After attending Phecda University's opening ceremony, Gu Jun returned to the Spell Department's base.
He had nothing else to do that day because he had to cancel a charity concert. He would leave that to the celebrities, he had other things to do.
During the battle on the sea, only 3 members of the Spell Department were heavily injured by the Deep Ones but they were still recovering. There were still many mysteries surrounding that battle, the Deep Ones, the ghost ship, the Seagull, the space ritual spell … and the Lai Hwa Tree.
Since the quarantine zone only allowed entry but not exit, the Lai Hwa Tree seed had been left on the research ship. It was transported back to the Spell Department a few days ago under heavy protection. Now it was placed in the Spell Department's botanical garden. It was heavily guarded. A radar was installed underground and some Ancient Seal stones were buried there.
Ever since the tree returned to the Spell Department, Gu Jun would visit it whenever he was free.
At that time, he returned to the botanical garden with Wu Shiyu who had nothing better to do. They studied the seedling that had just sprouted.
The Lai Hwa Tree was growing but its growth was incredibly slow. Gu Jun wondered if it was affected by the exhaustion during the battle.
There might be other reasons, such as climate, soil, and so on. The team of botanists could not say for sure. At least it was still alive. The Dreamlands plant that had miraculous healing properties, the Golden Aloe Vera, had withered seedlings that could not be saved. The Golden Aloe Vera was studied by a special research team every day.
The government placed great importance on the golden aloe because it was obvious to all that his face had recovered.
They also placed great importance on forming a strategic partnership with the Zoogs. In a big way, this was related to the benefit of the entire human race and in a small way, it could help GOA gain a firm advantage over the US's WMO. Therefore, they could even feed 10 million chickens, much less 10 thousand or 100 thousand.
After all, the biggest chicken eaters were still human beings. The Chinese ate 7 billion chickens a year so they could share 100 million with the Zoogs.
Over the past few days, Gu Jun sought out Lucky in his sweet dream to ask about the Zoogs. He replied, "The tribe leader is still considering, still considering!"
Ji Li wasn't sure if he was considering whether or not to cooperate, or what the "generous reward" was.
"I think it's hungry," Wu Shiyu said with a frown, pointing at the Lai Hwa Tree sprout. "Hungrier than yesterday."
As the person who had connected to the tree's shadow that day, she had no other special feelings for it other than this. However, she thought that its name sounded like "cauliflower tree", so she once imagined a big tree full of yellow rape flowers.
But Gu Jun knew that it was Lai Hua, Lai Hua Tree.
This was a translated name. The problem was that it was translated by the system, so it was not simple.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was amiss. Lai Sheng Society, R'yleh, Lai Hua Tree.
Lai referred to the abandoned land. If Lai Sheng referred to the rejuvenation of an abandoned land, then did the wasteland refer to the foreign world … What about Lai Hua?
But there aren't that many coincidences in the world.
"I'm afraid it'll starve to death if it continues to starve." Wu Shiyu added, "Do you think we need to feed it with mental power?"
"We'll know after we try."
Gu Jun walked forward and squatted down. He used his right index finger to press on the sprout. He focused on sensing … but he still got nothing.
'What kind of plant is this? ' He did not get it. Could it support a fixed point teleportation that spanned across multiple dimensions?
"No, you can try." Gu Jun stood up. Wu Shiyu did the same. All he felt was a sense of vastness, like the sky, like the sea.
'Vastness? 'Gu Jun was reminded of many things. The big banyan tree at Jiang Xin Town, the destroyed lighthouse, the old man in the lighthouse illusion … What other clues could there be? 'Maybe I can find a breakthrough, maybe I can drag out the people behind the voice … '
Suddenly, a thought that had been in his mind for a long time surged up.
"Dirty-minded Yu, have I told you anything about my background?" Gu Jun turned to Wu Shiyu. She turned to look at him as well.
"You've told me some, and I know some more." Wu Siyu's laziness had lessened. She patted his shoulder. "Tell me more."
Gu Jun gave a long sigh. Regardless of whether she knew this part or not, he said, "I was once a Spirit Child of the Afterlife Cult. Actually, I don't remember much anymore. I only remember some things. When I was a few years old, I helped them translate the language of the other world. Later, they even held a seance for me."
Wu Shiyu listened quietly. He shrugged and added, "I'm not the only Spirit Child, there are others but I don't know them. Whether they're still alive or not, I have no idea where they are. But Eastern State Phecda has one in his hands. I wish to meet him. "
It was that Spirit Child who provided the information that led the Eastern State's Action Department to the Afterlife Cult's base. They fell into an ambush and paid a heavy price. 444 people were sacrificed.
At the time, Phecda did not even know whether Gu Jun was a good or bad person or which faction he belonged to. Therefore, he did not arrange for the two Spirit Children to meet and communicate. Even the other's information was kept a secret. But then, things happened one after another and the situation changed. Therefore, the plan failed.
Gu Jun still knew very little about the Spirit Child. He did not even know whether the Spirit Child was a man or a woman.
"I believe it's a woman." Wu Shiyu's brows twitched as a startling thought crossed his mind. "Dirty-minded Jun, could it be that you're brother and sister?"
"No, we've done a DNA comparison. There's no blood relationship." Gu Jun said. The Investigation Department had their suspicions then. "Furthermore, the Spirit Child might not be a woman."
"Oh … Have we done a DNA comparison?" Wu Shiyu then had another thought. His eyes darted around. "Could it be that we're biological siblings?"
"I'll have the organization test us later." Gu Jun nudged her on the head. "I'll measure your head size later to make sure there's nothing wrong with it."
"There's definitely something wrong with me." Wu Shiyu said, "I've always had mental problems."
"Then I'll treat it for you later." Gu Jun said grumpily. He took out his phone to call Tong Ye. He told the man that he wanted to meet the Spirit Child.
"Ah Jun, even though you didn't bring it up, I've already planned to let you meet him." Tong Ye's voice came through the phone. "The Spirit Child is still locked up at Eastern State. I'll have them send him over now. We'll meet tonight. I want you to judge whether he's a good or bad person and whether you can recruit him into the Spell Department. You Spirit Children sure have better talent than others. "
Gu Jun nodded in agreement. He'll meet him tonight? With that in mind, he felt unsettled.
It felt like he was about to meet another version of himself.
Who was it? Could it have always been in his memories? Would it remind him of something?
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