Qin Siyang met with Chu Zhongxiong and handed over Yamamoto Taro's corpse to him.
The two didn't exchange much. After saying goodbye, they went their separate ways.
Qin Siyang returned to the empty dining hall of the clubhouse and had a lavish dinner with Zhao Longju, just the two of them.
He still held a grudge against Li Tianming and the others.
He tore off a chunk of meat from the pork knuckle with force, his expression full of dissatisfaction, "These people doing research are really something else! A bunch of wolves and tigers showed up, all clearly up to no good, wanting to eat my flesh and drink my blood, and Li Tianming and the others actually had the nerve to go talk with them!"
Zhao Longju smiled, "Student Qin, maybe you haven't taken part in research before, so that's how you see it. I can more or less understand Professor Li and the others."
"Research is science, not mysticism. There's no such thing as shutting yourself away for years and suddenly achieving divine mastery. If you work behind closed doors, it's hard to stay on the right track. You still need discussion to correct your direction. Oh right, what I'm saying applies to research in a broad sense. Mathematics isn't included."
"Oh?"
Zhao Longju wiped the meat juice hanging from his beard, "Mathematics, that's a special field. The entire discipline is expanded by geniuses who appear out of nowhere. It's even more mysterious than mysticism."
Zhao Longju's words were precise and seasoned, making Qin Siyang feel like he was talking to a professor.
"Uncle Zhao also understands research?"
Zhao Longju let out a sigh, "Before the apocalypse, I could be considered a researcher. It's just that the field I studied was eliminated when the apocalypse arrived. Later, my eldest brother also funded me to try research on things like divine sequences, but changing fields is like crossing mountains. I wasted a year or two of time and resources without finding a path, so I gave up."
On the surface, Qin Siyang seemed focused on the food in front of him, but his mind was racing.
Because he often schemed against seasoned old hands, he had developed the ability to appear careless while actually thinking carefully.
Zhao Longju's offhand words answered a small doubt in Qin Siyang's mind.
He remembered Zhao Sifang once said that Zhao Longju's kinship with Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei was extremely distant, so distant that they hadn't even heard of each other.
Most likely, only in ancient times, during something like the extermination of nine clans, would they have been dragged together to meet.
But even so, he was still entrusted with important responsibilities by the Zhao brothers.
Qin Siyang didn't think the Zhao brothers were the type to treat family ties as sacred.
But if Zhao Longju was a researcher, then it made sense.
In the end, they were bound together by profit.
"I didn't expect Uncle Zhao to have this kind of background… Uncle Zhao, do you mind if I ask what field you originally studied?"
"Computer science."
"Computers? That really doesn't fit the theme of the apocalypse. In the 21st century, biology is what's in demand."
"Yeah. Academic research is also like natural selection. The weak are eliminated, the strong survive. Outdated fields all get swept into the trash heap."
"Oh right, Uncle Zhao. Looking at your broad back, thick waist, and full beard, you look more like a suit-wearing enforcer than a researcher. Have you always looked like this?"
Zhao Longju laughed, "Of course not. If I looked like this back then, I probably wouldn't have even gotten into a lab. It was after I gave up research and took a different path that my eldest and second brothers had me dress like this."
Qin Siyang nodded thoughtfully, "Little Zhao is like you too. Looks like intimidating people with appearance is a Zhao family tradition."
"Student Qin, you really have a way with words."
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After finishing the meal, Qin Siyang returned to his room and took a nap.
His light sleep was interrupted by knocking on the door.
It was Li Tianming and the others, telling him to pack up and prepare to set off back to South Glory.
After bidding farewell to Zhao Longju, the group boarded the capsule vehicle. Lu Daoxing sat in the driver's seat, traveling forward underground the entire way.
"Hey, Old Li, that Divine Regurgitated Fluid Hou Yeyu mentioned, do you think it has research potential?"
"Well… the material is strange, but I can't think of any special use. It might just be for show…"
Inside the capsule, the professors were still exchanging what they had learned from conversations with their peers.
Qin Siyang leaned alone against the back row of the capsule. At first, he intended to listen to them.
But after straining his neck and trying hard to follow for a long time, he realized he neither understood nor found it interesting, and soon began to yawn repeatedly.
So he stopped forcing himself forward, shrank back into his seat in the rear, and sat there in a daze, like he had been left out by a group of middle-aged men.
He muttered under his breath, "We came together, so how did I end up being left aside?"
But the professors were in the middle of an intense discussion. Even Lu Daoxing, who was driving, couldn't help but chime in. No one paid any attention to Qin Siyang's small mood.
Qin Siyang had no choice but to take out his phone, hoping to find some comfort on the forum.
When he opened the [Sequence Education] forum, the posts in front of him startled him.
He had actually flooded the entire forum.
[Qin Siyang Attends Thesis Hearing, All Papers Successfully Approved!]
[Thesis Review Committee Votes Four in Favor, Three Against, Qin Siyang's Paper Passes!]
[How Much Did Qin Siyang Contribute to His Paper? Let Me Break It Down…]
[Professor Zhu Haifeng Appears at Thesis Hearing, Casts a Supporting Vote for Qin Siyang's Paper!]
[Heard Qin Siyang and Zhao Longfei Wear the Same Pair of Pants, True or False?]
At a glance, almost all of them were posts about him.
Looking at the posts related to himself, Qin Siyang felt a bit complicated.
The papers were secured, the materials weren't handed over, his reputation and influence had risen again. The purpose of this trip had already been achieved.
But Zhu Haifeng's supporting vote left him with a strange feeling, like losing something only to gain something else, unsure whether it was good or bad.
"No need to think too much. Just stride forward."
"Strange though, why haven't the people from the [Qin Siyang Support Club] come out to show off at a time like this? Forget it, whatever."
He smiled, closed the forum, and rested with his eyes shut.
Qin Siyang's attention was entirely on himself, so he didn't notice.
His posts were like a flood, impacting the entire forum. But among them, there were still one or two posts about Hu Chan mixed in.
[Holy Son of Zephyr Church Delivers Important Divine Oracle Speech at United Government Academy! (Hot)]
[Holy Son Hu Chan of Zephyr Church Talks About Faith in Gods at United Government Academy! (Hot)]
Even though Hu Chan's posts had the word [Hot] added at the end, they were still quickly drowned out by Qin Siyang's thesis hearing posts.
———
At this moment, Hu Chan sat in a room, gripping his phone, veins bulging on his forehead.
"I put in so much effort organizing that speech, and even spent heavily to buy trending spots on the forum, and I still can't beat Qin Siyang?"
"Qin Siyang is way too abnormal!"
Beside him, Yu Ziying smiled and comforted him, "He won a big victory at the thesis hearing and got the majority vote from the standing members of the review committee. Naturally, he draws more attention."
Hu Chan clenched his fists, the veins on his forehead throbbing, "That just makes me even angrier! How did the standing members end up mostly supporting him?"
"Forget others, even Zhu Haifeng, that guy who barely ever attends meetings, showed up just to vote for him!"
"What a damn opponent!"
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