Chapter 270: Tinari: . . . Are you also
The four of them set out from the residential area and headed towards the Haroldt Research Institute along the avenue often taken by forest rangers.
It was Cole's first time to visit the rainforest and she was full of curiosity about this unknown area. She walked briskly and occasionally turned her head to look at the various birds resting in the trees.
The demon scale disease has not broken out. The rainforest is indeed a natural sanatorium. Saino, who has been paying attention to Cole's condition, thought.
"Lord Senor, Mr. Tinari, Mr. Harold! What is that?!"
Cole's exclamation interrupted Seno's thoughts. He looked up in the direction of Cole's finger and saw a wide river running through the jungle into the distance. Beside the river was an open grassland with several quaint buildings standing on it. Next to the buildings were several carts with many potted plants on them.
"Mond's windmill daisy and little calendula!" Cole said in surprise, "I can see them here too. I'm so happy!"
"There are also Inazuma's Jingua trees and Mingcao, Liyue's Qingxin and Liulily. Well... compared to last time, the varieties are much more complete." Tinari said, supporting his chin.
"The experiment went smoothly. After spraying 'Jia Rang's Blessing', 70% of the newly born flowers turned into females, which is much higher than the proportion under natural conditions. So I asked Radu to expand the scale of the experiment - it took us a lot of effort to cultivate the specialty of other countries." Harold said with a smile.
"Amazing!" Kelai exclaimed, and then curiously pointed at several huge plants next to the cart that looked like flowers but were completely green, and asked, "What about these? Are these also specialties of any country?"
...
...could this be?!
Seeing those plants that looked like the Deception Flower, Seno and Tinari were both shocked, and then looked at Harold with unfriendly eyes. They made the same guess in an instant.
"This is the hybrid offspring bred by our research team," Harold answered frankly, "Its name is——"
He paused for three seconds, then continued, "It's called 'Cheating the Flowers and Plants'."
...Ah, Mr. Harold, is this a new name? Cole thought to himself.
"It seems that you really have no talent for naming." Tinari held his forehead in pain.
"Isn't it very vivid?" Harold shrugged, and then explained to Cole with a sharp look and Senor with a serious face,
"This batch is the hybrid offspring we bred with the Pian Pian flower as the female parent and the Tian Tian flower as the male parent, and the other batch is the offspring bred with the Pian Pian flower as the female parent and the Mint flower as the male parent.
My theory turned out to be correct. These plants can be hybridized. Now this batch of flowers and plants is already one month old.
They do not have the characteristics of elemental plant life forms and cannot absorb elemental forces, but their speed of absorbing water and nutrients, as well as their growth rate, are much faster than their parents.
At this rate, they will be able to bloom next month. Logically, if they absorb enough nutrients, their nectaries will produce nectar faster, which is why I transplanted some of the test products outdoors..."
"You really succeeded. The teacher will be shocked when he finds out." Tinari said, rubbing his forehead.
"That's a good thing. At least these liar flowers that have no elemental power and can't move will definitely not hurt people. However, collecting nectar is more laborious because they are very tall. If you use manual labor to collect nectar, you may need to prepare a ladder.
But if you use a catheter, preferably a rubber catheter developed by a businessman I work with, you can save a lot of effort," Harold said.
"As for whether this research result can be served on the table of Xumi people, it depends on the subsequent experimental data."
Senor stared at Haroldt in silence for a long time. After hearing this, he said, "Take Cole to your research institute."
"Of course, I will also ask her to see the dancing flowers." Harold said, as if he did not feel the changes in their emotions, and led the way easily.
After walking into those large green plants, the three of them felt more intuitively their similarities with the Prankster. Except for the lack of facial features and the color representing the flow of elemental forces, their appearance was almost exactly the same as the Prankster.
These hybrid offspring are highly similar: they all have three petals, four sepals, and even retain the velvety leaves below the receptacle.
They grow outside the institute like a green barrier, and with a height of over two meters, they give people a full sense of oppression.
When Tinari walked through this "deceptive flower forest", he couldn't help but look up at the receptacle. It was empty and had no facial features. The "deceptive flower" naturally would not sway rhythmically like the wild deceptive flowers, but this gave Tinari another creepy feeling.
Seno, who had fought with the Pianpian Flower, obviously felt the same way. His eyes kept falling on the Pianpian Flower beside him, and his brows were always slightly furrowed.
During her wanderings in the wild, Cole, who was fortunate enough not to be attacked by the lily of the valley, showed a strong curiosity about these huge, flower-like green plants. When huge leaves fell in front of her, her eyes would often be glued to these strangely shaped leaves.
After entering the research institute, everyone except Harold frowned because of the sudden increase in the concentration of elemental power in the surrounding environment. Harold introduced it as usual:
"For research purposes, I moved some of the flowers to another research institute, and only a small part is left here."
"It's right to move away. The concentration of elemental force is too high. If an ordinary person stays in this environment, his body will collapse sooner or later." Tinari said as he fanned the invisible elemental force in the space with his hand.
Harold nodded: "But the experimental equipment here is complete..."
As Harold was speaking, a golden figure suddenly flashed out from the inner door.
Harold swallowed his unfinished words and greeted, "Senior Kavi."
"Harold, the soil of the potted plants in your room is too hard. I came out to get a shovel. Why are there so many people here? Senior Seno, when did you come back? And who are these people...?" Kavi glanced around and asked in confusion.
"Tinari, Harold's friend."
"I'm Cole."
The few of them quickly exchanged names. Because of Harold, they already had a vague impression of each other, so after they met formally, the figures in their impressions and the real people quickly overlapped, and they quickly became familiar with each other.
After chatting for a while and introducing Cole's background, Tinari looked at Kavi and asked the question he wanted to know most:
"Kavi, why are you here too?"