Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 151

Chapter 151

“You can’t go,” Elder Zhang said without hesitation. “Your Space Ability needs to serve as an experimental field. Old Zhou and the others need to use it. It’s not convenient to take an entire Research Group with us while we’re on the move.”

Jiang Yu: “!!!”

She huffed indignantly. “I can do the experiments myself! I want to go!”

At worst, she would just have to work a bit harder and handle the experiments herself. After all, she was the one who usually did all the farming in her Space Ability anyway.

Hao Jingye added gloomily, “Your level isn’t high enough.”

Jiang Yu: “?”

Hao Jingye explained, “After all, you haven’t been studying for very long, and your IQ isn’t exactly high. Without an expert team to accompany you, it will be difficult to conduct proper cultivation research.”

This explanation was actually worse than no explanation at all.

Jiang Yu: “……”

-That was a low blow.

The meeting ended.

Jiang Yu stormed out, her face puffed up like a steamed bun, looking utterly miserable.

It was a full-team operation, so why weren’t they taking her!

Watching her angry retreating figure, Gu Qiansheng was somewhat puzzled. “Are we really not taking her with us this time?”

If it was a full-team operation, having Jiang Yu by their side with Sheng An and Qi Lingwu around wouldn’t necessarily be less safe than staying in the Core Shelter.

This time was different from Shi City. With Group B leaving, Group A had to look after the entire Core Shelter and might not have enough energy to protect Jiang Yu at all times.

In that case, it would be better to keep her with them.

Li Xin recalled Dr. Yan’s words and repeated, “But Jiang Yu needs to participate in research, and it’s inconvenient to take a Research Group on the road.”

Sheng An nodded. “Correct. Taking one is inconvenient, so we’re taking two.”

Everyone: “???”

What on earth?

Hao Jingye raised a hand, his well-defined fingers pushing up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He spoke with deep meaning:

“This trip is of great significance. Furthermore, while Group B moving out in full force seems dangerous, it is actually the safest trip possible with so many high-level Superpower Users protecting us.

“Not only will the Wasteland Planting Research Team be coming along, but the Meteorite Research Team will also join us. Taking them out for field observations is one of the objectives of this trip.

“Staying in Jing City is safe, but it’s not conducive to research. The expert teams have wanted to go out for a long time. To fully understand the Meteorite and Wasteland Cultivation, it’s impossible not to go out and see other regions.”

Therefore, the Research Groups had been part of the travel plan all along!

How could Jiang Yu not follow them?

Previously, they hadn’t forced people into her Space Ability. For one, she was unwilling to talk about it and insisted on gritting her teeth to finish the farming herself; for another, they were worried about hidden Aberrants endangering her safety.

But at this stage, some risks had to be taken.

The soil outside was getting worse and worse, and the progress of Wasteland Cultivation Research was slow. It was time to let the Research Groups enter Jiang Yu’s Space Ability to speed up the process.

By taking the Wasteland Planting Research Team with them and bringing the experimental fields along, they could better advance the research progress.

Furthermore, while traveling, her Space Ability would also serve as a means of protection.

After multiple conflicts with Aberrants, Sheng An and the others had enough confidence to protect Jiang Yu’s safety.

Song Linwei and the others suddenly realized the truth.

-Tsk, that girl’s secrets are basically common knowledge now, yet she’s the only one still stubbornly guarding them.

To keep her secret, she had worked so hard at farming, learning everything from how to use a tractor to a seeder. She had almost become a seasoned old farmer; it really wasn’t easy for her.

The most important thing was that this girl was truly resilient.

From the moment she joined the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, she had carried this burden until now…

Was she persistent, or just incredibly stubborn?

Everyone looked at each other with knowing glances.

Li Xin was dazed. “What do you mean? What are you talking about? If we’re taking Jiang Yu, why didn’t you tell her?”

Everyone: “…”
Jiang Yu returned to the Planting Research Institute in a huff.

For some reason, Old Zhou and the others had been very busy lately, as if they were rushing to arrange something.

It was the same now; everyone was running around in circles.

Jiang Yu was fuming.

She sat on a small stool, glaring at the busy researchers, but her anger slowly deflated.

Yes, she was busy, but Old Zhou and the others were just as busy.
She was busy farming, and so were Old Zhou and the others.

