Chapter 1628: Accessing the Hot Spring Water Quality Test Report

Regarding the basic situation of this valley, the experts of the inspection team had already heard Zhang Tang introduce it. So after everyone greeted Zhang Xun, they dispersed to look around, with only Zhou Fen from Red One Research Institute still standing in place.

Zhou Fen and Zhang Xun had worked together at the same research institute for nearly ten years; they were colleagues and also fairly good friends. The main purpose of Zhou Fen's application to Territory Seven this time was to visit this friend of hers, who had lost contact after joining Professor Fu Tianfeng's team.

Zhou Fen spoke first, solemnly asking Zhang Xun, who looked to be in good spirits, "Besides Zhang Xiaozhang and Zhang Xiaoli, does your research institute also have Zhang Dazhang and Zhang Dali?"

Zhang Xun laughed, "There's also Zhang Zhang and Zhang Li. If you join our research institute, you could use the code name Zhang Zhou, because you're the only researcher surnamed Zhou."

Zhou Fen also laughed, "I'll work hard for a few more years, try to produce a few presentable research results sooner, and then submit my application to Professor Fu."

Professor Fu's research team isn't something you can just join whenever you want.

Zhang Xun led her toward the small wooden cabin where she stayed, "After the inspection ends, what are your plans?"

"After completing the inspection project, if you're free on your side, I can take a few days of annual leave before heading back." Zhou Fen had never seen sunflower heads cut off and then stuck on poles to dry, so she stood by the field and observed carefully, "Is this Green-Light quality?"

The sunflowers' leaves had already begun to yellow and wither, so the quality could no longer be distinguished by leaf color alone. Zhang Xun answered, "All the crops in the valley are Green-Light quality. I'll submit an application later; once your inspection is over, you can stay in this valley for a few days. It's cut off from the Harmful Element, the temperature is pleasant, and the water quality is good too—very suitable for recuperation."

"It shows; your condition is far better than when you left Red One." Zhou Fen sighed, "But Professor Fu probably won't agree."

She hadn't expected Guo Qingbin's team to arrive three days early without even greeting Fu Tianfeng's team. Their arrogant behavior had angered this petty-minded big shot, which put Zhou Fen—who hitched a ride—on his blacklist too. She'd been here several days now and still hadn't been able to set foot through Territory Seven's main gate.

Zhang Xun laughed out loud, "If Third Brother doesn't agree, let's go hang out at Hui-Three Safe Zone. There's a hotel in the inner city with excellent dining and lodging."

Zhou Fen was surprised, "You can go to the Safe Zone too?"

To ensure the safety of core research personnel, every base's research institution set clear and strict limits on their range of activities. For core researchers to go out, they had to go through layers of approval and be accompanied by security personnel.

Zhou Fen wasn't a core researcher at Red One Research Institute, so she had relatively more freedom. Fu Tianfeng's research institute was a top-tier domestic P3 institute—by rights its management should be even stricter.

Zhang Xun nodded, his tone relaxed, "Our research institute has one day off every week. I'm not currently shouldering an important research project, so I can go out. When the time comes, we can go together with Xia Qing, take the Azure Dragon Squad's helicopter over, and hire a few high-level Evolvers from the Territory Alliance to protect our safety."

Zhou Fen turned her head to look at Xia Qing, who, like the special forces soldiers, wore a single-sided light-transmitting protective mask and carried a sniper rifle, and saw that one of the special forces soldiers next to her had peeled off the single-sided light-transmitting film of his protective mask, his face excited as he gazed at a patient lying on a hospital bed, sunbathing.

The patient lying there also recognized the person standing not far away, and slowly raised his arm in a salute.

This scene moved Zhou Fen deeply. Whether it was the Ninth Planting Center or here, this territory gave her a long-lost sense of "human warmth." Even though these people were disabled, some even bedridden and unable to get up, their mental state was better than that of many able-bodied people inside the Safe Zones.

The dispersed experts quickly confirmed that the Evolved Moss Grass was the most precious plant in this experimental area, and they all gathered by the hydroponic pool with its fast-flowing water, exchanging information with Territory Seven's researchers Zhang Xiaozhang and Zhang Xiaoli.

There were exceptions. Bai Liu's Bai Jiangxia and a researcher from Red Two were still standing by the aquaculture pool, buying local specialties; and a researcher from Red One University walked straight toward Zhang Xun.

Xia Qing, who had been keeping a close eye on this researcher, understood—the critical moment had arrived!

Of the first batch of inspection teams to arrive at Northern Zone One Territory, the one Xia Qing was most concerned about was the inspection team from Red One University. Because of the seven experts Red One University sent, four of their names had been bolded by her idol.

These four people were: Primate Research Expert from the School of Animal Conservation, Bioethicist, Same-Frequency Evolver Guo Qingbin; Insect Research Expert from the School of Plant Conservation, Intermediate Brain-Domain Evolver Hu Guangdong; Pharmacology Researcher from the School of Medicine, Intermediate Brain-Domain Evolver Yao Yuanxing; and Disaster Hydrogeology Expert from the School of Hydrology and Environmental Science, Advanced Brain-Domain Evolver Jiang Cheng.

The reason Jiang Cheng's name was bolded differed from the first three. The first three were suspected members of the Blue Blood Alliance and harbored strong exploratory intentions toward Northern Zone One Territory; Jiang Cheng was bolded because of his professional ability.

The reason Jiang Cheng was invited by Guo Qingbin to join the inspection team was precisely his solid professional ability. The research team led by Jiang Cheng was the top team in the country for exploring unpolluted water resources. During the ten years of the Calamity, they had already found six unpolluted water sources.

In other words, Jiang Cheng was the key figure in whether the unpolluted spring eyes within Xia Qing's territory would be exposed.

Jiang Cheng walked up to Zhang Xun and politely asked, "Teacher Xun, may I trouble you for a moment?"

Last night, Zhang Song had briefed her on the forms of address used between these experts and fellow scholars. So hearing Jiang Cheng's form of address for Zhang Xun, Xia Qing understood the two had known each other before, because he had chosen "Teacher Xun" rather than "Professor Xun."

Additionally, Xia Qing also understood that she should address her idol's senior sister as "Teacher Bai" rather than "Senior Aunt-Master Bai"…

Zhang Xun gave Jiang Cheng a slight nod and replied politely, "Please go ahead."

Jiang Cheng asked, "May I access the hot spring water quality test results from the valley?"

"You may." Seeing that both of her assistants were busy answering questions, Zhang Xun turned and entered the laboratory hollowed out of the mountainside, which had once served as a safe house for Zhang Ten and Little Eleven.

Xia Qing stood quietly at her defensive position without moving, her emotions and magnetic field showing no fluctuation over Jiang Cheng's accessing of key data, to prevent Class-C Magnetic Perception Evolvers or Brain-Domain Evolvers from gleaning information from her magnetic field or subtle body movements.

Bai Jiangxia, who had picked out twelve large hairy crabs, was also very interested in the water quality here and came over to wait and see the data. She speculated that Xia Qing's ability to cultivate X-2 spinach was directly related to the high-quality water source here.

Several other experts also came over, waiting to see the data materials Zhang Xun took out.