My abstract plant was exposed by my sister.

Upon hearing this, Lin Muyang immediately walked out of the greenhouse and came to the tomato plant that Liu Xudong had pointed to.

He observed it carefully and found that the veins on the stem were different from those on other tomatoes; they were a deep purple and the veins were denser, like a fine spider web.

The tomato itself was also a size larger than the giant tomatoes that had just grown next to it, and its color was dark red with a strange sheen on its skin.

"This color is wrong." Lin Muyang squatted down and touched the purple tomato with his finger. It felt firmer than other tomatoes, and the skin was slightly warm.

He opened his notebook and wrote: "Giant tomato mutant. Purple veins on the stem, dark red fruit with a metallic sheen. Very hard to the touch, slightly warm."

Liu Xudong, standing nearby, asked nervously, "Won't it explode?"

"I don't know, but just to be on the safe side, we should make preparations in advance."

"What preparations?"

Lin Muyang thought for a moment: "Move all the tomatoes within three meters of it first, then put up a warning tape to alert others."

"Okay, I'll go now."

After saying that, Liu Xudong ran back to the warehouse, found some warning tape, and called Xiao Zhao and others for help.

They carefully moved several tomato seedlings to a distance and then used a cordon to enclose the special tomato plant.

Lin Muyang was relieved after they finished.

The mutations caused by using the induction solution are still not very stable. Even if you have strictly controlled all the data, other mutations can still occur.

It seems that stable control still depends on gene editing, while induction can only serve as a catalyst.

Big Orange walked over from the edge of the field, sniffed the purple tomato, then suddenly pulled its head back and sneezed.

Lin Muyang glanced at it: "You also think something's wrong?"

The big orange cat meowed and ran off quickly.

On the morning of the third day, Lin Muyang went to inspect the field as usual and found that the tomato vine surrounded by the warning tape had turned the fruit into a deep purple color, like a polished gem.

He squatted down, gently cradled the fruit, which was bigger than his head, and carefully picked it, carrying it back to the laboratory.

Xiao Kui followed behind him, holding up her phone; the live stream was already on.

"Family! That big purple tomato is ripe! Let's see what it looks like when we cut it open!"

The barrage of comments poured in like crazy:

"Finally ripe!"

"Will it explode?"

"Can't you speak properly?"

"Will it bite?"

Lin Muyang placed the purple tomatoes on the counter and found a fruit knife in the kitchen.

As soon as the blade touched the fruit peel, with a "plop," a stream of deep purple juice seeped out from the cut, emitting a faint aroma of wine mixed with an indescribable sweetness.

He cut the tomato in half, the cross-section was dark purple, and the flesh was as firm as a purple sweet potato, but a little more translucent.

Although there wasn't much juice, each drop was as thick as ink.

Liu Xudong peeked in from outside, sniffed, and exclaimed, "It smells so good..." Then he cautiously walked in, staring at the half-eaten purple tomato, and asked, "Teacher Lin, is this... edible?"

"have no idea."

"Then let me give it a try." Liu Xudong's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "I'd be happy to oblige!"

Lin Muyang glanced at him: "Wasn't the lesson you learned from Bean Sprout last time enough?"

Liu Xudong immediately shut up, but his eyes remained fixed on the purple tomato.

"But it smells so good... and when I smell it, there's a voice in my head saying, 'Eat it, eat it, eat it.'"

Lin Muyang remained silent for a moment, then cut off a small piece and put it in his mouth.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Kui immediately screamed, "Brother! You ate it without even testing it!"

The live chat was filled with comments like, "That expressionless guy actually tested the poison on himself!"

"The guy with the facial paralysis: I'm super brave!"

"This is the spirit of a scientist!"

Lin Muyang chewed twice expressionlessly and swallowed: "It's very sweet, with a slight alcoholic taste. There's nothing unusual so far."

Xiao Kui and Liu Xudong stared at him intently, afraid that something might happen.

They waited for five minutes, but there seemed to be no reaction. They waited another five minutes, but still nothing unusual happened.

Just as he was about to write "no abnormalities" in his notebook, he suddenly noticed that his right hand was unconsciously tapping the table lightly.

He stopped, looked at his hands, trying to stop his fingers from tapping the table, but it didn't seem to work.

He frowned, looking around to see if anything was amiss.

Xiao Kui came closer, her face full of concern: "Brother, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Should we go to the hospital?"

Lin Muyang stared at his fingers, which were constantly tapping on the table: "My fingers seem to have a mind of their own."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Kui became even more worried: "What's wrong? Are you poisoned? Should we call 120?"

"Wait a minute, okay?"

Just then, he noticed the big orange cat next to him. Its tail was wagging incessantly, and the frequency of the wagging was the same as the frequency of his fingers tapping on the table!

He looked at the orange cat's tail again. Every time the orange cat's tail wagged, he would tap it with his hand.

He pressed his hand directly onto the table, and the orange cat's tail wagged again, causing his hand to unconsciously move slightly on the table.

Xiao Kui stared at his hand for a long time, then looked at Da Ju.

Daju yawned, and Lin Muyang's hand followed suit, making a grasping motion.

"This is so weird..." Xiao Kui asked curiously, "Brother, is this a new effect of purple tomatoes?"

"Very likely, but not certain yet." Lin Muyang put his hands in his pockets and forcefully pressed them down. "We need more data."

The comment section read: "The guy with the poker face has betrayed us."

"Big Orange: You've finally met your match."

"Indeed, the essence of humanity is that of a repeating machine."

Liu Xudong watched for a while, then couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Lin, will your hand stay like this forever?"

"I don't know, we need to observe it further and wait until it recovers before making a decision."

Liu Xudong swallowed hard, his eyes glancing at the half-eaten purple tomato again: "Um... can I have a small piece too? Just a small piece. I want to help you collect data."

Lin Muyang glanced at him: "Aren't you afraid?"

"It's just imitating a big orange, what's there to be afraid of?" Liu Xudong picked up a small piece, put it in his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and swallowed. "Mmm, delicious. I don't feel anything, ah."

He was stunned.

Because the "ah" he just said wasn't what he actually meant; it was something he made along with the screaming grass.

Just now, the orange cat's tail accidentally brushed against the screaming girl in the corner.

Then Scream Girl let out an "Ah!" sound.

So he called out as well.

Wu Tao passed by the door and coughed.

Liu Xudong also coughed once.

Wu Tao frowned, and Liu Xudong frowned as well. Wu Tao said expressionlessly, "Finish weeding the east section today."

Liu Xudong also said expressionlessly, "Finish weeding the east section today."

Wu Tao was taken aback: "Why are you repeating a year?"

Liu Xudong: "Why are you repeating a grade?"

Wu Tao fell silent. Liu Xudong also fell silent.

Wu Tao: "Run an extra five kilometers."

Liu Xudong: "Run an extra five kilometers."

Then, in his distress, tears streamed down his face: "I didn't mean to!"

The live chat exploded: "Da Liu's been controlled by Tomato!" "Captain Wu, let him go, it's not his fault!" "Is this Tomato or a broken record?!"

Xiao Kui looked at Liu Xudong, then at Lin Muyang, and suddenly realized, "Brother! He's imitating Captain Wu! Your hand gestures are imitating Da Ju! So the effect of this tomato is imitation!"