Qin Siyang refused sternly, "Give up on that idea. There's no way I'm taking anyone along to do research."
Then he patted the storage crate holding the potions twice, "One third of the potions, that's the only condition. If you agree, we'll go hunt the multi-headed weasel. If you don't, we'll change locations and keep hunting Blood Moon Tarantula and Abyss Hounds."
After hearing Qin Siyang state his position so clearly and still refuse to take him along for research, Hu Chan's expression dimmed noticeably.
Looking at Qin Siyang sitting beside him, steady as a mountain, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
But Qin Siyang wasn't feeling great either.
Hu Chan had been pestering him repeatedly for guidance, leaving him inwardly uneasy. Now he could only force himself to maintain the pose of a solitary master, hoping Hu Chan wouldn't notice any cracks.
"Alright, I agree."
"Hm? You agree?"
"Yes, I agree to hunt the multi-headed weasel together with President Qin."
"Let's make this clear first. I'm not doing research with you."
"No problem! I know!"
Hu Chan hardened his resolve.
If he couldn't receive direct instruction from Qin Siyang, then being an outer disciple was still possible.
A bird that follows a phoenix will soar far. As long as he stayed by Qin Siyang's side, sooner or later he would learn something astonishing.
Since capturing multi-headed weasels was related to Qin Siyang's research, it wouldn't be too much to learn what that research result was when the time came, right?
He also wanted to see for himself, through firsthand experience of Qin Siyang's research strength, just how big the gap was between him and a peerless genius like Qin Siyang.
"President Qin, I've decided! Give me one third of the potions, I'll go kill multi-headed weasels for you!"
Qin Siyang let out a soft sigh in his heart. Looks like this is fate. Fine, then let's go.
He then said to Hu Chan, "You're not needed for this hunt. You're too slow. I'll do it myself."
Qin Siyang took the crate of potions and began sorting through them, making preparations for the battle.
Hu Chan asked in surprise, "You're doing it yourself? Aren't you afraid the sand worms will come after you?"
Qin Siyang waved it off indifferently, "The sand worms are tens of thousands of miles away right now. Who knows how long it would take them to get here. Just killing a few small gods. As long as I move fast enough and leave right after, it's fine."
"Then what am I supposed to do?"
"You're responsible for opening the drill cockpit and picking me up."
Qin Siyang compared several bottles back and forth, and in the end chose two potions marked as safe to take together.
One was a Quick Cognition Potion, which could enhance perception and thinking ability, helping him make correct judgments at critical moments.
The other was a Precision Potion, which could improve control over strength and the accuracy of attacks, preventing him from using too much force when killing a small god like the multi-headed weasel.
"I'll drive the drill cockpit over, then go down to kill the multi-headed weasels. After I'm done, I'll run back and sit in the passenger seat. You start the drill cockpit and get us out of here. Got it?"
"I don't get it!", Hu Chan hurriedly grabbed Qin Siyang, "President Qin, I've never learned how to drive the drill cockpit at all. You want me to pick you up? I really can't do it!"
"What's so hard about that?", Qin Siyang pointed, "This is the accelerator, this is the brake, and what I'm holding is the steering wheel. I've unlocked all the special locks. You can drive however you want. Let's go!"
"President Qin, wait…"
"No time to lose. If we wait any longer, the Nightmare Lantern Trees will come out!"
With that, he slammed on the accelerator and shot forward, then stopped dozens of meters away from the multi-headed weasels. After braking, he quickly swallowed the two potions and a piece of a god's remains.
He turned to Hu Chan and said, "Sit in the driver's seat and get ready to take me away!"
"President Qin, don't—"
Hu Chan wanted to grab Qin Siyang and persuade him a bit more.
But before he could finish, Qin Siyang vanished from the drill cockpit in a flash.
Hu Chan grabbed at empty air. Looking at the empty driver's seat, his face twisted into a bitter gourd.
"At least let me practice first before throwing me in."
Qin Siyang activated the [Banquet Domain], flashed out of the drill cockpit, then used three consecutive flashes to soar into the air, appearing dozens of meters above the ground.
Taking advantage of the brief moment he hovered in midair, he looked down at the dense cluster of multi-headed weasels below.
These multi-headed weasels were grotesque in shape, their necks crowded with many heads. They all lifted their heads to look at Qin Siyang, staring viciously and warily at the sudden intruder.
But no matter how ferocious they looked, they were still just small gods. Qin Siyang didn't take them seriously.
With the effect of the Quick Cognition Potion, his thinking ability increased severalfold.
His gaze swept across the group of multi-headed weasels below. In just a moment, his thoughts mapped out a precise attack route that would wipe out the entire group in the shortest possible time.
Once the plan was set, Qin Siyang flashed downward repeatedly, suddenly appearing above one particular multi-headed weasel.
Before it could realize the danger, all of its heads were suddenly struck by intense pain. It then went limp and collapsed to the ground.
With the boost from the Precision Potion, Qin Siyang's hooking kick was clean, sharp, steady, and ruthless. He struck directly at the junction where all of the multi-headed weasel's heads connected to its necks, shattering the fragile bone joints and destroying all the nerves that controlled the body as well as the life-sustaining control center, instantly stripping the multi-headed weasel of its ability to move.
However, the multi-headed weasel was only on the verge of death, not completely dead yet, and could not be put into the storage crate.
Qin Siyang could only leave it for the moment and continue attacking the other multi-headed weasels.
Gods are similar to most living creatures. Generally speaking, attacking a god's head can kill it instantly.
But this didn't work on the multi-headed weasel.
Because it had too many heads.
If Qin Siyang smashed them one by one, his combat efficiency would drop drastically.
Moreover, the most distinctive trait of the multi-headed weasel was that it possessed multiple brains capable of coordinating thought.
Even though Hao Liang hadn't explicitly stated that the multi-headed weasel's heads had to be preserved intact, Qin Siyang guessed that smashing their heads would likely affect Hao Liang's research results.
Before the hunt, he had already thought through how to fight the multi-headed weasels. He realized he had to prioritize killing efficiency while preserving as many intact heads as possible.
So he adopted the strategy of killing his way through first, then circling back afterward to collect the multi-headed weasel corpses.
Qin Siyang flashed repeatedly, weaving among the multi-headed weasels and striking again and again.
The multi-headed weasels that originally lived here in a group hadn't even seen where their enemy was before they went limp and died on the spot.
Seeing that Qin Siyang intended to wipe out all the multi-headed weasels, Hu Chan grew anxious and shouted, "President Qin, don't waste time! Collect ten or so and leave, hurry!"
However, Qin Siyang continued to do things his own way.
He maintained vigilance, observing his surroundings, while striking with lightning speed.
It wasn't that he ignored Hu Chan's advice. He simply hadn't heard it at all.
Sitting in the driver's seat, utterly panicked, Hu Chan had completely forgotten that the drill cockpit had top-tier sound insulation. Shouting from inside the cockpit is plain stupid.
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