Future Crystal Crown

For the next few days, Qiu felt very confused.

I really want to reject Haines directly, but I am worried that if I do that, it will annoy that person. Haines is so powerful, and Brother Fei Li's tree has not yet got pollen. It is really scary if Haines is offended at this time There is no way to clean up the back.

Qiu sighed inwardly, and looked up out of the window.I really want to discuss it with someone, but the window upstairs opposite is dark.The brothers are all out, and Rogge is not at the military headquarters.

Qiu had no one to discuss with and was afraid of being called to the office by Haynes again, so Qiu greeted Hawke, avoided the office, and took Xiaoshu to the research institute to find Tang Xiuluo.

Tang Xiuluo got an unattended warehouse on the other side of the laboratory building. His temporary laboratory was officially opened. Various newly arrived equipment were placed on the waste-to-do construction site. More than a dozen workers drilled in unison. , a busy scene everywhere.

Tang Xiuluo saw Qiu's eyes light up.

"You came just in time. I brought some trees here and let your trees act as a medium. Find out their conditions for me." Tang Xiuluo said to Qiu.

"Okay." Qiu led the little tree and walked over.

There are a few potted plants in the new sun room, which are as tall as one person, neatly trimmed, and slender.Qiu took a closer look at the trees. The crown, branches, trunk, and roots below were very complete.They are still in the form of trees and have not been made into wood products.It's just that they're too quiet to feel like it.

"Xiaoshu, is this your hometown?" Qiu asked Xiaoshu.

"It smells like it, but it doesn't look like it." Xiaoshu was also a little vague.

Qiu asked Tang Xiuluo. "Where did you find them?"

"In a ravine, there is an old resort. It has been abandoned for many years. It would not have been discovered if it hadn't been sprayed on a large scale. The killing company called me and I said I would send it over to have a look. I didn't expect to check the DNA. , It's really a centaur tree." Tang Xiuluo's eyes behind the lens sparkled.He will not let go of any useful things.

"Are they subspecies or mutated?" Yau asked.

"It's not a subspecies, I guess it's human intervention." Tang Xiuluo has been watching it for several days, and he has a clue in his mind.

"What's the purpose of artificially breeding it like this?" Qiu asked.

"It doesn't matter what it is used for. What I'm interested in is how they can activate these centaur trees during the dormant period. If we find the principle of activation, we can try in reverse and find a way to make the centaur trees completely dormant." Tang Xiuluo said.

"Well, let's start then." Qiu looked down at the little tree. "You have to figure out their identities, origins and growth process, understand?"

"Understood, but you have to agree on what to give me first." The leaves of the small tree turned upwards to form a palm.

"A box of potato chips?" Qiu understood what Xiao Shu wanted.

"Yes, but one box is not enough." The little tree shook the leaves on the branches.

"Another bag of French fries?" Qiu added.

"Not enough." Xiao Shu waved his "hand".

"You just cleaned up, you can't eat chicken legs anymore," Qiu said.

"Those three packets of potato chips." The little tree held up three branches.

"Okay." Qiu reluctantly agreed.

"I want it now." Xiaoshu said again.

Qiu was taken aback. "Ask you to do some work, why are you so busy? Are you really hungry?"

"I'm not hungry, I'm useful!" Xiaoshu said confidently.

Qiu rolled his eyes. "What is it for?"

"Of course it's bribing them. Even though I'm a fellow villager, I still need to be strategic. As soon as my image enters, I will be despised by them. If you don't give me some red envelopes, can I fool them just by talking?" Xiaoshu said.

"……"mound.

"What did it say?" Tang Xiuluo asked.

"It said it wanted some food to build relationships with people." Qiu helped Xiaoshu translate.

"Hmph, to make a relationship? You tell them, you are my sender, if they are disobedient, I will throw them to feed the bugs." Tang Xiuluo said to the little tree.

"Aww, okay, throw them to feed the bugs, throw them away now!" Xiaoshu cheered.

Qiu couldn't help kicking it, at least it was the same kind, so please don't act like a villain.

Tang Xiuluo smiled coldly: "It's the same with you, if you can't complete the task, I will throw you to feed the bugs."

"Karma?" Xiao Shu was immediately dumbfounded.

Tang Xiuluo opened the door and motioned for Xiaoshu to go in.

Xiaoshu hugged Qiu's leg and did not let go. "Don't go, you have to protect me, don't let him throw me to feed the bugs."

"You go, he won't, I'll buy you potato chips." Qiu comforted Xiaoshu.

"Hurry up. I'll wait for you." Xiaoshu walked in bitterly, then suddenly remembered something and turned around to come to Qiu, typing a lot of words.

Qiu was a little embarrassed: "It's not appropriate for you to drink there."

"But it's necessary for work. It's easy for me to get them drunk." Xiaoshu insisted.

Qiu glanced at Tang Xiuluo, and nodded helplessly: "I'll go and have a look, if there is one, I'll buy it for you."

"It must be fresh beer, I don't like anything else." Xiaoshu was happy now, and jumped into the glass room.

