As a scholar, he understood the predicament that Earth was facing all too well. Mankind's scientific and technological progress seemed to have reached a bottleneck. In the field of science and technology, there had been no breakthrough for more than a hundred years.
The current so-called cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements were all based on the old capital left by the predecessors. They were only optimized on the original basis. There was no innovation at all.
After seeing the performance of the contestants in this survival on a deserted island program, he finally understood the Earth government's intentions.
Zhou Ye entered the depths of the forest. The plants here were much denser and the resources were also abundant. Along the way, Zhou Ye noticed a few small animals that came out to look for food.
After a day of heavy rain, these animals could not find food and were all starving. Now that the rain had stopped, these animals were active again.
When Zhou Ye saw these small animals, he couldn't help but crave them. He had been eating seafood for the past two days. Although the taste of all natural seafood was not bad, eating too much of it would make one very greasy.
Therefore, Zhou Ye wanted to change his taste, but not now. The sky was almost dark and he wasn't prepared. It wasn't easy to catch these wild animals.
After searching in the forest, a plant appeared in front of him. When he saw the short plant, Zhou Ye was ecstatic.
He immediately ran in front of the plant, took out his stone axe, and began to dig crazily at the soil.
If these plants were really what Zhou Ye thought, then he would be rich.
Soon, a complete plant was dug out. Zhou Ye couldn't help but smile as he looked at the huge root.
"Hahaha, it's indeed cassava. This way, we won't lack food in the future.”
Zhou Ye grabbed the cassavas and laughed happily.
Cassava was a plant of the large leaf family. Its leaves could be used to treat sores, bruises, trauma, swelling and scabies.
Its roots contained a large amount of starch and were rich in vitamins. It could be eaten as a staple food.
Humans were omnivorous animals. Their bodies needed to absorb nutrients in a balanced manner. If they kept eating meat, their intestines would not be able to withstand it.
Moreover, over time, nutritional imbalance would occur, and many problems would appear.
Zhou Ye knew that in the wilderness, he had to enrich his food source after he had solved his survival needs. Only then would he be able to maintain a balanced diet and last longer.
Originally, he had been eating seafood. Although his survival problem was temporarily solved, he had been eating meat for the past two days. Zhou Ye's intestines couldn't take it anymore.
Now that he had the cassavas, these problems were instantly solved. Zhou Ye no longer had to worry about the problem of nutritional imbalance.
Many viewers in the live streaming room were dumbfounded when they saw Zhou Ye laughing non-stop.
"F * ck! Is the host crazy? Did a plant have to be so happy?”
"I don't know. The host just said that he won't worry about food anymore. Could it be that the plant can be eaten?”
"No way! It was just an ordinary plant. There was no place where it could be eaten.”
"Are you going to eat the leaves of that plant? I think the streamer has a special fetish for plant leaves.”
"F * ck! The truth above was that the streamer used leaves to build houses, make clothes, and also use leaves as waterproof measures.”
"It seems so. I wouldn't be surprised if the streamer ate the leaves of plants now.”
While the audience was arguing, Zhou Ye threw away all the cassava leaves.
Although the cassava leaves could heal injuries, they were useless to Zhou Ye now.
In any case, there was a lot of cassava in this cassava field. If he needed it in the future, he could just come back and pick it.
Therefore, Zhou Ye threw the leaves away and only left the cassavas.
"Aiya! F * ck, the streamer threw the leaf away. Is the streamer going to eat the tree root?”
"Can tree roots be eaten? The tree roots were so hard, could they be digested after eating them?”
"F * ck! The host was a great host. Even tree roots could be used as food.”
"I seriously suspect that the streamer has undergone genetic modification. Otherwise, how would he dare to eat tree roots?”
"Don't spout nonsense. The participants this time are all ordinary humans. Genetic modification is not allowed.”
The audience in the live broadcast room once again started discussing enthusiastically.
They could still accept eating the leaves of plants. After all, the leaves were softer and could be digested by humans. However, they could not accept the roots.
The tree roots were so hard that the human body would definitely not be able to digest and absorb them if they were eaten, unless they were genetically modified.
Zhou Ye buried his head in digging the cassavas. Soon, he found thirteen cassavas. The cassavas on the ground weighed about ten kilograms.
"This should be enough for a few days. We still have to find other supplies.”
Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction because he still had to find other supplies. If he brought too much cassavas, it would increase the weight of the trip. This would affect his movements.
More than ten kilograms of cassavas and other meat could last Zhou Ye for three to four days. Anyway, the cassavas wouldn't run away. Therefore, Zhou Ye wasn't in a hurry to dig them all out.
Zhou Ye found some tough vines and used the stone axe to cut them down. He removed the branches and leaves on the vines and started weaving them.
Zhou Ye needed to weave a rattan basket to store the cassava. If he didn't have a container, it wouldn't be easy to bring the cassava back.
In the live broadcast hall, the host, Qian Hao, looked at the busy Zhou Ye and asked the guest commentator, Professor Chen, with some doubt.
"Professor Chen, you're a biology professor and have a deep understanding of biology. Can you recognize what species the plant Zhou Ye dug up belongs to?”
Professor Chen stared at the cassava plant and thought for a while before saying,
"From the shape of the plant, it should be a type of plant from the large leaf family. Zhou Ye just said that this plant is called cassava. If the name was right, this should be a unique plant on the mother planet.
I've read about a sweet potato plant in ancient books. It was one of the main sources of food for ancient humans.
However, this sweet potato was only rich in starch, but its nutritional value was not high. It could only fill people's stomachs, but it could not provide all the energy needed for human survival.”
"I see. It seems that this cassava can really be used as food.”
Qian Hao nodded in understanding and praised Professor Chen's erudition in his heart.
"However, sweet potatoes are indeed edible, but cassava should only belong to the same species as sweet potatoes. These two plants are completely different, so whether cassava can be eaten or not remains to be seen.”
Seeing that Qian Hao had misunderstood, Professor Chen immediately explained to him the differences between the two plants. Although they belonged to the same subject, the two could not be confused.
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