Shen Bing did not leave Master Qiao in the Neurobehavioral Experimental Zone. Instead, he took him out of the Underground Base.
For the longest time, Shen Bing's greatest question had been what exactly the Immortal Qi and Ling Qi in the Immortal Realm were.
Previously, Shen Bing had lacked the means to unravel that mystery. Now that he had the Divine Puppet Artisan, whose existence was practically a cheat, he naturally wanted to satisfy his curiosity.
There was no Immortal Qi on Earth, but Ling Qi definitely existed.
The Immortal Peach Tree in the courtyard of Villa No. 1 produced an abundance of Ling Qi. The fact that the courtyard's air quality was far better than anywhere else offered a clear clue.
When Shen Bing brought the Divine Puppet Artisan into the courtyard, he pointed eagerly at the Immortal Peach Tree and said, "Master Qiao, take a look. Is there anything around this tree that's different from elsewhere?"
"Different? There certainly is!" Master Qiao said. "There's a peculiar energy around that tree that living beings can absorb. Current human technology cannot observe this energy. It should fall under the category of dark energy."
Shen Bing was not particularly surprised to hear this. He had already entertained similar guesses.
After all, human technology had advanced considerably. Although there were still many realms humanity had yet to touch, if one asked what substances on Earth's surface remained both unknown and undetectable, the answer was probably limited to dark matter and dark energy, which were even more mysterious than antimatter.
Shen Bing simply had not been able to determine whether this stuff was dark matter or dark energy.
Now Master Qiao's words had cleared up his confusion.
Dark matter and dark energy coexisted throughout space, so there was nothing strange about their presence