Gan Ning's fearsome war achievements were being delivered right when Chen Xi was indoctrinating Qu Qi about the weakness of purebred crops compared to the miracles of hybrid vigor, and he was also teaching Qu Qi about Mendel's pea plant theory.
Qu Qi's eyes lit up as he listened. Although he hadn't studied these topics specifically, as a professional agronomist with seven to eight years of experience, of course, he had encountered oddities like purple pea flowers producing white offspring. He had also seen tall pea plants give rise to short ones!
