Arad's unruly savior

Chapter 3917 Stealing!
The realm of gods, shrouded in mist and haze.

The Inventors' Conference, which had been suspended for many years, was held again, and scholars from all three regions of the God Realm, as well as non-scholars and prominent figures, had high expectations for it.

Almost all news media, even journalists and critics who focus on writing music news, have turned their attention to the highly anticipated inventors' conference, looking for hot topics.

Laura, who belongs to the Beast Fang Judgment, is a renowned beauty and scholar. Not only is she outstanding in appearance, but she also holds many personal patents. She is highly valued by the Beast Fang Judgment and is one of the leaders of this Inventors Conference.

Chimera, having been struck again by a chop to the head, clutched her head and cried out in pain, her face showing a resentful expression, as if she felt very wronged.

That wretched Ruiqi, relying on her height and seniority, has lectured her quite a bit.

"You can't change it. Why are you full of strange ideas? I advise you to give up on this idea as soon as possible."

Ruiqi gave her a threatening look. Don't repeat what you just said, especially not in front of Laura. It's very impolite, especially since she's one of the organizers of the Inventors' Conference.

"Welcome, Rachel, you must be tired from your journey." Laura was beautiful and radiant, with an outstanding temperament and polite manner. Her smile gave people a natural sense of closeness.

She shook hands with the famous theorist, then cast a curious glance at the casually dressed, partially dyed chimera.

"Hello, Scholar Laura, my name is Kucro, but I prefer to be called Chimera." Chimera greeted her politely, bowing respectfully, just like a well-mannered junior.

However, Rachel knew the truth: this was just temporary politeness. After being scolded, Chimera could maintain her obedient demeanor for a short time.

"Hello, Chimera."

Chimera smiled brightly, her words incredibly sweet: "Scholar Laura, you are so beautiful. Teacher Ruiqi has praised you highly along the way, but now that I've met you in person, I realize you are even more stunning. Your dyed hair is also very charming and suits you perfectly."

Highlighting hair is a phenomenal fashion trend among women in the divine realm. Many divine women use it to showcase their personality and charm. Laura, Rachel, Chimera, Muse, and others all have highlighted sections of their hair.

Of course, some people prefer a natural and simple style, like Reil and Dendel, whose hair is left undyed and remains in its original color.

So praising someone's hair is like saying that you are fashionable and have good taste.

No one dislikes a well-behaved and sensible child. Even Laura, who is known for her rigor and is very picky about academics, had a very good impression of Chimera.

Of course, Laura didn't believe what Ricky was saying as he praised her along the way.

Ruiqi once studied at the headquarters of the Beast Fang Judgment Organization in Chongquan. Although she dropped out due to some academic issues, she still maintained relationships with a very small number of people, including Laura. Therefore, she was assigned to stay in the Beast Fang Judgment area for this Inventors Conference.

On the way to their assigned accommodation, Chimera behaved like a well-behaved child, not making a fuss at all. She asked:
"Scholar Laura, how did you and Professor Ruiqi meet?"

"Heh, you're really getting into this act..." Ruiqi rolled her eyes inwardly, thinking to herself, but not wanting to say anything outwardly. She had reason to suspect that what this brat Chimera really wanted to ask was...

"Professor Ruiqi used to be so terrible, a theorist, how did you become friends with her?"

“We were in the same year and took the same courses.” Laura raised her finger and gently pushed up her glasses. Unlike Ricky’s decorative amethyst glasses, these were genuine nearsighted glasses.

After leading the two to their assigned accommodation, Laura handed Rachel a work badge; her job and seat had already been prepared.

As for Chimera, who is going to participate in the competition, she needs to register in the contestant area first, which is also the initial preliminary review. This step is not difficult and she can pass it easily.

"Richie, Chimera, let's meet again tonight." Laura nodded and said goodbye. As one of the organizers of the Inventors' Conference, she still had a lot of work to do outside.

After Laura left, Ricky poured herself a cup of their signature sour fruit tea, lay down, slowly took a sip, and said:
"Aren't you curious that even a theorist like me has friends?"

"Mm." Chimera nodded.

"Hey, you little brat, you actually think so...!"

Too lazy to argue with Chimera about this, Ruiqi snapped her fingers and said smugly:
"We used to be known as the beautiful twin stars of the Beast Fang Judgment."

