"Leader, let me take you to see the mealworm processing workshop..."
Yu Yuan rarely came to inspect the facility, and Dai Le had no intention of letting this opportunity slip by.
He was just about to head out when he noticed Yu Yuan still standing where he was, his gaze fixed on the pupa.
"Leader?"
Zhou Yuan and Simon exchanged a glance, sensing that something was wrong too.
Yu Yuan pointed at the pupa and said calmly, "It... is about to hatch!"
Simon's pupils contracted at those words, and he immediately went over to the control screen to check.
"Professor Dai Le, the energy fluctuations from pupa No. 1 really have increased more than fivefold since yesterday, and they're still rising..."
"It meets the hatching criteria. The Leader is right!"
With this unexpected development, the four of them abandoned their plans to leave.
They all stayed in the small room, waiting quietly.
Dai Le and Simon were undoubtedly the most excited.
The two of them had painstakingly cultivated this pupa.
It was also the second mealworm to enter the pupal stage after the Electromagnetic Pulse Worm.
With the Electromagnetic Pulse Worm setting such an impressive precedent, they naturally had high hopes for this mealworm as well.
Yu Yuan examined the cultivation records for pupa No. 1.
Of all the mealworms the two men had cultivated, this one had taken the longest.
The Hundred-Flower Honeydew it had consumed alone was worth several million.
It was a money pit, no question.
"Dai Le, are you certain this mealworm showed no changes or abnormalities after you began cultivating it?"
"Yes. No. 1 still looked like an ordinary mealworm, with no sign of growing larger. It stood in stark contrast to the other insects that consumed Hundred-Flower Honeydew."
Dai Le recalled what had happened