Chapter 9: It would definitely be warm to make you a hat with its fur.

"Little Gu, I won't say I'm sending you to us for tissue culture. You can send you to me for research once you've nurtured you enough."

The renowned medical expert, Elder He, stood up and tapped his cane on the ground. "Don't just think about making specimens! That purple flower might be medicinal; I need to test its components first!"

"..."

"Without further ado, you must leave me one moss plant; this is a matter of great importance for the country and its people."

Of course, we should also pay attention to other flowers and herbs, in case they contain components that can help fight cancer; this would save us a lot of trouble in our research.

"Old He's words are not right!"

A retired professor from the Institute of Botany squeezed in, leaning on his cane, and pointed to the orange-red "trumpet" flower on the tablet.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a species that went extinct long ago..."

"Stop arguing, everyone. Let me take a picture for future reference. The shape of those pink and white flowers is exactly the same as the pattern on a certain jade artifact. Maybe we can find more information about it. This must be left to our archaeological team."

A group of big shots who usually have the final say in their respective fields were arguing heatedly around a tablet, their faces red with anger. Gu Zheng was caught in the middle, listening to the voices of "Give it to me first" and "I have priority," and helplessly facepalmed.

"How can you be sure she can bring the item back?" It's already absurd enough that someone can time travel, but if she really brings the item back, wouldn't that be defying the heavens?

If it were really given to him, he wouldn't be willing to share it with these jesters.

Upon hearing this, the heated argument among the crowd immediately erupted: "Professor Gu is right. Being able to travel through time is already bizarre enough. If he can also bring living plants with him, wouldn't that be equivalent to opening up a supply channel between the two worlds?"

This is such a terrifying and shocking thing.

"Why not? Didn't the little girl bring back moonflower grass last time?"

As he spoke, Old He glared at a certain expert beside him, "Have you figured out what leaves are? You're just trying to steal them."

The old professor immediately retorted, "Last time, our institute only got a withered leaf of moonflower. How could it produce results so easily?"

"Stop arguing, this time our forestry bureau will be fully responsible for the maintenance of these flowers and plants!"

Gu Zheng said, "The plants we bring back need to undergo quarantine, and we also need to simulate the temperature and humidity of the animal world. If we're not careful, they'll rot or wither!"

He was still conducting experiments in the research lab when Yuanyuan left; otherwise, these people wouldn't have gotten the news first.

When he finished his work and came out, the moonflower grass had already been divided up by the group, leaving him with only a bare root.

And it started to rot shortly after he got it.

He suspected it was due to the temperature; the sun in the beast world was more than ten times larger than in reality, which showed just how hot it was.

Yuanyuan's lack of influence is likely due to system assistance.

Old He nodded in agreement, "That's right, it would be a waste if it broke because of different temperatures."

We must expedite the construction of a temperature-controlled room.

Everyone agreed and nodded.

Then he changed the subject, "For safety's sake, when the little girl comes back, we'll put her in my temperature-controlled lab over there."

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The abacus beads are practically falling off their faces.

………

This way

Yuanyuan followed the two beastmen, Huya, back to their tribe. The wicker basket containing the wolf cub was already filled with flowers of various colors.

The little wolf was probably still injured, and spent the whole day curled up in the wicker basket, unable to open his eyes but too afraid to sleep, lest Yuanyuan disappear if he closed them.

In order to exchange for an extra fertility pill, Yuanyuan took on an additional task.

They found three more rare herbs on the mountain before returning to the tribe.

Back in the cave, the sun was almost setting.

She was exhausted and hungry after running around in the mountains all day.

Fortunately, as soon as we sat down, someone brought us roasted meat and wild vegetable soup.

The food was brought by the chief's female, Lu Yun, and her snake beast husband. As soon as Lu Yun arrived, she looked her up and down, "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"Aunt Lu Yun, I'm fine."

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright. Why did you take so long?"

The witch doctors had already returned, bringing back miraculous medicines that could heal serious injuries.

"Ah Yun, let her eat first." The snake beast husband noticed that she didn't want to talk, so he tugged at Lu Yun's sleeve.

"Oh, right, right, Yuanyuan must be hungry, eat quickly."

Yuanyuan didn't stand on ceremony and started eating heartily.

Only after they had eaten their fill did they ask them for fresh meat for the little wolf, who had also been hungry all day.

"Yuanyuan, the meat won't be fresh in this heat. How about we wait until the hunting team returns and bring over some fresh meat?"

It's the hot season now, and they coat the leftover meat with salt and hang it outside to dry. After a day of intense sun exposure, it's almost turned into jerky.

The food left in the cave had gone bad, but they were used to washing and cooking it so it would still taste good.

However, this tainted meat will not be given to either the cubs or the females.

Yuanyuan glanced at the little wolf and nodded. Its injuries hadn't healed yet, so it really couldn't eat stale meat; it would get diarrhea, which would be troublesome.

They carefully fed the wolf cub the clean water they had brought, and the wolf cub whimpered softly and obediently drank the water.

The human finally remembered to give it water; it had been sunbathing all day.

The little wolf drank most of the bowl of water.

Yuanyuan could tell it was really hungry.

She used to be locked in a dark room, and when she was hungry, she would drink water from the tap. She would drink water until she was full and then she wouldn't be hungry anymore.

"Little wolf, wait a little longer. Once fresh meat arrives, you can have some."

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Soon, lively shouts and calls came from the square.

"The hunting party is back. Let me go and show you."

Lu Yun pulled her partner to the cave entrance, then turned back to ask her if she wanted to go watch the excitement together.

Yuanyuan's eyes lit up; she had never seen a hunting team from the Beast World before.

"I want to go, I want to go."

Do hunting parties bring a lot of prey?

Leopard Jiu and Tiger Ya exchanged a glance and followed.

As soon as Yuanyuan arrived at the tribal square, she was so surprised by the sight before her that she stopped in her tracks.

Twenty-odd tall orcs dressed in animal skins surrounded the center of the square, with a dozen or so enormous prey of which she did not know the names of.

"Yuanyuan, look! That's a long-eared beast, its meat is so tender!" Lu Yun shouted, pointing at a large rabbit.

Yuanyuan couldn't take it all in; there were so many prey.

She couldn't name any of the rabbits except for the rabbits.

Following the direction she pointed, a rabbit with grayish-brown fur huddled trembling among a pile of large prey.

Compared to her other prey, she appeared exceptionally small.

But compared to Yuanyuan, it's much fatter.

Its body was round and plump, even bigger than her head.

She couldn't resist moving closer and gently poking the rabbit's belly with her finger.

"Wow, its fur is so soft!"

A large, calloused hand lifted the rabbit by the scruff of its neck and handed it to Yuanyuan.

She looked up and saw the tallest bear-beastman in the hunting party.

The orc smiled憨厚ly, "Take it and play with it if you like. This one is the most docile and won't scratch you."

The long-eared beast was too small, and they had no shortage of prey, so they didn't waste time catching it. The long-eared beast just bumped into them, and they just picked it up and brought it back.

Yuanyuan carefully took the rabbit, almost dropping it; it was a bit heavy for her now.

Fortunately, the rabbit nestled obediently in her arms; if it had struggled, she might have fallen down with it.

"Yuanyuan, tonight I'll have Snake Seven make soup with the meat of the long-eared beast, and then make you a hat with its fur. It'll definitely keep you warm in winter!"

"Oh, can I not eat it?"

She couldn't bear to eat such an adorable bunny; she was even thinking of taking it home to raise.