Everyone wholeheartedly agreed.
Lu Daoxing sighed. "Xiao Qin, my Drill Pod doesn't have a target detection function. I have no way of knowing what gods might be nearby. Aren't you afraid of running into a large god like a sacrificial giant vine while traveling underground?"
"A sacrificial giant vine?" Qin Siyang brushed it off. "If I run into one, I can escape. I have experience with that."
"I was just naming one kind of large god. There are other possibilities. If you run into one that excels at speed and endurance, you're certain to die."
Qin Siyang scratched his nose with his newly healed index finger and said nothing.
The professors could all tell that Qin Siyang hadn't taken Lu Daoxing's advice to heart.
Hao Liang chuckled. "When I was young, I was just as reckless as Xiao Qin."
"Let it go. It always takes time to go from young and reckless to steady and sensible."
Chang Tianxiong asked, "What if Xiao Qin keeps walking this tightrope? Won't he slip up sooner or later?"
"Not necessarily."
Zhang Kuang smoothed his tangled long hair. "Who knows? Maybe this reckless spirit will let Xiao Qin soar to the top."
"Winning through caution is just how ordinary researchers like us think. There are always people who blaze their own trails."
"As everyone knows, Zhu Haifeng spends most of his time outside the Safe Zone. The amount of rare materials he has is probably astronomical."
"I even wonder whether all our most prized possessions put together would amount to half of what he has."
"Everyone has their own way of getting things done. Xiao Qin has already proved that his approach works, so let him keep going."
Zhang Kuang's words visibly eased the professors' concern.
Indeed, everything Qin Siyang had accomplished so far had