# Shennong Pot is Real, a True Shennong#
# Live Production of Artificial Starch#
# Finally No Need to Worry About Starving to Death!#
# Ding Yun is the True Shennong Clan#
In peacetime, people pursue entertainment to the death; in wartime, people constantly focus on war situations. In times of famine, what people care about most is naturally news related to food.
As the news of the Shennong Pot being real spread, within three hours, the trending topics became as described above.
【A few days ago, when the nutrient solution supply for each person in our base was reduced from three tubes to two, I was on the verge of collapse. If this continues, life will truly be unsustainable, and I might as well just lie in bed and do nothing.
Fortunately, I saw the Shennong Pot that same day.
Although the nutrition is still unbalanced, the materials are relatively monotonous, lacking oil and fat, at least I don't have to endure hunger.
The feeling of not being full, of having an empty stomach.
It's truly, truly unbearable...】
【What has the artificial starch breakthrough team, established two years ago, been doing? So many experts and professors joined them to research the industrial-scale production of artificial starch.
Yet their efficiency isn't even as fast as that of a folk scientist. They are truly wasting the nation's tax revenue!】
【The real experts are among the people!】
【Speaking of which, if I had researched this thing, I would definitely not call it the Shennong Pot. I would name it after myself, so it could be passed down through the ages.】
【One doesn't need to do that to be remembered for eternity.】
【Unless humanity goes extinct.】
【It's rather heart-wrenching to talk about. My child used to be a very picky eater, refusing this and that, unfazed by scolding or hunger. Back then, I wished for the day my child would stop being picky, and I would be truly grateful.
Now, the child isn't picky and is sensible.
But I feel incredibly sad, unable to even satisfy their wish for a bowl of noodles, a meal. Seeing my child drink nutrient solution with no taste at all and say it's delicious, I deeply regret not being so demanding back then, wishing I had let them freely eat junk snacks.
Now, even if I wanted to buy them something, I can't.】
【Who isn't like that?
I used to control my diet every day to pursue a good figure, not daring to eat this or that. Now I don't have to control my diet, but there's nothing to eat.】
【Does anyone have a spare Shennong Pot? The official website has long been sold out, and we don't know when it will be restocked. There isn't even a pre-order link now.
Can anyone resell one? I'll buy it at a high price!】
【Didn't the Ministry of Grain and Oil issue an announcement saying that the inventor of the Shennong Pot has contributed the technology, and that the authorities will be able to supply artificial starch without limit after some time? Why would you still want to buy a Shennong Pot!】
【Nonsense, being able to buy it and being able to produce it yourself are two completely different concepts. Anyway, most industrial and power-consuming giants have ceased operations, so there's no more electricity consumption.
The power supply is relatively abundant.
Being able to produce it yourself is much better than being controlled by others.】
【Exactly!】
【By the way, does anyone know who this inventor, Ding Yun, is? I've never heard of this person before. Such a great talent, unable to even get into research institutes, and having to conduct research on their own, isn't that too ridiculous?
Are there any talents in the research institutes now?
Aren't they all just people occupying positions without doing anything!】
【Don't talk nonsense. If it weren't for our continuous efforts in cultivating cold-resistant and drought-resistant crops, and building underground and hydroponic planting bases over the years, how could our grain reserves have lasted until now? People would have starved to death in large numbers long ago.
Furthermore, we also achieved the mass production technology for artificial starch more than a month ago, but we are still optimizing it due to excessive energy consumption during conversion.】
【Can you tell us how much energy consumption it is?】
【……】
【I know. More than a month ago, the artificial starch breakthrough team happily posted a celebratory announcement on their official account, saying they had achieved the technology of converting one thousand degrees of electricity into one jin of artificial starch.】
【1000:5? 200:1?】
【Oh, and there's one more thing I didn't mention, which is that their conversion efficiency is one jin per hour. With this efficiency, some people might starve to death before they get their turn if they were to queue up for artificial starch.】
【It can't be said that they were useless. After all, they did achieve a breakthrough, and their technological progress speed was even faster than the normal pace. For example, when penicillin was first invented, it took more than ten years to reach mass production. They only took a few years.
Theoretically speaking, in another seven or eight years, they might be able to achieve the current level of the Shennong Pot. However, we common people probably won't live to see that day.】
【We can only say that we are fortunate. In times of crisis, there are always wise individuals in our country who turn the tide!】
【I would never have imagined that after years of cultivating good seeds to solve the food problem, the real savior would be a new technology from recent years, artificial starch technology. It's truly fate playing tricks on us. If this continues, I genuinely worry that some science fiction novels depicting humans only consuming various flavors of nutrient solutions in the future might come true.】
【Back then, I desperately wished for science fiction to become reality, for humans to no longer waste time eating. How great it would be if just one tube of nutrient solution or a few pills could satisfy a day's needs. Now, the dream has largely come true.
But I just want to strangle my past self.】
【When will this suffering end!】
【I read a report yesterday saying that a new round of species extinction has begun. If we are unlucky, it will take until 95% of species are extinct before the environment undergoes new changes.】
【The Ministry of Grain and Oil seems to be planning to export artificial starch. Isn't this going too far!】
【You misread. The report states that after fully satisfying domestic supply, the surplus will be considered for export to benefit the world, with a further note.
Only to friendly nations...】
【Regardless, I am relieved now. I used to often wake up hungry in the middle of the night, feeling dejected, fearing that I would starve to death one day. Now it's better. Although there may still be situations of malnutrition or cravings in the future, at least I won't starve to death.】
【The feeling of hunger is truly unbearable!】
【I always thought someone's "true fragrance" phenomenon might be just a publicity stunt. But after experiencing hunger, I realized that when desperate with hunger, who cares if something is good or not? If it can fill your stomach, it's delicious!】
【Some supermodels are truly amazing. More than a decade ago, when materials were extremely abundant, they were already living the life we are now. Have you ever considered our current state of frequent hunger?
Many supermodels have been like this for over ten years.
When women are determined, they are truly ruthless towards themselves...】
……
Meanwhile, Ding Yun, having just left the research institute, pondered for a moment and finally decided to pick up her parents herself.
However, after knocking on the door and seeing her mother again after three to four years, just as she was about to gather her emotions, she was met with a barrage of questions from Gao Yi:
"You still remember to come back?"