Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2362 Finding Someone

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

In my opinion, this statement should still hold true at the academic level.

The higher the rank, the closer the extraordinary person is to the reality of this world.

In his view, promotion is one thing, but not making good use of this opportunity to pursue knowledge in both directions is a rather excessive waste.

Unfortunately, good things often come with difficulties. This dedication to learning encountered a bug, which meant that despite standing at the "top" of the extraordinary sequence, his research methods were severely limited.

Fortunately, true academics never rely solely on updating equipment.

Even without his senses, Professor Fu still has many tricks up his sleeve, and that's how he discovered something interesting.
Even His Excellency the Radiant Rainbow might be interested in this.

The only obstacle now is that, without Red Moon's help, it won't be so easy to go deep into the Burial Ground.

But it's okay, I already had to schedule the projects I was working on anyway.

The next leg of the journey, the Sea of ​​Ashes, has been decided. The Study Abroad Palace is simply making thorough preparations for the scientific expedition and taking a break to recuperate—like right now.

The warm sun had passed noon. After a busy half-day, Professor Fu looked at the still pretty weather outside the window and nestled into the chair he had recently received.

While enjoying his time in this leisurely manner, he seemed to have developed a greater empathy for the dean who had gone to such lengths before him.

The latter behaved similarly in the office at the time.

……

"Professor Fu."

Unfortunately, the principles still need to be explained. For example, as I just emphasized, leaders always seek out the right people for the job.

In the rare tranquility, the sun slowly set in the west, but just before it disappeared below the horizon, a call came from somewhere.

They were even very eager.

They're certainly not lab assistants or rising stars at the Columbarium. Regardless of how relaxed they appear, neither of them would slack off at this point in their lives.

But the voice sounded somewhat familiar—

Professor Rob, it seems like it's been a while since I last saw you.

He maintained his posture and sized up the newcomer.

With thick eyebrows, big eyes, medium-length hair, and an overall unkempt appearance, he truly embodied the typical image of a professor from the Tianqi Academy.

I still remember the last time this person visited me, it was because of the trouble he caused in Jiange, and he came to deliver the mushroom sword.

This time... I guess I've gotten into trouble again, right?

"sit."

Without mincing words, Fu Qian gestured towards the person in front of him.

On the one hand, there was confidence in Professor Rob's imagination and execution ability; on the other hand, the professor did not hide his anxiety.

The only two odd things are the increased frequency of trouble-making and the fact that the news of the cast's triumphant return should have already spread, so why not go there first?

"It's Kai!"

As expected of a straightforward researcher, Rob hesitated for a moment before answering Professor Fu's question with a name.

……

So it wasn't you who got into trouble, it was Professor Kai?
It suddenly sounded much more reasonable.

"What exactly happened? What did you do?"

The image of that new generation leader of the Shanju Institute appeared in his mind, and Fu Qian nodded slightly without saying a word.

It's no secret that Professors Rob and Akai are quite close. Back when the Zenju Institute was hit by the meteor shower, the two of them did something reckless together.

As a result, despite Professor Chang Mo's fury, he ultimately benefited from the misfortune and became involved in the investigation to some extent.

As for why the two, who are both homebodies, can still have such a friendship?

Not surprising, what could enhance male friendships more than going crazy together?
Including this time.

Based on the pre-payment assessment, Rob most likely didn't just happen to discover that Akai was in trouble, but was also involved in it.

That's why the first thing I ask is what you did together.

From this perspective, it's understandable why Rob didn't go to Cast but instead came to him.

Last time I had to clean up my own mess, so this has created a path dependency.

In addition, this kind of departmental cooperation was something I was actively promoting when I was temporarily in charge.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure, but Professor Akai seems to have disappeared."

The importance of a leader's resolve becomes apparent at this time.

Faced with Professor Fu, who sat calmly but instantly became absorbed in his work, Luo Bu seemed a little more composed for a moment, and after organizing his thoughts, he spoke softly.

“We’ve been working on a study together recently. Specifically, Akai contacted me a couple of days ago, hoping I could provide him with a special material.”

“At first I was quite surprised, because I always knew that for the Shanju Institute, the materials consumed were more symbolic, and it was hard to imagine how I could be of any help… Then after he described it further, I was even more surprised.”

Without needing to be urged, Rob quickly explained the whole story.

Professor Fu's remarkable performance over the past few days clearly put his mind at ease, as he wasn't worried that the other party would have any difficulty understanding him.

Although Rob paused at the last sentence, his expression was strange.

"Did you give him your recent experimental results?"

Professor Fu immediately understood what was going on.

The previous praise for Professor Rob's imagination mainly stemmed from his fungal cultivation.

Using the swarm of insects as the target of corruption of divine flesh and blood is indeed a rather creative idea.

Even when Master Yuhun caused a ruckus at the academy not long ago and signed a betting agreement with him, he actually encountered a special character like the Fungal Emperor, which made him feel that the experiment had great potential.

Does what we're seeing now prove this point?
Have all the initiatives we've been working on finally reached their harvest time?
……

“That’s right, it’s really perfect compared to what Akai mentioned… but as for what exactly he wants to do, he said it’s not fully confirmed yet, so he can’t tell me for the time being.”

"I think that's reasonable. After all, the whole institute has always been shrouded in mystery, so they just warned about the danger and didn't ask any more questions."

Professor Fu immediately guessed the key point, and Rob was clearly not surprised.

After all, I've already received help more than once because of this project alone.

And the description of Akai that he made undoubtedly fits the conventional impression.

Secrecy does not imply distrust. It is not surprising that a profession like the Shanju Institute, which is shrouded in mystery, has some special taboos.

"Very reasonable."

Before paying, he casually expressed his agreement and gestured for them to continue.

“That happened two days ago, but when I went to Shanzhou Temple today to check on Akai, I found that he was gone.”

Encouraged, Professor Rob finally got to the point, his brow furrowed as he made no attempt to hide his worry.

"I can't be sure if something unexpected happened, but I have a really bad feeling about it, so after thinking about it, I came here."