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Chapter 485 The Underground Private Botanical Garden, Accessible Pager

The elevator was a bit crowded with nearly ten people standing in it.

But nobody wants to wait for a second trip.

After the doors closed, the elevator descended rapidly.

From the second floor above ground to the third floor below ground, a height of five floors, Jiang Hanying had just swallowed the grapes she had thrown into her mouth before entering the elevator when her feet stopped, and she came to a halt in her descent.

As the elevator doors slowly opened, several pairs of eyes couldn't help but look out with curiosity.

Upon seeing the scene outside, Que Lu exclaimed in astonishment at his ignorance!
Once the elevator doors were fully open, the waitress stepped out first, then turned around and thoughtfully blocked the automatically closing doors with one hand, while gesturing "please" with the other.

“This floor is our boss’s private botanical garden, which is not open to the public, but Ms. Jiang and your friend are an exception.”

However, the few people who heard this sentence again did not feel particularly honored by this exception.

The more this is the case, the more valuable what the other party is asking for.

Imagine this: I'll give you unparalleled, even more prestigious treatment than I would give myself; all you have to do is give yourself to me.

This is the most blatant attempt at sweet talk.

Jiang Hanying lowered her head and tapped the child standing in front of her on the head.

The child immediately turned around and looked up.

Jiang Hanying moved the plate aside and met his gaze. "Botanical Garden, are you sure?"

Could this laboratory really be hidden inside this pile of plants?

If that's really the case, then all she can say is: You really know how to have fun!
The child stared wide-eyed and nodded earnestly.

"alright."

"This botanical garden contains tens of thousands of rare plant species, including nearly a hundred endangered species, and their growing environments span cold, temperate, and tropical zones..."

When the waitresses, including Jiang Hanying, paused during the introduction, they said, "We'll tour ourselves, you go and do other things."

The waitress nodded readily. "Then I won't disturb you all exploring on your own." As she spoke, she took out a silver-white metal object that looked like a wireless earphone case from her pocket and handed it to Jiang Hanying. "This is an accessibility call device. If you need anything here, or if you're ready to leave after your visit, just press the button on this and I'll come right away."

Jiang Hanying held a plate in one hand and a handful of grapes in the other, looking down at the thing handed to her. Before she could even put the grapes in her mouth and free her hand to take it, a hand reached out from the side and took the pager first.

Li Chengxiao, facing the gazes of everyone, stroked the small, slightly cool and heavy object he had just acquired, then calmly put it into his pocket.

Li Jingmo, watching from the side, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and pout.

Seeing this, the waitress didn't say anything, leaving behind the words "Have a good time, everyone," before turning back into the elevator.

Once the person left, everyone immediately relaxed a little.

It's impossible to completely relax in this place.

Que Lu turned to look at Li Chengxiao's slightly bulging pocket. "That pager, are you really planning to keep it on you all the time? Or should you just leave it here for now?"

Li Chengxiao took out the pager again. He had only had time to touch the material when he first got it, and now he had time to examine it carefully.

It has a flat oval shape with a smooth curve and a slightly frosted feel. Apart from the slightly bulging button in the center, there are no gaps to be seen.

Jiang Hanying reached out her hand to touch it, but found nothing.

Li Chengxiao dodged behind him, gesturing to the grapes she hadn't finished eating, "Finish eating before you touch them, don't get your hands dirty."

Fine, I won't touch it then!

Inside one of the cars parked in the parking lot outside Lan Palace, Que Zhiyun was still trying to contact the other people inside.

Just two minutes ago, all signals inside the Lan Palace were cut off almost simultaneously, catching her completely off guard.

"Why isn't it working?"

"Still can't connect. What's wrong with me?"

Just as she was about to burst into tears, the laptop screen, which had been flashing blue light, suddenly went dark and then lit up again, followed by a somewhat piercing electrical sound coming from her headphones.

Ignoring the crackling sound in her head from the electric current, Que Zhiyun stared unblinkingly at the image that suddenly appeared on the computer screen and eagerly asked, "Hey, Mom, can you hear me? Where are you?"

Zhu Heng suddenly heard her daughter's voice and quickly replied, "I can hear you. We're still inside Lan Palace, but we're on the third basement level. The signal might be bad underground."

"No, the signal is very strong now, and I can even see the transmitted images. But your signal suddenly dropped completely just now, which scared me to death."

Zhu Heng could hear the lingering fear in her daughter's voice. After thinking for a moment, she said, "We were in the elevator just now, so it must be because we were in the elevator. Wait, you said you could see the images?"

"Yeah, after the signal was restored, we can not only communicate but also see the screen, which wasn't possible before. I'm using your perspective right now, why are there so many plants here?"

Hearing her daughter's words, Zhu Heng couldn't help but look around. "This floor is said to be the private botanical garden of the owner of Lan Palace. Does that mean that private properties don't have restrictions on electronic photography? Or..."

She looked back at the pager that had been transferred to her husband's hand.

"Xiaoyun, wait a minute, Mom is going to do an experiment."

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked inside.

Que Bingchen turned his head and saw his wife walking away. Just as he was about to follow, he was stopped in his tracks by a voice saying, "Just stand there and don't move!"

As she walked, Zhu Heng asked into her earpiece, "Xiao Yun?"

"Xiaoyun, can you still hear and see on your end?"

"Yes, but the signal, which was good, seems to have deteriorated again."

After walking a few more steps, he asked, "Now? Hey, Xiaoyun? Yunyun?"

Now you can't even hear the stuttering echoes in your headphones.

Zhu Heng quickly walked back, and when she was about three meters away from her husband, she heard her daughter's clear voice again, "Mom? What happened just now?"

“Mom probably knows what happened.” Zhu Heng said, staring intently at the so-called accessible pager in her husband’s hand. It shouldn’t be called a pager; it should be called a signal booster. “The girl who brought us down just now left us a pager that she said could be used to call her. I now suspect that it was this pager that restored the signal and the picture.”

Her last sentence was an explanation to her daughter waiting outside, as well as to the others present.

Que Bingchen couldn't help but glance at the pager he was about to hand back, and now he finally understood what his wife had been doing.

"Then you really need to carry this with you at all times."

“Take it with you,” Zhu Heng nodded. “I just tried it. There’s a signal within three meters, but it’s not so good beyond three meters, and there’s no signal at all beyond that. This botanical garden is quite large, and there are plants everywhere, making it like a maze. Xiaoyun can help us generate a map of the botanical garden based on the images transmitted to her and the routes we’ve taken.”

Upon hearing this, Que Zhiyun patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me. This is the first time I've ever seen a botanical garden built underground."

She can essentially travel through this rare botanical garden virtually with everyone by staying in one place!

The scene in the botanical garden also appeared on another screen.

Li Zhi stood quietly in front of the life-sized screen, holding a glass of red wine. She watched the figure on the screen holding a twig she had casually broken off and standing by the hot spring to reach for the lotus pods in the water. She couldn't help but clench her wine glass again, her slender fingertips turning white from the force.

She wouldn't even touch a single leaf when she occasionally passed by the botanical garden, but Jiang Hanying was quite different. As she walked along, she practically devoured every edible fruit that grew on the surrounding plants!
Even though she had been told long ago that she had to abandon Lan Palace, and that this enormous botanical garden would definitely be impossible to move, seeing it being ruined right before her eyes still... broke her heart!

Stop it!