Chapter 42 Yongji Biology
No matter what the circumstances, there will always be some people who live well, even in the event of a natural disaster.
For a giant chaebol and powerful force like Yongji Bio Group with its tentacles spread all over Dragon Country, it has already spent astronomical sums to secretly purchase large air-raid shelters in various places and move all its important institutions and offices underground.
Yongji Future Technology Company is located in an underground air-raid shelter in Yangcheng. The company's director Lu Maoyan is sitting in his spacious office, his shirt slightly rolled up to reveal his wrists, his hair all combed back. Although the temperature outside is already 50 degrees, he still dresses like a business elite before the natural disaster. Lu Maoyan has the capital. As the second son of the Lu family, he graduated from an Ivy League school and then returned to China to take over Yongji Future Technology Company and other businesses of the family consortium in Yangcheng. These industries have been developing well in his hands until the natural disaster.
The natural disaster temporarily disrupted Lu Maoyan's development plan. But he soon discovered that this world became more interesting, and there were even some creatures who claimed to be gods trying to make him a believer. Lu Maoyan didn't care much about this - he was a businessman who believed in transactions. As long as the other party offered a suitable price, he could change his beliefs at any time.
Because of this deal, he obtained many unimaginable technologies, and the upcoming food crop mutation growth technology made him sure that it would allow the Yongji Future Technology Company he controlled to grow into a behemoth, and even turn the tables and swallow up the entire Yongji Biological Group!
Lu Maoyan was convinced that even if some accidents happened along the way, the result would not change.
"How about the problem in the laboratory?" he asked the people below.
Qian Qing's forehead was dripping with beads of sweat. He hunched his back, not daring to look Lu Maoyan in the eye. "We have sent people to investigate. The Jiangcheng authorities only obtained some incomplete data on mutant beasts from the laboratory. The harm is controllable..."
Lu Maoyan waved his hand impatiently: "The information is not important, what is important is the 'spring water'! Have you found it?"
Qian Qing quickly replied: "I have already sent people to investigate the five people who entered the laboratory one by one, and there will be results soon!"
Lu Maoyan's face turned very ugly when he heard this. Ever since the cold wave came, Yongji Future Technology Company has been secretly researching the technology of crop mutation growth. Based on the technology that Lu Maoyan obtained from his belief in the Bethida sect, the experimenters induced the original crops to mutate into mutant plants, so as to increase the yield of crops and speed up the maturity time. This technology has extremely broad application prospects in the current natural disaster environment, and it is also the project that Lu Maoyan has devoted the most effort to.
The project had made significant progress and was on the verge of success, but then a key experimental raw material disappeared overnight.
Lu Maoyan looked gloomy and asked, "If there is no 'spring water', can the grain mutation growth technology continue to be used?" Lu Maoyan asked.
Qian Qing swallowed his saliva and said with gritted teeth: "...Although we have initially mastered the technology of food mutation growth, we still haven't found a substitute for the important raw material 'spring water'."
Lu Maoyan rubbed his brows and made a decision: "The spring water must be found at all costs! I'll give you a week. If you can't solve this problem, it seems that you are not qualified for your current position. Moreover, this matter can only be done in secret and must not alert the Jiangcheng officials." At the moment, Lu Maoyan did not want to attract too much attention.
Qian Qing smiled bitterly. He did not dare to question the truth of Lu Maoyan's words. In Lu's mind, employees without value had to leave. Qian Qing bowed slightly and left quickly. In this week, he had to find a way to take back the spring water!
Qian Qing thought quickly. Among the five people who entered the laboratory, there were people from the military, the forum, and Noah. There was only one woman who had no background. So, why not capture her and interrogate her!
Watching Qian Qing leave, Lu Maoyan clenched the documents in his hand. The food mutation growth technology could not only bring him countless money, but also meant a large amount of resources, connections, and power that could be exchanged. This technology could not be lost.
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Inside the ancient tortoise shell, three copper coins spun around, then finally calmed down.
