The Non-Human Research Association had implemented measures among the Intelligent Rats that were almost equivalent to caste segregation.
The War Rats had been trained to be strong and sturdy. They had been trained to fight from birth, and knew nothing besides combat.
The White Rats were the exact opposite. They studied theoretical knowledge from a young age and were never trained in any form of combat. They had no desire to fight, either.
Their work consisted of little more than serving tea and water, helping monitor instruments, connecting wires, pressing buttons, delivering documents, and recording experimental reports.
To put it plainly, they were the cultured rats among the Intelligent Rats. Once they had mastered knowledge, the organization naturally made sure they no longer had any fighting spirit, and thus cultivated them to be exceptionally timid.
Forget the War Rats—even an ordinary wild house mouse could bite this so-called assistant White Rat to death.
"Why are you the only White Rat here? There should be many more, shouldn't there?" Mo Qiong asked.
"Squeak squeak, they're all dead. Pig King killed them to silence them, and I'm the only one left..." The White Rat immediately told him what had happened before, including the fact that the experts had been transferred away.
"Silenced, huh... In other words, they don't trust the loyalty of assistant rats like you, and you know too much?" Mo Qiong said.
This laboratory was undoubtedly the most important place in the research institute. There were only four experts in such a huge facility, which showed that the organization was short-staffed.
At the very least, it lacked intellectuals.
So bringing in Intelligent Rats was necessary. They were not expected to provide any groundbreaking assistance; it was enough if they could handle miscellaneous research tasks.
But scholars were the most bookish