The growth fluid formula provided by the system seemed unremarkable, using materials commonly found in the post-apocalyptic world.

Besides zombie bone powder and some mutated plants, a small amount of high-grade crystal cores also needs to be added. Other things might be lacking, but Lu Sheng has as many crystal cores as he wants right now.

To make it easier for Xu Yi to conduct scientific research, Lu Sheng directly placed the two heavy sacks of crystal cores that Xu Shao had given him into Xu Yi's laboratory.

“Some of the plants in the recipe are ten-year-old species, and we need Han Rui’s help.” Xu Yi pushed up her glasses with her index finger, her tone gentle. “Is the knife broken?”

When Xu Yi passed by the weapons workshop in the morning, he saw Lu Sheng hand over the Tang sword that he always carried with him to Ji Feng, and guessed that there must be something wrong with the sword.

Lu Sheng nodded, "After using it for a long time, the blade has rolled in a few places, and the handle is also a bit loose. Let Ji Feng see if he can fix it."

It's a bit of a shame that this tool, which I've had for three years, is broken like this.

However, productivity tools are bound to break down with frequent use, and it's uncertain whether Monsoon can repair them.

Xu Yi nodded thoughtfully, "The growth solution will be made as soon as possible, don't worry."

"good."

She trusted Xu Yi to handle things.

There are reliable teammates like Xu Yi in this world who always keep their word and deliver on their promises. They either don't say anything, or if they do, they definitely do it – an essential teammate for home and travel.

For the next period of time, everyone in M ​​City worked together to develop the growth solution.

Xu Shao and his trusted men drove to remote wilderness areas every day to hunt zombies. They would set off before dawn and return with a truckload of mutated zombies by evening.

The zombie hordes in the surrounding villages were terrified and even migrated to distant places en masse.

The machines grinding bone meal in the factory were practically sparking from the friction. They ran 24 hours a day, and basket after basket of bone meal with constantly improving purity was being sent to Xu Yi's laboratory.

As the core of the agritainment business, Han Rui diligently squats next to Xu Yi every day, rubbing the saplings until her fingers develop thin calluses.

The recipe is fine, but the system is lazy; it only lists the materials and not the processing steps.

From extraction to proportioning, plus fusion and subsequent processes, everything relied on Xu Yi's countless trials and errors in permutations and combinations.

With unlimited supply of materials, Xu Yi tried almost every possible combination.

"Teacher Xu is really working hard; he's been working 007 for half a month straight."

Zhang Xiaojuan came over early in the morning to deliver bone meal to Xu Yi. Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, she couldn't help but sigh, "In the pre-apocalyptic world, he would definitely be a king of corruption, so corrupt that others couldn't even get a taste of soup."

"Professor Xu said that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we need to make the growth solution before the New Year so that everyone doesn't have to work so hard to celebrate the New Year."

Han Rui munched on the roasted corn that Zhang Xiaojuan had brought, just like a little squirrel, her eyes full of admiration for Xu Yi. "Teacher Xu is so kind, it's a pity that Sister Lu is like a stone."

"Once bitten by a snake, twice shy."

Zhang Xiaojuan rubbed her chin and analyzed, "Having been cheated on by a scumbag before, it's normal for people not to trust men anymore. This is a self-protective behavior."

“But Teacher Xu isn’t some other man.”

"But Teacher Xu is, after all, a man."

The two problem children, whose brains couldn't even be put together, were analyzing things with great clarity, completely unaware that Lu Sheng was right behind them.

"You're all here? Huang Jianbo's back, and he brought back some new gadgets!"

Zhao Mujia rushed over nonchalantly, completely oblivious to the awkward atmosphere.

"Sister Lu!"

When Zhang Xiaojuan and Han Rui turned around, they found the gossipy female protagonist right next to them, and they immediately stood up nervously.

"Let's go take a look."

Lu Sheng simply smiled and gestured for the two of them to come together.

...

After hunting alone for more than half a month, Huang Jianbo became extremely thin, with only his skeleton, skin, and muscles remaining, and almost no fat.

He had several gruesome scars on his body, and a piece was missing from his right ear. Although his body was covered in wounds, his mental state was better than before, and he looked much more energetic.

On the conference room table was a cage as tall as a person, covered with a black cloth so that its contents could not be seen.

"Where have you been? You look so disheveled." Zhao Mujia asked curiously, and casually tossed Huang Jianbo a serving of freshly steamed dumplings.

Huang Jianbo ate two steamed buns with gusto, then pointed vaguely at the iron cage, saying, "I went as far as the neighboring province and discovered a new type of zombie there. I went through a lot of trouble to catch one alive and bring it back."

Upon hearing about the new variety, everyone present immediately perked up.

"Be careful, don't get too close." After stuffing the buns into his mouth, Huang Jianbo cautiously grabbed a corner of the black cloth.

As the black cloth was torn off, a sticky, slimy tentacle shot out and almost poked Huang Jianbo's eye.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately released a thick fire shield, causing the scalding tentacle to retract abruptly.

Immediately afterwards, the air was filled with the enticing aroma of grilled fish slices.

Zhang Xiaojuan scratched her head, looking completely bewildered. "What is this? A giant, bombed squid?"

Inside the cage was a live octopus the size of an adult!

Because of severe dehydration during its journey, the octopus's body appeared slightly shriveled, and its mucus had dried into a thin, dead-skin-like layer. Several arms-thick tentacles eagerly clung to the edge of the table, while its wriggling suckers left circular marks on the surface.

"Perhaps because of its coastal location, these mutated octopuses are now everywhere in neighboring provinces." Huang Jianbo stunned the octopus monster with two large fireballs before moving the cage to a corner away from people.

"These octopuses are particularly cunning and can run very fast on land. The ink they spray is also corrosive, and ordinary zombies are no match for them."

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