Chapter 6: The Sample Battle! The Filter on the Experts Shattered!
The conference room was full of people. Chief Zhang sat in the main seat, Zhou Jue sat to his left, Staff Officer Chen sat to his right, and the young men and women who came in last sat at the back.
Everyone looked at the young woman sitting below the leader and guessed that she was the key person in the special project, but they didn't know what the project was.
"Everyone, please sign the confidentiality agreement in front of you." (Commander Zhang)
Everyone sitting in the conference room picked up the confidentiality agreement on the table, looked at it, and then each person signed their name without hesitation.
After Deng Zhigang finished signing his name, he looked at Chief Zhang and broke the silence.
"Old Commander, what's the matter that's so urgent? You've called all of us old guys here. If it's not important, we won't accept it." Deng Zhigang's tone was deliberately relaxed, but his expression was somewhat cautious. He knew his old commander; gathering so many people probably meant...
“Yes, Xiao Wu pulled me right out of the lab. Boss, the project is at a critical time, every minute wasted is…” Zhao Xueyuan glanced at the time and continued.
"Everyone, please be quiet." Chief Zhang raised his hand to signal, "What I'm about to say is of great importance, involving time and space. Xiao Jue, you can tell everyone about this experience."
Zhou Jue stood up unconsciously: "Hello, leaders..."
Zhou Jue recounted the cause, process, and experiences in the other world of this time travel, including his next time travel, in great detail. He didn't mention the two Silver Flower Tree branches, as he didn't know whether the branches were alive or dead in the soil. He decided to pull them out and give them to experts for research, as it would be a waste. He would wait until they grew into Silver Flower Trees before considering them.
"There are only 2 days, 18 hours, and 55 minutes left until the next crossing, so time is really tight," Zhou Jue added at the end.
The meeting room was completely silent.
This was the first time Chief Zhang had heard such detailed information. "Everyone, please share any questions or thoughts you may have."
Deng Zhigang was sitting diagonally opposite Zhou Jue. Although he didn't quite understand what the system and time travel meant at first, he quickly understood after Zhou Jue finished speaking. He understood why the old leader said it was a matter of spacetime. Spacetime, the spacetime that countless people have studied but have not yet grasped. If it is true, then our China... no, it must be true!
This is not just about time and space, but also about resources from other planets! Technology! Heavens, could it be that I, Old Deng, will live to see the great rejuvenation of our nation? Will I see China standing at the pinnacle of the world? Will we never be bullied again, and will those who fabricate facts even have to confess their sins for the millions of innocent souls?
Deng Zhigang excitedly asked, "Xiao Jue, can I see the plants you collected?"
Zhou Jue took out the collected plants one by one. "This is Silver Flower Fruit, which can strengthen the body and soul. It has a huge amount of energy and cannot be eaten directly!"
Everyone in the conference room stared wide-eyed.
“And this too.” Zhou Jue took out another Purple Light Grass. “This is Purple Light Grass. It contains a weak electric current and should be able to be used as an energy source.”
“And this too.” She brought out a glass of Blue Abyss Lake water. “This is Blue Abyss Lake water; it can relieve fatigue.”
“And this too.” She took out a handful of red soil. “This is soil from that world, and it also contains trace amounts of energy.”
"This is the withered grass of the Purple Light Grass. I don't know if it's useful, but I brought it back anyway."
"That's all. In my 24 hours in that world, I only saw these few kinds of plants."
A heated discussion broke out in the conference room.
"Our biological research institute absolutely needs this fruit!" An elderly professor wearing thick glasses stood up excitedly. "It might be the key to human evolution!"
"Wait, this electric plant is even more important!" an energy expert stood up as well. "If we can cultivate it on a large scale, our energy crisis will be solved!"
"Stop arguing, all of you! These should be left to us!" the botanist retorted. "If we can successfully cultivate them, we'll have a continuous supply of plants!"
"Bullshit! Giving this fruit to you would be a waste; it's only when it's in our biological research institute that its greatest value can be realized!"
"I'm not arguing about anything else, but we must have this soil!" Geologists joined the debate, saying, "The composition of soils from different worlds allows us to understand the geological structure of those worlds!"
"Water! Give us all this water!" the chemistry expert exclaimed, not wanting to be outdone. "It can relieve fatigue, which means it contains special chemical components!"
The entire conference room was in chaos, with each expert vying for samples for their own research area.
Zhou Jue was stunned. It turned out that even the big shots and experts were just like the old folks at the local market back home. His "big shot" image was shattered.
"Enough!" Commander Zhang slammed his hand on the table. "Quiet down!"
The meeting room fell silent instantly.
"Xiao Jue, how much stuff do you have left?"
Zhou Jue was a little embarrassed. "There are still 6 Silver Flower Fruits, more than 100 Purple Light Grasses, about 2 liters of Blue Abyss Lake water, and 30 cubic meters of red soil." It wasn't that Zhou Jue was hiding anything, but she felt that the Starry Sky Box was like a small world, and she suspected that these plants could only regrow more in the Starry Sky Box.
"Alright!" Chief Zhang nodded. "Xiao Jue, the Silver Flower Fruit and the Blue Abyss Lake Water are the two most useful to you right now. Give half of them to the country for research, and keep the rest for yourself. As for the Purple Light Grass and the Red Soil, I'll shamelessly ask for them. Leave them all to the country, is that alright?"
"Sure, no problem!" Zhou Jue hadn't expected that her leader would leave her some more. She had been prepared to give it all to the country. Hehe, the country is indeed reliable!
"Jianguo, arrange the allocation immediately. Assign each sample to the most suitable research institute, and don't waste a single resource."
"yes!"
"Xiao Jue, take a rest first, and we'll arrange the specifics."
Zhou Jue nodded and was led to a private room.
Two hours later, Chen Jianguo came to find her.
"Xiao Jue, it's all arranged. Starting tomorrow, Cheng Gan will be in charge of training your physical fitness and combat skills in the morning, and Sun Jiuchou will be in charge of supplementing your knowledge in the afternoon."
"Cheng Gan is the captain of the Cheetah Commando Unit and a special operations expert, while Sun Jiuchou is a strategic analysis expert."
"What knowledge?" Zhou Jue was a little confused. He could understand training his body, but what about supplementing his knowledge?
"Crisis management, negotiation skills, language learning methods, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Machiavellianism, and so on." Chen Jianguo smiled, "Basically, I'll cram everything I can think of into it."
"So many?" Zhou Jue had a headache.
“There’s no other way, your safety is the top priority. Although we didn’t see any humans in the world we went to this time, we might not see any next time. Sometimes, humans are the biggest threat.” Chen Jianguo patted her shoulder. “But don’t worry, we will adjust the schedule according to your tolerance level.”
"By the way, when will the test results for the sample be available?"
"It won't be until tomorrow night at the earliest," Chen Jianguo shook his head. "But the preliminary test results are already in, and we've discovered many new substances."
"That's good." Zhou Jue breathed a sigh of relief.
"Get a good rest tonight, because you'll have to work really hard starting tomorrow."
(～﹃～)~zZ Goodnight~
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