From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

"As long as there are no problems on your end, I don't need to worry about anything on my end."

Valerie still had that confident and cool demeanor.

Leo was even more confident than her because this was a cross-industry call. "Okay, I'll get straight to the point. You've worked in the European branch before, are you familiar with the Frankfurt branch?"

"You're investigating me, aren't you?" Valerie scoffed. "Not familiar with me. I've never been to Germany."

"Alright, you can keep an eye out for it. While you're solidifying Arasaka's reputation through your defection, there might also be an intelligence leak in Frankfurt about Arasaka secretly building a mass accelerator at the lunar base."

"..."

Valerie fell silent briefly, seemingly processing this unexpected piece of information.

A few seconds later, a glint of light flashed in her dark eyes: "Was this your doing?"

"No, I've found some interesting information. An enemy who also hates Arasaka might use this opportunity to cause some trouble. We'll discuss the specifics after you switch jobs. Just be prepared for this; there's no guarantee it will definitely happen."

"That's enough. Knowing that this is a possibility, all we need to do is create the right environment for it to happen, which will greatly increase the chances of it actually happening. I'll think of a way."

"That's all, just this matter. Take care of yourself," Leo habitually reminded him.

Valerie glanced at her, then smiled slightly. "Looks like you didn't take my advice to heart at all. Oh well, I'm the one who benefited anyway. I should go back to my workstation now. Text me if you need anything."

"Dudu..."

After saying that, she hung up the phone decisively.

After communicating with two Vs in a short period of time, Leo's V-Shaking energy increased significantly.

I glanced at the time; it was 1:30 AM…

We're supposed to meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow, so I'd better go to bed early.

I closed my eyes, and a faint weariness washed over me.

Goodnight, Gotham…

Chapter 362 The Super Nuclear Bomb—Alcohol-2 Rice is Born!

The next morning, Leo was woken up by the alarm clock he had set in advance.

His intense desire to rule Night City dispelled his weariness, causing him to leap out of bed with a swift motion.

I glanced at the time out of habit. Today is March... no, it's October 4th, Monday.

It's late autumn in the DC world, no wonder it gets light late.

After quickly washing up, I changed into a set of casual clothes I had brought with me.

Leo rushed to the 45th floor to have breakfast with the wealthy man.

The wealthy man's dining table was as rich and diverse as ever, but unfortunately, he was completely absorbed in the ethanol-2 crop and ate absentmindedly.

7:50 AM

The two arrived at the biological research institute and successfully reunited with Poison Ivy.

"You are here!"

Poison Ivy had entered the secret laboratory before them, and had already planted the seeds in the potting soil. She paced back and forth excitedly.

"I have confirmed the genetic structure of the seed, and it matches the design. Now, I'm waiting for you all to witness the birth of Alcohol-2 rice!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's unleash some magic, Ivy!"

Leo approached the incubator, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Poison Ivy's lips curled into an excited smile, and a ghostly green glow emanated from her fingertips: "As you wish—witness the power of the green of all things!"

She shouted as she cast a spell to grow plants in the incubator.

Under the green light, the seeds in the potting soil trembled violently, and the embryos pierced the shell at a speed visible to the naked eye, followed by greening, tillering, ear formation, and maturity!

In just 3 seconds, the rice, which should have taken several months to grow, had already grown to half a person's height, with heavy ears of rice hanging down and golden grains swaying and emitting a pleasant fragrance.

"How magnificent! The green of all things!"

Leo raised his hands high and cheered loudly like a fanatic.

"That's right! Praise the green of all things!"

Poison Ivy jumped and cheered, as joyfully as when she created her first creation.

Bruce frowned in deep thought—pure magic was already a headache, but now it was combined with super technology, giving rise to a new type of alcohol-2 crop that could change the world.

From now on, controlling Poison Ivy won't be as simple as just spraying herbicide. If you spray herbicide into rice paddies with Alcohol-2, the first to fight back will definitely be the farmers and ranchers…

As expected, we still need to find a solution from the source and develop an environmental virus that targets the alcohol-2 gene to prevent Poison Ivy and Greenery from truly dominating the world.

