When Chu Ping mentioned Assimilation and Mutation, the most formidable racial traits of the Underground Lizardmen, I looked at the doctor.
Of course, the doctor understood what I meant.
If we could steal the ability of Assimilation and Mutation, it would be of tremendous significance to humanity.
It would give us a better chance when dealing with those outsiders.
But the doctor shook his head. "I can't exactly use Xiao Qing for research, can I? Besides, humans and the Underground Lizardmen made an agreement long ago not to conduct live research on one another."
I said softly, "Live research isn't allowed, but what if there's a corpse? There shouldn't be any problem studying a corpse, right?"
The doctor glanced at me. "What, are you planning to kill Xiao Qing?"
I hurriedly shook my head. That had never crossed my mind. I was just speaking casually. Since we couldn't study the living, surely we could study the dead.
The doctor sighed. "You're oversimplifying things. We have no chance of obtaining their corpses. Even if they have only one last breath left, they'll return to their territory to die. That's also one of their racial traits. At the brink of death, they can transcend spatial restrictions and return to their territory. The purpose is to prevent members of other races from capturing them for research. So give up on that idea. If it were really that easy, I would have produced results long ago!"
I couldn't help feeling disappointed.
In my view, this was a perfect opportunity to greatly enhance and improve humanity's strength, perhaps even make the human physique better.
But the doctor's words put an end to that thought.
Chu Ping said, "Quite a few people have had the same idea. Many researchers went to the foreign city with that