Hearing Song Pinxuan's words, Tang Li decided to temporarily abandon the idea of eliminating him.
Firstly, he was always in the research institute, under military control, and firmly protected, making it impossible for her to act.
Secondly, he possessed many scientific research achievements from the next 30 years and was aware of the natural disasters and man-made calamities that would occur 30 years after his death. Keeping him alive would allow him to replicate these achievements, and she could continue to elicit information from him later.
Thirdly, based on his current behavior, he was quite friendly towards her and still owed her a component for the mechanical exoskeleton. There was no need to eliminate him now.
She would wait until he had replicated all the scientific research achievements of the next 30 years, and until she had coaxed all the details about the natural disasters and man-made calamities that would occur 30 years after her death from him…
By then, when he came to meet her for discussions and to research methods for enhancing mental power, it would not be too late to act!
Immediately, Tang Li said, "Team Leader Song, I hope you can keep the matter of the unknown substance in my body a secret and not disclose it."
Song Pinxuan solemnly replied, "Rest assured, besides you and me, no third person knows about this!"
Hearing Song Pinxuan's assurance, Tang Li felt somewhat relieved.
After hanging up the phone, Song Pinxuan directly informed Xu Zhenhua that Tang Li was unwilling to participate in the experiment and thus ignored them.
However, not long after, Section Chief Wu, along with Tanaka and Watanabe, personally came to find Song Pinxuan.
"Mr. Song, we know you are a highly talented research talent. We do not wish for you to be underutilized at the S University Research Institute and sincerely invite you to join our institute."
"As long as you join our institute, we will definitely provide you with the most sophisticated equipment and the most professional team, allowing you to focus wholeheartedly on scientific research without disturbance."
This was what Translator Jin said to Song Pinxuan.
After the recent incident, the people from Country R had realized that Song Pinxuan had conflicts with the higher-ups of their institute.
The people from Country R believed that their failure to invite Tang Li might have been influenced by the conflict between Song Pinxuan and Xu Zhenhua. They intended to show favor by luring him to switch jobs.
On the other hand, Song Pinxuan's continuous development of genetically modified rice worms, brain-computer interfaces, and mechanical exoskeletons also made him an exceptional talent.
If they could successfully recruit Song Pinxuan into their institute, it would be a significant gain for them.
Song Pinxuan already had a poor impression of these people from Country R. Furthermore, he had numerous research achievements in his mind and was planning to establish his own independent research laboratory, so there was no need to benefit these people from Country R.
Thus, he directly refused.
Seeing Song Pinxuan's refusal, the people from Country R were somewhat disappointed.
They could only settle for the next best option and said:
"Mr. Song, we heard that your brain-computer interface interaction function requires individuals with strong mental power to use."
"And the Ms. Tang who cooperated with you in the brain-computer interface interaction experiments possesses strong mental power and excellent physical fitness."
"Professor Tanaka and Professor Watanabe believe that the strength of a person's mental power is related to the strength of their body. Enhancing the body can enhance a person's mental power."
"The two professors are currently developing a physical enhancement serum and hope to cooperate with you."
"Once the physical enhancement serum is developed, enhancing both the body and mental power, your brain-computer interface can be applied more broadly. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Song Pinxuan understood that they were using the guise of cooperation with him to ask him to invite Tang Li to participate in their experiment.
He immediately used the excuse that he had more important research projects underway and refused again.
Seeing this, Tanaka, Watanabe, and the others could only leave in disappointment, having gained nothing.
Watching the backs of the people from Country R as they left, Song Pinxuan frowned.
"It seems these 'little Japanese' are still not giving up. I need to remind Ms. Tang to be wary of them."
At this moment, Tang Li's car was still parked by the roadside, not having driven away.
She sat in the driver's seat, her fingers tapping the steering wheel unconsciously, deep in thought.
She had always wanted to know what happened after her death in her previous life, and she never expected to learn it today without any preparation.
In the apocalypse, her corpse was not exposed to the wilderness, nor was it baked into a mummy by the high temperatures of the extreme heat season, nor frozen into a block of ice by the low temperatures of the extreme cold season. It was not disemboweled and devoured by those cannibals…
Even if it were fed to the rice worms, her body was not piled together indiscriminately with the young and old. She was not in the same place as those beasts, but rather had her own separate glass enclosure, dissipating from the world with dignity…
Tang Li thought that her fate in her previous life could be considered fortunate.
"I wonder what the final outcome will be in this life…"
Tang Li sighed.
Just then, her phone chimed.
Upon opening it, she saw Song Pinxuan's message reminding her to be wary of the people from Country R.
After replying to confirm receipt, Tang Li restarted her SUV and headed home.
Thereafter, Tang Li continued her routine as before, traveling between home and the black market. She earned points while practicing martial arts and weapons.