I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

The group enthusiastically divided the wild vegetables and set off for home.

Sun Meng and Li Lan carried the pig at the front, with the rest of the people following behind, all talking about the pig, their tone filled with envy.

"If I could hunt one like that, my wife would be so happy she couldn't sleep at night!"

Some people became envious and started forming groups to discuss going up the mountain specifically to hunt wild boars.

One overconfident individual boasted, "There's definitely more than just one pig on this mountain! If Jiang Meizi can find one, so can I!"

"Seriously, how come there are white pigs in these mountains?"

It's important to know that white pigs were domesticated breeds before the apocalypse and wouldn't appear in the mountains.

"Is that even a question? Of course, they're from domesticated pigs that roamed off from before the apocalypse..."

On her way back, Jiang Li ran into a group of people.

It was a group of people dressed in black uniforms, carrying guns.

But they weren't patrol troops; they were more like a guard team hired by a wealthy family.

"You bunch of useless people! I sent you out here, and you can't even handle this simple task!"

A beautiful, slender girl stood in the middle of the group. She had fair skin and was carrying a backpack. She was looking up at something on the cliff.

"Miss Xie, don't worry, let me try again to see if I can climb up!"

After he finished speaking, he began to climb the cliff with his bare hands, but he fell down after climbing only a few meters.

Jiang Li stared at them for a while, then couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What are you doing?"

Xie Luan turned her head and saw Jiang Li. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She curved her eyebrows and gave a friendly smile. "We are collecting evolution plants."

When Jiang Li heard "evolved plant," she immediately assumed it referred to a mutated plant.

"What are you collecting these mutated plants for?"

Xie Luan shook her head and explained, "It's not a mutated plant."

"The evolved plants I'm referring to are the new types of plants that evolved after the Red Rain, such as that Molten Light Grass."

Xie Luan pointed to a plant on the mountainside and asked Jiang Li, "Have you seen this kind of plant before the apocalypse?"

It was a plant with translucent leaves and a faint, dark red glow emanating from its stem.

Is this a molten light grass?

Jiang Li shook her head; she had never seen it before.

"Its predecessor was actually the small swamp orchid," Xie Luan said. "If you look closer, don't you think it looks a lot like a small swamp orchid?"

Jiang Li looked thoughtful, but what was embarrassing was that she didn't know what Kouma Ran was either.

But that doesn't mean she couldn't understand what Xie Luan was saying.

"So, you mean... the Molten Grass is a new type of plant that evolved from the Small Swamp Orchid?"

"That's right."

"Is that Melting Light Grass a mutated plant?"

What is a mutant plant? The sole criterion for determining whether a plant is a mutant is always—

Does it contain toxins?

"Contains toxins" = "mutation". Mutation will generate toxins.

"That's what's strange," Xie Luan said. "The Melting Light Grass is very special. So far, not a single Melting Light Grass discovered has been poisonous."

In other words, none of the molten grasses have mutated.

It is a new type of plant that evolved from the small swamp orchid and has a 100% resistance to mutation!

Jiang Li seemed to know why they were collecting the Melting Light Grass.

In her little brain, she immediately connected the anti-mutation seeds she had bought from the seed station with the Molten Light Grass!

She had never thought about how agronomists improved the resistance of seeds to mutation before, but now she vaguely understood.

"So you're collecting the Radiant Grass to study its seeds?"

Xie Luan nodded, "That's right. We have made significant progress in our research on the Melting Light Grass. It can be said that the current seed mutation rate has been reduced to 82%, all thanks to the Melting Light Grass."

Just as Jiang Li had expected.

Xie Luan sighed, "Unfortunately, evolved plants are very rare. They are too precious for research, and there are never enough samples."

Every year, the base sends out troops specifically to collect these evolved plants for research purposes.

That's exactly why Xie Luan is here.

But just now, their harvesting drone broke down.

Jiang Li glanced at their broken harvesting drone, then looked at the molten light grass growing on the cliff.

A height of over twenty meters.

She knows a little bit of light-footed martial arts; she could actually fly directly up there.

But flying up like that would probably scare people; light-footed skills aren't something that should exist in this world.

