I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Back at his place, Liu Zheng immediately made arrangements for restarting the research project and, as Zhao Qiguang suggested, prepared to bring back more samples.

Opening the association's internal app, I found that Kaka had added many new task information, all of which were about capturing monsters.

We should take multiple approaches to ensure a successful start for his upcoming project!

After seeing Liu Zheng off, Zhao Qiguang sighed softly.

He didn't come back this time to help the students solve their problems; he came for mental martial arts techniques—that's right, the mental martial arts techniques that have been spreading like wildfire within the academy recently.

The academy has opened the exchange to students and faculty. Almost everyone has a copy of the three mental martial arts techniques, and those with more points have two or three copies, which they all exchanged back.

Some of the more talented ones have already learned it.

The trainees used it when they went out on missions, and the news naturally spread.

Meanwhile, official forces such as associations, which always kept a close eye on news from the academy, quickly learned of the situation.

Zhao Qiguang made a special trip back from the experimental base to discuss this matter with Jiang Qizhang.

They were no longer surprised that Su Mo could create something like mental energy martial arts techniques; they just wanted Su Mo to reveal his martial arts techniques and methods publicly, because such things should not be kept secret within the academy.

Even if the academy recruits students every year, and will expand its enrollment after Su Mo returns, it still won't work.

If it's confined to the academy, how many people can actually learn it?

Such martial arts techniques must be disseminated so that more awakened individuals can purchase and learn them.

The best course of action would be to authorize the association to promote and maintain these martial arts techniques.

Zhao Qiguang believed that Su Mo would most likely agree to this request. The only things he and Chairman Jiang needed to discuss were the pricing of those martial arts techniques and copyright protection measures.

After they reach a conclusion, they will meet with Su Mo to discuss it.

Once the matter of mental power martial arts is settled, he will casually inquire about Bu Lingling's situation. This way, it won't seem abrupt and shouldn't offend Su Mo.

I'm just giving it a try; what if it works?

Many people have coveted Su Mo's white wolf, but apart from the impulsive Wu Wensheng, no one dared to actually make a move. Everyone knew that it was basically impossible to ask Su Mo for the white wolf to do anything.

Now that an alternative has emerged, to be honest, Zhao Qiguang, the director of the research institute, doesn't want to miss out on it.

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R Country, northern seaport.

When Su Mo received Jiang Qizhang's message, R country had already been almost completely cleared out.

Upon seeing the invitation to meet on the StarNet to discuss matters related to mental martial arts, Su Mo raised an eyebrow and replied with confirmation, promising to log on on time.

She had originally planned to pilot the product at the academy first, and if the students accepted it well, she would then sell it nationwide. She didn't expect the association to find out so quickly and even take the initiative to talk to her.

Let them talk, Su Mo also wanted to know what they had to say.

The airship is currently located on the northernmost coast of Country R.

At this moment, the flames on the land below the airship had gradually died down, and the drifting mist of antidote slowly descended, washing away the filth.

Su Mo sprayed a huge amount of antidote in the two countries' regions during his trip, and set fires without any restraint. Now, only extremely dilapidated building ruins and poisonous ash are left on the lands of H and R.

After replying to the message, Su Mo stood to the side of the flying boat.

Looking into the distance, my gaze travels across the land where smoke occasionally rises, and finally reaches a line of deep blue in the far distance.

That's the blue ocean.

More than half a year has passed since the insect eradication operation began, and no more insectoids have come ashore from the sea on the eastern continent of Blue Star (the half occupied by Xia Country and G Country is called the eastern continent, the other half occupied by A Country and Y Country is called the western continent, and other countries such as P Country and R Country are island nations).

Su Mo, who had been to the Blue Sea once, knew that there was no shortage of insectoids beneath the surface of the sea. Why didn't they come ashore?

Neither Su Mo nor the association knew about it.

Once the flames were completely extinguished, Su Mo withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave.

With the hidden crisis in these two countries nipped in the bud, Su Mo's route became more flexible. She didn't plan to take any detours and simply headed back to the Eastern Continent from this point, heading east towards Country C and then entering Country G through its eastern border.

Having quickly planned his next move, Su Mo glanced at the poisoned ash on the land before leaving; this ash had also been neutralized by the antidote…

Thinking of this, she paused.

She suddenly had an idea: could this poisoned ash possibly have another use?

Without hesitation, Su Mo searched her spatial storage and found a glass bottle. She threw the small bottle down and collected some of the poisoned ash as a sample.

Not in a hurry to leave immediately, Su Mo pulled the flying boat up a little higher and hovered there.

She needs to take a little time to go to the laboratory below the spaceship.

The airship has three decks.

As Su Mo walked toward the lab, she passed through the cafeteria area. Song Yi, who had come with her this time, was there the whole time. The large kitchen was his "battlefield," where he cooked Su Mo's favorite dishes and also researched new recipes.

Having served Yuan Qi at the academy for a period of time and received guidance from him, he was much more at ease in handling ingredients than before.

Su Mo heard a noise in the kitchen and glanced over.

On the kitchen island, there was a bunch of bottles and jars that weren't actually seasonings. Next to them was a large, plump, fresh piece of meat coated with a mixture, which must have come from those bottles.

Is it being pickled?

Su Mo couldn't tell at a glance what kind of monster the processed meat was, but from the spiritual energy content he sensed, he could tell it was the meat of a fifth-tier monster.

Su Mo raised an eyebrow. Song Yi had previously struggled to prepare fourth-tier monster meat, and it was only after returning this time that her dining table saw a significant increase in fourth-tier monster meat.

Is Song Yi now researching fifth-tier demon beast meat?

"Principal?" Song Yi was also very perceptive. Su Mo didn't hide herself, so she was quickly discovered standing at the door.

"I'll just take a look," Su Mo said casually.

"Uncle Song's cooking skills have improved again."

Song Yi took off his gloves and waved a small booklet.

"Teacher Yuanqi gave me some guidance on how to process ingredients, and I am practicing them."

"These are powders made from processed and ground herbs. When used properly, they can help prevent the loss of psionic energy in psionic ingredients during cooking while maintaining their taste."

"If you do it well, you might even get a top-tier item." Seeing Su Mo looking at the items on the kitchen island, Song Yi explained casually.

"Top-grade dishes" is a general term for dishes with effects. The effects depend on the cooking ingredients, methods, and the chef's skill. Song Yi once made a top-grade dish using the meat of a second-tier demon beast, which could increase the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy.