Chapter 413: The Inconsistent Part

Chapter 413: The Inconsistent Part

The Teleportation Array normally worked like an elevator, cycling continuously. When overloaded, it would drop some people off. So, Zheng Yichen waited for almost two minutes. The remaining last minute was the journey to the Potion Department.

When the guard at the Potion Department saw Zheng Yichen arrive, he did not stop him at all. Instead, he directly led Zheng Yichen to a resting room. Regarding Zheng Yichen’s information, the guard had already received instructions: as soon as Zheng Yichen came here, he was to immediately bring him to the appropriate place. As for looking down on others or other misunderstandings, the Potion Department was also a rather important department within the Border Great Wall. How could they possibly make such a low-level mistake?

Zheng Yichen did not wait too long in the resting room. Soon, a woman came here. This mature woman sat opposite Zheng Yichen and briefly introduced herself. Her name was Jenna, and she was a supervisor of the Potion Department.

As for Zheng Yichen, he had always used an alias. Very few people knew his True Name, so he simply continued using his alias here. The introduction was just a name, a polite gesture. Beyond that, it did not hold much meaning. He did not believe the other party was unaware of his information.

After the brief introduction, Zheng Yichen stated his purpose for coming—to make a contribution.

Alright, he admitted he had other motives as well. The Magic Department within the Border Great Wall probably knew some of them too, but that purpose of avoiding trouble was not the main one…

“Interested in staying at the Border Great Wall? Although the Potion Department here might have slightly less accumulated knowledge compared to the Potionology Association, the resources are the best.” After learning Zheng Yichen’s purpose, Jenna asked. She did not beat around the bush to probe or gradually reveal her intentions from shallow to deep. Before Zheng Yichen arrived, she had done a lot of related research.

She was quite clear about Zheng Yichen’s many deeds. His desire to join any particular faction was not strong. After all, it was people from the Sanctuary Church who first made contact with him. Was the Sanctuary Church lacking in accumulated knowledge? The people from the Church must have tried to recruit him back then, yet Zheng Yichen remained alone until now. So, the possibility of keeping him at the Border Great Wall was not great. He might have come here to avoid trouble, or perhaps truly because of the Undying Witch. Rather than spending a long time probing, it was better to straightforwardly show their strengths and tempt him with benefits.

Although the Undying Witch was pursued by the Sanctuary Church, causing her previous preparations to come to nothing and forcing her to use the Abyss’s Containment Barrier and ‘hostages’ to buy time to start over, only she herself knew how long it would take to complete her goal anew. The time left for them was definitely not too long… dawdling was meaningless.

In short, given Zheng Yichen’s value, regardless of the reason, as long as he could make a contribution, that was enough. It was worth noting that many people wanted to understand Zheng Yichen’s method of developing new Magic Potions in a short time, including the Potion Department here at the Border Great Wall. Mentioning earlier that this place had the best resources was also to pave the way for wanting to figure out or learn some of Zheng Yichen’s techniques.

One must know, for a famous Magic Pharmacist, daring to directly say “the resources are the best” also required sufficient confidence!

The best resources? Zheng Yichen’s expression did not change much, but his thoughts were a bit subtle. The best resources… Hmm, other Magic Pharmacists might have been tempted, but which of the Witches around him was simple? Which one lacked resources… So, while these words were somewhat tempting to Zheng Yichen, they were not very strong. However, he did gain a new idea.

The resource expenditure at the Underground Base was very high now. Zheng Yichen fully intended to build that Underground Base into a special mobile fortress. This would take a very, very long time, but relative to the long-term plan, it was absolutely necessary. So, having one more source of goods was not a bad thing!

Even though Qin was incredibly capable, obtaining some special materials was also very troublesome for her. Friendship should not be consumed in this way. Zheng Yichen did not want to use up the friendship he had built with a Witch either, so having more channels was important. However, until now, Zheng Yichen had not found any new channels.

The Sanctuary Church? Well, their faction was large enough, but they were not that easy to fool. The Dark Church? That was like making a pact with a tiger. Now that he had come to the Border Great Wall, Zheng Yichen had a new idea… As an independent faction, what they did did not need to be influenced by other factions. As long as their original purpose remained unchanged, no one else had any possibility of interfering here.

Wasn’t this an excellent channel for cooperation?

