Li Tianming frowned at that. "There's more than one animal like you?"
"Professor Li, there's no need to be so insulting. If it weren't for that scheduled post, I'd be trying to kill the three of you right now to eliminate any future trouble, rather than negotiating with you."
Although Zhong Dingming was defending himself, his tone remained as calm as a still lake. His composure made Qin Siyang feel as though Zhong Dingming had long since grown accustomed to being cursed to his face.
But Li Tianming had said that Zhong Dingming's reputation resounded throughout the Safe Zone, and almost no one ever spoke ill of him.
Then how did Zhong Dingming manage to let insults wash over him without reacting?
Could he, like Chang Tianxiong, have another identity that millions reviled?
Qin Siyang shook his head and put those idle thoughts aside.
Zhong Dingming continued, "You're a researcher too. You should understand that if you can discover a theory, someone else can discover it as well. If you know how to produce yellow-silver star ore, others might know too."
"Besides, there are far more animals in the Safe Zone than saints. Wouldn't you agree?"
Li Tianming's gaze darkened, and he said no more, tacitly accepting Zhong Dingming's explanation.
He pressed on. "Who is this person you mentioned?"
Zhong Dingming took a Storage Box from inside his shirt. "First, take out the Vine Heart and trade me for fifty kilograms of yellow-silver star ore. Then I'll tell you."
"Why?"
Zhong Dingming opened the Storage Box, revealing a solid chunk of yellow-silver star ore inside.
"To stop you from casting me aside once you learn that someone else can trade you yellow-silver star ore, then going straight to that person for a hundred kilograms, of course."
"Once our trade is