The operation on the plant was successful. As a precaution, the scientists didn’t let the plant absorb the crystal naturally but inserted the mechanically-enhanced crystal into the plant’s central sac through old-fashioned surgery.
Three separate insertions were done on plant samples of varying growth stages, from the budding shoot, to flowering tendrils. Many plant samples, however, were casualties of these three successful ones.
Then, the scientists realized that these wilted plant materials were excellent sources of plant fiber. They could be used to create paper, which was especially useful now that the Hope had a news agency.
The Academy was glad that they had stumbled upon such a treasure. They believed that this plant would prove invaluable to their misadventures in space!
The belief had infected even Yao Yuan, who ordered some plant spores to be kept in quarantine so that when man’s technology caught up, they could be used in more wonderful ways.
