Chapter 488 Selling the Hydroponic Chamber to PLANT
"No wonder I haven't heard from them recently."

At this time, He's mother breathed a sigh of relief after hearing He Kui recount his previous conversation with Dongya, and then looked at He Kui with eyes full of pride.

After all, Dongya actually wanted to dig out his own son. No matter what it meant, it was enough to make He's mother happy for a long time.

"According to what they said, communications should be restored after the situation has stabilized for a while."

"Ah."

He's mother nodded with satisfaction, and then continued.

"But the Atlantic Federation is actually forcing East Asia to give in."

"I guess they can't escape."

On Earth, the biggest threat to the Atlantic Federation comes from East Asia.

Although everyone calls it the Earth Federation, it is obvious that the Atlantic Federation is full of fear towards East Asia.

East Asia may also be a difficult choice for the Atlantic Federation.

If East Asia is touched, it may be forced to take action.

But if they do not move East Asia, and if the unweakened East Asia stays behind them, they will be even more wary.

Since we are trying to pull the whole world into this, bringing East Asia along as well can weaken and test their strength that has not been revealed until now.

Just as they thought, East Asia's strength has emerged a little.

I don’t know what the Atlantic Federation is thinking now.

It is estimated that a big reason why the earth is still so peaceful now is because the Atlantic Federation is waiting for East Asia to make a statement.

A larger-scale war might break out before their Genesis is completely created.

This is not a good thing for ordinary people, but it is a good thing for the blue universe behind the Atlantic Federation.

“Can we reach a cooperation this time?”

He's mother nodded nervously and asked.

If the weapons created by his son are eventually directed towards East Asia, no one will feel good.

"It should be."

Hearing this, He Kui thought about Patrick.

Patrick still has his sanity, he definitely knows who can be beaten and who cannot be beaten.

It is definitely impossible for the current PLANT to fight with East Asia, and East Asia does not seem to have any intention of invasion.

The basis for negotiations between the two sides already exists.

"Wait a minute."

As He Kui spoke, his eyes also turned to the hydroponic chambers in front of him.

The technology of hydroponic chambers has gradually begun to mature, and the next step is Genesis.

However, given the current situation, it is definitely impossible for Genesis to hit the earth directly, and it is not known what changes will be brought to the world if cooperation with East Asia is achieved.

Thinking about it, after completing the data recording of the hydroponic cabin, He Kui returned to Orb.

At this time, Cagalli had left the military island and returned to the capital because of the food crisis.

As a Solomon Islands country mainly formed by volcanoes, although the existence of volcanoes ensures the fertility of the land, there is relatively little arable land. They only have some plains in the north where crops can be grown. In addition, with the tropical rainforest climate, they also face problems such as excessive rainfall and land erosion.

Although greenhouse transformation had been carried out before, a siege network was also set up before the locusts arrived.

But the food in Orb itself is not enough for the people of Orb to consume.

The food self-sufficiency rate is only 43%, while the relative food import dependence rate is as high as 57%.
As a heavy industrial country, they have long balanced food supply and demand through international trade, but now this disadvantage has been fully exposed.

In order to maintain domestic food supply, Orb had to spend more foreign exchange to buy food, and the trade deficit naturally expanded, leading to greater economic pressure. Moreover, as food is a basic material for life, as long as the price rises, it will inevitably bring about a chain reaction and produce a certain amount of inflation. When people may not have enough to eat, all high technology and industrial capacity are meaningless.

It can be said that everything that PLANT is experiencing now, Orb is also experiencing. Although it is not as serious as theirs, it will not work if it is not dealt with.

To sum up, there have been many meetings of all sizes in Orb recently, and Cagalli, as Uzumi's current secretary, also attends the meetings with her father.

Today, after spending half a month to barely stabilize the geopolitical risks, Uzmi convened the second meeting on food crisis response.

The five major clans including the Shuguang Society, the Food Agency and other departments gathered together, making it very lively.

"Director Erica, how is our cosmic hydroponic chamber technology currently developing?"

Uzumi's face was stern, and his intimidating gaze slowly turned to Erica who was standing in the middle and being questioned.

"Yes, although it is still impossible to supply on a large scale at present, as long as large-scale planting begins on the Pillar of Heaven, the self-sufficiency rate can be increased by 10% at present."

"Only 10%?"

A clan member at the table who also served as an official at the Food Agency expressed dissatisfaction.

"Yes, considering the area of ​​the Heavenly Pillar and the current cost and manufacturing difficulty of this technology, 10% is already the best case scenario."

Facing the questioning of others, Erica spoke calmly.

"Damn it, if Heliopolis still existed"

After hearing Erica say this, someone inside couldn't help but speak.

"PLANT should compensate us for our losses!"

Originally, they were planning to raise this issue in subsequent negotiations with ZAFT in order to get some compensation and assistance.

After all, for PLANTs that often build colonial satellites, colonial satellites can definitely be built faster with their help.

"Humph, I'm afraid they can't take care of themselves."

"After all, they don't have the research capabilities we have."

One of them said with a sneer.

The others did not refute when they heard this, but Erica frowned slightly.

This statement is somewhat conceited.

However, as they were the first to develop the Gundam, they do have the right to be proud of this.

In their view, whether it is freedom and justice or the seizure of forbidden punishment, they are all derived from their Gundam.

They are the ancestors of Gundam, and they are definitely the best in the world in terms of hydroponic chamber technology.

But they obviously did not expect He Kui's ability.

While listening to what everyone said, Cagalli looked at Xiaoliu behind her without leaving a trace, revealing a bit of helplessness.

Just as He Kui shook his head slightly towards Kagali, the people in front of him also started talking.

"Can we sell this technology to PLANT?"

The head of the Food Agency said this while looking at his old acquaintance, the head of the Ji Yang family, who was also Oub's foreign minister.

In fact, it is very normal for this person to say this. After all, in their opinion, PLANT definitely does not have their current hydroponic chamber technology, so PLANT's situation will only be worse than theirs.

If you sell it now, you will definitely be able to get a good price and make a lot of money.

"It would be great if we could get Heliopolis back."

Others also joined in the conversation.

He Kui couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)