8mi Chapter 49: The First Achievement of the Level 1 Mutation in the Park
Chapter 49: The First Achievement of the Level 1 Mutation in the Park
"Quiet, the assessment is about to begin!" A powerful voice swept across the room, instantly silencing the noise. Everyone turned to look, and saw Training Director Wu Shan and several park leaders taking their seats.
In the middle, Wu Shan himself, the representative of the training department, sat in the chief examiner's seat, and he directly decided the interns' grades.
On either side, the representative from the logistics department was a kind-looking man who sat in the supervisor's seat, just like the representative from the regulatory bureau. He could question the assessment results and outcomes. However, the former exchanged a few polite words with Wu Shan, while the latter barely spoke, remaining silent and quietly flipping through his notebook.
The three people are the chairpersons of the assessment.
The remaining staff members acted as assistants.
"Director Wu, we can begin." The man in the Zhongshan suit from the regulatory bureau suddenly spoke, and click, the tip of a ballpoint pen popped out.
"Hmm, where's Director Liu?" Wu Shan asked the representative from the logistics department.
"Let's begin," Director Liu said with a smile.
"Alright, let the assessment begin!" With a whoosh, Wu Shan flipped through the roster and gestured for his assistant to step forward. "First intern, Lu Renjia."
All eyes were on them. With a whoosh, the assistant lifted the black cloth covering the first potted plant, revealing a withered [Wood Edge Flower] with more than ten barren, low-grade fruits of varying sizes and colors.
"The inferior fruit was cultivated, but the standard was met."
"The second intern... is absent."
"The third intern, Zhang San, cultivated a medium-grade fruit, but his performance was below average."
"The fourth intern, Li Si, cultivated a medium-grade fruit, but her performance was below average."
"..."
One by one, the interns' potted plants were unveiled, and all of them successfully cultivated results, at least meeting the criteria for being hired full-time. As for the interns who did not cultivate results, their positions were left vacant. For most interns, they already had a sense of the outcome and their emotions were not affected.
After all, with Wang Baisheng, Jiang Qiao, and Jiang Qiuzhu as precedents, everyone else can only cultivate mid-grade fruits at most, which are not worth mentioning and have nothing to attract the attention of the chairman. We can just wait for the results.
But the next moment, with a whoosh, another black cloth was pulled back, and a burst of red light erupted, filling the air with a rich fruity aroma. Everyone's eyes widened, and Zhang San blinked sharply, "Holy crap? How did she cultivate that?!"
A murmur of discussion arose immediately. In front of Yang Zhilan's nameplate, a pot of [Fire Radiance Flower] was in full bloom, with about ten medium-grade fruits surrounding a top-grade fruit that looked like red jade, like stars surrounding the sun.
All the previous potted plants have lost their luster.
"This girl has a good talent for nurturing. Whose child is she?" Director Liu of the Logistics Department asked with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
Wu Shan paused, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the basic information attached to the roster: "Yang Zhilan, from a shantytown, her parents died early."
"Wow, these are the conditions. In previous years, she would have gotten a spot. What a pity. Director Wu, please continue."
It is indeed a pity.
But it's not a pity, nor is it a pity.
To become a spiritual plant master, one must have a solid foundation.
Given Yang Zhilan's background, this path will be very difficult.
Wu Shan was not greatly affected. He had seen many young people with talent for nurturing talent who ultimately sacrificed themselves on the front lines, while those who truly made a name for themselves were often those who had inherited their talents from their fathers.
He declared firmly, "Yang Zhilan, you cultivated top-grade fruit, your performance is average. The next intern is Wang Baisheng!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their attention away from Yang Zhilan and focused on Wang Baisheng's nameplate.
With a whoosh, the assistant pulled back the black cloth, and a strange fragrance swept out like a flood, causing an uproar throughout the room.
Suddenly, I saw a pot of *Echeveria elegans* with fruits densely packed like green grapes holding pearls. Its entire branch was covered with lush green leaves, and each flower bud was crowded with more than two plump *Echeveria elegans* fruits, totaling at least sixty fruits.
And they are all top quality!
"You've cultivated a mutated variety of [Wood Edge Flower]?" A hint of surprise flashed in Director Liu's eyes as he glanced at Wu Shan with a meaningful look. "Director Wu, it looks a bit like the level 1 rare spiritual plant [Wood Spirit Grape]. Did you pass on the original mutated formula to him? You really went all out."
"He has the talent, and he deserves it." Wu Shan's tone was crisp, and his eyes revealed a look of satisfaction. After all, mutation paths are always a matter of chance, and he had spent a lot of effort back then to organize the formula so that the [Wood Edge Flower] could be stably mutated into the new variety [Wood Spirit Grape].
Even if the mutated formula is compiled, not everyone can successfully cultivate it by following it. Either one must have a high level of skill or a high level of talent. Wang Baisheng is the latter, naturally suited to cultivating wood-type spiritual plants.
Director Liu couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, Old Wang's son only came into contact with this path halfway through, yet he was able to start from scratch so quickly and cultivate a low-grade spiritual seed into a high-grade rare spiritual fruit. His talent is outstanding, and he will probably be aiming for the first choice this year."
"Yes, that's for sure," Wu Shan nodded, but his eyes revealed a hint of caution. "However, Director Jiang's daughter is also in the same year as him, and she has amazing potential. In the end, the first choice may not necessarily fall to him."
"Sigh, Xiao Qiao has been taught by the director and has been exposed to spiritual plants for a long time, so she has a deeper foundation. It's just a pity that she doesn't have the same physique as Wang Baisheng. The director has been worried about this matter. I'm afraid she won't be the first choice." Director Liu said helplessly. This matter is already common knowledge in the garden.
Wu Shan declined to comment on this. Jiang Qiao's overall talent was inferior to that of the geniuses in the park due to her physical condition. However, she was the daughter of the head of the logistics department and never lacked resources. She might awaken her physical condition later in life.
Such a thing is extremely rare in the county, but the city already has very advanced research results in high-level elixirs. A few months ago, Yidan Garden devoted its resources to recalling a genius alchemist to fill the gap in the county.
Director Jiang was the first to secure the cooperation opportunity.
There are also rumors that the "Awakening Pill" has been successfully refined.
And it's only a level 2 pill.
It has the effect of awakening a rare physique!
Wu Shan's mind was inevitably heavy. He gave Wang Baisheng a "superior" grade and continued to evaluate the interns' work according to the procedure. Soon, "Next intern, Jiang Qiao!"
With a whoosh, the black cloth was pulled back, and a blue light shone out, illuminating the sky. A unique fruity fragrance wafted out, drawing everyone's attention and causing them to gasp in astonishment.
Zhang San stared in disbelief. "Holy crap, how come there's only one fruit on the whole plant? I feel like I've seen this shape somewhere before!"
"Isn't that the one hanging on the wall of our park... that one, that one... what was it again?" Li Si exclaimed in surprise, her mouth burning with urgency.
The entire venue was in an uproar, as if oil had been poured onto a hot pan.
At this moment, Wu Shan's expression also turned solemn.
He used this when he was on the front lines!
"One of the park's top ten Level 1 mutation achievements."
"Touted as the most suitable 'basic healing remedy' for woody plants."
"As one of Director Jiang's early masterpieces."
"It once increased the survival rate of frontline practitioners."
"It was once famous throughout the park and even the front-line bases."
"The edible [Witch Fruit] after mutation!"