The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 2302 - 2277: Agreeing to Negotiate

As Bai Shan calculated the directions where the other two fireballs had landed, Manbao just finished chatting with them.

Teacher Mo took three days to complete all handovers with the Union.

The main reason was the last meteorite Zhou Man sent over was too large. It was so large that it stirred people’s hearts, discontent with such a large resource being given to one laboratory. So, someone proposed to establish another studio, splitting up the competitive research to speed things up a bit.

And since there was a proposal to establish one more, naturally there were also proposals to establish two more.

But the item was still in the hands of Teacher Mo.

The Union University wasn’t foolish; the key person was still Teacher Mo because he was the only one who could directly exchange educational materials with Zhou Man.

Apart from the one they had, they all knew there were at least two more meteorites in that world, though they didn’t know their size.

But even if they were only the size of a fist, having them was still a gain.

So when they couldn’t prevent new laboratories from being established, Union University first kicked out the two newcomers, letting them head the other two labs, and firmly held onto Teacher Mo.

So, as Manbao yawned and struggled to focus on reviewing in the classroom, Teacher Mo, in high spirits, logged in.

Although he wasn’t enamored with power, he was quite happy that those he disliked weren’t lingering in front of him, and the school expressed its appreciation for him.

In a good mood, Teacher Mo immediately handed the blood test data of the villagers from Dan Stone Village to Manbao and then explained them one by one.

Manbao was not yet proficient at reading these results and did indeed need guidance.

The children of Dan Stone Village were not to be mentioned. Basically, all born afterward had innate defects, it was just a matter of the defect size.

Such people should not bear descendants; even if the next generation doesn’t show it, the hidden danger will always reside in the genes, possibly appearing unexpectedly.

The effects on the young adults varied, with Teacher Mo guessing it was related to their distance from the meteorite and the duration of their exposure to it.

By comparison, those least affected were some elders marked out by Zhou Man.

However...

Teacher Mo frowned. "Only forty-eight years old and already called elderly?"

Manbao: "Yes, they are grandpas."

Teacher Mo, not married, feeling young, and planning to stay single for the next twenty or thirty years: ...

He tried hard to shift to the mindset of their world, and he pulled out six sheets of paper and said to Manbao, "Only these six people can continue taking rejection medication to be cured; others cannot."

Among them, four were of grandparental status, and the remaining two were a couple living on the edge of the village, some distance away.

And the place where that craftsman initially hid the meteorite was in his own home, which was at the entrance of the village.

Manbao rubbed his chin, "The previous rejection medicine they took..."

"Was quite effective. It is because they took rejection medication three years ago that they are not severely affected now. First, give them two doses, with intervals of more than three days, and after each medication, draw a blood sample for testing after three days."

After Teacher Mo finished speaking about this matter, he asked Manbao about the other meteorites.

Manbao perked up and, for the first time, showed a deliberative expression facing Teacher Mo.

Teacher Mo blinked and simply remained silent, waiting for her to speak.

He heard Manbao say, "Teacher Mo, I really have no choice but to ask for your help."

Teacher Mo: ...

He felt that this student recently seemed to enjoy seeking his help ever since he told her "if you have difficulties, find a teacher."

Teacher Mo nodded, "Go ahead."

Manbao exaggeratedly described, "Teacher, do you know what the outside world is like?"

Of course, he knew, but obviously, Manbao was talking about her own world, though he had surmised from her complaints in several prior emails about how hard it is to navigate the desert.

Though, in front of Manbao, Teacher Mo still shook his head.

So Manbao exaggeratedly said, "It’s a desert, and one that no one has traversed before."

Manbao said, "In the desert, there’s no water, no direction, and even livestock can’t travel far. No one knows exactly where the two meteorites landed or whether they broke into several pieces upon landing. Finding them would at least take another five years."

Teacher Mo looked at his student in surprise, wanting to see if she was exaggerating or if it was indeed so.

Manbao, with a stern face, earnestly nodded to him, "And you know, I’m an official in this world, and it’s impossible for me to stay here long. The meteorites are toxic, leaving them to others would be unsafe. If we don’t find them this time, who knows how many years it’ll take to make another excuse to come out..."

Teacher Mo vaguely felt this was starting to resemble the requests by his doctoral students trying to get some data from him.

He looked at Manbao and asked, "So..."

"So, do you have any good methods with the Alliance?"

Teacher Mo raised his eyebrow; she was asking about the Alliance, not him.

Teacher Mo pondered, "If it were here, it’d be simple. Aircraft could fly a circle in the air, and if not visible to the eye, could be scanned..."

"Yes, but even if the aircraft came, I couldn’t fly it," Manbao quickly replied, "So we can only scan. But my system level is low, currently only able to scan within twenty kilometers. If we could upgrade and expand the range, we could save so much time and resources."

Teacher Mo then asked her, "Is this your idea or your system’s?"

"Of course, it’s my idea," Manbao argued with righteousness: "I know, a subsystem can’t entice a host to engage in such activities, but this situation is special; we’re not doing it for Keke, but to save our time."

Manbao emphasized, "I still need to return and continue my official duties."

Teacher Mo mused, "Subsystem upgrades can only be authorized by the main system; otherwise, even if the Alliance and the Encyclopedia gave points, it wouldn’t be possible. The main system would likely determine its point sources as illegitimate. This matter needs the Alliance and the Encyclopedia to negotiate with the main system."

Previously, the Alliance and the Encyclopedia wouldn’t even consider it because Zhou Man had always dangled the carrot without any actual progress, and they had already invested a lot.

Doctor D’s lab frequently submitted invoices; the expenses weren’t small.

But after Zhou Man retrieved so many small fragments and this large meteorite, the Alliance began to seriously consider it.

During the review of subsystem 0531’s relationship with Zhou Man, they knew it to be a very primitive world, so Zhou Man’s issues were indeed real.

Though negotiating with the main system might have significant costs, compared to the gains, such costs were negligible.

Hence, the Alliance agreed to talk to the main system.