章 36: Professor Han

Seeing Xiu Wu pointing at vegetables and fruits with a dumbfounded expression, Ji Yang said with a smile: "We are very curious about the seeds, so we tried to grow them. Who knows that there are so many varieties of seeds in this seed shop. Fortunately, we are already done checking every seed."

After he said that, Zhu Lin put all the seeds back into the Qiankun bag and said, "That is the last one."

Tan Wei nodded to her and said, "You have worked hard. You should have some rest now."

Zhu Lin nodded, walked to the side with Tu Tu following her, and sat cross-legged on the ground. She also felt tired after growing so many seeds. Although she only needs a little spiritual energy to activate the formations every time, it still consumes a lot of stamina and spiritual energy to check every bag of seed.

Seeing that Zhu Lin had closed her eyes with Tu Tu sleeping on her lap, Xiu Wu walked up to his two friends, who were happily sorting out the fruits and vegetables.

"Xiao Wei, did you trick her?" Xiu Wu asked, while picking up an apple and taking a bite.

Hearing what he said, Tan Wei became unhappy, and said, "Hey, Lao Xiu. How can you say that? I didn't deceive Xiao Lin, and she also wants to check the seeds. Since we helped her, she thanked us by giving us this."

Xiu Wu knew the characters of his two friends very well, so he didn't say anything when he heard Tan Wei's words. After eating the apple, he looked around and asked, "You grow some fruit too. Where are the fruit trees?"

"I put those fruit trees in my space. We don't have any planting pots or soil to grow them now. If I don't store them in my space, those trees will die." Ji Yang replied calmly, while his hands didn't stop moving.

Xiu Wu thought for a while and said, "There should be a shop selling soil and planting pots nearby. We can go and collect some later."

Tan Wei nodded and added: "We still need to find some nutrient solutions and fertilizers. It would be a pity if the fruit trees die due to lack of nutrients later."

Seeing that there are still a lot of vegetables and fruits that need to be sorted, Xiu Wu sat down and said, "You two go and get some sleep. I will sort these up and Lao Yang can put them in space after he wakes up later."

Hearing what he said, both Ji Yang and Tan Wei suddenly felt tired. Tan Wei yawned and said, "Then I will leave the rest to you."

Ji Yang also felt tired and sleepy. He stood up, put the vegetables and fruits that had sorted into his space, and said, "Call me when you're done."

"Mhm."

Seeing that Xiu Wu had already started sorting the vegetables and fruits, Ji Yang walked away, took out his sleeping bag and lay down. The moment he closed his eyes, Ji Yang fell asleep. Not long after, Ji Yang's even breathing and Tan Wei's deep snoring came. Xiu Wu glanced at them, shook his head, and continued to sort the vegetables and fruits.

After several hours, Xiu Wu finally finished sorting the vegetables and fruits. Before he could wake Ji Yang up, gunshots rang out from outside.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"What happened?!" Tan Wei woke up immediately when he heard the gunshot.

Seeing that everyone was awake including Zhu Lin and her rabbit, Xiu Wu ran downstairs while saying, "Lao Yang, put away those vegetables and fruits."

Ji Yang and Tan Wei were stunned for a moment, then stood up quickly.

"I will go and have a look too." Tan Wei said, and ran downstairs chasing after Xiu Wu.

After Ji Yang put the sleeping bags, vegetables and fruits into his space, he said, "Xiao Lin, let's go."

Zhu Lin and Tu Tu were already waiting for him, and they hurried downstairs. When they came down, they saw Xiu Wu and Tan Wei opened the door slightly and looked out from the crack.

Ji Yang walked up to them and asked in a low voice: "What's the situation?"

"It seems that a group of soldiers was escorting someone, but was ambushed by another group." While Xiu Wu explained, he didn't take his eyes off those people on the outside.

Ji Yang nodded, and then looked out through the crack of the door, while Zhu Lin and Tu Tu looked at each other for a moment, then followed them to look out through the crack of the door.

Not far from the warehouse where they were, twenty soldiers were fleeing, and they were protecting an old man in the middle of the group.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Captain! They are coming!" A soldier shouted as he fired back at their pursuers.

The captain is a man in his thirties who looked serious. Seeing that they were at a disadvantage, he calmly said, "Team B, escort Professor Han back to the base. Team A, follow me."

"Yes, Sir!"

The soldiers quickly divided into two teams. One team escorted the old man away, and the other team stayed behind to fight their pursuer.

Ji Yang looked out from the door, and suddenly said, "Hey, I know that old man!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at him, and he said, "He is Han Dinghe. A scientist who has created a new rice variety that can grow in salty water. He is very famous. Last year, he even won a Nobel Prize for that rice variety."

After he said that, Xiu Wu pointed to the captain and said, "I have seen that person in the base before. If I'm not wrong, he is the captain of the Special Forces team."

Tan Wei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that the military is already looking for a solution to the food shortage problem? If they even sent the special forces to escort him, then Professor Han must be a very important person for the base."