Chapter 1446: Thoroughly Resolve the Problem

"This is the list. Please have a look."

Xia Qing handed the personnel list that Hui Sanjidi Sect had sent to Bai Yi to attend the trade fair to her idol and asked him to review it.

Zhang San's gaze swept past the names Tang Huai, Huo Zhun, and Di Ming, and landed on the three characters Wen Nengjie. "Wen Nengjie is the lord's representative?"

"No." Xia Qing explained. "Wen Nengjie is Tang Huai's disciple. Tang Huai brought him along specifically to deal with Tang Lu—Tang Lu is most afraid of ruthless people like Wen Nengjie who will do anything to survive."

Law? Morality? Face? Sentiment? In front of someone like Wen Nengjie, all that is bullshit. To survive, he'll do anything.

Seeing Tang Huai had brought so many people in such a grand show of force, Zhang San frowned. "Where's Tang Zhengpo?"

Xia Qing replied, "Tang Dong took Tang Heng's grandmother and mother to travel in Guiwu. Guiwu is the area where Tang Heng's grandmother's old home is located. Tang Heng and the others probably haven't mentioned this matter to the elders in the family."

The surface of Blue Star, which had suffered attacks from natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and acid rain, had already changed dramatically. The two words "old home" no longer meant familiar streets, houses, and old trees to humanity, but a set of coordinates—a set of coordinates where, even if your feet stood on the exact coordinate point, you couldn't find a single trace of familiarity.

Zhang San frowned, his expression growing even more irritated.

Seeing her idol was unhappy, Xia Qing immediately proposed an outing plan. "Third Brother, have you been busy these past few days? If you're not busy, shall we go to the bamboo grove by the bamboo rat shed on the third peak of Mountain Forty-Nine to collect soil samples, and have some fun on the high-mountain snow slide while we're at it?"

The idol's autumn outing trip had been canceled due to natural disasters. As a die-hard, deep-pit fan, Xia Qing had always kept this matter in mind. Yang Jin would soon clean out a few traitors within Territory One, and by then Mountain Forty-Nine would be even safer and suitable for outings.

Zhang San looked up. "The Blue Dragon Squad's training snow field?"

When the idol asked this, it meant he was quite interested. Xia Qing answered honestly, "No, the third peak no longer falls within the training field's range now. It belongs to the wolf pack. The third peak has an aerial valley floor at an elevation of over 1,600 meters, with gentle slopes around it. With a little tidying up, it's a natural snow slide. I'll carry you up there, and we'll come back once you've had enough fun."

"I've got legs." Zhang San's tone was harsh, but his expression had softened considerably. He raised his hand and handed Xia Qing a list of five names. "This isn't urgent. Add these five to the delegation list."

"Okay." Taking the list, Xia Qing was stunned.

Outgoing personnel: Territory Alliance Research Institute researcher Zhang He and four bodyguards

Destination: Bai Yi University School of Medicine, Group β Active Evolutionary Protease Recombinant Expression Laboratory

Purpose: Progress inspection and technical exchange for the Group β Active Evolutionary Protease recombinant project

Zhang San rolled his eyes at the dumbstruck New Human and asked irritably, "What? My students aren't qualified to enter your Territory Alliance Research Institute?"

The Territory Alliance established the research institute to study agricultural machinery and implements. The person in charge is Lord Huo Lei, and the members include Shi Zhong, Qi Fu, Jiang Ying, and Zhao Ze—four people in total. This November, after the evolution of soil anaerobic bacteria, the Alliance Research Institute added a Soil Research Department. The department head is Tang Heng, the project leader is Zhang Tao from Territory Seven, and there are 25 members in total.

The idol sent Zhang He on a business trip, using the heading "Territory Alliance Research Institute" rather than "Territory Seven Laboratory." More critically, he said the Territory Alliance was "yours"—Xia Qing's!

What did this mean? It meant Xia Qing had surpassed Hui San and Red Eleven to officially become the idol's primary partner!

Xia Qing looked up, her eyes shining. "Of course they're qualified! You are the absolute, sole shining sun of our Alliance! The Alliance members, myself included, are all your planets, comets, and asteroid belts! You…"

"Shut up."

