Chapter 168: Large-Scale Eco-Tank Experiment
If it was really done by the wizards, then it was really a pity. How could such a good talent have fallen?
However, there was always a saying circulating in the Starshine Federation.
‘The people in the laboratory are all crazy.’
Although it was a joke, it was also a fact. When she had been caught and taken to the inspection team, she had met many people in blue lab coats who were pointing at the inspection team and cursing. Because those people had to do experiments and research, they would often disregard some things.
For example, catching wild animals, picking wild and rare plants, and some even captured people for experiments.
And the people from the inspection team couldn’t really do anything to them. After all, they were all high-end talents of the Federation. So they would usually send people to monitor them, or use drones to monitor them.
Only then would those talents know to restrain themselves a little.
Zhang Can’er shook her head and muttered, “I don’t know if she was forced to become a madman, or if her intelligence was too high and she was backlashed.”
When she went back, the tent had already been set up. And Zhuang Jiayuan had come back with a lot of unseen fruits. She put them on the ground and said with a grin, “I’ve never seen these things before, but they look so magical.”
“Look at this red fruit. It’s actually glowing inside. You should take off your glasses and take a look. It’s very beautiful.”
After Zhang Can’er took off her glasses, she saw the faint blue light clusters flying in the air. In coordination with the orange-white fluorescence emitting from the ground, they were like they had fallen into a fairyland.
Zhang Can’er was so mesmerized by the scenery that for a moment, she couldn’t even care about Zhuang Jiayuan. She reached out to touch the nearby faint blue light cluster, but her hand was held by Wan Feng.
“Can’er, don’t let your guard down.”
Zhang Can’er was suddenly startled awake and put on her glasses. She had almost been mesmerized.
And Zhuang Jiayuan’s state was actually the same as hers, and she even had more crazy actions.
“I want to go down! There are fish in that river, such beautiful fish!”
Ke Yajun held her and couldn’t reach out. “Sister Feng, hurry up and help me. Put on Yuan Yuan’s glasses.”
Wan Feng walked over, picked up the glasses from the ground, and took a look. She said, “The glasses are broken. You can take out another pair.”
“Okay.”
Instantly, Ke Yajun had a new pair of glasses in her hand. Wan Feng picked them up and put them on Zhuang Jiayuan.
Instantly, Zhuang Jiayuan stabilized. She calmed herself, a little scared.
“The attraction of those things is too strong. If an ordinary person were to fall here, they would probably die in minutes.”
Wan Feng squatted by the river and looked at the school of fish below. She said softly, “Those fish are very beautiful, but they are carnivorous fish. Their teeth are hidden in their lips. As long as something goes down, they will take a bite. With the smell of blood, they will be even crazier.”
“You know them?” Ke Yajun asked, walking to her side.
“I do. I’ve even eaten them,” she said and turned to look at Zhang Can’er.
Zhang Can’er received her gaze and also walked over, raising an eyebrow.
‘Ru Xi, what’s going on? How can there be Star Butterfly Fish outside?’
‘Wild. As for how, time will give the answer.’
‘Can you not always speak in riddles?’
‘There are some things I can’t tell you. I still want to have a good night’s sleep. Don’t get me into trouble. It’s good enough that I can remind you.’
‘Alright then. Then can this wild Star Butterfly Fish be eaten?’
“Yes. It’s no different from the ones raised in the space.”
After the conversation, Zhang Can’er nodded at Wan Feng and leaned in. “It can be eaten. Ru Xi said it’s no different from the ones raised.”
Wan Feng hummed softly, her mood not very high.
Zhang Can’er knew that she was jealous again, but she couldn’t coax her now.
“Tsk, I’m asking you. Have you really eaten this fish?”
“I have. Don’t you like to eat that fish with a texture similar to chicken drumsticks in the canteen? That’s it.”
“What?! That’s it?”
Ke Yajun jumped three feet high, really wanting to spit out all the fish she had eaten before.
“How could the canteen harm me? Damn, I’m going to throw up for a while.”
“Hey! Don’t run around.”
Zhang Can’er was a little annoyed. It was just a fish. Was it necessary to make such a fuss?
By the time Ke Yajun was helped back by Zhuang Jiayuan, she saw that Zhang Can’er and Wan Feng were making fish to eat.
The fragrance wafted into Ke Yajun’s nose. She forced herself to turn her head away. “Sister Can, you can enjoy this fish. I’ll go and eat some oats.”
“Come here. It’s not the fish from inside. It’s my fish. Come and eat.”
“What your fish?”
“My fish are raised and eat feed. The fish in the canteen are also provided by me, so you don’t have to worry about other things.”
Although Ke Yajun didn’t know where Zhang Can’er’s fish came from, she felt much more comfortable after hearing that they were fed with feed.
“That’s good, that’s good.” Then she seemed to have realized something. “Wait, then didn’t I just throw up for nothing?”
Zhang Can’er put a piece of fish in Wan Feng’s bowl and said with a faint smile, “Yes.”
Zhuang Jiayuan suppressed a laugh and went to get a bowl for Ke Yajun.
But Ke Yajun, with her sharp eyes, how could she not see it? “Yuan Yuan~ you’re laughing at me.”
“I’m not. Hurry up and eat.”
The fish was steamed. With Ke Yajun’s support, they didn’t have to worry about any cooking utensils. It was just the matter of the ingredients that they needed to worry about.
After a meal, nothing major happened. And while they were eating, the squirrel that had been caught had woken up.
Zhang Can’er tried to feed it some fish, and it actually ate it.
The little thing was a particularly big eater and finished a large piece of fish.
Afterward, Zhang Can’er contacted Xiao Li. After the virtual shadow had slowly formed, the little squirrel inexplicably quieted down.
“Sister Can’er? Is there anything? You… where is this?”
“We’ve entered the laboratory of Star Shoal City, and then we fell down here. I wanted you to ask this little squirrel if it knows the situation here.”
“Okay.”
A few minutes later, Xiao Li had asked clearly. “It said that this is its home. It has been living here all this time, looking for food every day. Its family members have all fallen ill because of a lack of food, and some have died because they couldn’t hold on.”
“There are only three kinds of animals and a dozen or so kinds of insects here. Besides them, the red-eyed squirrels, there are also the Star Butterfly Fish and the Black Cat Leopard. Each of them occupies a territory. The Black Cat Leopard will come and catch its clansmen from time to time, but it doesn’t dare to provoke the Star Butterfly Fish.”
“And they were originally able to catch the Star Butterfly Fish with their sharp claws because of their flexibility and agility. But the Star Butterfly Fish always appeared in groups, and many squirrels have died in the mouths of the Star Butterfly Fish. So the red-eyed squirrels, which were originally the most numerous, are now the smallest group.”
This meant that this ecological balance could no longer be sustained. As long as the red-eyed squirrels went extinct, then the creatures here might also go extinct for various reasons.
However, this had nothing to do with them. Zhang Can’er asked, “Did you ask where the exit is?”
“The exit is above. To open the exit, you must find the key underwater, and then open the box that the Black Cat Leopard is guarding. Inside is the control button for the switch.”
“This little squirrel actually knows so much?”
