Chapter 233
Chapter 233: Hurry Up and Say Thank You!
Not only were the people from the Research Institute dumbfounded.
Just now, inside the command center, Zu Yuanji and the others had also been watching from the researchers’ perspective.
They had only seen Li Mu pry open the turtle shell.
Then the giant python had thrashed about for a long time and turned into a dragon-like creature.
Before everyone could recover from their shock, they came over again and the turtle shell was completely gone.
“Ask it. It ate it.”
Li Mu pointed at Greedy Snake, which had just undergone one ascension and developed a dragon-like form.
Oh, no.
It should now be called Greedy Dragon.
“What?”
The people from the Research Institute were instantly both shocked and furious.
They turned angrily toward Greedy Dragon.
But as soon as they saw the giant beast standing more than ten meters tall, as high as a three-story building, they could visibly see gusts of hot wind coming out whenever the beast breathed.
Everyone forcibly swallowed their anger.
Reason with it?
Forget it.
Still, these researchers felt somewhat uncomfortable.
They were not fools.
Just now, it had clearly been Li Mu who pried the shell open.
The turtle corpse had been eaten by this giant python, but the turtle shell was unbelievably hard.
That lightning kid was terrifyingly strong, yet even his spear had only poked a pale mark into it.
Could the giant python digest that?
So Li Mu and the others must have done something.
The researchers were all speechless.
It was not that they had poured much time and effort into researching this thing.
The key point was that this one turtle alone could generate a Low Spiritual-Pressure Region.
This was an extremely important research material.
If it had been handed over to the Research Institute, it might have had great uses.
Now Li Mu had taken it for himself and even pushed the blame onto a snake.
This Tiger Roar Army was simply a gang of bandits!
And Li Mu was their bandit chief!
At this moment, Zu Yuanji’s order came through everyone’s radios.
“All right! Come back first.”
Zu Yuanji naturally had to demand an explanation from Li Mu about this matter.
But they had to return first.
Li Mu gave the order to head back, but Wang Yinhuan told Li Mu to go on ahead first.
The road back was full of Fang Tiger corpses.
Leaving them uneaten would be a waste.
Greedy Dragon and the two dogs could hardly wait to begin a feast.
Li Mu left the Mute Women behind with Wang Yinhuan.
He himself led the team back to Bloodpool City.
As soon as Li Mu entered the command center, he was surrounded and attacked by Elder Chi and a group of researchers.
Elder Chi pointed at Li Mu anxiously and said, “Little Li Mu! You are simply messing around!”
The last time Li Mu came to Bloodpool City, Wang Yinhuan had even visited the senior members of the Research Institute.
At that time, some of the Research Institute’s higher-ups had also met Li Mu.
In addition, because of the previous Mother Crystal incident, Professor Tong and Professor He had mentioned Li Mu’s name many times after returning to the Research Institute.
So they all knew Li Mu.
Li Mu looked innocent.
“Elder Chi, where is this coming from?”
“Our Tiger Roar Army rendered meritorious service, at the very least. How did we end up messing around?”
Elder Chi said in annoyance, “Do you know that the Mystic Turtle was able to cause so many Fang Tigers to mutate?”
“That was an extremely precious research material!”
“How could you make it disappear?”
Although Elder Chi was not certain where the turtle shell had gone, they had seen with their own eyes that the giant python had devoured something there and ascended and evolved on the spot.
That giant python had definitely eaten something.
At this moment, Zu Yuanji and the others all walked over.
Research Institute matters were not under Zu Yuanji’s jurisdiction.
His jurisdiction was war.
Li Mu’s Tiger Roar Army was this fierce. As far as Zu Yuanji was concerned, even if Li Mu and the others had each taken a bite and shared it, it would not matter.
They were all soldiers of the Abyss-Suppressing Army.
Either way, the benefits stayed within their own pot.
Although, from the broader perspective, handing that thing over to the Research Institute would indeed have been slightly more useful.
But who did not have a bit of selfishness?
The thing was already gone. What else could they do?
Li Mu became somewhat displeased.
“Elder Chi, even if you researched that thing and found something useful, would it not ultimately become resources to reward soldiers who rendered meritorious service?”
