Chapter 648: Half-day Tour of Fontaine Academy of Sciences
While Funina was talking to Choiseul, Shao Yun, Ying and Paimon had a brief period of free time to walk around the Executive Yuan.
However, this seemingly huge Executive Yuan actually does not have much to offer.
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In front of the Fengda beverage machine, Shao Yun saw a scientist standing motionless in front of the beverage machine, lost in deep thought.
The scientist who was thinking was none other than "Denischer", a researcher at Fontaine.
Seeing this, Shao Yun politely reminded: "Excuse me, please make way for me. I want to buy some Fengda."
Hearing the sound, the scientist who was concentrating on thinking came back to his senses as if awakened from a dream.
He quickly stepped aside and said apologetically, "Sorry! I was so absorbed in my thoughts just now that I didn't notice I was blocking the way."
After Denischer moved aside, Shao Yun quickly walked to the beverage machine, operated it skillfully, and bought a bottle of Fontaine in a short while.
He simply unscrewed the bottle cap, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp. In the blink of an eye, the full bottle of Fengda drink was finished.
Denischer, who was standing by, witnessed Shao Yun's generous drinking and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What do you think of the taste of this Fengda drink?"
Shao Yun stared at the empty bottle in his hand and gave his opinion.
“It would be even more perfect if it could be chilled!”
When Denischel saw that he didn't get what he wanted, he asked in a different way.
"Well... what I actually want to ask is, what do you think of the taste characteristics of Fengda itself?"
Shao Yun shook his head, then raised his hand and threw the empty bottle into the trash can beside him.
"I'm not a so-called connoisseur... and don't all drinks taste the same?"
Denischer thought about this for a moment, then asked the question in a different way.
"In that case, what do you think, besides the Bubble Orange flavor, are there any other flavors that might interest you?"
When Shao Yun heard him asking for flavor suggestions, he gave some suggestions and replied, "If you want to develop new flavors, you can develop apples, sunset fruit, grapes, and Dun Dun peaches, etc. There are so many fruits, can't you think of them?"
After listening to the series of suggestions given by Shao Yun, Denischer showed a look of sudden enlightenment on his face and nodded in agreement.
However, he soon became embarrassed again, muttering to himself, "Well, you are right... But the key is that we need to obtain these fruits as samples to develop new flavors."
"But if I want to apply for these raw materials, God knows when it will be approved... and I'm too busy recently and can't take time off to purchase these things in person..." At the end, he sighed helplessly.
Upon seeing this, Shao Yun rolled his eyes at him unhappily and muttered to himself: This guy clearly has something else to say, he obviously wants me to do him a favor!
"Okay, okay, you're lucky! I just happen to have some sunset fruits that I picked earlier. How about you try them out and see if they're suitable for you?"
As he spoke, Shao Yun took out a sunset fruit that he had picked at an unknown time from the Eastern Legend backpack on his waist and handed it to Denischer.
Looking at the sunset fruit that Shao Yun handed to him, Denischel thanked him, "Thank you very much. Maybe in a few days, we can drink sunset fruit flavored Fengda."
Shao Yun looked at the researcher who couldn't wait to use the sunset fruit to make the new Fengda, and said to himself: "Actually, I think I should like apple flavor more..."
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Afterwards, Shao Yun bought two bottles of Fengda for Ying and Paimeng.
When he found the two, he discovered that Ying and Paimon were chatting animatedly.
"Ying, Paimon, what are you talking about?"
Paimeng took the Fengda handed over by Shao Yun and said, "Oh, it's just that the Fontaine Academy of Sciences has some commission to give to us, and we are discussing the commission."
When he heard the word "commission", Shao Yun asked nervously: "Commission? Don't tell me you just agreed to it."
Paimon nodded and said with a grin, "Of course I agreed. Yesterday's ruins adventure aroused Ying and I's desire for adventure!"
When Shao Yun heard Ying and Paimeng talk about the "desire for adventure", he didn't know what to say.
"What compensation do you... Fontaine Academy of Sciences give you?"
When Paimeng heard Shao Yun asking about the "reward" for the commission, he revealed a very mysterious expression and said, "Hehe, I'll scare you when I tell you!"
Seeing Paimeng's mysterious look, Shao Yun also became interested.
"Wow, you'll have to give me a good scare then."
Then, Paimon opened his arms as if offering a treasure, and said exaggeratedly: "After completing the mission, we will be awarded the title of 'Honorary Senior Researcher'!"
Upon hearing Ying and Paimeng tell him about this title that was about to become a household name, as if it were a treasure, Shao Yun was speechless. He said helplessly, "Wow, that really gave me a fright..."
Seeing Shao Yun's grumpy face, Paimeng asked with a fake smile: "Hey? Shao Yun, why aren't you excited at all?"
Shao Yun thought, if I could get excited, then I would be living hell.
"Are you sure you want to take this job? I mean, besides bringing you some false fame, what other benefits are there?"
Paimeng looked around and after making sure that no one was noticing, he put his mouth close to Shao Yun's ear and whispered his little plan.
"The main thing is, Shao Yun, you said that in such a large place, Ying and I think there must be a treasure chest or something. We want to take this opportunity to explore it. If we find a big treasure chest or something, we will make a fortune!"
"If we explore here as ordinary adventurers, what if we are driven away by the people of Fontaine Academy of Sciences? It is more suitable to take risks with the identity of an honorary senior researcher!"
"What if we find something good and the people from the Academy of Sciences claim it's theirs? If there's a conflict, wouldn't that be terrible?"
When Shao Yun heard the reason given by Paimeng, he didn't know what to say.
But seeing the happy expressions on Ying and Paimon's faces, he chose to let things take their own course. They had really been feeling suffocated these days, so it wasn't a bad thing to find something to keep them busy.
"That's what I knew... Well... So it's for the treasure chest... Then when will you 'work' for the Academy of Sciences?" Shao Yun asked casually.
Paimon held up a finger and said with a grin, "For the first commission, we have to investigate the water pollution problem on Ilie Island as part of the test of our strength."
When he heard about the test, Shao Yun couldn't help but roll his eyes and complain about the Academy of Sciences.
"What the hell? Investigating water pollution? Testing your strength. Did this person from the Fontaine Academy of Sciences have his brains trapped by a device while doing an experiment? Testing your strength?"
Paimeng touched his head awkwardly, then explained the whole story to Shao Yun.
"Actually, according to the people at the Academy of Sciences, this shouldn't be considered an assessment. It's mainly because the Fontaine Academy of Sciences is short of manpower, so they commissioned us to investigate Ilie Island, so... hehe..."
After listening to Paimeng's reasons, Shao Yun gave him a caring look as if he was looking at a fool.
"Why do I feel like you guys are being made a fool of?"
Paimon waved his hand and explained, "It's not as outrageous as you say. How about we go to Ilie Island tomorrow?"
When Shao Yun heard Paimeng say "we", he didn't react for a moment.
"We? You two want me to come with you?"
Paimon nodded confidently and said, "Of course, you should try to take risks. Don't you feel bored recently, Shao Yun?"
Shao Yun saw that it was a rare opportunity to be invited to go on an adventure, so he quickly agreed.
"Well, let's just take a walk..."
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