Chapter 64
◎Distribute mutant grains◎
Chapter 64
Tang Ji rubbed the spot where Zhuang Dun had hit him. "Hey, it would be better if our car was a little bigger."
"You think you're building a car?"
After hearing his words, a team member next to him was speechless. He pushed the person who was pressing on his legs and asked him to calm down.
Tang Ji didn't want to squeeze with them, so he chose such an extreme method. He squeezed the others in the back row by himself.
Seeing him like this, Captain Dai and the deputy captain who were sitting in the front were speechless, but they didn't say a word. If they really talked to Tang Ji, he would have more words waiting for them.
"We're almost there."
Luo Sui sat in the front passenger seat. He was sitting alone. Although the space was not big, he was not squeezed like the team members behind him and could not move. So he was the one who observed whether there was anything wrong with the direction of the vehicle.
After hearing Luo Sui's words, the people who were huddled together at the back quieted down and turned to look in the direction of Luo Sui in front of them.
"We're finally here. Why did this research institute choose to place the experimental fields so far away?"
Tang Ji let out a long sigh and blurted out what he had been holding in his heart.
"Because the land in this direction is suitable."
Captain Dai heard what he said and explained softly.
"The land in this direction is relatively flat towards the spiritual energy pit. It's close enough to absorb the spiritual energy there. It's also large and closest to the research institute."
After all, the research institute is studying the impact of spiritual energy on plants and the stability of food crops after mutation, and its current position is just right.
"Okay, this place should also be arranged by the teacher, right?"
The team members behind nodded, and Mo Shan asked boredly while holding his morning glory.
Anyway, it's not the time to concentrate yet, so it's normal to ask some nonsense questions.
"Well, the teacher helped arrange it."
Hearing his question, Captain Dai answered.
This is not a secret, it's just that the team members didn't care about it before, so he didn't tell them. It's the same now that they know it, and it doesn't affect their lives.
"Our teacher's fortune-telling skills are excellent, but because of this incident, I heard that it's because the will of heaven is disrupted, and his success rate has dropped to a very low level."
Tang Ji thought that the first spiritual energy pit was where the Taoist fortune teller took them to find it, and he had even followed him down the cliff at that time.
I didn’t expect that the Taoist’s fortune-telling skills reached their peak.
I didn't see him tell fortunes for a long time afterwards.
"There's nothing I can do. As the teacher said, his skills are just the old big data integration. Now even the basic data has changed, so it's normal for him to make mistakes."
During the conversation, the vehicle stopped. After getting off, they watched the security personnel who were guarding the experimental field in front come forward to check themselves and the vehicle. After that, they walked in and took them to the location of the experimental field.
"This area is pretty good, so it's normal to be cautious."
Captain Dai looked at the weapon that was returned to him, and checked whether his weapon had been tampered with as he walked.
After all, he was the one who made a living for him, and he had saved him countless times in the past. It was not excessive for him to be cautious.
"Well, our area is quite important, so no matter how cautious we are, it's not enough. A few days ago, someone, I don't know who heard that there was food here, came with a bag and prepared to sneak in. Fortunately, our area is well secured, otherwise they would definitely have been robbed."
After hearing Captain Dai's words, the person leading the group in front explained softly.
Although the experimental field here is located in a relatively remote location, many people still have their eyes on it. When they are on guard, they can occasionally see people looking around.
They didn't do anything extreme, but just being stared at made them uncomfortable, for they were afraid that those people would find some loopholes that they could exploit and swarm in.
Whether they can catch it is one thing, but they are afraid that they will really damage the plants in the experimental field.
These plants need time to grow. If they are really damaged, not only will the experiment be delayed, but the data will definitely change when they are sown again. It’s troublesome just thinking about it.
“It’s really hard on you guys.”
Listening to what the other party said, Captain Dai added something to what he said.
He responded sincerely with this statement.
Although the members of the special rescue team have always been on the front line, facing the dangers of mutant animals and plants, they can at least have some time to rest after killing those mutant animals and plants.
But although these people do not appear to be dangerous, there are always people watching them around, and they will be approached if they are not paying attention. The center of the entire experimental field is large, so there must be many loopholes that can be exploited.
It's normal to feel mentally exhausted after being on high alert for such a long time.
"Not really. We have surveillance here, which saves a lot of trouble. However, some people will bring more advanced jammers, so we need to monitor them ourselves."
The person he mentioned was carrying the advanced jammer, obviously no ordinary person. Knowing that what followed was not their place to ask, Captain Dai chose to change the subject.
