Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 869: Chapter 22: A Strange Old Acquaintance (2)

"Helping me cultivate bees is another senior researcher from Mengshan, whom Ziang also knows. That person is a beastman, and in the field of animal cultivation, no one in the United States can rival him. Or to put it another way, aside from Rost Serine, Quinn is the domestic authority in this field," Locke is very confident in Quinn.

Before Zhou Ziang came to Mengshan, the biological research field at Mengshan was mainly divided into two areas: animals and plants. Each field had its respective leader, with Celeste and Quinn belonging to the animal field, while Locke solely led the plant research.

So, for several decades, Mengshan’s senior researchers maintained an "iron triangle" status. And Locke had a closer relationship with Quinn, so after facing difficulties in raising the queen bee, Locke went directly to Quinn.

"Beastman," Xiao Xian’s impression of beastmen is based on Yiyi. In the absence of useful information from Mr. Hu Song, Xiao Xian suggested visiting Quinn to see his cultivating environment. The early stage of bee pupation took place at Quinn’s.

However, after Xiao Xian proposed this idea, Locke hesitated.

Quinn’s work location was the most special and secretive among all at Mengshan; the Underground Biopark is not open to just anyone.

"This might be a bit difficult to justify, and besides, Quinn is a very irritable person. If there’s no meeting reason that interests him, he won’t easily meet outsiders," Locke shook his head, as he knew his friend’s temper well.

At this moment, Hu Song, sitting on the bench, started making noise again, protesting the presence of two unrelated outsiders in the room.

The caretaker could only apologetically ask the two to leave first.

Before leaving, Xiao Xian looked back at the elderly Hu Song’s residence. It was an unremarkable plain villa, styled after gray-and-white Chinese architecture. It was clear that Hu Song’s eldest son was a filial child, taking meticulous care of his father. Although the elderly man suffered from amnesia, his clothing was very clean, and even his hair was well-groomed by the caregiver.

Compared to the cleanliness of the elderly man, the most noticeable thing about the entire building was the small courtyard, not because of any special plants or gardening, but because the courtyard formed a stark contrast with the tidy elderly man. The courtyard floor was clean, but the trees within were untrimmed, with tangled branches and leaves. Various flowers also grew wildly, leaving a lot of flower debris in the pots.

After leaving the small villa, "Mr. Hu Song must have been a person who loved plants before, why is his small courtyard always tended to?" In foreign countries, it’s generally up to households to maintain their gardens.

"Yes, no matter how busy Mr. Hu was before, he would tidy up the courtyard on weekends. Before his accident, his family’s small courtyard was a model garden on the street, with many people coming to learn from it. But after his accident, the courtyard became messy. Although people were hired to tend to it, Mr. Hu would cry and make a fuss and drive them out. After several incidents, people were frightened, leaving the plants in the courtyard to fend for themselves," Locke regretfully noted. Though he was skilled in plant cultivation, his expertise was in mutant plant research, and he was altogether unfamiliar with this traditional gardening type.

"I see. In any case, I still hope to discuss it with the person you mentioned who cultivates the queen bee. As for the reason to make him interested..." Xiao Xian paused, "Professor Rock, how many beastmen are there in the world?"

When Xiao Xian suddenly shifted the topic to beastmen, Locke hesitated, "Beastmen are a very subtle branch of the human evolution chain, but most beastmen perish when young. Those who survive to adulthood and can even conduct normal daily lives, according to Mengshan Company’s data, number less than ten worldwide."

Ten? This number greatly surprised Xiao Xian. It means that Yiyi suddenly became more precious than pandas or baiji dolphins. If Yiyi knew about this, she’d be proud for a while.

After confirming the rarity of beastmen, the idea that had sprouted in Xiao Xian’s mind earlier was more resolute, "Quinn Senior Researcher probably hasn’t seen a comrade for a long time. We could introduce a beastman to him, even as his successor. I believe this point alone is sufficient to arrange a meeting with him."