Chapter 329 Mutation Method

The next morning, Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan went to Gu Nanyu's arsenal.

"Hey, what brings you two here?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, Gu Nanyu hurried out to personally greet Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu.

Jiang Zhan was always quite casual in front of Gu Nanyu. Without even a small talk, he got straight to the point and said, "I have something to talk to you about. Let's talk inside."

Gu Nanyu raised his eyebrows and took the two to his room.

"Tell me, what do you need me to do for you?" Gu Nanyu poured water for Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu, placed it next to them, and asked casually.

"Third brother, you guessed wrong this time." Qiao Yu smiled and raised his eyebrows, "We are here to give you a gift."

Gu Nanyu was naturally not stupid enough to actually believe what Qiao Yu said about the "gift".

"Oh, it looks like this is a big deal. Even my third brother called out for help." A playful expression appeared on Gu Nanyu's fair baby face.

For many years, Gu Nanyu has been trying to get Jiang Zhan to call him "Third Brother", but he has never succeeded.

I actually heard it from Jiang Zhan's wife today. Tsk tsk. Okay, this can be considered a roundabout way to save the country.

"But don't worry, sister-in-law. Just because you called me Third Brother today, I will support you even if the sky falls."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Thank you, Third Brother, but what happened today is really not a bad thing for you. Aren't you short of manpower here? We want to send some people to you."

"Send me someone? Who?"

"We've received a mission from our base to take people to destroy the black market. Some of our friends happen to be in the black market, so we thought of picking them up in advance and placing them with you."

"Among them, there are some who are extraordinary, as well as ordinary survivors. Ah Zhan said you're short of manpower here, so sending them over would be a perfect way to kill two birds with one stone!"

After listening to this, Gu Nanyu nodded and said, "Well, this is a good idea. How many people are you going to send over?"

Qiao Yu smiled, "About... one or two hundred people."

“…”

The corner of Gu Nanyu's mouth twitched suddenly. Isn't this number... a little too much?

…

In the end, Gu Nanyu agreed to Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu's request, but Qiao Yu did not make things difficult for Gu Nanyu. He directly took out dozens of bags of bran and mutant wheat seeds from the space and gave them to Gu Nanyu, telling him that these were edible mutant plants and could be planted directly in the soil.

Gu Nanyu's eyes lit up.

As for water resources...

"Third brother, do you have a large vat with good sealing performance?" Qiao Yu asked.

"Yes, but not much. What? Do you need it?" Gu Nanyu thought it was Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan who needed it. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "If you need it, I can have someone make it for you directly. What material do you want?"

"We're not going to use it." Qiao Yu waved his hand. "It's for you to use to store water."

"Water storage?"

"Yeah." Qiao Yu looked up at the sky, "I guess...it might rain soon."

In Qiao Yu's memory, there seemed to be a rainstorm about half a year after the end of the world, but she was not very sure. But it is better to be prepared with water tanks.

rain?

Gu Nanyu looked up at the sun in the sky, bewildered. And...

"We need to store water after the rain?" Gu Nanyu frowned slightly. "Can the rainwater in the apocalypse...be drunk?"

Qiao Yu nodded. "Yes, we have done experiments. The rainwater in the apocalypse is clean and drinkable, but it is best to boil it before drinking."

After hearing what Qiao Yu said, Gu Nanyu nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll have someone make a few more batches of cylinders with better sealing properties in the next two days."

"Do you need it? If you need it, I can send it to you."

Qiao Yu waved his hand and said, "No, no, we have stock."

Gu Nanyu smacked his lips. "It's good to have space. Why can't I have this good thing?"

Jiang Zhan said calmly, "The fact that you're still alive is the greatest blessing. People should learn to be content."

“…”

Gu Nanyu choked up and gave Jiang Zhan a forced smile, "Thank you. You really know how to talk."

Jiang Zhan nodded calmly, "Thank you for the compliment."

“…”

Although Gu Nanyu was deeply hurt by Jiang Zhan, when Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu left, he still happily followed them out and prepared to see them off, but was very "tactfully" rejected by Qiao Yu.

They appreciated the kindness, but Gu Nanyu's physique...

Qiao Yu felt that they might not be able to afford it.

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On the way back, Jiang Zhan suddenly remembered what Xie Pingan said yesterday about them finding a mutant plant that could purify water near the Mingxia River. So he asked Qiao Yu, "Ayu, does the plant that Xie Pingan mentioned yesterday really exist?"

Qiao Yu was slightly stunned. "Oh, are you talking about the one that purifies water resources?"

"Um."

Qiao Yu nodded, "It does exist, but its rarity is comparable to that of natural anomalies."

"Or, this plant might be the water-based anomaly in the plant kingdom."

“Can’t we plant it in large quantities?”

Qiao Yu shook his head slightly. "After the apocalypse, not all plants can be grown in large quantities. It depends on how they mutate."

"Mutation method?" Jiang Zhan frowned. He seemed to have never heard Qiao Yu say this word before.

"Yes, that's the way it mutates." Qiao Yu nodded. "After the apocalypse, plants actually have two ways of mutation."

"One is self-powered variation, and the other is externally powered variation."

Two new terms again. Jiang Zhan remained silent, waiting for Qiao Yu to continue explaining.

"To put it simply, a self-powered variant means that the crystal core's energy can be restored over time, just like us, but it's slower. However, an externally powered variant cannot maintain the crystal core's energy on its own and can only do so by absorbing energy from the blood."

"That's why some plants don't actively attack, while others are very ferocious and kill any living thing they see."

"So, self-energy plants cannot reproduce?" Jiang Zhan continued to ask.

"That's right." Qiao Yu nodded again. "Just like aliens can't reproduce, self-energy plants like this can't reproduce either."

"Even if they can produce seeds, the vitality of the seeds will be absorbed by their own crystal cores, and they will not be able to grow anything."

These conclusions were also discovered by researchers in previous lives. At that time, humans were constantly striving to find and develop available water resources.

Unfortunately, this problem had not been solved until Qiao Yu's death, and people still had to rely on stored rainwater to survive.

Qiao Yu looked at the sky outside the car window and sighed softly, "Let's just pray for more rain in the next few days."