ATDIWR Chapter 72

Chapter 72 Zhao Zhen Gets News of the Mental-type Zombie King Crystal Core Reserve…

Reserve…

A magical ark guided by God, built to preserve the genes of various plants and animals?

Why did Ji An say that Noah’s Ark preserved genes instead of the plants and animals themselves?

According to the Bible’s description of Noah’s Ark, there was no mention that the ark was based on a spatial ring, nor was it an ark that could cover the sky.

There are thousands upon thousands of plants and animals in the world. Even if only one of each plant species was preserved, the Ark still wouldn’t be able to fit all the plants.

Not to mention that God required at least one male and one female of each animal, which would be even more. If everything were preserved, one ark would be far from enough, perhaps even several wouldn’t suffice.

Therefore, Ji An speculated that if Noah’s Ark truly existed, then what Noah preserved was most likely just the genes of plants and animals, which would only require a very small space.

This could also explain why many plants and animals suddenly went extinct. During the Great Flood, Noah didn’t have time to extract the genes of all plants and animals. Those plants and animals whose genes were not preserved in time went extinct.

Ji An suddenly felt it was very magical. Everything in the world, including scientific research, seemed to be a circle. Round and round, we would find that eventually everything returned to the starting point.

Now Ji An seemed to be the second Noah. He also needed to preserve the most primitive genes of life in the spatial ring, this Noah’s Ark, and then on the right day, release them and return them to the world.

Ji An checked the spirit spring water again. He found that the spirit spring water seemed unchanged, but it felt completely different to him, as if the entire spring had ‘come alive’.

This feeling was like the difference between the ocean and a stinking ditch; one is an ocean full of vigorous life, capable of nurturing all things, while the other is stagnant water.

Ji An felt that this was the correct way for the space and spirit spring to upgrade. Now the entire space was full of vitality.

Although the quality of the spirit spring water had not upgraded yet, Ji An believed that as long as he found unmutated marine life that had not been infected with the zombie virus and put them into the spirit spring, the quality of the spirit spring water would upgrade.

Thinking of this, Ji An immediately climbed out of bed and notified Yin Fang and Yu Xi to pick him up. The three of them drove to the laboratory.

As soon as Ji An walked into the laboratory, he heard Wu Youyang yelling angrily, clearly losing control.

“What is Zhao Zhen so proud of? It’s not his doing, it’s Han Yaokun’s. He doesn’t even have authorship rights for his own independent projects yet, so what’s there to be proud of! Our Boss Ji already has authorship rights for two independent projects.” Wu Youyang said furiously, “And those traitors like Wang Zhenghao, they are too despicable. When the boss was at his peak, they shamelessly fawned over him. Now, the boss hasn’t even fully recovered, just showing a little fatigue, and they run faster than anyone else, as if the issue of losing one’s ability is contagious…”

Rong Fan’s eyes were almost twitching. Only then did the talkative Wu Youyang stop, “What’s wrong?”

Rong Fan closed his eyes. Forget it, what should be heard and what shouldn’t, their boss had already heard it anyway, so there was nothing to avoid. “Hello, Boss Ji!”

Wu Youyang turned his head abruptly and saw Ji An standing at the laboratory door, smiling and looking at him. Wu Youyang swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva and belatedly realized that Rong Fan seemed to have been reminding him to look behind him. He had been too angry to react.

“What’s wrong? Did someone see that I’m not doing well and run away?” Ji An didn’t take this matter seriously and was even in the mood to tease.

“Indeed, there were a few fools who couldn’t recognize a good thing even when it was right in front of them. Boss, do you remember Wang Zhenghao who knelt down and begged you to take him in before?”

Ji An thought about it, he had a little impression, and then again, maybe not.

He couldn’t be blamed for this. Logically speaking, someone who knelt down to him should be quite memorable.

But recently, there have been too many people kneeling down to thank Ji An, such as Little Stone and Little Rose, as well as Yuan Mingan and her mother…

This kneeling, in fact, was no different from other things. Once many people did this to Ji An, and Ji An himself didn’t care much about such things, he had a little trouble remembering.

Ji An said, “I don’t have much of an impression, but it seems there was indeed someone who came in that way. Did he run away? I should have known from the beginning that I wasn’t optimistic about people who came in that way. Let him go if he left.”

“You’ll hold a meeting for everyone later. Anyone whose resolve has wavered, find a way to persuade them to leave. If you can’t persuade them yourself, hire someone to persuade them for me.”

Wu Youyang was speechless.

Boss Ji was a bit emotional. He was making such a big fuss and still claimed not to be angry about people switching jobs. However, anyone would be angry if this happened to them. If Boss Ji felt that doing this could help him vent, then he just needed to do it.

Wu Youyang asked, “Boss Ji, why did you come? Didn’t you say you would rest for a while after the mission outside The Base before coming back?”

Ji An smiled and said, “I thought of some breakthroughs, so I couldn’t wait to come to the laboratory and experiment.”

