Qin Siyang's words swept away Hu Chan's gloom.
He even became more excited than Qin Siyang.
"Boss Qin, where are we going today to help you find Blood Moon Tarantula and Abyss Hounds?"
Qin Siyang said, "We only have two days. Don't go too far. Let's just look around about fifty kilometers outside the safe zone."
Hu Chan immediately objected, "Fifty kilometers? fifty kilometers isn't enough at all! Same as last time, go straight over a hundred kilometers out! Fewer people, more gods, faster results. Floor it, go go go."
Qin Siyang glanced at Hu Chan, whose expression was respectful but whose eyes were burning with excitement, and couldn't help but sigh.
He was completely different from last time.
Once you really mobilize someone's initiative, the results really do come twice as fast with half the effort.
Even though Hu Chan was bold and aggressive, Qin Siyang still stopped according to his own travel plan, in an uninhabited area about fifty kilometers from the safe zone.
With only two days, if they went too far and ran into danger, there was a good chance they wouldn't be able to return to the safe zone on time.
Better to find somewhere closer and just wander around for two days.
If they could find traces of Blood Moon Tarantula or Abyss Hounds, that would be best.
If not, Qin Siyang wouldn't force it. These small gods that everyone coveted were rare to begin with. It all depended on luck.
Last time, even after leaving the safe zone for a week, he had only succeeded in hunting once.
If there were no gains in two days, then he would go meet Huo Dangkou.
Qin Siyang stopped in pitch-black soil dozens of meters below the surface and said to Hu Chan, "Let's do it here. Look for the possible locations of those two kinds of gods."
Hu Chan opened his pocket watch and took a look, clearly unhappy, "Boss Qin, you really stopped only fifty kilometers from the safe zone? You can't find Blood Moon Tarantula or Abyss Hounds here! Trust me, let's go somewhere farther."
"I know they'll be in farther places, but I have something on Monday. This trip is about playing it safe and trying my luck. No need to take risks."
"Boss Qin, people don't get rich without windfalls, horses don't get fat without night grass! Let's go farther!"
"Between the two of us, who do you think is richer?"
"Uh… Boss Qin's rare materials are among the top even inside the safe zone. I can't compare. Of course Boss Qin is richer."
"Then that settles it. I've made way more windfall money than you. You think I don't understand this logic? Just do what I tell you."
"But Boss Qin, if we stop here, these two days will most likely be wasted effort…"
Qin Siyang said impatiently, "Am I Boss Qin or are you Boss Qin?"
Hu Chan looked conflicted, then finally said, "Then if I can't find Blood Moon Tarantula or Abyss Hounds this time, Boss Qin, don't blame me."
"Just do your best. I know what I'm doing."
"Alright."
With a nervous heart, Hu Chan dug a tunnel and crawled out of the drill pod.
Qin Siyang rested his arms behind his head, propped his feet on the control console, and watched Hu Chan's figure wriggling forward through the soil under the drill pod's lights.
His expression was relaxed and at ease.
Hu Chan had the ability to determine the number and location of gods, so Qin Siyang had to rely on him to search.
Because the sand worms were constantly tracking Qin Siyang's scent, he also had to rely on Hu Chan to do the hunting.
That meant from start to finish, Hu Chan was the one doing all the work, while Qin Siyang was just the driver providing transportation.
And Hu Chan worked with great enthusiasm, never getting tired of it, and even had to express gratitude to Qin Siyang.
"With how much you like research, why are you even a Holy Son? Seriously."
Hu Chan's overall strength was undoubtedly outstanding.
Sometimes, it even gave Qin Siyang a vague sense of threat.
The relationship between the two of them wasn't particularly close. It could be described as neither distant nor intimate.
They always circled around the grindstone of fate, back and forth. Today you push the mill, tomorrow I do. Nothing was ever fixed.
Even so, when Qin Siyang said he would recommend Hu Chan to other professors, he wasn't just tricking him.
Maybe it was their shared status as orphans that made Qin Siyang feel a sense of mutual understanding.
Maybe it was that they were both willing to risk their lives for others, which made Qin Siyang empathize.
If he could conveniently give Hu Chan a hand, Qin Siyang probably wouldn't refuse.
But there was a prerequisite. He had to be able to trust Hu Chan.
It was one thing for Qin Siyang alone to play mind games with Hu Chan. But if he recommended him to other professors and ended up harming them, Qin Siyang wouldn't be able to get over that in his heart.
'Anyway, the relationships around me are already tangled and troublesome enough. When the next crisis comes, let's see how this good Holy Son chooses to stand.'
After a while, Hu Chan crawled back into the drill pod along the tunnel.
"Boss Qin, drive forward two kilometers. There might be goods over there!"
"Mm."
After stopping the drill pod, Qin Siyang handed his god-hunting dagger to Hu Chan.
"Thanks for the hard work."
"Boss Qin, what are you saying! As long as this trip isn't for nothing, I'm not tired at all!"
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Ten minutes later, Hu Chan returned to the drill pod and handed a storage box and the god-hunting dagger to Qin Siyang.
"Ran for nothing. These are Vegetable Feather Frogs. Let's change places."
Qin Siyang opened the storage box and saw dozens of Vegetable Feather Frog corpses inside.
"You killed all the Vegetable Feather Frogs too?"
"Yeah. Since we were already here, I just killed them."
"These small gods aren't worth much themselves, and their round scale armor doesn't give many points. If you run into them again, don't waste your energy."
"It's fine. Every time I activate my god-searching skill, I have to rest for an hour or two. During that time, even if I don't kill them, I can't do anything else. Might as well help Boss Qin earn a bit more points. That way I feel more at ease."
Hu Chan's words gave Qin Siyang goosebumps all over. He couldn't help asking, "Hu Chan, we've only been apart for a day. How did your flattery skills improve so much?"
"Maybe it's because this time, everything I'm saying is from the heart. Hearing that Boss Qin could recommend me to do research with a top professor like Li Tianming, my heart just surged. I feel motivated doing anything."
"You really like doing research that much?"
"Mm."
"Then why don't you give up the position of Holy Son of the Zephyr Church and stay at the university to do research properly? I know your talent isn't bad. Getting onto the Tiger Board is basically guaranteed."
Hu Chan shook his head and smiled, "Even though I like research, when it comes to talent, compared to Boss Qin it's heaven and earth. Better not even mention it. Just Boss Qin's drill pod alone is enough for me to study for several years."
Qin Siyang rubbed his chin and didn't say anything.
Hu Chan continued, "As for this Holy Son identity, it's already been firmly tied to me. If I give it up, I won't be far from death."
Qin Siyang could hear that when Hu Chan talked about being the Holy Son, He was far less happy than when He talked about research.
"What, you don't like being the Holy Son? I think your speech at the prayer assembly was pretty moving. You're basically a natural-born church saint body. It would be such a waste not to be the Holy Son."
Hu Chan's gaze sank, "Something a person is good at doesn't necessarily mean it's something they like. I actually don't have a choice either."
"But at least you know what you like."
Hu Chan looked at Qin Siyang and smiled faintly.
"That's true."
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