After charging the iPad a little, Lu Sheng finally understood why Little Sunflower kept singing "The Lone Warrior".

It turned out that the sleep-aid video she accidentally clicked on was the animated film "Battle of Two Cities," and it ran out of power and shut down just as it got to the climax of the song "The Lone Warrior."

So this thing learned just a few lines and kept singing them over and over again.

Without hesitation, Lu Sheng deleted the entire several gigabytes of Blu-ray version, never wanting to hear the song again!

After a difficult conversation, Lu Sheng came to a conclusion.

This thing can sing, but it can't talk. It only utters Mandarin when it's singing; the rest of the time it just chirps.

"From now on, you are not allowed to sing without my permission, do you hear me?"

Lu Sheng pinched its small flower head and solemnly warned it.

Now, when she closes her eyes, she's a lone warrior; in her dreams, she can pull back the covers and ten Eason Chans could crawl out.

"Chirp!"

The little sunflower nodded eagerly, rubbing its petals against Lu Sheng's hand in a coquettish manner.

To make it easier to go out, under Lu Sheng's patient guidance, the little sunflower was transformed into an adorable sunflower hair clip, which was then clipped onto Zhuangzhuang's forehead.

Zhuangzhuang was very angry.

"I'm a man!"

...

The next morning, Lu Sheng, sporting dark circles under her eyes, made a pot of noodles with soybean paste.

Zhang Xiaojuan paid 300 crystal cores as food expenses and dressed neatly early in the morning, waiting in the restaurant on the first floor.

The minced meat with alternating layers of fat and lean meat is simmered together with Pixian chili bean paste, soybean paste, and sweet bean sauce. A little pepper and oyster sauce are added before the sauce thickens.

It has a rich, oily, and smooth flavor; just the aroma alone is enough to make your mouth water.

Xu Yi bought several cucumbers from the base supermarket early in the morning and obsessively cut them into cucumber strips of exactly the same size and thickness.

"This Zhajiangmian (noodles with soybean paste) tastes much better than the ones outside. Whoever marries you will be very lucky."

Zhang Xiaojuan couldn't wait to ladle out a large bowl, stirring the sauce as she praised Lu Sheng's cooking skills.

"Anyway, it's definitely not your turn."

Han Rui skipped in carrying a pink paper bag, grumbled at Zhang Xiaojuan, and headed straight for the dining table.

He cleared his throat casually, "Ahem, what a coincidence, you're having breakfast."

"What a coincidence! I saw you squatting at the door early this morning, waiting for breakfast before coming in, right?"

Zhang Xiaojuan slurped up a big mouthful of noodles with soybean paste, her mouth glistening with oil as she complained.

Han Rui: "..."

Embarrassing, wanting to die, longing to escape this planet.

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Lu Sheng cooked a lot of noodles, let me serve you a bowl."

Sun Tiantian got up and, after assessing Han Rui's appetite in the kitchen, took out a small bowl used for holding fruit and filled it with a large bowl of noodles.

"My older sister is the best!"

Han Rui rushed over and kissed Sun Tiantian, then took the small bowl, added the ingredients naturally, stirred it in a few quick movements, and then showed it off in silence.

"I also brought you gifts today."

With her mouth full of noodles, she handed the bag to Lu Sheng as she ate, saying, "It's a new medicine that my dad and the others developed, it's still warm."

Lu Sheng was slightly surprised and opened the bag to take a look.

Inside were eight sealed test tubes, each about the length of a finger. Seven of them contained a yellow, transparent solution that looked slightly viscous.

Another test tube contained a red solution and was smaller than the others.

It smells like a serum used by women, and it even has a pleasant fragrance.

"What is this?"

Zhang Xiaojuan fiddled with it curiously.

"Be careful, there are only a few of them in the entire research institute." Han Rui proudly raised her head. "These are newly developed by my dad's team."

"The yellow one is a new type of explosive potion." Han Rui, acting as a saleswoman, recommended the product to Lu Sheng and the others. "After drinking it, it can enhance the explosive power of your superpowers for a short period of time, but it can only last for three minutes."

Zhang Xiaojuan and Xiao Yu looked surprised and whispered to each other like two elementary school students around the test tube.

"This kind of drug that forcibly enhances performance will definitely have side effects."

Xu Yi frowned slightly and said with great certainty.

“Indeed.” Han Rui didn’t hide anything. “After three minutes, the user will be in a weakened state, and their physical indicators will drop by 50%. It’s an emergency medicine.”

"This kind of thing shouldn't be something that just anyone can get their hands on, right?" Sun Tiantian carefully put the test tube back into the bag.

"They were secretly researching it, intending to hand it over to high-ranking military officials privately. I stole it this morning when they weren't looking."

Han Rui spoke very frankly, and then went to the kitchen to get another half bowl of noodles.

Sun Tiantian: "..."

Xiao Yu: "..."

"Having you is your father's blessing..."

Zhang Xiaojuan pursed her lips and took a big bite of noodles with soybean paste.

"And what about this red one?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

Han Rui swallowed the last mouthful of noodles with soybean paste, then lowered her voice mysteriously, "This is the latest technology from the research institute, a recessive gene activation agent."

"I overheard it this morning, and I don't know what it was, so I just stole it."

"Recessive genes?"

Xiao Yu was completely bewildered, her eyes revealing a clear sense of naiveté. "My parents both have double eyelids, but I'm the only one with single eyelids. Is double eyelid a recessive gene of mine? Will drinking this make me have double eyelids?"

“Biodiversity goes through multiple stages during the process of evolution.” Xu Yi stared at the red test tube with a complicated expression. “The earliest stage of human evolution was the change from fish to amphibians, and even cnidarians.”

"After becoming primates, the human brain evolved, but other genes and traits that evolved during the process degenerated."

Lu Sheng showed a hint of surprise.

Could it be that the research institute actually wants to activate hidden gene fragments in humans?

"This potion can restore abilities that people gradually lose during evolution?" Xiao Yu finally realized, "For example, underwater breathing, better adaptability to the environment, or even resilience?"

"That's way too outrageous."

Zhang Xiaojuan felt a chill and subconsciously shrank her shoulders.

Lu Sheng resealed all the test tubes and, taking advantage of the fact that the others weren't paying attention, stuffed them into his spatial storage.

It seems that the research institute at Yunshan Base is indeed worth her careful study.

After breakfast, Lu Sheng and his group accepted a sweep mission a hundred kilometers away, and Han Rui insisted on going along.

Their mission this time was to clear out zombies in a small county town on the outskirts of the capital and retrieve medical equipment from the warehouse.

Although Yunshan Base seems to have everything now, certain specific supplies can only be obtained from existing external inventory due to limitations in raw materials and processing.

Not long after leaving the base, Zhuangzhuang rubbed his big head against Lu Sheng's leg.

“Someone is following us.”

Lu Sheng glanced in the rearview mirror and saw two SUVs keeping a safe distance on either side, acting suspiciously.

These small fry didn't interest her for the time being, so she simply let them follow.