At first glance, Mr. Zhang didn't take it seriously, but he was wondering what was going on in the middle of the night.
When I looked closely, I realized something seemed wrong.
Old Zhang picked up a transparent glass jar. In the jar was a thumb-sized plant that was thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with thin roots at the end. The whole plant was bright red, and there were uneven cracks on the surface. It was a bit inappropriate to call it a plant.
Because this thing was in a transparent jar, the roots at the end were actually wriggling slowly, like a living thing.
Mr. Zhang considers himself to be knowledgeable, but he has no impression of this thing.
"What is this?" Old Zhang leaned close to the glass jar and observed it for a long time but couldn't see anything. He asked subconsciously, and without waiting for an answer, he quickly turned around to look at other things. The more he looked, the more frightened he became.
"This! Is this the surprise you mentioned?" Old Zhang pointed at the things on the ground with trembling hands.
Jiang Mi chuckled, "There's an even bigger surprise."
Old Zhang's breathing became a little rapid. Just these things on the ground made him very excited!
He could now be sure that these plants had never been seen before, because there were at least twenty kinds of plants, large and small, in this area. If he had never seen one or two of them because of his lack of knowledge, then what about the twenty kinds of plants now?
These are all treasures!
"Surprise? What big surprise?" Mr. Zhang was full of anticipation.
"Follow me." Jiang Mi waved his hand, and Mr. Zhang quickly wrapped himself in thick clothes and followed.
The three of them took the elevator directly to the underground garage.
The garage was very empty. Jiang Mi asked Mr. Zhang to stand further away and then raised his hand and waved under Mr. Zhang's scorching gaze. Suddenly, a huge iron cage appeared in the open space in front of them. The space in the iron cage was as big as a bedroom, and in the middle of the iron cage lay a huge black monster.
The beast was so huge that even lying inside the two-meter by two-meter iron cage it still looked a little cramped.
Old Zhang was frightened by the beast in the cage. He couldn't help but take a few steps back. He swallowed nervously and looked up and down, "Xiao Jiang, this... is this a mutant?"
"No." Jiang Mi shook his head. "I don't know what species it is, but I can be sure that it has not been contaminated at all. Besides, I gave it anesthesia, so it can't move now. Don't worry, Mr. Zhang."
Hearing that the anesthetic had been administered, Mr. Zhang felt a little relieved. He walked forward a few steps and got closer to take a look. He found that the beast was indeed motionless, but its eyes were still open, its tongue hanging out, and it was breathing heavily, and its huge body rose and fell with its breathing.
"What species is this? No, I have to ask Lao Deng to take a look, and Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo is an expert on animals and plants..." Old Zhang muttered to himself as he walked around the iron cage and observed it carefully.
Jiang Mi asked, "Mr. Zhang, can this be studied?"
Mr. Zhang nodded subconsciously, "Yes! It must be possible! Why not..." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong.
The laboratories in the hotel are newly established and the space is not very large. It would be fine if you were just studying some small animals and plants, but where should you keep such a big beast?
They can't really kill it and slice it up for research. It seems there shouldn't be many of these beasts left, and this is the only research subject right now. If something happens to it, there's no guarantee there won't be another one for them to study.
"It's okay! If it doesn't work, we can just build another laboratory here!" Old Zhang gritted his teeth.
The space in the underground garage is not well utilized, so it would be possible to build a larger laboratory that can accommodate this beast.
Jiang Mi nodded, and naturally she tried her best to cooperate with this.
"Okay then. I'll put this thing away for now and release it after the lab here is built."
Zhang Lao looked at the beast reluctantly, and when he reached the tail of the beast, he reached out his hand and touched it carefully without being afraid. After touching it, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, "Okay, okay, it will be safer with you watching."
"It's getting late today, Mr. Zhang, you should go back and have some rest." Jiang Mi raised his hand and put the cage back into the space.
After sending Mr. Zhang back, Jiang Mi and Jiang Xun returned to their room on the sixth floor. It was already past midnight and she was really sleepy.
"You promised Mr. Zhang to build an underground laboratory, so you won't leave tomorrow?" Jiang Xun asked while drinking from the water cup.
"Let's go. The New Year is coming soon. I have to go." Jiang Mi smiled. "Actually, I was thinking about a question yesterday. If someone can fly a plane, can we bring them all back on a passenger plane?"
"It's a good idea, but it's not easy to find someone who can fly a passenger plane." Jiang Xun nodded in affirmation of her idea, "Civilian passenger planes are different from helicopters. If you are not a professional operator, don't touch them easily."
With him by his side when flying the helicopter, he would be able to recover in time even if something happened. At worst, there was still space for him to get in directly. But it was different with a passenger plane. Jiang Mi was going to City R alone, and he would not be taking just a few people on the plane, but dozens or even hundreds of people. Once the plane had an accident, it would be a heavy loss for the Dawn Base.
After all, the Dawn Base is most in need of manpower right now. Randomly absorbing other survivors will not only bring hidden dangers to the currently unstable Dawn Base, but many things will also not be able to be taken out.
But Miao Xi and his people are different, so no matter what, their safety must come first, even if it takes some time.
"I understand, don't worry, brother." Jiang Mi understood his brother's thoughts, smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not stupid, but if there really is someone who can fly a plane, I will definitely fly back with everyone."
"Yeah." Jiang Xun nodded.
Jiang Mi got up early the next morning. After washing up, she went directly to the kitchen to move out the ripe watermelons in the space and piled most of them in the corner. She took breakfast from the kitchen and after eating, she hurried to the underground garage with Zhang Lao, Deng Lao and others who came to find her.
The whole morning was spent in busyness.
The laboratory in the underground garage was renovated very quickly, especially since no manpower was needed to move the equipment around, which saved a lot of effort. When the underground laboratory was completed, Mr. Zhang was the first one to excitedly ask Jiang Mi to release the beast.
Most of the people gathered in the underground garage were familiar faces, including Professor Deng, Zhang, Xing Shaoan, Yuan Fuxiang, Liu Ji, a middle-aged man in his forties named Mo, and a young man in his twenties, who seemed to be Professor Mo's student.
Jiang Mi released the beast at Zhang Lao's request.
Even though it was not the first time he saw it, Mr. Zhang still felt shocked.
"I gave him two more injections of anesthesia this morning, but he hasn't eaten anything since last night." Jiang Mi said softly, looking at the people who didn't dare to come forward.
The beast was anesthetized and couldn't even swallow, so it naturally couldn't eat.
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