Leo inadvertently caught a glimpse of Batman's pensive expression and knew that his "perfect teammate" was once again plotting how to strike back at his allies.

This person is truly something else.

After making another note about Batman, he turned his attention back to the experiment.

Poison Ivy picked a few mature grains and placed them in a gene-editing workstation to examine their gene structure, successfully detecting the alcohol-2 gene.

When grains are crushed, what comes out is not normal starch, but some form of sugar.

Poison Ivy, relying on her immunity to all poisons, ate a few raw and commented, "So sweet! This would be great for desserts!"

"The calories would probably be incredibly high, comparable to fried foods with high sugar content."

Leo had long known that alcohol-2 crops were actually edible and tasted much better than ordinary crops because their high sugar and high calorie properties perfectly suited human nature.

The official name for Alcohol-2 wheat is actually "high-sugar cultivated wheat".

Bruce also reached out and picked a few seeds, examining them closely: "It seems that the Chun-2 rice is already halfway to success."

Poison Ivy nodded: "The first generation of seeds looks fine. Next, we need to test their genetic stability."

The specific method is very simple: Poison Ivy puts the seeds of the first generation crop into a new incubator, and with a wave of her hand, the second generation of rice quickly matures.

Then comes the third generation, Lingmeng'er (Nine), Ling'ou Mountain Eight Abandoned 1, the fourth generation...

Even with the most advanced ripening technology developed in 2010, proper scientists would need about three months to cultivate new rice varieties before they could mature and undergo further testing.

Poison Ivy can spawn a round of spawns in just 3 seconds.

In just one minute, the Chun-2 rice achieved the remarkable feat of having ten generations of rice coexisting, appearing in ten neatly arranged incubators.

"Alright, let's begin checking genetic traits."

Poison Ivy pretended to be calm and collected, but in reality, her smile was almost reaching her ears.

With her formal training, returning to the lab felt like coming home; she found doing experiments far more interesting than committing crimes on the street!

The combination of magic and technology compressed three years of cultivation time into thirty seconds, without compromising the results in the slightest.

The conclusion is—it really didn't work.

"The gene stability is 99.1%, but some plants have degenerated since the third generation, and the yield of alcohol-2 has been severely affected since the fifth generation. If this initial version is promoted, farmers will have to buy seeds every two years."

Listening to Poison Ivy's summary, Leo shook his head: "We sell awakening agents, so don't follow the unethical practices of breeding companies. Continue to improve gene stability and let farmers save their own seeds; this will also reduce some of the burden on farmers."

Bruce nodded.

Poison Ivy was puzzled: "Didn't we say we were going to use Alcohol-2 crops to punish them?"

"What we want to sanction are the government, capitalists, and big tycoons, not the farmers. They grow crops and take care of them; they are, to some extent, our helpers."

Poison Ivy thought there seemed to be some truth to what he said.

So the gene template was reworked, and time flew by while waiting and experimenting.

Thanks to the fact that fine-tuning is much faster than the first major gene overhaul, they only need two hours to get the new seeds and start a new round of planting and testing.

Ultimately, the fifth generation of alcohol-2 rice was successfully developed, with a gene stability rate of over 99.9%. Its tenth generation offspring plants still exhibited good sugar content, making it a successful commercial genetically modified crop.

“按照你的要求，我选用的水稻品种亩产量约在500公斤左右，考虑到热带、亚热带区域水稻一年可种2-3季，年产量可达1000~1500公斤每亩。显著高于对手研究所的醇-2小麦，产量差距约在30~50%。”

"very good!"

Leo nodded repeatedly.

He did his homework before coming and knew that Southeast Asia is one of the most suitable regions in the world for large-scale rice cultivation.

If Kangtao were to expand the cultivation of alcohol-2 rice on a large scale in Southeast Asia, biotech companies would be in serious trouble!

With the super nuclear bomb in hand, the next step is to put a security lock on it to prevent the core technology from being stolen.

