Chapter 8
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nChapter 8, Natural and Man-made Disasters, Famine Strikes
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nAt the age of eight, He Chuan’s fame had reached its peak.
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nHe had been known as a ‘prodigy’ and ‘genius’ since he was four years old.
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nNow, he was being sought after by countless people as a master of literature and art, and his fans were spread all over the world.
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nThis name had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of people all over the world.
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nHis deeds have become a more legendary existence than the protagonists in his novels.
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nEveryone thinks that only legends can write legends.
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nHowever, there is a deviation from what was known.
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nAll the legends heard in the past were in books.
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nNow, there was a legend living in the world.
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nThis was what they feel was the most wonderful place.
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nMany people came with admiration and curiosity.
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nThey wanted to see He Chuan.
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nHowever, after he graduated from the Genius Class, he ignored the admission notice of many famous universities and completely disappeared.
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nAt this time, He Chuan had already started to solve the difficult scientific research problems.
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nHe started to research solutions to his illness.
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nDuring the few years he studied in the Genius Class, he crammed a lot of knowledge.
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nNow, he had a vague idea of the reason for his illness.
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nIt was very complicated.
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nIt couldn’t be explained in one or two sentences.
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nIn general, it was a biological ‘mystery’. It wasn’t easy to solve this mystery.
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nEven with the help of the system, it was still difficult.
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nParallel Earth calendar year 2014.
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nHe Chuan was nine years old and was running around doing experiments.
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nThe old professor he met in the library came when he heard the news. Using this relationship, he successfully rented a top laboratory in the country.
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nDuring this period, he spent countless materials and experimented several times.
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nUnfortunately, there was no progress on the topic related to He Clan’s Syndrome.
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nHowever, there are some new breakthroughs in the study of biology as a whole, but for now, the field of application is unknown.
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nParallel Earth calendar 2015.
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nIt is like the end of the world.
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nVarious natural disasters occur frequently in the country. Earthquakes, droughts, torrential rains, ecological collapse, and grain production had been reduced by 90%, and livestock farming has also been hit.
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nParallel Earth calendar year 2016.
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nThe country’s grain reserves were in short supply. It fell into a period of poverty and weakness, and the economy was depressed.
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nParallel Earth calendar year 2017.
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nHe Chuan was also affected. He did not have enough food to eat, so he took the initiative to take advantage of a new breakthrough in biology. He stopped his original research and began to look for ways to cultivate high-yielding hybrid grain.
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n…
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nThis year, He Chuan was 12 years old.
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nHe looked a little mature, but now he was in a wheelchair.
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nDue to the fact that scientific research consumed too much energy, he was now paralyzed for almost a third of the time every day.
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nNow, he could only be pushed by his assistant on the streets that were no longer as prosperous as before.
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nThere were traces of disasters everywhere.
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nThe streets were dirty and messy. There was almost no place to stay.
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n“No one came to clean it up?” He asked softly.
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nBeside him, his assistant put on a mask for He Chuan, and at the same time, he replied, “At the beginning, they had been sending people to clean it up, but not long after they were done, there was a flood. After that, there was a series of earthquakes. The disaster did not stop… Now, there are shortages of supplies and food everywhere. There is really no choice but to leave it alone for the time being.”
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nHe Chuan nodded his head in understanding.
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nHis gaze swept across the street. There were not many shops that were open for business.
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nThere were only some temporary stations that distributed daily necessities.
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nHowever, he did not see anything related to food.
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n“It seems that the problem is very serious.”
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nHe Chuan sighed softly. Looking at the empty office building that reached into the clouds, he could not help but feel a little melancholic.
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nThe assistant pushed him and told him what had happened in the outside world in the past two years.
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nThe impact of this natural disaster was unprecedented.
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nIn the two years since the grain production was greatly reduced, the country had also made some moves. The number of imports that should be increased had also increased. The adjustments that should be made had all been adjusted, but the effect was always limited.
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nAfter all, it was a large country with more than a billion people.
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nThe amount of food consumed every day was very frightening.
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nIt was unrealistic to rely entirely on import trade to solve the problem.
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nMoreover, the impact of natural disasters was far beyond what can be seen.
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nNatural and man-made disasters were always linked together.
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nAll kinds of disasters and the shortage of food supply have caused many people to fall into panic.
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nAt this time, who would still have the mood to work?
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nThe output has plummeted in all walks of life.
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nThe consequences were endless.
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nOf course, the main problem was food.
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nMore than a billion people need to be fed.
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nThey don’t have enough to eat every day, which was what needs to be solved.
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nBut the consequences of this natural disaster were very serious.
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nIt was no exaggeration to say that it has changed the environment of the land in the country to a certain extent.
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nLarge areas of the affected land were no longer able to grow the original crops.
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nNow, even if they wanted to replant, there was no way.
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nUnless they could develop seeds that were more adaptable and produced more, saving the people of the country from suffering!
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n“If I can solve this problem, there will definitely be a lot of evaluation points.”
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nHe Chuan tried to stretch his body and found that his right hand had recovered.
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nSo he picked up his phone and made a call.
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n“I need an experimental plot.”
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n…
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nOver the years, as He Chuan’s fame grew, he also got to know many people.
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nAmong them, there was no lack of high-level leaders of the state.
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nThe higher-ups attached great importance to such a talent like him.
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nNaturally, they would not refuse this request.
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nWhat surprised He Chuan was that.
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nThe state seemed to attach too much importance to him.
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nWhen he arrived at his destination, he found that he had not only taken over the experimental plot but also a professional R & D team was at his disposal.
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nIt was full of agricultural bigwigs, all of whom were full of glory.
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nBut now, they had become his subordinates.
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nThis honor was not something that ordinary people could have.
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nMoreover, when the country was at its poorest, they had given him 30 million research funds.
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nThe leader said that no matter how much progress was made or how much money was invested, the country would give its full support.
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nWith such help, the experiment naturally went very smoothly.
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nHybrid rice A and B, the survival rate is less than 5%.
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nHybrid rice A and C, yield per mu1 is less than 300 kilograms.
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nHybrid rice B and C, unable to adapt (develop) to the following types of land.
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n…
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nHybrid rice G1 and N7, perfect match!
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nLooking at the results of the system’s deduction, He Chuan did not need to do too many experiments to find the most suitable hybrid rice seed.
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nThe rest of the matters would be left to the group of agricultural bigwigs to do.
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nIn the end, in just half a year’s time, the first generation of hybrid rice was bred, yielding 2,000 catties per mu!
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nOne had to know that the maximum yield of ordinary rice growing in high-yielding fields was only less than 1,400 catties.
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nNow, the first round of cultivation had achieved a 50% increase in yield. As soon as this news was reported to the higher-ups, they were shocked.
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nWas this a joke?
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