“What?” Wu Youyang’s tone changed. He knew very well what kind of breakthrough Ji An was making. It was an experiment on cell tissue regeneration, a medical field that was completely blank until now. Ji An actually said he had made a breakthrough!

Ji An was never someone who spoke boastfully. In fact, on the contrary, Ji An was a very conservative person when it came to scientific research. Only when he was 100% certain would he use the word “breakthrough”.

For a moment, Wu Youyang felt dizzy and couldn’t even imagine the meaning of those two words.

He had to lean on his student Rong Fan, who was as dedicated as ever and even looked puzzled seeing him so agitated he was about to faint, just to be able to stand steady.

“Boss, is the breakthrough you’re talking about what I’m imagining?” Wu Youyang felt lightheaded, feeling a bit short of oxygen in his brain, as if there were stars queuing up and holding hands around his head.

Ji An smiled, “Success is guaranteed. It just depends on which method is successful and whether it requires the participation of a healing-type Power User…”

Wu Youyang’s eyes rolled back, and he fainted after hearing Ji An’s words. Even in this state, Wu Youyang managed to put on a happy expression before losing consciousness. The expression fixed in his coma was a smile.

“Professor!” Rong Fan shouted, startled.

Ji An was speechless.

Ji An knew that Wu Youyang had just fainted from excitement, so he took out some mineral water mixed with spirit spring water from his space and poured it down Wu Youyang’s throat.

Before long, Wu Youyang woke up. The first thing he did upon waking was smile foolishly at Ji An. He didn’t say anything, just kept giggling foolishly.

Rong Fan panicked. He looked at Ji An helplessly and asked, “It’s over, Boss Ji, my teacher seems to have turned into an idiot?”

Ji An was speechless for a moment. He ordered Wu Youyang, “Alright, stop giggling foolishly. Get up and get to work. Now go outside and spread the word. Our laboratory is urgently buying a large quantity of unmutated plants and animals that have not been infected with the zombie virus at a high price. Any kind of plant or animal will do, as long as it meets the condition of being ‘unmutated and not infected with the zombie virus’. Whether it’s credit points, supplies, or even space storage items and nutrient solutions, everything is negotiable.”

“Okay, Boss Ji, received.” Wu Youyang stood up with a dreamy expression and walked out. As he walked out, he kept making foolish giggling sounds.

Rong Fan looked at Ji An, who seemed perfectly fine after giving the instructions, and then at his teacher, who had clearly turned into an idiot. For a while, he was quite worried about both of them.

One dared to give instructions, and the other dared to accept the mission.

Rong Fan thought for a moment and still felt uneasy, saying, “Boss Ji, I’m not very comfortable with my teacher’s condition. I’ll go and check on him.”

Ji An said indifferently, “He’s just too happy. He’ll be fine once he gets busy. But you can go, it happens to help him.”

“Yes.” Rong Fan chased after him. He could still hear Wu Youyang’s foolish giggles from a distance. Rong Fan’s worry intensified. Had his teacher really gone mad from the excessive stimulation, or perhaps from being angered by those traitors who switched jobs?

“Teacher, wait for me, I’m here to help you,” Rong Fan called out.

Wu Youyang turned around, still wearing that bewildered expression. If you didn’t know better, you might think he had gone crazy from drugs.

“Rong Fan, it’s you. Just in time, you can help me.” Wu Youyang giggled foolishly, “Oh right, what did the boss just tell me to do?”

So he didn’t remember at all. Boss Ji dared to give the task to his teacher, he should really come and see his teacher’s unreliable state!

“Boss Ji said you should buy unmutated plants and animals that haven’t been infected with the zombie virus at a high price.”

“Oh, oh.” Wu Youyang smiled blankly, “I know.”

He walked a few steps, and then Wu Youyang giggled foolishly again and asked Rong Fan, “What did the boss just tell me to do?”

Rong Fan could only repeat again, “Boss Ji said you should buy unmutated plants and animals that haven’t been infected with the zombie virus at a high price.”

“Oh, oh.”

After a few more steps, Wu Youyang asked again, “What did the boss just tell me to do?”

“Boss Ji said…”

Just like that, the entire way was filled with Wu Youyang’s blank giggles and questions, and Rong Fan’s patient answers over and over again.

The research fellows who passed by and saw this scene looked at Wu Youyang with strange eyes. No one dared to go up and disturb him. Before long, rumors even circulated that Wu Youyang had gone crazy from being angered by Wang Zhenghao, and that he was mentally unstable now, supposedly spending the entire day giggling foolishly.

Ji An needed a large quantity of unmutated plants and animals that had not been infected with the zombie virus. To be honest, this request was very demanding in The Apocalypse. But it also depended on who was making the purchase. If it was Ji An, then this matter became very easy.

Ji An’s power was not just one person. His laboratory, the shops managed by Tang Tang and Zheng Yan, and also the shop that cooperated with Gu Jinsheng and the others to collect jade stones and sell space storage items outside the city, were all notified. Both inside and outside the city knew that Jing Shi Base was buying unmutated plants and animals that had not been infected with the zombie virus at a high price. Whether it was resources or other supplies, nothing was a problem.

