The young man left happily. The others followed, also excitedly choosing their preferred energy reagents.

At the Haishi base, only a small percentage of the staff chose to use instruments to help them make their selections; the majority still trusted their intuition.

After a morning, Li Sikai was almost exhausted.

Taking the honey lemon tea handed to him by Shen Yanming, he drank it down in one gulp and felt completely refreshed.

Xiong Jianwei and Yuan Zhaorong felt the same way; they felt like they'd just drunk a bottle of energy booster. So good!

"Do you want to rest for a while?" Shen Yanming asked, glancing at the time. "It's already past midnight."

Li Sikai glanced at the crowd in the square, feeling too embarrassed to leave.

"Forget it, everyone's waiting."

Li Sikai's stomach growled, and he said somewhat awkwardly, "Well, I have a lot of food stored in my storage device, I'll just eat some later."

Shen Yanming smiled: "I reckon Qiao An will bring the food."

Li Sikai was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's great! Her cooking is much better than the food here."

Shen Yanming sat back down and, while helping everyone verify their identities, also contacted Bi Qiaoan through his spatial storage to ask her to deliver some food.

Bi Qiaoan smiled and agreed. She hadn't originally planned to be so high-profile, but since her husband had asked, she would deliver the food.

I took the ingredients out of the space, processed them a little, and started stir-frying.

Shrimp, beef, king oyster mushrooms, green peppers, lettuce, and broccoli. The combination of meat and vegetables looks very appetizing.

Finally, add strawberries, blueberries, and orange segments, and it becomes quite luxurious.

By 12:30, the people waiting in the square were exhausted. They took out deck chairs and food from their storage rings and ate while they waited.

When Bi Qiaoan arrived, she did not attract the attention of anyone else.

But as soon as the lunchboxes were opened, a wonderful aroma wafted out, causing the people at the front of the line to unconsciously swallow hard.

"Hey, Captain Chen, your wife is really virtuous!"

Shen Yanming smiled and pulled Bi Qiaoan to his side: "Yes, we've known each other for decades."

"Decades?" The other person was surprised, looked the couple up and down, and asked, "Are you two thirty-five years old?"

Shen Yanming: "..."

Bi Qiaoan: "..."

“We’re almost fifty.” Shen Yanming smiled broadly, almost embarrassing the other person to death.

But then he was pleasantly surprised: "Captain Chen, have you already drunk the energy reagent?"

"Yes, we have. My wife and I were in the second batch to take the energy reagent."

"Really? You and Mrs. Shen look so young."

"Yes, you can do it too. Have you thought about it? Which one do you want to choose?"

After hesitating for a long time, the other party finally decided to let the machine choose for him.

"Alright, come here and drip blood."

Li Sikai helped him with the operation, and Bi Qiaoan took over Shen Yanming's work, telling him to eat quickly.

"You eat first, then take over for Xiao Kai. Old Xiong and Captain Yuan, you two take turns too."

"No problem, thank you, Joanne."

Time passed slowly. At 3:30 pm, under the blazing sun, Shen Yanming yawned, looked at the person in front of him who looked like a husky, and laughed.

"You're here, which one should we choose?"

Zhang Heping chuckled and rubbed his hands together: "Old Shen, what do you think?"

Shen Yanming whispered a few words to Li Sikai, who looked up at Zhang Heping for a long time before finally saying, "Dr. Zhang, it's been a long time!"

Zhang Heping was startled and stood up straight: "Captain Li, you still remember me!"

Li Sikai laughed heartily: "We've been through thick and thin together for two months, how could I forget? Hello, hello, how have you been lately?"

"Fortunately, with Lao Shen taking care of us, we're doing alright. But you, you've had a tough time."

"Of course."

After exchanging pleasantries with Zhang Heping, Li Sikai brought out all the energy reagents of various colors: "You can try them out and see if there's one you particularly want. If not, the machine can help you choose. It's okay, all colors are the same; there are only subtle differences."

Zhang Heping thought everything was fine, but in the end, he could only prick his finger, let a drop of blood fall, and then be given a bottle of blue liquid.

"Drink it!"

"oh!"

After finishing his drink, Zhang Heping smacked his lips and said, "It doesn't taste like much."

After saying that, he returned the test tube to Li Sikai.

"Yeah, it didn't really smell that much to begin with. Just go back and do whatever you were doing, it'll be fine in a couple of days."

Zhang Heping nodded and gave his seat to Li Wanwan and Xiao Pidan. The two casually chose a drink and downed it.

The subsequent contestants, Ji Kangyong and Qin Yiren, were selected using a device, but like Zhang Heping, they didn't feel anything after drinking.

The group didn't stay any longer; they finished their drinks and left.

There were many people in the square. Liang Huaxin estimated the progress and took the initiative to persuade those who came later to queue up again tomorrow.

Although everyone was reluctant, they had no choice but to agree when they saw the huge line ahead of them.

Shen Yanming was busy until 9:30 p.m. before he finished. He came back, ate some food, washed up a little, and went to bed.

Li Sikai and the others were the same; they kept yawning while eating. They fell asleep the moment their heads hit the pillow, and then couldn't get up early the next day.

It took five or six days of continuous work to finish. Li Sikai reluctantly left, holding the spiritual spring water given to him by Shen Yanming.

"It's alright. We're different now than before; we have plenty of time. We'll meet again when we're free."

"Yes, you should go back to the capital often, don't let the house be lonely for too long."

Shen Yanming smiled and waved goodbye to Li Sikai.

The next day, I took the spiritual spring water and Bi Qiaoan to meet some friends and gave them a treat.

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