Ji Yong and Si Qin were even more furious when they saw the way the others looked.

The two rushed up and gave Deng Kaichun and the other two a good beating.

"You didn't tell us before, which caused us to lose so many good things."

"You guys must have done this on purpose, you bastards."

Their furious appearance made those present even more convinced that they hadn't gotten anything.

They all felt it was such a pity, otherwise these hunters would have hidden a lot of things.

Besides beating up the three men, Ji Yong also ordered his guards to search the village and take away all the alien cores, resources, and food they could carry.

After all, these hunters are all going to be taken back to the base, so we can't afford to waste or squander them.

Qingyou's little paper doll also jumped into the village to help with the search, without anyone else knowing.

Every time something is discovered, it is passed on to Qingyou.

Qingyou then told Ji Yong.

Ji Yong and his group then dragged the captured hunter to look for him, and accidentally found him.

After collecting everything, the group drove away from the valley.

Shortly after they left, a zombie carrying Huo Xingchen quietly followed behind them.

These zombies were trained by the hunter ancestors and are very good at hiding, so no one except Qingyou discovered them.

Upon arriving at the base, Ji Yong ordered the guards to take the hunters to the family's territory for imprisonment, while they themselves went to Qingyou's house under the pretext of escorting the Qingyou sisters.

Then they found someone they absolutely trusted to drive out of the base to pick up Huo Xingchen and bring him back.

After circling around a few times and finding no one following them, the car drove directly into Qingyou's yard.

Huo Xingchen had recovered a lot by now and opened the door to get out of the car himself.

Qingyou stepped forward to help him up, saying, "Let's go inside and talk."

Huo Xingchen nodded, "Okay!"

There's a formation set up by Qingyou in the courtyard, so she can spot anyone sneaking in immediately. Therefore, you don't need to worry about what you say; it's very safe.

Ji Yong looked at Huo Xingchen and asked, "Are you really not going back?"

Huo Xingchen shook his head. "I'm not going back. They didn't manage to kill me this time, but they'll definitely do it again."

Ji Yong knew about the Huo family's situation. "That's true. Should we inform your maternal grandfather?"

The reason why the Huo family was able to become a first-class family in the first district was not only because there were many brain-type ability pharmacists in the family, but also because Huo Xingchen's maternal grandfather protected them.

It's clear that Huo Xingchen is completely disappointed with the Huo family. In that case, the Ji family could try to get in touch with Huo Xingchen's maternal grandfather.

Huo Xingchen smiled and said, "Yes, it is necessary, so I'll have to trouble you to make the trip yourself."

He took off his watch and handed it to Ji Yong, saying, "Just say you're helping me deliver my belongings, and go to my grandfather's house openly and honestly."

He added a special contact code to the watch, which only his grandfather knew how to translate.

Ji Yong took the watch and smiled, "Yes, I was also thinking of going to see your grandfather in a high-profile manner, so that it would be less likely to arouse suspicion."

He thought for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do from now on? You're not going back to District One anymore?"

Huo Xingchen is an extremely talented and skilled pharmacist; it would be a waste and a pity for him to stay hidden in the Fourth District forever.

Huo Xingchen shrugged. "Of course we should go back, but it's not the right time yet."

Then he asked Ji Yong, "Are you interested in cooperating?"

Ji Yong raised an eyebrow, "Cooperation?"

Huo Xingchen nodded, "Yes, I will work with your family to develop the drug."

"To be honest, I already have a direction for the drug you envisioned, and it should be successful after just a few experiments."

"But I don't want to give it to the Huo family."

Ji Yong was stunned, clearly surprised that Huo Xingchen had found a direction for that kind of medicine.

He was naturally tempted. "You want to use our family as a pawn so you can go back and deal with the Huo family in the future?"

Huo Xingchen made no attempt to hide anything, "That's right, I want to join forces with both of your families to bring down the Huo family."

"In addition to the agents that slow down and eliminate the effects of radiation buildup in the body, I have a new drug research project. I call it the stimulating agent."

Ji Yong didn't understand, "A stimulant?"

He said meaningfully, "A drug that can give ordinary people hope of developing superpowers."

"Even if you can't unleash your superpowers, you can still unleash your body's potential, making it more agile and stronger."

"If a person with superpowers takes it, it can also stimulate their physical potential, allowing their mental or physical abilities to be further enhanced."

Are you interested?

Upon hearing Huo Xingchen's words, Ji Yong and Si Qin both began to breathe heavily.

If this drug were to be successfully developed, it would absolutely shock the world, and of course they would be interested.

Ji Yong asked in disbelief, "You're going to offer up this kind of medicine to cooperate with us?"

Huo Xingchen smiled and said, "That's right. Rather than letting the Huo family benefit, it's better to let you benefit."

His eyes turned cold as he said, "I only hope that one day I can completely bring down the Huo family and prevent you from having the power to resist and suppress them. What's the point of cooperation then?"

Ji Yong and the other two could all sense Huo Xingchen's resentment towards the Huo family; it seemed he was determined to completely destroy the Huo family.

It has to be said, Huo Xingchen is really ruthless, but they like him.

Huo Xingchen was captured in the wild and almost died. They didn't believe that those people would dare to do this without the indulgence of the Huo family's higher-ups, after all, Huo Xingchen's maternal grandfather was no pushover.

Therefore, it's understandable how Huo Xingchen felt.

Ji Yong thought for a moment and asked, "Besides bringing down the Huo family, do you have any other requests?"

Because of the Huo family's dominance in the First District, they had always been restricted, so naturally they wanted to bring the Huo family down as well.

Huo Xingchen said, "I'm only responsible for researching the formula, I don't care about anything else, and I get 30% of the profits from selling the potion."

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