"After all, that's all you had to offer before," Chimera calmly added, completely devoid of her previous docile demeanor, implying that besides her face and breasts, she had no other value.

Enraged, Ruiqi grabbed Chimera's fluffy, messy pigtails.

"Let go! No one but my husband can pull my pigtails."

"What's going on in your head, you idiot?"

Richie is a well-known theorist who has no interest in "putting theory into practice." He believes that human lifespan is finite, and it would be a huge waste to spend most of one's life on practices with uncertain outcomes.

Look at those scholars who engage in practice and create works, spending months, even years or decades, holed up in the laboratory, wasting their precious years of life, just to realize the inventions and research they envision. If they succeed in the end, that's fine, but what if they fail? What if the research results do not meet expectations? Doesn't that mean all that time has been wasted and squandered?

How many times in a lifetime can one conduct research?

Therefore, Ruiqi used to resolutely refuse to engage in practical work, claiming that she cherished life and was a pure theorist. She didn't care who refuted her, adopting an attitude of being the only one who was pure in a corrupt world.

Laura, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Ricky. She takes a very responsible attitude towards every hypothesis and every academic study she proposes, and does not allow others to doubt her in the slightest.

She always conducted research day and night, determined to prove every theory she proposed and to produce concrete results to silence everyone's criticism.

Laura's personality makes her a pragmatist, and she has indeed produced many impressive research results, proving the value of her academic research. As a result, her status in the Beast Fang Judgment has risen steadily.

However, this also brought her a very serious problem: she had an extremely high, almost blind, confidence in all the research ideas she put forward, and was unwilling to listen to other people's opinions, even if the other party had a set of meticulous logic to prove that her hypothesis was wrong, or to put it more tactfully, to suggest how to do it better, she would not listen.

The hypothesis will only be invalidated once she proves it is not feasible.

Therefore, Laura can sometimes be arrogant in academia, wasting valuable time on research that has been proven wrong.

In short, Laura can be stubborn and get stuck on things at times.

“So…” Ruiqi gently swirled the glass in her hand and smiled:
"Laura and I didn't get along well before. Our ideas clashed. She thought I was talking nonsense, and I thought she was wasting her time. But after a while, we became friends through our disagreements."

"Later, with Ye Lin's help, some of my research theories yielded results that benefited the divine realm. Only then did she begin to look at me differently. My status was earned."

Afterwards, Ruiqi put down the cup of sour fruit tea she had finished drinking, and comfortably lay down on the sofa, exuding a lazy aura.

Status, wealth, and respect—yes, this was the life she had once desperately wanted. Ruiqi, lying down comfortably, indicated she wanted to sleep for a while and enjoy her privileged status. She waved to Chimera and said:

"Go register, you know where the registration point is, right?"

…………

Chimera took a few coins out of his pocket, walked to the mist vending machine by the roadside, stroked his chin and looked at the drinks inside, then pressed the "Cola" option.

This carbonated beverage, introduced from the heavens, quickly became popular in major cities of the divine realm due to its low price, unique flavor, and ease of preservation, becoming a favorite leisure drink for many.

As the trading center of the divine realm, Wulan can be easily purchased from vending machines found on the roadside.

"Burp~ The first bite is worth at least half the price."

Immediately, Chimera turned and left the area of ​​Beast Fang Judgment without hesitation, ignoring the nearby registration point, and spent a few dollars to take the Mist Bus to the Clockwork House area.

The Inventors' Conference not only helps discover new inventions and talents, but also allows various academic institutions to take advantage of the crowds to recruit students and showcase their own inventions.

Non-academic forces, such as the Wandering Association, Meilunzhiyun, and the split-up Liyun Chamber of Commerce, will also seek out excellent partners.

After getting off the bus, Chimera stood at the station for a while, stunned. There were crowds of people everywhere, a strange place, and unfamiliar people. Many of them had different accents. It was her first time in Wulan, and without Ruiqi's guidance, she suddenly felt a sense of unease, like a stranger in a strange land.

Some carried mist bows on their backs, some carried compasses, and some had small mythical beasts perched on their shoulders...

"Brave Chimera, fearless of difficulties!" Chimera clenched her fist, secretly encouraging herself. Then, she searched and asked along the way, finally finding the area of ​​the Clockwork House and successfully squeezing into the registration point.

