"Old Wang, what’s got you so excited?" Ji Yizhi couldn’t help but ask.
Wang Jun placed his phone directly in front of them. "See for yourselves!"
Ji Yizhi and Long Zhan immediately crowded around it.
After reading the chat history between Wang Jun and Ren Yuanyang, Long Zhan burst out laughing. "This is great! So you really can trade plants for Evolution Potions! This Taoyuan Yang is incredibly generous!"
"Why is he being so good to us?" Ji Yizhi found it a little hard to believe.
Long Zhan rolled his eyes. "You think too much. Couldn’t he just be interested in our seed bank?"
"What would he want with so many seeds? After all, planting space is extremely valuable right now. Most of it has to be used for growing food. Besides, a lot of those plants are completely useless to grow," Ji Yizhi said, his brows furrowed.
"They’re only useless to us. Peach Blossom Base has the ability to alter plant characteristics. Any plant could potentially become incredibly useful!" Wang Jun shook his head. "Those two types of offensive plants that Dawn Base revealed were most likely also the result of altering a plant’s original traits!"
Ji Yizhi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.
Long Zhan glanced at him and couldn’t resist pointing out, "Captain Ji, you used to be our mastermind. Feels like your IQ has dropped lately!"
Ji Yizhi shook his head with a wry smile. "After making several bad calls in a row, I’m starting to doubt my own abilities!"
"Peach Blossom Base is an anomaly. Trying to analyze it with conventional logic is bound to fail. You don’t need to doubt yourself. Among the three of us, you’re the only one who deserves to be called resourceful and astute!" Wang Jun’s tone was one of absolute certainty.
Long Zhan nodded. "I may have won our bet, but I was just going with my gut. Don’t worry about it too much. Victory and defeat are all part of war. I don’t need to be the one to tell you that, right?"
After hearing Wang Jun and Long Zhan’s words, Ji Yizhi let out a long breath and nodded. "I’ll work on getting my head straight!"
"All right, there’s no point in us just standing around here. Let’s all go back and get some rest!" Wang Jun said, heading for the door.
After Wang Jun and the other two left the lab, Yamamoto Goro, who had been writhing in agony, stole a glance at the third group of test subjects.
The shock in his heart seemed to momentarily suppress the pain.
’Did they all really complete their evolution? Has the Aircraft Carrier Base really succeeded in developing an Evolution Potion?’
’But why am I still in so much pain?’
Although the pain was so excruciating that death seemed a better alternative, Yamamoto Goro was, after all, still alive. He could even feel his body being transformed.
It seemed his body was capable of withstanding this transformation!
’As long as I hold on until the end, I’ll definitely become an Evolver!’ Yamamoto Goro firmly believed this, while also clinging to a fantasy. ’If I become an Evolver, maybe there’s still a glimmer of hope for me!’
But in the next instant, he couldn’t stop himself from screaming in agony.
Meanwhile, at Peach Blossom Base, everyone had finished dinner and was chatting idly inside a shipping container.
"Leader, one of the experiments at the Aircraft Carrier Base should have produced results by now, right?" Hua Lingfang asked.
Ren Yuanyang nodded. "Indeed. The third group of test subjects has completed their evolution! No abnormalities have been found so far!"
"Looks like our potion is really effective!" Qin Haonan was a little excited; after all, he was quite envious of the Evolvers.
Hua Lingfang pressed on, "So, can we start preparing it?"
"Then let’s begin. Brew fifty doses of the triple-strengthened baked licorice," Ren Yuanyang ordered after a moment’s thought.
"Yes, Leader!" Hua Lingfang stood up happily, ready to go and start brewing immediately.
"It’s rest time now. No one is allowed in the lab!" Ren Yuanyang said, feeling helpless and resorting to a commanding tone.
Hua Lingfang froze for a second, stopped in his tracks, and sat back down.
"Just finish brewing the licorice soup tomorrow morning," Ren Yuanyang continued.
"Okay, I’ve got it," Hua Lingfang replied.
"How is Lin Mu doing?" Ren Yuanyang asked, turning to Lu Jiamei.
"He’s very diligent. Every time I patrol that area, Lin Mu is hard at work in the planting space," Lu Jiamei answered.
Qin Haonan nodded in agreement. "I also heard from Wang Feng that Lin Mu seems very satisfied with his current situation. I don’t think he’s a spy intentionally sent over by Dawn Base!"
"Mm, let’s keep him under observation for a while longer," Ren Yuanyang replied. "Have the patrols spotted any mutant fish these past two days?"
Lu Jiamei and Qin Haonan both shook their heads.
"There hasn’t been any news about mutant fish on the regional channel either," Qin Haonan added.
"That’s normal. Ordinary survivors can’t tell the difference between mutant fish and Evolutionary Fish when they’re attacked," Ren Yuanyang replied.
Qin Haonan was briefly taken aback, then nodded.
"Jiamei, tomorrow you’ll take Jin Ziyu and Jianghu out to catch some Evolutionary Fish to supplement our meat supply," Ren Yuanyang continued to instruct.
"Yes, Leader!" Lu Jiamei responded.
Qin Haonan immediately spoke up, "Leader, aren’t you worried that those Evolutionary Fish might have residual nuclear radiation in them?"
"Don’t worry, I’ll check for nuclear radiation after they bring them back," Ren Yuanyang replied.
"Leader, you can check for that too?" Qin Haonan was utterly astonished.
"There’s a lot I can do. Do you want me to list everything for you, one by one?" Ren Yuanyang retorted irritably.
Qin Haonan scratched his head and gave a sheepish grin. "Ah, no need for that. I was just curious!"
Ren Yuanyang shot him a look, then stood up. "It’s getting late. Everyone go get some rest. Once we have the test results from the Aircraft Carrier Base tomorrow, we can begin the journey of evolution for all!"

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