Chapter 17 A Storm Was Coming

It was dawn.

Jiang Xiaoqian got up early and made a lot of breakfast.

Jiang Xiaobai, though reluctant, was pulled out of the bed. It was not until he saw the breakfast that he gradually woke up.

Demonic beast Da Huang was having a big meal at the table. Jiang Xiaobai looked closely and found Da Huang was eating hot dogs and meat buns.

Such delicious food was wasted! You demonic beast shouldn't eat such good food!

Jiang Xiaobai kicked Da Huang away and sat on the chair.

"It seems that my sister is quite respectful of me and knows to thank me. But she doesn't have to wake me up so early, does she? Can't she cook a good dinner for me?"

Jiang Xiaobai thought to himself while eating the burgoo.

"Brother, today is my promotion day, so I made delicious food to celebrate it together." Jiang Xiaoqian's face flushed and she felt a little shy.

Well, it's all my wishful thinking. How can I have such a sister?

"Will you get a pay raise for your promotion?"

Jiang Xiaobai's words caught Jiang Xiaoqian by surprise. She was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"But I don't know how much pay raise I will get. After all, I just joined the laboratory for a few days."

"It doesn't matter. No matter how much you get, I guess you can afford three sets of skins per month?"

Jiang Xiaobai measured the speed at which Hero Glory's skin would be put on the shelf. Almost three sets would be put on the shelf per month.

"After all, I don't make any contributions. I just help you explore the secret place, study the divine source stones, and study the mask fragments. You, as the group leader, certainly work harder than me."

"Hey, brother, do you only need 3 sets of skin every month?"

"Of course, only 3 sets."

"What a pity! I wanted to give you 500 dollars a month to support you. Thank you for saving me a big fortune."

Jiang Xiaoqian looked pitiful, but the smile in her eyes could not be hidden.

"No! It's useless for you to have so much money. You should give your brother more support."

"Well, you should make more contributions in the future and I'll give you more when I'm in a good mood."

Jiang Xiaoqian cleared the table and went out with a smile. Only Da Huang and Jiang Xiaobai were left.

"What are you looking at, silly dog?"

Jiang Xiaobai thought the demonic beast must be laughing at him.

Da Huang immediately stood up and went away.

I'm not a dog! How dare you be against me?

It was cloudy today, but Jiang Xiaobai was in a bad mood. He always felt that something big would happen.

Previously he was immune to all evil things, and so this premonition could already arouse his vigilance.

But he didn't know whether this broken body could still function previously or not.

His teacher said that the world here had undergone a great change, which made it different from the original one.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Jiang Xiaobai returned from the void battlefield with serious injuries. In addition, the enemies kept chasing after him and he had to flee everywhere. He had no choice but to enter this world to heal his wounds and hide from his enemies, and fell asleep.

When he woke up, the world seemed to have entered the last age.

The gods had already been annihilated, and there was no trace of them.

In deep sleep, Jiang Xiaobai lacked enough energy from heaven and earth, so he was far from being fully revived. He was forced to be in the form of a child.

Later, Jiang Xiaoqian's parents saw him in the mountain and took him home to raise him till now.

Now, the divine source stone and the secret place appeared one after another, which made Jiang Xiaobai wary.

Perhaps, the mysterious era had not gone far. The hidden world behind the fog was partly hidden and partly visible, and this world would soon be disturbed.

A myriad of thoughts flashed through Jiang Xiaobai's mind.

There was no spiritual energy in this world. What's more, his spiritual power was severely damaged. Even the storage ring he carried with him couldn't be opened, and he couldn't cultivate with his strength. The only useful thing was the small bag of source stones.

Jiang Xiaobai had been obsessed with martial arts novels for some time. According to the method of practice in the novel, he was lucky enough to absorb the life essence in source stones and repair his body.

In order not to let Jiang Xiaoqian notice his abnormality, he was "by the way" obsessed with the game named Hero Glory.

Now, Jiang Xiaobai had the confidence to defeat all the warriors. And his body was indestructible.

But he still had to work hard. After all, the mystery had not gone far, and the gods might not have been extinct. His strength might not be so powerful.

"Good morning, group leader."

"Morning!"

Jiang Xiaoqian nodded with a smile and walked towards the meeting room on the second floor.

Today was the day for the weekly meeting.

The long oval table in the meeting room was full of people.

Jiang Xiaoqian walked towards the back seat of the meeting room. All the department heads looked at her curiously.

Professor Zhao nodded at Jiang Xiaoqian and announced the beginning of the meeting.

"To train young people, I have handed over the progress reporting task to Jiang Xiaoqian. Before the meeting, I will introduce each other."

"This is Jiang Xiaoqian, a genius student of our school. She has made a great contribution to the exploration and research of our lab source stone. Now she is promoted to the group leader of the 9th project."

Then Professor Zhao introduced the other leaders to Jiang Xiaoqian.

"This is Professor Liu, an authority on the ancient creatures. He is very happy to see the leg you brought back."

"Xiaoqian, thank you so much. All the ancient creatures I've studied for my whole life are fossils. I haven't seen any living creatures yet. Maybe I'll make breakthroughs this time. Thank you for your help," said Professor Liu happily.

"Professor Liu, don't be so modest. We are just lucky. Only an expert like you can get the result."

Jiang Xiaoqian was involved in a series of business talks.

"The research at this stage, whether in terms of quality or speed, has made a lot of breakthroughs. Professor Zhao's research on divine source stone has tested out many kinds of functions of divine source stone."

"The divine source stone can not only seal and unseal but also can provide a large amount of life essence. If we can study the storage and transformation method of the divine source stone energy, then we are completely likely to return to ancient times."

"Professor Liu has also finished the study of genetic sequence and ANN of ancient creatures, which will promote a deeper understanding of the growth habits of ancient demonic beasts."

"Group leader Zhang's..."

"This is my report. If you have any questions, I can answer them on the spot."

The people in the meeting room whispered and discussed for a while, and a middle-aged bald teacher raised his question.

"Xiaoqian, I'm studying classical literature. I heard that you know much about the divine source stone. How did you get this information? There is no mention of the divine source stone in all the literature I've met. Can you tell me more?"

"This is what my brother Jiang Xiaobai told me. He learned it from a secret place by accident. But after he came out of the secret place, he couldn't find it anymore."

"That's a pity. With the support of the ancient documents, our research on archeology will take fewer detours. Now, we can only constantly make mistakes."

The bald teacher shook his head, feeling very regretful.