Evolution From A Seed - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Using Super Lettuce to Eat Humble Pie

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

However, because of this, they let out a sigh of relief.

Naturally, they couldn’t understand it. After all, what Professor Li Jing was about to show them was the super lettuce bought from the Cosmic Planting flagship store.

As for now, Professor Li Jing wanted to use a brand new method to let this group of people from Japan understand that it wasn’t necessary to invest in genetic modification technology for it to be called real plant modification.

Even the current Agricultural University in the capital of China couldn’t be compared to Japan’s Agricultural University.

However, this didn’t mean that their Chinese technology was inferior to these people.

As the nutrient solution dripped into the potted plant, the soil that was stayed by the solution turned green at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the plants that were originally only as tall as an adult’s calf continued to grow, and the leaves on them slowly opened up.

The people from Japan, who originally had a contemptuous look on their faces, were immediately dumbstruck. They kept wiping their eyes.

In their eyes, this arbor was growing taller under everyone’s watchful eyes.

The corn next to it became a sharp contrast to this plant. Very quickly, it grew to about 80 cm.

The leaves on it gradually unfurled from their curled appearance, as if they were jades.

“It’s fake. It’s fake.” Professor Yamamoto rushed over in shock.

At this moment, it was as if his mind was completely blank.

He couldn’t even think.

His two eyes were staring at the plant in front of him.

There was nothing he could do. This situation had completely exceeded his expectations.

“Oh my god, this? How can this be lettuce? But this is an arbor!”

“This is not logical at all!”

“How could a plant grow to the height of a human leg in just four hours?”

“Am I seeing things?”

All the students and teachers who came from Japan were dumbstruck and their mouths opened so widely that it was enough to fit an entire fist.

However, it wasn’t just the students and teachers from their country. Even the students from China’s Agricultural University were staring in bewilderment. They were completely shocked by what they had seen.

These students had a certain understanding of agriculture.

Even if they saw it with their own eyes, they were unable to use the knowledge learnt from the textbooks or the content they learned in the laboratory to explain this strange phenomenon.

Their only reaction was to instinctively think that what they saw was not real.

Therefore, these students from the Agricultural University also knew about the Cosmic Planting flagship store.

They said that they were just looking at the plants, but they didn’t believe them.

Therefore, they didn’t buy them to test them.

“What kind of plant is this? Why is it completely different from the laws of nature? How could it grow so tall in such a short time?” Professor Yamamoto looked extremely shocked.

He turned his head to look at Professor Li Jing.

His eyes were filled with doubt.

“That’s right, it’s exactly what you have just seen with your own eyes.”

“This is the arbor super lettuce.” Li Jing picked a leaf from the potted plant.

It was the leaf of the lettuce.

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, he ate it all.

At the same time, these teachers and students were shocked to discover that after a leaf was removed, a new sprout appeared on the top of the plant.

Then, like a miracle, it started growing.

This was the first time they were seeing lettuce growing from a tree instead of from the soil.

Therefore, everyone was filled with disbelief.

“This is too amazing. Is this a plant that has been modified by genetic engineering?”

A student from the Capital Agricultural University asked with a shocked expression.

Logically speaking, genetic engineering could only ensure that some high-quality genes were fused into the crops.

However, it was completely impossible to change the appearance of the crops themselves.

Not to mention that the use of a nutrient agent could guarantee such rapid growth.

“What a shocking plant. I wonder where Professor Li Jing found it.”

Kong Wei clenched his fists, his expression shocked.

Even though the genetically modified watermelon was already pretty good as a product that Japan brought over this time, but before the super lettuce, there was no comparison at all. The two were simply worlds apart.

“Professor Yamamoto, what do you think after seeing the return gift from our Capital Agricultural University?” Professor Li Jing was extremely confident.

However, there was a hint of playfulness in his words.

The students and teachers from Japan were extremely embarrassed.

Not only did they not dare to follow up on Professor Li Jing’s words, but they also did not even dare to look at him.

“Very powerful technology. Now, we will apologize for the rude ridicule from before. Finally, please allow us to bring this gift you gave us back to our country. This can be considered as the best witness of the friendship between our two universities.”

Professor Yamamoto’s expression was shocked but he spoke firmly.

The person who was the most shocked in the entire hall could be said to be Professor Yamamoto.

He had studied botany for decades.

He had a lot of academic knowledge, but he couldn’t explain the plants in front of him.

This was a breakthrough for any plant he knew, and it could even overturn some of his research.

So he wanted to get this super lettuce, well, to completely understand its gene chain and find the mystery of its DNA.

Their country itself had very few resources.

They wanted to possess everything.

After seeing the super lettuce, he was even more shocked. He couldn’t wait to bring back this super lettuce.

At the same time, he also hoped that after obtaining this super lettuce, he would receive an award from the country.

“Good. If It’s a return gift, I can naturally give it to you. However, I also hope that our universities can have further exchanges and development in the future.”

Professor Li Jing looked at Yamamoto with a serious expression. The latter appeared extremely humble on the surface, but in his heart, Li Jing was cursing Yamamoto to death.

In less than a day, the group of people from Japan immediately brought this super lettuce back to their own country in an extremely sorry state.

However, Ye Heng only found out two or three days later that the famous Professor Li Jing had used the super lettuce he had developed to ruthlessly make the people from Japan eat humble pie. It could be considered that he was trying to salvage the reputation of China.

However, in his opinion, this was nothing.

After all, they were all Chinese, and he naturally did not care so much about dealing with the despicable people of Japan.

Not to mention that he greatly admired Professor Li Jing and his actions.

The two of them eventually had a deeper conversation..