Water Lily Lady was like a typhoon: she came quickly and left just as suddenly.
The planned month did not end so easily. The vastness and complexity of this world exceeded their expectations, and it took her team another two months and ten days to complete all their work.
Once she confirmed that there were no further research goals in the short term, she left without hesitation that very day. She merely dumped a pile of books and assignments on someone.
"You should be able to handle these topics. I'll check on them regularly."
Though they had spent more than two months together, even eating and sleeping together several times—in the laboratory—Lu PingAn truly knew very little about this "teacher." Other than work and research, she simply would not talk about anything else. Even awkward small talk would turn to research subjects within three sentences.
She was someone who had truly devoted everything to her work. Lu PingAn did not feel any particular sentiment over it. Even knowing how remarkable she was and how much she had contributed, he could see more clearly that she enjoyed it. This was the life she had chosen; outsiders had no need to judge it too much.
At the same time, Lu PingAn discovered a small piece of counterintuitive common sense.
"Rank really isn't important." Though it sounded a little boastful, Lu PingAn genuinely thought so.
Even with bodyguards around, no one could guarantee their safety during Otherworld Exploration, especially in this extraordinary otherworld where even wild creatures could be super bosses.
". . . I don't think I can beat Teacher Water."
When Lu PingAn realized he might not be able to defeat a rank-six professional, he was genuinely shocked.
Of course, he knew this was an exception. A pure Scholar profession that