Shen Yanming drove Bi Qiaoan towards the outskirts of Haishi, but as they drove, they realized something was wrong.

Although there was some flooding in the city center, it wasn't enough to affect traffic. Only a few low-lying areas were submerged, but the damage wasn't severe. However, on the roads leading to the suburbs, the traffic thinned out, and the water got deeper...

Looking at the intersection ahead, which resembled a lake, Shen Yanming silently pulled his car over to the right and parked it on the side of the road.

Shen Yanming got out of the car with an umbrella, ignoring the rain that was up to his ankles, and walked around. The original road surface had now become a small pond, big enough to raise fish.

After a brief inspection, Shen Yanming returned to the car. "It's more serious than we thought. Things might get chaotic soon."

Bi Qiaoan's heart clenched. "What should we do?"

Shen Yanming sat in the back seat and put the dessert into his spatial storage. "The Zhang family has reported the news, and I believe it won't be long before the higher-ups take action."

Shen Yanming guessed correctly. At this moment, in the office of the Qinghe Alliance in the capital, Li Cheng, the chief alliance officer, was throwing a tantrum at Dean Xu of the Research Institute.

"No abnormalities? You came to this conclusion after a month of research?"

"I'm sorry, we checked the rainwater and soil, and even tested some plants, but we didn't find anything unusual!"

Li Zongmengguan pointed at the peach tree outside the window with its fruit and roared, "Do you think that tree is growing normally? It's been raining for months, the roots should have rotted long ago, but it's bearing more fruit than last year. You're telling me that's normal?"

"General Li, we've tested the rainwater repeatedly, and we haven't found anything unusual. Besides, the samples we used in the study were rainwater collected at different times of day." Dean Xu was also a little aggrieved. The data showed that this was indeed the case, and he couldn't very well lie to himself.

"Old Xu has been the dean for many years, hasn't he? Which young upstart did he hand over this research to?" Chief Alliance Officer Li tried hard to suppress his anger. "Isn't it time for you to take charge yourself?"

Dean Xu wanted to say that he had personally come up with the result, but seeing the dark face of Chief Alliance Officer Li, he silently swallowed his words and said, "Then, I'll go back and retest it."

Dean Xu returned to the research institute and called his assistant, "Bring over the rainwater collected over the past few days. I will personally test it again."

The assistant nodded, but just as he turned to get the sample, Dean Xu stopped him again, saying, "Never mind, you can go back first."

Dean Xu also thought of what General Manager Li had specifically said about "personally taking charge," and after thinking about it, he decided to personally go through the process himself.

Okay, let's start with sampling.

Dean Xu raised his left hand and saw that it was 5:50. Most of the institute's employees had already left work. Dean Xu got up, picked up a beaker, and went downstairs to put it in the rain just before 6:00. He retrieved the beaker and labeled it ten minutes later.

Dean Xu didn't dawdle; he took the beaker directly to the laboratory to test the rainwater.

That night, Dean Xu did not go home, but stayed in his office, set an alarm, and went downstairs every hour to collect some rainwater, which he then took to be tested.

The next day, when the data came out, Dean Xu was stunned.

What is this? Is he seeing things? Why is it different?

Dean Xu slumped onto the sofa, unsure how to explain the situation to General Manager Li.

Could it be that the sampling time was missed? But that doesn't make sense. Even if the previous samples were taken only once every two hours, it's impossible to miss it so completely!

Dean Xu hurriedly called his secretary and asked him to fetch the person who had been in charge of taking samples. A short while later, a young woman with an unfamiliar face entered.

Dean Xu questioned the girl in a very serious manner, and even used some trickery in his words, before he learned the truth about the sample.

It turns out the girl got the job through nepotism and had never done this before. The person who assigned her the job thought it was just collecting rainwater on time, nothing difficult, and even a primary school student could do it. They never expected that such a simple task would be a disaster for this girl.

This young girl had no idea of ​​the importance of sampling. She smiled when she received the job, but she didn't take it seriously at all.

The young woman was very dissatisfied with not being able to sleep because she was working overtime at night, so she divided the rainwater she had collected during the day into 12 portions and handed them in.

The little girl argued that it was all rainwater, so what was the difference? Was rainwater at night more precious?

Because of this little girl, Dean Xu and his team wasted their hard work and wasted more than a month.

In the end, the girl was expelled, and the relative who brought her into the research institute was also punished.

Dean Xu became even more meticulous because of the little girl's incident.

Dean Xu arranged for people to take samples again, this time every half hour, and this was done every day for a week. After research, Dean Xu discovered that the rain from midnight to 2 a.m. every day was different, containing some special component, or rather, a kind of energy.

Furthermore, experiments have shown that this special component (energy) is instantly absorbed by plants upon contact, improving their condition. When it comes into contact with animals, aggressive animals instantly calm down, and tests have shown that the animals have become healthier.

However, these are all results obtained in a short period of time, without long-term observation, so it's hard to say whether there will be any long-term effects.

After thinking it over, Dean Xu decided to report the truth to Chief Alliance Officer Li.

After Chief Alliance Officer Li received the report, he really wanted to beat Dean Xu up. So many people had been fooled by a young girl for so long.

General Li summoned the thirteen bigwigs to a meeting to discuss Dean Xu's research report.

Following a vote, the meeting decided to continue observing the impact of rainfall on plants and animals for one month.

To put it bluntly, it's about finding some volunteers to go out in the rain and see what effect it has on their health.

Because the research project needed to be kept confidential for the time being, General Li made a phone call and brought out 500 volunteers from a confidential unit, which were then handed over to Dean Xu for arrangement.

A month later, not only did the 500 volunteers not experience any health problems, but they were actually healthier. Dean Xu and General Manager Li were astonished and immediately made arrangements...

Of course, all of the above is a story for another time.

So, back to Shen Yanming in Haishi, after collecting the desserts, he and Bi Qiaoan went home. After a simple dinner, they went into the planting space again. Bi Qiaoan picked fruit, while Shen Yanming cut beans, dug potatoes, and harvested corn.

It took the two of them two or three hours to put all the grains and fruits into the storage space.

The fruit trees don't need any further attention; they will flower and bear fruit on their own when the time comes. But we'll have to replant the grain fields ourselves.

Shen Yanming put away the combine harvester and took out the seeder, thinking to himself, "Luckily, I bought a lot of agricultural machinery back then, otherwise I would have exhausted myself if I relied on manual labor!"

"Yanming, wait a moment, help me get some medicinal herb seeds, just a little bit, I'll try planting them." Bi Qiaoan said, looking at the twenty-five acres of uncultivated land.

Shen Yanming took out a handful of Chinese herbal medicine seeds from his storage space. "Is this enough?"

Bi Qiaoan...