"To be honest, I'm quite curious about your ability to communicate with animals."
Lin Ying glanced at Master Fox in her arms and spoke to Wang Qiqi.
"It's not much of a secret. Except for some people who have a naturally high level of spiritualization, most of us are trained after birth. Take me and the golden leopard as an example. Initially, I couldn't understand its language either."
"But after spending years together and undergoing injected spirit particle potions, I can perfectly understand the meaning in the golden leopard's language...."
Wang Qiqi led Lin Ying inside while explaining the doubts Lin Ying had raised.
To most people, this information is inaccessible and shouldn't be disclosed to the public.
But Lin Ying is not among them. Be it the positive influence policies of Lin's family in Xia Country, or the €1.3 billion donation from the overseas Lin's family, both greatly advance the progress of the domestic spirit particle research project.
More importantly, Lin Ying also carries the identity of the guardian of Master Fox.
Some things can indeed be said.
"In fact, to put it simply, our basic research on spirit particles is still shallow. Quite a few of our spirit particle-related research projects originate from archaeology and are iteratively derived. Do you understand?"
Wang Qiqi continued, "Whether it's us or the famous overseas Longevity Club, it's through archaeological discovery and sorting, then extending on the foundation of predecessors. However, we're excavating our own ancestors' heritage, while they're digging up Old Wang's tomb next door."
"Archaeology?" The answer given by Wang Qiqi left Lin Ying and Master Fox a bit confused.
"Well....."
Wang Qiqi nodded and said, "In terms of the application layer of spirit particle technology, it is based on current technology development. Like the more common chemical trio—glue, acid mist, and haze—which belong to biochemical synthesis processes."
"But in the fundamental research of spirit particles, with the current level of technology, it really can only rely on archaeology; these are all experiences summed up by predecessors. It's just that they haven't organized them into a complete discipline."
Looking at Lin Ying, Wang Qiqi said, "And the Xinxing Agricultural Science College we're currently at is the cradle for future spirit particle biologists and agronomists. In this 3.5 square kilometer campus, nearly 30,000 talents have already been supplied to related industry chains."
"It's just that the subjects at Xinxing Agricultural Science College are considered niche. Except for students who are determined to aim at this direction in the future, it's difficult to attract a large number of students, even with academicians at the helm."
When mentioning enrollment issues, Wang Qiqi's expression showed slight helplessness and frustration.
The subjects at Xinxing Agricultural Science College generally include agronomy, zoology, and resources and environmental science.
Food safety and engineering might be added in the future.
These subjects are too niche and can't compare with popular disciplines like engineering, medicine, or law.
If it weren't for the presence of over twenty agriculturists, the enrollment rate of Xinxing Agricultural Science College would be rather grim; the students from the colleges of agronomy and zoology combined only amount to two thousand in total this year.
More than 1,000 in zoology, and only more than 1,000 in agronomy and environmental science.
Among the more than 2,000, it's hard to say how many will be engaged in related industries after graduation.
Counting all five campuses together, it could probably barely make up over 10,000.
Xinxing Agricultural Science College doesn't participate in rankings, nor can it disclose its professional advantages. The requirements are high, and currently, admissions rely solely on the influence of academicians.
Every student at Xinxing Agricultural Science College might become a woodcutter or forest ranger upon graduation in the future.
Wang Qiqi is really eager for new colleagues.
In the entire Chang'an City and Qinling Mountain Range,
excluding logistics support staff, there are only three groups of six woodcutters and seven groups totaling twenty-one forest rangers.
Please, sign up! I promise not to trick you into settling in the remote mountains and forests, with a house to be allocated in ten years, a minimum pension of 10,000 upon retirement, and whatever salary you earn, that's how much will be credited to your medical insurance card each month.
.........
Although Wang Qiqi is eager for new colleagues, there's nothing that can be done about the difficulty in admissions.
There are subjective factors as well as objective factors involved.
"The building on our left is the teaching building, but it's currently closed. The building behind it is the Agricultural Research Institute's laboratory, where spirit plants that need specific environments for cultivation or observation experiments are conducted."
Wang Qiqi drove the electric sightseeing car, guiding Master Fox and Lin Ying to tour the campus.
The teaching building and laboratory are located on a small island in the center of a giant artificial lake.
And the only entrance and exit to the teaching and laboratory building area is a single bridge, with no other entrances or exits.
In the artificial lake, Ansheng could even see some carnivorous fish with sharp teeth.
They must have been hungry for quite a long time; when they saw the sightseeing car passing by, they poked their heads out, their eyes gleaming green as they watched the vehicle pass by.
"Are there carnivorous fish in the lake, and are there spies or 007s in the laboratory?"
Ansheng looked at Wang Qiqi and asked curiously.
"Carnivorous fish? Those might be homework from the junior students next door at the animal academy—perhaps they weren't fully retrieved at graduation from here..."
Wang Qiqi's response was unexpected for Ansheng.
The Xinxing Agricultural Science College consists of two colleges, and due to certain historical grievances, there are barriers separating the two colleges, with only the dormitory area being interconnected.
However, this artificial lake is the only area without a barrier.
The neighboring students' homework bouncing into the College of Agriculture and ending up biting the agricultural students seems reasonable.
"Won't letting homework bounce around lead to someone poisoning the river here?" Ansheng joked.
"Usually that's impossible; this lake is also the water source for agriculture students' experimental fields. If anyone intentionally pollutes this water source, they must compensate at the original price."
"The cost of a lake's water, plus cleaning fees, and because it's a public matter, these costs must be paid at the listed price... Tsk tsk, just thinking about it is scary."
Wang Qiqi laughed and said, "These things will be explained at the beginning of the school year."
"Can we visit the female dorm and cafeteria? I'm quite interested in those areas," Ansheng said.
The dormitory environment affects sleep quality.
Cafeteria facilities affect nutritional balance.
Although I'm not the one studying, these things are still related to me, so Ansheng still cares about them.
Moreover,
having never lived on campus before, Ansheng had heard some campus legends.
Like the one where, during summer power outages in the dorm, bikini-clad senior sisters run wildly in the corridors of the female dormitory across the street.
Or, at night, there are whispered cries from the rooftop of the female dormitory and stories of barrier elves appearing in the woodland at the field's edge.
Ansheng used to only listen.
Classmates vividly described it, even bluntly stating that there were sisters who enjoyed giving benefits as well.
If you invited her out for eating, drinking, and entertainment, she'd warmly invite you to do the same at night.
Moreover, in the alleys of the university town at night, they say, there were scantily clad, cold and hungry young ladies everywhere.
As a long-term single person in both lives, Ansheng didn't believe it.
Just felt like that guy was telling a fantasy story.