A Joint Exchange

Rescuing someone from dire straits made it easy to win their trust. In some eras, it was even common for those rescued to offer themselves in marriage.

Luo Burang could not become friends with Zhou Xin, but when he reached down the ladder, he became friends with Zhang Xuezhou instead.

And Zhang Xuezhou really was quite impressive.

At least, Luo Burang thought so.

Besides the halo effect Zhang Xuezhou had gained from the Montes Ganghao incident, Luo Burang felt that Zhang Xuezhou's aptitude was genuinely extraordinary.

Luo Burang was not a particularly arrogant person, but he really had been among the best of Western Capital City's younger generation.

If he had not experimented on himself and caused a genetic conflict, he would probably have been doing quite well by now. He might not have held an overwhelming advantage over Zhou Yueyan and the others, but in some respects, he would at least have surpassed them.

After their brief acquaintance, Luo Burang felt that he had met a kindred spirit.

Accordingly, he spent an unusually long time talking with Zhang Xuezhou. He told him practically everything he knew, and they even discussed matters involving confidential experiments.

Inevitably, this touched on some things Luo Burang found regrettable.

For example: laboratory resources.

The A9 Laboratory had no shortage of equipment, as shown by its ability to develop newt blood serums for Luo Gaogao, but it lacked raw materials.

Mutant beast resources routinely cost hundreds of thousands or millions, and he could not simply buy them whenever he wanted. Without marketing approval and validation, Luo Burang could not trade blood serums normally, even if he developed them.

Over the past few decades, he had repeatedly applied for mutant newts, finally getting Professor Luo Hui to lend a hand and ensuring a steady supply of