Chapter 428: Chapter 428

The sky had not yet lightened when Wen Yiyao temporarily stayed in the suite.

Qian Qi tried multiple times to extract information about Nangong Yan’s past, but Wen Yiyao evaded with talk, looking modest yet as impenetrable as a brick wall, Qian Qi suddenly realized...

The honest person, damn it, was actually her.

How could someone mixed within Nangong Yan’s circle be simple?

Thus Qian Qi stopped asking. For now, the Blast Flame Gun was more important to her. Let Nangong Yan finish making the gun first before anything else.

As soon as morning arrived, she drove the hovercar to Nangong Yan’s laboratory.

Contrary to Qian Qi’s imagination, Nangong Yan’s laboratory was located underground. In the elevator, she noticed the floors numbered at least seven, indicating the laboratory’s scale was much grander than she thought.

After a night’s mental preparation, Wen Yiyao seamlessly introduced Qian Qi to the responsibilities of each floor of the laboratory. "The first and second floors are for our employees’ accommodation and dining; due to the large number, they occupy more floors. The third floor focuses on researching Magic Plant Weapons. Although less historical than the Magic Plant Research Institute, we specialize in high-damage Demonized Weapons, so we’ve also developed some impressive Magic Plant Weapons."

"The fourth floor is dedicated to Magic Beast Weapons research, while the fifth floor researches medical items. The sixth floor is for testing finished products, occupying extensive space, certainly not a one-day tour."

"And what about the seventh floor?" Seeing Wen Yiyao cease talking, Qian Qi asked.

Wen Yiyao paused, then smiled lightly, "That’s the boss’s private office."

"Yes, it’s..." Wen Yiyao hesitated to say who, when Nangong Yan suddenly spoke from the side, "My father’s."

Qian Qi nodded knowingly, "Never mind, it’s probably not much worth touring."

I thank you for your disdain towards Nangong Zhang.

Nearby, the system floating in the elevator subtly sighed with relief.

As Wen Yiyao introduced, Qian Qi encountered many fascinating finished and semi-finished products here. It could be said that Nangong’s laboratory was not inferior to the Magic Plant Research Institute and Magic Beast Research Institute.

The key thing is, as a researcher herself, Qian Qi could totally sense that the level of researchers here was far beyond those outside. Newest update provıded by NoveI~Fire.net

Originally she thought the appearance of the instance led to massive human death and caused a civilization gap, thus few scholars with wisdom and knowledge. But now it appeared they’d all been recruited by the Nangong Family!

Funding this laboratory must cost a fortune, yet Nangong Zhang still actively engaged in charitable activities...

Could it be the Nangong Family is wealthier than the Su Family?

Qian Qi couldn’t help but glance at Nangong Yan. She remembered when she fiercely beat He Qizhi and then sold him the Blood Stopping Magic Potion, she asked for thirty thousand. Back then, Nangong Yan unmistakably showed a look of unwillingness to buy because it seemed too expensive.

Actually, that kind of expression was very subtle and impossible to catch without keen observation. Sadly, for someone struggling financially like her, she was particularly sensitive to such expressions.

So, was it because he wasn’t favored by Nangong Zhang, getting little pocket money, or did he feel thirty thousand for the Blood Stopping Magic Potion was too low in value?

Qian Qi quickly settled on this conclusion.

After touring the first five floors, Qian Qi felt increasingly that Nangong’s laboratory might help humanity through its crisis.

It’s far more advanced than she imagined, though many semi-finished products in the testing phase aren’t quite perfect, yet that seems only a matter of time.

And for humanity, the most scarce thing is time.

After observing the fighting effect of the semi-finished Demon Child Shield, Qian Qi was amazed and continued to visit other test products. While walking, she suddenly saw something and stopped.

She pointed to a small testing playground wrapped up, "What is this place testing?"

Most of the other testing areas were open, but this one was encased in glass-like material. Moreover, the glass had extremely peculiar scratch marks, making it hard to discern what left them.

They seemed somewhat like fearful claw marks left by fierce ghosts in horror films.

Wen Yiyao felt a tension in her heart, yet beside her, Nangong Yan replied casually, "It’s for researching ionic weapons, but due to high difficulty, it was discontinued."

"Oh～" Qian Qi nodded and didn’t ask more, continuing to visit other ongoing test sites.

Once the tour was nearly complete, Qian Qi took out the production manual for the Blast Flame Gun.

"Your previous Blast Flame Gun had many flaws. This is the improved version." Qian Qi sat at the table, placing the production manual in the center of the table.