Qu San naturally didn't know that Zhang Fan in front of him was the Barbarian King.
But he knew that the Zhang Fan in front of him was not simple!
Qu San grinned after a moment of surprise.
"Brother, you are so strong!"
Zhang Fan smiled and couldn't comment. He just pointed at the plastic greenhouses on both sides of the road and turned to Hu Xingguo.
"Captain Hu, I see you still have this plastic greenhouse here, so you're not still growing crops, right?"
Hu Xingguo couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"Yes, to be honest, there is an agricultural expert among us, and it happens that the area where our camp is located used to be the planting base in the west of the city. So, we will try to do some planting here."
Zhang Fan nodded.
Food is the most important thing for people! Especially in the last days!
Food and clothing are the most basic.
After the two of them successfully changed the topic, no one was bothered about what had just happened.
Qu San was holding back a feeling of dissatisfaction, but seeing Zhang Fan and Hu Xingguo chatting happily, he couldn't get a word in for a while, so he stared at the youngest girl following Zhang Fan.
Hu Xiaoguo had been following Zhang Fan closely, fearing that he would miss any important detail and put Zhang Fan in danger.
Suddenly, he was pulled hard by a hand.
When I turned around, I saw that it was Qu San, the idiot who was chattering endlessly about this and that of Lord Barbarian King.
"Hey, little sister."
Qu San always restrained his strength towards girls.
"what?"
Hu Xiaoguo was very unhappy at being held back. Seeing Qu San approach him with a long face, he even asked in a bad tone.
Qu San didn't mind at all, he still asked in a low voice with a smile.
"That kid, who is he?"
As he spoke, he pointed at Zhang Fan's back.
Hu Xiaoguo frowned.
That boy?!!
Hu Xiaoguo couldn't wait to tell the fool in front of him directly that that boy was the Barbarian King you just boasted about!
But Lord Barbarian King gave special instructions before he left. No one should reveal their identity until he revealed his identity!
This was a major matter of regaining the Arknights team. Although Hu Xiaoguo was young, he was angry at Qu San's attitude towards Zhang Fan.
But she still knows what can and cannot be done, and what words should and should not be said!
Hu Xiaoguo twisted his little arm and broke free from Qu San's hand.
Then, he pouted and said.
"What about that kid? Be respectful when you speak! That's my eldest brother!"
After saying that, he turned around and continued walking.
Qu San didn't care about the little girl and followed him with a smile.
"Okay, okay, your eldest brother, I want to ask, who is your eldest brother?"
Hu Xiaoguo followed the team, eyes rolling, and repeated.
"I told you, that person is my eldest brother!"
Qu Sanye asked good-naturedly.
"I know it's your eldest brother! I'm asking, who is your eldest brother?"
Hu Xiaoguo pretended not to understand and scratched his head.
"who?"
Qu San nodded and smiled, "Yes, who is it?"
Hu Xiaoguo blinked and tilted his head tentatively.
"Uh...good guy...?"
Qu San waited to hear the answer and when he heard this sentence, he blew his beard and stared in anger.
"I'm not asking if he is a good person! I'm asking who he is?!!"
Seeing that Qu San was so angry, Hu Xiaoguo laughed secretly in his heart and made an expression of sudden realization on his face.
"Ah! I know!"
Qu Sanyi saw that there was still something going on and hurriedly listened.
Hu Xiaoguo held his breath and concentrated, deliberately looking left and right, and then whispered in Qu San's ear.
"I'm telling you secretly, but you are not allowed to tell anyone else!"
Qu San saw hope and nodded hastily.
Hu Xiaoguo took a breath and then said.
"Actually, my eldest brother Zhang Fan is──"
Qu San also held his breath and concentrated, "He is...?"
"He is-"
Qu San's pupils were dilating slightly, "He is!!!"
Hu Xiaoguo smiled slyly at the corner of his mouth.
"He is a man!!!"
After saying that, he quickly turned around and ran towards Zhang Fan! Leaving Qu San alone standing there stupidly!
This stinky girl! How dare you play tricks on him!
Qu San gritted his teeth!
"Third brother, what did you find out from that little girl?"
The fat girl asked with a smile.
"Don't stop here and lift the pot!" Qu San said angrily.
The fat girl turned forward and backward in laughter.
"Third brother, are you afraid that you have been teased again?"