The land within her Space Ability wasn’t contaminated, so she planted in clean soil. Outside, however, was a stretch of Scorched Earth. Old Zhou and his team were planting in that Scorched Earth, and trying to research plants that could survive in such conditions was a grueling process.

At the very least, no matter what she planted, she would get a harvest.

Academician Zhou and his team, however, often saw their crops die shortly after planting. It was especially disheartening when the plants seemed alive one day-making Academician Zhou and the others very happy-only for them to be completely dead by the next morning.

Whenever this happened and Academician Zhou would crouch by the side sighing, she felt a twinge of heartache.

Jiang Yu pulled herself together.

She stood up and shouted, “Old Zhou, I finished planting the experimental fields and the Hope Planting Zone this morning. Experimental Fields No. 1 and No. 2 have already been ripened…”

She rattled off her progress report.

Twenty days ago, she never would have believed that she would one day be able to speak a bunch of technical terms she hadn’t previously understood.

Of course, she hadn’t done all that work alone.

There were two other fellows inside her Space Ability.

Yu Litian and Chen Jiaojiao had started out begging for mercy and trying to suck up to her, but now they were like two numb old peasants, working stiffly without a moment’s rest. They didn’t even have the energy to beg for mercy anymore.

Thinking of them made Jiang Yu feel even better.

It wasn’t just the experimental fields that had matured. By exploiting those two, she had managed to squeeze out a little bit of extra time. Old Zhou had also been lenient lately, not making her completely drain her Supernatural Ability.

She used that spare energy to ripen the fruit she had been growing on the sly.

It was her own Space Ability; she deserved a few perks, didn’t she?

Thinking of the extra land and ridges at the edge of her space, she had used them all to plant strawberries, which were now heavy with fruit.

Jiang Yu thought huffily that she wouldn’t give any of these strawberries to Sheng An and the others. Who told them to refuse to take her along?

-How hateful.

-She was going to keep all the strawberries for herself!

At the thought of having so many strawberries to herself, the corners of Jiang Yu’s mouth curled up.

Academician Zhou had already walked over while she was reporting.

He nodded with satisfaction and handed her a sheet of paper. “This is the calculated yield for several experimental fields. Compare them later to see if there’s any difference from the estimates.”

Jiang Yu nodded and took it.

This was normal; calculating the estimated yield versus the actual yield was a standard part of the experiment.

Jiang Yu scanned the page, but her gaze suddenly froze.

She looked at the row of text at the bottom of the table in disbelief and raised her voice. “What?! Why is there a yield for strawberries?!”

Academician Zhou glanced at her, perfectly calm. “Didn’t we transfer a few statistics experts over a few days ago?”

“Huh? So what?” Jiang Yu was bewildered.

She knew about those statistics experts; they were assistants assigned to her to help with data tracking. Their salaries were even being deducted from her own credits!

Academician Zhou took it as a matter of course. “They need to help you calculate your output. Based on your Supernatural Ability consumption, the time you spend in your Space Ability, your daily activity levels… they calculated the yield of the strawberries you planted.”

He waved a hand. “Go in and harvest them quickly to see if they match the estimate. We haven’t planted strawberries before, so this is the first time. It has great reference value.”

Jiang Yu: “???”

She couldn’t understand. “How did you know I was planting strawberries?”

Academician Zhou replied, “Weren’t you looking at strawberry cultivation manuals a few days ago?”

Jiang Yu: “.”

Academician Zhou: “Go on, go harvest them.”

Jiang Yu: “..”

Entering her Space Ability, she used vines to whip Yu Litian and Chen Jiaojiao into action. The three of them buried their heads in hard labor until all the strawberries were harvested. When she weighed the yield…

Great. It was exactly the same as the calculation.

Refusing to give up, she rummaged all over the space and finally found one “fish that escaped the net” on a field ridge.

This single strawberry, which exceeded the estimated yield, was very small and deformed, which was why it had been missed during the harvest.

Jiang Yu stuffed it into her mouth.

The exceptionally small, deformed strawberry tasted mediocre-bland and not very sweet.

Jiang Yu looked at the half-eaten deformed strawberry in her hand, then looked back at the vast expanse of her Space Ability…

Jiang Yu suddenly had an epiphany.