After they got off the car here, they were taken to the experimental field that needed to be guarded. The distance between them was quite far, so they arrived at the destination while they were still talking.
"That's right here. The experimenter working on this field is in that little room over there. He's probably sorting out the data right now. You can just go over there."
After making sure that he had brought the people to the destination, the guide pointed in a direction. After confirming that Captain Dai and his team had met the experimenter, he turned and left.
The people in Captain Dai's team only need to guard the entire field and do not need to go into the fields, so the harvest of this field will inevitably be slower.
Fortunately, their slowness has its advantages, and they collect very carefully.
Because we know the importance of these seeds to future research and the public, we are reluctant to give up even a single usable seed.
"We've already harvested the seeds. We'll take them back and test them again. If the seeds are still in a relatively stable state, we can start trial planting."
Looking at the seeds that had been packed into the bag at hand, the experimenter smiled happily.
"Excuse me, could you please help me pack it up? Can I take it out when we get to the Agricultural Research Institute?"
He originally wanted to load these bags of seeds into the team's car, but before loading, he looked at the team's off-road vehicle, then at the group of people who followed them out, and then looked down at himself.
After making sure that there would be people left with nowhere to sit after he put these bags of seeds on the car, he reluctantly pushed Zhuang Dun over and signaled him to use his ability to load the seeds.
"I thought you were going to stuff our group and these seeds into the car together."
Hearing the reluctance in his words, Tang Ji found it a little funny.
"Isn't this because I'm worried that putting these seeds into the space of a person with special abilities might cause problems? Be cautious."
That being said, he knew that this would not be possible.
After all, before this, their research institute had conducted experiments on the mutant plants brought back by Zhuang Dun and other team members, so that the plants that Zhuang Dun brought back with his ability would not produce those negative effects.
Even because Zhuangdun's space has a certain degree of preservation, it can lock the spiritual energy of some mutant plants, allowing them to be preserved for a longer period of time.
He just said that because he didn't want to be away from his own seeds.
After all, these are the results of a long period of research by his experimental team, and they are likely to become the main food ingredient on the market in the future. It is normal that he is full of expectations and reluctant to part with these seeds.
"Okay, you hold this extra small bag, and let Dunzi pack the rest."
Seeing that they were prepared to delay time, Captain Dai walked up and stuffed a small bag of seeds at his feet that could not be put into the big bag, so he specially found a small bag to put it into the researcher's arms, motioned him to get in the car, and asked Zhuang Dun to pack the rest.
"There's basically no problem here. By the way, have you guys turned in the guy who sneaked away with the seeds earlier?"
Seeing more and more people getting on the off-road vehicle, the researcher began to speak.
The person he was talking about was a staff member who helped with farm work in the experimental field center. He seemed to have some abilities and had heard that this batch of harvested seeds would be of great use, so he wanted to get some out to resell.
It's not like he hadn't done this before, and the man's abilities were very concealed, making them very suitable for these petty thieves. It wasn't discovered by the team until now.
It would be more accurate to say that it was Luo Sui who discovered it rather than the team members.
Because when that person uses his ability, there are energy fluctuations on his body.
Luo Sui has the ability to detect energy, so how could he not see it?
The person behind was taken away.
"That guy got in through connections. The person who gave him the guarantee had quite a bit of cooperation with our institute. I didn't expect him to fall into trouble this time because of the person he sent."
According to the researcher, that person will definitely not be considered as a future research partner.
After all, the people introduced by that person secretly resold so many experimental seeds.
Although many of them are failures, they are useless if left outside.
But this time he stole the original species that had been successfully researched and had not yet been encrypted. Now he has been taken away. Not only will he be in trouble, but it will also implicate others, which is not normal.
The seeds were brought back to the research institute, where they were retested and studied. After their stability was confirmed, they began to report to the higher-ups and distribute the seeds to some planting bases and existing farmers.
Because this is the first batch, the amount of seeds is very small and they have to be snatched up.
Captain Dai watched the seeds being collected and the subsequent testing process, and knew that this batch of seeds might be the best available, so he thought of getting a batch for his old man as well.
His old man has been dealing with the land all his life. During this period, he saw that the crops in the fields kept mutating and even gradually became unpalatable. It was so painful.
When I talked to him on the phone, he often sighed and muttered about the harvest. He couldn't eat it, but it was a pity to throw it away. Every day he thought about how to make the harvest edible.
He kept nagging about it for long enough, and since he liked to tinker around, whenever his brother talked to him these days, he kept saying that the kitchen was in such a mess because of the old man that he didn't want to cook in it anymore.
