Chapter 495: 490: Eldest of the Xia Family
Chapter 495: Chapter 490: Eldest of the Xia Family
Seeing Bai Qi in this state, Professor Chu’s expression gradually softened.
At this, Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief, then looked towards the death metal in the experimental chamber, saying, “Professor Chu, do you think this death metal could be replicated?”
Professor Chu was silent for a moment, then said, “I should be able to replicate the metal components if given some time. As for the biological structure, your parents should also be capable, but the hardest part is fusing these two parts together.”
“Speaking of which, it seems somewhat similar to the state of the death metal and the fusion between the armored evolution machinery and the flesh. Unfortunately, we rely on Evolution Light; manual fusion has never succeeded yet.”
Professor Chu sighed. The reason why mechanical armament biology couldn’t be popularized before was precisely because they couldn’t break through this problem.
Although Armament Evolution had solved this problem, it was with the help of Evolution Light. The technology itself still did not have a breakthrough.
Seeing this, Bai Qi maintained a nonchalant expression, but he was growing more curious about the background of the Death Round Table.
He had already learned from the Thirteenth Bureau that Sima Jing’s introduction of death metal was actually a covert way of passing on information.
And the death metal technology is currently only controlled by the Death Round Table, the Zhonghu Consortium couldn’t achieve it, thus the clues stopped here.
It seems like he would have to rely on himself.
Bai Qi sighed, then returned to the Prairie base after further researching with Professor Chu.
Despite having data provided by the Holy Relic Tower, a full decomposition of the death metal’s structure by Professor Chu and his parents would likely take a considerable amount of time.
He didn’t have much research in materials science and couldn’t participate, so it was better to continue exploring the area he was familiar with.
A complete version of the Soul Charm would give him something to ponder.
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“Phew~ The complete version is really complex.”
After an unknown period of time, Bai Qi finally raised his head, looking at the complex holograms projected in front of him, rubbing his eyes.
As he had expected, the curse marks on the base of the Angel Statue were designed to transmit souls to the Soul Charm on the Death Knight, to control the Death Knight’s combat.
To differentiate them, Bai Qi referred to this process as the ‘Soul-transferring Curse Mark.’
Compared to the Soul Charm, the structure of the Soul-transferring Curse Mark was far more complex, with various functional structures interlocking. It would be somewhat difficult to completely decode it.
“Yu, help me to save the current progress, then copy a new file and continue the extrapolation.”
“Yes, grandpa.”
A playful image of a young boy suddenly appeared beside Bai Qi, who obediently nodded, then kept working as instructed by Bai Qi.
After being awakened by Fire Seed Enlightenment used by Schuck, Yu and the Jiuding System showed greater intelligence, even imitating Bai Qi to design an outer image for itself.
Actually, Yu initially intended to mimic the image of Schuck, but Bai Qi argued it would not match with the name ‘Yu,’ so it changed to a different look.
“Although its mental capacity is like that of a child, the Jiuding System’s computational power is really strong; it’s somewhat wasteful to only utilize it for research.”
Looking at Yu, who was in a relaxed and contented state, Bai Qi unconsciously began to think about what other things needed Yu’s handling.
Just then, Beta suddenly returned from Ice Field world, and by his head, Schuck and Jerry were gradually returning.
Oww oww…
(My nap…)
Beta looked unhappy. He had just slept peacefully without these two consciousnesses bothering him, but before long, Schuck and Jerry returned!
“Schuck, Jerry, have you finished your classes?”
Bai Qi promptly asked upon seeing this.
“Finished.”
Jerry slightly nodded, then closed his eyes to recover his energy.
Compared to Schuck’s mechanical cognition transfer, Jerry’s soul was completely stripped out. Before finding a suitable host, spending too much time away would put a significant strain on him.
If possible, he needs to find a suitable host.
“Delta should be back soon too. Alpha is going to a Beast Control practical session, so he might be a bit late.”
Schuck looked at Bai Qi, projected some data in front of him, and said, “I want to purchase some materials, Beast Master, please confirm.”
“Materials? You can buy this by yourself, you don’t need to ask… wait a minute, how did you buy so much? Are you planning to build a mechanical fortress?”
Seeing the terrifying list of materials passed by Schuck, Bai Qi got a shock.
“Almost.”
Schuck nodded, saying, “Relying solely on the Mechanical Lord is not enough now. I need to add some whole new combat power for myself.”
“New combat power, do you need help?”
“No need, you can’t help.”
Bai Qi: “…”
He, the dean of the Super God Evolution Research Institute, was despised by his own pet! If this gets out, how can he continue to be a Beast Master!
“By the way, we encountered a few of your friends when we were taking classes in the Undead Department, they seem to be looking for you.”
Just as Bai Qi was about to lecture Schuck, Schuck suddenly popped his head out from the research room and said so.
“Friends, Gu Shan and the others?”
Bai Qi was taken aback by his words, and Delta, who had just finished class and returned, confirmed it.
“Well, let’s go see them first.”
