"I heard that you can hear many unusual sounds that normal people can't hear? Then can you hear the sounds of plants? For example, the sound of flowers blooming? "Fan Lin asked Fang Zhao.
Kevin Lin cursed silently. So this old man had called them here to play the arts. The sound of flowers blooming? What kind of sound was that? Was there something wrong with his ears?
"It's not that exaggerated," Fang Zhao said. "My hearing is just a little better than others. The ore thing was completely luck."
"Luck is also a type of ability." Fan Lin chuckled and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he changed the topic. "Outside of the base, besides the mining area, you haven't been anywhere else, right?"
"Nope." Management of entering and leaving the base was very strict. Every day, the miners were picked up by special vehicles. Individuals couldn't enter and leave as they pleased.
Fan Lin got up and waved to Kevin Lin and Fang Zhao. "Let's go. I'll bring you to the experimental field to take a look."
Kevin Lin glanced at Fang Zhao. Seeing Fang Zhao nod, he smiled. "Since I'm free, I can follow you to gain some experience. Can I start a live broadcast? "
Fan Lin walked in front. "Sure, take more. When we go to the experimental field, you can take more. I'll cooperate fully."
Kevin Lin raised his eyebrows. This old man wanted them to help advertise? According to what he knew, plant-related extraterrestrial projects were mostly edible or medicine-related. Generally, when they were still in the experimental stage, they weren't allowed to leak information. Since Fan Lin was allowing them to report, that meant that there was something new going on the market, or at least not far from it.
Kevin Lin got excited at the thought of a new edible or medicine-related product going on the market on Earth. This wasn't as sensational as the grade A power ore and the new element, but it was still considered new news.
In his excitement, Kevin Lin asked a nonsensical question. "Professor Fan, you have an experimental project here?" This bunch of senior professors wouldn't have come all the way here if they didn't have their own projects. It wasn't like they were researching ores.
"Mhm, one of the experimenters who came with you is from my research team. Counting the years, they've been on Baiji for more than 30 years," Fan Lin replied.
After more than 30 years, the technology and risk assessment had indeed matured. If there were no other safety issues, they could indeed go on the market quickly. Kevin Lin was even happier.
"Food type? Or medicinal type? "Fang Zhao asked.
"Both. It's a fruit with high medicinal value."
Without high medicinal value, it was impossible to spend money, time, and manpower to circle around an experimental field and plant it here.
"In the past, we only planted them in the experimental fields. But this year, the soil at the base has been improved. We will expand the planting there. If it's successful, you might see the first batch of fruits on the market when you go back next year." When Fan Lin talked about this, the smile on his face deepened.
"That's great. We can help you advertise first."
"Haha, it's because of your ability to advertise. That's why I found you." Fan Lin didn't hide his purpose at all.
As the Mother Planet's global granary, many of the crops grown there were not native genes. More than half of them contained extraterrestrial genes and had been bred through hybridization or genetic engineering. Some crops that were not suitable to be grown on the Mother Planet were grown on other planets.
The crops that Fan Lin was currently growing on Baiji had half Earth DNA and half Baiji DNA, but they were not suitable for cultivation on Earth. They were only suitable for cultivation on Baiji.
Fan Lin brought Fang Zhao and Kevin Lin to the laboratory to move things. Over there, Fan Lin's research team was already preparing.
"Teacher, we can contact the other side now," one of the researchers told Fan Lin.
Fan Lin checked one round and nodded. "All right. Contact the flying transport and prepare to head to the experimental field."
"Oh, I almost forgot about this." Fan Lin walked to a corner. "I almost forgot to bring you along."
Fang Zhao looked over. Fan Lin was carrying a small water tank. Inside was a white lump that looked like a rabbit, except it didn't have eyes, nose, or any other organs.
"Eh? Is this' shredded hair? ' Isn't its size a little too big? "Kevin Lin's interest was piqued. The "shredded hair" he was referring to was a type of ornamental sea slug. It looked like a white rabbit huddled together and had two "ears" moving around in the water. The most common type of ornamental "shredded hair" on the market was only the length of a finger, but the one in front of them was already the size of a palm. The smaller ones could not even cover a palm.
Speaking of sea slugs, people might not have been familiar with them in the Old Era, but in the New Era, they were very common.
