"Does Xia Country have awakened primitive cells?"
As the person on the right spoke, everyone who was originally walking toward the secret room stopped in their tracks, casting strange glances toward the right, each showing different expressions.
Li Wenkang frowned, but didn't doubt the truth of the words from the right; he just felt it was scientifically implausible.
Although the field team was always understaffed, in terms of information and intelligence, they were always in communication with the Security Bureau, and could even access the medical and civic systems.
If someone like Lu Tiannan truly existed, how could they stay hidden in an information society?
Unless over the past thirty years, they truly secluded themselves in deserted mountains.
"Yes, it's calling for help. I've very subtly heard some echoes." The person on the right spoke with determination, a fluctuation rooted in will and bloodline, very faint yet absolutely certain.
"It's calling for companions to come and merge, forming a new entity to deal with the current situation."
"Hmm... I don't really want to meet it; it would only slow down my solo evolution." The right person thought for a moment, adding a little medical insight.
Life forms from the First Epoch are resilient; even when resources are depleted, they can carry their will through their cells, attaching to smaller creatures for escape.
Or summon companions to achieve comprehensive fusion from a physical perspective, unleashing stronger power.
The primitive cell calling for help intends to find a partner for physical fusion, to huddle together in warmth.
"Old Li, do you have any Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid?" Lu Tiannan asked Li Wenkang with a contemplative expression.
"Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid? That might be difficult. That guy is extremely protective of its food. Normally, when exercising, it uses two large rolls of steel for warm-ups..."
Li Wenkang shrugged, expressing helplessness, as the Qinling Divine Tree is a berserk type of violent nurse.
To have even two hundred milliliters of Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid, you must attend Master Fuli's birthday banquet for a chance to mooch some.
"Now you know to butter me up?" The person on the right sneered coldly upon hearing Lu Tiannan speak.
But Lu Tiannan ignored the right person, only slightly regretting as he spoke, "It's a real pity. From what I understand about the right person, it clothes itself with colorful personalities."
"Without something to whip it, it won't take long before it starts taking inch after inch..."
"?"
The right person furrowed their brows, slowly gesturing a question mark towards Lu Tiannan, thinking the latter a bit odd.
Are you treating me like a Kunlun Slave here?
"Set aside your grievances for now; find that awakened primitive cell first. If you want Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid, isn't it simple? By then, I'll forward the Treasure Tree's prestige to you..."
Ansheng shook his head with a smile at seeing Lu Tiannan and the right person gearing up for mutual harm again, promising the right person a way to obtain Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid.
Once the right person saw the Treasure Tree, Ansheng was confident there could be no one more diligent in the Security Bureau than them.
Upon seeing the protective Treasure Tree, the right person would surely understand the value of the Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid. The Treasure Tree's little pink fists were fast and fierce, comparable to a hundred-ton king.
Merely describing an item's rarity and cost doesn't convey its true worth.
Until one experiences the difficulty of obtaining it, can they understand why it's priceless despite its market absence.
"I pledge my life for Master Fuli, clearing all ascension barriers."
The right person glanced sideways in surprise, revealing a flattering expression, and spoke endlessly to Master Fuli about their loyalty.
Communicating with Lu Tiannan or the Security Bureau was particularly challenging.
But Master Fuli was wise, directly seeing the essence of things and pointing to their core, capturing the right person's heart mightily.
"Alright, get to work!" Ansheng waved them off.
"Sacred Order!" The right person solemnly agreed, then suddenly headbutted Lu Tiannan, causing him to stumble back: "Lazy dog! Follow me to work now!"
Lu Tiannan: "......"
......
"I won't see you off; the procedures are tedious. If Ah Qing doesn't want to study, just let me know and I'll directly arrange for them to work at the research institute screwing bolts."
"It's perfect timing; I've been short-handed here."
Li Wenkang bid Master Fuli farewell and headed toward the core of the Dragon Man Ruins.
Professor Bai led Lu Tiannan and the right person to the warehouse to retrieve Spirit Particle Potion and start tracking the primitive cell.
