A twenty-jin weighted pipe wrench cost only three research points, while that small packet of seeds required one hundred research points, more than all the tools I just bought combined.
Jing Mingqiu wasn't stingy with research points; he had accumulated quite a few while stuck on his upgrade mission. He was just worried that the seed packet wouldn't contain anything good, just common seeds, and would end up wasting his points.
“Why think so much!” Jing Mingqiu slapped his thigh with force. “I’ll buy one pack and try it out to see.”
If you have too many lice, you won't itch; if you have too much debt, you won't worry.
Having already revealed so many "magic props," Jing Mingqiu saw no reason to keep up the pretense. He directly conjured something out of thin air, grabbing a packet of seeds wrapped in paper bags from the air in front of everyone.
"Tear!"
Before handing the seeds to Feng Weiguo, Jing Mingqiu directly tore open the paper bag in front of everyone, took out a handful of seeds, and held them in his palm, observing them carefully under the light.
The seeds varied in size, some red, some black, with different shapes. Although Jing Mingqiu had accompanied his grandfather to the fields a few times, he only recognized common crops like wheat and corn. He couldn't identify these seeds at all.
Jing Mingqiu was unwilling to give up and ran a system scan.
【Scanning…】
【Mysterious seeds sold in the system mall. All information has been automatically hidden and will be unlocked automatically after the upgrade mission is completed.】
After failing to exploit system loopholes, Jing Mingqiu stopped struggling and put the seeds back into the paper bag, handing it to Feng Weiguo.
“Principal, leave the professional matters to professionals. I haven’t farmed much and don’t know how large a field this bag of seeds needs. It’s all up to you.”
“I ate a bit too much today. I’ll be leaving if there’s nothing else.”
“There’s nothing else today, but,” Feng Weiguo took the paper bag and carefully put it away, “the re-examination is in three days. Don’t forget to prepare exam questions for the graduate students who want to join your laboratory!”
“I know.”
After Jing Mingqiu’s figure completely disappeared, Feng Weiguo first arranged for people to seal off the private room on the top floor and then took out a satellite phone to report everything that had just happened, in detail, to the highest leader.
After hearing Feng Weiguo's report, the highest leader of Long Country did not dare to delay and immediately arranged for people to take away the tools that had fallen from Jing Mingqiu and the packet of seeds he had conjured from the air, sending them to a secret base for research.
Particle cutter, spectrum analyzer… Under the command of Academician Wen Jianhua of the Materials Science department, various high-tech equipment was deployed. After a great deal of effort, they finally reached a rather amusing conclusion.
The tools that fell from Jing Mingqiu were similar to the commonly used tools bought at the hardware store at the village entrance. They were just slightly better in quality than those crudely made tools.
The tool team found nothing, but the seed team had unexpected success.
After identification, analysis, and screening by a group of plant experts, they discovered seeds in the packet provided by Jing Mingqiu that differed from existing records.
To verify whether these were new varieties or simply abnormal seeds, the plant experts prepared to cultivate them according to the estimated temperature, light, water, and nutrient requirements.
The seeds had just been planted, and hadn't even sprouted, when three days had already passed.
One hundred candidates from all over the country who had successfully passed the initial screening had now all arrived at Dongyang University of Science and Technology, ready to face the re-examination.
The next day, at eight in the morning, candidates from all over the world queued up at the university hospital for medical examinations, as arranged by Feng Weiguo.
Yi Wenliu changed into a white coat, put on very mature and heavy makeup, and pretended to be a doctor, moving through the crowd of people undergoing medical examinations. He would occasionally call out to a few people, check their pulses, or look at their tongues.
Jing Mingqiu sat in the office on the second floor of the university hospital, bored. He casually scanned the crowd below while flirting with Jing Rou and Mo Ruixue.
Jing Mingqiu didn’t care which ones Yi Wenliu chose. The system could record all the scan results anyway. As long as he recorded everyone who underwent the medical examination, he would be invincible.
“Zhao Geng, severe myopia. Wang Mingsheng, irregular heartbeat, neurasthenia. Sun Datong, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood lipids… These people aren’t in good health. Most of them are in a state of sub-health.”
Jing Mingqiu casually commented, considering whether to disqualify everyone who was too weak, when new scan results appeared, and his eyes lit up.
“Zhang Jiazhi, poisoned with a chronic poison, needs to take the antidote regularly. There’s even a tracker hidden in his teeth. Interesting, really interesting.”
Jing Mingqiu circled Zhang Jiazhi’s name, preparing to ask Feng Weiguo to investigate him carefully, when another scan result caught his attention.
“Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, all operated on. You’re tough on yourself. But why would you be so tough on yourself as a man? And you don’t even look good from the plastic surgery.”
“Wait a minute, plastic surgery isn’t just for good looks; it could also be for impersonation!”
Thinking of this, Jing Mingqiu picked up his pen and circled his name as well.
Concealed AIDS and syphilis, calluses with peculiar shapes, and a disguise that could be seen through at a glance…
A total of one hundred candidates, and Jing Mingqiu had unknowingly circled over forty of them.
Jing Mingqiu tossed his pen onto the desk, feeling very speechless.
“I was just trying to recruit a few people to serve as a cover, but somehow I’ve attracted so many monsters and ghosts.”
“A Qiu,” Mo Ruixue leaned over and hugged Jing Mingqiu, comforting him softly, “Don’t worry, the principal and the others will help handle these things.”
Jing Mingqiu raised his hand and pulled Mo Ruixue into his embrace, lowering his head to kiss her on the forehead. “I’m not worried, I’m just a bit annoyed. I had intended to use this opportunity to cultivate my own team to help me handle miscellaneous matters.”
“With this, I can’t trust the remaining sixty-odd people either! Although they look fine physically, people’s hearts are unpredictable. Who knows what they’re thinking!”
Mo Ruixue rested her head on Jing Mingqiu’s chest, listening to his heartbeat, her cheeks blushing softly. “No matter what they think, A Qiu, I will always be with you.”
“Me too…”
As the atmosphere gradually became intimate, and the entire room was bathed in a pink hue, with a loud “clang,” the office door on the second floor was kicked open, and Yi Wenliu rushed in frantically.
“Jing Mingqiu, I’ve made my selection, ten people in total, including Zhang Jiazhi, Zhao Geng, Sun Datong… It’s your turn!”
“Don’t rush the medical examinations! We have more important things to do here!”
Saying that, Jing Mingqiu smashed through the office window and jumped down from the second floor!