Chapter 99 College Long-term Project
Harold: "Senior, look, these are newly born lilies. The three here were born on the same day. They are also the first batch of lilies I cultivated. Now they are two and a half months old.
I numbered them 01, 02, and 03. In order to prevent them from being affected by their parents, I built a new laboratory. They are in good condition now and have not shown any aggressiveness so far.
I don’t know if they will be stimulated to go wild by some specific factors in the future. I hope not, otherwise my thesis grade and research results may not meet my expectations, and I may not be able to graduate from the Faculty of Teaching with this project.”
Kawi said as he hammered away at a pile of materials: "You're only fifteen, why are you in such a hurry to graduate? I could have graduated at fifteen, but I listened to my mentor's advice and stayed a few years longer. Although graduating at fifteen can earn you a good reputation as a young genius, few employers will trust you to be the chief designer."
After saying this, he assembled a bracket, and then he couldn't wait to look up at the Pianpianhua on the screen. After taking a look, he asked in surprise: "They were all born in the same batch? Why is there such a big difference in size? Could it be that Pianpianhua also have differences in height, weight and thinness?"
"Yes, senior, but it's not very obvious. Generally, they grow to 2.9-3.2 meters and weigh about 2.13 kilograms. I also have a lightning-attributed liar that is only meters tall. It's probably a mutant, but it's very smart. Um... it trades its height and weight for intelligence."
After Harold finished speaking, he saw Kavi smiling happily on the other end, so he curled his lips and continued:
"But the reason why the three flowers are so different in size is because of their different growth rates. In order to observe the effect of elemental force on newborn flowers, I injected them with different concentrations of elemental force every day. 03 absorbed the most elemental force, so it grew the fastest. Now it has grown to the size of a common flower in the wild, and has begun to produce nectar."
In fact, 03 started producing honey when he was one month and twenty-four days old and two meters tall, but the amount of honey produced was only one-third of what it is now. Harold was just chatting with Kavi, not reporting the research results to his supervisor, so he omitted these details.
Kavi listened with great interest. It was the first time he saw such a small flower.
01 did not get enough elemental power during its growth, so it is only centimeters tall now, not even as tall as Harold's waist. Because it is artificially bred, it is very close to Harold.
When Harold entered the door, it deliberately increased the amplitude of its swinging to make a noise to attract Harold's attention. Harold put on white rubber gloves, opened the door of the iron cage, put the end of the cage with the door into the glass tank, and shook the cage vigorously to drive the mouse out.
As soon as the little white mouse touched the culture soil, it was wrapped by the corolla of the lily of the valley. Haroldt did the same thing to feed the other two lily of the valley.
While making a giant luxurious birdcage, Kavi listened to the movements from Haroldt's side and looked up from time to time. He watched Haroldt feed the flowers, water them, supply elemental power to them, weigh their weight and height, and heard him record various data on his notebook with a quill.
After recording one set, he went to another room.
“The Liar Flowers here were all cultivated by me after I successfully cultivated the first batch of Liar Flowers. There are thirteen in total. I numbered them S01-S15. There is no S04 and S14 because I don’t like 4. It’s just that I can’t avoid this number when recording data.
Um... that can't be helped. Do you want me to change 4 to 3 or 5? No, even if the number only appears in the sixth decimal place, I can't do that." Harold said.
When cultivating this batch of deceptive flowers, the mother plant died, although he tried his best to save it.
Moreover, not all seeds germinate successfully, which means that the germination rate of the seeds of the deceitful flower is not 100%.
Artificial propagation is still a big problem. Fortunately, the nectar production of a single nectar flower is not low. Otherwise, it would be difficult to use it as a substitute for sugar, not to mention lowering the price of sugar. Harold thought helplessly.
Kavi: "Hmm? This is the first time I've heard of your habit. Don't you buy four Dun Dun peaches at a time? This batch of thirteen, do you also have to record them one by one like you did just now? And the ones outside as well?"
"Because I'm the only one involved in this project, and there's not even any reference data, I have to do all the statistics myself, such as the relationship between the age of the flower and the amount of honey it produces, the relationship between the absorption of elemental power and the growth rate, the relationship between the type of food it eats and the amount of honey it produces, and so on. I have to study everything from scratch."
That's why I have to graduate as soon as possible and stay on to teach at the school, and recruit a few students to do hard labor, Harold thought.
Then he said in a joking tone, "However, some of them can be temporarily handed over to others, that is, all the research related to the age of the prank flower. At the beginning, I was always worried that I would not live longer than these experimental subjects. This time, when submitting the new project, I also told my supervisor about my worries.
My supervisor told me that our college has some long-term projects, and I can submit an application to the college to convert part of my research from an individual project to a collective project, which I think is necessary.
Although doing so will cause me to lose some of my own research results, holding on to them will only cause these projects to fail after my life is exhausted. Senior, you have been studying at the Institute for such a long time, have you heard of the Institute's long-term projects? "
Kavi: "Well... I've only heard a little bit. Some projects have a very high level of confidentiality. Only scholars who participate in those projects know the details. I've also heard that only the great sages and a small number of sages have the right to know. What I know should not be a secret. I can find it out using the void.