Poison Ivy resumed her old experiments on animal-plant fusion, and with the help of the power of the green of all things, successfully rewrote the genes of alcohol-2 rice.

In the holographic image, the rice genome was rewritten once again. Helical base pairs, driven by life energy, intertwined and recombinated, infusing the originally orderly sequence with a wild and vibrant life force. With the final segment of the gene chain perfectly closed, a brand new rice variety was born!

"I succeeded!"

Poison Ivy stood in front of the control panel, her hands trembling slightly with excitement.

"I modified and improved the hibernation gene of the Arctic squirrel and fused it with the alcohol-2 gene. If a competitor wants to delete the hibernation gene, they will destroy the alcohol-2 gene as well."

This gene lock is countless times stronger than the original. Unless they also possess the power of the Green of All Things and can control plants at their very source like I can, they absolutely cannot break it!

“Excellent…this will be a revolution in the energy sector!”

Leo muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with a mad and fiery light.

He couldn't wait to put this achievement into practice, to let these higher-yielding alcohol-2 rice varieties take root and sprout in the 2077 world, giving biotechnology a little alcohol-2 shock!

Chapter 363 Everything Goes Smoothly! The Wheels of History Roll Forward!

With the Alcohol-2 rice in hand, I'm just one step away from popping the champagne.

The activating agent is used to awaken the seeds, which is crucial for the rice to germinate successfully, and it is also the key to the neck of the Kacontau plant.

Leo made a request regarding this reagent—

"Ivy, I hope you can use the same plant and animal gene fusion technology to prepare the reagents and enhance their confidentiality."

This reagent needs to have solution preparation properties. I will manufacture the stock solution in the most secure, confidential laboratory, then perform secondary preparation in the head office laboratory, and finally, distributors will purchase it and perform tertiary preparation before it is finally delivered to growers.

The higher the dilution ratio of the concentrate, the better. Ideally, enough concentrate should be produced in a single laboratory to meet the needs of growers worldwide.

Poison Ivy quickly recalled the knowledge she had learned in college and pondered:

"Generally speaking, the dilution ratio of the stock solution can reach up to 1000 times. With two further preparations, one liter of stock solution can yield one million liters of diluted medicine. To achieve such an extreme dilution ratio, the stock solution and the primary concentrate must be specially designed..."

"Will it work?" Leo asked nervously.

Poison Ivy smiled and said, "Theoretically, it's possible. As long as the stock solution is designed into RNA-like molecules and self-replicating peptides are synthesized, a small amount of stock solution can be converted into a large amount of primary concentrate during the first dilution through autocatalysis. The subsequent secondary preparation is just a routine operation and there is no difficulty at all."

Leo didn't understand, but he was deeply shocked.

"how long?"

"Soon, with the help of a gene editing workstation to conduct simulation experiments, samples should be produced in a few hours."

Without further ado, the experiment continues.

In the secret laboratory, the three forgot about time and everything around them, working tirelessly day and night.

Finally, at 3 a.m., I got the matching awakening reagent for alcohol-2 rice sorted out.

Leo's grand plan has secured its first cornerstone, and his extreme excitement has dispelled his physical and mental fatigue.

"cheers!"

The three raised their glasses in celebration, substituting champagne for a black coffee made by Alford.

"Ah-"

The bitter coffee made his throat ache, and the intense bitterness, so strong it made him want to cry, brought Leo back to his senses.

"Hey... Bruce, what did you put in this coffee? It's amazing!"

"More than 2.5 times the recommended daily intake of caffeine." Bruce downed his coffee in one gulp. "I mean per cup."

"grass…"

I've found the reason why I didn't sleep well last night.

Leo was very fortunate that he did not have cardiovascular disease, otherwise he might have been killed by those few cups of coffee.

Deadly doses of caffeine...

After drinking this cup, Leo was no longer sleepy at all. Looking at the other two, they were in a similar state of mind.

"Since I can't sleep anyway, why don't I continue to work on creating a stable gene model for water-purifying algae?"