Jiang Li observed the cliff terrain on both sides and used modern rock climbing techniques to climb up.

She moved with great agility, climbing the cliff face effortlessly. Her hands seemed to be glued to the cliff, and just as she was about to touch the molten light grass, she grabbed the rock edge with one hand and spun around in mid-air.

One foot was on the edge of a 20-meter-high rock, with no safety measures in place...

Xie Luanren was stunned, her eyes wide open!

No.

Girl? Are you a gecko?

Jiang Li gripped the rock ridge with one hand, calmly picked the Melting Light Grass with the other, put it in her pocket, and then began to climb down.

The descent was even easier; Jiang Li slid down almost as if she were jumping off a building, leaving Xie Luan feeling like she was leaping off a building.

After jumping down, when Jiang Li handed the Melting Light Grass to Xie Luan, Xie Luan looked at Jiang Li and felt that she seemed to be radiating a layer of golden light. Xie Luan's eyes immediately lit up with starlight.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

"I really don't know how to thank you..."

Jiang Li: "It's very simple, just transfer some points to me."

It was just a casual remark, but Xie Luan took it seriously.

"How many?"

"Is ten thousand enough?"

Jiang Li opened her eyes wide, her heart pounding!

Ten thousand?

She scratched the back of her head, feigning modesty, "Ahem, this, this isn't appropriate, is it? It was just... a small favor."

Then, she quickly opened her watch to show the points code, afraid that Xie Luan would change her mind.

Xie Luan smiled.

I transferred 10,000 points over.

Jiang Li was unhappy when the money was transferred, feeling as if she had taken someone's money for nothing.

"Never mind, I'll give it back to you..."

Xie Luan shook her head, refusing repeatedly, "No need, no need to pay back! This Melting Light Grass is worth more than this on the market!"

As she spoke, she quickly hid her hands behind her back, afraid that Jiang Li would forcibly transfer the points back.

Jiang Li was skeptical. "It's just a blade of grass, is it really that valuable?"

Xie Luan: "I'm not kidding you. Go check it out yourself. An evolved plant sells for at least 10,000 points to a research institute."

"OK."

Now Jiang Li felt at ease.

Having earned 10,000 points, Jiang Li could barely contain her joy. This was her salary for four months of hard work at the weaving factory!

"Ahem, well, I'm leaving now. Take care of yourselves."

Back with the main group, everyone immediately surrounded them.

They heard it all clearly!

One blade of grass, ten thousand points!

"What kind of grass is so valuable?"

"Didn't you hear? It's for research!"

"That can't possibly be 10,000 per plant, can it? That's outrageous!"

"What's so exaggerated about that? Don't you know who she is? She's the eldest daughter of the Xie family, and not only that, Xie Luan is also a top-level researcher at the Agricultural Research Institute!"

"The Xie family has no shortage of points to spend, and the Agricultural Research Institute has even less shortage of points."

As we all know, agricultural research institutes are now the most important part of the base's research, and no amount of research funding is too much, since the biggest problem facing humanity today is the reduction in food production caused by seed mutations.

Not only at the Ninth Base, but also at the other major bases and even the Central Base, the positions at the Agricultural Research Institute are always the most coveted, more valuable than any other position, and are the place that all brain evolutionists would fight tooth and nail to get into.

Upon hearing that the girl surrounded by the guards was the eldest daughter of the Xie family, Su Xiao pursed her lips and ran quickly toward Xie Luan.

"Miss Xie!"

Hearing the voice, Xie Luan thought it was Jiang Li coming to find her again, and smiled. But when she turned around, she was met with an unfamiliar face.

Xie Luan's smile vanished instantly. "Who are you?"

"My name is Su Xiao. I wanted to ask..." Su Xiao pursed her lips and continued, "If I find the Melting Light Grass you mentioned, could I sell it to you?"

Xie Luan: "Okay."

Su Xiao smiled, "Then let's exchange contact information. I'll contact you as soon as I find it."

Xie Luan thought about it and then refused.

"If you find the Melting Light Grass, go directly to the research institute, explain the situation, and someone will take it. Besides, Melting Light Grass isn't easy to find; often, you can only find one or two in an entire mountain..."