Yue Jian looked at the hexagram carefully. "The upper Kan and lower Qian, the upper six lines are Yang, a guest is coming."
The butler quietly walked into the house and placed a plate full of delicious food on the table.
Yue Jian sat on the couch, playing with three copper coins, and ordered, "Prepare tea, there will be guests coming later."
The old butler said respectfully, "Yes." He bowed slightly to Yuejian and then left.
No one questioned his hexagram.
Yue Jian, however, found it boring. He had been learning the art of divination since he could remember. If fate was an unpredictable web of chaos for ordinary people, then for him, what he could see through divination was the most likely trajectory among the thousands of intricate threads of fate, which was almost absolute.
While seeing the trajectory of fate, he also inevitably saw the desires and obsessions of the hexagram seekers, as well as the accompanying conspiracies and viciousness. This was almost a curse. After seeing too many dirty desires, it was easy to lose faith in humans. Perhaps it was for this reason that most of his tribe members ended up going crazy or committing suicide.
To some extent, Yuejian could understand why the man named Qiu Yongkang wanted to destroy the world.
However, he recently discovered an interesting person.
Gu Nian. Yue Jian thought about this name in his heart.
At first, Yue Jian only thought of her as the girl who appeared in the divination. Since she appeared, he had to go and see her. This was his responsibility. However, after several encounters, he had a deep impression of Gu Nian. In the invisible world that Yue Jian saw, the thread of fate belonging to Gu Nian was very pure, which meant that this girl had a tenacious mind that was inconsistent with her appearance, which was a strength that Yue Jian had never seen in many so-called big figures.
Yuejian can assert that her heart is extremely pure. Once she sets a goal, she will ignore all obstacles and move forward tenaciously. Having seen people who are too weak and hesitant, Yuejian finds it very interesting. What will she do when she finds the obstacles standing in front of her?
At this moment, the person Yuejian thought of was slowly parking his car outside the mansion.
Gu Nian couldn't hide her surprise. She held Yuejian's business card with the address on it. But she never expected that when she followed the address, she would see such an old and grand mansion.
In this weather, is there still such a grand house? Gu Nian was shocked.
She walked forward, stood in front of the huge gate, and finally found the doorbell on the side door. After ringing it, not long after, the wide main door slowly opened. Gu Nian didn't expect the main door to be opened. That was a sign of such a large house to welcome distinguished guests. Generally speaking, a small side door would be opened for more convenience.
A middle-aged lady wearing modified Chinese clothing came out from the main entrance. Her long hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head. There were traces of time in the corners of her eyes and temples, but she was still gentle and beautiful. "Excuse me, are you Ms. Gu?"
Gu Nian nodded and said hesitantly: "Yuejian, do you live here?"
"Please come in, Mr. Yue is waiting for you." The middle-aged lady made a gesture to invite him in.
Just like that, Gu Nian followed behind her, walking deeper into the mansion, passing through the long and dark corridors, through the curved doorways, shaded by flowers and trees all the way. Gu Nian almost had the illusion that he had traveled through time and space.
However, she also noticed that the plants on the roadside were all transplanted mutant plants, which were able to survive the current high temperature and be full of greenery. There were vents installed in the hidden places throughout the house, and cool air was constantly blown out from them. Gu Nian estimated that the temperature in the house was only over 20 degrees. A rough calculation showed that the daily cost of maintaining this house was extremely shocking.
It seems that Yuejian was born in a wealthy family, Gu Nian thought, but then again, it was surprisingly harmonious with his image.
Finally, the middle-aged woman who led the way stopped in front of a main hall and motioned Gu Nian to go in alone.
Gu Nian pushed open the red painted wooden door and walked in. Yue Jian was sitting on the couch. He was wearing loose Chinese clothes today, as retro as the mansion. When he saw Gu Nian come in, he smiled and motioned for Gu Nian to sit opposite him.
"Try this tea." He picked up the tea scoop with his slender fingers.