The scholar in charge of registration handed Chimera a piece of paper, instructing her to fill in the necessary information later, and asked:

"What is your invention? Briefly describe its capabilities."

Chimera thought for a moment and then explained, "The Chimera Bow, well, it's a mechanical bow with two strings. Compared to traditional mechanical bows, it's much more powerful..."

"I didn't bring it with me; it's at my place."

"It's alright, what we need is creativity. We'll see your work eventually. Is your work a new type of bow? The Wandering Association has already pushed the power of the bow to its limits. Are you confident that you can surpass them?" After listening to Chimera's introduction, the scholar was quite curious.

"That's natural!"

After asking some more questions that didn't involve patents, the scholar gestured that the form could be filled out and the preliminary review was passed.

"One of the most eye-catching inventions at the last inventors' conference was the powerful crossbow developed by the Demon Strike Team. It was extremely lethal and its unique feature was that it was compatible with all kinds of arrows. I hope you will be the next one."

"Oh, right, please pay the registration fee."

"I have to pay more?" Chimera raised her voice slightly, sounding somewhat displeased.

“That’s right, we will offer advice to any work that passes the initial review, which is also a form of teaching.”

After registering, Chimera wandered around the Clockwork House area and even got a free brochure. It contained basic information about the Clockwork House, the characteristics of its academic research, and some of its signature inventions, similar to an admissions brochure.

"Why isn't there a Rubik's Cube?" Chimera frowned as she carefully flipped through the booklet.

After searching all afternoon, Chimera was almost exhausted to the point of fainting. She sadly discovered a very serious problem: as a little-known inventor, she simply couldn't find out exactly where the Rubik's Cube was hidden.

She couldn't possibly search through the entire foggy area, inside and out.

"Oh no, I only know that the Rubik's Cube is in the House of Wind-Ups, but where exactly is it...?"

She tried pretending to be a newbie and approaching the scholars at the Clockwork House, asking with an admiring look, "Do you have some amazing Rubik's Cubes? I've seen them in the newspaper."

However, those scholars didn't know as much as she did. One or two of them had seen the Rubik's Cube, but where it was kept was probably only known to the higher-ups at the Clockwork House.

How could she, a complete newbie, possibly get close to those core executives?

Chimera sat on a bench in the stadium, looking dejected. She felt a sense of gloom before her eyes, as if all her passion had been frozen solid.

Chimera remained in a daze for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She quickly looked left and right for two seconds, and then rushed towards the vending machine in the venue with the speed of the wind.

A shiny coin lay quietly on the ground, its color similar to the floor, making it difficult to notice at a glance.

Chimera quickly picked up the coin and stuffed it into her pocket, then walked away as if no one else was there, whistling an unknown tune, her inner gloom completely swept away:

"Yay! I found some money, that's a good deal. Let's go home, today wasn't so bad."

As Chimera passed the entrance to the venue, a very unusual pair caught her attention: a short girl wearing an orange skirt and a matching soft hat, with very beautiful light-colored eyes, and beside her a creature much taller than an adult man... a penguin? A sea lion?

The most eye-catching thing was that both of them wore a badge on their chests. She had seen it at Ruiqi's place at noon; it was a badge identifying them as members of the judging panel.

"So this penguin is also a scholar? And a very skilled one at that?" Chimera exclaimed in shock.

Then she heard the girl's voice say, "Pan Ruide, I'm going to borrow the Rubik's Cube to see if I can apply it to herbalism and make a new breakthrough."

In the blink of an eye, the chimera rushed up to the girl in the orange skirt and enthusiastically introduced itself:
"Hello, I am Chimera, a contestant in the Inventors' Conference."

"Hello, what can I do for you?" Dendel paused for a moment, nodded, and looked the girl in front of him up and down, lingering for a second on her well-developed chest and deep cleavage.

Those with divine bloodlines are characterized by large breasts; their chests will swell up in their teens, with an alluring curve. However, there are always exceptions, such as Xiao Shumo, and... Dandel.

"Uh...I..."

Chimera scratched her head. She had rushed over as soon as she heard that the other party was about to approach the Rubik's Cube, without giving it any further thought.

(End of this chapter)