Bai Qi sighed, then immediately rode on Delta, leaving the secret territory and heading straight for the Star Mechanics Academy.
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Star Mechanics Academy.
“Brother Cha, is this how you usually have your classes?”
Bai Yuxiao yawned lazily, following Bai Qiucha and asking.
After coming to Gusu City with Bai Heguang, Bai Heguang quickly processed their admission paperwork with Gu Shan, placed them in Bai Qiucha’s class, and they started their academic journey.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t handle it, but Bai Heguang had given him a stern order that if any professor complained about him, he would be sent back to the Tower of Competition, so he was quite diligent with his studies.
However, when Bai Yuxiao realized that both of the professors were Bai Qi’s pets, he found it a little difficult to hold it together.
“No, not usually. Bai Qi used to teach the classes of the Undead Department himself. He must have been too busy today, so he did not come in person,”
Bai Qiucha said with a faint smile, “Moreover, I think Jerry teaches very well. I’ve gained a lot of insight today.”
“That’s what I think too.”
Gu Shan nodded in agreement.
Alpha, who taught him the class on runes, explained battle runes very well. Although it was not a basic course, Gu Shan also benefited a lot.
“You two are a bit too serious.”
Bai Yuxiao sighed helplessly, about to tease them some more, but saw that the two had suddenly stopped.
Beast Control Practical Department.
The Beast Control Practical Department was a common and unique department in every academy.
The students of this department had only one task every day, and that was combat, of all types. Even the theoretical classes were related to combat.
After awakening the Beast Master talent, humans could become Beast Masters and control beasts in combat, but this did not mean they had the same talent in other areas.
That’s why most of them in the Beast Control Practical Department were not interested in theory, they focused on practical training.
Of course, there were also those who were proficient in both martial and literary studies within the Beast Control Practical Department, it was the only department where students could take classes of other subjects. Students from other departments also had the option to choose the Beast Control Practical Department.
Bai Qiucha and the others were no different.
“I remember that Bai Qi also teaches in the Beast Control Practical Department. Could it be another one of Bai Qi’s pets teaching the class?”
Looking at the bustling Beast Control Practical Department building in front of him, Bai Yuxiao felt a chilling sense of foreboding.
“Congratulations, you’re right.”
Bai Qi’s voice suddenly came from behind, scaring Bai Yuxiao.
“Bai Qi, could you not scare people?!”
Bai Yuxiao jumped up in fright, activating his talent and dematerializing his body.
“You’re a little too timid. That’s extremely lethal in actual combat.”
Bai Qi, who had appeared out of the void riding Delta, instantly switched roles and began earnestly instructing Bai Yuxiao.
“Bai Qi, are you done with your work?”
Bai Qiucha asked when he saw Bai Qi.
“Uh, well, I guess I’m done?”
Bai Qi smiled awkwardly, “Are you guys heading to class in the Practical Department?”
“That’s right. Although the Practical Department of Star Mechanics Academy isn’t the strongest among the top ten academies, it does have its own distinctive features. Hence, Dad helped us enroll in it.”
Bai Qiucha nodded, laughing, “However, now that you’re teaching the class, Bai Qi, I’m guessing it’s going to be different, right?”
“Perhaps.”
Bai Qi shrugged his shoulders, he hadn’t had time to look at the teaching materials for the departments at all, everything was arranged by Schuck. He’d probably have to rely on Alpha for the upcoming session.
The four of them walked into the Beast Control Practical Department together, following the connection with Alpha, they arrived in front of a gigantic, indoor battlefield.
And around the battlefield, there were already full of Beast Trainers, and more continued to arrive from other departments.
The arrival of the youngest Six Stage Beast Trainer in Federation’s history for teaching, who was also their alumni, made these young Beast Trainers very excited.
However, upon seeing Alpha in the center of the battlefield, students from the Undead, Mechanical Engineering, Rune, and Biological Engineering departments, couldn’t help but feel a twitch in the corner of their eye.
Having the pets teaching theoretical knowledge was a stretch already, though the classes were indeed effective. But not even showing their faces for the Beast Trainer practical lesson was a bit too much, wasn’t it?
“Lao San, this Bai Qi is not exactly as you described, he is quite interesting.”
A tall, thin youth sat next to Xia Xuan, his face filled with a smile.
“Big brother, didn’t I say, don’t come to school if you have nothing to do.”
Xia Xuan looked unhappy at the man next to him.
“I came for discussing a new round of cooperation with the Super God Evolution Research Institute on our dad’s behalf. Since I happen to be here at the time of your school opening, I thought I would come by.”
Xia Ya smiled, “It’s a pity, though. I originally wanted to get to know Bai Qi in advance. It would make it easier for future dealings.”
“I knew it… ”
Xia Xuan rolled his eyes. As the eldest son of the family, Xia Ya spent all his time in the business world and never did anything without meaning. How could he possibly come to see him attending class for no reason?
However, even if Bai Qi were to show up today, he guessed his big brother wouldn’t gain anything.
That guy, Bai Qi, couldn’t be understood with the perspective of a normal person.