experimental fields
"arrive."
As Senior Brother Wu spoke, Jiang Tian looked at the scene outside the slowly opening elevator door. Two months ago, this scenery was a common sight, but now, it needed to be well protected.
Previously, some experimental fields were covered with plastic film, some with glass, and some were planted in the open air. Now, there are not only high walls, but also guards to protect the experimental fields.
Senior Brother Wu took her through another series of verifications and said, "Just come back tomorrow. You're not familiar with the area at first, so there's a lot of work to do."
Finally, Jiang Tian arrived at the experimental field.
Unlike the drastic changes in the exterior, the interior is not much different from before the disaster.
But the subtle differences are also significant. For example, some of the previous divisions are rougher because the soil was not so precious before. Now the soil in Jin County that is active and can still be used for planting is extremely precious.
This was confirmed in Senior Brother Wu's next words.
When Senior Brother Wu saw that Jiang Tian's attention was on the dividing line in the air, he touched his nose embarrassedly, but then let it go. This kind of precious soil cannot be wasted.
Brother Wu, suddenly full of enthusiasm, introduced to Jiang Tian, "The soil here is extremely precious, especially plots 1-5. The soil of these experimental plots was transferred here with untold hardships. After the heavy rain, half of Jin County, including the flower planting area, was affected."
At this point, Senior Brother Wu blinked and whispered, "Actually, half the world." Then he returned to his normal voice and said, "Wherever the rain falls, the soil loses its vitality, and all the plants on it wither and die."
"Later, an emergency research group was established, and our teacher Zhou joined at that time. The three of us were called over later, and we haven't been here for very long."
"When we first came here, we heard that the teacher had a quarrel with the higher-ups. Guess what it was about." Jiang Tian, who was listening attentively, felt helpless. Senior Brother Wu was good in everything, both in scientific research and in dealing with people. The only shortcoming was gossip, but he would only discuss it with people he was familiar with. Jiang Tian knew everything without asking, as she knew how Senior Brother Li and Sister Li were doing when she was away.
There is pressure from Teacher Zhou above and the criticism from Senior Brother Wu below.
Don't be fooled by Teacher Zhou's gentle appearance. In fact, she is a very gentle person in her daily life, otherwise Jiang Tian would not dare to joke with her. But once it comes to professional fields, if there is no problem, it's fine. But if there is a problem, Teacher Zhou is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
However, considering that Senior Brother Wu was so busy and that she was familiar with the environment, she asked, "Why?"
In fact, Jiang Tian himself is also very gossipy and wants to eat some melons.
"You definitely don't know, hahahahaha, it's because of you. Old Li Xiaoxue and I both said that Teacher Zhou was angry this time. We all know that your hometown is in Jin County. After the three of us came here, the tasks became more and more difficult. Plus, we're not as good as you in planting, so Teacher Zhou has been wanting to transfer you here."
"But the higher-ups disagreed, saying it couldn't affect the normal progress of the local area, and that many things had to be kept confidential. Teacher Zhou said that Jin County's loss of you would be affected just like our research team losing Xiao Ming. The higher-ups asked who Xiao Ming was, and Xiao Ming was the tortoise that Teacher Zhou's parents raised."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, I'm going to laugh like crazy after I know this. Junior sister, don't you know that during these days when you were away, the three of us plus Teacher Zhou were very careful in taking care of these seeds. We would be scared to death if we saw anything wrong."
It can be seen that Senior Brother Wu's mental state is not normal. Jiang Tian, who ate the melon and ended up eating it himself, thought about it and watched Senior Brother Wu laughing and crying.
However, Jiang Tian still thought without sympathy that it was a good thing that he was not called over earlier, otherwise it would be difficult for him to sneak out anything under such strict surveillance.
"Brother, I think the clothes those security guards wear are a little different from before. The material is very special." Jiang Tian thought of the security guards he had just seen.
Not only is his clothing very different, but the hat on his head is also very special.
"Those." Senior Brother Wu seemed to remember something and quickly took out two hats of the same style from the cabinet. They had large brims that could cover the entire face.
He handed one to Jiang Tian, motioning her to put it on quickly, and put on the other himself. "I almost forgot. We just issued a notice yesterday afternoon emphasizing that people must wear hats when entering or leaving the experimental fields for less than two hours, and wear special protective clothing for more than two hours."
"The clothes are made of the same fabric as those worn by the security guards." Brother Wu said as he adjusted his hat.
"This is also related to the nationwide transfer. Although the temperature is going to rise, it is not impossible to live in the high temperature by hiding at home." Senior Brother Wu said, and thought about whether he could tell Jiang Tian about this. He reviewed the various confidentiality agreements signed by Jiang Tian, and realized that this matter was no longer a secret within a certain range. Only then did he decide to tell her.
