Chapter 38
Jiang Zihan opened the door of the basement warehouse. Mountains of basic supplies almost filled all the space, leaving only a narrow aisle. When the door was opened, flying dust floated in the sunlight.
All the seeds that opened from the treasure chest have been given to Lu Renshuang, and a lot of formulas updated from the medical manual have also been accumulated. With the assistance of Zhao Ming, the progress of medicine research and development is also gradually advancing.
The gathering place gradually became noisy in the early morning. As soon as the members woke up, they heard that their doctor Jiang had gone out to do something important in the middle of the night. They all gathered together with their bowls in hand to gossip.
The crackling sound of firewood and the steaming heat blurred everyone's excited faces. Everyone was so excited that they drank an extra bowl of porridge.
The corpse of the evil beast turned into ashes in the flames, but after a day or two, wild flowers began to emerge from the scorched earth, and tender green shoots quietly stretched out, gradually connecting with the dense forest.
In the greenhouse, Zhao Ming almost buried himself in the seedling rack, like a mouse that had discovered a granary, and would stay there for most of the day.
Qiu Min lifted the door curtain and couldn't help asking, "What are you so excited about?" She kicked the empty nutrient solution bag at her feet and muttered, "You don't even want to eat. Are you bringing the bed in too?"
Zhao Ming suddenly turned around, grabbed her shoulders and shook her vigorously, his face full of excitement: "Do you know what these seedlings are?"
"It's a low-distortion variety with less than 10% mutation rate. Didn't I tell you that long ago?" Qiu Min slapped his hand away. "I germinated this batch myself."
"What 10%? It's 1%!" Zhao Ming almost screamed. "I was wondering why the members of the gathering place are in such good condition. Even without the help of potions, long-term use of these vegetables can slowly transform those deformations into the body!"
He gazed at the seedlings with a burning gaze. "Do you know how much 'low-distortion' vegetables cost in supermarkets outside? Just this small pot..." He pointed at the thriving lettuce. "With a distortion value of around 10%-20%, one head can sell for 20 star coins!"
If the price wasn't so outrageous, so many people wouldn't choose to drink nutritional supplements.
"So?" Qiu Min tilted her head. "Are you going to announce your discovery to the outside world during your next live broadcast?"
Zhao Ming was stunned by the question, and stood there with his mouth open. The only sound in the greenhouse was the rustling of leaves in the wind outside.
"I have no plans to leave since I came here, so for me, any lower distortion value is not as important as being able to cultivate more varieties."
Qiu Min stroked the tender leaves of the tomato plants. "But you should know better than me how the outside world will view these seedlings and what they will do about them."
That night, Zhao Ming's pharmacy live broadcast room was still waiting for the host to arrive.
He sat quietly in the pharmacy, staring blankly at the row of extracted plant solutions.
There were hurried footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door. He turned his head and saw through the glass that Jiang Zihan and Lu Chenyuan were talking and walking out of the gathering place fully armed. The sound of guns and medical kits colliding could be faintly heard.
Zhao Ming opened his mouth, and finally picked up a marker to cross out the specific distortion value on the test tube label and replaced it with the crop batch and number.
The ink spread across the label, and he suddenly remembered the teasing comments from his first livestream: "Why are two more idiots in here? Do you really think the Exiled Lands are a good place? I'm afraid this gathering place is all just a show..."
He now had evidence to refute his claim. Even though he wanted to tell the world that the Land of Exile was not as barren as they thought, now was not the best time.
A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
He believed that the day of dawn for the Land of Exile would soon come.
…
Jiang Zihan went up the mountain with her bag on her back. This was a route she had never been to before, and it was also the direction the Moon Shadow Wolf Pack had come down the mountain.
The jagged ridges looked like exposed scars, with twisted alien plants entwined among the rocks, their huge roots greedily absorbing nearby nutrients. She stepped on the cracked soil, and a slight cracking sound came from the soles of her shoes.
The scalpel cut off part of the deformed alien plants, but these treatments did not have much effect on them. Jiang Zihan looked at the bare land not far away, and suddenly felt that the forest fire was a good thing, at least it would not completely deprive the ecological resources.
"Follow me closely." Lu Chenyuan pulled her and walked carefully in front, his military boots cautiously testing every inch of the ground. There could be holes under the soil at any time, and no one knew what the ground had become like after being eaten away. If you were not careful, you would step into a trap.
Jiang Zihan was about to respond when his feet suddenly felt empty.
Snap——
Damn it, whatever you wish for will come true.
At the moment the soil collapsed, Lu Chenyuan pounced over. His pupils suddenly shrank, and his broad palm suddenly grabbed her wrist, but they fell together because they lost their footing.
Lu Chenyuan held her tightly against his chest with his arms. The two of them rolled down in a tangle, and the broken stones and dead branches cut through the cloth before crashing heavily into the stone wall. A muffled groan rang in his ears, but his hands protecting her did not relax at all.
As the world spun, Jiang Zihan suddenly felt dazed, as if he had returned to the day when he had traveled through time.
