Charred, broken walls gave off a pungent, smoky odor—scars left behind by the newly built agricultural laboratory on the Serenitea Pot. Limeng stood near the ruins, his overalls stained with ash. Behind him, a makeshift thatched shed stubbornly held its ground, a few bamboo poles supporting a rainproof tarpaulin, piled high with salvaged equipment. This was their new "laboratory."
"Let's start according to plan." With those parting instructions, Limeng hurried off to report on the phased results of the Abyss-resistance enhanced breeding to the council chamber. His assistant, Xiao Chen, looked down at the Liyue Core Lapis fragments on the table, took a deep breath, and picked up a pair of tweezers to carefully dissect a Yunlai Japonica rice embryo. The amber-colored solution in the custom crystal dropper shimmered under the lamp—it was the genetic essence extracted from the Chisui Double-Resistant No. 3.
When Limeng returned to the shed, carrying the quota of electrical crystals approved by Keqing, he ran right into Xiao Chen, who was fretfully cleaning up some overturned Thunder Sakura Wood charcoal ash. "Senior Limeng!" Xiao Chen pointed at a petri dish contaminated with ash. "These rice embryos had already withered, but they've maintained their vitality in the water mixed with charcoal ash!"
Chapter 101