NOVEL NEXT Chapter 290 Simulation: Umbrella Corporation_3
Aike was well aware of that too, but in front of Su Jie and Zhang Manman, he naturally played the part of being a bit more pitiable in this respect.
Zhang Manman just smiled it off.
She was aware of some of the specifics since the Zhang Group and Umbrella Corporation were cooperating; she was not going to be misled by a few words from Aike.
However, Su Jie asked, "So, what results have come from the research?"
Aike called over a researcher, who was holding a stalk of white rice in his hands.
"This is the fruit of our research—Spirit White Rice!"
The researcher adjusted his slipping glasses, his voice trembling.
The frenzy in him could be sensed clearly, even through the lenses.
"Aside from the color being white, it's no different from ordinary rice," Zhang Manman spoke bluntly, "You wouldn't happen to be enticing attention simply by changing the color, would you?"
"How could you say that?!"
The researcher was furious, as Zhang Manman's words amounted to a denial of their hard work.
"I'll prove it to you!"
He carefully plucked a grain of the white rice from the stalk, shelled it, and revealed a translucent white rice grain inside, sparkling like a diamond.
Besides, there was a faint fragrance in the air, refreshing and heartening.
"Clap clap!"
Zhang Manman clapped her hands and praised, "It's no less than the Taiji rice."
"It's surpassed it!"
The researcher was wildly arrogant about his research, "How could this gem, cultivated with the world's most essence-filled fertilizer, be compared to the merely enhanced photosynthetic Taiji rice?"
Zhang Manman snorted internally.
Surpass Taiji rice?
Wishful thinking.
Her comment just now was merely flattery, she could tell just by smelling it that the rice was nutritionally inferior to Taiji rice.
As for the "most essence-filled fertilizer," Zhang Manman scoffed even more.
The primary mode of plants storing energy is photosynthesis.
Fertilizer?
It could only play a supportive role in plant growth at most, ensuring that plants are not lacking in various trace elements and creating optimal conditions for fruiting in a relatively healthy state.
"Actually, this Spirit White Rice does have some flaws, that being not enough fertilizer, making large-scale mass production impossible," Aike admitted what he thought was a modest shortcoming of the Spirit White Rice.
The researchers beside him did not say anything.
"So, what is the fertilizer then?"
Su Jie pinched a grain of Spirit White Rice, gently squeezing it. It felt a bit soft, not as hard as uncooked Taiji rice which was as tough as a diamond.
He squeezed harder.
Plop~
A liquid flowed out from inside.
This liquid, like Jadescent Nectar, emanated an even more refreshing fragrance.
Su Jie sensed the purity within it.
While not as nutritious as Taiji rice, this Spirit White Rice gave Su Jie a feeling of holiness, almost ninety-nine percent liquid energy.
This liquid energy, when exposed to the air, quickly dispersed as if it had never existed.
Aike also picked up a grain of Spirit White Rice, smiled lightly, "This is one of Umbrella's secrets, I can't just tell you, unless you're willing to join Umbrella."
Su Jie put down the Spirit White Rice in his hand and didn't ask further.
Aike didn't push it either, and instead took Su Jie and Zhang Manman to see the other experimental products...
In a blink of an eye, three hours had passed.
Aike arranged two bedrooms for Su Jie and Zhang Manman, then took them to the cafeteria, and said afterward, "Both of you, you are allowed to look around everywhere here, except for the areas marked with a red triangle. I have other matters to attend to, so I won't be accompanying you."
"Remember!"
"Places marked with a red triangle contain Umbrella's secrets. You must not go there, okay?"
Zhang Manman waved her hand, "Don't worry, we won't go."
Aike seemed to heave a sigh of relief, jokingly saying, "Good, otherwise, I'd become a corporate traitor who leaked secrets and I'd be infamous in the media for betraying the company I'm supposed to inherit in the future."
"Also, if you want to leave, just call me on the phone; there's a landline in your bedrooms."
"Of course, if you'd like to stay, I'd also be very pleased."
"Well then, I hope you enjoy your time here."
After Aike left, Zhang Manman asked, "So, shall we go 'visit' the places with the red triangle marks?" Content sourced from MV4LEMPYR – My Virtual Library Empire.
"You decide."
Su Jie was well aware that the so-called prohibited areas were the true heart of this underwater headquarters.
"Let's spend the next few days figuring out the full layout here, so we don't get lost when the time comes," Zhang Manman made up her mind, "Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated."
...
Umbrella Corporation Headquarters.
President's conference room.
Knock knock knock!
There was a knocking at the door.
"Come in."
A calm voice called.
The door opened, Aike walked up to the conference table, pulled out a chair, and slowly sat down, "I have arranged everything for them, dad. This is the first time we've been so close to a Ming Lun student. We must find a way to obtain their DNA!"
In the past, they also had contact with Ming Lun students, but whenever they had tried to invite them over, they were rejected, and quite a few of the Ming Lun students even thought about reporting them.
"My son, how can you be sure they aren't here to probe our reality?"
The silver-haired old man sitting across from Aike spoke, his voice strong. When he spoke, the wrinkles on his forehead resembled the folds of volcanic rocks or squirming maggots, twisted and utterly repulsive.