"Okay." Xia Qing suppressed her inexhaustible admiration and returned to the main topic. "You sent Zhang He to Bai Yi because of Tang Huai?"

Zhang San was instantly filled with irritation. "Don't let me see him!"

"Okay, understood!"

After extracting three active enzymes from Tang Huai's body, Zhang San, following the naming rules, officially named them Group β Active Evolutionary Protease.

After confirming that his own research team could not develop an artificial breeding method for this group of enzymes in the short term, Zhang San made them public and proactively invited top domestic laboratories to participate in the project, hoping to overcome the difficulties as soon as possible and achieve mass production of the degradation agent.

Now, the research team at Bai Yi University School of Medicine had achieved a major technical breakthrough. Zhang San sent a researcher over under the name of "progress inspection and technical exchange"—there was nothing wrong with that.

The key was the person the idol had sent.

Zhang He was a core member of the idol's research team. Since she returned to Territory Seven after completing the Mountain Fifty dangerous zone remediation project, Xia Qing hadn't run into her once in the corridors or the cafeteria, which meant she must be very busy right now. Logically speaking, this kind of business trip shouldn't have been assigned to Zhang He.

That was why Xia Qing guessed the reason the idol had sent Zhang He was to protect Tang Huai. The idol's response also confirmed this point.

Zhang He was a researcher who enjoyed special state allowances and was under state protection. Once she revealed her identity and went to the Bai Yi base safe zone for academic exchange, Bai Yi had to dispatch official elite combat forces to protect her safety. If the situation over there turned bad, Zhang He only needed to pull Tang Huai to her side to ensure Tang Huai's safety.

Of course, if Zhang He did this, it would also mean exposing that Tang Huai was the host of Group β Active Evolutionary Protease.

After leaving Territory Seven, Xia Qing directly called Tang Huai to the north gate of Territory Three and showed him the handwritten note from the idol.

After reading it, Tang Huai's eyes reddened behind his protective mask.

Xia Qing put away the note and spoke expressionlessly. "I'm not interested in what cooperation agreement you signed with Third Brother. I'll only remind you of one thing: when you go to Bai Yi this time, you must thoroughly resolve the problem."

Tang Huai bringing Wen Nengjie showed that he still wanted to argue when he went this time, and had no intention of thoroughly resolving the issue. Xia Qing originally didn't want to get involved, but since the idol had sent Zhang He, she had no choice but to step in.

The important researchers of the Territory Alliance had precious time; they had no patience to dawdle back and forth with Tang Huai time and again.

"Understood! Thank you, Sister Qing."

Xia Qing remained expressionless. "Don't thank me. This is Third Brother's decision. Third Brother said he doesn't want to see you."

"Okay."

Tang Huai sniffled and looked around. "Sister Qing, where are Boss and Wolf Lao Er? Boss should be coming out to fight Little Flat-top at this hour, right?"

Xia Qing finally understood why the idol always felt like kicking her out every time they finished discussing business.

After sending Tang Huai away, Xia Qing took out a piece of jerky, tore open the outer packaging, and shook it in the air.

"Clang!"

The honey badger lord Little Flat-top from Zone Three of Mountain Forty-Nine was lured over by the smell of meat, huffing and puffing as it ran, and slammed hard into the wire mesh wall, signaling the tiny human inside to be sensible and hand over the food.

Xia Qing tossed the jerky to Little Flat-top, returned to the territory, and grandly invited out Boss Sheep.

After Little Flat-top, who viewed life and death lightly and fought at the slightest disagreement, was subdued, it ran off with the jerky in its mouth in an extremely crisp motion. Xia Qing's appearance fee and labor fee had been given for nothing.

Boss Sheep didn't chase after it, just stared at Xia Qing very unhappily. No matter how strong it was, it was still a sheep. It just wanted to fight, not leave its own territory.

"Boss is too amazing. Little Flat-top already knows it's no match for you and ran away the moment it saw you. Come on! Let's have a fight!"

After soaking in eighteen medicinal baths, Boss Sheep was more agile and had greater endurance. Since Wolf Lao Er and Little Flat-top wouldn't fight it, Xia Qing had to step in herself.