"I'll accompany you this far! My identity involves some confidentiality clauses, and introducing myself is cumbersome."
Professor Wu escorted Master Fuli outdoors, pointing to the greenhouse where Ah Qing and her companions rested, suggesting Master Fuli might need to walk awhile back.
"Alright, thank you, professor!"
Ansheng jumped off Professor Wu's shoulder, stepping across the withered lawn and waving goodbye to Professor Wu.
"Hmm? Why is that white husky here too?" Ansheng opened the greenhouse door and immediately saw Ah Qing sitting in the management cabin of the greenhouse, playing with her phone.
The greenhouse...perhaps a formal term, as the place was essentially a vegetable garden for stationed soldiers.
Here, it was one of the few places within the Dragon Man Research Institute to connect to WiFi and the internet.
Ah Qing was browsing her phone while that White Wolf was sitting solemnly in front of her, attentive and diligent.
"Buddy, what are you up to here?"
Ansheng ran into the cabin, looked toward the white husky, and asked.
Despite resembling a wolf, the White Wolf, as a canine relative, allowed Ansheng to recognize it as a husky undergoing spiritualization and ancestral regression.
"I am absorbing the teachings of the great king..." The White Wolf earnestly responded to Master Fuli.
"Xiaolan, you're back?"
Ah Qing paused her typing upon seeing Ansheng return, greeting him, then asked with a trace of curiosity:
"By the way, Ah Bai...is it also a Spirit Beast?"
"Ah Bai? Why suddenly ask about it?" Ansheng moved closer to Ah Qing, glancing at the social media chat interface.
"Just saw it on my feed. Sister Lingling said Ah Bai was in a car accident. Over the next few days, she can't make deliveries and asked customers to contact the substitute driver."
Ah Qing informed the little fox, showing him the chat interface briefly, which contained a photo.
Ah Bai lay in the Homeless House hospital bed, seemingly post-anesthesia, looking puzzled, tongue drooped beside the mouth, with a cast on its left leg.
As Ah Qing scrolled through the interface, her conversation with Qiu Lingling gradually surfaced.
Additionally, there was another photo.
A heavy motorcycle was overturned by the roadside, a male sobbing uncontrollably, hugging Ah Bai, kneeling and seemingly shouting something, holding a phone.
According to the chat content, Qiu Lingling said the biker accidentally hit Ah Bai, promptly called the police, and begged his sister to send fifty thousand yuan, sincerely apologizing.
The biker's remorseful tears were so overwhelming that Qiu Lingling couldn't even express her rage.
"That's Lin Hao's little brother, isn't it?"
Upon seeing the accident photo, Ansheng's fox face showed a hint of astonishment.
The biker Ansheng had seen before; he belonged to Lin Hao as a retired Captain under the fleet's dispatch.
"This is quite preposterous; what kind of magical scenario is this..."
Ansheng's face was full of disbelief as he looked at Ah Qing: "A mere big gold-winged motorcycle can't possibly mess up Ah Bai like this."
"Only if a fully loaded semi-truck hit could barely turn Ah Bai into this mess."
Ah Bai now differed from when Ansheng first knew him, alone without any subordinates.
In several cities, Doggy communities rallied under Ah Bai. With wolf-like traits activated, Ah Bai's prowess in Xia Dong Region was unparalleled as a Spirit Beast, not difficult to ascend as a Defender.
Even without wolf-pack traits, Ah Bai was indeed an Overlord Level Spirit Beast. A mere motorcycle could hardly dislocate Ah Bai's hind leg.
"Oh? Ah Bai is also a Spirit Beast?"
Listening to the little fox's complaints, Ah Qing immediately understood the implication, looking at Xiaolan with surprise.
"Yes, indeed! Otherwise, how could the doggies in Jiule City be so polite?"
"In the past, they marked territory by deliberately urinating on humans, using them as carriers to spread their scent through the streets, or by urinating on tires."
Ah Qing: "......"