Li Nannan had other matters to attend to and couldn't chat further, so she hung up.
Jiang Ye fell back into bed, then sprang up again a moment later.
With such big news, he couldn't possibly sleep.
"Get me a stamina potion," Jiang Ye said.
"Get some sleep. No matter how big the matter, you can deal with it after waking up," Cen Yemeng shook her head. "Obsessing over work isn't the way for professionals. If you truly want to govern two planets, you must ensure your stamina and energy are well-managed over the long term."
"No interference from the harem!" Jiang Ye declared.
Cen Yemeng rolled her eyes but obediently got up and quickly retrieved a stamina potion.
The stamina potion was a health supplement produced by a newly established enterprise on Jiang Ye Star. The ten milliliters of emerald liquid sealed in a disposable syringe looked much like celery juice, with its main ingredient extracted from an alien fern. One dose of the stamina potion could replenish eight hours of sleep and was harmless to the body as long as it wasn't used frequently and consecutively.
Jiang Ye was already accustomed to syringes and picked one up to administer the injection to himself.
As the liquid entered his body, within just two minutes, he felt refreshed and invigorated.
The groggy feeling in his head completely vanished, and he felt full of energy.
Cen Yemeng got up again and fetched another new stamina potion.
"Give me a shot too," Cen Yemeng said.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" Jiang Ye asked, surprised.
"There's a program on television that I have to attend today. I had planned to decline, but now I think a shot might be better," Cen Yemeng explained, handing him the syringe.
"You're going on a program? What program? How come I didn't know?"
"It's a talk show recommending books. It's been running for many episodes. Tang Hanliu has been inviting me for months, and I finally agreed to record one episode."
Jiang Ye nodded. His wife was, after all, the planet governor. It would be good for her to make an appearance on such a high-class program to establish a good image.
He grabbed her arm, disinfected her shoulder with an alcohol swab, and skillfully administered the injection.
Jiang Ye then got up and headed for the study, intending to draw up a development plan for Birong Star.
However, just as he reached the doorway, Cen Yemeng caught up from behind and hugged him.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Ye asked.
"A sudden surge of desire... Husband, please..."
"That injection isn't for this purpose! Aren't you taking it for work?"
"We can work later!"
Cen Yemeng began to touch him.
Jiang Ye sighed helplessly and quietly retreated back to the bed.
...
An hour later.
Jiang Ye finally sat down at his desk.
He opened the screen and began his work.
The first step was to understand the environment of Birong Star.
As the commander, he had access to a portion of the military database.
The war had just ended, and the data from the war zones was still in disarray, as was the data for Birong Star.
Jiang Ye had to patiently analyze it bit by bit.
The climate on Birong Star varied significantly across different latitudes. Near the equator, it was scorching hot, with summer temperatures exceeding fifty degrees Celsius, enough to bake someone alive. The poles, on the other hand, were frozen solid, with minimum temperatures of minus eighty degrees Celsius, accompanied by fierce winds that felt like knives against the face.
Jiang Ye recalled that Earth's poles rarely dropped below minus fifty to sixty degrees Celsius.
Li Nannan had mentioned that she had been granted development rights for one-third of the planet's area. He hoped this one-third wouldn't be too close to the poles or the equator, but rather in the mid-latitudes where the climate would be more bearable.
Of course, he also had to prepare for the worst-case scenario, such as more than half of his fiefdom being in extreme cold zones.
Jiang Ye listed entries on his work console, typing away on the screen keyboard. He wasn't comfortable with voice input; his mind worked faster when typing.
Besides temperature, humidity was also crucial.
Birong Star's rainfall was peculiar, with vast differences in regions of the same latitude.
Some areas suffered from torrential downpours, with annual precipitation reaching 53,000 millimeters, almost three major rainstorms a day. Jiang Ye couldn't find photos of these places, but he imagined them to be rife with floods and mud everywhere.
The database also mentioned that there were some terrestrial fish species in the area that could survive on the ground using rainwater. They swam and foraged during the rain and hid in puddles when it stopped raining, waiting for the next downpour. This indicated that the ground in these areas was submerged daily by floods, constantly transforming the landscape.
Jiang Ye remembered learning in middle school geography that Cherrapunji in India had the highest rainfall on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of only 12,700 millimeters. Compared to Birong Star, it seemed quite meager.
However, some areas were extremely arid, with annual precipitation less than one hundred millimeters, comparable to the Sahara Desert.
Areas with excessive or insufficient rainfall made it difficult to establish cities and industries. Jiang Ye hoped his fiefdom would have a slightly more normal climate.
There were two other entries in the database marked in red.
The first entry was nuclear radiation.
The Myr had planted some nuclear weapons on Birong Star, some of which had been deployed, while others remained in storage.
Many areas were now shrouded in nuclear radiation, leading to the proliferation of mutated creatures.
Military biologists claimed, "Birong Star is undergoing a biological explosion. According to models, at least 150 new species are born every day. The survival rate of these species remains unknown, but any slight evolutionary advantage will completely reshape the planet's evolutionary landscape and biosphere. Troops stationed on Birong Star should be wary of all sorts of monsters."
The second entry was Myr organisms.
During their occupation of Birong Star, the Myr had introduced and cultivated a large number of alien organisms, almost overturning the entire planet.
Most Myr organisms were harmful.
For instance, they released toxic gases, toxic pollen spores, and secreted toxins from their root systems.
In addition to the inherent harm of Myr organisms, there was also the danger of genetic pollution.
The notes of the accompanying biologists described it as follows:
"We have observed some species of Myr mushrooms whose spores possess extremely strong genetic contamination properties. When these mushroom spores come into contact with other fungi, they forcibly inject their own genes into the other fungi, much like a virus. Many native organisms cannot resist this genetic pollution and mutate into various strange creatures."
"The most critical point is that once genes are contaminated, it is almost irreversible. The contaminated native organisms will pass on the contaminated genes to subsequent generations, losing their original species characteristics."
"Although genetic contamination has always existed in nature, the contamination level of these Myr mushrooms is too high, reaching a point that severely disrupts the balance."
"It is reported that in some areas, human genes exhibit clear Myr characteristics, which is extremely dangerous and must be treated with utmost seriousness."
"It is recommended to conduct a comprehensive extermination of Myr organisms, leaving no plants, animals, or fungi behind."
Jiang Ye frowned as he read.
He was reminded of the Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War, which caused widespread illness in the local population for decades, proving difficult to eradicate.
The Myr had left, but the mess they left behind would have long-lasting effects. Both the nuclear radiation and the Myr organisms were far more potent than Agent Orange.
A centipede may be dead, but its legs still twitched!
The most troublesome issue upon arriving at Birong Star would likely be the extermination of the local Myr organisms.