Midnight, twelve o'clock. It was about to become the next day.
Qin Siyang, who had successfully completed his breakthrough, had been busy from the early hours of the morning until late at night.
When he drove the drill cabin back to South Glory University and appeared once again in the Miracle Building, his heart was filled with countless emotions.
It was already midnight, yet several laboratories were still lit up, and the professors were still busy with their research.
Looking at those professors inside the Miracle Building, Qin Siyang truly felt the hardship of scientific researchers.
He didn't greet anyone.
He came alone to the fourth floor of the Miracle Building, the place where Chang Tianxiong conducted his research.
The laboratories on this floor were filled with all kinds of god remains that Chang Tianxiong studied, along with experimental equipment.
Thinking about Chang Tianxiong, Qin Siyang still felt uncomfortable.
Chang Tianxiong usually didn't talk much, and among all the professors, he had provided Qin Siyang with the least help.
Zhang Kuang had taught Qin Siyang many principles and pieces of knowledge. Wu Yu had given him the tool to judge sequences. Lu Daoxing had provided many treasures. Hao Liang had given him a whole box of potions. Chang Tianxiang had installed the software that could identify gods for him. Li Tianming had even entrusted life and death with him multiple times.
Chang Tianxiong had never actively given him anything, at most helping Chang Tianxiang improve that phone software used to identify gods. Later, when Chang Tianxiang upgraded the software into the more convenient ring, Chang Tianxiong had also contributed a bit.
But Qin Siyang had long regarded all the professors in the Miracle Building as his mentors, mentors who could trust each other until one of them died.
He had always believed that Chang Tianxiong was simply a reserved person.
Qin Siyang arrived on the fourth floor and checked the laboratories one by one, hoping to see Chang Tianxiong's busy figure inside a lab. He clung to the hope that the Chang Tianxiong he encountered outside the safe zone had been someone impersonating him with a sequence ability.
However, every laboratory on the fourth floor had its lights off and doors locked.
Qin Siyang walked to Chang Tianxiong's office at the end of the fourth floor.
The office door was also locked from the inside. A piece of A4 paper with printed information was stuck to the door:
[Going outside the safe zone to collect god materials. Expected return in one or two days. If anything comes up, please leave a text message. Chang Tianxiong, left on August 21.]
Just shortly after Qin Siyang drove the drill cabin out of the safe zone today, Chang Tianxiong had also left the safe zone in some way.
There was no such coincidence in the world.
After seeing Chang Tianxiong's note, Qin Siyang completely gave up hope.
Ding!
Qin Siyang's phone suddenly made a sound.
He felt puzzled. How could he receive a text message at midnight?
He opened his phone and took a look. Qin Siyang was stunned.
[Sender: Chang Tianxiong]
'Could it be that Chang Tianxiong isn't dead?'
Qin Siyang tapped open the message.
He discovered that the content of the message was extremely long.
[Little Qin, this message was preset before I left the safe zone. If you are able to see this message, then you should have already defeated me.]
The joy that had just ignited inside Qin Siyang shattered once again.
He quietly read the rest of the message.
[Although I don't believe there is any possibility of me failing, and I can't imagine how you could defeat me. Moreover, I still have the protection of the gods. But I am a scientific researcher. When conducting research projects, I am used to considering all kinds of extreme situations. Just in case, I still left this message.]
[If I have failed, that means the gods cannot protect me, and my faith is completely wrong. Therefore, the following words will be explained from the perspective of an atheist.]
[First, congratulations on successfully opening the Path of Believers and breaking through to Sequence Level Six. Your main sacrifice and secondary sacrifices are all flawless. From this moment on, you are one of the top sequence ability users inside the safe zone.]
[I believe that with your intelligence, before breaking through you must have already accumulated enough sequence potions. As long as you continue to hold reverence for the gods in your heart, you will surely advance rapidly along the Path of Believers. Soon you will break through to Sequence Level Seven and become a major figure on par with Old Li and Old Zhang.]
[I don't know why, but when I imagine the scene of you achieving fame and success, I actually smiled. Perhaps it's because deep in my heart I also feel that my own actions are vile and disgraceful.]
[Little Qin, if possible, I beg you to never tell anyone about my despicable deeds. I do not care about my reputation after death, but my family needs my honor in order to continue living. I believe that the hatred between us will not make you wipe out my family.]
[Also, do not tell anyone that you killed me. That would put my elder brother in a difficult position. My brother knows nothing about my plan to kill you, but in order to avoid suspicion he will definitely leave Old Li's research team, and the others will also grow distant because of it. Old Li and the others are good people. I am the only bad seed. Don't let a single rat dropping spoil the whole pot of soup.]
[Of course, when asking someone for a favor, one must give something in return. Please forgive me for being unable to give you all of my research results, because that would allow others to guess that you were related to my death. After thinking it over, I realized that I happen to have something that you need.]
[In order to obtain materials and resources, I have killed quite a few people. When I did those things, I used the name "Yu Gu." It means that someone like me "deserves more than death." I have killed countless people, and my devout faith in the gods was also a way to find an outlet for redemption. Now it seems that redemption has still failed.]
[If you are familiar with the Snake Cards, you should know that I am the wanted criminal ranked at the Club Jack. No one knows about this identity of mine. Therefore I think giving this identity to you would suit you well when doing certain things that are inconvenient to make public.]
[I have always used the identity "Yu Gu" to accept missions from the assassination division of the Extinction Church in order to obtain resources. To guarantee the absolute security of my information, I never left behind any clues. The only thing that can prove my identity is a black phone issued to me by the Extinction Church. I placed it beneath the flowerpot in front of my office.] [T/N: —_— really? Beneath the flowerpot?]
[As far as I know, only assassins with Snake Cards ranked above 10 can receive black phones, and only those above Snake Card 10 can know all mission information. I have checked it. This black phone does not have any tracking or positioning functions, and the Extinction Church would not dare to play tricks on assassins as powerful as us.]
[The phone can only send and receive text messages and cannot make calls. This is also to keep one's location and identity secret. The Extinction Church regularly releases missions, which are sent directly to the black phone in the form of messages. Inside the phone, I saved drafts explaining how to contact the Extinction Church, submit missions, and receive rewards, making it convenient for you to check.]
[I believe that with your intelligence, Little Qin, you will certainly be able to discover even more uses for the identity "Yu Gu."]
[Little Qin, if you want "Yu Gu" to keep living, then please let Chang Tianxiong die quietly.]
[Thank you.]
Qin Siyang stared at the long message and remained silent for a long time.
The night wind echoed through the corridor, stirring ripples in Qin Siyang's heart.
Like a warrior, he had defeated the despicable Chang Tianxiong with courage.
Yet like a family member, he had taken part in everything surrounding his life and death.
Qin Siyang crouched down and lifted the flowerpot at the doorway. Sure enough, he saw a small black phone.
After confirming that no one was watching, he slipped the black phone into his pocket.
Then he leaned against the corridor railing and quietly looked at the starry night sky beyond the blastproof glass.
His gaze carried a trace of weariness.
"What a shame. I don't know how to smoke."
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