Gu Nian got straight to the point and stated the purpose of his visit. "You said last time that I would encounter some troubles recently. Now that I think about it, it should have come true."
The water pouring into the teapot paused, then became smooth again. Yue Jian asked, "Let me guess, you were attacked?"
Gu Nian was surprised and couldn't believe it: "Can this be calculated?"
Yue Jian smiled and said, "That's not a calculation, it's just a guess. I was also attacked. Later I heard that Zhuo Huai, Cai Ji, and Wei Rui who entered the experiment at the beginning were also attacked. Including you, so far, everyone who entered the laboratory at the beginning has been attacked."
Unexpectedly, Yue Jian was also attacked. Gu Nian asked, "You were also attacked?" She looked Yue Jian up and down, and he seemed to be intact.
Yuejian pushed a cup of tea over. "The people who came to attack me were not able to enter this room. The servants in my house are still capable." He said lightly. "On the contrary, some interesting information was dug out from the mouths of those who attacked me."
He glanced over and said, "These people are from Yongji Biological Group. I heard that they are looking for a spring. The spring is next to the laboratory, but for some reason, the spring disappeared after we captured the laboratory that day."
Gu Nian laughed dryly: "Haha, this is really funny. The spring water disappeared. Why are we looking for someone? Can we move a spring away?"
Yuejian said meaningfully: "Yes, who says it's not?"
For some reason, when Gu Nian looked at Yue Jian, she always felt that he knew something, which made her feel a little uneasy.
Fortunately, Yue Jian quickly changed the subject: "No matter what Yongji Bio Group intends to do, I'm afraid they will not give up, and the attacks will continue in the future. Have you thought about what to do? Do you want to consider joining our forum? At that time, we can provide you with a safe house and a complete guard team. Moreover, if Yongji knew that our forum was behind you, he would definitely think twice."
Gu Nian shook her head and rejected Yue Jian's proposal. She knew that if she accepted asylum, she would also lose her freedom, and she had no intention of joining any forces.
Yuejian sighed regretfully, but he did not persuade him anymore. Instead, he said, "If you are unwilling to join any force, it will be a lot of trouble. In this case, my suggestion is that you must have a force that can protect yourself."
"No matter how strong a person is, he is always limited. A giant like Yongji will think that only a few small sacrifices are enough to make you surrender. However, once you have a force that can protect yourself, they will hesitate. In Jiangcheng now, Yongji is still wary of other forces and dare not go all out. Once they realize that the power in your hands will cause them trouble and cause unpredictable consequences, they will consider compromising or even stopping."
Gu Nian was thoughtful and began to think carefully about what Yue Jian said. According to Yu Ziqiu, the weakest communication soldier Wei Rui died directly in the attack, while Noah's Cai Ji and Zhuo Huai survived, but the attackers retreated directly and they could not get any information from them. As for the strongest Yue Jian, he directly captured the attackers and tortured them.
This is the difference caused by strength.
As Yuejian said, although he could survive, if he could not become stronger, he would have to flee from Yongji's attacks again and again.
Yue Jian's words touched Gu Nian and helped her sort out her thoughts. She said, "Thank you."
Yue Jian smiled and said, "You're welcome. If you have anything else in the future, you're always welcome to visit me."
Gu Nian couldn't help but ask: "Why help me?"
Yuejian put down the teacup slowly. "There's no special reason. Just think of it as a fortune teller's intuition. I always feel that you will be a very important person in the future, so I'm investing in advance."
Big shot? Gu Nian was stunned. She had never thought of herself this way. She always thought she was just an ordinary person trying to survive a natural disaster. She didn't think much about it, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and left the mansion.
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In the increasingly desolate urban area of Jiangcheng, the west side of the city became a gathering place for refugees.
This place is close to the wilderness and was originally the suburb of Jiangcheng. Therefore, the buildings here are all bungalows, many of which have their own farmhouse cellars. After the natural disaster, this became a hot spot for housing. Many people in Jiangcheng who lived in high-rise buildings tried their best to move into the bungalows in the West District. As for immigrants, they simply rented a house here. Many hunters who made a living in the wilderness also stopped here. The dilapidated streets of the West District brought together all kinds of people.
