295: Gu Qinghan's investment

"Dragons... do such creatures really exist?"

Gu Qinghan just asked this question, then smiled awkwardly.

Now that monsters and even demons, things unheard of, have appeared, the existence of dragons wouldn't be too hard to accept.

But the most crucial question is, what is the strength of dragons?

So far, Gu Qinghan felt that he hadn't truly seen a real demon.

Although Demon Contractors with 100% descent had appeared, Gu Qinghan felt that they were probably not true demons.

The true demons, their main bodies, were all in that so-called Abyssal World.

This world was already chaotic enough; with another obviously powerful faction joining, the situation would only become more unpredictable.

The bald, bearded man sighed softly and said to Gu Qinghan:

"Actually, before seeing this prophecy, or rather, before this game, I always thought dragons were figments of people's imagination.

But at this time, I can only think that dragons are very likely to have appeared in history.

Or, only a very small number of people have seen dragons, and then it developed into today's various myths and legends.

If I remember correctly, you also have legends of dragons, right?"

Gu Qinghan nodded. China has had legends of divine dragons since ancient times, even claiming to be descendants of the dragon.

Even in more ancient times, some rulers would refer to themselves as the True Dragon Emperor.

Now it seems these records might not necessarily be fictional.

The bald, bearded man continued:

"Never mind, thinking too much now doesn't really mean anything.

I haven't had a chance to introduce myself yet. You can call me Chemmy Smith.

Of course, if you find it troublesome, you can call me Professor or Professor Smith; that's what everyone calls me."

Gu Qinghan gave the other party a friendly smile, then quickly thought of something else.

He scrutinized the other party for a long time, then asked somewhat uncertainly:

"Have you won several international awards? I seem to recognize your face."

The Professor nodded gently, but his words revealed some helplessness:

"Those are all things of the past. In today's world, many studies have to start over.

For example, what we've recently started researching is the power of demons."

Gu Qinghan was immediately surprised, not expecting that various countries had already begun to study Demonic Power.

"To what extent has your research on Demonic Power progressed?"

"It's just getting started, I guess. Actually, we initially wanted to explore the patterns within Professionals' bodies.

But after a period of research, we discovered that there's a subtle power within Professionals' bodies.

As soon as we tried to investigate it, that power would directly dissipate, completely uncapturable.

Conversely, Demonic Power is a bit more restless and easier to capture."

The Professor did not conceal anything from Gu Qinghan, directly informing him of their research progress.

Gu Qinghan was somewhat surprised by his frankness and asked, a little uncertainly:

"These things must be very valuable, are you sure you want to tell me?"

The Professor shook his head and said to Gu Qinghan:

"Although valuable, there hasn't been any substantial progress.

Current research conditions are limited; many potentially useful research instruments are within the scope of the Place of Blasphemy.

This is also why we want to resolve Torres as quickly as possible, to retrieve those valuable experimental instruments."

The Witch added from the side: "Don't you have a saying in your country, 'Don't use someone you doubt, and don't doubt someone you use'?"

Gu Qinghan was truly surprised this time. He had originally thought this trip would involve many complications.

But unexpectedly, everyone in Phoenix was so polite to him.

This politeness couldn't be faked; everyone adopted a very humble attitude, with their eyes showing at most a hint of curiosity.

"Aren't you afraid I'll take your information back to China?" Gu Qinghan asked.

The Professor laughed heartily, pointing at the Witch and saying:

"Actually, before you arrived, we had already established contact with the Shangjing Military base in China.

They are also researching Demonic Power, and their progress is even faster than ours.

Our ideas are very similar: this is a disaster for all humanity, and only through cooperation can we find a glimmer of hope."

As he spoke, a hint of worry and a faint sense of powerlessness appeared on his face.

Gu Qinghan fell silent. In fact, he was also aware of this matter.

However, at least up until now, Gu Qinghan's ideological awareness had not reached such a height.

No one had ever sheltered him, so he naturally didn't have the awareness to give back to the world.

Nevertheless, Gu Qinghan also knew the saying, 'When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.'

If this world were to end, no matter how strong Gu Qinghan was, he wouldn't be able to last long.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan suddenly took out two items from his necromantic space.

To be precise, they should be two masses of energy.

One type of energy was Demonic Power, emitting a violent aura and appearing black and red.

The other type of energy emitted a holy light, like a small light bulb radiating a soft glow.

It gave a feeling completely opposite to Demonic Power, and Gu Qinghan named it Sacred Power.

"This... this is..."

Professor Smith suddenly froze. He felt a very familiar aura from these two energy masses.

The two energy masses were like two jelly molds, each dividing into one large and one small portion with Gu Qinghan's movements.

He put away the larger portions, leaving the other portions, and said:

"These are energies I refined through a special method. One of them you should be very familiar with.

The energy extracted from a Demon Contractor, and the other is extracted from a Cleric.

These things are temporarily useless to me, so it's better to leave them for your research, alright?

Of course, this is an investment from me to you. If there's any progress, you must let me know immediately, okay?"

Although Gu Qinghan now had Whale Fall City as his territory, he couldn't conduct any research at all.

Not to mention where to find the talented people who could conduct research, he also couldn't acquire the research equipment.

Therefore, cooperating with Phoenix was Gu Qinghan's most beneficial choice.

Gu Qinghan intended to keep the other portion of energy for his trip to Shangjing.

There was a special Divine Craftsman Professional there who might be able to utilize this energy.

Professor Smith nodded repeatedly, even becoming a bit flustered.

He finally called two people in white coats, found two professional containers, and gently approached the two energy masses.

The two energy masses were smoothly placed into the containers, shimmering with two distinct colors as they swayed.

After all this was done, Professor Smith bowed deeply to Gu Qinghan:

"Thank you! Phoenix will always be your friend!"

Gu Qinghan smiled faintly, but inwardly, he murmured:

"I'm only doing this for myself, always have been."

Yes, everything he did ultimately served himself.

Even if he considered others, it was only those who had once made him feel good.