Beneath the vast starry sky, in the boundless wilderness—
Qin Siyang was waiting for Hu Chan to return.
Hu Chan's strength was indeed not bad.
It only took him a little more than an hour before he walked out of that massive pitch-black cave.
Not only that, but after the battle, Hu Chan's armor wasn't stained with even a speck of dust.
So clean it looked as if he had just stepped out of a sauna.
Compared to him, Qin Siyang after every battle was always covered head to toe in blood, looking simply like some native savage.
Hu Chan returned to the drill cabin, first wiped Qin Siyang's God-Hunting Dagger clean, and handed it back to him.
Then he took out an ordinary storage box and gave it to Qin Siyang.
"This time the harvest was truly abundant. I've never seen so many Abyss Hounds together."
Qin Siyang quickly asked, "How many?"
"I didn't count how many Abyss Hounds there were. Normally it's only a dozen or two. This time it was about a hundred and twenty. Really a big pack. Looks like in the deeper areas outside the safe zone, the number of gods really is much more impressive."
"A hundred and twenty?"
"The scales are all inside, take a look yourself."
Qin Siyang's face lit up with joy.
He hadn't thought that on his first trip out, he would obtain so many Abyss Hound scale plates.
"Don't get too happy too soon."
Seeing Qin Siyang practically drooling with delight, Hu Chan poured him a bucket of cold water.
"The scale plates from Abyss Hounds aren't all identical in accumulated points. Some are eighty-eight, some ninety-two, and the distribution across values is fairly even."
"If you want to open the Path of a Believer, the number of scale plates here probably isn't enough."
Hu Chan's reminder made Qin Siyang suddenly realize.
He also remembered, when he checked the information, the scale plates of Blood Moon Tarantulas and Abyss Hounds varied within a certain range.
For Abyss Hounds, the range was between eighty-eight and ninety-two.
That meant, roughly five of them would need to be killed just to obtain one scale plate of the same point value.
Qin Siyang took the storage box, clinging to a bit of wishful thinking, poured out the scale plates inside, and counted them. He let out a helpless sigh.
It really was evenly spread.
Every point value had about thirty to thirty-five scale plates.
So balanced it was almost ridiculous.
At this moment, Qin Siyang suddenly realized a problem.
With so many scale plates, if converted into points, that was over thirty thousand.
And if you counted team mode, that was nearly seventy thousand points.
Hu Chan had just directly given this to him?
Qin Siyang glanced at Hu Chan with a bit of guardedness.
And saw that Hu Chan happened to also be looking right at him.
Hu Chan clearly understood that Qin Siyang had realized the value of the scale plates inside this box.
"You yourself only have a little over fifty thousand God-Hunting Points, yet this time you directly gave me scale plates worth thirty thousand points. That really surprised me a little."
"As long as you understand how precious these scale plates are, Boss Qin."
Hu Chan teased with a smile, waiting for Qin Siyang to continue speaking.
"Have you gathered all the sacrificial items for the Path of a Believer yourself?"
"Not yet. Like I just said, normally Abyss Hounds and Blood Moon Tarantulas come in groups of only a dozen or two. Without dozens of hunts, there's no way to collect everything."
"Plus, near the edges of the safe zone, it's extremely difficult to even see those two kinds of minor gods. If it weren't for you, I was almost ready to give up."
Qin Siyang thought for a bit, then said, "So, what you want is to help me finish gathering the scale plate sacrifices, then I drive the drill cabin and bring you out to collect, right?"
"Boss Qin really is sharp, instantly seeing through my thoughts. I think this is a win-win plan. Why not?"
Go out with him to hunt gods?
That was too much of a waste of time.
But Qin Siyang didn't rush to reject him.
His time was indeed precious, but not priceless.
As long as you gave enough benefits, Little Qin could follow Boss Hu all over the world.
"When you had me take you out of the safe zone to hunt gods, you gave me Titan Grass inner-leaf fragments as thanks. Now, if I take you out of the safe zone to hunt gods, how will you thank me?"
Hu Chan had thought his win-win plan would be accepted by Qin Siyang.
But instead, Qin Siyang directly asked what benefit he would exchange for.
Right, when Hu Chan went with Qin Siyang, Qin Siyang had given him something.
If Qin Siyang went with him, what would he give?
It seemed… he really didn't have anything to give?
Hu Chan clenched his fists.
'Damn, tricked by Qin Siyang again.'
Qin Siyang smiled and said, "Since you haven't thought of it yet, we'll talk about it later. No rush. I'll wait for you to negotiate terms with me."
Without Qin Siyang's help, he didn't dare wander in such a dangerous deep area alone.
But if he didn't search for gods in this kind of place, there was no way he could collect enough Blood Moon Tarantula or Abyss Hound scale plates.
Hu Chan's heart suddenly filled with bitterness.
Originally, the lives of those around him, and his own life, were already controlled by Qin Siyang.
Now, his beautiful future of obtaining a top-tier sequence sacrifice also seemed tied to Qin Siyang's drill cabin.
He felt as though he had been inexplicably bound tightly to Qin Siyang.
Moreover.
Qin Siyang without Hu Chan could still stride forward with ease. But Hu Chan without Qin Siyang couldn't move an inch.
Finished.
Hu Chan felt that what was supposed to be a side hustle by going out with Qin Siyang beyond the safe zone now looked like signing a direct slave contract.
He sighed, then asked, "Qin Si… Boss Qin, after all I gave you scale plates worth tens of thousands of points, shouldn't you at least show some appreciation? Could you tell me why that Sandworm was chasing you?"
Over thirty thousand points, Hu Chan wanted to exchange them for intel on a major god.
It was clear he truly cared about researching this matter.
Qin Siyang didn't keep him in suspense.
The dozen-plus scale plates Hu Chan had just given him had indeed surprised him a little.
"It's like this. Five months ago, relying on a Sandworm scale, I earned my first pot of gold."
"Hm? You mean the reason you killed so many Long-Legged Worms and Iron-Helm Fleas was because you had a Sandworm scale?"
Qin Siyang nodded, "Yes. Seems you know my story fairly well."
Hu Chan's eyes lit up, "So, you suspect that scale came from this Sandworm?"
"Mm. That's what I think…"
"So that's why it had such a strong hostility toward you, chasing you relentlessly?"
"Exactly, probably…"
"Then this proves Sandworms actually have powerful olfactory tracking abilities, only in normal situations they simply don't bother pursuing sequence ability users?"
Qin Siyang glanced at the excited Hu Chan, curled his lip, and said nothing more.
Anyway, Hu Chan had already perfectly asked and answered his own questions.
Had to admit, the Holy Son's brain turned fast. He instantly grasped all the connections.
Hu Chan clenched his fist in excitement, "Woohoo! This is absolutely a top-tier paper!"
"Woohoo Bro, don't forget, I'm the first author."
"No problem! My name behind yours isn't an issue! As long as we can publish this paper, it'll definitely open the door to the top-tier research circles! Boss Qin, we can't miss this chance. I still need your help verifying this theory."
"How do we verify it?"
"You be the bait and lure the Sandworm again. I'll record a video as experimental proof!"
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