CHAPTER 662: CHAPTER 610 BARLEY GRASS VARIANT_3

Xichuan had now become the largest city in the Northwest, and North City truly excelled in agricultural construction, becoming an important national base for grain production seeds and grain and oil processing. Some polluting factories had quietly withdrawn, and as a populous country, China’s grain output had now stabilized as the first in the world, with related products also being exported widely both domestically and internationally.

The region boasted clear waters and lush mountains, with distinct seasons—snow fluttering in winter and cool, pleasant summers. Tourism had quietly picked up, even Qiao Family Team had now become a tourist attraction. Even a hot spring discovered in the mountains had been leased by Qiao Shengbao, who opened a hot spring resort, which was also doing particularly well.

He had married a girl from the Southern, who spoke in a gentle and soft manner, especially adorable.

Uncle Qiao’s health was good, and he securely held the position of general manager.

Qiao Qingyu and her son returned a few times every year, now the train’s speeds had been gradually increasing, what used to be over thirty hours had now been cut in half.

Flight options had also increased; traveling was nothing like it was in the eighties.

At this moment, Qiao Qingyu was driving her newly purchased car on a wide and smooth asphalt road.

Just now, Lu Ye had called her to report a mutant variety of Barley Grass that had sprouted on a hillside.

For Qiao Qingyu, this wasn’t necessarily a good thing, because the original seeds of this Barley Grass had been obtained in her Space Laboratory.

Even though this was actually a time loop, all the seeds involved were originally from Earth’s plants.

However, since a mutation had occurred, something must have gone wrong.

When she reached Yushu County to meet with Lu Ye, she unexpectedly found Chen Tianliang was also there. Now that Lu Ye had become a very important person in Xichuan, it wasn’t easy for him to make a personal appearance. Qiao Qingyu joked for a bit, and several experts accompanied them, as more than ten cars powerfully raced toward a region called Jiudao Ridge at the edge of the desert in Northern Xichuan.

Before setting out, Qiao Qingyu had called He Xiuyu and mentioned the variant Barley Grass; the pictures sent by Lu Ye had not revealed anything specific. Now being summer, the grass was lush and thriving, only the grass in the picture was particularly luxuriant with very wide leaves.

It was clearly different from the original Barley Grass, but He Xiuyu was busy and couldn’t join her on the trip. Still, he cautioned Qiao Qingyu to be careful, particularly to check the underlying soil; it wasn’t necessarily a change in the seeds or a sudden mutation, and it was very possible the soil there was different from other places.

Driving from Tenghai Research Base to Jiudao Ridge, the road was wide and flat asphalt all the way; even the winding parts were not difficult to navigate, just requiring a bit of a slowdown. It was about a six-hour drive to Jiudao Ridge.

Qiao Qingyu set out early in the morning, and by noon, everyone briefly stopped to eat something before continuing their drive forward.

Somehow, in the middle of his busy schedule, He Xiuyu suddenly felt restless. He put down the lab equipment in his hands, hesitated not at all, and grabbing his car keys, he too sped toward Jiudao Ridge.

Now, the Space Device was stable and showed no anomalies; Qiao Qingyu underwent an annual medical checkup and her health had no problems.

But that didn’t mean He Xiuyu could completely relax; in his view, it was imperative to terminate this time loop.

For this Space Device, its cyclical mission had been fulfilled; now, it only needed to be well preserved, serving as a vast repository for Earth’s plant species.

After using the seeds in the Space Device, it had now been refilled completely.

Moreover, the laboratory inside the Space Device had been perfectly replicated by He Xiuyu, and now all the seed cultivation equipment used in agricultural bases throughout Huaxia had been developed by Tenghai Research Base.

They exported annually, but only to countries with good relations with ours.

Some countries hostile to us had tried in vain to replicate the setup, and so far, they had not succeeded in their research.

Today, we had also started a practice of technological monopoly, making it impossible to obtain our technology, and since equipment production was limited annually, this behavior greatly irritated others, yet they were powerless to do anything about it.