Mutual Entanglement
"The higher the level of contact, the more difficult things become!"
When one is seriously ill, one is willing to even take poison to cure the disease, but once the body has healed, any unreasonable treatment methods will arouse suspicion.
Zhou Rihui had no interest in this, and Zhou Yueyan gave up on the idea after several investigations.
However, Chang Kong Yinghao and Chang Kong Yinglian are completely different people; they are descendants of the Aristocratic Clan of civil officials.
Zhang Xuezhou was genuinely worried that the investigation would reach him. However, after careful consideration and reflecting on the plans he had casually made in the past, Zhang Xuezhou ultimately felt that he could withstand the test and was not afraid of any investigation.
Normally, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't entertain troublesome clients like Chang Kongyinghao.
But at present, only Chang Kongyinghao and others have found the heron blood potion for him, as well as the heron beasts on the road.
Whether he can be promoted to the Third Sequence depends almost entirely on the Zhang Xuezhou Changkong Lineage.
If his blood serum after the Third Sequence still requires egrets, then he may still need to rely on the Changkong Lineage to expedite the process as quickly as possible.
When his cultivation reached the Divine Ability Realm and it became difficult to advance further, Zhang Xuezhou turned his attention to the Gene Sequence, which had been progressing steadily.
He can fight without relying on Gene Sequence, but Zhang Xuezhou needs the marker of that sequence rank; only when the sequence is high enough will the status involved be high enough.
In Western Capital City, which emphasizes hierarchical order, a high-ranking position represents a class, a mountain that many find difficult to climb.
This is something that is difficult for people from different eras to understand.
However, when compared to the bloodline theory of some small countries and tribes, even those with no special abilities are considered royalty simply by being associated with the imperial family, while those without such blood are considered inferior, regardless of their outstanding abilities. Compared to these real-world occurrences, the hierarchical rules of Western Capital City do not seem abrupt or unreasonable.
This is the rule governing the top-level operation of the Scarlet Alliance State. Even if it doesn't seem entirely reasonable, it exists, and Zhang Xuezhou needs to adapt to it instead of trying to overthrow it and achieve equality for all.
His understanding of order has always been to abide by it, then approach it, and then integrate into it.
If Zhang Xuezhou feels something is unreasonable, then it should be corrected after he integrates, rather than choosing a destructive approach of starting from scratch.
He could not prove that his ideal order was better than the current one, and that the sequence rules had kept the Scarlet Alliance State stable for decades, with even changes and riots not having a major negative impact on the social order.
Zhang Xuezhou didn't particularly like those with sensitive minds like Chang Kong Yinghao, but he had no choice but to fit in.
This requires him to be cautious and careful, and also to remove as many strange and unusual marks as possible from his person.
More importantly, Zhang Xuezhou must truly integrate himself into these groups, making himself a part of them, and sharing common interests with Chang Kongyinghao and others.
"Even if I were Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, as long as our interests are tightly bound together, you wouldn't despise me," Zhang Xuezhou pondered. "At most, you'd treat me like a stranger!"
Recent events have put Zhang Xuezhou on high alert.
Even if he wasn't Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, Zhang Xuezhou was still connected to Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon who were involved in sinkhole-related matters.
There is no problem in classifying him as a ferocious insect or beast of the Fire Meteor series; some people would rather kill the innocent than let him go.
But once Zhang Xuezhou has the highest-ranking people under his control, the decisiveness and ruthlessness of ordinary people will have little effect on him.
In an order where sequence reigns supreme, as long as he is in the highest group, he can obtain the greatest security, just like the order controlled by Nagoth.
When treating Chang Kongyinghao and his sister, Zhang Xuezhou held back some of his strength, not allowing them to fully recover, let alone heal their hidden injuries as he did with Zhou Rihui, so that they would still have a need for him.
"Tianhao, how are you feeling?"
While constantly interacting with the older generation, Zhang Xuezhou also made sure to engage with the new generation of young people.
His interactions in Western Capital City involved three generations: the old, the middle-aged, and the young, with corresponding leaders in each age group.
Zhou Tianhao is undoubtedly a leader among the younger generation.
With the Black Armor Combat Technique and a father like Zhou Rihui who isn't exactly reasonable, Zhang Xuezhou felt very optimistic about Zhou Tianhao's future.
"I've grown a lot more fur and can fly a bit higher, but I can't take it anymore. This medicine is too likely to cause vomiting... Ugh~"
Zhou Tianhao found the drug developed by Zhang Xuezhou very interesting. This oral drug temporarily altered the Gene Sequence in his body, causing extremely obvious changes on the surface of his body, and also bringing him special abilities.
This is somewhat similar to the temporary effect of injecting a fusing agent of blood.
But after repeated testing, Zhou Tianhao discovered that after his body returned to normal, he actually regained a bit of the agility to leap and land.
His genes did not mutate, and the corresponding abilities were not temporary but were fixed in his body.
Whether there are changes in genes is easy to test. As long as Zhou Tianhao can use the Black Armor Combat Technique normally, his genes will remain stable.
This was far more effective than the temporary effects of the blood serum, which excited Zhou Tianhao as he realized the upper limit of this ability could reach.
The only thing that Zhou Tianhao found difficult to bear was the side effects of this drug.
Even someone as physically strong as him couldn't withstand this kind of torment.
He experienced hallucinations, vomiting, and hair growth. If Zhou Tianhao's guess was correct, this drug was quite toxic. However, his body neutralized the toxicity, so the symptoms were not obvious. But others who took it did not fare so well.
"Don't rush, we have plenty of time. We can only take it twice today, but we still have tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and even the day after that... not the day after that!"
Why not the day after tomorrow?
"We should have finished eating by the day after tomorrow!"
"No, let's brew some more medicine!"
Zhou Tianhao initially found it difficult to tolerate Zhang Xuezhou's experimental drugs, but the thought of not being able to take them for several days made him feel he couldn't bear it.
He could feel that he was receiving tangible benefits, and that continued promotion of these benefits could potentially bring him considerable abilities.
The drug has some serious side effects, but compared to its positive effects, the negative effects are negligible.
The lab occasionally produces unusual products that are difficult to present to the public. Zhou Tianhao felt he had stumbled upon a lucky find, but Zhang Xuezhou's drug seemed impossible to replicate, which made him somewhat anxious.
Do you remember the N2 you brought?
"Remember!"
"That's what we eat; once we finish it, we can't do anything else!"
Zhang Xuezhou and Zhou Yueyan had a conversation once, during which the other party asked if ten milliliters was enough, implying that the Zhou Household possessed far more than ten milliliters of extract from the giant bird beast.
Instead of repeatedly demanding extracts of the ferocious giant bird from the Zhou Household, it would be better to let Zhou Tianhao go home and retrieve them himself.
As long as our interests are intertwined, cooperation is not difficult.
For Zhou Rihui, who is about to enter the Sixth Sequence, the other party doesn't need these kinds of nonsense. Zhou Yueyan is probably the same way. The two of them have seen Zhou Tianhao's situation and are not too enthusiastic about this matter. However, for Zhou Tianhao, who is in the Third Sequence, the extra ability will bring immeasurable benefits.
At least for now, Zhou Tianhao feels it was all worthwhile.
If he could jump three to five meters high, Zhou Tianhao felt he would become a little aerial tyrannosaurus, forging a completely different path from that of Zhou Rihui and others.
After thinking about opening the safe in room 06, and considering the row of sealed bottles like N3 and N4, Zhou Tianhao figured he could easily take three, five, or seven of them.