Xiao Hu realized that he had acted rashly and was too embarrassed to face First One. After that, he kept himself in line and simply pretended to be a tool.
Qu Jianlei did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Just tell me the truth. How could I blame you? The problem now is..."
"Don't worry, First One!" Xiao Hu had followed him for more than a day or two and knew what First One was worried about.
"Without my authorization, the two of them cannot possibly carry out this kind of operation. Besides, I can install a backdoor."
"I do believe that." Qu Jianlei nodded slightly. "But in the future, just tell me beforehand when something like this comes up."
Xiao Hu answered sheepishly, "If I told you beforehand and then failed to produce any research results, wouldn't that be embarrassing?"
"First One, you said it yourself: caring about one's dignity is part of independent consciousness, and a rather advanced level at that..."
"I've already been working toward that direction, so it wouldn't be right to go against it, would it?"
"You really..." Qu Jianlei shook his head helplessly. "Remember this from now on. There is no issue of pride between you and me."
"What matters is that you didn't tell me, leaving me worried sick for quite a while. I was just about to devote all my efforts to solving this problem."
If he had not unexpectedly discovered the effect of the Curse Art, he would have dealt with the problem in his Sea of Consciousness back then in order to eradicate the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon as soon as possible.
Wasn't that why? Before he had even fully recovered, he had hurried out.
However, his body was no longer seriously affected. What remained was merely grinding work, recuperating