The last time he came, it was to collect the Necromancer Tower.
Although he was on secondment to the Relics Bureau, he was not very familiar with its internal workings.
However, he did know Xia Mengqiu's office.
Xia Mengqiu had previously followed Professor Guo Lan to renovate the Tianhou Mountain relic space, and then she was busy exploring another relic space, leaving her no time for cultivation.
She had not yet broken through to become a Master Beast Tamer.
This was also normal. The archaeologists in the Relics Bureau focused their energy on deciphering relics, and their personal strength was not very high.
Upon meeting Zheng Dong and learning about his current strength, Xia Mengqiu was shocked.
"Zheng Dong, you're only in your first year of university, and you're already a High-level Beast Tamer! That means by the time you graduate, you might become a Master Beast Tamer?"
"It should be about that," Zheng Dong said with a smile.
His "about that" meant a little higher than a Master Beast Tamer, possibly a Grandmaster, or even a Legend.
After all, there were still more than three years to go.
Zheng Dong chatted with Xia Mengqiu for a while.
He also noticed that Xia Mengqiu was dressed very beautifully today, and her every move and smile was captivating.
Xia Mengqiu did not treat Zheng Dong as an outsider. She sat on her chair, her long legs in black stockings swaying casually.
"Zheng Dong, this time when we go to Xingye Country, besides my grandmother leading the exploration of the relics, there will also be a Legend responsible for our safety.
I don't know who it is yet, as the Beast Tamer Association is still coordinating. It could be from your Special Operations Bureau, or it could be from the Beast Tamer Corps.
Additionally, there's a genius from Imperial Capital University, Lei Tianqi from the Lei family of Leidu. He was pushed into this by the Lei family because this mythical relic in Xingye Country is said to be related to the Original Sin Thunder."
Original Sin Thunder!?
Zheng Dong had never heard of it and showed a look of confusion.
"Original Sin Thunder, I only found out about it not long ago. It's said to be able to stimulate the deep-seated evil power within, causing oneself to demonize and gain greater combat power in a short period of time," Xia Mengqiu continued to explain.
Zheng Dong was surprised. In his impression, lightning was always a force that restrained evil, but he never expected there to be an Original Sin Thunder that stimulated evil power!
"As for Lei Tianqi, he is very strong, a Master Beast Tamer, and it's rumored he's close to becoming a Grandmaster. Of course, he's also much older than you and is about to graduate.
Is there anything else you want to know?" Xia Mengqiu asked.
Because of the matters involving the Bai and Ye families, Zheng Dong did not have a good impression of these families. He was more interested in the specific details of the mythical relic discovered in Xingye Country.
"Sister Mengqiu, this mythical relic must be very difficult to decipher, right?"
"Of course, the head of the Xingye Country Relics Bureau, Professor Mike, is personally leading the team, and he couldn't decipher it. He is now trapped in the relic, and his life or death is unknown.
Otherwise, Xingye Country wouldn't be so eager to invite us over.
From the information we've obtained, this mythical relic is filled with powerful, evil extraordinary creatures, making it very dangerous," Xia Mengqiu said.
Afterward, Zheng Dong requested a copy of the information regarding this mythical relic and found a place to stay.
It wasn't until two days later that they prepared to head to Xingye Country.
Besides Professor Guo Lan, the team was also led by a Legendary Beast Tamer from the Beast Tamer Association, Legend Liyang.
This also surprised Zheng Dong, as he didn't expect it to be an acquaintance.
In addition to them, there were three archaeology professors from the Relics Bureau, and eight archaeology students, including Xia Mengqiu.
Adding Zheng Dong, Lei Tianqi, and Lei Tianqi's girlfriend Ye Xue'er, the total was sixteen people.
Ye Xue'er was added at the last minute. As for what connections were used, Zheng Dong did not know, but his precognitive sense once again warned him.
He also heightened his vigilance.
After inquiring with Xia Mengqiu, he learned that Ye Xue'er was also from the Ye family of Yandu and was Ye Qiao's sister.
The Ye family had an elder, Ye Xue'er's senior, who was also one of the heads of the Relics Bureau, so naturally, they had a way to get Ye Xue'er to join this archaeological expedition.
Actually, Ye Xue'er was not specifically there to cause trouble for Zheng Dong. She was also after the Original Sin Thunder.
Her beast-taming talent was the Thunder Fire Domain, and she had also contracted thunder-element pets.
If she obtained the Original Sin Thunder, it would not only enhance the combat power of her thunder-element pets but also allow them to evolve further, with a high chance of breaking through their racial limitations.
Of course, upon seeing Zheng Dong, she also harbored thoughts of revenge.