"After a heavy rain, a special substance exists in the air. According to research, this substance may also be an important reason for the loss of soil activity. However, what is unexpected is that after destroying the activity of plants and soil, this substance not only does not disappear, but becomes more active and continues to float in the air. Because this substance cannot harm people and is only in places where it has rained, it did not attract attention at the time.
But what is unexpected is that under the fog, this strange substance has transformed, its activity has increased, and its range of movement has expanded to the entire world. It can be found in every corner, just like you can find a flower grower in any niche place.
Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was too serious, Senior Brother Wu told an inexplicable joke.
"This mysterious substance had already attracted everyone's attention. It was harmless under normal circumstances, but subsequent research revealed that it was only harmless under normal circumstances. When exposed to sunlight exceeding 60 degrees Celsius, it would mutate and cause extreme harm to living things, especially humans."
Jiang Tian listened to what Senior Brother Wu said and compared it with her own guess. Except for the fact that the specific substance was not confirmed, there was not much difference. Her previous guess was that the high temperature weather affected more than just the weather. There must have been some mutations that could cause devastating damage to humans. This was why there was this large-scale transfer. Otherwise, it was just the high temperature that would not have necessitated a large-scale relocation.
Senior Brother Wu thought Jiang Tian was accepting these things, so he gave her some time and repeatedly warned her that she must wear proper clothes and a hat when she went to the experimental field in the future, because the experimental field was completely on the ground and the temperature was too high, so she must protect herself.
Jiang Tian agreed, "Brother, let's go to the experimental field."
"Okay, speaking of this experimental field, you must pay attention to these five plots. Didn't the soil in Jin County lose its vitality? Then, overnight, it actually recovered a little, but the locations are strange. We had a lot of trouble moving these here, and then used this revitalized soil to save some of the inactive soil, which are plots 6-15. The rest we brought from places where the soil has not lost its vitality. We will use all of these to conduct various control experiments."
"There are also various seeds. In addition to the precious seeds that were suddenly obtained, there are also newly developed ones. They all need to be planted. There are various experiments to be done later."
Jiang Tian nodded silently. No wonder Teacher Zhou missed her so much. With such a large workload, if she was not good at planting, she would have to do nothing all day and just stay in the experimental field.
What Senior Brother Wu did not tell Jiang Tian was that a new substance was also discovered in these revitalized soils. Relevant professionals speculated that perhaps this substance could restrain or kill the strange substance that was previously harmful.
Now a large number of people have invested in research in this area. If you ask why Senior Brother Wu knew about this, it is of course because of this guess. He just casually mentioned it to his family at the time, and there happened to be researchers in this field in his family.
The end result was that he signed two more confidentiality agreements.
Growing up in such a family, even if he is a gossipy person, he knows what can be said and what cannot be said.
"Test plots 1-5 are of paramount importance. Our non-traditional greenhouse allows for manual control of a small area. We can freely choose which patch of soil is exposed to sunlight, watered, or fertilized. It's all intelligent and much more advanced than our previous test plots."
Jiang Tian also heard from Senior Brother Wu that the entire experimental field can be operated in front of a computer, but many times it is still necessary to go into the field to find out what is wrong.
Jiang Tian nodded vigorously again. That's right. If you plant these things and think that you can harvest them by pressing a few buttons, you are totally wrong. A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by ants. Many big problems start with small problems before they happen.
If she didn't go to observe on the spot, she would never find out, and she wouldn't know how the seeds in her yard were doing now, or whether they had grown well. She just let them grow randomly, but she also added an irrigation device, which should be better. But she really had no other way. She couldn't let her grandparents come to the safe house when she knew something was wrong and stay at home alone. She was worried, and her grandparents were even more worried.
"We did some experiments earlier, but the extreme high temperatures only started today, so we don't have any specific data on this. The previous data is all here. I'll take you to see it."
Senior Brother Wu wiped the sweat from his head. They hadn't even gone outside yet, and it was already so hot after just slightly opening the two windows of the experimental field. He quickly took Jiang Tian to the control room.
Before leaving, he wanted to close the window of the experimental field, but was stopped by Jiang Tian, "Brother, I think this window doesn't need to be closed. The plants in this small house like high temperatures, right? They haven't wilted at all. They seem to be more relaxed since you opened the window."
After careful observation, Senior Brother Wu found that it was just as Jiang Tian said, but it was difficult for ordinary people to notice it, so he agreed. Anyway, they were all crossing the river by feeling the stones. There were always surveillance cameras here, and it was only a small area. If they found something wrong, they could just turn it off.
The two guessed the control room, and Jiang Tian realized that it was not a control room at all. It was actually a huge archive room and monitoring room. All the data here needed to be backed up, and there was more than one copy.
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