Age of Elves: The Return of the King

"Thank you, Fossil Pterosaur."

On the coast of Jinhuang City, Yun Xiao jumped off Kuailong's back, touched the opponent's back, and sent an energy cube into the mouth of the fossil pterosaur.

"Roar."

After Yun Xiao told him that the powerful skill cheats were already on the way, it was difficult for the fossil pterosaur to have any opinion on his identity as a "vehicle".

He chewed and swallowed the cube in one gulp, and returned to Luo Chen's elf ball.

After leaving the spirit world and starting from Ziwan Town, it took less than half an hour for Yun Xiao to return to the coast of Jinhuang City and in front of Zhenghui's lighthouse.

"Come here again, I don't know if that guy Zhenghui is here this time."

Yun Xiao was talking to herself, walked to the lighthouse, and pressed the button of the doorbell.

For him, Zhenghui's experience touched some bad memories of the past, so Yunxiao was very concerned about this person's affairs.

The doorbell rang, but there was no response for a long time.

Looks like he hasn't come back yet?
Yun Xiao couldn't help feeling a little regretful in her heart, shook her head, and was about to turn around and leave to find the giant Kuailong.

But at this moment, the door of the lighthouse creaked open.

"Yun Xiao.?"

A somewhat weak voice sounded.

It was Zhenghui himself who appeared behind the door.

However, compared to the last time Yun Xiao saw him, he seemed to have aged dozens of times overnight, with an unshaven beard, messy hair, and deep black eye sockets, and his eyes were full of anxiety.

What's going on here?
Yun Xiao keenly noticed that Zhenghui's state was very wrong, but he didn't say it clearly.

"Zhenghui, long time no see."

"The last time I came to the lighthouse and found that you were not there, why did you go?"

Hearing this, Zhenghui sighed and shook his head repeatedly, as if recalling some bad memories.

He made a gap.

"This... is a long story
".Come in and talk."

"Is there such a person??"

In the lighthouse, Yun Xiao picked up the coffee cup in front of him, put it down quickly, and frowned.

"It's too much."

Zhenghui shook his head, smiled bitterly and said:
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth when you first came here, but I just didn't want to involve other people."

Yun Xiao looked at him and didn't say anything for a while.

Just now, Zhenghui told him something that he didn't know before.

In fact, Zhenghui's several research projects have not been put on hold because of the lack of start-up funds.

On the contrary, after he proposed these research projects, a trans-regional technology company in the Sinnoh region approached him, saying that he was willing to cooperate with Zhenghui and provide funds to help him carry out further research.

Zhenghui happily accepted the other party's request for cooperation, but what he didn't know was that the technology company had shady plans.

Not long after, Zhenghui was kicked out by that research company!
The reason is that the contract expires and the cooperation is terminated.

Zhenghui didn't think too much about it at the time, he just had some regrets, and planned to find ways to continue to make money and conduct his own research.

But later he heard that the technology company he worked for had stolen his experimental data and started to conduct the same research project himself!

After Zhenghui knew about it, he immediately ran to find the company's theory, but was directly rejected.

What's even more chilling is that at that time he discovered that there were many hidden pits buried in the contract he signed, which was completely different from what they agreed on!
The company secretly tampered with the content of the contract!

One of the items that made him most angry was - if he did not complete the research within one month, the experimental project would be publicly licensed to the company.

He was just an inexperienced researcher, never had such an experience, and was extremely flustered for a while.

After many inquiries, he learned that in such a situation, he could want to report a complaint to the Alliance's Elf Research Association.

For such contracts that do not conform to the regulations of the academic community, the scientific research associations organized by the alliance have always had "zero tolerance".

But if you want to appeal, there is a prerequisite.

The complainant must be a researcher above the expert level.

Zhenghui is even self-taught, and has no official researcher qualifications at all, not even the lowest ordinary researcher qualifications.

Some time ago, Zhenghui went to the scientific research association to intercede again, but was rejected of course.

No one would look straight at a guy who called himself a "researcher" but didn't even have the lowest qualification certificate.

Back to this moment, Zhenghui leaned on the sofa and sighed deeply.

"Brother Yun, let's not talk about you, even Dr. Oki can't do anything about it."

"I'm still too useless, too stupid, and think of this world too simply."

"You were willing to give money to help me before, even if it was just casually, I really appreciate you, really."

He showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and it quickly dissipated on his face.

"So, don't worry about me any more."

Yun Xiao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Do you remember what question I asked you before I left last time?"

Zhenghui was stunned for a moment.

"You ask me how much these experimental projects cost?"

Yun Xiao nodded and opened the illustrated book.

On the screen, his account balance was displayed.

Zhenghui looked at the "1" followed by countless 0s, and his whole body froze immediately, his eyes widened in disbelief!
"This this.."

One billion! !
Yun Xiao actually has [-] million! ! !

Originally, while Zhenghui was grateful for Yun Xiao's words, he didn't have too much expectation.

After all, the other party looked about the same age as him, so how could he afford so much money?

But now, this string of numbers is placed in front of him, directly shattering his original thoughts!
"You can use all this money, and I can give you more if necessary."

Yun Xiao shook the illustrated book, turned off the screen, and put it back into his pocket.

"Your talent and talent should not be buried, let alone taken away by others."

Zhenghui seemed to be short of breath, and couldn't speak fluently.

"This this.."

"Coco. Even if you have the money, it's too late now..."

He suddenly became dejected again.

"That company has started to improve my experimental plan with all its strength, and overcome some difficulties that I have not yet overcome."

"As long as they make a finished product, they can apply for a patent right from the scientific research association."

"By then, it will be too late."

Yun Xiao stretched out a hand, patted his shoulder, and spoke softly.

"I heard that to become an expert researcher, one must publish at least one heavyweight research result?"

Although Zhenghui didn't know why he asked such a question, he still nodded subconsciously.

"To become an expert researcher...you must come up with a very innovative and high-level research result."

"But in a short period of time, it is impossible for me to produce such results again."

His tone was melancholy.

Yun Xiao smiled.

"This is easy to handle."

"I have a project that is about to be completed here, and it happens to be very innovative and of a very high level."

"Look, are you interested?"