In the spring of 1998, across the quiet fields of northern Poland, a young agronomist named Michael received an unusual assignment. His agricultural institute had received a package of seeds with no origin, no label. Just a short note:

"Sow once. Do not harvest. Do not return."

Most people would’ve laughed it off as a prank. But Michael wasn’t most people — he was obsessed with unexplained botanical mutations and fringe plant genetics. Where others saw superstition, he sensed something real. Something waiting.

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