Global Flood: I Survive on Duckweed

"It hasn’t decreased. In fact, the toxin concentration has even risen slightly!" Wang Jun’s brow furrowed. "The lab analyzed the toxin overnight. It’s similar to the toxins produced by pathogenic E. coli. Existing medicines have some effect, but we’re critically short on medication right now."

Ren Yuanyang nodded slightly, pondering for a moment before continuing, "Have you looked into the situation with the aquatic life?"

"We investigated the nearby aquatic creatures. There’s some effect, but not a major one. Especially with the evolved fish—we can hardly see any impact on them at all!" Wang Jun replied.

Ren Yuanyang was slightly taken aback. "So you’re saying an evolved physique might be able to withstand this toxin?"

"That seems to be the case, but we can’t risk the lives of our Evolvers!" Wang Jun shook his head slightly.

"I understand. Is your water supply under pressure right now?" Ren Yuanyang continued to ask.

"It’s always been under immense pressure. But once your Dripping Lotuses arrive, we won’t have any pressure at all!" Wang Jun sighed, then replied with a smile.

"I’ll hurry the Evolution Potions on my end. If we can finish preparing them early, we might be able to send them out sooner," Ren Yuanyang said after some thought.

"Then I really must thank you, Brother Yang!" Wang Jun said, cupping his hands.

Ren Yuanyang waved his hand dismissively. "No need to be so formal. I’ll go check on the production progress of the Evolution Potions. I’ll contact you as soon as they’re ready."

"Alright!" Wang Jun replied, and the two ended their call.

Ren Yuanyang stood up and walked toward the laboratory in the back. A thick, medicinal fragrance permeated the air around it.

"Elder Hua, how much of the potion has been brewed?"

Hua Lingfang looked up and replied, "The extra five hundred doses you asked me to brew are just about ready!"

According to the previous trade agreement, 90,000 sets of seeds were to be exchanged for 2,400 Evolution Potions, and Ren Yuanyang would have Hua Lingfang brew about a hundred extra doses each time.

Last night, Hua Lingfang had finished brewing 2,500 doses of licorice soup. Afterwards, Ji Yizhi traded all of their seeds for Dripping Lotuses. Even though Ren Yuanyang had already gifted them 200,000 dizzy fish grass seeds, he wanted to show his sincerity and had Hua Lingfang brew another 500 doses of licorice soup. This brought the total to 3,000 doses, enough to prepare 3,000 Evolution Potions!

Hearing this, Ren Yuanyang nodded slightly and immediately took out his phone to contact Qin Haonan. "Haonan, get things ready on your end. We need to clear out all three speedboats used for expanding the Banyan Forest. This time, all three are going out for the trade!"

Qin Haonan, who was on the periphery watching the speedboats expand the Banyan Forest, was slightly stunned when he received the message. "Chief, are you saying we’re deploying all three speedboats this time?"

"Yes. The Aircraft Carrier Base is handing over all the seeds from the National Seed Bank at once. A single speedboat won’t be able to carry them all," Ren Yuanyang replied.

"Seeds are tiny. How could they not fit?" Qin Haonan was confused.

"It’s two hundred seventy thousand sets of seeds, a full three times the amount from the last trade. Besides, the seeds from last time were all small. This time is different!" Ren Yuanyang explained.

Seeing the lingering confusion in Qin Haonan’s eyes, Ren Yuanyang continued, "There’s a plant called the Sea Coconut. Its seed is nearly half a meter wide and weighs around fifteen kilograms. If we get a bunch of seeds like that, do you think one speedboat could carry them all?"

Qin Haonan was stunned. "Seeds can get that big?"

"There are plenty of seeds you don’t know about! Pause the expansion work on those three speedboats for now. Go get things ready!" Ren Yuanyang ordered.

"Yes, Chief!" Qin Haonan replied.

After ending the call, Ren Yuanyang began to consider who to send on the mission.

This trade involved 270,000 sets of seeds. They were extremely important to Ren Yuanyang, and there was no room for error.

Therefore, he decided to go himself and assign three Evolvers to each speedboat to ensure the trade’s security!

Qin Haonan quickly recalled all three speedboats to the inner channel. He dismantled the metal walls on them, and once they were cleared out, he began loading supplies.

Diesel, food, weapons, and so on. And of course, the licorice soup and Dripping Lotuses for the trade!

As for the dizzy fish grass seeds, Ren Yuanyang would be bringing those himself.

"Jiamei, bring Jianghu, Jin Ziyu, Yu Ren, and the patrol members over here," Ren Yuanyang told Lu Jiamei to gather the personnel.

"Yes!" Lu Jiamei immediately sent messages to them.

Soon, everyone had gathered in the base office.

"We’ll be heading out shortly to trade with the Aircraft Carrier Base. The volume of this trade is quite large, requiring all three speedboats. That means we’ll need nine people to go," Ren Yuanyang said in a serious tone.

Everyone was a little surprised, but no one voiced any questions.

"Jiamei, Haonan, Jianghu, Jin Ziyu, Yu Ren, and myself. We’ll need three more from the patrol team, and that will be enough!" Ren Yuanyang called out the names directly. "Si Youqin, you’re not going. Stay at the base and help Elder Hua hold down the fort."

"Chief, you’re going out again?" Lu Jiamei’s brow furrowed.

Ren Yuanyang nodded slightly. "This trade is larger and more important than usual, so I really have to go along."

Hearing the conviction in Ren Yuanyang’s voice, Lu Jiamei knew she couldn’t change his mind, so she didn’t press the issue.

"Jiamei, Haonan, and I will be on Boat One. Yu Ren, Jianghu, and Gu Xin on Boat Two. The rest will be on Boat Three," Ren Yuanyang assigned. This way, every speedboat would have a Gold-Type Evolver.

The speedboat hulls were mostly metal. With Gold-Type Evolvers present, they could attack or defend at will!

As soon as he finished the assignments, Jin Ziyu immediately raised her hand. "Chief, I request to switch places with Minister Qin on Boat One!"