The cool watermelon juice entered his mouth, sweet and refreshing, instantly winning Lu Yuan over. In the starry world where food was scarce and everyone drank nutritional fluids, this was indeed a rare delicacy.
Even Lu Yuan, who didn’t pay much attention to his appetite, had to admit that this chilled watermelon juice was quite good. The taste even surpassed some signature fruit drinks from five-star restaurants.
Of course, the fact that it was from a zero-pollution plant made it even better.
After finishing a glass, the effect was even more evident. It was as if he had just gone for a full-body treatment at the top-tier massage parlor in the starry world, but for his spiritual power instead.
This made Lu Yuan look at Lin Huanyan with even more admiration.
“Professor Lin’s research on zero-pollution plants is indeed outstanding, the effect is really impressive, and it’s quite delicious. Professor Lin’s work has also brought hope to many families who have been troubled by spiritual power disorders.”
“I came here this time specifically for the biological cultivation base of the laboratory. The empire has had people design several proposals. Professor Lin can choose one, and if there are other requirements, feel free to raise them. I will contact the designers for modifications.”
Lu Yuan said as he handed over a smart tablet he had been holding.
Lin Huanyan took it and began to review it carefully.
The design proposals were neatly arranged on the tablet’s desktop. Lin Huanyan quickly counted, there were about a dozen or so.
She casually opened one, and it had everything: the design’s original intent, reasons, ideas, floor plans, efficacy diagrams, and holographic effect charts—all detailed and comprehensive.
Lin Huanyan continued to read through it, and Lu Yuan didn’t disturb her, quietly sitting aside. Whenever Lin Huanyan encountered something unclear, he explained it to her.
It is quite impressive for a military officer to have put so much effort into understanding the design drawings in such detail.
Lin Huanyan had a rough idea in mind, so the process seemed quick. Anything too extravagant was out, anything too focused on technology was out, anything impractical was out, and anything too plain was out…
In no time, nearly half of the design plans were eliminated.
Among the remaining designs, she carefully reviewed the layout to see if it was reasonable—the size and number of the breeding rooms, staff dormitories, logistics connections…
Finally, only two designs were left. One was a space station with an interstellar futuristic style, featuring flowing lines of built-in furniture, expensive high-quality metals and gemstones, and transparent glass glowing blue, giving it an elevated spatial feel.
The other design was rarer. According to the designer, it was specifically tailored to Lin Huanyan’s preferences, based on interior photos and decorations she had posted on her social media in the past.
The exterior of the building was milky white, with a modified version of a Baroque-style church design, similar to a Lego toy. The interior had a cathedral-like high ceiling, huge floor-to-ceiling windows in various shapes, some even stained-glass windows, colorful glass, and intricate metal sculptures.
The office specifically designed for Lin Huanyan featured a curved dome with white sculptures crisscrossing the space, and a giant semicircular flower window with wisteria and intertwined branches. The artificial sunlight from the outside platform cast through the window, leaving enchanting flower shadows inside, creating a mesmerizing play of light and shadow.
The more Lin Huanyan looked at it, the more she liked it. This design completely hit her sweet spot.
Moreover, it matched the style of her laboratory perfectly, creating a harmonious and coherent feel, without causing any disharmony.
“This one, I really like this one. It’s very much like the style of my current space.”
Lin Huanyan opened the design drawings on the smart tablet and activated the holographic projection, pointing to the design as she spoke to Lu Yuan.
“Do you have any other opinions?”
Lin Huanyan paused for a moment, then said, “Actually, I do have one more thing. I hope the biological breeding base can be located beneath my current space station, similar to a floating city. But there should be an elevator connecting the two areas for easy access.”
“But the breeding base shouldn’t be visible from above. I want to maintain a quiet and independent space, so the station’s platform should be higher, and the breeding base should be further below. Basically, I don’t want the breeding base to be seen from the station.”
Lu Yuan began entering the details on his device, carefully noting down Lin Huanyan’s requests.
“Alright, once you’ve selected the design, the relevant building materials will be delivered by the logistics company, and I’ll relay your requests to the construction team. They’ll make sure to pay special attention when choosing the construction site.”
Lu Yuan stood up and packed away the tablet.
“I’ll take my leave now and go arrange everything. We’ll meet again in a couple of days.”
Lin Huanyan escorted him to the door before bidding him goodbye: “See you in a couple of days.”
With a sense of anticipation, Lin Huanyan began her work for the day—watering the plants, feeding the fish, and picking melons, checking the relevant facilities.