Gu Nian found such a hotel.
Today's hotels are no longer as bright and beautiful as they used to be. Rows of bungalows are divided into narrow rooms. There is only a small single bed in it, and there is a shabby washbasin next to it, but there is no water from the faucet. You can only find ways to use water yourself.
Even such a simple room, with central air conditioning, has a temperature about 20 degrees lower than the outside world, which has become a luxury that many people can only dream of.
Gu Nian walked in, sat on the worn-out single bed, and began to miss her own villa. She was hiding here temporarily, eager to get rid of the raiders and return to her former stable life as soon as possible.
She perked up, took out her tablet and searched for Yongji Bio Group.
Many news items popped up on the Internet. Most of them were the same as Gu Nian's impression. Yongji Bio Group was a super-large chaebol that started out in medical biotechnology but had already spread its tentacles to various industries.
Her eyes were fixed on the latest piece of news.
"Yongji Group is about to hold a press conference to fully promote the technology of mutant growth of food crops."
Gu Nian clicked it to see.
"With frequent natural disasters, food has become a major concern for the entire nation. The cultivated land area has been greatly reduced, and ordinary plants can hardly survive. If we cannot induce mutations in food crops and quickly mass-produce them, severe famine will soon occur, leading to another sharp decline in population.
The technology developed by Yongji Group is dedicated to studying the above problems - it can harmlessly induce food crops into mutant plants, grow rapidly, and mature and harvest in one month. The number one solution to famine, dedicated to the happiness of all mankind, please pay attention to this press conference of Yongji Group!
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Gu Nian quickly scanned the entire news article. The description in it made her think of the ripening function of Lingquan. Isn't it the greatest effect of Lingquan to make crops mature quickly in a short period of time?
Even with Gu Nian's awareness, she could realize the importance of this technology to Yongji Group. Was Lingquan an irreplaceable and important raw material for their technology? If so, Yongji would not give up on finding Lingquan, which meant that her situation might be even more dangerous than Yuejian said.
Lotus jumped lightly onto Gu Nian.
Gu Nian touched the lotus and whispered, "Is there anyone watching around?"
Lotus shook her little head.
Gu Nian had already checked the room and found no surveillance cameras, and Lotus's senses were extremely sensitive. Seeing Lotus shaking her head, Gu Nian was relieved and took Lotus back to the farm space.
After entering the farm, Gu Nian went straight to the forest and found the nine-tailed fox.
"How do we sign the contract you mentioned last time?" Gu Nian asked. The Nine-Tailed Fox had mentioned before that he could go to the space where Gu Nian was and help her do things.
The nine-tailed fox narrowed its narrow eyes, and its tail, which always swayed leisurely, also stopped in mid-air. "You are in trouble." He used a positive tone.
Gu Nian said: "In the space I came from, there is a group of people who are chasing me. They want to get the spiritual spring."
The nine-tailed fox tilted its head and actually breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, it's better than I thought."
Gu Nian didn't expect to get this answer.
The nine-tailed fox looked at her and said seriously, "They just want to get this spring. Have you ever thought about what would happen if someone knew that you have this space? How crazy would that be?"
He stretched out his claws and pointed at Gu Nian: "You need to become stronger. You must protect this space! Don't wait until it's too late to regret it."
At this moment, the nine-tailed fox was no longer the large fluffy creature that was thinking about eating chicken as usual, but was more like an elder who was giving earnest instructions.
Gu Nian was stunned. She had to admit that this made sense. She had always been too addicted to her ordinary and stable life, but she didn't know that survival has always been difficult, just in different forms.
Gu Nian opened the system screen and clicked on the hiring option. As early as when the ranch was activated, the system had an interface for hiring employees. Currently, the only candidate for hire was Tu Shanluo, also known as the Nine-tailed Fox.
Gu Nian chose to hire.
