Originally, they had wanted to question Harrison and Li Si Te for accountability.
But after finding out the full truth, Qin Siyang and Li Tianming realized that they were actually the ones in the wrong.
Jason and Laudenor had nothing to do with the matter at all. It was entirely because Guo Jiuxiao wanted to deal with Li Tianming that they ended up dead.
Then, a new question suddenly came to Qin Siyang's mind, 'Why did Guo Jiuxiao have to use these two people as disguises?'
'What good would it do him to make enemies of Li Si Te and Harrison?'
He asked the question aloud.
Zhang Kuang replied, "Guo Jiuxiao probably figured, when you've got too many lice, you stop itching; when you owe too many debts, you stop worrying."
"Since he'd already offended Old Li, offending the other professors of South Glory University too wasn't that big of a deal to him."
Qin Siyang asked again, "What sequence level were Jason and Laudenor?"
Li Si Te's eyes shot toward Qin Siyang, wary and furious, "They're already dead. What more do you want?"
"I'm just curious. I want to know how Ren Changyu chose his scapegoats."
Li Si Te snorted, "Level six."
"Level six?"
"Yes. He had already begun walking the Path of a Believer."
["Truth."]
Qin Siyang looked at Jason's corpse with surprise, then glanced at Li Tianming beside him.
During that battle at Starfield Ranch, when Qin Siyang had seen Li Tianming's sequence ability, along with his power and speed, he had always thought Li Tianming's strength seemed to be only at about sequence level five.
The assassin Jason, who had tried to kill Li Tianming, was killed easily in return, and Qin Siyang had assumed Jason was also just a sequence level five ability user.
He hadn't expected that Jason had already opened the path of the Believer.
A level five killing a level six? Or was it that even in a life-or-death fight, Li Tianming still hadn't used his full power?
Qin Siyang couldn't help but smirk.
No wonder he was the Ace of Diamonds, the old Li really had some skill.
Harrison said, "Laudenor should have been sequence level four, not yet at level five."
"Only sequence level four?"
Hearing that, Qin Siyang instantly understood.
Guo Jiuxiao really hadn't intended to kill him.
He had only sent a sequence level four to disguise as Li Tianming and get close to him.
But why a level four? Why not someone at level one, two, or three?
After thinking for a moment, Qin Siyang figured it out.
Back then, he'd been over a hundred kilometers outside the safe zone.
If it hadn't been at least sequence level four, that person wouldn't even have survived the journey there.
Even level four had been risky.
So, maybe the reason Professors Chang Tianxiong and Wu Yu never encountered imposters wasn't because Guo Jiuxiao hadn't arranged any, but because he hadn't intended to kill them, and the imposters he sent were too weak, killed by monsters halfway there.
Once Qin Siyang understood everything, the fog in his mind cleared completely.
Now, Li Si Te and Harrison were also standing against Guo Jiuxiao.
The anti-Guo faction had grown stronger once again.
Qin Siyang should have felt happy.
But when he looked at Laudenor's pale face, remembering how that senior had once looked after him, Qin Siyang couldn't feel any joy at all.
Not only him, even Li Tianming, the one being targeted, could only sigh repeatedly, unable to meet Li Si Te's eyes from start to finish.
Zhao Longfei quietly smoked his cigar, saying nothing.
Perhaps, living in an apocalypse, everyone had to do some dirty things to survive.
But that didn't mean all humanity was gone.
It was precisely Li Tianming's reaction, benefiting from fighting against Guo Jiuxiao yet showing not a shred of happiness, that slightly eased the anger in Li Si Te's heart.
This matter truly couldn't be blamed on Li Tianming and the others.
Li Si Te took out a storage case, placed Jason's corpse inside, then stood up to leave.
Before going out, he left behind one sentence, "If there's ever a plan to take down Guo Jiuxiao and Ren Changyu, count me in."
Harrison also put away Laudenor's body and sighed.
"I've been Florence's mentor for five years, listening to him report to me every week, but this is the first time I have to report to him. I don't even know how to begin."
After saying that, he too left the office.
Once the two were gone, only their own people remained.
Qin Siyang said, "Old Li, you saw it yourself. To kill you, Guo Jiuxiao didn't hesitate to sacrifice other people's lives. If you don't resist, one day all of us might end up dead at his hands."
Li Tianming looked up at Qin Siyang, then lowered his head again in thought.
"Maybe Principal Zhao, Director Zhang, and the professors are powerful enough to fight Guo Jiuxiao. But me? I'm just a small fry at sequence level five. Jason was sequence level six, and even he couldn't escape Guo's clutches. I don't think I can avoid his revenge either."
"And what if Guo Jiuxiao sets his sights on Li Pengfei or Director Chen next? What will you do then?"
Qin Siyang looked at the silent, downcast Li Tianming and sighed.
"That's all I wanted to say. Old Li, think about it yourself."
He got up, ready to leave.
Just as he reached the door, Li Tianming suddenly called out, "Little Qin."
Qin Siyang turned around to look at him.
Li Tianming slowly raised his head, then said, "Old Zhang told me, you've developed something called Bluewater Glazed Star Ore?"
Qin Siyang's face lit up. Those words meant one thing: Li Tianming had made his choice.
He was no longer running away.
"That's right. I named it based on the naming pattern of Silverite and Silver Star Ore. This ore is quite similar to Bluewater Glazed Ore, so I called it Bluewater Glazed Star Ore."
Li Tianming nodded, "Give me some. I'll study it, see if I can find the source of the 'star' element in the ore. Maybe I can replicate and develop Silver Star Ore."
"Sure. How much do you want?"
"How much do you have?"
"Roughly a hundred catties in total. I gave half to Professor Lu."
"Give me three catties."
"Alright."
Zhao Longfei's cigar trembled slightly in his fingers, "Bluewater… Glazed Star Ore?"
Qin Siyang immediately took out a few pieces of Bluewater Glazed Star Ore from his storage box and placed them on the table.
Li Tianming picked one up, examined it carefully for a minute or two.
Zhao Longfei leaned in, his scarred head craning to take a closer look as well.
Li Tianming nodded, "It's interesting. Maybe we can get something out of this. I'll take it for now. Thanks, Little Qin."
Zhao Longfei chuckled, "Little Qin, how about giving me some of that Bluewater Glazed Star Ore too?"
Qin Siyang glanced at him, "For South Glory, or for the Zhao Commerce Association?"
"For South Glory, mainly Li Si Te and Harrison. The Zhao Commerce Association doesn't have much use for this kind of material."
Thinking of the dead Jason and Laudenor, Qin Siyang nodded.
Zhao Longfei continued, "The Zhao Commerce Association doesn't do research, but we could keep a little, when Bluewater Glazed Star Ore becomes famous, we can use it to boost our reputation."
"So basically, you're saying you want it for both sides."
"Uh…"
Qin Siyang didn't mind.
After all, one side owed lives, and the other, he was the vice president himself.
He immediately gave Zhao Longfei five catties and let him split it however he wanted.
Zhao Longfei grinned from ear to ear, raising his thumb at Qin Siyang.
"Little Qin, you're really something! Really something!"
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