It can be seen how unpalatable and even smelly the harvested fruits of those mutated plants are.
"Captain, when you apply to the research institute, please take me with you. My parents need it too."
A team member nearby thought about his own situation and followed Captain Dai and said something.
"Well, I just applied, but the Agricultural Research Institute may not grant it."
Captain Dai heard his words, nodded, and included his name.
"Okay, I know. These seeds only look abundant on the surface, but when they're distributed to different places, there won't be many, or even pitifully few. It doesn't matter if we don't succeed in the end. Let's wait for the next batch."
When the team members heard what the captain said, they also knew that the captain had no say in the matter. They nodded to show their understanding and did not think that they had to get it.
Fortunately, although they didn't have much hope, the research institute still remembered their kindness and approved their application directly when they saw it was submitted.
After all, the quantity required is not large. Compared with the research materials that Captain Dai's team sent back to them before, it is already very little. The Agricultural Research Institute can still afford it as a favor.
After confirming that the seeds had been obtained, Captain Dai let his father know and then contacted Village Chief Dai to send him the seeds.
"I saw on the news that our country has developed new seeds, and I was wondering when they would be distributed to us. I never thought that my son would be so successful!"
When Village Chief Dai heard that he also had a share of the new seeds, he was so happy.
Although he knew that the quantity was small, he still got up early in the morning and urged his eldest son to take him down the mountain to the town to get it.
At this time, the express delivery industry has undergone significant changes.
Because there are mutated animals and plants in many places, expecting them to be delivered manually is no different from sending someone to hell with only half a leg.
But money cannot be avoided, so each express delivery company has begun to show off its own skills.
As of now, the most obvious thing about the express delivery industry is that there are no couriers. There is only one sorter in the town. Every day, drones will bring packages from people around the town to the town, and the sorters at the town station will take out the labels and then wait for the recipients to pick them up.
Many people are afraid to go out, and since couriers don't deliver, they have to leave the packages at the stations. During this time, the warehouses of the express delivery stations in the town have expanded a lot, and the number of packages delivered to the town has gradually decreased.
"Yeah, just go get it tomorrow, but don't go down the mountain. If you fall, let my brother take the others."
Captain Dai listened to the old man's happy voice on the other end of the phone, and the corners of his lips curled up.
The father and son chatted briefly for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Village Chief Dai walked around happily, but he also wanted to find someone to share his joy with. After thinking for a while, he called the Daxi Village Office halfway down the mountain.
It happened that Village Chief Wu did not go to the fields today, so he received a call from him. Listening to the old man's happy and boastful tone on the other end of the phone, he felt a little envious.
"Don't show off to me now. These seeds are new, and we don't know what they will look like when they grow."
Finally, the village chief couldn't help but said this to the happy person on the opposite side.
"Hey! I know you're jealous, so be it. But if you can share with the children in our village how to enhance supernatural powers, I might consider giving you some seeds."
This is the purpose of Village Chief Dai’s call this time.
Although he got the seeds in advance because of his children, as Village Chief Wu said, new seeds are available and the quantity is limited, so this batch of harvest cannot be used as food at all. Most of it will be handed over and then made into seeds for large-scale planting again.
So it doesn't matter where these seeds are planted, it would be better to distribute some of them so that the young people of Daxi Village can take some with them when they are training their special abilities.
Although their two villages are quite far apart, they are the only two villages on this mountain now, so many things are shared between them.
As he knew, many people with special abilities appeared in Daxi Village, most of them were young people.
And their abilities grow rapidly.
He was already able to lead the team down the mountain to the town to shop independently, but the people with special abilities in the upstream village could not do this.
Until now, I only know some superficial tricks.
Even the mutated plants that appeared around the village could not be dealt with.
You know, these mutant plants have been cleared out by his youngest son and his men, and the only ones left are mutant plants that are not very dangerous.
If they can't even clean this up, you can imagine how weak they are.
In addition, although there are people with awakened abilities in Shangyou Village, they are not many.
There are even fewer that are useful. Up to now, their abilities are probably not as strong as the spiritual power of Village Chief Dai alone.
This will definitely not work in the long run, so Village Chief Dai had this idea today.
"Those children in your village..."
After hearing one of Village Chief Dai's meanings, Village Chief Wu was still very happy. He was looking forward to seeing the new variety of seeds, which might be a mutant.
But after listening to what Village Chief Dai said, Village Chief Wu became a little hesitant.
He had also heard of the children in Shangyou Village who had awakened their abilities.
