345: Major crisis! The fruit has fallen!

If other exhibits and technologies brought a refreshing feeling, then this peculiar and enormous fruit tree before their eyes brought an epic sensation.

That's right, it was an ineffable epic sensation!

It was like humanity's first sight of the pyramids built in the boundless desert, or the first sight of the Great Wall constructed amidst towering mountains; not a miracle, but grander than a miracle.

Under the illumination of countless spotlights, the super fruit tree stood quietly at the back of the stage, like a divine tree that calms the storm.

Everyone held their breath at this moment, fearing that a single careless breath might damage this ancient tree, appearing before humanity for the first time in history.

"This is incredible!! How can so many different fruits grow on one tree? How was this achieved!!"

"Is this the non-hybrid, coexisting plant on a single tree? It's magnificent! It's simply the greatest plant of the 22nd century!"

"Earlier, when I heard the Huaxia Country delegation introducing it, I didn't believe it, but now I am completely convinced."

"This is another miracle in the field of agricultural science and technology!! Huaxia Country is amazing!!"

"Indeed, there was a reason for Huaxia Country to be the grand finale. If they had gone first, perhaps there would have been nothing left for the rest of us."

"As expected, there's no harm without comparison. Compared to the agricultural research technologies displayed by other countries today, the super fruit tree is simply a giant among dwarfs."

When this twenty-meter-tall fruit tree appeared unmoving in everyone's sight, this global agricultural exhibition could be declared a perfect conclusion.

Although everyone was quite disgusted by the five countries that previously showcased the super-yield watermelon seed, at least Huaxia Country ultimately allowed everyone to enjoy the finer things.

Even just a glimpse from afar, the agricultural research experts present felt the trip was worthwhile.

The live broadcast camera zoomed in, and on the large screen, the footage slowly moved, displaying every detail of the super fruit tree in a single, continuous shot.

At the base, with a jackfruit tree as the main trunk, thick roots, comparable to human arms, were deeply embedded in the black soil underground, extracting nutrients.

No one knew how Huaxia Country managed to achieve this.

And how they transported and temporarily transplanted this coexisting plant, a miracle of the plant kingdom, onto a cruise ship.

If it were them, they would never be willing to publicly display such a precious experimental sample.

This made people sigh with emotion, perhaps this was the true demeanor of a great nation!

In the live broadcast room.

Global audiences were also stunned.

Although they couldn't witness the grandeur of the fruit tree in person, the watermelons growing on the tree, strawberries hanging in strings, and lemons growing on sugarcane—these scenes, which overturned everyone's usual perceptions, still brought unprecedented shock.

Audiences from small, third- and fourth-tier countries and island nations, who hadn't seen many fruits in their daily lives, immediately started frantically taking screenshots and searching.

"What kind of fruit is that dark red one? It looks like an apple, but it seems a bit different!"

"Jackfruit! I've seen that enormous, honeycomb-like thing in documentaries; it's called jackfruit!"

"Oh no, I'm ignorant and unknowledgeable. They said a hundred kinds of fruit, but I only recognize a dozen; I don't know the rest!"

"Huaxia Country truly lives up to its reputation as a vast and resource-rich, mysterious Eastern great nation; even with fruits, they can gather a hundred kinds. If this were normal times, I wouldn't even dare to imagine it."

"Tsk tsk, what's so special about that? Isn't it just a hundred kinds of fruit? Let me tell you secretly, we have far more than a hundred kinds of fruit in Huaxia Country! There are many that you haven't even heard of, let alone seen."

At this moment, every Huaxia Country fan watching the live broadcast, while amazed, couldn't help but puff out their chests with pride.

That's right, this is the current Huaxia, a great ancient nation standing in the mysterious East!

On stage, Li He's voice rang out, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

He was following the camera's sweep, and he and Jiang Chuan took turns introducing each grafted fruit on the super fruit tree.

"The super fruit tree uses the jackfruit tree trunk as its main body. According to the load-bearing structure design, the fruits at the very bottom are all large-sized, heavy gourds."

"For example, watermelon, Hami melon, durian, banana, jackfruit, etc."

"And as the camera moves upwards, the central and top parts of the tree feature smaller, lighter fruits. Such as apples, pears, cherry tomatoes, and sugar tangerines."

As he introduced this part, the camera happened to be focused on the upper-central portion of the entire super fruit tree.

In the camera, the various fruits Li He introduced appeared in sequence.

But the next second, Jiang Chuan, who was preparing to take over from Li He and continue the introduction, suddenly froze.

His pupils contracted sharply, and then the hairs on his back stood on end!

Because the cherry tomato fruits that should have appeared on the large screen in the camera now showed signs of wilting and shriveling!

Not only that, the originally lush green leaves of the kumquats next to them were now starting to turn yellow! The kumquats hanging on the branches also began to fall one by one as the camera swept past.

The frequency of the drops wasn't too fast at first, but as time passed, the drops became increasingly dense.

Originally, there were at least fifty or sixty bright yellow, golden kumquats hanging on the branches. But in just a moment, only a few remained!

The camera also seemed to notice this abnormal situation and quickly switched angles to focus on the nearby plums.

But as soon as the camera switched, a similar situation was also occurring!!

Ripe plums, the size of pigeon eggs, were falling down with a pitter-patter.

The camera switched again.

The cherries at the top of the tree began to rot.

Switched again.

On the west side of the treetop, the area of mulberry fruits was now completely empty; not a single one of the small black fruits that should have been hanging on the branches could be seen.

Soon, agricultural research experts from various countries at the scene also noticed this unusual sight.

"Huh? What's going on? When the camera swept over here earlier, I distinctly remember seeing black fruits growing here. I didn't know what they were and even searched online; it turns out these things are called mulberries in Huaxia Country. But where are the fruits now?"

"The cherries over there are also gone!"

"No, it seems all the fruits on the tree are falling off!!"

"What happened? Wasn't the fruit tree fine just now? Why would such a situation suddenly occur?"

"Could it be that Huaxia Country's research on the super fruit tree is incomplete, and they brought out a half-finished product for display?"

"Impossible, Huaxia Country wouldn't do such a thing. There must have been some unexpected accident with the super fruit tree!"

On stage, seeing all sorts of fruits falling from the tree like rain, Li He and Jiang Chuan's expressions changed!

Oh no, something is wrong with the fruit tree!!!