Qin Siyang stopped dawdling.
He took out a storage box and opened it in front of everyone.
"This is…"
"My god, how many multi-headed weasels is this?"
"Little Qin, did you rip out the Nightmare Lantern Tree by the roots and wipe out the entire weasel nest?"
Looking at the countless corpses of multi-headed weasels, the professors all gasped in amazement.
They had imagined that Qin Siyang might really manage to get one or two multi-headed weasels to satisfy Hao Liang's needs.
But no one had ever imagined that Qin Siyang would bring back hundreds of multi-headed weasel corpses in one go.
And Hao Liang, the one who needed the multi-headed weasels the most, had trembling lips and was completely unable to speak.
He picked up a multi-headed weasel corpse and checked each head one by one. After confirming that it really was a multi-headed weasel, he quietly set it aside, picked up another one, and silently examined it.
Under everyone's gaze, Hao Liang checked three multi-headed weasels in a row, and only then did he seem to finally accept the reality.
"They're all… multi-headed weasels?"
Qin Siyang nodded, "Yes. And they're all fresh."
Hao Liang looked flustered, his words coming out disjointed as his hands waved around aimlessly, "You killed these… multi-headed weasels… you… Nightmare Lantern Tree?"
Qin Siyang nodded again, "Yes. I killed all of these multi-headed weasels. And I did see the Nightmare Lantern Tree."
"Then you?"
Qin Siyang shrugged, "I survived by luck."
Hearing this, the professors all showed looks of disbelief, and then immediately started asking eagerly.
"What? You ran into the Nightmare Lantern Tree and still made it back alive?"
"This isn't something you joke about, Little Qin!"
"Little Qin, did the Nightmare Lantern Tree attack you? Do you remember how you woke up from the nightmare?"
While the professors were asking with concern, Hao Liang put away the storage box and grabbed Qin Siyang, dragging him away.
Being pulled along by Hao Liang, Qin Siyang knew that Hao Liang must have something important to say to him.
So he turned back and said to the other professors, "When I get the chance, I'll explain this whole thing in detail to you all! It's not really much of a secret anyway…"
Before he could finish speaking, Hao Liang leapt up, hauling Qin Siyang straight to the third floor of the Miracle Building, then shoved him into a laboratory and locked the door behind them.
"Professor Hao, what is this…"
Seeing Hao Liang's grave expression, Qin Siyang did not dare joke around anymore.
Hao Liang extended his hand in a posture as formal as diplomatic etiquette, "Little Qin, sit."
"Oh… okay."
Hao Liang sat down on the other side of the lab bench, facing Qin Siyang.
Then he swept all the instruments and reagents off the table in one motion and placed the storage box containing the multi-headed weasels right in the center.
"Little Qin, when you were hunting the multi-headed weasels, you encountered the Nightmare Lantern Tree, right?"
"That's right."
"Did the Nightmare Lantern Tree attack you?"
"Yes. The Nightmare Lantern Tree's attack is actually—"
Hao Liang raised a hand and stopped Qin Siyang from explaining anything about the Nightmare Lantern Tree.
"At this stage, large gods can only be observed from afar, not fought. Even researching them has no meaning. What I care about is how you got these multi-headed weasels."
"Oh. Okay, ask away."
"If I hadn't kept asking you for multi-headed weasels, you wouldn't have risked your life to kill them, right?"
"Uh… that's true. Multi-headed weasels aren't very valuable. The cost-performance of killing them is too low."
Hao Liang nodded, then let out a sigh, "Little Qin, I hope you understand that I asked you for multi-headed weasels because I thought you had connections and good luck, and maybe you could get me one or two. I never expected you to kill multi-headed weasels right in front of the Nightmare Lantern Tree, and I never had the intention of using your life to help me gather materials."
"I truly didn't expect you to do something this dangerous. If you had died collecting multi-headed weasels, Old Li would never forgive me, and I would never forgive myself either."
As Hao Liang spoke, his expression grew heavier and heavier.
"Little Qin, for this matter, I must apologize to you."
With that, Hao Liang stood up and bowed deeply to Qin Siyang.
Qin Siyang hurriedly stood as well, "Professor Hao, don't do this—"
"I have to apologize."
Hao Liang, who usually liked bickering with Wu Yu and had a filthy mouth full of crude jokes, suddenly becoming this serious made Qin Siyang feel completely unprepared. For a moment, he did not know what to say.
After sitting back down, Hao Liang continued, "Since you risked your life for me, then I naturally have to treat you the same way. Next, I'll tell you everything truthfully."
"Do you know why I wanted to collect multi-headed weasels?"
Qin Siyang shook his head.
Hao Liang went on, "From the blood of multi-headed weasels, a substance called 'multi-brain molecules' can be extracted."
"At room temperature, this substance is liquid. Above fifty degrees, it becomes gaseous. According to my research, multi-brain molecules have two uses."
"First, when multi-brain molecules are in a gaseous state, they can erase the aura of a sequence ability user from disc armor."
"Second, when multi-brain molecules are in a liquid state, they can dissolve disc armor into sequence potions."
"What? Multi-headed weasels actually have uses like that?"
After hearing this, Qin Siyang exclaimed in shock.
"Yes."
Qin Siyang swallowed hard, "Professor Hao, this… how many people know about this?"
Hao Liang shook his head, "Multi-headed weasels usually appear near Nightmare Lantern Trees, making them extremely difficult to hunt, and they're very rare inside the safe zone. So not many people know about this. And I've kept this strictly confidential. Old Li doesn't know. My wife and children don't know either."
Qin Siyang took a deep breath.
The function of multi-headed weasels was just too perfect.
He had been worrying that the disc armor sacrifices in his hands were all trash now.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, dead wood would meet spring again.
However, before Qin Siyang could feel happy for long, Hao Liang continued, "Erasing the ownership of disc armor would throw the point certification at the safe zone exits into chaos. Manufacturing sequence potions would render the United Government's means of controlling sequence ability users ineffective."
"These two uses of multi-brain molecules both strike directly at the United Government's sore spots and shake its rule over the entire zone."
As he spoke, Hao Liang stood up and walked to the window, his tone heavy, "So using multi-headed weasels for research is an extremely dangerous thing."
Qin Siyang was still feeling delighted inside. Hearing Hao Liang say this, he waved his hand indifferently, "Hey, what's the big deal? I wasn't planning to overthrow the United Government's rul—"
He stopped abruptly halfway through the sentence.
'Wait! Something is wrong. Researching multi-headed weasels will shake the United Government's rule and provoke the United Government. Then why did Hao Liang asked me for multi-headed weasels in the first place?'
Thinking of this, Qin Siyang immediately turned his head toward Hao Liang by the window.
"Professor Hao, you wouldn't possibly—"
However, Hao Liang stood quietly with his back to Qin Siyang, offering no response.
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