"You talk too much," Lu Wanqing couldn't help but say.
Huh?
Xiao He was bewildered. After he reacted, he felt a bit awkward, but of course, he quickly recovered and continued, "Big shot, what I'm saying is all true. Although I'm a bit bad at games, I'm familiar with the maps here!"
"I'm telling you, ever since this game launched, I've been hanging around in it. I'm familiar with many of the maps. If you team up with me, I can even lead the way for you!"
"And there are bugs, haven't you seen them? Heh heh, I know a spot where if we stand there, the mutant insectoids won't see us even if they walk right up to us. They won't attack us," Xiao He said proudly.
Lu Wanqing: "..."
This person really talked a lot, but Lu Wanqing really didn't dare to take him in. It wasn't that she truly found him troublesome, but she still had to take care of several cubs. The cubs' identities were special, and if anything were to be exposed, it would be a huge problem.
Lu Wanqing ignored Xiao He. She turned and said something to Xiao Yushu, then continued to walk forward with Xiao Yushu.
She couldn't be as carefree as she was in the morning. Shushu had no idea how to play, so Lu Wanqing could only help her pick up scraps, occasionally kill a few small insectoids, gain some experience, and upgrade their equipment.
After the equipment was improved, her and Xiao Yushu's damage output increased significantly, and the speed at which they eliminated insectoids also quickened. Xiao Yushu was very happy.
Lu Wanqing also kept an eye on the time. After playing for about an hour, she logged off.
She didn't want her children to be too dull, but she also didn't want them to be addicted to games. Although Mech Dominion had the facade of mechs, for ordinary people, apart from those like Xiao Yi who would enter the military and go to the battlefield in the future, it was no different from a real game. Playing for an hour or so every day was fine.
The next day was a workday. After Lu Wanqing sent Shushu to school as usual, she turned and went to the Academy of Sciences. She had to continue working.
Speaking of work, she didn't know what she could do. Was her main purpose still the honeysuckle?
Her initial desire to study mutated plants was mainly to cure Madam Yu's illness as soon as possible, thereby resolving the Yu family's problems and allowing Yu Nong and Shushu to live happy lives in the future.
Now that the honeysuckle had been cultivated and was growing better and better, and most importantly, so much time had passed without any incidents, it was as if...
Had her deliberate precautions against An Zhizhi been in vain?
Or perhaps, her and Yu Nong's preventative measures were sufficient, and An Zhizhi hadn't discovered yet that they had cultivated the honeysuckle, or An Zhizhi simply couldn't find an opportunity to sabotage it?
This seemed like a good thing, but Lu Wanqing felt an inexplicable unease, and this unease grew stronger with the passage of time.
Days passed, and several more months went by unconsciously.
During these months, Yu Nong devoted more and more energy to the honeysuckle, and the burden of taking care of Shushu fell more heavily on Lu Wanqing.
Lu Wanqing cooked for the children, styled their hair, sent them to school, and supervised their studies every day. In her free time, she would arrange for the children to go online together once a week, using their anonymous identities on the black market quantum computer, they would play games together.
Of course, it wasn't just games. Sometimes, when she had free time, Lu Wanqing would take the children to other places, such as shopping malls, to buy clothes, toys, and stationery for them.
Other times, she would also take the children to other places to play, including virtual amusement parks on the star network, tourist destinations, and even desolate planets.
With all the children together, only the red-haired cub was left. During this time, Lu Wanqing had been intentionally browsing the star network, hoping to encounter the red-haired cub again, just like before.
Unfortunately, she didn't.
For several months, the red-haired cub seemed to have disappeared from the star network. She never saw that child online again.
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but worry about the child and quietly looked for a lot of information, but it was all in vain.
On the contrary, the honeysuckle in the ancient Earth plant cultivation base at the Academy of Sciences grew better and better, with some even developing beautiful flower buds.
Each cluster had two flowers, like twin sisters, very beautiful.
Yu Nong would observe them daily with a gene scanner, confirming with certainty that these honeysuckles were indeed from ancient Earth genes, without any mutated genes.
After the flower buds grew, Yu Nong carefully picked the honeysuckle, preparing it for medicinal use.
A single honeysuckle plant didn't have a particularly large number of flowers, but over these past few months, Yu Nong had stayed in the base every day. When he was bored, he would cultivate more. So now, there was almost a whole greenhouse filled with carefully cultivated ancient Earth gene honeysuckles.
After a few more days, the honeysuckles in the greenhouse bloomed one after another.
Lu Wanqing and Xiao Yushu came to help.
The three of them picked a lot of honeysuckle, which should be more than enough to treat Madam Yu's illness.
"Mommy, so much honeysuckle! With these flowers, Grandma's illness will definitely be cured!" Xiao Yushu said happily, looking at the large bag full of honeysuckle.
Lu Wanqing rubbed Xiao Yushu's head and nodded with a smile, "Yes."
Although she responded to the child, Lu Wanqing still felt a bit dazed. They had succeeded, they had really succeeded in cultivating the honeysuckle.
Yu Nong was also very happy. He carried the bag and quickly went to the hospital. He wanted to ask the doctor to use these honeysuckles to prepare medicine for his mother.
In the outpatient clinic, Lu Wanqing stood beside Yu Nong with Xiao Yushu. Yu Nong held the bag and carefully handed it to the hospital director, who was also Madam Yu's attending physician for many years.
"Dr. Zhang, is this enough honeysuckle? Can it be used to remove the toxins from my mother's body?" Yu Nong asked nervously, looking at the doctor with great anticipation.
"This is..." Zhang Shaomin was shocked, looking at the entire bag of honeysuckle Yu Nong handed over with disbelief. Were these all ancient Earth gene honeysuckles?
"This is... Wanqing cultivated it, ancient Earth gene honeysuckle, with no genetic mutations," Yu Nong said, his voice still the same as before, but with a tension and anticipation he had never had before.
"Miss Lu Wanqing?" Dr. Zhang was surprised. He looked at Lu Wanqing, "This was cultivated by Miss Lu?"
"Mhm, my mommy is super amazing!" Xiao Yushu said happily.
Dr. Zhang looked at Lu Wanqing for a long moment, then nodded, "Alright, I'll try."
Dr. Zhang quickly conducted an examination and discovered that it was indeed true. These honeysuckles were genuine ancient Earth gene honeysuckles!
"These honeysuckles are real, and I can immediately prepare medicine for your mother," Dr. Zhang said excitedly to Yu Nong when he returned.
For years, Madam Yu had been a stubborn patient under his care. If there was hope, he also deeply wished for a way to completely cure Madam Yu.