. Determined to overthrow those noble city-states and tear off their hypocritical masks of politeness, Talulah would certainly not allow herself to be defeated by a village girl.

“Okay, let’s go somewhere else!” White Rabbit nodded. “Hitting here will damage the cloudberry seedlings. Let’s go to that open space over there.”

In the martial Ursus, the moment they saw a fight, the resting laborers quickly made way, clearing a large enough circle. In less than ten minutes, a ring of tables and chairs appeared around them, and they almost shouted out the sound of betting.

“Let’s begin…” Talulah drew her sword, flames coiling around her arm and blade like a living thing, resembling a monstrous crimson serpent. “Hmm, are you ready?”

"Ready."

"Oh—" White Rabbit took out a syringe from her waist pouch and gave herself an injection, then pulled out something that looked like a grenade launcher from the weapon pouch on her lower back.

"You're cheating!"

"Bang!" A freezing grenade landed directly on Talulah's face. The Originium particles inside were quickly activated by Frostnova's Originium Arts, freezing Talulah in place. However, it didn't last long before the dragon girl struggled to break free.

"You're cheating!"

"No, potions and weapons are also part of strength. You didn't say we can't use weapons."

"Alright, it was my mistake," Talulah wiped the frost from her face that hadn't completely melted, and plunged her black sword into the ground. "Now, let's fight hand-to-hand..."

"Sorry, I've already won."

"Let's play another round!"

"What right do losers have to demand that winners cooperate?" The white rabbit proudly raised its face, looking completely self-righteous, demonstrating the shameless tricks Xia Lin had taught it to the fullest.

Nonsense, she's not good at close combat at all, while Talulah has specialized in swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat. Patriot also said that she's at least a beginner, and given time and the Originium Arts she gains after becoming an Infected, even he would have to put in some effort to master her.