Tang Xiuluo went to watch the system records.Qiu came out to buy potato chips and beer for Xiaoshu.

He remembered that there was a vending machine downstairs in the classified reference room where he worked.There are all kinds of snacks in it.So Qiu walked over there.

The vending machine was still in the lobby on the first floor. Qiu chose two flavors of potato chips. The chips didn't forget to bring a small package of hot sauce for Xiaoshu.

Seeing that there was really fresh beer in the vending machine, Qiu hesitated.

Do you want to buy wine for Xiaoshu?

If you buy it for fear that it will get drunk, if you don't buy it, it will definitely be unhappy.

In the end, I decided to buy less, to make Xiaoshu happy without letting him get drunk.

So Qiu bought 2 cans.This amount of a few tree points should be okay.

As soon as Qiu turned around with his things in hand, he saw a group of people coming down from the elevator. The leader was Lieutenant General Wood, followed closely by Lieutenant Colonel Tom.

It was too late for Qiu to escape.I had no choice but to stand still and wait for them to pass.

But Tom sprang at him like a cat sees a mouse.

"Ah, it's not the end of the working hours. Lieutenant Cook is ready to have dinner. Haha, there is still beer." Tom exaggeratedly shouted, for fear of attracting others' attention.

Lieutenant General Wood came slowly, with a half-smile expression on his face. "Lieutenant, long time no see."

"Yes, Lieutenant General." Qiu watched Wood approaching in embarrassment.

"Young people should take good care of their health. Don't drink alcohol all the time. It's not good for your health." Lieutenant General Wood looked at the things in Qiu's hand with a caring and considerate expression on his face.

"Uh, sir, this is not for me to eat, it's for experimenting on horse trees." Qiu Jiong blushed.

"Oh? A centaur tree?" Lieutenant General Wood froze for a moment, as if he had suddenly realized something, then he thought about it, frowned and turned to look at Tom. "Hey, why did I remember that we promised the Centaur Race that we would no longer use the Centaur Tree for experiments? Did I remember wrongly?"

Tom hastened to listen. "Sir, you remember correctly, there are people here who have been breaking the contract."

"Oh, that's right." Wood looked at Qiu with a hint of reproach in his eyes. "What subject are you working on?"

"Plant language." Qiu didn't dare to tell the truth.

"All the plants can talk?" Wood looked at Qiu, not knowing why his face suddenly became ferocious.

Qiu frowned. "Not yet, just trying."

Wood thought for a moment, then looked at Yau. "Well, you go."

"Yes." Qiu hurried away.

Wood stood where he was, looking at Qiu's back and lost in thought. After a while, he looked at Tom and winked.

Qiu returned to the Sagittarius Lab and told Tang Xiuluo about meeting Wood.

Tang Xiuluo sneered. "Don't be afraid, I have the latest physical anti-theft doors here, unless they use explosives, you can't get in."

"What if Lieutenant General Wood insists on asking?" Qiu asked, he was a little worried, and he always felt that the sudden change in Wood's attitude seemed to be related to Xiaoshu.It seems that Wood dislikes little trees very much.

"Elson and Haynes agreed with you to raise your tree. If he has any objections, let him go to them." Tang Xiuluo was not worried at all.

"Then what if they don't let me raise it?" Qiu was still worried.

"Are they stupid?" Tang Xiuluo glanced at Qiu. "Your tree is the inner ghost. If you don't solve the problem of Sagittarius, you can't give up your tree. You don't have to worry about them, you just worry about your tree not supporting yourself. It's true."

"Oh." Qiu felt relieved.

Carrying things to find Xiaoshu in the glass room of Renmashu, Xiaoshu is still chatting with fellow villagers inside.

Tang Xiuluo pasted a series of sensors on the branches of the small tree.Made it really shine like a Christmas tree from top to bottom.

The little tree was talking to those trees triumphantly while making telegrams.

It translates what it said and what the other party said into codes, and then the sensor transmits the telegram codes to the system, and the system automatically translates them into human characters according to the codebook provided by Qiu.

Qiu went over to take a look, and he had already written a lot in various journals.Most of them are Xiaoshu's long-winded self-boasting plus gossip.

Those trees didn't talk much at first, and then they chattered endlessly.

Xiaoshu saw Qiu in the glass room, immediately left his fellow villager and ran towards the glass door.

"Delicious, delicious, why did you come back?" Xiaoshu knocked on the door.

Qiu walked over to open the door. "Something happened to me, so it's late."

"Have you bought me beer yet?" Xiaoshu asked impatiently.

"I bought it." Qiu opened the glass door and handed the bag directly to Xiaoshu. "Take it, it's all what you like to eat."

"Kaka, you are so kind. I love you!" The little tree kissed Qiu with a leaf, then happily put the plastic bag into her basket, turned her head and ran back.

"Don't forget to ask something serious." Qiu told Xiaoshu.

"I know, I know, you are really long-winded." Xiaoshu said.

After closing the door, Qiu went back to the recorder to carefully read the chat records.