Chapter 74: What Things
At this moment, everyone reacted, and after reacting, everyone’s hair stood on end. It turned out that there was a problem with the water source. Wouldn’t that mean their research institute…
“!!!”
Someone had already reacted and quickly ran toward the research institute’s water tank.
Shi Mu Guang gravely led people to check the water tank, and Wu Min followed along.
Shi An’an naturally followed as well. While walking, she looked around.
“Younger sister, have you noticed any other unusual situations?”
At some point, Qiao Yi had come over and asked Shi An’an in a gentle tone.
Shi An’an raised an eyebrow, looked at the man beside her, then at her eldest cousin.
Shi Jinmo looked at his friend’s cheap-looking expression, feeling a bit embarrassed, but for his friend’s sake, he still introduced to his cousin, “This is Qiao Yi, the minister of the seed department.”
“Seed department?” Upon hearing this, Shi An’an’s eyes lit up slightly.
Qiao Yi hurriedly said, “Yes, younger sister. Whatever green plants you want to cultivate in the future, just come to me. I’ll give you the best seeds!”
Shi An’an nodded quickly, “Okay, Brother Qiao, I happen to need a batch of seeds. I wonder… if I buy a lot, can I get a discount?”
Qiao Yi patted his chest, “What discount? Luckily you came today and found the pathogen source for our research institute. For that alone, I have to give them to you for free!”
“Cough cough… cough cough!!!” Shi Jinmo beside him coughed hurriedly, trying to interrupt his friend’s words.
Shi An’an grabbed Qiao Yi, “Really? For free?!”
Qiao Yi was about to nod when his friend covered his mouth.
Shi Jinmo smiled wryly at his cousin, “An’an, such a big research institute needs to survive too. If you want a lot, we definitely can’t give them all for free, but the discount will certainly be substantial. When the time comes, find the director. He’ll definitely give you a satisfactory price!”
That was green plants for building an entire planet. This was no joke. If they were all free, Qiao Yi probably wouldn’t be able to keep his position as minister.
Shi An’an nodded, indicating she understood. She had just been joking with Qiao Yi.
Qiao Yi struggled with his mouth covered, mumbling. Shi Jinmo released him disdainfully and wiped his hand again.
“Hey, how many seeds does your younger sister want?” Qiao Yi asked quietly.
Right now, their seed department’s seeds were piling up and couldn’t be stored. They sold too few and allocated too few each year.
Meanwhile, the research institute’s people were still very enthusiastic about cloning seeds.
In fact, eighty percent of the seeds in the seed department were cloned using cloning technology. Only twenty percent were original ecological seeds. This was also why seeds kept coming continuously.
The Interstellar Federation and Empire strictly prohibited humans from conducting biological cloning, so their technology had nowhere to be used and could only be applied to cloning seeds.
“We’re here!”
Suddenly, someone in front said they had arrived, and everyone stopped and looked around.
Only to see huge water tanks standing in front of them one by one.
“Check quickly!” Shi Mu Guang immediately shouted.
The technical personnel immediately went forward to take water source samples for testing.
Shi An’an looked around, her spiritual sense passing through the water tanks to check inside.
“All the research institute’s water tanks have been treated. The water resources inside have undergone multiple filtrations and disinfections. If there’s a problem with the water source, either the filtration device has an issue, or there are microscopic organisms…”
“The device is definitely fine. This set of devices was just replaced this year.”
“Then new microscopic organisms have appeared again? Sigh, time to work overtime researching medicine again…”
“Who says otherwise? That X-158 pathogen last time kept us busy for over half a year. Who knows what type this one is…”
……
Shi An’an walked in front of every water tank and finally stopped in front of the one in the very middle.
“What’s wrong?” Shi Jinmo kept watching his cousin’s actions and asked immediately if anything seemed off.
Shi An’an pointed at the water tank in front of her, “There’s something inside. It might be this thing that’s polluting the water source.”
Shi Jinmo, Qiao Yi, and the others nearby who heard Shi An’an looked over at the water tank in front of them, their faces showing complex expressions.
No other reason—this water tank in front of them was connected to all the other water tanks. Why was it called the middle one? Because this water tank was the final checkpoint where the filtration device was installed.
In other words, after the water source was filtered, it entered this water tank, then flowed out from this water tank one by one…
“An’an, are you sure?”
Shi Mu Guang walked over at this time and asked while looking at the water tank in front of him.
Shi An’an nodded, “It’s right inside here.”
“Close all the gates and call people from the armed department and maintenance department.” Shi Mu Guang ordered everyone to leave the area.
“An’an, what’s inside? Is it dangerous?” Qiao Yi asked quietly.
“Probably… not dangerous. Just a bit… disgusting?” Shi An’an had glanced once and didn’t want to look a second time.
“Disgusting?” Qiao Yi scratched his head. What thing could be disgusting?
However, when the water tank was dismantled and opened, Qiao Yi finally truly understood that disgusting was something that made one feel nauseous physiologically, psychologically… every kind of -ly!
“Ah!”
“Oh my god, what is this?”
“How could… urp… so disgusting!”
“I can’t take it. I remember I’ve drunk so much water recently. I feel like vomiting!”
“I… I need to get a checkup. I’m afraid my body has this thing too…”
……
When the water tank was opened, everyone saw the thing inside. On the walls of the water tank, in the remaining water, in the filtration pipes… all were crawling with tiny, transparent but visible-to-the-naked-eye small worms.
“This is…” Master Wu Min picked up a tiny worm and observed it closely.
Shi Mu Guang also came over, “Where did it come from?”
What happened next no longer needed Shi An’an’s help. The source had been found. It was just that…
Shi An’an glanced at the underground, “Uncle, I think…”
Upon hearing his niece’s words, Shi Mu Guang’s scalp tingled. From the moment they entered the research institute, every time his niece spoke, Wu Min’s snake plant was dying!
Then his niece spoke again, and their entire research institute’s water source had a problem!
Now his niece was speaking again… who knew what would happen next.
“Tell me, An’an.” The uncle could bear it!
Shi An’an pointed at the underground.
“!!!” Shi Mu Guang watched his niece’s action, his eyes widening in shock, “An… An…, you’re not saying we need to dig up the entire research institute’s underground?! Or is there something underground?”
“Uh…” Shi An’an was a bit stunned by her tearful uncle and thought for a moment before continuing.
“I just want to tell you, the reason this thing appeared might be because of this!” Shi An’an pointed at the thing on the ground.
Upon hearing this, the others immediately squatted down to look at where Shi An’an was pointing.
“What thing?”
“I don’t see anything!”
“Let me see…”
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