After a detailed discussion, Lin Huanyan decided to first propose a collaborative plan between Gu Yincheng’s Tianyu Star Pirate Group, the empire’s government, and the research institute under the empire.
Of course, this wasn’t a final decision—it would depend on actual circumstances.
Now that the plans were in place, the execution steps needed to be determined.
Currently, the Black Hole Research Lab only had three types of plants: Stone Flower, Bowl Lotus, and Watermelon. There was only one type of animal: a magical little fish.
Most of these were still in the growth phase. It wasn’t feasible to show them off as-is—others wouldn’t take them seriously, and she’d feel embarrassed herself.
In the end, they decided not to rush. They would focus on cultivating these plants properly before proceeding.
Thus, Lin Huanyan threw herself into intense research work.
The Stone Flower didn’t pose any issues; it only required standard cultivation and perhaps a bit of optimization of the nutrient solution.
In the interstellar era, nutrient solutions were akin to Earth’s fertilizers, containing trace elements required for various stages of plant growth to ensure healthy development.
The Bowl Lotus and Watermelon, on the other hand, were more challenging.
The Bowl Lotus had a growth cycle of about 60 days. Its cultivation was simple, but it required high temperatures and ample sunlight.
Temperature wasn’t an issue; the lab’s plant cultivation racks weren’t just empty shelves. Each layer had adjustable settings for temperature, humidity, and other conditions.
Lighting wasn’t a problem either—simulated sunlight in various modes could be adjusted at will, ensuring the plants were in optimal growth conditions.
The only downside was the growth speed—it would take a full two months to see results.
The Watermelon faced similar but even more pressing challenges. Its growth period was a staggering five months.
Lin Huanyan couldn’t possibly wait five months just to grow a watermelon.
Abandoning the watermelon and focusing on the Bowl Lotus wasn’t an option either.
The Bowl Lotus was ornamental—a small potted plant with vibrant, varied blossoms.
The Watermelon, however, was edible—a large fruit with sweet, juicy red flesh that was both refreshing and thirst-quenching.
More importantly, it could treat mental disorders, making it both a rare food source and a valuable medicine.
Actually, the fact that the plants cultivated by Lin Huanyan can soothe and alleviate mental disorders has been repeatedly verified by both of them.
Although Lin Huanyan possesses biological abilities and is the one cultivating the plants, her mental power is only at the S-level, much lower than Gu Yincheng’s 3S-level, and her control is not as precise as his.
Therefore, the verification of the plants’ effects was carried out by Gu Yincheng. He infiltrated them with his mental power, carefully sensed each one, and repeatedly verified the results before drawing any conclusions.
Now, Lin Huanyan’s main goal is to shorten the plants’ growth cycle as much as possible, allowing them to mature and bear fruit quickly.
As for the only magical animal, the magic fish, Lin Huanyan is not too worried. Even while still in the fry stage, it has already shown strong vitality. Even Gu Yincheng said that its healing effects are excellent.
So, during this time, even though she was exempted from clocking in due to Sax’s loophole, Lin Huanyan still adhered to a strict routine, waking up early every day and going to the lab to conduct experiments, working hard to shorten the plants’ growth cycle.
Fortunately, Lin Huanyan’s IQ is exceptionally high, far surpassing the interstellar average.
Although she didn’t previously study biology, as a member of the research lab, she has access to various resources.
Therefore, Lin Huanyan spends every day immersing herself in reading and conducting research and analysis, often forgetting to sleep or eat.
The work intensity is extremely high, and the time spent with her new boyfriend, Gu Yincheng, has been greatly reduced.
This is also fortunate, as her mental power fatigue disorder has been cured. Otherwise, with such an intense workload, she would have been in the same state as the original owner by now.
During this period, she truly experienced the benefits of high intelligence. After reading or reviewing materials once, she could remember most of it. When comparing and reviewing materials, she could easily do it by relying on her memory without flipping through the documents.
Her thought process also flows smoothly, and inspiration continuously sparks, allowing Lin Huanyan to be twice as efficient in her work.
Thinking back to her time on Earth, Lin Huanyan had an average IQ, performing decently in elementary and middle school, but struggling in high school. She couldn’t understand mathematics and physics, feeling like her brain was stuck in a mushy mess, unable to process anything.
But now, she feels a smoothness and ease in her thinking. So, Lin Huanyan is both pained and delighted as she finds joy in the intense research.
She analyzes the growth of plants from various angles, considering all the necessary factors and progressing rapidly.
Through big data comparisons and experimental simulations, she eventually discovered the optimal light, watering amount, humidity, temperature, and growth elements for watermelon at each growth stage.
The ratios of elements like phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium were perfected.
However, these only shortened the watermelon growing time by about a month.
Ultimately, she found the solution in the genetic aspect.
Each organism has its own unique genes, and watermelon is no exception.
