Published: February 12, 2025
Many people felt that something was off, but when faced with Mr. Wen's words, they could not articulate their doubts.
Guan Cheng Village stood up, and many gasped as they saw that this person did not have just two legs, but four.
He took a few steps forward and positioned himself in front of the foreign representative.
The representative from Alamos glanced at Guan Cheng Village and naturally noticed his four legs, showing clear disdain in his eyes.
"Do you want to compare results with our laboratory?"
Guan Cheng Village chuckled, "Sure, but our laboratory’s things are life-threatening, so you’d better think carefully."
"In the apocalypse, what doesn’t involve risk?" The foreign representative responded defiantly, readily agreeing.
Since neither side was willing to back down, a competition was inevitable, and no one expressed dissent, not even the host, Li Daqian.
Perhaps both parties were eager to see what novel things they had not encountered before.
Since it was a competition, there had to be rules, but simply presenting experimental results was clearly insufficient; both sides would have their own justifications, leading to confusion.
Therefore, the only way to convince each other was to see which laboratory’s products could have a greater and better effect under equal conditions.
In other places, this would be difficult to arrange, but here at Ten Thousand Beast Manor, they cultivated various mutated organisms.
At Li Daqian’s instruction, someone immediately brought in six fourth-level mutated chimpanzees, caged within, their massive size delivering a tremendous visual impact, ensuring that the laboratory's results would also be effective on humans, the species they were closest to.
The foreigner from Alamos, named David, returned to his table, consulted with his companions, and then came back to address Li Daqian and Mr. Wen.
“If it’s just this simple competition, it would be too dull. We hope to add a bit of excitement.”
“Oh? What kind of excitement?” Mr. Wen asked with a smile.
This surprised the water steward and the others.
At this moment, it should have been Li Daqian, as the host, who spoke up and made decisions, rather than an outsider like Mr. Wen; the tone of someone else taking charge grew more pronounced.
“It’s just adding a bit of a wager. What does this Mr. Guan think?”
David turned his gaze back to Guan Cheng Village, provocatively shrugging.
“What wager?”
Guan Cheng Village wasn’t a novice in the apocalypse and wouldn’t lose his cool over a provocation; he cautiously inquired.
“It’s nothing really…” David elongated his tone, his already poor Mandarin becoming harder to listen to.
“It’s just… we’ll play best of three; the winning side of each match gets the formula or manufacturing method used by the losing side!”
Upon hearing this, the evolvers present erupted in shock.
Was this just a minor wager? This was a huge bet! This was practically a recipe for ruin!
What was most important to any laboratory? Naturally, it was their technology and achievements, each of which could have cost countless manpower and resources, with costs potentially unimaginable.
Moreover, many magic crystals that could not be quantified were also sacrificed for successful experiments.
Just look at how many laboratories exist in the apocalypse to understand how difficult it is to conduct research in such an environment.
To take a step back, even in peacetime, establishing and sustaining a laboratory is no easy feat, let alone in the apocalypse.
One could say that any laboratory that has survived nearly four years into the apocalypse has a certain foundation and scientific achievements.
These are their lifeblood.
Now, David's wager is undoubtedly extremely vicious; the losing side could be doomed or even destroyed.
Imagine if all the life gene technology and magic crystal weapon technology from Cloud Summit were completely taken away…
The atmosphere on-site suddenly became tense, and some felt that at this moment, Li Daqian should step in to halt things, after all, such a confrontational situation at this banquet was quite inappropriate. Originally, everyone was invited here for collaboration, and such a no-holds-barred battle was not in line with the theme.