Liu Hui stared at the rice seedling in astonishment.
In theory, these seedlings had all been planted at the same time, in the same soil, and with the same experimental nutrient solution. Their growth should have been identical.
If one had grown differently, it might simply have been a lucky exception.
Sometimes, scientific research needed that kind of luck.
And sometimes, that luck could give a research project a tremendous boost.
"The stem and leaves of this seedling are bigger than those of ordinary rice, too." As Liu Hui examined it, he hurriedly told a researcher, "Quick, notify Professor Li Kai and Chairman Qin. Tell them the news. This might be another remarkable achievement in rice research."
The researcher nodded, immediately took out a phone, and stepped aside to make the call.
Qin Lin returned to the estate. As soon as he entered the office, he looked at the game on the light screen in his mind and started his daily tasks. He had just finished guiding his Game Character around the Mount Shengmu wild-goods area when he received a call from Qinglin Laboratory.
A possibly mutated rice seedling had been found in one of the experimental fields.
Qin Lin immediately thought of the special rice seed he had processed in the seed-processing machine.
That seed could grow into a plant as tall as sorghum, and the grains it produced were as large as peanuts.
If they could cultivate this special rice, it would change the global food landscape.
Enough time had passed for the seed to sprout, and the laboratory's researchers had discovered it.
Qin Lin left the estate at once and drove to the experimental field at Qinglin Laboratory.
When he arrived, Li Kai was already there with a group of people, examining the special rice plant.