She scooped two spoonfuls of brine shrimp larvae from a petri dish and dropped them into the fish culture bottle. A group of small fish quickly swam up, competing for the food.
Usually quick, their movements became even more agile as they jostled and squeezed each other, eagerly gobbling up the brine shrimp. Soon, all the food was gone.
After feeding them, the fish had grown noticeably bigger, their originally dark scales now changing colors—red, blue, white, yellow—vivid and beautiful.
Lin Huanyan teased them, scattering fish food in different corners, watching them chase and scramble for it, making the process quite amusing.
She only stopped when there was almost nothing left in the petri dish.
Looking at the shallow layer of water in the dish, with small red figures swimming about, Lin Huanyan suddenly realized she had made a mistake.
She had always thought that, aside from plants, the only animals she had cultivated were the small fish. Even when attending meetings earlier, she had said the same thing.
But clearly, that wasn’t true. She had overlooked these tiny creatures—brine shrimp.
This was a thought rooted in her Earth-based mindset. In the past, when buying fish, sellers often gave away some fish food, and brine shrimp were the most common. A few liquid solutions mixed with water, and shrimp eggs could be poured in without any need for special care.
Feeding the fish only required scooping a little with a spoon, and if she didn’t feel like going through the trouble, she could just buy more from a pet store for a low price, which would last a long time.
Only when the shrimp food was nearly used up did she realize the mistake.
Brine shrimp were small, easy to care for, and required only a little nutrition solution. Lin Huanyan had even hatched them without using any mental power, relying only on the little bit of energy she exuded to remove the contaminants.
They were highly reproductive, producing many eggs, and could potentially be a more profitable product than the fish. She just didn’t know how useful they were.
Lin Huanyan released her mental power, gently probing into the petri dish to test the shrimp. Compared to the fish, their utility was much weaker, but still not insignificant.
So, Lin Huanyan continued to experiment. She used her mental power to envelop all the brine shrimp.
She then discovered that one brine shrimp didn’t have much of an effect, but a group of them had a much stronger effect. It wasn’t just a few times stronger; it seemed like when they gathered together, there was a kind of collective effect, making their power even greater.
Lin Huanyan thought this was a new discovery. She tested it again with small fish and found that, indeed, the effect was stronger when in groups.
After several rounds of verification, Lin Huanyan found that a few hundred brine shrimp together had an effect similar to that of a small fish.
With this discovery, Lin Huanyan had a bold idea. She took several culture dishes, poured in an appropriate amount of clean water, and mixed in the right concentration of salt to create an environment suitable for brine shrimp.
She then placed the remaining brine shrimp into several culture dishes, adding plenty of thick nutrient solution to each.
With the environment suitable and food plentiful, and with a short growth cycle of only 9 days for brine shrimp, Lin Huanyan believed she would soon have a large batch of brine shrimp.
At that time, she could sell them as products or use them to feed fish.
Just as she carefully placed the culture dishes onto the rack, the doorbell rang again.
Lin Huanyan guessed it must be the person who, as mentioned by Sax, was here to help replace and optimize the laboratory equipment.
When she opened the door, she was surprised to see a familiar figure.
“Hello, Lin Huanyan, didn’t expect it to be me, did you?”
A round-faced girl in a research institute lab coat was standing at the door, waving at her.
Seeing the visitor, Lin Huanyan smiled. She really hadn’t expected it to be her. This was the only classmate who had cared about her after she arrived in the interstellar world.
Unlike when she first arrived, when she was reclusive, Lin Huanyan had become much more outgoing now.
She gave the girl a hug. “I really didn’t expect it to be you.”
The girl was surprised by the sudden hug, but she thought it was because Lin Huanyan hadn’t seen her old classmate in a long time, so she was excited.
Plus, Zhang Qianqian, who was naturally fond of good looks, was happy to be hugged by a beautiful woman and didn’t think too much about it.
“Well, after graduation, I entered the research institute for an internship. Who knew that before my internship was over, I found out about a collaborative project here that needed people. When I saw it was in my field of interest, I immediately signed up. There were a lot of people who applied, but I managed to get through the selection process, and when I received the related materials, I saw the name of the person in charge and thought, ‘This name is so familiar.'”
“Then I looked into it, and sure enough, it was you! Now, it’s great, I’m working under an old classmate, so I don’t have to worry as much. Having a familiar person to look out for me is comforting, especially since that familiar person is my old classmate.”
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translation works:
ARTTEDSBGT (After Rebirth The True Eldest Daughter Starts Brewing Green Tea):
main story – completed translating
extras/side stories – i still dont have money and account to access this
ATISIUP:
ongoing
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