To be honest, the others are fine. There is one person who used to like hanging out in town, but he has not been working properly until now. I heard that he wanted to encourage some young and ignorant guys in Daxi Village to go down the mountain and start a business together.
At this time, what kind of career can he start with his ability after coming down the mountain? Just think about the kid's temper, and you can guess it with your butt.
The boys in the village were discovered by their families, and after being beaten up, they had no further contact with the child. No one was seen coming down from the mountain afterwards. It was probably because they failed to incite the rebellion and had to give up.
But now, when the other party is not strong enough, he is thinking about going down the mountain to start his career. When he becomes strong enough, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause.
Hearing the hesitant voice of Village Chief Wu on the other end of the phone, Village Chief Dai had everything he didn't understand. Thinking about the embarrassment he had experienced when Village Chief Wu called him over before, he now wanted to run to the child's home and watch the adults in the family beat the child.
"Tell those guys to go down the mountain and stand at the village entrance. Ask your godmother if she lets you in. If she doesn't, forget it. I'll let them figure it out on their own."
Having said that, Village Chief Wu really wanted to see the seeds, so he agreed.
Anyway, the ability-enhancing methods that the village has developed now are all figured out by the children themselves. They are relatively simple. As long as you think about it carefully, you can figure it out by yourself. It’s just a matter of time.
"Okay, you ask them to come down the mountain. I'll go find my godmother and wait for them at the village entrance."
After saying this, Village Chief Wu put down the phone and turned to go to the next office to find Tang Rufeng.
"Rufeng, Village Chief Dai from the mountain wants some of the boys from his village to come down the mountain and learn how to improve their abilities."
As soon as he entered the door, the village chief saw that Tang Rufeng was not busy and spoke quickly.
"Hmm? So what do you mean?"
Hearing the village chief's words, Tang Rufeng stopped eating, looked up at the village chief with a questioning look.
"I was thinking of asking my godmother if she would allow those children to come down the mountain. If she does, then let them in, and then you can see if you have time to take them with you."
As the village chief spoke, he looked expectantly at Tang Rufeng.
The practical capacity enhancement plan that appeared in the village before was distilled by Tang Rufeng based on the abilities of the children in the village and their daily actions.
"Is it that Village Chief Dai has something you want?"
Listening to the village chief's words, Tang Rufeng looked up at his own village chief with some surprise. After thinking about it, he could only think of this.
"Hey, you know about that new mutant grain variety that was just successfully researched and appeared in the news a while ago?"
Hearing Tang Rufeng's question, the village chief smiled awkwardly, then leaned over to talk to Tang Rufeng.
An old face like orange peel suddenly came closer, forcing Tang Rufeng to step back.
"Just let the village chief talk, don't get too close."
Captain Qingzhi, who had been silent at the side, saw Tang Rufeng like this, reached out to stop the village chief, and said what Tang Rufeng wanted to say.
"Okay, you young people just despise me."
After hearing what Captain Qing said, the village chief looked aggrieved and sat back, giving Captain Qing a cold look.
But seeing the intimate tone he used towards Captain Qing, I knew he was joking.
After such a long time, the villagers knew about the existence of Captain Qingzhi and basically accepted it. Sometimes when they saw Tang Rufeng walking with Captain Qingzhi in the village, they would not ignore the translucent figure floating beside Tang Rufeng. Instead, they would greet him enthusiastically, treating him as a living younger member of their own family.
The topic changed slightly, and seeing that Tang Rufeng had a serious look on his face, the village chief told him what Village Chief Dai meant.
"He has some grain seeds that his kid got. I want to get some back to plant. I have a hunch that the seeds will be useful. Even if we can only keep a portion of them after they are planted, I'll accept it."
The village chief got to the point, his brows full of seriousness.
“The world is constantly changing, and it’s changing in directions that were previously unimaginable.
I was just wondering, since the fruit from the tree behind our village is delicious and makes me feel good after eating it, and can slowly cure my chronic ailments, do the crops grown from these mutant seeds have the same properties?"
As the village chief spoke, the meaning of his words was very clear.
"Now that all of you people with special abilities have appeared, I wonder if you, Rufeng, have noticed that your appetites are slowly increasing."
"Yeah, my appetite has definitely increased. I used to eat two bowls, but now I have to eat four or five."
Having said that, Tang Rufeng already understood what the village chief meant.
Old ginger is still spicy.
"When we were young, we could eat so much because we didn't have enough fat in our stomachs. But now, we have plenty of fat in our stomachs, so what else could we be lacking?"
"Energy, or rather, spiritual energy!"
【Author’s words】
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