With an old "come in" sound, Ji Xiao pushed the door open.

This laboratory is roughly the same as Ji Xiao's laboratory, but it is more messy, there are still a few handfuls of soil piled up on the test bench, and a few plants that are about to wither are placed on the platform messily. An old man with gray hair was looking at something under the microscope, and from time to time he withdrew his gaze and pondered.

Ji Xiao came behind the old man, only to find that under the microscope was a cut out of plant roots, and there was a weed next to it that was missing half of the roots.

The vitality of weeds is the most tenacious, and it can be found in the two manors that Ji Xiao has visited, but in today's environment where most plants are difficult to survive, weeds still grow luxuriantly.

Ji Xiao couldn't help but think, could it be that this senior wanted to study the mutation mechanism of weeds thoroughly, and then apply this mechanism to those fragile plants?

It's a good idea, but it's too complicated and quite difficult.

In Ji Xiao's eyes, every plant is the same as a person, she wants to replicate one person's genetic mutation process in another person, she doesn't know if it will work, but she knows that this method is more difficult than making crops mutate directly.

"Senior Lu." Ji Xiao called softly, waking up the old man who was immersed in thought.

The old man turned around, slightly surprised, "You're new here?" Why did you invite such a little doll? Then he turned his head away, "Forget it, you clean up this place first, don't bother me if it's okay." ”

Ji Xiao understands the kind of single-mindedness she has as a researcher, because she doesn't like to be disturbed when she thinks about things, but she can't help it, if she doesn't speak, she may stand until night.

Ji Xiao said simply: "Senior Lu, I probably have some ideas, and I want to ask you to get a few plant seeds." ”

The old man turned his head again, his face full of suspicion, "Little girl, you're not joking, are you?" ”

Ji Xiao took out his work card, "I just came to work today, and it's in the lab next door to you." ”

The old man's face changed suddenly, and being able to get a separate laboratory showed that Ji Xiao's strength had been recognized.

He simply turned around and said seriously: "Then you should tell me what you can do." ”

Looking at the old man's scrutinizing eyes, Ji Xiao was a little uncomfortable, but he also knew that it was no wonder that the old man was too young to be convincing among the researchers.

Ji Xiaodao: "Because I have the power of the source, I have some understanding of plants, and crops cannot survive in the current environment, just because they are too fragile. I think that if we rely on the power of the source to help the plants maintain their vitality, then the plants can survive the difficulties of mutation, and as long as the mutation is successful and the seeds are available, the next thing will be much easier. ”

"You're saying it simply." The old man snorted, "There are quite a few people in our research institute who have the power of the origin, but no one has ever had the confidence to say that they can help plants maintain their vitality. ”

Ji Xiao smiled, "Because my origin power is different from theirs." ”

"What's the difference?" The old man now regarded Ji Xiao as a big talker, so he refused to believe it at all.

Ji Xiao swept around the laboratory, and then picked up a plant that was about to wither on the test bench, and he could feel it without exploring with the power of the origin, this plant did not mutate, and the mutated plant had a different breath from the unmutated plant.

In front of the old man, Ji Xiao entered the power of the origin, and a few minutes later, the plant was revitalized.

has experience full of stars, and Ji Xiao is now familiar with it again.

The old man glared, snatched the plant in Ji Xiao's hand and looked at it, then widened a pair of old eyes, and said very happily: "It's really possible!" ”

He took Ji Xiao's hand and walked out, then went downstairs, came to the farm behind the building, and stopped at one of the paddy fields.

There are a few lonely seedlings in this paddy field, which have just grown, but the leaves have already withered and yellowed, and they can't survive.

When he came to the edge of the paddy field, the old man kicked off the shoes on his feet, pulled up his trousers and went down to the field, and then carefully pulled up one of them and handed it to Ji Xiao, "Quick, try it with your origin power." ”

The attitude towards these seedlings is completely different from the anxious appearance of the old man, and it can be seen how precious these seedlings are to the old man.

Ji Xiao's attitude towards the old man has changed a lot, she only thinks that he looks cute and amiable at the moment, she didn't say a word, and took the seedlings over.

It didn't take long for the seedlings that couldn't survive to be rejuvenated.

"Haha......" The old man laughed heartily, and then took the seedlings and replanted them in the field.

On the shore, the old man said with emotion: "I was too confident at the beginning, as soon as I came here, I opened up a field, I was full of confidence, thinking that as long as I made a move, I could catch it." Sighing, "But after so many years, I have less and less confidence, every year in the busy farming season, I am used to scattering some rice, occasionally I can grow a few I am not happy, anyway, it will not be long before I die." ”

Ji Xiao listened to him quietly, she seemed to be able to feel the despair of the old man from the old man's tone, and the hopes that grew out again and again all turned into disappointment in the end, just afraid that she could torture people crazy, but the old man was still insisting.

"The children of your generation basically don't understand," the old man continued, "now that there is a nutrient solution, you can maintain basic food and clothing without eating, and everyone is busy with their own business, and it is a luxury to want to sit down and have a meal together as a family." ”

seems to recall the old days, and there is a faint warmth in the old man's cloudy old eyes, but it makes people feel very sad.

Ji Xiaodao: "I also like to sit and eat with my family, talk and laugh, and I feel that I will not get bored of living like this for the rest of my life." ”

She remembered the few times she had eaten with her grandfather when she was so big.

The old man came back to his senses and said as he lifted his shoes: "That's different, before the catastrophe, I remember that a family of seven or eight people gathered around a dinner table, it was not an ordinary bustle. Especially during the New Year's holidays, firecrackers are set off loudly, relatives visit the door, the old people greet the elderly, and the children play with the children, the scene is ......"

The old man shook his head, and his bare feet covered with mud were already walking farther and farther.

Eating is not only eating for the older generation, but also has a different meaning.

Ji Xiao vaguely understood.

When Ji Xiao returned to the old man's laboratory, the old man had already thrown several plants on the test bench into the trash, and was quietly in a daze with a cup of tea.

Seeing Ji Xiao come in, the old man smiled and said, "Little girl, yes, the blue is better than the blue!" ”

Ji Xiao was suddenly embarrassed, and the old man said again: "Old man, although I don't have the power of the origin, and I am not as convenient as you, but I have eaten a few more bowls of rice than you, if you don't understand anything, just come and ask me." ”