Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 401 Chu Xuan and Wang Xiaoming's First Meeting

When Chu Xuan and Wang Xiaoming appeared under the same roof, not only Zhuang Boshi, but even Zheng Zha felt that the two were extremely similar in some ways.

They always wore white lab coats, had expressionless faces, and wore their signature glasses, along with an extremely cold and disdainful expression.

It's like a low-budget version of Chu Xuan from another world.

At this moment, Wang Xiaoming frowned slightly and looked Chu Xuan up and down a few times.

"Who is this?"

Chu Xuan kept his head down and did not answer.

This made Zheng Zha and Zhuang Boshi somewhat embarrassed.

"This is our colleague Chu Xuan. He's injured and there's been a problem."

Zhuang Boshi pointed to his brain.

At that moment, the familiar Contra game sound effects began to play.

"Playing games again!" Zhuang Boshi slapped Chu Xuan on the back of the head in annoyance.

Wang Xiaoming's face twitched slightly, and he said with disdain, "Why did you bring a person with intellectual disabilities along?"

“He’s not mentally disabled,” Zhuang Boshi explained. “He’s just mentally retarded, but there’s a chance he can recover.”

diudiudiu!

Zhuang Boshi glanced at Chu Xuan, who was still engrossed in playing the game, and said helplessly, "Professor Wang, I have two questions for you."

Have you ever heard of Guixu?

"The Guixu from the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Wang Xiaoming raised his eyes slightly.

"No, it should be a place name or a haunted place."

Wang Xiaoming shook his head: "We won't name the ghost realm of vengeful spirits after terms from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. You might be able to consult Elder Qin at headquarters."

As expected, Zhuang Boshi was unaware of the situation and was not disappointed.

"If there's nothing else, please excuse me. I need to get back to headquarters as soon as possible to handle some matters," Wang Xiaoming said rather coldly.

"If you have any problems, you can contact Zhao Jianguo directly. I think you should have his contact information."

“Wait a minute, Professor Wang,” Zhuang Boshi called out to him.

Zhuang Boshi stepped aside and pulled Saito out.

"We also have some ideas about some supernatural items. Could we collaborate with you to develop them together?"

Wang Xiaoming stopped, slowly turned his head to look at Saito Hajime, paused, and then asked, "What are your thoughts?"

“Yes, for example, artificial gold,” Saito said.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaoming's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at Saito Hajime.

"Gold is undoubtedly important for imprisoning evil spirits, but due to mining and storage issues, it is difficult to popularize gold safe houses on a large scale."

"We have a technology called Midas Touch."

Saito first handed Wang Xiaoming a stone.

Wang Xiaoming took it and examined it carefully. It was just ordinary sandstone picked up by the roadside, with normal weight and sand layers.

He returned the stone to Saito Hajime with a curious look in his eyes.

Wang Xiaoming wanted to see what the underlying principles were behind this kind of charlatan-like scam.

Saito threw a stone on the table, took out a potion, and dripped a drop onto it. The stone's color began to change, gradually turning yellow, and after a few seconds, it became increasingly yellow, eventually turning into a very pure gold.

"This is alchemy. Professor Wang, you should understand how strategically significant this technology is."

With a slight hesitation, Wang Xiaoming held the golden stone in his palm, weighed it in his hand, and felt its texture.

He said, somewhat incredulously, "This isn't supernatural power."

"The supernatural cannot change gold, so the idea of ​​using the supernatural to create gold is a false proposition."

"Gold requires complex nuclear reactions during violent astronomical events such as supernova explosions for light elements to fuse into gold." Wang Xiaoming clenched his fist.

"You actually used only a drop of medicine?"

"Are you really from the future?"

This time, Wang Xiaoming was starting to believe it; such technology could never exist in the modern era.

Zhuang Boshi said, "We have a few more projects we'd like to research with Professor Wang, such as why gold can imprison evil spirits?"

"For example, the aggregation effect of vengeful ghosts, and some supernatural props targeting vengeful ghosts."

"I think there is a lot of room for cooperation between us."

Wang Xiaoming nodded slightly: "Okay."

Although Wang Xiaoming's research abilities are exaggerated in the original work, he only managed to research the Red and White Ghost Candle and other supernatural props that cannot be replicated.

In the later stages, powerful ghost controllers like Yang Jian and Ye Zhen could conjure supernatural items by hand, making Wang Xiaoming's research seem somewhat laughable in comparison.

After all, he was not a ghost controller, yet he attempted to analyze the supernatural using scientific methods. In a world where mystery is reviving, this was completely counterproductive and a waste of effort.

The supernatural is supreme, and vengeful spirits are immortal; this is the fundamental law.

But now, Zhuang Boshi's Zhongzhou team and Wang Xiaoming have the same goal: they both want to study why evil spirits don't die, why gold can block evil spirits, and the definition of the aggregation and separation of evil spirits.

These are all pieces of intelligence that the Central Continent Team must obtain.

The early-stage Ghost Team is relatively easy to deal with, but when they encounter the later-stage Ghosts that frequently restart, endlessly invade, endlessly suppress, and change the rules, Zhuang Boshi and Zheng Zha will probably be terrified.

