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Chapter 540 I beseech Heaven to discern the loyal from the treacherous!
Looking at this energetic girl, Zheng Fangzhou fell into deep self-doubt. He was only Sequence 7 at his age. What was going on between that boy and this girl?
Jiao Jiao, who failed to catch Xu Si, lost interest and casually replied to Fu Xiaojian and the others before sneaking away.
These past two days, she's enjoyed spending time with Xiaoyang and Xiaoyue the most.
These two little ones are naturally Zou Hui's newly born twins, a boy and a girl.
"Who is this?" Zheng Fangzhou couldn't help but ask, watching the little girl from Sequence 7 rushing in and out.
"Her name is Jiao Jiao!" For various reasons, Fu Xiaojian did not provide further details.
But that's enough.
As Zheng Fangzhou followed Fu Xiaojian out of the reception room, the morning light was pouring down from the branches of the World Tree, enveloping the entire City of Fire in a warm, amber-like glow.
He stood on the steps at the entrance of the city lord's mansion, his gaze sweeping over the white jade statue in the square.
Because of Fu Xiaojian's introduction, his gaze was more focused on the small figure behind Xu Si.
"Is this statue... a rare artifact?" Zheng Fangzhou asked.
"Well, it's just an ordinary, unremarkable oddity."
Zheng Fangzhou's lips twitched slightly.
These rare items are classified as top strategic resources at the headquarters, and each one must be registered, assessed for its grade, and assigned usage rights.
Here, they casually erected a strange statue for their leader—and it was even described as indestructible.
He took a deep breath and decided to put the problem aside for the time being.
His gaze then returned to the World Tree.
The World Tree was so striking that even after looking at it for a long time, he still felt he couldn't get enough of it.
"What's over there?" He pointed to an area covered in greenery under the World Tree.
"That was our earliest experimental field. If you're interested, I can take you there to see it."
Zheng Fangzhou nodded.
The two walked along the stone path toward the World Tree.
The road surface is smooth, and the stone houses on both sides are arranged in a staggered manner, with wind chimes hanging from the eaves, making a crisp sound in the morning breeze.
Passersby carried farm tools, bamboo baskets, or squatted in groups of three or five at their doorways, chatting idly with their rice bowls in hand.
They hadn't had breakfast yet, but none of them seemed to mind.
A little girl with pigtails squatted by the roadside, holding a blade of grass in her hand, intently teasing a beetle the size of her palm.
The beetle was entirely black, its carapace gleaming with a metallic sheen, resembling a sculpted gem in the morning light.
"Uncle City Lord..." Xiao He said politely.
"Have you had breakfast? Why didn't you go to school?" Fu Xiaojian rubbed Xiao He's head.
"I've eaten, and I'm waiting for my brother!" Xiao He said crisply.
"Hmm, be careful when playing with beetles. Even your brother, Master Wei, can't keep an eye on every single one!"
Fu Xiaojian gave a few instructions, but didn't stop walking.
These beetles were cultivated by Master Wei to pollinate the plants in the city.
Although they are all non-level-1 weird creatures, one bite is enough to make a child cry for half a day.
Zheng Fangzhou glanced at the beetle again and silently followed Fu Xiaojian's steps.
The closer you get to the experimental field, the stronger the scent of grass and trees in the air becomes.
The smells, a mixture of damp earth and cool morning dew, washed away the salty, musty odors that had accumulated deep within Zheng Fangzhou's lungs for so long, a peculiar smell unique to the underwater base.
He stopped and stood in front of a cornfield that had just grown to knee height. He bent down and reached out, his fingertips gently touching the surface of a leaf.
The leaves were cool and supple, their fine hairs shimmering silvery-white in the morning light. He pinched the leaf stalk, and sap seeped from the broken end, carrying a sweet, fresh scent of life.
"...It really can be grown," he said softly.
"Yes, these are the seeds we got from Base 012," Fu Xiaojian said, standing beside him.
"How could it have grown so big in just a few days? Is it a sequence?"
"Yes!" Fu Xiaojian nodded.
"Where is Minister Zhou?" Fu Xiaojian searched around but couldn't find Zhou Wan, so he asked Qi Dai, who was helping out in the experimental field.
"Minister Zhou has gone to the experimental fields outside the city!"
Fu Xiaojian nodded to indicate that he understood.
"An experimental field outside the city?" Zheng Fangzhou was puzzled.
"There are relatively few corn seeds, so they are kept in the city for seed cultivation."
"Xu Si obtained a lot of rice, wheat, and bean seeds from Survival Base No. 012, which was not enough for the experimental fields in the city, so we opened up new farmland outside the city!" Shao Bing explained.
Zheng Fangzhou's gaze fell one by one on the various crops in the experimental field.
"Now all plants, even wheat with a relatively long growing season, can be harvested within 20 days. Cucumbers and tomatoes can be harvested in about two days," Shao Bing explained.
There's a lot of information in there, like how many people this harvest efficiency can support.
Do they still need to worry about supplies?
Zheng Fangzhou's awe did not diminish during the visit; on the contrary, it deepened as he saw more and more details.
The experimental field is followed by the farm.
Zhao Fei was leading several newly joined sequence members in building a new poultry house. The chicks and ducklings were chirping and fluttering inside the enclosure, their feathers still a pale yellow, as if they had just hatched.
"These chicks were brought by a new team, which enabled us to establish the entire chicken farm. Zhao Fei is a farm owner, so he can not only ensure the survival rate of the chicks but also prevent and control diseases. Therefore, the survival rate of these chicks is extremely high, and the supply of poultry eggs can be basically guaranteed," Shao Bing continued.
He knew these details much better than Fu Xiaojian.
Zheng Fangzhou's gaze passed over the chicken farm, and he also saw many other kinds of small animals on the farm, including a half-grown tortoise lying on a rock sunbathing.
These are not strange occurrences, but rather animals that existed before the true pattern.
"Didn't they turn into something eerie?" Zheng Fangzhou asked the crucial question.
Fu Xiaojian and Shao Bing exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
It's hard to say whether a chick of this size was born under any strange circumstances.
"Yes, but every time a strange creature is born, Big Yellow comes to the chicken coop. He doesn't even look at the ordinary chicks!" Zhao Fei said.
At first, he thought Dahuang was just causing trouble, but later he noticed something was off; the guy always seemed to have a specific purpose in mind.
So from then on, the farm gates were open to Rhubarb.
Big Yellow: I beseech Heaven to discern the loyal from the treacherous!