For example, the Sahavala Academy has always wanted to restore and improve the regeneration mechanism, which is a mechanism that allows machines to repair themselves. However, it seems that a certain creature that can create this mechanism has become extinct, and these special parts currently only exist in some ancient ruins mechanisms. The participants of this project have been looking for substitutes.
The Shravasti Institute where Elhaisen is working has been trying to decipher several ancient scripts that are currently undecipherable. In short, these are projects that have been studied for hundreds of years but have made basically no progress. "
"Rehabilitation mechanism and deciphering ancient characters? Why do I feel that my project seems... uh, rather simple when put together with these subjects?" Harold chuckled. "But my project should be the easiest to see results. I hope the scholars of Amyrido College will not refuse to join because my project is too 'simple'.
It would be embarrassing if I spent so much time writing reports and going through the review process to turn these projects into group projects, but in the end I was still the main researcher.”
"Ah? I think this project is very good. There will definitely be a lot of scholars rushing to join it! Your vision has never been wrong!" said Kavi.
"Really? Then I have to write the application report quickly and outsource the work as soon as possible." Harold stretched, added hot water to the tea that had been poured for a long time and had cooled down, and then drank it all in one gulp.
"It's almost nine o'clock, and you still have to write a report? There is also a society activity tomorrow morning... By the way, the society activity is at eight o'clock in the morning. What time do you have to get up so that you can get here on time?" Kavi asked with some concern.
Harold: "It's about five o'clock, but I'm going by water, and I can rest on the boat, so you don't have to worry about that, senior."
"It doesn't matter if you come late. If I knew you had to rush from Conghua Castle to Xumi City every time, I would have discussed with everyone to postpone the time of the society's activities."
After Kawi finished speaking, he emphasized with dissatisfaction: "It's almost nine o'clock now."
"So when will the two great artists stop making noise?" Elhaisen walked out of his room.
In addition to banging on things all day, my roommate has added a new disturbing hobby: video chatting.
El Haisen: "It seems that I need to buy a pair of headphones with better noise reduction function."
"It's going to be a little late today. Who am I working for so late at night? Harold's bird has a special liking for your hair. Haven't you experienced it yourself? When we caught it this afternoon, we almost pulled out the two hairs on top of your head." Kavi was a little dissatisfied at first, but he laughed later.
El Haisen's expression: =-=
I don't really want to recall what happened in the afternoon.
"I'm sorry, Senior Elhaisen, I haven't taught it to follow commands yet, but you are still very lucky. Birds usually don't actively control their excretion. It stayed on your head for so long but didn't leave any 'souvenirs' for you. That's great.
Maybe it just likes the senior and his hair, or maybe it regards the senior's hair as its own home..." Haroldt thought, "...That should be the case. Birds don't defecate in their own homes. It makes sense."
Elhaisen glanced at Harold through the light screen and said, "It is necessary to remind you that this house belongs to the three of us. You need to respect my need for quietness. However, since you have already taken corresponding measures, this will not happen again."
"Okay, good night, senior."
Harold cut off the communication and began to write the application report.
...
The next morning at eight o'clock, Harold returned home on time. After opening the door, he found a lot of milk tea on the table, roughly forty cups.
"Who bought milk tea? So much at once?" Harold wanted to put down the books and notes, but found that there was no empty space on the table, so he could only hold them in his arms temporarily.
"Drink? Feel free to take as much as you want, but no more than three cups a week," said Seno.
Harold picked up a cup and drank from it with a straw: "Thank you, Senior Seno. Did you buy all these?"
Sino: "Well, if you buy milk tea, you will get a free card, so I bought a few more at once."
"Did you get the card you wanted, Senior?"
Seno's eyes widened slightly, revealing a look of surprise: "How did you know I drew a special character card?"
No, I don't know, Harold said to himself.
"You must be very interested. I have no choice but to let you enjoy it." Seno took out the card album.
...I didn't say that, Harold thought.
Kavi and Setale looked at Harold with sympathy. They were not surprised by Seno's behavior. It was obvious that they had suffered the same torture before Harold came.
Seno opened the card book and showed Harold the Fire Princess special character card he had just drawn: "Look, this is a very difficult character card to draw. I only bought 200 cups of milk tea yesterday and drew this character card with a market value of 4 million Mora."
Harold: "How much did you buy?!"
"Don't worry, nothing is wasted. I have donated half of it to the residents of Xumi City, and brought the remaining half here. If you can't finish it, I will send the rest to Kawanyi together with the others." Saino said.
"You don't have to worry about my financial problems. The cards I bought are within my budget and only cost half of my total salary."
In order to prevent Harold from asking the same question as Kavi and Setare, Seno gave his own answer first.
Half of the total salary?!
If the Seven Sages summon limited edition cards in the future, will you buy them?
Harold has already begun to anticipate that in the future, half of Seno's salary will be used to buy slime cards, and half of his salary will be used to buy limited cards for the Seven Summoning Saints...