The nine-tailed fox bit its own claws and motioned Gu Nian to stretch out his hand. On the palm of Gu Nian's hand, he drew a strange symbol with blood. The symbol was extremely complex, like a burning flame, and if you looked closely, it looked like the figure of a fox.
The blood seeped into Gu Nian's palm and disappeared.
"Ding, the host has hired an employee [Tu Shanluo], and the employee has a voluntary contract. The payment method can be converted into spiritual crystals. The contract has been signed and we will not betray each other."
At that moment, Gu Nian seemed to see a huge phantom of a monster behind Tu Shanluo. The monster was made of flames all over its body. The strange thing was that because the flames burned to an extremely high temperature, it looked like it had turned white. The nine tails behind it were swinging, which was shocking.
That... is Tu Shanluo's original form. Gu Nian suddenly had such an intuition.
The contract was signed, and Gu Nian brought the nine-tailed fox and himself to the real world.
The nine-tailed fox lay on the only single bed in the room with its large body, making it creak. It complained, "Why is it so hot?"
He really couldn't adapt to this bad weather. After all, his snow-white fur was extremely cold-resistant, but he hated hot weather. Besides, the weather in the main world was too hot, wasn't it?
Gu Nian could only say patiently: "I'll go out and get a bucket of ice." Water and ice can also be purchased in the West District, of course, provided that you have enough credit points.
The nine-tailed fox suddenly stood up: "Someone is coming." The fox opened its mouth and licked with its tongue: "I haven't exercised for so many years..."
Outside the West End house, three Revenant hunters are watching.
The leading man had a beard and was short and stocky. He whispered to the other two companions, "After entering, take action immediately. If you see that woman, knock her down immediately, but you must leave her alive. Then the mission will be completed."
"As long as you can stay alive, it won't matter if you're seriously injured, right?" The person who said this was a young man with colorful, messy hair like a chicken coop, and he whistled frivolously.
"Do you want to keep him alive? Do you need to avoid brain attacks? Even if he gets beaten to a pulp, that's not good enough." Another cold woman said. She was tall and had an ordinary face, the kind that would be hard to find if thrown into a crowd.
The leading man nodded: "Yes, avoid the brain when attacking." He looked at the small building opposite, "The third one from the left, get ready to attack."
The three of them quickly ran towards the low building, but when they were still a hundred meters away from the building, everyone stopped at the same time.
The three of them stared at the low building in uncertainty, their faces pale, the sense of danger burst out in their hearts, their hair stood on end, as if they had met a natural enemy, and screams of danger kept ringing in their hearts.
A strong murderous aura suddenly came over, as if there was some huge beast hiding in that low building. It opened its eyes from its sleep, bared its bloodthirsty fangs, and was waiting for food to fall into its mouth automatically!
The entire low building was bustling with noises, and the residents inside were making all kinds of noisy noises, but their target, the third room from the left, was filled with an eerie silence.
In the room, the nine-tailed fox laughed, showing its huge white teeth, "Three humans are coming." He opened the window and jumped out lightly.
The nine-tailed fox has a huge body, but when it rushes, its speed is as fast as lightning.
"Found it." Tu Shanluo said happily. He excitedly flashed behind the other person, and his sharp nails popped out and lightly scratched from behind.
The bearded man saw a white shadow leap out of the target window, so fast! Then the white shadow suddenly disappeared, and after that, he only remembered that his neck felt cold.
The young man next to him was already terrified. He knew the bearded man's strength very well, but what kind of monster could kill the bearded man with one blow? Even in the jungle, there was no such monster!
He turned around and wanted to leave, but at the moment he turned, two furry arms grabbed his neck and twisted them. He suddenly felt his head turned behind him. In the last moment before he died, he saw a ferocious fox.
The successive deaths of her two companions created a gap. The cold woman did not hesitate, she tiptoed and quickly retreated, wanting to escape, but her way was blocked by others.
Gu Nian held a dagger in his hand and blocked her way: "You should stay."
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