After all, Ye Qiao was her own brother, and she would not allow anyone to bully Ye Qiao.
At this moment, everyone had arrived at the airport. Ye Xue'er, holding Lei Tianqi's hand, walked in front of Zheng Dong, subtly glancing back at Zheng Dong.
Lei Tianqi also noticed Ye Xue'er's small action and leaned close to her ear, saying:
"Don't worry, with me here, Zheng Dong won't leave Xingye Country alive."
"Is that so? Then I'll see your performance? If you perform well, I can fulfill all your requests!" Ye Xue'er winked at Lei Tianqi seductively.
Lei Tianqi's gaze swept over Ye Xue'er fiercely.
"All requests? You better not lie to me?" Lei Tianqi said excitedly.
Ye Xue'er nodded, "Of course, when have I ever lied to you!"
Zheng Dong heard their conversation word for word.
With his super-normal perception, it was easy for Zheng Dong to hear what they were saying clearly, and even to see what he wanted to see.
Zheng Dong did not pay much attention to this. Both Lei Tianqi and Ye Xue'er were Master Beast Tamers, and even if they had broken through to Grandmaster, they couldn't do much to him.
By then, it was still uncertain who would be at a disadvantage!
Zheng Dong was more concerned about how to obtain the information for manufacturing forbidden bombs in Xingye Country.
If Jingjing could manufacture forbidden bombs, her combat power would soar, and facing these families would not be as strenuous as it was now.
Fortunately, Legend Liyang was responsible for security this time, and he was familiar with him, so at least he wouldn't be set up by these families.
On the private jet, Zheng Dong and Xia Mengqiu chatted intermittently, and soon Zheng Dong felt sleepy.
When he woke up, they had already arrived in Xingye Country.
Since the discovery site of this mythical relic was in the suburbs near Feicheng in Xingye Country, their private jet also landed in Feicheng.
After getting off the plane, they saw the Beast Tamers arranged by Xingye Country to receive them. Zheng Dong recognized the leader, who was Legend Rudolf, who had visited Yanhuang last time.
The rest were a few young Beast Tamers.
Zheng Dong didn't pay them much attention.
Unexpectedly, a beautiful female Beast Tamer walked directly towards him.
The female Beast Tamer had long golden hair, and before she even got close, the scent of tulip perfume wafted over.
"Are you Zheng Dong? Did you defeat Ivan?" the female Beast Tamer asked.
Zheng Dong nodded.
Last time, Ivan's pet, even with armed evolution, still couldn't defeat him.
Could this woman want revenge for Ivan?
The female Beast Tamer, however, enthusiastically extended her hand and said with a sweet smile:
"My name is Helen. Ivan mentioned you, and I'm very interested in you. How do you train your pets? Why are they all so unique?"
Helen was very proactive. Her purpose in approaching Zheng Dong was simple: she wanted to keep Zheng Dong in Xingye Country.
The reason Xingye Country's technology was so advanced was due to the many geniuses from various countries.
As long as you were a genius, you could receive excellent treatment here.
Of course, if you were useless to them, you could only do the most menial work.
Zheng Dong did not know Helen's purpose.
However, Helen's appearance gave him an opportunity to understand Xingye Country.
Perhaps through Helen, he could learn more about the information regarding pet armed evolution.
Thus, Zheng Dong started chatting with Helen.
Unconsciously, they got into a private car and followed the group to a hotel.
This was not only a temporary resting place for Zheng Dong and the others but also for the Beast Tamer teams from other countries such as Xue Dao Country, Bei Feng Country, and Jin Sha Country, who were participating in the deciphering of this mythical relic.
In the evening, there would be a welcome reception.
After some probing, Zheng Dong obtained limited information from Helen.
Facing Helen's temptations,
Zheng Dong did not show much reaction.
This disappointed Helen.
However, she did not give up.
She planned to dress up meticulously and prepare to capture Zheng Dong at the welcome reception that evening.
For this reason, after arriving at the hotel, she parted ways with Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong did not mind.
He went to his room.
The conditions were quite good; everyone was assigned a suite.
Zheng Dong's suite was considered the best among the entire Yanhuang archaeological team.
Immediately, Zheng Dong summoned Jingjing.
"Master, why didn't you capture that Helen? I'm so anxious watching," Jingjing said.
She was dressed like an anime girl, and her anxious expression made her look even cuter.
Zheng Dong ignored her.
Helen's intentions were impure, and it was best not to get involved.
If he did, he might get into a lot of trouble and be unable to leave Xingye Country.
After all, there were many geniuses who had been slandered in Xingye Country.
"Don't worry about Helen's matters. Hurry up and collect information to see where we can get information related to forbidden bombs and mechanical armed evolution," Zheng Dong said.
