Hu Chan felt heartbroken.
Just to help Qin Siyang open the "Path of the Believer" and break through Sequence Level Six, so many top-tier sacrifices had been wasted.
It was more than enough for him to break through several times himself.
Qin Siyang felt the same way. This kind of low utilization made him feel like he had lost a hundred million.
He held the disc armor in his hand, examining it over and over, as if he were staring at a large check about to expire.
"Hu Chan, you've stayed longer in the bustling areas of the safe zone. Do you know disc armor well? Is there any way to erase the personal aura on a disc armor?"
"I don't know. Forget erasing the aura, I don't even know how disc armor is supposed to be used."
"Disc armor should be useful, right? Otherwise, why would the United Government collect so much of it?"
Hu Chan reclined his seat and lay back to rest, "Probably. The United Government's explanation is roughly, 'Disc armor is proof of hunting gods. Rewards are issued through this proof to encourage people to actively venture beyond the safe zone and reclaim Blue Star as soon as possible.'"
"But if they have no way of benefiting from disc armor, I really can't imagine where all that reward money is coming from."
"And even now, I still don't know where sequence potions come from or how they're made. This should be the United Government's highest secret, and also the foundation of how they maintain their rule."
Qin Siyang kept looking at the disc armor, always feeling that the small discs grown on gods must have other uses.
Seeing Qin Siyang staring at the disc armor so intently, almost obsessed, Hu Chan said, "President Qin, I advise you not to study disc armor."
"Why?"
There was a hint of wariness in Hu Chan's words, "Matters concerning disc armor are secrets of the United Government. If you research disc armor, how is that any different from trying to shake the United Government's rule?"
"The safe zones were established by the United Government, and the safe zones are governed by the United Government. This is the most basic rule inside the safe zones."
"Churches, universities, the military, merchant guilds, all kinds of forces are intertwined and constantly at odds within the safe zones, but they all obey the United Government."
"So I advise you not to try provoking the United Government's authority, lest you bring trouble upon yourself."
Qin Siyang tossed the disc armor back into the storage box, "I don't believe that in the five years since sequence awakening, no force or individual outside the United Government has tried to research disc armor. Disc armor and sequence potions are absolutely inseparable."
"You're right. Of course people have studied it, and I'd guess some people with power and status are studying it too, maybe even with results already."
"Take the military, for example. The number of sequence potions the United Government gives them is extremely limited, absolutely not enough to train tens of thousands of sequence troops. Since the sequence potions provided by the United Government aren't enough, then where do they get their sequence potions from? That's quite thought-provoking."
Qin Siyang's brow furrowed tighter and tighter, "So they can actually be self-sufficient and aren't completely throttled by the United Government through sequence potions? If they don't depend on the United Government at all, then why do they still obey its arrangements and control?"
Hu Chan shrugged, "Yeah. Why do you think?"
"You mean that the United Government's strength is actually enough to deter the military?"
"I don't know much about military affairs. That's probably the only reason. If President Qin is curious, you can ask someone else."
Qin Siyang nodded, "There's a ready-made one. After I get back to the guesthouse, I'll see if I can pry something out of Chu Baxing's mouth."
Hu Chan chuckled softly, "President Qin grabbing onto one idiot and squeezing him to death is, more or less, kind of bullying. Aren't you afraid his father will get angry?"
"If I can keep bullying Chu Baxing, there's obviously a reason behind it. Otherwise, do you really think I'd dare run wild on the head of the Chu Army's crown prince?"
"Fair enough."
"Let's keep hunting."
Hu Chan glanced at him phone, "President Qin, today is almost over. Your Xia Calendar is about to update. Are we going back to adjust, or continuing?"
"Right now the sacrifices are all just one step away. No need to worry about the Xia Calendar. If I don't collect all the small god disc armor sacrifices, I'm not going back to the safe zone."
"President Qin, what if, I mean what if, we don't run into any for one or two weeks straight?"
"We definitely will! My fate is mine, not heaven's!"
"Huh? Aren't you afraid saying that will anger the Xia Calendar deity that's been guiding you all along? President Qin, some things, you really do have to believe—"
"Shut up with your crow mouth! Fate is ultimately in one's own hands!"
Qin Siyang piloted the drilling pod toward the next unexplored area.
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[Blue Star Era, July 8, 2010]
[Gregorian Calendar, Thursday]
[Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, Fifth Month, Twenty-Seventh Day, suitable for opening markets, suitable for sacrifices, avoid digging, avoid breaking ground.]
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Qin Siyang didn't believe it, and he and Hu Chan worked hard for an entire day in an area fifty kilometers from the safe zone, gaining nothing.
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[Blue Star Era, July 9, 2010]
[Gregorian Calendar, Friday]
[Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, Fifth Month, Twenty-Eighth Day, suitable for meeting friends and relatives, suitable for praying, avoid travel.]
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Qin Siyang still didn't believe it, and he and Hu Chan worked hard for an entire day in an area one hundred kilometers from the safe zone, gaining nothing.
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[Blue Star Era, July 10, 2010]
[Gregorian Calendar, Saturday]
[Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, Fifth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day, suitable for travel.]
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Today was a good day, but unfortunately Qin Siyang was still very unlucky.
Because he suddenly discovered that the drilling pod had run out of fuel. Even the sequence potions he carried with him were already used up.
He could only return to the safe zone, get some more sequence potions, and spent most of the day doing so.
When he went back out of the safe zone again, the day was already almost over.
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[Blue Star Era, July 11, 2010]
[Gregorian Calendar, Sunday]
[Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, Fifth Month, Thirtieth Day, suitable for hunting.]
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After three days of fruitless effort, Qin Siyang had completely given in.
He parked the drilling pod underground, then dug a pool, bathed and changed clothes, faced east, pressed his palms together, knelt devoutly, and muttered, "Ancestors above, this unworthy grandson deserves death. I shouldn't have doubted your experience. Please bless me and stop tormenting your grandson. I'll go back and burn paper money for you."
After saying that, he knocked his head on the ground three times with loud thuds before walking back into the drilling pod.
Hu Chan yawned at the side, "If you knew it would come to this, why bother in the first place."
Qin Siyang snorted, "Set off!!"
He still chose to park the drilling pod fifty kilometers from the safe zone.
As usual, Hu Chan searched for gods and hunted gods.
When Hu Chan came back, he couldn't help clicking him tongue, "President Qin, you and the Xia Calendar definitely have some kind of connection. You should worship more diligently in the future."
"What happened? Did you get something on the first hunt?"
"More than something," Hu Chan tossed the storage box to Qin Siyang, "Can you believe it? I actually ran into Blood Moon Tarantulas and Abyss Hounds in the same nest."
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