Chapter 1650: Third Brother, Want to Go See the Monkeys?

Zhang San shot a look at the bristling new human across from him, snorted coldly, and said, "Red Two's expert team went to the inner city hospital to consult on Pan Yuanwen; Guo Qingbin's team is assisting the investigation group, continuing to investigate the 1223 major explosion case; Huang Wanmao accepted an invitation for academic exchange with Hui Three Research Institute. Their staying is perfectly reasonable."

The most reasonable of all is Red Two's expert team.

Even if Red Two's expert team wanted to leave, they would be held back by Hui Three Base's leaders, because Pan Yuanwen, the Hui Three Minister of Agriculture who was poisoned in the 1223 major explosion case, is still lying in the ICU of Hui Three's inner city. The Mirror-13 therapy that Red Two's research team is developing is Pan Yuanwen's hope for recovery.

This treatment method was proactively brought up by the idol when he went to the inner city hospital, and he also recommended Pan Yuanwen's attending physician Xu Min to join this research group. If the idol hadn't mentioned it, Xia Qing would have truly forgotten about this matter.

Then, she belatedly realized: if it weren't for getting this expert team over to treat Pan Yuanwen, the idol might not have agreed to their inspection application...

Guo Qingbin is not only a primate research expert, but also an internationally renowned ethicist. The 1223 major explosion case masterminded by Liehuo has triggered massive attention and heated discussion domestically, constituting a major social ethics issue of national concern. It's entirely reasonable for the investigation team from Red City to invite him to assist.

But except for the last one, in Xia Qing's view, none of them are reasonable.

Although Huang Wanmao is a member of the Bai Yi University research team that overcame the artificial mass-production technology for β-group active evolutionary protease, everyone knows that the big shot within Hui Three's Territory Seven is the initiator of this joint research.

According to the cooperative research agreement, Territory Seven Research Institute and Bai Yi University share the patent for this achievement. Hui Three Pharmaceutical Factory has already established a production line for the Harm-Reduction Agent, and the first batch of Harm-Reduction Agent will be released this coming March.

If Hui Three Research Institute truly wanted to understand this technology, they wouldn't go far afield when something closer is available. So Xia Qing guessed that Huang Wanmao being kept here is the work of the Tang family.

Tang Zhengpo and Tang Ning will not let Huang Wanmao, who threatens Tang Huai's safety, leave Hui Three alive.

The idol's expression wasn't great, so Xia Qing didn't bring up the Tang family matter and continued to ask, "Third Brother, these experts won't double back and follow the second batch of experts to tour our place again, will they?"

Zhang San first mentioned two who would definitely return, "Jiang Cheng and Zhou Fen will come back with Zhang Song later. Zhou Fen will stay in the Hidden Valley for a few days then leave, and Jiang Cheng will continue geological surveying of the surrounding mountain areas. The core members of Jiang Cheng's team can arrive by tomorrow afternoon. Should they continue staying at the Ninth Center?"

Jiang Cheng knows the rules and pays rent very readily. Xia Qing had no objection to him staying, "No problem, the same three rooms Red One stayed in before, thirty thousand per day."

Zhang San pressed his temple, "Can't you give a discount?"

Xia Qing shook her head with a perfectly serious expression, "No, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to Director Yang. However, I can provide them with drinking water for free."

Previously, the people from Red One and Bai One who stayed at the Ninth Center had to pay for water too?

Zhang San was silent for two seconds, then continued, "Guo Qingbin's appetite has been whetted by me. He should find an opportunity to come over and probe the situation. There's an 80% probability he'll choose the day when the second batch of experts have their exchange with me."

Xia Qing nodded, "Third Brother, Guo Qingbin said you're taking a medication that's still in the R&D stage. Which one are you using?"

When the idol sent her a message yesterday, he only mentioned Yao Yuanxing being disqualified. Xia Qing wasn't sure whether her performance in front of Guo Qingbin today had met the idol's expectations.

"41-9, the side effects aren't that bad." Zhang San first answered Xia Qing's question, then asked, "Did you record it?"

41-9 is a project number, referring to the 9th important research project of Territory Seven Research Institute, numbered 41, conducted in a domestic P3 laboratory.

This project uses extracts from precious medicinal materials such as evolved chuan-wei grass to develop a new drug with multiple therapeutic effects, one of which is to alleviate or eliminate the headache symptoms triggered when brain-domain evolvers use their abilities.

Xia Qing only knew this research had made progress, but didn't know the R&D progress. However, since the idol said the side effects weren't bad, there was nothing to worry about.

Xia Qing took out a USB drive and handed it over, "Experts can't use the equipment on their protective suits to record during the tour. This is surveillance from within the territory, still fairly clear."

After the idol took the USB drive, Xia Qing took two bags of snacks out of her pocket and placed them in front of the idol, "These are specialties from Gui One, green-light dried mangoes with a Harmful Element content of 1.4‰. Try them."

Zhang San imported the video into his notebook, returned the USB drive to her, then turned around and carefully washed his hands, and cleaned the outer packaging of the dried mangoes before tearing one open and taking a bite. His expression visibly softened, "Where did these come from? Much better texture than the ones I traded for last time."

Xia Qing took out a large bag from her backpack and placed it on the table, "The Green Dragon Squad brought them back. Keep them and eat slowly."

What the Green Dragon Squad sent along with it was also 16 jin of high-yi element cockroach feces. Xia Qing didn't mention this to avoid affecting the idol's appetite.

"I can't eat this much. Keep two bags for yourself." Zhang San ate while watching the recording.

The experts stayed in Xia Qing's territory for half an hour, but Zhang San spent an hour watching the recording.

After watching, he raised two important points of concern, "What's the problem with this stone Jiang Cheng was staring at?"

Xia Qing answered, "This is the stone that previously blocked the hot spring cave. I moved it from the riverbank, and because it's been moved often, its edges are smoother than other stones. I swapped it out, polished it, and put it by the field ridge for Sheep Boss to use as a stool. Don't worry, this isn't a flaw."

Zhang San nodded, fast-forwarded to the recording of Guo Qingbin confronting Xia Qing at the south gate of Territory Three, enlarged Guo Qingbin's face, and played it twice at 0.5x speed.

"You handled it very well. Guo Qingbin couldn't get any valuable intelligence from you. But he's very interested in you. He'll very likely use concern for my health as a pretext to keep in phone contact with you, to make you distance yourself from me and side with him."

Xia Qing asked, "Third Brother, he targets you simply because he doesn't agree with your moderate faction philosophy?"

"You can understand it this way: my success means the failure of his philosophy. Because he believes I'm wasting resources and slowing down the pace of human evolution."

Mentioning Guo Qingbin made Zhang San press his forehead again, his expression turning irritable, "For your safety, you need to make him think that in our exchange relationship, I'm the one holding the initiative, and that you must obey me in order to get quality medication from me..."

Xia Qing carefully noted the idol's words, then suggested, "Third Brother, we've smoothly completed 50% of the expert team mission. We should relax a bit. The wind isn't strong right now, and visibility is decent too. Would you like to go for a walk in Area Five of Mountain Forty-Nine?"

Zhang San, who was about to tear open a third bag of dried mangoes, paused, "To do what?"

"To deliver food and medication to that little golden snub-nosed monkey convalescing there." The blue-faced little monkey is very pretty, and Xia Qing thought the idol should be interested.

Zhang San was indeed interested. He changed into a Hui Three Special Task Force protective suit, had Zhang Jingwu take him over the north wall of Northern Area One, through the North Isolation Belt, and directly into Area Five of Mountain Forty-Nine.