After the 100-year Period of Destruction, a large number of species went extinct, and those in the sea were no exception. However, these little things that people were not familiar with grew rapidly in those 100 years. Not only did they increase in size, but their numbers also skyrocketed. Scientists who studied the Period of Destruction speculated that the extinction of several marine life forms might have had something to do with these little things that rose to prominence during the Period of Destruction.
However, they played a significant role in conquering the various diseases left over from the Period of Destruction.
Sea slugs were model organisms for scientists in the New Era to study biological mutations and diseases during the Period of Destruction. Because of their large numbers and rapid reproduction, they were also highly commercially available. While experimenting, many researchers also bred all kinds of colorful sea slugs of various sizes for ornamental purposes.
In the New Era, sea slugs were one of the most popular ornamental pets. Kevin Lin's own home had several ornamental sea slugs that looked better than the one in front of him.
However, there were also quite a number of newly bred large sea slugs on the market, so this was not considered strange. However, in terms of "shredded hair," the blob in front of him was indeed a little too big.
"Haha, this is not a purebred 'shredded hair,'" Fan Lin laughed. "It has half Baiji genes."
As he spoke, Fan Lin raised his finger and knocked on the wall of the tank. "Stop sleeping."
The blob that had been lying there motionless except for its ears twitched slightly. Then, its entire body lit up.
"This brightness is better than a flashlight," Kevin Lin lamented.
"This is a purely natural energy-saving light." Fan Lin tossed a piece of feed into the tank.
The blob that was lying there slowly extended its body, opened its mouth, and swallowed the feed before slowly retracting back.
"Look at how anxious it is. Its reaction is so slow," Kevin Lin said. Compared to the ones at his house, this was practically the speed of a turtle. However, the one in front of him had the advantage of being stable and more practical.
"Its reaction is slow because this little guy is lazy. The temperature of the tank is set low, so it is not active, "Fan Lin said.
"Why not make it more active?" Kevin Lin did not understand. The ornamental sea slugs at his house were very lively. He loved to see those beautiful aquatic creatures swimming around in the large tank.
Fan Lin's mouth twitched. "It can eat too much."
Kevin Lin could not refute this reason.
"Bring it along. When the time comes and the power supply at the experimental plot is insufficient, we can use it to light up the way."
When the power supply was impaired and could not provide illumination, or when some places could not use mechanical equipment for illumination, this kind of biological light source that only emitted light and did not heat was indeed a good choice. Just as Fan Lin had said, it was purely natural, energy-saving, and easy to raise.
"Sounds pretty good. Why not breed more? This kind of useful thing would definitely be very popular in the market," Kevin Lin said.
"I am not researching this, but according to the experimenter who bred it, they also wanted to breed more. Unfortunately, in 30 years, this is the only one." As he spoke, Fan Lin smiled at Fang Zhao. "It is even older than you."
"It can actually live for so long? I heard that the ornamental sea slugs bred now have a lifespan of at most a few years, at most 10 years. It is said that the lifespan of these creatures during the Old Era was even shorter, "Kevin Lin exclaimed." However, I am still a little afraid of this kind of creature with extraterrestrial genes. "
"Have you watched too many sci-fi movies?" Fan Lin glanced at Kevin Lin and passed the water tank he had originally intended for Kevin Lin to Fang Zhao. "Just a reminder. Don't be afraid. It is harmless."
Fang Zhao carried the water tank and looked at the "rabbit" that seemed to have entered a dormant state.
Harmless?
Sea slugs had experienced explosive growth during the Period of Destruction. Even if they were now the most popular ornamental sea pets, it could not erase their history of wanton hunting in the sea. Fang Zhao had once seen a group of sea slugs devour a poisonous monk hat jellyfish.
The body of the one in front of him contained half of the sea slug genes that had survived the Period of Destruction. Whether it was harmless or not still depended on how it was raised.
However, at the current stage, it was still harmless. The feed fed by the experimenter was also mild, so for the time being, it was still considered mild and harmless.
The experimental plot that Fan Lin had mentioned was rather far from the base. It was near Outpost 23. The research team was about to head to Outpost 23, escorted by a military unit from the base.
After all the personnel had arrived and the equipment had been moved, a flying transport took off from the base and headed for Outpost 23.
Kevin Lin thought to himself, Has this Professor Fan been eyeing us for a long time?
He had originally wanted to ask Fang Zhao about his upcoming live broadcast plans, but when he turned his head, Kevin Lin saw Fang Zhao holding the feed and playing with the lump in the water tank.
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