Chapter 22 Mutual Respect

Facts have proven that highly educated talents standing at the pinnacle of Yunding can also roll up their trouser legs, cover their feet in mud, and sit in a dirt pit, grinning foolishly.

Bai Jingyan, wearing large rubber boots and a black leather apron, skillfully chopped up the corn stalks harvested from the planting area. Then, he mixed them with soybeans, corn kernels, and concentrated feed, using a shovel to stir it all together. He lifted the mixture with a large bucket and evenly scattered it into the feeding troughs of the animal husbandry shed.

Li Tianran squatted on the steps of the small building, watching this scene, a sense of comfort as a "black-hearted boss" arose spontaneously.

No wonder there are so many capitalists in the world; it turns out watching others work is such an enjoyable thing!

The camouflage of the animal husbandry shed was lifted the moment Bai Jingyan walked out of the small building.

Although Bai Jingyan was also amazed at how such an industrialized animal husbandry shed could be built on Li Tianran's farm in just a few days, he didn't ask too many questions.

The less said, the better.

Moreover, Li Tianran's image in Bai Jingyan's mind was undoubtedly extremely mysterious.

He possessed a perfect mutated creature as a follower and also had the power to revive those on the verge of death at will.

All of this was beyond Bai Jingyan's imagination!

Even he, who possessed the most advanced technology in the world, could absolutely not achieve this.

Mystery often represents fear and terror.

In Bai Jingyan's mind at this moment, Li Tianran's terrifying nature far exceeded that of Bai Jingming and others.

Because even if Bai Jingming was strong, Bai Jingyan knew their limits and the extent of their power!

But regarding Li Tianran, Bai Jingyan knew nothing.

Bai Jingyan always believed that Li Tianran's apparent identity was just a disguise, and his real identity might be frighteningly terrifying.

Otherwise, how could an ordinary farmer possess so many awe-inspiring powers?

Thinking of this, Bai Jingyan began to feel relieved. Working for such a mysterious and powerful person didn't seem like such an unacceptable thing...

After feeding the sheep, Bai Jingyan didn't take off his leather apron but squatted next to Li Tianran in an unceremonious manner.

"Smoke?" Li Tianran opened a pack of cigarettes and offered one.

Bai Jingyan looked at the cigarette pack, a complex expression in his eyes, but he still took one from Li Tianran's hand, lighting it with slightly clumsy movements, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"You're quite skilled at this." Li Tianran smiled and asked softly, "Did a privileged person like you do this kind of work before?"

Bai Jingyan gave a self-deprecating laugh, "To be honest, I used to do this kind of work often before I was eight years old."

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows.

"I'm an illegitimate child. Before I was eight, I lived with my mother... My father didn't seem to care about our well-being. I had a hard time when I was a kid." Bai Jingyan said with a smile, "I hated my father very much, but when he came to find me, I still chose to abandon my mother and leave with him."

"It's not that I'm heartless and abandoned my birth mother! It's because I knew very well that only by going with him could I change my life, could I do what I wanted to do, and could I truly change the fate of my mother and me."

"I've always been sick. Because my mother was injured during pregnancy, my leg was disabled from birth, and I also had heart problems... Bai Jingming and the others often mocked and teased me because of this. And in order to cure my illness, I developed almost strict habits from a young age. I never smoked, drank, or ate spicy foods that stimulated the heart. I gave up anything that was harmful to my body."

"Even after my illness was cured, these habits remained."

"I lived like a robot." Bai Jingyan picked up the cigarette in his hand and waved it, saying with a smile, "This is the first time I've smoked. This feeling of releasing my nature... is great."

Li Tianran didn't expect that someone like Bai Jingyan would also have such a cruel and unbearable past, and a glimmer of sympathy flashed in his eyes.

Bai Jingyan keenly noticed the change in Li Tianran's eyes, and he laughed, "Don't sympathize with me, don't pity me! I don't need that kind of thing!"

"I want to thank my past suffering, it strengthened my belief! I have always firmly believed in one truth: everything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes, and he also lit a cigarette for the first time, slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, and looked at Bai Jingyan, "I admire you a little."

"I'm already much better than I used to be, and the future me will definitely be even better." Bai Jingyan said calmly, "I'm someone who's going to change the course of human history, I don't care about the past suffering at all."

Li Tianran leaned back on the steps, looking at the gray sky, and suddenly laughed.

He raised the cigarette in his hand and said to the sky, "Respect to a better you in the future."

"I hope you can be even stronger in the future, so my investment won't be a loss..."

The corners of Bai Jingyan's mouth curled up slightly, he looked at the somewhat lazy Li Tianran and asked, "Boss Li, what about your past and ideals?"

"Me? I'm just an ordinary person, I don't have any lofty ideals." Li Tianran laughed, "To have food and clothing, and to be safe and sound, that's my biggest wish."

Bai Jingyan also laughed.

He didn't believe Li Tianran's words.

He could see that deep in Li Tianran's eyes was full of unyielding spirit and plans for the future. How could a man with such eyes be content with mediocrity?

What Bai Jingyan didn't know was that he had replicated the genes of the gods and wanted to create an era of gods, but only Li Tianran, who had mastered the LV4 fruit, was the true pioneer who could create an era of gods.

Everything below the ancient gods is a false god!

Only those who have mastered the most powerful evolutionary force in the world are worthy of being called true gods.

And that kind of power is also something that current technology cannot replicate at all...

...

Bai Jingming was talking to an old man on the big screen, and the atmosphere in the entire room was very oppressive.

"He would resist, you expected it long ago... You made a lot of preparations, but you still failed to stop him, dereliction of duty." On the electronic screen, the white-haired old man uttered these words expressionlessly, without any emotional color.

Bai Jingming's face was gloomy.

He knew that the last two words "dereliction of duty" in his father's words were originally meant to be "waste," but in order to save him a little face, his father still changed his words.

"He's seriously injured and also carrying a seriously injured woman, he can't run far." Bai Jingming replied in a deep voice, "Now the entire medical industry in Nancheng is controlled by our people, as soon as he appears, we can immediately arrest him."

"I heard... he has completed perfect mutation?" Bai's father asked.

"Yes." Bai Jingming replied.

"I really didn't expect that the world's first perfectly mutated human being is my son... If it weren't for his ideas being too rebellious, it would have been a good choice to make him my heir." Bai's father said coldly.

Bai Jingming's brow twitched wildly, he knew that his father was warning him.

He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "Three days! If I can't catch him within three days, I will give up all the privileges I have in the head office and the family!"

"This is a military order you made yourself." Bai's father said calmly, "I'll wait for you for three days."

Buzz!

The electronic screen went black.

Bai Jingming suddenly raised his head and looked at the group of subordinates standing in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Bring Lan Ning over, I want to ask him some questions in person!"