After drinking a cup of six-inch green tea, they suddenly felt refreshed and regained some energy.
However, Ye Bo was not in the mood to enjoy the tea at the moment. He said, “A’Jing, what about the thing you wanted to show me? Take it out quickly.”
“I’ve been sitting here calmly for so long, why are you in such a hurry?” Zhou Xixian said.
“What A’Jing wants to show me is not for you to see. So why are you butting in my matter? Why don’t you go back to your Institute of Archaeology?” Ye Bo retorted back.
The two of them were usually fine with each other, but as soon as it came to professional matters and they became more excited, they started arguing again, they were truly like a pair of enemies.
“Stop arguing, I’ll bring it out right away, and we can all see it together,” Su Jing said with a smile on his face.
He went inside and brought out a potted plant. There was naturally more than one type of plant from the Classic of Mountain and Sea Universe that had come with the trash, but Su Jing wanted them to see this particular one first.
“Hmm?” Everyone was surprised when they saw the plant that Su Jing brought out. They saw a pot with half-filled water, and the plant floated on the water. It was about twenty centimeters tall, with underdeveloped roots and slender, deeply divided leaves.
On the reproductive branches, dozens of spiral-shaped fruits were densely arranged. The fruits were formed by the folding of the seed coats and were long and slender.
“What kind of plant is this?”
“I have no idea, I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
“Why do I feel like it has an inexplicable sense of disharmony to it?”
The assistants stared at the plant, pondering over it. If an ordinary person saw them looking like this, they would probably laugh at them and would think that it was just a water plant and there was nothing to be amazed about.
“Wait a minute, this plant has seeds covered with a seed coat. It’s a seed plant. However, it grows in water, it’s delicate and slender, and doesn’t look like a woody plant, but more like an herbaceous plant. This phenomenon…” Ye Bo contemplated and it was as if he suddenly realized something and his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, “Oh my, I can’t be mistaken.”
“It seems like you’re thinking the same as me,” Zhou Xixian also had a serious expression on his face as he spoke.
“This can’t be possible.” Ye Bo looked incredulous.
“I also think it’s impossible, but the facts seem to be right in front of us,” Zhou Xixian said.
The two old men turned to Su Jing, their gazes resembling those looking at a monster. They had long felt that Su Jing was extraordinary, but never before had they felt it so strongly.
Not even when the ruins of Atlantis emerged or when extinct animals reappeared had they felt such intensity.
“Old Ye, what are you talking about?”
“Old Zhou, what is this exactly?”
The assistants couldn’t figure it out and were curious.
Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian seemed uncertain. After searching for information for a while, they took a deep breath and announced, “If we’re not mistaken, this should be Archaefructus Sinensis.”
“Archaefructus Sinensis? Wait, isn’t that a plant from ancient times?”
“I remember, it seems to be a plant from over a hundred million years ago.”
“These ancient fruits should only exist in fossils, right?”
The assistants were dumbfounded when they finally realized what they were looking at. They finally understood why Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian were so shocked. Their gaze toward Su Jing also became like that of looking at a monster.
Finding lifeforms that had been extinct for hundreds or thousands of years was already lucky enough. But from over a hundred million years ago, that was an incredibly ancient era.
How many times had the species changed and evolved since then? It was impossible for such a plant to exist in the current time. How could you have it? Could it be that you traveled from over a hundred million years ago?
Or perhaps, you’re an ancient creature that has survived from that time until now, which is why you can produce plants from over a hundred million years ago, artifacts from over ten thousand years ago from Atlantis, and bring back extinct animals from hundreds of years ago…
It’s no wonder they were indulging in wild thoughts. After all, everything was just too unbelievable.
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“So this really is Archaefructus Sinensis. It seems I didn’t make a mistake,” Su Jing also smiled after hearing their words. He had previously checked the information about this plant on the internet, but he wasn’t entirely sure.
Watching Su Jing’s carefree demeanor, both Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian couldn’t help but want to strangle him. Did this brat even realize the extraordinary significance of the plant he brought out?
Of course, they were also excited because this Archaefructus Sinensis was incredibly valuable.
Archaefructus Sinensis, the “World’s Earliest Flower” bloomed 145 million years ago in the western Liaoning Province of China, and it is a legend in the world of ancient lifeforms and archaeology.
The fossil of Archaefructus Sinensis was discovered by Sun Ge, Ji Qiang, and others in the Lingyuan area of western Liaoning in 2000.
Scientists established this extinct ancient angiosperm group as a new family of early angiosperms called “Archaefructaceae.” Research indicates that Archaefructus Sinensis is likely the ancestor of all flowers, fruits, and grains in the world today.
This significant discovery was a new breakthrough in the study of the origin and early evolution of angiosperms worldwide.
The leading scientists of this achievement, Professor Sun Ge from Jilin University and Researcher Ji Qiang from the China Geological Survey, and others published their papers in the prestigious journal Science on May 7, 2002, occupying an important position as the cover article.
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