Plaster Country was a very peculiar nation.
It was small in size, yet its economy was highly developed. It had many products known around the world, such as the once-famous Wagyu beef.
Of course, the Wagyu industry was gone now, and everyone in that entire industry had lost their jobs.
The wasabi industry was also a major business sector in Plaster Country.
In fact, it had even made a famous tycoon out of Dr. Shanlin.
But now, as Dr. Shanlin watched the news coming in, he was trembling with fear.
A laboratory in the Eastern Country had actually cultivated wasabi that could survive in the desert.
Wasabi was the main ingredient used to make mustard.
Wasabi had never been easy to grow. His company had made a fortune thanks to its proprietary wasabi-growing techniques.
If it could be grown in the desert, what would that mean?
He seemed to see the same fate awaiting the Wagyu industry.
But he had heard that the Wagyu industry had offended Qinglin Laboratory, prompting them to specifically develop Wagyu beef.
He hadn't offended them, though. He had always kept his head down and made money quietly. He'd never crossed anyone.
After the Chinese Academy of Sciences transplanted those plants to the Taklamakan Desert, the online discussion about desert plants grew more and more heated with each passing day.
In particular, the watermelons, apple trees, rice, and chive seedlings transplanted into the desert hadn't withered. They were growing stronger by the day.
This was irrefutable proof that the plants Academician Xiao Qin had cultivated really could survive in the desert.
In other words, as long as there were enough of them, they could truly cover the desert and solve the desertification problem. The idea of grilling chives in the desert didn't seem impossible, either.