Chapter 1186: Tiger Urine and River Moss Grass Cultivation

She had indeed been pining to become a pet poop-scooper last year, but the poop she wanted to scoop wasn't big-cat poop...

Her idol used to always complain that she was obsessed with Ma Feng's poop, but she never expected that the herb her idol was obsessed with actually grew in a blind tiger's toilet...

Zhang San looked at Xia Qing, who was grinning from ear to ear, and asked coldly, "What are you thinking?"

Xia Qing immediately responded with a solemn expression, "Third Brother, tiger urine can be synthesized artificially, right?"

Zhang San shot Xia Qing a look, then answered, "We've already simulated the ratio of urea, uric acid, creatinine, and inorganic salts contained in the sample's root soil in the cultivation room, but we still can't cultivate the evolved purple flower. The next step is to use artificially synthesized evolved tiger urine for cultivation research."

Xia Qing had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her idol's expression that looked like he wanted to knife her. She immediately discussed professional matters with her idol, desperately trying to make up for it. "Third Brother, is the difficulty of artificially synthesizing evolved tiger urine very high?"

Logically it shouldn't be—her idol is a big shot standing at the top of the pyramid.

Zhang San pulled a long face. "Artificially synthesizing the pheromones in evolved tiger urine, besides requiring in-depth research into their specific components, also carries ethical and legal risks."

This... did the ethics video cover this?

Probably not...

But even if she couldn't recall this knowledge point, Xia Qing knew the dangers of artificially synthesizing pheromones. "Third Brother, are you afraid the pheromones you synthesize will be misused?"

As for the pheromone videos, Xia Qing had watched them many times with the Broken-Waist Wolf and had explained them to it many times, so the impression was very deep.

Pheromones are chemical substances secreted by animal glands and excreted from the body through urine. These chemical substances play an important communicative role among animals, conveying information including an individual's movement trajectory, hormone levels, health status, gender, and territorial boundaries.

The pheromones of different individuals and different tiger species all have obvious subtle or obvious differences. For example, the pheromone differences between the tiger group in this area and the tiger group in another area are similar to the differences between human language dialects.

If humans mass-produce large-beast pheromones, once an accident occurs or they are deliberately spread, it will trigger serious consequences.

For example, the blind tiger is a young, strong female tiger. If humans plant evolved purple flowers over a large area requiring irrigation with evolved tiger urine, the strong pheromones emitted from this plot of land, once the scent-isolation measures are not properly done, will attract evolved bear-tigers.

Xia Qing comforted her idol, who was in a very bad mood. "Third Brother, you keep researching first. If we confirm that the evolution of this herb is related to tiger pheromones, we won't promote its cultivation. I'll continue searching in the Evolution Forest. Even if I can't find a better herb, the efficacy of the special antibacterial and hemostatic agent you're currently offering in exchange is already sufficient."

Sufficient? Human evolution speed lags far behind that of Blue Star organisms, especially microorganisms.

As the person in charge of a P3 laboratory and a top-tier domestic medical expert, Zhang San bore too many responsibilities. He had moved to the edge of the Evolution Forest precisely to study the Evolution Forest ecosystem up close and discover evolved organisms that could be utilized by humans.

Any natural evolved herb that had inhibitory and killing effects on advanced evolved pathogenic bacteria and viruses held extremely significant research value for Zhang San and had to be studied around the clock.

In an unforeseeable future, once such pathogenic bacteria or viruses underwent sudden large-scale evolution, the medicine made from this natural evolved herb could save hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of human lives.

Therefore, the most important thing right now is to confirm whether the evolution of this high-quality herb is positively correlated with the pheromones in tiger urine. After confirmation, we can then consider whether to cultivate it artificially or collect large quantities of wild herbs.

Zhang San's brain spun rapidly. After making up his mind, he swiveled his chair, pulled out the file folder behind him, and took out a not-too-thick document. "The Yi-evolved River Moss Grass you discovered in Mountain Area 22 at the end of August has been confirmed to be cultivable on a large scale in that body of water. This is the cultivation plan."

Xia Qing took it with both hands, her eyes shining, and asked, "The Yi-12 contained in River Moss Grass can enhance cell activity and division ability. Third Brother, if we mass-breed this grass, the medicine made from it would be an immortality drug, right?"

Zhang San shot Xia Qing a look, too lazy to answer such a stupid question. "What kind of large beast's territory is that mountain area?"

Xia Qing immediately answered, "It's the territory of the southern wolf pack—the pack that the old wolf we went to the evolved tiger territory to collect data from today belongs to. The current leader of that wolf pack is a green-eyed she-wolf, a brain-domain evolver."

Good that it's a wolf pack's territory. "Read the plan carefully. If it's feasible, I'll report it to the base and implement it according to this plan. If it's not feasible, you formulate a more workable plan within 24 hours and send it to me."

"Understood." Just as Xia Qing put away the document and prepared to take her leave, her idol spoke again.

"Deng Yufeng called you and said her claim that she couldn't resist using her own blood to save people isn't rigorous. To be precise, the exposure of her ability was the consequence of her own decision-making error."

Hearing her idol take the initiative to mention Fire Phoenix, Xia Qing immediately sat up straight and listened carefully.

"In the second year of the Catastrophe, Deng Yufeng decided to use her ability to obtain better survival conditions. The trading partner she chose was the then captain of Hui-1's first combat team—the Arbiter Team. Deng Yufeng seized the right moment, used her ability to save the poisoned captain of that team, and smoothly joined the team. Relying on her outstanding personal ability, she quickly became one of the vice-captains of the Arbiter Team."

"Third Brother, where did you get this information? I only know that the Arbiter Team was the predecessor of the Blaze Team." Her idol was really amazing; Yang Jin and Xin Yu didn't know any of this.

Zhang San shot her a look and continued, "When someone rises, someone naturally falls. The person squeezed out by Deng Yufeng accidentally discovered her ability and sent her into an underground laboratory. Recovery evolution is a rare evolutionary ability. After entering the laboratory, Deng Yufeng was classified as a Level-1 experimental subject and received the best treatment of all experimental subjects."

"During that period, Deng Yufeng established relationships close to friendship with some researchers, including Shan Ying, and gained a certain degree of participation rights in experimental projects."

That was indeed impressive. Xia Qing no longer interrupted her idol and listened carefully.

"Deng Yufeng agreed to use artificial insemination to conceive the next generation of recovery evolvers in exchange for her own freedom. Just as this project was about to enter the implementation stage, Shi Jiaran, a recovery evolver with a higher evolution level than her, was sent into the laboratory."

"Shi Jiaran was classified as a Level-1 experimental subject, and Deng Yufeng became a Level-2 experimental subject. The experimenters began using her to test the limits of recovery evolution ability. This is what Deng Yufeng meant by 'the 155 days locked on the operating table.'"