18: Scientific name: Firefly

Professor Shen Fei, walking beside Yang Dian, noticed that every time he passed a laboratory or observation room, he would subconsciously turn his head to observe the scientific research equipment and Mutant creatures inside. He couldn't help but say with a slight smile, "Little Yang seems very interested in these Mutant creatures?"

This was actually one of the reasons he specifically asked Lin Mo to bring Yang Dian.

What did an Awakened, 18 years old, fresh out of the college entrance examination, who had cultivated a Martial Arts to Major Achievement within days of his Awakening, signify?

It signified talent!

It was one thing not to know before.

Now that he knew, of course, he had to specially recruit such a talent to his university.

How could a talent from his own province go to a second-tier university in another province?

Yang Dian, of course, didn't know Professor Shen Fei's thoughts.

After hearing Professor Shen Fei's question, he withdrew his gaze from the observation window and nodded honestly: "Indeed, very interested."

"The Old Ancestor said, 'Eat what you want to supplement.'"

"The classic of mountains and seas also wrote that eating some magical creatures can lead to certain magical changes."

"I don't know if the classic of mountains and seas is nonsense, but I imagine that for a Martial Artist, eating some highly nourishing things would certainly be beneficial for Cultivating and for improving strength."

Yang Dian's thoughts were also the conclusion he reached after Cultivating these past two days.

On the first day of Cultivating the Heaven and Man Unity Skill, perhaps because he ate the Mutant Golden Cicada, even after Cultivating continuously for an entire afternoon, he only felt a slight hunger.

This feeling was similar to feeling hungry in the evening after not eating anything for an afternoon.

But from the second day onwards, even if he ate his fill, the hunger would return after at most two hours of Cultivating.

Among them, the duration of Cultivating after eating beef was greater than the duration of Cultivating after eating other meats, which was greater than the duration of Cultivating after eating vegetables and rice.

Roughly, eating enough beef allowed him to Cultivate for two hours.

Eating enough other meats allowed him to Cultivate for one to one and a half hours.

Eating vegetables and rice only allowed him to Cultivate for less than half an hour.

Moreover, as his Cultivating progress improved, the duration tended to decrease.

As for highly nourishing items like venison, Fuzhou did have them.

But a few thin slices would cost dozens of yuan, and the cost-effectiveness couldn't even be described as poor.

Even Yang Dian, with over a million in savings, didn't dare to eat his fill of venison.

As for protected animal meats like bear and tiger, that was even more out of the question.

'But then again,'

'With the Qi Revival, any wild animal or plant could mutate, and fierce beasts like bears and tigers would naturally also mutate.'

'I wonder when the higher-ups will change their attitude towards wild animals.'

Just as Yang Dian's thoughts began to wander, Professor Shen Fei's words pulled him back to reality: "The flesh and blood of Mutant animals indeed have a very strong nourishing effect."

"Especially for ancient Martial Artists who Cultivate ancient Martial Arts, their flesh and blood can truly be called Heaven And Earth Treasure."

"Unfortunately, regarding the breeding and cultivation of Mutant animals, we are still in the research and exploration stage. We cannot make their mutation ability hereditary to the next generation, thus failing to achieve the conditions for large-scale farming of Mutant animals."

"However, it's not a big problem to set aside some flesh and blood for our own people to Cultivate."

Hearing this, Yang Dian's eyes immediately lit up.

Lin Mo, on the other hand, was a bit suspicious: "Professor Shen, before the new year, I asked you for two catties of Mutant creature meat, and you were so stingy that it took more than half a year to give me less than half a catty."

"Why are you so generous today?"

"We haven't even opened our mouths, and you've already brought it up yourself."

"Ahem, ahem." Professor Shen Fei coughed twice, somewhat awkwardly stopping outside a laboratory: "We've arrived. Let's go in and see the situation first."

"We'll talk about other things later, later."

With that, he stood in front of the laboratory door, and the door opened automatically.

"Welcome back to the laboratory, Professor Shen."

Professor Shen Fei nodded at a nearby camera, then turned to look at Yang Dian: "This is our Research Institute's independent AI, Jingwei."

At this point, he said with some deeper meaning, "The Jingwei from 'Jingwei filling the sea.'"

"Jingwei?" Yang Dian murmured, then looked at the camera: "So the higher-ups have already noticed the Mutant creatures in the ocean?"

"How could they not have noticed?" Taking advantage of the secondary disinfection phase before entering the laboratory, Professor Shen Fei explained: "The ocean area is 2.4 times that of the land area, plus the sea is three-dimensional, and the marine life within it is countless times more numerous than land life."

"And China's coastline is long enough."

"So as early as the first appearance of Spiritual Qi, we had already realized the danger of the ocean and started real-time monitoring of it."

Saying this, he revealed a piece of news with a somewhat solemn expression: "The probability of Mutant creatures appearing within every 10 square kilometers of the ocean is more than 10 times that on land."

"And this is only in the nearshore areas."

"No one knows what the deep-sea areas are like."

"No one knows if those Mutant marine creatures will crawl onto land and attack humans."

"Furthermore, our Minjiang Province is a mountainous region, and with insufficient manpower, it's impossible to conduct large-scale searches and clearings of the forests."

"So, Minjiang Province is difficult."

"It's really difficult."

"To maintain a generally stable social environment under the invasion of Mutant creatures, we have almost exhausted all our efforts."

Lin Mo couldn't help but look deeply at Professor Shen Fei after hearing this.

He already understood Professor Shen Fei's thoughts.

The world was on the verge of great change; perhaps in the near future, perhaps in the very next moment, disaster would erupt.

In such a situation, everyone would first think of their hometown.

In such a situation, every bit of strength was worth winning over.

He knew that Yang Dian's college entrance examination application was for an outside province.

He had even promised Yang Dian that if he still wanted to study in an outside province, he would help transfer Yang Dian's Special Administration Bureau Policeman status to the province where he would be studying, and then transfer him back after he graduated.

Therefore, he fully supported Professor Shen Fei's idea of winning over Yang Dian.

It would be best if Yang Dian could stay in Fuzhou, or even study at Fuzhou University.

On the other side, because the occasion was not right, Professor Shen Fei did not rush to win over Yang Dian after complaining a bit.

The early bird catches the worm; Yang Dian was right there, he was not in a hurry.

The main purpose now was to bring Yang Dian and Lin Mo to see the situation.

After the disinfection, they passed through a sterile corridor.

When they officially entered the laboratory, the first thing that caught Yang Dian's eye was a figure lying on an operating table, with loose skin, gray hair, and looking emaciated.

Seeing the bandages wrapped around her head, Yang Dian subconsciously asked, "Is she He Qing?"

Professor Shen Fei, who was about to lead Yang Dian and the other person to another side, turned to look at the figure on the operating table, then nodded: "Yes."

"She is He Qing."

"After the Mutant parasite was removed from her head, she immediately lost her vitality and changed from looking like she was in her 30s to her current state."

"If it weren't for heavy medication keeping her alive, you would only be seeing a shriveled corpse now."

After speaking, he waved at Yang Dian again: "He Qing is not important; what's important is the Mutant parasite."

"Be prepared, the parasite's appearance is a bit hard on the eyes."

"Oh, right, after verifying the parasite's abilities, we gave it a more formal name."

"The scientific name, Firefly Bug..."