For a time, a new profession emerged, called the Treasure Hunting Team. It referred to those who went out to search for unmutated plants and animals that had not been infected with the zombie virus.

Just by the name, you could tell that those people completely regarded the task issued by Ji An as a good job with little work and high pay. They didn’t hide it and directly called themselves the Treasure Hunting Team.

Ji An never expected that the second unmutated animal he received that hadn’t been infected with the zombie virus would be two small white mice.

Ji An looked at the young man before him, who clearly looked like a student, and asked, “Are these from your teacher’s laboratory?”

The student nodded and asked cautiously, “Does Research Fellow Ji not accept unmutated white mice that haven’t been infected with the zombie virus?”

“It’s not that I don’t accept them, it’s just, does your teacher know you took his white mice?” Ji An rubbed his temples and asked.

Hearing that Ji An would accept them, the student breathed a sigh of relief. He said easily, “Our teacher has plenty of these white mice. Research Fellow Ji, your laboratory here was established later, so perhaps the ones sent over later will all be mutated white mice, as mutated white mice are indeed more resilient than unmutated ones.

But many research fellows on our teacher’s side were already doing experiments with Professor Na Boyu before The Apocalypse. These things also reproduce very quickly, so the thing we have the most of is unmutated white mice that haven’t been infected with the zombie virus.

Our teacher doesn’t even care for these things; he thinks they are not as useful for experiments as mutated white mice. He lets us students play with them casually.

I’m poor here, so I just wanted to exchange them for some credit points to spend.”

Ji An glanced at the student and said, “Alright, go to Wu Youyang and get the credit points. If possible, send a few more over. Preferably pairs.”

“Okay,” the student agreed readily.

Ji An held the two unmutated white mice in his hand and looked at them, then suddenly smiled.

He wondered if people in later generations would resent him if they knew he preserved the genes of these two little fellows, after all, they were mice.

Ji An sent the two white mice into the space, but he didn’t put them near the little kitten’s mouth, lest they be eaten one by one by the kitten. He kept them a finger’s distance apart. Don’t underestimate this small distance. For the little kitten and white mice living in the spatial ring, it was like the distance of an entire province or city. With such a distance, it was unlikely for the two species to encounter each other.

Since the white mice were a pair, Ji An planned to let them reproduce for a while. When there were enough, he would bring the kitten over. This way, a species balance could be formed.

However, for now, there were no plants in the space, so there were no food crops. Neither the white mice nor the little kitten could find food and survive on their own. Ji An would have to feed them manually for a period. He hoped that unmutated plants would appear soon.

“Director Zhao, have you heard the recent rumors? Wu Youyang from Ji An’s laboratory seems to have gone crazy?” After Wang Zhenghao came to Han Yaokun’s laboratory, he didn’t have as good a time as he imagined. First, there were many research fellows on Han Yaokun’s side, so the resource allocation per person was naturally smaller. Second, Wang Zhenghao’s return was too dishonorable. Although the research fellows didn’t say anything, they secretly despised him. Therefore, they intentionally or unintentionally ostracized him.

Wang Zhenghao clearly knew how his current situation was caused, so he was even more clearly aware that the most effective way to change this situation was to please Zhao Zhen.

As long as Zhao Zhen was happy, resources and interpersonal relationships would be easily resolved.

Wang Zhenghao knew that Zhao Zhen liked to see Ji An’s laboratory suffer, so he told Zhao Zhen the gossip he heard about Wu Youyang going crazy.

Zhao Zhen was very interested and immediately became excited, saying, “Anyone with a normal brain should know that Ji An is finished and has no chance of making a comeback. They should seek other options for themselves. It’s normal for Wu Youyang to be too stressed and go crazy from the stimulation.”

Zhao Zhen said in a good mood, “I heard the laboratory next door is always noisy recently. What are they doing?”

“It seems they are collecting some unmutated plants and animals that have not been infected with the zombie virus.”

Zhao Zhen couldn’t figure out what Ji An wanted to do with those things, but he thought that with Ji An’s current status as an ordinary person who hadn’t awakened an ability, he couldn’t cause much trouble, so he lost interest.

Wang Zhenghao, who was trying to make Zhao Zhen happy, immediately said when he saw Zhao Zhen’s expression, “I have another piece of good news here that I think Director Zhao will definitely be interested in.”

“What news?” Zhao Zhen asked.

“I heard that The Base recently hunted a Zombie King and obtained a Mental-type Zombie Crystal Core, which seems to be exactly Tier 4 mid-stage.

Director Zhao, you have been stuck at Tier 4 early-stage for several years. With this Zombie Crystal Core, you can try to break through to Tier 4 mid-stage.

Don’t underestimate just one small rank, this will be of great benefit to your future research.”

This site has no pop-up ads, permanent domain ( volarereads.com )