Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 880: Chapter 27: Identical_2

In this biological garden, which animal hadn’t he carefully trained? And that so-called "fern safety passage," he’d been here for over a decade and never noticed it. How could a little girl just swing by and find the way? It must have been Locke or that mute, secretly sinister Zhou Ziang who tipped her off earlier.

"That’s also a skill, if it were me or you, no one could have noticed the peculiar traits of the ferns we tread on," Wang Shuai said with a hint of melancholy, yet he accepted Xiao Xian’s previous statement. He had always approached life with an air of superiority, rarely noticing the weeds beneath his feet that were instrumental to his birth path.

He was still disgruntled, thinking he had inadvertently wandered into the miasma area, which was why he’d fallen for it. Now he realized, even if he walked through the biological garden again, he’d likely end up stumbling in the same place.

"You all colluded, huh, whatever, you’re just juniors, I’m too lazy to deal with you, lest they say I’m picking on the young. Locke, what are you doing here today? Didn’t I already leave those annoying queen bees to you?" Quinn grumbled, but it was merely bluster. Not to mention, Xiao Xian feeding Wang Shuai five or six kinds of fungi in sequence to cure the severe forest toad poison was a significant feat.

Mentioning the queen bee made Quinn feel like he’d swallowed a fly. He prided himself as the "Number Zero Expert" in the breeding field, meaning the survival rate of the animals he bred was a hundred percent, whether extinct rare beasts or common poultry, with no failures—except for the batch of queen bees Locke handed over. He had bred them three times, nearly five hundred bee eggs, yet only raised a little over a hundred.

"The bees survived, but the honey they produce doesn’t taste right. You know I need honey identical to that produced by the bees raised by old Hu Song," Locke smirked awkwardly at Quinn’s black-faced reaction. Their mode of cooperation had always been this way: you help me cultivate some plant species favored by beasts, and I help you configure some insects beneficial for plant propagation.

With exchanges like this, although they both had difficult temperaments, they got along fairly harmoniously, complementing each other like a turtle with a tortoise.

"What, I took care of the fathers, now I have to look after the sons too?" Quinn waved his hand, frustrated to the point of trembling. His responsibility was just to hatch the eggs, not to manage the bee’s honey production.

"Dr. Quinn, you misunderstood. Professor Rock doesn’t want you to incubate more but just aims to understand the behavior of the queen bees," Xiao Xian discerned Quinn’s temper, quite like a genuine beastman’s temperament, clearly showing emotions, most of whom had straightforward minds.

Upon hearing he wouldn’t have to re-breed, Quinn felt a bit better and led Xiao Xian and the others to the bee breeding site.

Familiar with the surroundings and led by Locke and Quinn, adept at taming beasts, moving through the underground biopark now seemed much more pleasant.

After discovering Xiao Xian’s "extensive knowledge," Locke would interject his way with some wild plant knowledge. Besides highly toxic mutant species, the underground botanical garden also housed many rare fruits unseen by the outside world. For instance, a fruit called "Farmer Fruit," shaped much like a small strawberry, blue in color, tasted sour and sweet, especially appealing to girls like Xiao Xian and Yiyi who couldn’t stop eating it.

Even Wang Shuai ate a few. Not yet fully recovered but upon hearing Xiao Xian and others were going to visit the queen bee breeding base, he insisted on tagging along.

"This thing is similar to Farmer Spring’s water effects, eat a few more," Yiyi deliberately distanced herself from Wang Shuai, yet after eating the "Farmer Fruit" and realizing its special effects, she picked a few more and tossed them to Wang Shuai.

Wang Shuai held the fruits in his hand, tossing a few into his mouth, "So sweet."

His compliment made Yiyi blush, tripping over her own feet, feeling embarrassed.

Quinn whistled, singing a self-amusing song.

Listening to that odd sing-song tone, Yiyi felt uneasy: "What’s he singing?"

"Hehe, it’s an old German love song, urging young folks to pursue true love," Locke chuckled, winking at Wang Shuai, leaving Wang Shuai blushing, scratching his head, awkwardly chuckling a few times.

"Professor Rock, may I ask, on what principle does this underground bio park exist?" In this underground botanical garden, where such uniquely flavored "Farmer Fruit" could be tasted, and hearing Yiyi say this fruit has effects akin to Farmer Spring’s, Xiao Xian couldn’t help but think underground biopark bore many resemblances to Huake Institute.

Such a coincidence, both the United States and China had such a place. If Farmer Spring’s existence was due to the peculiar "rhinestone," doesn’t this imply there might be a rhinestone-rich area hidden within the underground biopark?

"This... it’s hard to say. Actually, I don’t know the principle by which the underground biopark exists. This place was originally discovered by Celeste, and I’ve never gotten along well with that old witch," Rockefeller shrugged.

What a pity, Xiao Xian thought. If Xuerou were here, maybe there’d be some unusual discoveries. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on Qidian () with recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)