#942 - Chapter 942: Miraculous Cassava's Breakthrough
“No......”
“This isn't it either......”
Inside a special department of the main base, a computer was specifically placed for Gao Qiang to identify and view personnel.
He was like a man possessed, constantly scanning the female information compiled by the base.
Among the conditions he left with the base for finding his loved ones, there were no matching survivors.
Logically, it could be basically determined that the person he was looking for did not exist in Guangdong Province.
But Gao Qiang didn't accept it.
That's why this scene unfolded.
Gao Qiang's parents had passed away many years ago, leaving behind a younger brother and a younger sister who depended on each other.
As for his brother.
He had already died in the chaos of last year.
Leaving behind only a missing sister.
The base had conducted two search missions for Gao Qiang's relatives, going to the hospital where his sister worked before the apocalypse and the city and surrounding areas where she was located.
Later, after the establishment of trading branches in various places, missing person notices were posted, offering high rewards for providing useful clues.
Unfortunately, it was still to no avail.
Until this year, when Green Source Base developed greatly again, taking control of the entire Guangdong Province and registering all the surviving people in the province.
Under normal circumstances, survivors who have heard of Green Source Base would choose to come to trade or join the mission system, except in very special circumstances.
Gao Qiang knew his sister's character; she would basically not hide in the deep mountains and forests. If she was still alive, she would definitely come into contact with Green Source.
“No... no... still no!! Why isn't she here!!!?”
After flipping through countless character information, Gao Qiang's face was as pale as paper, as terrifying as a drowned person just being pulled out of the water.
Currently, there are less than 80,000 registered female survivors in Guangdong Province, only one-sixth or one-seventh of the number of males.
The harshness of female survival is evident.
The time came to three in the morning.
Gao Qiang, who had not closed his eyes for more than ten hours, finally put down the mouse and leaned back in his chair with bloodshot eyes.
No.
Absolutely no one.
He had searched all the registered female survivor information in Guangdong Province. No matter how different the names or ages were, he didn't dare to let go of anyone who was registered at this time.
How much he hoped that it was because his sister was cautious and deliberately used a pseudonym or lied about her age to mislead others.
But there was nothing.
Gao Qiang had seen the faces of all the female survivors, every single existence that could give him a trace of familiarity.
The dream shattered again.
He seemed to have aged several years again, leaving the room like a walking corpse......
Without mentioning the greater blow Gao Qiang suffered from not finding his sister in the Guangdong Province census, Qin Jin heard great news again!
It had nothing to do with mutant zombies.
But good news about food!
Let's rewind the time a bit.
At a little after eight o'clock in the evening.
Qin Jin, who had just finished dinner with Zhao Ling and was flirting with her, suddenly received a call from Yuan Mu, the head of the planting department.
“President Qin! Good news! The magical cassava that Wu Qinuo brought back has finally yielded results!”
The magical cassava has yielded results!
Hearing this, Qin Jin's face lit up with joy. He didn't bother to be intimate with his girlfriend and went straight to the planting department to check the specific situation.
As soon as he arrived.
Yuan Mu, who had been waiting for a long time, led him through layers of security checks to a highly confidential special cultivation room in the planting department.
Wu Qinuo, of course, already knew that the base leader was coming. After seeing the person, he directly explained:
“After various experiments and cultivations on the cassava brought back last year, we have finally cultivated the kind of food crop we need!”
“A food crop that can adapt to acidic soil in the wild!”
Wu Qinuo was obviously excited, repeatedly emphasizing the emergence of this magical plant.
After he finished speaking, he continued to lead Qin Jin into the interior, came to a test field and continued to introduce:
“These are the special cassavas we have newly cultivated! These soils on the ground are acidic field soils transported back from outside before. Leader, look!”
With that, Wu Qinuo grabbed one of the green plants and pulled it out with force!
The soil cracked, and a plant with a large lump of tubers at the bottom was brought out by him on the spot!
He wiped the mud off the tubers with his hands before handing them to Qin Jin for a closer look.
It was indeed cassava.
It was not much different from the ordinary cassava he had seen before, with a large tuber with a yellowish-brown skin under the leaves.
Qin Jin didn't mind the mud on it. After taking it, he weighed it in his hand and it weighed at least three or four pounds!
“President Qin, we spent a total of three months cultivating this cassava to its current state! We have tested that the starch content of the same batch of cassava has completely reached the edible standard! And after various tests and cooking, it has reached a non-toxic and edible level!”
“And we have done special treatment according to your requirements. These cassavas cannot be planted and bear fruit using tubers and branches, and need to use our specially treated divisions to germinate and bear fruit!”
“That is to say, this cassava has been cultivated by us into a unisexual plant that can only bear fruit once!”
“Even if people outside get this plant, they can only grow one fruit at most. Later, if someone wants to continue to use the original plant to repeatedly cultivate and plant, they will find that the cassava grown will not bear fruit at all, but will only grow the leaves on the ground!”
Wu Qinuo gave a detailed introduction to this plant that he brought back and cultivated to meet the leader's requirements.
“That's not all!”
“Now these finished products already have the characteristics of cold and drought resistance! Even in extreme drought and cold, they will only lose the upper part of the soil and enter a dormant state. When the temperature returns to a suitable level for growth and there is water replenishment, the cassava buried in the soil will continue to grow!”
“After our tests, the finished cassava can adapt to a temperature range of minus 10 degrees to 50 degrees! Even in complete drought, it can survive for about 3 months!”
Yuan Mu adjusted his glasses and added from the side.
Fantastic!
Qin Jin looked at the seemingly ordinary plant in his hand with surprise in his eyes.
Without the explanation and introduction of these two plant experts, he would never believe that such a thing could be cultivated!
Awesome!
For a moment, he didn't know what words to use to describe the contributions of the two planting department backbones.
Core talent!
According to the cassava characteristics they mentioned, it is fully capable of being planted in the wild!
Even if all the soil outside has been eroded by acid rain, this improved super cassava can still be planted!
Green Source Base can find a new food source again!?
“When can this crop be promoted on a large scale!? How high is the degree of being cracked!? How many crops can be harvested in a year? Does the planting process require special care?”
He immediately mentioned several of the most concerned issues.
(End of this chapter)
