Half an hour later.

Xiang Hua hurriedly arrived at the scene.

"Sorry, Academician Lin."

Upon meeting, Xiang Hua extended his hand apologetically to Lin Li:

"Elder Yuan is currently busy on the Sheepback City side, and won't be able to come over right away, so I came to the scene first."

Lin Li shook his hand politely and expressed concern:

"What, Elder Yuan went to Sheepback City?"

Xiang Hua understood the meaning in Lin Li's words and smiled slightly:

"Don't worry, it's just to search for new rice varieties.

Patriarch Wei and a guard squad are accompanying him, so there won't be any security issues."

Lin Li nodded with relief.

Then he glanced at Hua Xiaomo, who was sitting in a chair licking a Fujiya lollipop. The little girl was still clueless, swinging her tiny feet.

He could only hear himself say to Xiang Hua:

"Researcher Xiang, you know the situation, right?"

Xiang Hua nodded:

"Assistant Zhang introduced it to me on the way here, I have a basic understanding of the whole picture."

"What do you think?"

Xiang Hua was silent for a while, then slowly said:

"Academician Lin, I contacted Elder Yuan before leaving.

His opinion is relatively neutral, which means he hopes to proceed cautiously.

But if Xiaomo subjectively wishes to contact the white substance.

He respects Xiaomo's choice and hopes that you will control the 'intensity' of that contact."

Lin Li lightly nodded, immediately feeling the pressure on his shoulders.

If it were he who sensed the strange smell, there would be no question.

Not to mention contact, he wouldn't mind swallowing the white substance whole.

To put it bluntly, sacrificing himself for science wouldn't be an issue.

But when the subject becomes Hua Xiaomo, Lin Li's choice cannot be so casual.

Even though this little girl is an outsider daughter.

Everyone in the camp does not treat her as an outsider, let alone as some kind of 'experimental subject.'

Lin Li carefully pondered for a while, finally saying to Hua Xiaomo:

"Xiaomo, tell Grandpa the truth.

Do you just want to touch the white substance, or do you want to eat it?"

Hua Xiaomo also realized that her answer might affect certain decisions, so she thought very seriously for a while:

"I just really want to get close to it, just to look at it and smell its scent."

Lin Li listened silently, his eyes flickering.

His mind was clearly making a certain decision.

After a while.

He finally made up his mind and said to Wang Qiang:

"Xiao Wang, take Xiaomo to undergo sterilization treatment, get close to the white tissue.

If there are no obvious anomalies, try letting her touch it with her hands and see if there are any other feelings.

There's no need for oral contact yet, it's not at that point—stability is the priority."

Wang Qiang nodded and took Hua Xiaomo to do the preliminary preparations.

Twenty minutes later.

The thoroughly wrapped Hua Xiaomo emerged, looking just like a little snowman.

Everyone had witnessed the rabbits' execution capability during the previous pandemic.

Many decisions, once made, are immediately executed.

Therefore, Lin Li did not engage in further conversation with Wang Qiang and Hua Xiaomo, directly watching them enter the operating room.

Click—

The electronic key quickly unlocked.

Once Wang Qiang entered.

The other team member who had been waiting in the operating room gently shook his head at her—indicating no new discoveries.

Wang Qiang made a gesture of understanding and then led Hua Xiaomo to the storage container.

Considering Hua Xiaomo's small frame, the control station first lowered the container's height to 90 centimeters.

Right.

Here, let's mention Hua Xiaomo's height:

1.21 meters, precisely one centimeter taller than a certain person.

The difference of 30 centimeters in height meant that Hua Xiaomo didn't need to stand on tiptoes to closely observe the white substance.

The beast-eared little girl swayed to and fro in front of the white substance, while quickly twitching her nose.

Half a minute later, Wang Qiang asked curiously:

"Xiaomo, do you feel anything now?"

Hua Xiaomo blinked and swallowed:

"...The scent is more fragrant, but I still only want to touch it, not eat it."

Wang Qiang glanced at the nearby technician, receiving yet again a shake indicating no anomalies in the monitoring data.

Wang Qiang was not indecisive; she knew that mere observation was no longer meaningful, leaving only the option for Hua Xiaomo to proactively engage in contact.

Thus, she took a deep breath and said:

"Xiaomo, try it with your hands."

Meanwhile, she grasped Hua Xiaomo's left hand with intent, ready to pull the little girl away immediately if anything went wrong.

Meanwhile, by the control platform.

Lin Li's index finger rested on a white button.

This is the activation key for the helium iron crystal array—not Yang Zhengchu's defensive mode during tribulation, but Tang Pin's originally designed confinement mode.

If any uncontrollable situation arises.

The crystal array can instantaneously control Hua Xiaomo completely without harming her limbs.

This is much quicker and safer than electroshock or traditional forms of anesthesia, although the cost is much higher than Wei Fan's physical anesthesia.

However, Hua Xiaomo was evidently unaware of the many backup plans prepared by Lin Li and others; her foodie eyes were solely focused on the piece of white substance.

The little girl obediently followed Wang Qiang's guidance, gently placing her left hand near the white substance.

And then...

She stretched out a finger and lightly poked it.

Biu—

The high-definition camera showed.

The white substance lightly swayed like jelly upon contact with Hua Xiaomo's finger.

Then it returned to its original state.

Everything else seemed usual.

Seeing this, Lin Li was ready to say something.

But before he could speak, the thermal imaging equipment on the control platform suddenly flashed purple light.

As a high-precision imaging device, it naturally has multiple preset reaction levels, akin to typhoon warning signals.

The most common is red light, indicating slight temperature changes within a unit time—0.05 seconds.

Next is green light, generally appearing when the change exceeds five degrees.

Then blue, yellow lights.

Lastly, purple light.

When purple light appears.

It basically indicates a high heat reaction within the observed material, with change not less than 80 degrees.

0.05 seconds, 80 degrees, presumably no further explanation is needed.

Meanwhile.

In the observation room.

The previously chest-oil-like white substance suddenly released a large number of small white particles.

Then these small white particles flew at standard particle speed toward...

Hua Xiaomo!

A whole cluster of particles merged into Hua Xiaomo's body—from start to finish in less than half a second.

During such a short time, Wang Qiang, who was initially holding Hua Xiaomo, had no time to react.

The entire person was pushed back three to four meters by a force.

When she came to her senses, a halo filled with mysterious runes had appeared around Hua Xiaomo.

"Xiaomo!"

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