“We just rendered meritorious service. Is this not a perfect reward? Why are you so anxious?”
Elder Chi was so angry that he slapped his thigh.
“You, you are going to anger me to death!”
“Can that be the same? If we really researched something from it, it might be...”
As Elder Chi spoke, he pointed at Li Mu.
It seemed that he truly was furious.
But before he could finish speaking, Li Mu took a black shell fragment out of his Storage Space.
It was roughly the size of a palm and about three fingers thick.
He nearly shoved it straight into Elder Chi’s face.
Elder Chi frowned and asked, “This... is?”
Li Mu extended his other hand.
In his palm was a large piece of meat, with a slightly thinner milky-white shell fragment attached to it.
He held it in front of Elder Chi and said, “You old man, you are really petty!”
“Who said I did not leave some for you?”
“If I had not snatched this little bit out of that greedy python’s mouth for you, would you not just be stomping your feet in frustration?”
The researchers behind Elder Chi were all speechless.
Aside from a few senior researchers of Elder Chi’s generation, there probably were not many people who dared to call him “old man.”
Even Zu Yuanji had to respectfully address him as Elder Chi.
But Elder Chi simply could not move his eyes away.
He said unconsciously, “Is this the turtle shell and turtle meat? Quick! Bring a preservation box!”
A preservation box was a mass-produced spirit treasure unique to the Research Institute. It was a transparent box filled with spiritual energy.
It was specially used to store extremely important research materials.
Someone immediately brought over three preservation boxes.
Li Mu even explained, “This meat is from the Mystic Turtle’s corpse. This black piece is from the turtle’s back shell, and the white piece is from the turtle’s belly shell.”
“I brought these back for you, yet you old man scolded me the moment I arrived!”
“Hurry up and say thank you!”
Elder Chi clicked his tongue in satisfaction.
“Good! Good! Thank you! Thank you!”
How could he not be satisfied?
He was extremely satisfied.
This kid Li Mu was not only overwhelmingly powerful, but also an out-and-out genius.
No one could do anything to him.
Even if Li Mu really had not left a single scrap behind, Elder Chi would only have been able to stomp his feet and curse a few idle complaints. He could not have done anything else.
In fact, that was exactly what Elder Chi had thought, which was why he had been so angry.
But Li Mu had actually known to leave samples for him.
He was indeed satisfied.
Only then did Li Mu give a satisfied “mm.”
He casually placed the black turtle shell fragment into a preservation box held by one of the researchers.
The moment he let go, that researcher seemed to have received a thousand-pound weight.
His entire upper body was dragged downward by both hands and plunged straight toward the ground.
On the spot, he performed a deep bow of more than ninety degrees.
His hands and the preservation box smashed a shallow pit into the ground.
If this researcher had not been a Yellow Rank Eighth Grade martial artist, his fingers might have been smashed off by that impact.
The entire scene instantly fell silent.
Only the researcher’s hoarse cry rang out.
“My waist...”
Only then did everyone come back to their senses and rush forward to help.
Li Mu also reached out in embarrassment and picked up the turtle shell fragment again.
“I forgot! This thing seems rather heavy!”
Li Mu weighed it in his hand.
“It should be over one thousand and several hundred jin.”
The others had also still been thinking about the little farce between Li Mu and Elder Chi earlier, and they had completely forgotten about this matter.
The Research Institute brought over two more reinforced preservation boxes.
Two thousand jin was a minor issue for an eighth-grade martial artist.
It was just that the man earlier had been completely unprepared.
He had suddenly received an object weighing nearly a ton and simply had no time to mobilize his True Qi.
After handing the three samples over to the Research Institute, Elder Chi immediately took his leave from everyone. He could not wait to lead his people back to the Research Institute.
They were ready to begin intensive research on these items at once.
Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Li Mu to bring Wang Yinhuan to the Research Institute to visit them when he had time.
The people from the Research Institute had just left.
Zu Yuanji, Zhong Xinghai, and the others had not even managed to say a few words to Li Mu before Luo Dongyun and Zhang Baihe from the Military Merit Bureau arrived together.
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