Qu San snorted coldly, turned around and left angrily.
The fat girl curled her lips, rolled her eyes, and ignored Qu San.
The group of people walked for a while and finally arrived at the entrance of the base building.
Zhang Fan raised his head and looked up, and saw that although the building was not high, it was well-renovated.
The whole building has only three floors, but it occupies a large area.
It is not square like other buildings, but in the shape of a cylinder.
Hu Xingguo smiled and explained.
"This building used to be the laboratory building of the planting base. Later, after we occupied it, we used it as an office building."
Then he stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
"Follow me, everyone, our banquet hall is also arranged here."
Zhang Fan followed Hu Xingguo into the building and discovered that the building was extremely bright and spacious.
Looking up, the roof is a hollow glass skylight, and there is even a landscaped pond directly below the skylight.
The water is gurgling and there are several pots of flowers placed by the pond.
Zhang Fan looked into the pool and vaguely seemed to see some animal swimming in the water.
"What's in this water? Is it a fish?"
Daiyu didn't see clearly and couldn't help but asked curiously.
Hu Xingguo smiled.
"You guys come closer and take a closer look?"
Hearing this, Zhang Fan and others approached the pool. Only then did Zhang Fan feel surprised.
What was swimming in the pond was clearly no ordinary fish!
The fish's eyes protrude like a frog, there are no lips, and its fangs as sharp as thorns are exposed, making people shudder.
The fish is covered with a thick layer of scales. Even so, it can still be seen through the damaged scales that the fish is covered with wounds.
"Isn't this an ordinary organism?" Zhang Fan asked with a smile.
Hu Xingguo also laughed.
"Of course not. This fish was originally an ordinary fish. After we fed them some zombie meat, they became like this."
Zhang Fan frowned as he listened to Hu Xingguo's words.
"they?"
Hu Xingguo smiled and stretched out his feet to kick a few times at the edge of the pool. The originally calm water surface suddenly splashed with water!
One! Two! Three!
Zhang Fan counted them and discovered that there were three such monster fish in the pond!
"There were more at first, but they cannibalized each other, and now only these three are left."
Seeing how relaxed Hu Xingguo said it, Zhang Fan couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with these people.
In Zhang Fan's opinion, studying this unknown creature is equivalent to causing trouble for himself!
Now it seems that they have not encountered any disaster because of this strange fish, but if one day the monster mutates again and their abilities cannot suppress the fish, wouldn't they dig their own grave?
Zhang Fan still thought about it and asked.
"Captain Hu, there is one thing I don't understand. What is your purpose of raising this fish?"
Hu Xingguo turned to look at another man wearing glasses with a bit of white hair on his temples, and introduced him to Zhang Fan.
"This is Professor Yuan Shaohua, a scientist who used to study biological genes. This fish was cultivated under his guidance."
When Zhang Fan heard about the scientists, he couldn't help but be in awe.
Yuan Shaohua also explained.
"What this little brother doesn't know is that although this fish looks ugly and has a ferocious personality, according to my research, this fish is not aggressive towards humans at all."
As Yuan Shaohua spoke, he actually rolled up his sleeves and reached into the pond. Then he fished out a fish directly from the pond and showed it to Zhang Fan and others.
Daiyu, Hu Xiaoguo and others screamed in fright and covered their eyes.
I don't blame them for being timid.
This fish is only a little ugly in appearance in the pond, but when it is held in front of people, it is not only a little ugly, it is simply terrifying!
Not only does its appearance make people's scalp numb, but the smell of the fish is so fishy that it makes people sick!
When Yuan Shaohua handed over the ugly and scary fish, not only did the girls scream to avoid it, but even Zhang Fan took half a step back, not wanting to take a closer look at the creature.
"You don't have to be afraid. I've already told you that this fish is harmless to humans."
Yuan Shaohua held the fish and said.
After Zhang Fan saw the fish, it looked like a normal fish out of water. It opened and closed its mouth as if it was lacking oxygen.
He quickly took the opportunity to speak.
"Professor Yuan, since it is a fish, it must not feel comfortable being out of the water. Please put it into the pond quickly."
Yuan Shaohua nodded.
"Yes, that is the flaw of this fish."
As he spoke, he threw the fish into the pond and continued.
"As I said just now, this kind of fish mutates after eating zombie meat. In fact, we did an experiment where we caught very weak zombies and threw them into the pond, but not a single zombie survived!"