She subconsciously closed her eyes. Would she be able to return to the 21st century in a moment?
"Jiang Zihan!"
The rapid and hoarse call tore her fantasy apart. Her trembling eyes met Lu Chenyuan's bloody face. The sharp stone had scratched many bloody marks on his face. Blood beads dripped down his jaw to the side of her neck. She couldn't help but tremble.
She raised her hand to wipe the blood off his face, but he grabbed her wrist.
"Are you feeling dizzy? Are you feeling unwell anywhere else?" Lu Chenyuan looked worried.
Although there were no obvious external injuries, he was not sure if she had been hit anywhere. He did not dare to move her for fear of causing secondary injuries.
"...I'm fine." Jiang Zihan shook her head. With him acting as a cushion underneath, she hardly got hit at all.
After confirming that she was still conscious, Lu Chenyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Commander Lu's protective instinct..." Jiang Zihan tapped his back lightly with her fingertips. When she felt the muscles tense under her hand, she slowly narrowed her eyes, and suddenly pressed hard, "...is it time to restrain it?"
"Hiss--" Lu Chenyuan was caught off guard and immediately gasped. He turned around and tried to grab her rebellious hand, but was slapped hard.
Jiang Zihan's smile faded as he continued to slide his hand down. After confirming that he hadn't caused any serious damage, he breathed a sigh of relief: "If you use your hand as a cushion like this again, you might not be so lucky next time."
This guy's physical fitness is really good. He only suffered some minor injuries after rolling down from such a high distance.
Lu Chenyuan rubbed the back of his hand that was red from being slapped, and suddenly laughed softly.
His gaze paused, and his fingers suddenly touched the back of her ear. A slight stinging sensation came, and Jiang Zihan frowned slightly, thinking that she must have been accidentally scratched.
"Doctor Jiang isn't very careful either." He was just about to take out the repair gel when he heard a wolf howling in the distance.
There was a rustling sound in the bushes. Lu Chenyuan instinctively protected the person behind him, took out his gun and looked over vigilantly. Jiang Zihan was half a step behind. Suddenly, he sensed a familiar breath and quickly grabbed his hand: "Wait."
A few seconds later, a familiar wolf head emerged from the grass.
"Awoo, awoo." The little wolf stumbled to her feet, grabbed the leg of her trousers and started pulling it back, whimpering in his throat.
The two looked at each other, relaxed their strength and followed the little wolf.
Under its guidance, they continued to go deeper into the valley.
The stench became stronger and stronger. When they pushed aside the last clump of withered bushes, Jiang Zihan's heart ached.
The once graceful Moon Shadow Wolves lay sprawled in a pool of blood, their fur caked with pus and blood, their bodies covered in ulcers, dying on the ground. The fallen beasts not far away silently told of the fierce battle that had taken place here.
Jiang Zihan went forward to check. The edges of the wounds were very neat, as if they were cut by some precision instrument.
"Something's wrong..." She lowered her voice, her fingers unconsciously clenching Lu Chenyuan's sleeves, "These wounds don't look like they were caused by a vicious beast."
Lu Chenyuan frowned. The wounds were all concentrated on the joints, almost avoiding the vital parts. It didn't seem like they were trying to kill them, but more like they were trying to make them lose their fighting ability...
The injured wolf suddenly twitched in pain, a hideous scarlet flashed in his eyes, and something seemed to be wriggling under the skin of his neck. Jiang Zihan's eyes became stern, and he took out the inhibitor and stabbed it hard in that place.
Moon Shadow Wolf's body trembled violently, but under the soothing power of her mental power, it slowly relaxed.
Jiang Zihan used a medical kit to treat the wounds of the Moon Shadow Wolves. The number of inhibitors he brought this time was not large, and one had to be broken into several pieces before use. He slowly injected it into the injured wolves' nerve nodes with the help of his mental power, barely relieving their worsening symptoms temporarily.
Lu Chenyuan's eyes swept around. The area was covered in scratches, mixed with dried blood and silver-gray wolf hair.
"It's the White Wolf King." He squatted down and lifted a tuft of fluorescent wolf hair with his fingertips. This cave also carried a faint confinement energy. "It has locked up all its injured comrades here..."
The subtle sound of chains dragging could be heard...
His voice stopped abruptly. Jiang Zihan followed his gaze and saw a pair of ice-blue animal eyes staring at them from a hill not far away.
The White Wolf King's forelimbs were covered with lacerations, and his once majestic appearance was now stained with blood, but he still stood upright, his eyes as sharp as knives.
Like a scarred guardian god, he silently guards the remaining tribesmen.
The little wolf whimpered mournfully and ran desperately towards that place. The white wolf king took a step forward, and the faint sound of chains being dragged was heard.
Jiang Zihan's pupils shrank slightly. The White Wolf King's hind legs were pierced by a thick chain. Someone was hunting the wolves!
A buzzing sound suddenly came from the bushes in the distance. Lu Chenyuan instantly drew his gun and loaded it. In a moment, broken drone parts fell from the treetops to the ground.
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