Chapter 569: Chapter 172: Unexpected Surprises and New Orders (3)

Bai Fu chuckled, "Okay." It was because Su Xiaocai was so practical that she followed her to work.

Regarding the hospital’s collaboration model, she wanted to first communicate with the military hospital, as they would definitely need it, and she was offering a significant discount.

However, she hoped the pricing would be standardized for everyone outside, providing breathing space without escalating costs.

Su Xiaocai nodded, "Next item."

"Some users have suggested adding a dynamic skin function to the mechanical arm."

Su Xiaocai: "???"

"Isn’t it already capable of changing based on overall skin tone? What more is needed?"

"They mean if it can be customized to turn black, blend with the environment, or resemble tattoos." Bai Fu found those soldiers adorable; they couldn’t have tattoos, but the mech arms could have them—instant skin change, very cool.

"The last point is the focus, right?" Forever young at heart, Su Xiaocai agreed, "Alright, if the client has a request, we should fulfill it, but skin changing will be charged."

Bai Fu’s smile grew even brighter, "Thanks for your hard work."

Finally able to log off, Su Xiaocai went downstairs, fell on the bed, and slept until noon. After getting up, she rolled back upstairs to continue the experiment, and three hours later, she strolled into the fields.

The fields she had leased were already planted, some areas were for seedlings.

The seedlings needed to sprout in cultivation pots before being transplanted when they had two or three leaves.

After two days of transplanting, the green leaves stood upright, indicating that soon there would be fresh vegetables to eat.

With the weather cooling down, Blue Star would soon enter winter, so she could only plant short-harvest crops.

Of course, she wouldn’t miss out on such a good land; wheat would definitely be planted.

After inspecting various plant conditions, Su Xiaocai discovered an ant nest in one spot, which might prove the ecosystem was recovering, and everything was progressing in a favorable direction.

Su Xiaocai suddenly missed the anteater, but sadly, this planet had none.

After identifying the ant nest species, she determined it wasn’t overly invasive and didn’t intervene.

She instructed the robots to monitor it, ensuring there wouldn’t be too many ant nests.

Then she went to the field where the Blue Gold Healing Mushrooms were planted, stunned to find they had grown.

Have there been thunderstorms lately? There were only a few showers, right?

Looking at the sky, Su Xiaocai saw a few thin clouds drifting in a clear and refreshing sky.

She glanced around and quickly noticed many Mang Blood surrounding them, yet their growth was mediocre, and they hadn’t bloomed.

Could they coexist with Mang Blood as companion plants? Or perhaps Insect Man’s blood on the ground provided nutrients favored by the Blue Gold Healing Mushrooms.

Unintentionally nurturing willow trees into shade, Su Xiaocai felt like the chosen one in the gardening world.

The school had actually successfully cultivated Blue Gold Healing Mushrooms.

However, after generations of cultivation, those mushrooms underwent some mutations and were less vibrant than what she saw.

Delighted, Su Xiaocai snapped a photo and sent it to Professor Li and her senior.

[Professor Li]: Xiao Su, when are you coming back?

[Wenwen]: I think you need an assistant, let me be the assistant. With Blue Gold in hand, my thesis is secured.

Su Xiaocai laughed heartily, replying, "I can’t return for now, or you can come to Blue Star. I have tickets to watch the competition."

The group chat was flooded with ellipses.

[Wenwen]: No, no, we’ll wait for you. The professor is of a certain age; don’t torture him.

Professor Li felt innocent; he always thought that having a youthful mindset kept one physically young too.

But he couldn’t go even if he wanted to; the term had started and he needed to teach a new batch of students.

Wenwen informed Su Xiaocai many freshmen chose Agricultural College, with four classes in total, keeping the professor busy enough to delegate some courses to them.

"They’re all here for you." The juniors and sophomores are too naive; Su Xiaocai is already a big boss and isn’t so easy to see.

Previously, it was rare for them to see her, let alone now.

"I’ll return before exams, maybe graduate with you all."

Wenwen: "That joke isn’t funny at all."

"When have I ever lied?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Quite often." Wenwen blurted.

Everyone exaggerates when bragging.

When Su Xiaocai stopped sending messages, Wenwen became increasingly uneasy, realizing that previously blown high-up boasts were meant to reassure, whereas Su Xiaocai’s words might have always been truthful.

Lemon tree under lemon fruit, only I beneath the lemon tree.

Understand Xue Huiyi, empathize Xue Huiyi, don’t become Xue Huiyi.

Jealousy must be treated.

Wenwen silently consoled herself.

...

Slowly walking back to the house, Su Xiaocai pondered her next steps, then noticed two bouquets in front of the door.

She instructed a robot to pick them up, and upon opening them, saw no dangerous items inside, just flowers, and noticeable as wildflowers.

One was a riot of colors, completely vibrant flowers, slightly wilted after being on the ground for a while.

The other was well-arranged, with intentional water droplets sprayed, pink and pretty, small flowers bound with foxtail grass, cutely adorable.

"Who threw these here?"

Xiao Wanzi, responsible for security, peered out the window, "There’s another bouquet in the trash can." With a blink, more than a year passed, and Caicai was almost an adult. Why couldn’t those punks wait a bit longer? Are they so eager to mooch off someone?

Xiao Wanzi continued, "The one in the trash is from Yang Zhao. The ones at the door are from Squirrel and Big Demon."

"Do they have any messages?"

As the caretaker, no matter how annoyed, Xiao Wanzi fulfilled his duties.

Without hesitation, he read aloud the messages.

"Mr. Yang: I need to discuss something with you. Can we exchange contact numbers?" followed by a series of communication device codes.

"Squirrel: Xiao Susu, I’m your biggest fan. Can we have dinner together? I’m very obedient, passionate like a flower, can you reply to me? I’m waiting for you."

"Big Demon: Mua, my dear, brother wants a custom mecha. Sister, send me a reply, charge whatever you want, no haggling. Please private message on the platform account; always open for your backstage messages. If we can’t be siblings, let’s be friends."

Their messages, played from Xiao Wanzi’s recount, made Su Xiaocai’s expression awkward.

Xiao Wanzi: "Pah, pah, pah, those two guys in front have bad intentions, Caicai shouldn’t trust them."

"Hahaha, okay. Reply to Big Demon, saying he can come over to chat, no need for the others." Occasionally taking an order isn’t bad.

"Just ignore the other two."

Upon receiving the news, Big Demon was ecstatic, eager to break away.

But since they were training, protocol forbade leave under any excuse, so he replied that he’d go to her place tomorrow.

Su Xiaocai was unfazed, unlike Yun Ji, who was under pressure. They were soon competing, and securing customized mecha sales before the event would mean focusing better during the competition.

She patted the dirt off her clothes, showered, then went upstairs to see the experiment results.

Lately, she’s been conducting experiments on the destructive activation of Insect Men.

Insect Men possess rapid recovery abilities, similar to her superpower scenario, storing energy internally. However, they differ significantly in physical structure and genetics, hence cannot be directly equated, only referenced.

She personally ingests food for energy.

Insect Men could use multiple ways, their skin naturally absorbing energy, albeit slowly accumulating, while primitive energy is often maternal.

What Su Xiaocai wants to investigate now is whether there’s a substance capable of quickly releasing Insect Men’s stored energy.

She emitted qi sensing to devour energy, and wondered about Insect Men’s mechanisms?

Among the oils, there are new toxin bacteria that can cause Insect Men to release energy, albeit slowly, easily replenished with little food.