Everyone shook their heads; they had never heard of it.
Bai Cailing pressed further, "Where did you hear this news? How come I didn't know that the biotech company was going to build a research base here?"
"Besides, what's there for us to research? How to grow vegetables?"
She pouted, "I actually hope that the evolved rice variety will be widely available to us soon. I'm going crazy craving rice!"
"Don't interrupt!" Wen Fei rolled her eyes at her, gesturing for everyone to turn their attention to her, and whispered mysteriously:
"Do you remember the city-wide inspection that the biotechnology company did before the 'arrival'?"
Everyone nodded. This incident occurred alongside the sale of fake evolution potions on the underground black market, and it caused quite a stir at the time, leaving a deep impression.
Wenfei continued, "A friend of mine secretly told me that the sale of fake evolution drugs on the black market is just a front. In reality, a biotechnology company has lost an important item, something like a biochemical experiment."
Bai Cailing grew impatient and retorted, "What does this have to do with the biotechnology company building a research lab in the planting area?"
"Can you let me finish before you interrupt?" Wenfei glared at her unhappily, then gestured for Dongfang Ling to shut her friend up.
Dongfang Ling crossed her arms and shrugged, giving the impression that she and Bai Cailing were not familiar with each other.
Wenfei scoffed inwardly, thinking to herself, "Who doesn't know you two lived together before? Why are you pretending not to know each other?"
However, she could only grumble to herself and dared not say it out loud, otherwise Dongfang Ling would definitely beat her up.
The girl was young and impetuous, and she didn't know her own strength when she hit someone. She could only avoid her if she couldn't afford to offend her.
Wenfei pointed at Bai Cailing, warning her not to interrupt, before continuing, "The biotechnology company wants to build a research base here. Just like that sudden inspection back then, it's all just a pretext. In reality..."
Wenfei deliberately kept Bai Cailing in suspense until Bai Cailing couldn't help but ask, at which point she lowered her voice and whispered:
"I heard it from someone, it seems that the biotech company was looking for something in our planting area. They said they were going to build a research institute here, but actually they were looking for something."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Dongfang Ling asked curiously, "What exactly is that thing? Is it that important?"
Wenfei shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either, and casually said, "It might be a live experiment, who knows."
"Live experiments?" Hearing this, Bai Cailing was wide awake. Ignoring Wen Fei's resistance, she pushed past Zhang Lijun to sit next to Wen Fei, and excitedly asked, linking arms with her:
"What kind of live experiments? Super-powerful cyborgs? The kind that can defeat S-class mutants?"
"Are you out of your mind?!"
Wenfei irritably shook her off, pulled her arm away, and dodged to the side. "You've really watched too many movies and TV shows and ruined your brain. Biotech companies can't even finish researching mutants, so if they're going to make a living organism, they'll definitely use a mutant."
"Even if they're using people for experiments, it's all about researching how to decipher the SHASI virus and creating super-powerful cyborgs. Aren't they already using enough evolutionary serum?"
After saying that, he didn't forget to glare at Bai Cailing with disdain, feeling truly sorry for himself for actually knowing such a naive and stupid woman!
In the past, if Wenfei had insulted her like that, Bai Cailing would definitely have fought back without backing down.
But she suddenly stood up, clapped her hands, and exclaimed, "That's right! Could it be that a cure for the virus has been developed?"
The moment she said those words, everyone present felt an uncontrollable surge of excitement.
But only for a moment, and the emotions cooled down. After all, in the past fourteen years, there had been too many expectations and too many disappointments, and everyone had become somewhat numb.
"Alright, alright, I'm not chatting anymore. I'm going home. Bye everyone." Wenfei gestured to Zhang Lijun and Lord No. 14, and the three of them got up, unplugged their charging devices, and left somewhat listlessly.
As they passed the mutated dwarf pine, Zhang Lijun suddenly bent down and glanced inside, instructing, "Pay with nutrient solution today. Put the six nutrient solutions on the stool."
I had a lot of nutrient solution stockpiled before, and I recently heard that Taoyuan Base is preparing to sell flavored nutrient solution to the public. I'm taking this opportunity to check my inventory and buy some new nutrient solution to try.
Zhao Xiaoxiu, hiding in the low pine tree: "Okay, goodbye uncles and aunties."
Wenfei lowered her head to try and catch a glimpse of the little guy's posture, but the mutated pine tree suddenly shook its branches and pressed down, completely blocking her view.
"Huh!" Wenfei took a step back in surprise. "How come this mutated pine tree can suddenly move?"
Zhang Lijun and Lord No. 14 exchanged surprised glances; this mutated pine was clearly being controlled by someone.
The two of them thought of Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was playing hide-and-seek with Liu Miaomiao inside the cat. This father and daughter in the Zhao family are really quite strange.
The three of them wanted to study for a while how Zhao Xiaoxiu controlled the mutated pine tree, when Liu Miaomiao came running over panting. She circled the pine tree, and even though Zhao Xiaoxiu's red rain boots were clearly visible, she couldn't see them at all.
She even looked up at the three adults and asked, "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Wen, have you seen Xiaoxiu?"
The three of them pointed in unison into the mutated pine tree. Liu Miaomiao looked at them suspiciously, as she had already searched and found no Little Sleeve Sister!
Respecting the fate of others is a compulsory course for survivors of the apocalypse. Zhang Lijun and the other two did not say anything more, suppressed their shock, and left the courtyard.
"Xiaoxiu!" Liu Miaomiao put her hands to her mouth and shouted around like a headless fly, "I've found you! Come out quickly!"
The mutated Emerald Flower underfoot trembled slightly, and starlight-like golden powder fell. The entire cluster of flowers seemed to have lost its magic, and the flower heads drooped down.
As soon as Liu Miaomiao turned around, she saw a red plastic rain boot exposed in the gap between the branches of the mutated pine tree.
"Hahaha, I found you!" Liu Miaomiao reached out and grabbed Zhao Xiaoxiu's clothes, pulling her out from under the mutated dwarf pine tree, overjoyed.
Zhao Xiaoxiu chuckled. She was happy because her friend was happy, and she didn't care at all about being 'easily' found.
Dongfang Ling, who was watching this scene, raised her eyebrows. She actually saw doting on the face of a little girl who was not even four years old.
Liu Miaomiao: "It's my turn to hide and then come looking for you."
Zhao Xiaoxiu replied crisply, "Okay!"
"I'll close my eyes, Sister Miaomiao, you have to hide it well."
"One, two, three..." Zhao Xiaoxiu began to count down. Unlike Liu Miaomiao, who deliberately sped up the intervals of counting at the beginning, she was very patient and counted the twenty numbers one by one.
“I’m hidden!” Liu Miaomiao said.
Bai Cailing glanced speechlessly under the table behind her. It was a square wooden box that Zhao Gang had made by hand for storage, which they had temporarily taken over to use as a table. It could hide two children inside.
Zhao Xiaoxiu: "I'm here to find you, Sister Miaomiao, please don't make a sound."
Dongfang Ling watched as Zhao Xiaoxiu pretended to walk around the square box table twice before walking away with regret.
She bet that the girl definitely knew where her friend was hiding.
Perhaps she didn't want the game to end so quickly. Dongfang Ling silently tried to make amends for Zhao Xiaoxiu in his heart.
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