Chapter 272 Mutated Willow Sapling

After lunch and a short rest, Song Chen left the wolf base with the members of his base.

The official team will organize the follow-up matters, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Since most of the zombies on the road had been cleared when they arrived, the journey back was particularly smooth. We only encountered some zombies wandering from other places. The number was not large and we could easily deal with them in a few or two.

When it started to get dark, we had safely returned to the base.

"Welcome back."

After returning to the base, the outgoing members drove their vehicles back to the parking lot, took away their weapons and equipment, and completed all work in an orderly manner.

Song Chen and Cheng Siyuan returned to their villa and saw Ji Lu busy in the kitchen.

"Go and wash your hands quickly. I'll heat up the food for you. You can eat it right away!"

Looking at Ji Lu's back working in the kitchen, the aroma of the food came, Song Chen and Cheng Siyuan hurriedly washed their hands.

After running around for two days, they had long missed Ji Lu's cooking.

Although Song Chen's space packed a lot of meals cooked by five-star hotel chefs, for some reason, they always felt that Ji Lu's cooking was more delicious.

After a delicious dinner, Song Chen quickly fell asleep on the bed.

The next morning.

When Song Chen woke up, he was the only one left in the villa.

Ji Lu went to work on exchanging supplies and issuing tasks. Ji Yumo was always staring at the wall construction work of the expansion base. He came back very late yesterday after being busy. Cheng Siyuan also went to deal with the affairs that had been delayed in the past two days, and Zhou Yuluo Went to play with Jiang Ming.

Speaking of Jiang Ming, after receiving treatment from Tang Yunke during this period, his physical condition has improved a lot. With the help of Cheng Guang and other doctors, he is now completely free from the previous situation where he could die at any time.

Jiang Wan felt extremely happy when she saw her brother becoming lively again.

But what makes Song Chen strange is that for some reason, Jiang Wan always looks a little awkward when she looks at him, as if she has something to say but can't make a decision.

But maybe it was his misunderstanding?

Zhou Yuluo is already an adult physically, but in reality she is just eight years old mentally. Because of this, she unexpectedly plays well with Jiang Ming.

On weekdays, apart from visiting Zhou Yufeng and staying at home, he also went to visit Jiang Ming.

Song Chen didn't restrict her, let her play as she pleased.

Anyway, you won't encounter any dangerous situations in the base.

Song Chen was thinking wildly while eating breakfast. He didn't know what he was thinking about for a long time.

At this moment, Li Yihe's voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie at hand.

"Brother Chen!"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you have time now? Can you come to the planting area?"

"Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"

Li Yihe's tone was anxious and vaguely worried. Song Chen thought there was some danger over there, so he immediately put down the food in his hands and ran out of the door.

…

Song Chen quickly rushed to the planting area and saw Li Yihe standing anxiously at the door.

"What happened? You didn't encounter any danger, did you?"

Seeing Song Chen's anxious look, Li Yihe realized that he might have misunderstood and waved his hand quickly.

"It's okay! It's just that there is something new about the mutated willow tree, and I need to discuss it with you."

Seeing Song Chen's worried expression, Li Yihe felt a little guilty but also a little happy.

When Song Chen heard that Li Yihe said nothing happened, he immediately felt at ease.

"It's fine." Song Chen breathed a long sigh of relief, "So what happened to the mutated willow sapling that made you come to me in such a hurry?"

"You'll find out if you come with me and take a look."

Li Yihe did not explain directly, but took Song Chen to the planting area.

The internal planning of the planting area is very simple. The outermost is the cultivation area, with many flower pots. Various crops are planted in the soil inside, and the pots of seedlings are growing vigorously.

As they had judged before, the cause of the death of large areas of vegetation is most likely from the soil. However, they have not yet understood the specific cause. But at least some of the vegetables can be freed by using the soil in these flowerpots. .

Walking along the cultivation area, you will find the warehouse and research area where various seed soils are placed, as well as the innermost rest area.

These areas are separate. There was no rest area here at first, but since Yuan Hongyi and others came to the base, Li Yihe, Yuan Hongyi and others stayed here most of the time. In order to allow them to rest better, Song Chen simply built a rest area for her here.

On weekdays, when it was too late to study, they would rest and sleep here.

Li Yihe took Song Chen directly to the research area, where Yuan Hongyi and others were also here, conducting research.

"Mr. Song."

Seeing Song Chen arriving, Yuan Hongyi put down the things in his hands and said hello to him.

"Mr. Yuan." Song Chen nodded, "Is your recent research work going well?"

Unexpectedly, facing Song Chen's concern, Yuan Hongyi remained silent for a long time.

"...How should I put it? The mutated willow sapling you brought back really helped our research work a lot, but things seem to be a little beyond our control."

Song Chen frowned when he heard this, "What happened?"

Li Yihe stepped forward and said, "Brother Chen, you better see for yourself."

Following the direction of Li Yihe's finger, Song Chen saw a slender sapling as long as an adult's forearm standing in a glass container on the research table.

"Is this the tender sprout I brought back?"

"Yes." Li Yihe nodded, "After I took it back, I fed it a lot of crystal cores, but it seemed to never be full. No matter how much I fed it, it could eat it."

As he spoke, Li Yihe took out a paper box from under the table. After opening it, he found that it was filled with crystal cores that had become empty shells.

"Are these the crystal core shells that absorb light?"

"Yes!" Li Yihe replied, "The energy in the crystal core seems to be very helpful for its growth. According to the content we recorded, the more crystal cores it absorbs, the faster it grows."

"No wonder..."

Song Chen suddenly realized.

No wonder he had just handed this tender sprout to Li Yihe for a few days, and it grew into what it is now.

"And in addition to this, we have other gains."

Yuan Hongyi next to him suddenly spoke, picked up a notebook from the table and handed it to Song Chen.

"Here are our research records."