Qin Siyang couldn't help smiling as he listened to Lu Daoxing.
Professor Lu was as open and straightforward with him as ever.
Qin Siyang picked up the ant, examined it closely, and put it in his Storage Box, planning to study it when he had time.
Just as Lu Daoxing burned Hong Liang's corpse, Hong Liang's belt and Armor burst with a bang, crumbling into fine dust before vanishing altogether.
Only a pile of Hong Liang's ashes remained on the floor.
Qin Siyang checked his Storage Box. The Ant Artifact was still lying inside. For some reason, it apparently hadn't been fitted with a Special Lock.
Lu Daoxing snorted. "Clever, I'll give him that. Just like Hong Liang, he put Special Locks on everything so they'd burn up upon death. Too bad his cleverness backfired. Once he chose the wrong path at the start, every step that followed was wrong too!"
Qin Siyang glanced at him.
Lu Daoxing was unusually talkative today.
Ever since Lu Daoxing's wife had fallen into debt, he had been in low spirits. This was the first time he had said so much.
Perhaps too much had happened today.
Beyond his disappointment over his research, there was also the sorrow of seeing people he knew die.
Bang-
Just then, another noise came from outside the door.
Lu Daoxing immediately returned to his fully armed state and shielded Qin Siyang behind him.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
"Old Lu, Xiao Qin, are you all right?!"
"Old Lu's room is empty! Hurry, check on Xiao Qin!"
Their voices arrived before they did.
Then Li Tianming and the others appeared in the doorway, clad in Armor.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the fully armed Lu Daoxing and Qin Siyang, apparently uninjured.
Li Tianming stepped forward and asked,