It was obviously impossible to obtain such important information directly from the internet.
He had to find a way to infiltrate the relevant research and development bases and obtain accurate information from within the R&D bases, which was the most feasible approach.
Zheng Dong obtained little information from Helen.
However, it was confirmed that the research team that developed mechanical armed evolution was not from a university in Xingye Country, but from a weapon research company in Xingye Country.
Zheng Dong asked Jingjing to collect information online, find this company, and determine the exact location of its R&D bases.
This information could be found online.
"Master, it's this company, Leiluo Equipment Technology. They have three R&D bases. One of them, the R&D base in the suburbs of Manchester, is most likely to have developed the core technology of mechanical armed evolution.
However, their security is also very strong, and it might be difficult for us to infiltrate it!" Jingjing said.
Manchester was still a long way from Feicheng, where Zheng Dong was.
Most importantly, time was running out. They were going into the mythical relic tomorrow.
Even if they deciphered the relic, they probably wouldn't be able to stay in Xingye Country for much longer.
What to do?
Zheng Dong condensed many clones.
These clones could use skills like mimicry, camouflage, and parasitism to infiltrate the R&D bases and try to obtain the relevant information.
However, Zheng Dong's own clones were not enough.
Zheng Dong asked Ling'er to condense an equal number of clones to cooperate with Zheng Dong's clones in obtaining the information.
Of course, Jingjing had to be left behind.
Without Jingjing to crack the defense systems of these bases, it would be very difficult to obtain the R&D data.
Whether it would be successful, Zheng Dong was not sure.
Afterward, Zheng Dong summoned Xiao Zi again.
He asked Xiao Zi to transport Jingjing, who was inside the relic bead, and his many clones out of the hotel.
This way, it would not attract attention.
Before long, Xiao Zi, carrying the relic bead, arrived at a road.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was passing by, she called Jingjing out of the relic space.
Jingjing then changed its form, disguised itself as an ordinary car, and drove towards Manchester with the relic bead.
On the road, Jingjing could also communicate with Zheng Dong through Zheng Dong's clones or a communication device.
It was just unknown whether Zheng Dong would be affected after entering the relic space.
Under normal circumstances, the connection between clones and the main body was a form of telepathic induction, ignoring spatial distance, but it consumed mental energy.
The farther the distance, the greater the obstruction, and the greater the consumption of mental energy.
Shortly after Jingjing left, the welcome reception began.
Zheng Dong and Xia Mengqiu, along with others, arrived at the banquet hall.
Helen, who had also dressed up meticulously, appeared there as well.
She winked at Zheng Dong and then picked up a glass of red wine and walked over.
Even if Zheng Dong didn't fall for her trap tonight, she had her ways.
She had prepared a special pollen that would make Zheng Dong lose his reason, and then she could do as she pleased.
Afterward, if Zheng Dong was unwilling to stay in Xingye Country, she could use both soft and hard tactics.
After all, with such a matter, even if Zheng Dong had a mouth, he couldn't explain it clearly, and she had the advantage.
Moreover, this was Xingye Country, and if a lawsuit were to arise, it would not end anytime soon.
By then, she could slowly persuade Zheng Dong to stay.
Helen's plan was very good.
Unfortunately, before she could reach Zheng Dong, a Beast Tamer from Xue Dao Country stopped her.
"Beautiful lady, may I have a dance with you?"
Helen looked up at the Xue Dao Country Beast Tamer in front of her. He was wearing a suit and glasses, was not very tall, but looked quite good.
This was Ryuta, a Beast Tamer genius from Xue Dao Country.
He was a few months older than Zheng Dong but was already a Master Beast Tamer.
However, Helen's target was not him, but Zheng Dong, and Zheng Dong's beast-taming talent, Infinite Evolution.
Therefore, being interrupted so abruptly.
Helen was also very annoyed.
But as the host, she tried her best to restrain herself and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me. Please find someone else!"
Ryuta was unwilling and wanted to ask Helen for her contact information.
But Helen didn't give him a chance and bypassed him directly, walking towards Zheng Dong.
"Zheng Dong, can I ask you for a dance?" Helen said with a smile.
These words immediately made Ryuta's face darken, making him feel like a clown.
Zheng Dong, however, did not agree to Helen's request and refused:
"I'm sorry, I don't feel like dancing right now. Why don't you find someone else?"
Helen was stunned.
She never expected Zheng Dong to refuse so directly.
Was she not good-looking?
Or did she have no appeal to Zheng Dong at all?
Or perhaps Zheng Dong had rather peculiar hobbies?
Helen tried her best to remain calm and then said:
"Then let's have a drink and chat."