Chapter 1868

Seeing the evolutionary crystal orchid in the sample box whose broken part had changed from transparent jade color to black, Zhang San showed an expression of surprise and heartache, and directly called Zhang He, asking her to take the medicinal material away and keep it properly.

Then, Zhang San poured a glass of sugarcane juice for Xia Qing and asked kindly, "Is the location where this plant grows very difficult to reach?"

Xia Qing answered truthfully, "Yes, it grows in a mountain crack halfway up the mountain. The crack is over 200 meters long, the depth cannot be explored, and the width is about 20 centimeters. Third Brother, can this herb only be used directly as medicine?"

Her idol handed the herb to Zhang He instead of Zhang Tao, possibly because it was to be used directly as medicine. There is a price difference between herbs that can be cultivated and herbs that can only have effective ingredients extracted for medicine.

Zhang San patiently popularized the growth habits of this plant for this student who had a weak foundation and no time or mind to learn, "Crystal orchid has extremely harsh requirements for light, temperature, humidity, and soil pH. It only grows in cold, humid, and humus-rich areas. Moreover, it is a saprophytic plant; the plant does not contain chlorophyll and cannot perform photosynthesis, so it can only rely on special symbiotic fungi in the soil to help it decompose humus, and it absorbs nutrients from it. The moment it is dug out, the nutrient source is cut off."

That means it can only be used directly as medicine, Xia Qing regretted.

Zhang San could guess Xia Qing's thoughts at this moment, but he was powerless, "Evolutionary crystal orchid is indeed a very valuable herb, but our research institute is currently undertaking 3 national key research projects, 3 national general projects, 3 confidential research projects, and 5 cooperative projects with domestic and foreign institutions, and currently cannot spare manpower and funds to build a laboratory for artificial cultivation of this kind of herb."

Xia Qing immediately straightened her waist, "Understood, you just focus on the research at hand."

Zhang San nodded, "Gui 6 and Hui 10 have overcome the difficulty of artificial cultivation of evolutionary crystal orchid, but the laboratory cultivation cost of this plant is extremely high, and the yield is limited. Currently, the acquisition of this herb mainly relies on collection from the evolutionary forest. Is that mountain crack in the raptor territory or the bear troop territory?"

Xia Qing's task today was to check the task points of these two mountain regions and confirm that these areas had not sprouted high-level Aspergillus, so this herb must have been discovered in one of these two mountain regions.

Xia Qing answered truthfully, "Bear troop territory, Mountain 62 region."

Zhang San nodded, "The resources in the bear troop territory are quite rich."

The bear troop occupies the Mountain 61 to 67 region in the north of Hui 3 evolutionary forest. The area is not as large as the wolf troop, and the types and numbers of medium and large herbivores are not as many as in the wolf troop territory. But the bear troop territory has abundant water resources and a more complex climate environment, so the vegetation is denser and the species are richer.

The hot spring lake in the Mountain 67 basin is the breeding ground for Yi-snakes and grows several precious herbs; the rock cave under the second peak of Mountain 62 is home to evolutionary giant salamanders; the mountain crack under the third peak of Mountain 62 grows precious evolutionary herb crystal orchid, and there is also pink crystal ore!

There must be more high-value resources in the areas Xia Qing hasn't explored yet. After the Qiang rain, if she goes two more times with Dagua, the points for building the fortress might be gathered.

For these materials obtained from the bear troop territory, the bulk belongs to Dagua, and Xia Qing can only earn a middleman fee. But after she gets closer to the Bear King, she can collect directly in non-narrow areas, and for narrow areas, she can partner with Dagua to collect, or find Sixth Brother to rent a collection robot to collect.

If it goes well, after working for a month, Dagua's monkey assets can definitely reach over ten million. By then, Xia Qing can let it join the fortress she is going to build, and let its usage area in the fortress expand from a tree nest in the living room to a separate room.

Dagua is a monkey with taste, and it definitely wants to own a room of its own. After having a room, it definitely has to buy all kinds of household items...

Seeing the new human opposite show a Yang-like expression, Zhang San immediately reminded coldly, "Evolutionary crystal orchid is a precious and rare herb, and the ecological environment is extremely difficult to restore once destroyed. Don't drain the pond to catch the fish."

That's impossible. We are high-level evolutionary humans who can live to be 150 years old, and what we pursue is long-term sustainable development. Xia Qing grinned, revealing her little tiger teeth, "Don't worry, there are over thirty plants inside, I only dug the largest one, and the others are left."

Zhang San was curious, "How do you know there are over thirty plants? Is there a video of the collection process?"

Xia Qing shook her head, "No video, this herb was dug by Dagua crawling in, and it was also what it said. Don't worry, Dagua's 'Evolutionary Biology' and 'Evolutionary Forest Taoism' both scored 100 points. It knows the importance of protecting the ecological environment and won't damage other plants or destroy the ecological environment."

Zhang San looked at Xia Qing deeply for two seconds, and after making her hair stand up, he raised his hand to press his throbbing forehead and changed the subject.

"The extract of evolutionary crystal orchid has zero addictiveness, no tolerance, and perfect analgesic and sedative effects of targeted delivery. Adding it to 41-9 medicine can significantly improve its efficacy and reduce its side effects..."

41-9 is a new medicine being developed by Territory 7, and the main raw material is the evolutionary Sichuan moss Xia Qing discovered in the Mountain 22 region. When Guo Guo Qingbin just entered Territory 7, the one Zhang San was trying was this kind of medicine.

Facts have proved that the effect of 41-9 in relieving headaches is good, but the side effects are also very obvious—the test subjects have obvious physiological reactions such as accelerated heartbeat and increased blood pressure when hearing high-decibel sounds while taking the medicine.

If such obvious side effects appear in the research and development stage of a new medicine, if it were other research institutes, this research would be stopped and no more funds would be allocated.

Shortly after Guo Guo Qingbin was carried back to the Red 1 base, Mo Huaxi, who was responsible for investigating the sudden incident in Territory 7, submitted an incident report to the superior department.

The leaders of the superior department, out of care and love for Zhang San, hoped that he could think rationally and make decisions cautiously in the development of new medicines.

The base commanders of Hui 3 and Red 11 bases also called Zhang San one after another to ask about the situation of the new medicine. Although the two base commanders clearly stated that they would not interfere with the boss's decision-making power, they also tactfully expressed their concern for the boss to put himself first.

Only Xia Qing clearly put forward a request: before confirming that the side effects of 41-9 are significantly reduced, her idol is not allowed to eat this thing.

Now hearing that adding evolutionary crystal orchid will do, Xia Qing, a bone-level brain-dead fan, immediately stood up, "Is one plant enough? If not, I will take Dagua back to dig a few more plants now to solve your headache problem first."

If there is any medicine left, then cure the headache problems of Xin Yu and Yang Jin.

"Sit down!"

Zhang San, who was pressing his temples, glared at Xia Qing, and his head hurt even more. This new human's Taoism and biology hadn't been learned as well as a monkey's!

Xia Qing sat down honestly and explained patiently, "Third Brother, the ecological environment of that mountain crack is not too special. If you look carefully, you can definitely find similar ones, so digging a few more plants is not a big problem. After curing your headache symptoms, your quality of life and work efficiency can be significantly improved."

Zhang San rolled his eyes at the new human opposite, "If I open your skull and wash your brain, the number of my headaches can be reduced by 70%!"

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