Lin Huanyan cleverly utilized interstellar radiation to trigger changes in the watermelon’s genes. Afterward, she selected the most suitable watermelon seedlings from the changes and further optimized them.
After losing nearly a third of the watermelon seedlings, she finally found the best genetic modification scheme.
The new watermelon variety has superior genes and is stable, ensuring stable inheritance.
The shape of the new watermelon is also improved, with the growth cycle significantly shortened to just two months. The fruit is three times larger than before, and the quantity is greater. With sufficient nutrients, each vine can bear six or seven watermelons. The taste is also better—neither too sweet nor too bland.
It is truly an excellent variety.
Now that the research results are out, Lin Huanyan naturally doesn’t waste any time. She worked non-stop for two days, successfully inducing all the watermelon seedlings.
Now, she only needs to plant them according to the plan.
With the watermelon problem solved, she doesn’t have to worry about the lotus bowl anymore.
Following the watermelon research, she completed the genetic modification of the lotus bowl in just one week.
She created a new variety of lotus bowl with a one-month growth cycle, smaller size, and more varied colors.
During this time, she also optimized the stone flower, but due to having only one sample, the limitations were too great, resulting in limited improvements.
With this, all the plant varieties in the lab have been optimized, and the mental power soothing and healing effects have not been diminished at all.
Through this process, Lin Huanyan has grown into an excellent researcher who can independently lead research projects.
Her next goal is the magic fish she previously hatched.
Thanks to Gu Yincheng’s fine control over his mental power, he discovered that, compared to the three plants, the effects of animals are slightly different.
The mental power of plants is calm and peaceful, helping to soothe agitated mental energy, making them suitable for calming restless mental states.
However, the only animal, the magic fish fry, has active mental energy and vibrant life force, which brings joy and helps activate the dormant mental energy, making it ideal for treating conditions like mental fatigue and deathly stillness.
Moreover, this effect varies depending on the fish’s movements. When the fry is swimming actively, the effect is more pronounced, while it fades when the fry is resting.
Lin Huanyan didn’t know this before, but now she finds it truly fascinating.
It was another storm of information, Lin Huanyan had reviewed all the relevant documents in the research lab that she could find.
However, being from a different world with limited references, Lin Huanyan could only combine interstellar methods with Earth’s techniques, much like how she cultivated plants.
By utilizing the variety of materials, medicines, and high-tech platforms from the interstellar world, along with Earth’s abundant experience, she aimed to distill the essence and discard the unnecessary, ultimately developing a more scientific and effective breeding method.
She managed to feed a few small fish to the point where they had beautiful physiques, were full of vitality, and grew at an astonishing rate. She even had to transfer them to a larger cultivation bottle.
However, she didn’t use radiation induction. Having seen many twisted scientists and illegal labs on Earth, Lin Huanyan was adamant that she didn’t want to become one of those researchers.
After all, plants were manageable, but if animals mutated too much and turned into monsters, Lin Huanyan wouldn’t be able to accept it.
She’d rather use a slower breeding method if it meant avoiding such risks.
During this time, almost all the trivial tasks were taken care of by Ge Yinchen.
He took care of his girlfriend, her pets, Dabao and Xiaobao, and looked after her house. He even assembled a complicated Nordic-style Lego set, which now sat proudly as part of the living room decor.
Lin Huanyan’s original task of unpacking deliveries and making records was now his responsibility—he had become the perfect boyfriend.
However, what was strange was that when Lin Huanyan unpacked, she found stone flowers, bowl lotuses, watermelons, magic fish, and even a magical Buddha sculpture.
The rest were interesting little toys, pretty furniture, and so on.
But when it was Ge Yinchen’s turn to do the unpacking, he found some very odd items.
Things like toilet paper, poor-quality clothing, bricks, poop-shaped cups, ugly dolls that fell apart with a touch, sickeningly sweet low-quality perfumes, green dinosaur headgear, Sadako outfits…
It was practically a collection of bizarre packages, and once, he even unpacked a box of cow dung.
Yes, that’s right, cow dung. Lin Huanyan was stunned when she saw it.
The box had a label that read: “Pure natural cow dung, with purer flames, making barbecue more delicious. You deserve to own it.”
This wasn’t even the weirdest part. The strangest thing was that someone actually bought it.
Seriously, who could stomach this?
In the end, Lin Huanyan could only sigh, realizing that people today dared to think of anything, even things like this.
In any case, none of the plants or animals the lab needed were found in these deliveries. Instead, there were just a bunch of oddball items.
Lin Huanyan eventually had to stop him from continuing to unpack, deciding that she’d rather handle it herself next time.
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ARTTEDSBGT (After Rebirth The True Eldest Daughter Starts Brewing Green Tea):
main story – completed translating
extras/side stories – i still dont have money and account to access this
ATISIUP:
ongoing
