Chapter 73: Too Late
At this time, more and more people gathered here, and some also reported the matter to Master Wu Min.
“Let’s go to the Inspection Department to check the results.” Shi Mu Guang had a grim expression as he led his niece toward the Inspection Department. On the way, he kept pondering the matter of that snake plant. Of course, he wouldn’t question his niece’s judgment, but he just couldn’t figure it out—clearly, that snake plant looked quite spirited…
“Are we going?”
“Yes!”
“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”
The other onlookers all followed along to the Inspection Department. On the way, someone saw so many people and couldn’t help asking what was going on.
“The Director brought a little girl who saw Master Wu Min’s snake plant and said the snake plant was about to die. Right now, the Director and the others have taken the snake plant to the Inspection Department for examination.”
Hearing this, everyone else was stunned. Which little girl? What did it mean that she saw the snake plant and knew it was about to die? What was that supposed to mean!
Gradually, more and more people headed to the Inspection Department.
At this time, Master Wu Min came out of his laboratory and stormed toward the Inspection Department with fury on his face.
People on the road who saw Master Wu Min all shrank back their heads. If you asked who among the masters at the Research Institute had the worst temper, oh, that would be Master Wu Min!
Shi An’an followed her uncle and the others to the Inspection Department, where Xiao He immediately took the snake plant for examination.
Shi An’an looked at the room full of green plants undergoing various examinations and furrowed her brows.
These green plants… seemed to all have similar problems inside their bodies.
“An’an, sit down and rest for a bit.” Shi Jinmo brought a cup of water and handed it to his cousin.
“Thank you, Eldest Cousin.” Shi An’an took it, politely took a sip, then paused, glanced at the water in the cup, and gently set it down.
Shi An’an looked around. Everyone was busy with their duties, though most of them kept sneaking glances at them.
Her uncle was seriously examining the snake plant’s results at this time.
“An’an, I don’t know if Father told you, but I want to go to H11 Planet with you.” Shi Jinmo looked at his cousin, unsure what topic to bring up for the moment, so he mentioned his desire to go to H11 Planet again.
Shi An’an nodded and looked at her eldest cousin. “Uncle told me, and I welcome it very much. But Eldest Cousin, you need to be mentally prepared. The environment on H11 Planet now can’t compare to Capital Star. Everything has to start from scratch, and it will be very tough.”
Shi Jinmo smiled. “It’s fine. I’ve been to harsher environments before. Back then, to find green plants, I even went to Edge Star. I’m not afraid of these things.”
“Oh? Eldest Cousin has been to many places?” Shi An’an became interested.
Shi Jinmo nodded and chatted with his cousin about the planets he had visited before and the green plants he had found…
“Director… look.” Xiao He handed the inspection report to Shi Mu Guang with an ugly expression.
When Shi Mu Guang saw the data on the inspection report, his vision went black. “How could this be? Has the Research Institute been disinfecting on schedule recently?”
Xiao He grimaced. “We disinfect every day, and we even carefully wipe every single green plant…”
After hearing this, Shi Mu Guang looked grave, his brows tightly furrowed.
“What’s wrong with my snake plant? Who said my snake plant was dying!”
At this moment, Wu Min’s voice came from outside.
Shi An’an looked over and saw a skinny middle-aged man with a full beard storming in angrily.
As soon as Wu Min entered the Inspection Department, he saw Shi An’an sitting in the chair. On the way, he had already learned that a little girl said his snake plant was done for!
So at this moment, he showed no good expression toward Shi An’an and turned to look for the Director inside.
“Uh… Cousin, don’t get mad. Master Wu Min doesn’t have a very good temper.” Shi Jinmo explained from the side.
Shi An’an shook her head. “No, I understand.”
She really did understand. Back then in the Cultivation World, when she first started growing spiritual plants, because she was inexperienced and didn’t understand, she watched as a large batch of spiritual plants was about to mature, only for insect pest to strike at the last moment. She had exploded in anger. If her combat power hadn’t been low, she would have wanted to wipe out the entire sect!
Of course, that was just her mindset at the peak of her anger at the time.
“How could this be!”
An angry roar came from inside the Inspection Department, and everyone perked up their ears to listen to the sounds inside.
Shi An’an had actually already figured it out. It turned out that over the past half month, for some unknown reason, the green plants in the Research Institute had one after another been infected with a pathogen. Green plants infected with this pathogen showed no signs at first and couldn’t be detected by inspection.
But after a while, they would start rotting from the inside, and by the time it was discovered, it was already too late.
The Research Institute had disinfected every corner many times to find the source of the pathogen, not sparing a single crevice, but still hadn’t found the source.
“Bang!”
Master Wu Min suddenly pushed open the door and strode straight toward Shi An’an, glaring at her with wide eyes.
“You’re the one who saw that my snake plant is dying?”
Shi An’an stood up and politely greeted Master Wu Min. “Hello, Master Wu. Yes, it was me.”
Wu Min immediately became agitated. “Since you could spot the problem, can you find the source?”
“Wu Min!” Shi Mu Guang came out and sternly scolded him.
“You’re putting her on the spot. It’s been half a month, and the entire Research Institute, inside and out, has been checked countless times without finding the source. An’an just arrived—how could she find the source!”
“But if this continues, all the green plants in the Research Institute might not be saved, let alone the ones outside!” Wu Min’s eyes were red with anger.
“There are still so many precious green plants in the Research Institute!”
“I know, that’s why we’re trying to find a solution as quickly as possible!” Shi Mu Guang pressed his brow, his head aching terribly.
“Seal off this area first.” Shi Jinmo said gravely. “Everyone leave the building and fully disinfect their bodies…”
All the staff present hearing this message got ready.
Shi An’an looked around. “Probably… too late.”
“What do you mean?” Wu Min suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Shi An’an.
Shi Mu Guang also looked over. “An’an, what do you mean too late?”
Shi An’an pointed around. “Here, here… and that outside… it’s all already contaminated.”
“!!!” Everyone’s hearts skipped a beat, looking at Shi An’an in disbelief.
“No… it shouldn’t be. At the first moment, we protected the other areas and activated the protective shield…” Someone said in disbelief.
“You blocked the paths of spread, but directly sprayed the source onto the green plants.”
Shi An’an looked at the cup on the table and said helplessly.
Everyone followed Shi An’an’s gaze.
“What’s wrong with the cup?” Someone asked.
“Ouch! Why’d you hit me?” That person asked in pain.
“You idiot, what cup? It’s obviously the water!”