Such a vengeful ghost, possessing characteristics similar to a Great Luo in a single world, is completely illogical, yet it truly exists.

Without this intelligence and its origins, it's impossible to deduce the final boss that the Zhongzhou team will face.

Wang Xiaoming's inability to produce any results is due to limitations in technology and concepts, but the Zhongzhou team is different.

Wang Xiaoming couldn't analyze the runes, but the Zhongzhou team was able to.

“Professor Wang, I hope that our future research institute will be located in Dachang City,” Zhuang Boshi said.

Wang Xiaoming frowned even more: "Why? All my experimental equipment is in Dajin City."

"Because it's safer here."

Zhuang Boshi didn't want Wang Xiaoming and Saito Hajime to get caught up in some strange incident, where a single mishap could result in the loss of a key player, and there would be no going back.

Because Dachang City was once ravaged by starving ghosts, it is as "clean" as a forest after a fire, with almost no evil spirits.

Moreover, compared to the intricate political relationships and various ghost-controlling and supernatural organizations in Dajing City, Dachang City only has Yang Jian.

Zheng Zha said, "Professor Wang, headquarters will agree, and your equipment in Dajing City will be transported here. We also have unique technology."

Wang Xiaoming's lips curled slightly: "Looks like I've boarded your pirate ship, and I don't even have the right to say 'no' anymore."

Zhuang Boshi smiled and said, "Professor Wang, we respect your opinion very much."

"Respect?" Wang Xiaoming uttered the word, then shook his head.

"I hope you don't have any ulterior motives, otherwise the harm you cause will be far greater than an S-class incident."

He was alluding to something, clearly having already noticed the unusual attitude of headquarters towards the Emperor Organization.

The Emperor's organization must have used some means, but since Old Qin did not take any action, he was powerless to do anything about it.

“Of course, eliminating the vengeful ghost is our common goal.” Zhuang Boshi waved his hand, then picked up Chu Xuan.

"Alright, let's go back and let Professor Wang get some rest."

Chu Xuan was very dissatisfied. He snorted, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and walked out with a bit of drowsiness.

"You play games all day long, and it's ruined your brain, do you know that?"

The sounds of reprimand faded into the distance.

Wang Xiaoming slumped onto the stool, staring at the ceiling, feeling utterly exhausted.

Since the large-scale paranormal events involving the starving ghosts began, he hasn't had a proper rest even once.

Now that the starving ghosts have been dealt with, an even more mysterious and powerful emperor organization has emerged.

From the future?

From Jupiter?

Wang Xiaoming wasn't sure. It wasn't that he doubted the veracity of what they said, but rather whether humanity could truly establish a base for survival in the future.

The vengeful spirits are becoming increasingly powerful and their reach is expanding. Does humanity still have a future?
As for the leadership at headquarters, Wang Xiaoming didn't want to delve into it. He was indifferent to power and focused solely on his research, so he didn't want to bother with other matters.

Since the headquarters mechanism is still functioning normally, he doesn't need to go through with the Emperor's organization anymore. His thoughts were a jumbled mess.

It took Wang Xiaoming quite a while to sort everything out.

The pressure from the starving ghost incident was immense; even he suffered many undeserved misfortunes and unimaginable mental stress.

After solving the problem, I finally felt a bit lost.

At that moment, a pair of glasses on the table caught his attention.

It was an ordinary pair of non-prescription glasses, left behind by Chu Xuan, the "man with intellectual disabilities" who looked somewhat similar to him.

He walked out the door, intending to call out to Chu Xuan, but found that the people from the Emperor's organization had already disappeared.

He sighed softly and walked back.

For some reason, he took off his own glasses, picked up the other pair, and examined them closely.

A hint of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

An inner feeling told him to wear it.

Put it on.

Put it on.

Wang Xiaoming had never yearned for anything so much; it seemed to represent the truth itself, the ultimate knowledge he craved.

He took a deep breath and shakily placed the non-prescription glasses on the bridge of his nose.

It seemed as if a ray of light had fallen from an infinitely high place.

Wang Xiaoming felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

His initially excited expression gradually calmed down, eventually turning into a blank, poker-faced expression.

"The Emperor's Organization".

"Zheng Zha."

"Zhuang Boshi".

"Chu Xuan..."

He muttered to himself.

"That's it, that's it."

"The original me—"

"Truly the wisdom of mortals."
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"We can't get anything out of Wang Xiaoming either, so we'll split into two groups from now on."

Zhuang Boshi returned to the safe house and began to confess.

"Zheng Zha, you should first lead the team to unify other paranormal organizations in the country, such as the paranormal forum in Dahai City."

"That Ye Zhen is known as the number one ghost tamer in Asia, and he controlled a scapegoat ghost."

"He's incredibly immature; if you beat him into submission, he'll acknowledge you."

"We still need the help of the Ghost Masters, after all, we don't have a Ghost Domain."

Anyway, Ye Zhen is indestructible, has strong fighting ability, loves to fight, is quite chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur) but has no bad intentions, making him a perfect teammate for Zheng Zha.

