#656 - Chapter 656 I Want to Try
"What's his name?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"He's one of history's most mysterious figures: Guiguzi," Shen Huiying replied.
"Him?" Dongfang Chen thought it made sense.
Historically, the famous people who claimed to be disciples of Guiguzi spanned several centuries, and historians speculate that he lived for at least several hundred years.
If what Shen Huiying said was true, then this Guiguzi must also be a Variant.
"Is he still alive?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I suspect it's highly likely," Shen Huiying replied.
"Based on what?"
"Firstly, three thousand years ago, he was already a cultivator in the Great Vehicle stage, which is an 8th-order Variant. Such a powerful figure, I'm afraid few people could threaten his safety."
"Secondly, he's the most knowledgeable person I've ever met when it comes to cultivation methods, and he's proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia, unfathomable and unpredictable."
"Finally, and most importantly, so far, no cultivator in Huaxia dares to cause trouble. Why? Because those who did cause trouble are all dead," Shen Huiying explained.
"Are you saying that within Huaxia, there are still many experts secretly maintaining order?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"That's right. So for us little shrimps, besides hiding our identities and living a low-key life, there's no other way out."
"Now that I know your true identity, what do you plan to do?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Our survival rule is very simple. Either completely erase those who know your identity, or quickly escape and change your identity to continue hiding. Once you're noticed, it's a dead end. Tell me, what should I choose?" Shen Huiying looked at him.
"You can work for me," Dongfang Chen suggested.
He felt he had to control some high-level Variants, otherwise it would be difficult to control the situation.
"Pfft ~" Shen Huiying laughed.
"If my identity hadn't been discovered, I might have considered working for you. But now, it's impossible."
"I can keep it a secret for you," Dongfang Chen said.
"Keep it a secret? Hahaha, don't tell me you haven't set your eyes on my 7th-order Variant strength? You want to use my strength and keep it a secret for me at the same time. Don't you think that's contradictory?" Shen Huiying laughed loudly.
Her survival experience told her that secrecy itself was unreliable.
"I don't understand. Now that humanity has reached a time of life and death, why do you still have to hide your strength?"
Dongfang Chen meant, when the nest is overturned, are there any unbroken eggs?
"No one wants to hide, but you have to have absolute strength, don't you?"
"Actually, you have no other choice now. Huaxia is big, but there are only 300 underground bases. No matter which base you go to, it's not as safe as here," Dongfang Chen said in return.
Shen Huiying didn't speak.
"And there's Shanshan. If you don't trust me, are you going to take her away? If you take her away, is it really safer than staying here?" Dongfang Chen pressed closer step by step.
"What do you want me to do?" Shen Huiying asked.
This meant she was ready to compromise.
Dongfang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
"Actually, I know your concerns. To be honest, I don't plan to use your strength as a 7th-order Variant. Because once you're exposed, you might bring even stronger enemies here."
"I also don't need your scientific research technology, because I think the technology I have is more advanced than what you have."
Shen Huiying didn't refute this.
The fully automated production warehouse in the underground base could grow all kinds of crops and raise all kinds of poultry.
She asked herself if she had such technology.
"Then what do you need me to do?" Shen Huiying asked.
If she didn't have to expose her strength, Shen Huiying felt that staying here was also an option.
"I need your blood, I need your cooperation," Dongfang Chen said.
"You still want to study the secret of crystal nucleus condensation in the human body?" Shen Huiying asked.
"That's right. I want to try," Dongfang Chen replied.
He had completely unlocked gene programming technology and had the ability to modify adult genes. If he could discover the genes that affect human crystal nucleus condensation, he could cultivate high-level Variants in large quantities.
In that case, coupled with the Zhenjin armor and Zhenjing energy core, as well as the spacecraft, he was confident that he could directly wipe out the Sirius survivors hidden on the dark side of the moon.
Even if there were still an unknown number of experts of unknown strength hidden among humans, he would still dare to rampage through the world.
"If I guessed correctly, you want to study Shanshan too, right?" Shen Huiying asked.
This was inevitable.
Shen Huiying had seriously cultivated for three thousand years, and Dongfang Chen wouldn't wait that long.
Then the reason why Shanshan advanced to the 7th order in a short time became the key to mass-producing high-level Variants.