It was not like he would take resources here for free. Zheng Yichen currently obtained resources from Qin through normal trade processes, just able to get a discounted price. As for here… he could do the same. Even if some things could not be bought with money, exchanges could be made in other ways, right? Even if his current identity could not do it, Zheng Yichen indicated he had many alternate identities.

As long as he could offer sufficiently good things, he was not afraid the higher-ups in the Border Great Wall would not be interested. In that case, why not act sooner? First, get a feel for the situation…

“Does it include a wife?” Zheng Yichen asked.

“…” Jenna’s eye twitched slightly. Include a wife? Why did that sound so tacky? With one word from you now, a whole bunch of people would fight to send you wives. And now you ask here?! Also, didn’t you already raise a Loli in Kaja?

“The Potion Department has many single girls, and other departments have many too.” Jenna said.

“Cough, just kidding, just kidding.” Zheng Yichen chuckled lightly and shook his head slightly. Mentioning other departments, the Border Great Wall placed quite a lot of importance on him too. “Let’s continue with serious matters. The resources… are indeed tempting, but I don’t really want to join any faction additionally.”

Jenna was not surprised by Zheng Yichen’s answer and waited for him to continue. Seeing she had nothing to add, Zheng Yichen simply went on. “Joining a faction, I feel, would affect my inspiration… To put it this way, since joining a faction, one would definitely have to make some contributions, right? Not being able to research freely would make me feel very uncomfortable.”

“This… actually, you don’t need to worry about that.” Jenna’s heart stirred slightly. Was this the reason Zheng Yichen did not want to join a faction?

“Alright, I know I have the ability, but no one would unconditionally support someone who just takes things without giving, right? You have to understand, my research is very casual…” After Jenna interrupted him, Zheng Yichen knew what this mature woman was thinking—she probably thought there was a chance to recruit him. He certainly could not say he now planned to slow down Potionology research and focus on Life Domain research.

“…” Research is very casual? As one of the supervisors of the Border Great Wall’s Potion Department, Jenna certainly had sufficient Potionology knowledge. If researching casually could produce results, Potionology innovation would have long surpassed all limits. Innovative Magic Potion research was a very rigorous matter because it involved too many variables. Doing it casually would be worse than buying a lottery ticket to test the odds.

“However, I don’t reject exchanges. After all, wanting to research Magic Potions, exchange is a major reason for progress.” Zheng Yichen’s meaning was clear. He did not want to join a faction, but that did not affect any interactions between both sides. It would be like with the Sanctuary Church, except the treatment here was better. The Sanctuary Church just provided materials and waited for results.

That was also a kind of secret deal he had with the Sanctuary Church using this Avatar. The Sanctuary Church knew this Avatar of Zheng Yichen was related to Dan Marina.

Zheng Yichen had already stated his stance. Jenna, understanding the meaning in his words, naturally responded accordingly. During this period of ‘exchange,’ the Potion Department’s resources would be open to him… but they must be used for proper purposes, not privately misappropriated—at least not excessively. As for deeper exchanges, Zheng Yichen clearly had other purposes. From the meaning in his earlier words, it was almost clear he was very tempted by the Border Great Wall’s Potion Department resources.

Being tempted was enough. Even if they could not recruit him, having Zheng Yichen work in exchange for sufficiently good resources was also possible, right? Even if it was a transaction, as long as the result was within their goals, the process could be ignored.

So, the two discussed very harmoniously… After Zheng Yichen left, Jenna remained in the resting room and did not leave immediately. She was still muttering to herself. Who was the careless person who compiled the information about Zheng Yichen? Who said he was someone obsessed with research, never leaving his home, only going out to buy materials or visit the Academy to check on the Loli he was raising, living a three-point-one-line life, and therefore not skilled in communication…

Now? Where was he not skilled? It was not a long, winding speech full of nonsense, but the meaning contained in each sentence was very clear. At the same time, although the meaning was clear, it did not seem blunt or abrupt. Was this poor communication?

Break the hands of whoever compiled that information!

After a while, Jenna left the resting room. Although Zheng Yichen’s behavior was inconsistent with the information, as long as his abilities matched the information, that was fine. Personality could be disguised, but abilities—they could be easily tested later. That was something one simply could not hide. Whether he was a fraud could be determined immediately by having him handle something. If this aspect was also fake… very few people dared to deceive the Border Great Wall…

Such behavior, if not careful, could earn one the label of traitor to humanity.