After all, the Zhongzhou team didn't come here to be babysitters for the Ghost Masters; they needed these Ghost Masters to act as cannon fodder and errand runners for them.

Zhuang Boshi continued, "After you've gathered a group of reliable ghost tamers, take Zhan Lan to the Ghost Chest for a transaction."

"A ghost cabinet?" Zheng Zha was confused. What was that?

Zhuang Boshi said briefly, "It's a supernatural item from a transaction. I've marked its location for you."

"Be careful, a deal can have two requirements."

"What a heartless cabinet." Zheng Zha's face darkened.

"Doctor, what about you?" Zhan Lan asked.

“I’m going somewhere else,” Bosch replied.

"Understood, so we'll split into teams, right?" Zheng Zha nodded.

Zhuang Boshi nodded slightly: "That's right. You take Chu Xuan, Cheng Xiao, Zhan Lan, Wang Xia, Ling Dian, Saito Ichi, and Hao Tian with you. Listen to Zhan Lan's opinions and don't make decisions on your own."

"Did you hear that?" Zhan Lan's face flushed slightly as she glared at Zheng Zha.

"Wang Xia, you will protect Chu Xuan closely. You absolutely cannot let anything happen to him." Zhuang Boshi gave Wang Xia a hint and also gave him a few instructions in a private message.

Wang Xia nodded.

Zhuang Boshi continued to make arrangements: "Zhang Jie, Na'er, Zhu Wen, Ming Yanwei, and Zhao Yingkong will follow me."

"This world is too dangerous. Only Brother Jie and Zhao Yingkong can go out for a stroll."

"The rest of you should stay in the safe house."

Everyone looked sullen. Although the Lord of the Rings played a significant role in the fight against evil gods last time, this time they were just a burden.

But there was nothing that could be done; the world was full of mines.

If you're cursed and die, you'll have nowhere to cry.

Zhuang Boshi continued to instruct: "When completing the ghost cabinet transaction, you must also be careful, as these conscious vengeful ghosts may be hiding a hidden source of eeriness."

"During this process, try to make use of the ghost tamers. Zhan Lan, you can try to control and influence a group of relatively weak ghost tamers. If that doesn't work, we can use gold and supernatural items as bargaining chips to get them to work for us."

It's really shameful that such a large headquarters can only command a few ghost controllers.

The Central Plains Team can't do that. If they could integrate so many Ghost Tamers in the country, it would be much easier to deal with the King's Organization or investigate related intelligence.

You can't just exhaust yourself mentally and physically!

"Also, we must be wary of retaliation from the King's organization at any time. We need Ghost Tamers to stand on our side."

Zhuang Boshi didn't believe that after he destroyed the American branch of the King Organization and created the Emperor Organization, the captain would not retaliate.

It is very likely that an even more terrifying attack is already brewing, so the Zhongzhou team needs to act faster and gather as much intelligence as possible.

"Doctor, may I ask what our mission is?" Ming Yanwei looked at him with a charming smile.

Zhuang Boshi pondered for a moment and said, "We need to deal with the wishing ghost. This kind of conscious and vengeful ghost definitely knows more than we imagine."

“If neither the wishing ghost nor the ghost cabinet provides any clues, then we should visit that old man in Dajing City again.” Zhuang Boshi looked north.

Old Qin has the ability to communicate with his future self; he must know something.

Of course, there is also the Cave Emperor.

Zhuang Boshi knew that the Cave Emperor truly had the ability to kill him.

But he should still be alive now, and it's safer to communicate with the living than to do so after he dies and when he's suppressing all the ghosts.

"But before that, I need to get a weapon that can pose a threat to the evil spirits."

"What kind of weapon?" Zheng Zha asked with great interest.

"A weapon capable of dismembering vengeful ghosts." Zhuang Boshi smiled.

While coffin nails are unlikely to be effective in suppressing all ghosts, weapons like woodcutters are quite useful for dealing with vengeful spirits that possess a ghostly domain.

After all, he only needs to make a few cuts to become immune to the counter-damage from the machete.

Even those who pretend to control ghosts should at least act convincingly.

Even if you don't need it yourself, it's still good to use it to defend your teammates.

There's also a good thing called the Ghost Scissors.

In conjunction with Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan's spiritual scanning, the photos were materialized and printed on-site. They then donned golden armor and used ghost scissors to cut the photos.

No one who can control ghosts can defend against this move, and it can completely ward off the curse of the Ghost Scissors.

As for Fang Shiming, he completely looked down on the mastermind of this circle of friends.

Moreover, he is not worried at all about the negative impact of posting on social media.

Now the headquarters and senior management are all his own people, and he has the credit and influence over them.

How can a small circle of friends fight against an imperial organization?

Moreover, their circle of friends has always been rampant, and headquarters has long wanted to dismantle this unruly and uncontrollable civilian ghost-taming organization.

Moreover, they might not even need to find an excuse, since given their way of doing things in their circle of friends and the impulsive nature of the Ghost Tamer, they'll probably provoke the Emperor Organization soon.

(End of this chapter)