Zhang Fan was a little surprised. They actually caught zombies for experiments?!
Seeing Zhang Fan's surprised expression, Hu Xingguo was still a little proud.
"You guys are doing experiments here?!!"
Daiyu covered her mouth and asked, already having a picture in her mind...
"Of course not." Yuan Shaohua smiled.
"The base has a dedicated experimental building, and all experiments are conducted there."
"Do you have many experimenters here?"
Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.
Yuan Shaohua glanced at Hu Xingguo and saw that Hu Xingguo had no strange expression, so he told the truth.
"There are a lot of staff, but if you are the one responsible for the experiment, I am the only one."
"So, are you only doing experiments on this kind of fish?"
Yuan Shaohua smiled and shook his head.
"Of course not, the zombie fish experiment is just one of the small experiments. In fact, we are working on cultivating a tameable zombie natural enemy!"
Zhang Fan was a little surprised!
Yuan Shaohua explained again.
"For those with superpowers, these are naturally not of much use. However, for ordinary survivors, or people whose superpowers are not combat-based, perhaps they can find another way to protect themselves, hiding in
On these mutated animals!”
"Just like herdsmen raising dogs, the role of dogs is not only to protect people, but also to protect the sheep when encountering wolves!"
Zhang Fan naturally knew this truth. However, he had not thought about this.
"Are you planning to let ordinary people out?"
Zhang Fan asked.
Yuan Shaohua glanced at Hu Xingguo again and nodded.
"Of course, this is our ideal state in the future. After all, freedom has always been the pursuit of mankind. Unlike those with superpowers, they have the ability to protect themselves and can enter and exit the spiritual city in the sky. Ordinary survivors have no freedom.
It’s really pitiful to have to stay in a small camp for the rest of your life without the ability to protect yourself.”
All this made Zhang Fan more convinced that the reason why Arknights Team is strong is not only because of the powerful superpowers!
Rather, it is done from the top down, and the living conditions of ordinary survivors are also seriously considered.
Instead of having enough food, clothing, and a place to stay, he has even begun to consider higher-level pursuits!
free?!!
Is this something they should consider at this stage?
Zhang Fan could only put a question mark in his heart for the time being.
"Have you any breakthrough research results?"
Zhang Fan asked casually, but in fact, he already knew the answer.
Sure enough, Yuan Shaohua's smile froze.
"Any breakthrough research results require a huge amount of time and energy. Of course, we are not saying that there are no results at present."
Yuan Shaohua put his hands behind his back and raised his head slightly.
"Although we have not yet been able to cultivate mutant animals that can target zombies, from these mutant animals, we have extracted an antigen that can effectively inhibit the zombie virus!"
"This kind of antigen can be used to block the zombie virus after being bitten by a zombie, and then prevent yourself from becoming a zombie!"
Zhang Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this.
"Sounds pretty good!"
Yuan Shaohua went on to say.
"Not only that, I have also refined many injectable medicines with other effects!"
"You may have heard about it. Some have the effect of stopping bleeding and repairing, while others enhance aggression..."
Hu Xingguo looked proud again.
"These drugs developed by Professor Yuan are very popular in the market."
Zhang Fan seemed to have heard about some of them, but he just laughed and praised them and didn't dwell on these experiments any more.
Liu Yining, on the other hand, was quite interested after listening to Yuan Shaohua's speech.
He caught up and asked about the mutated animals.
"Why, did you learn this?"
Yuan Shaohua saw that Liu Yining asked extensively and listened carefully. After answering some of Liu Yining's questions, Yuan Shaohua asked again casually.
Liu Yining smiled and shook her head.
"No, I just think the concept you just talked about is great, so I want to know more about it."
Yuan Shaohua chuckled.
"Then I understand, the people you are close to are ordinary people, right?"
Liu Yining still smiled and shook her head.
"No, after the doomsday comes, I will be the only one left... I don't know what happened to my parents and brother... I don't dare to think..."
Liu Yining lowered her voice as she spoke.
Yuan Shaohua could not help but sympathize with this studious little girl and comforted her.
"It's the right thing not to think about it! Rather than thinking about those useless things, it's better to take good care of yourself as you do now. In this way, maybe one day you can reunite with your loved ones."
Liu Yining felt warm in her heart and nodded heavily!