"Your Majesty, how should we deal with this?"

While holding the Chimera, Barenque spoke calmly.

In his spirit bear form, his voice sounded like a loud bell, which shocked the surrounding soldiers and caused their eardrums to buzz.

However, at this time, compared to this, what the soldiers had in mind was more...

"Wow, the bear actually started talking?!"

For the local people and the garrison who have been staying in Gaosu Province since the merger and have never been to other parts of the Wanjie Civilization, they are still relatively unfamiliar with some special races of the Wanjie Civilization.

Although I wasn't scared, I was still surprised.

At the same time, as the top officer of this unit, Barenque's words just now made the major react instantly and quickly turned around to look.

At this moment, not far away, a young man wearing a black suit was walking slowly with General Rodlin, with two guards, a man and a woman, behind him.

A person who can become a major cannot be a fool.

I saw him step forward in two steps and quickly gave a military salute.

"I have met your Majesty!"

"Major, no courtesy."

As he spoke, Luo Ji's eyes fell on the doctor in a white coat.

"Since you are here to round up this little guy, you must have brought a cage, right?"

Putting aside Luo Ji's wonderful nickname of 'little guy', he was finally able to ensure Chimera's life. Naturally, the doctor did not dare to be vague and quickly called a special detention vehicle.

When Barenque saw this, he grabbed the Chimera and stuffed it into the cage behind the detention vehicle. Then he clapped his hands, and the light on his body lit up. As the transformation spell was lifted, he quickly transformed back into his original form.

human form.

Looking at the soldiers around him, he felt surprised again.

"how do you feel?"

After a while, Luo Ji, who had already walked with him, asked casually.

In this regard, Barenque said after thinking about it...

"It's really average. If it can be mass-produced on a large scale and the cost is not high, it will be pretty good. Otherwise, it will be of little value."

Upon hearing this, the doctor who was standing next to him at the time visibly stiffened, and then showed a full wry smile.

The person standing next to him at this time was their new emperor.

Originally, when Gao Su was in office, the funding for their synthetic beast research project had already begun to be cut again and again, but in the end, it was basically like an uncle who doesn't care about his grandma and barely survives with the research funding that can be called a minimum living allowance.

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But now, the new emperor came to power, but as soon as he came up, he didn't leave a good impression on others.

Looking at this situation, their research project on synthetic beasts may have to be completely axed this time.

Thinking of this, the doctor's wry smile became even worse.

And just as he was thinking about how he should face the companions who had fought with him until now, the major standing next to him shook him impatiently.

"Doctor? Are you listening?"

The doctor, whose whole body was almost shaken to pieces, quickly came to his senses.

"What? What happened?"

Looking at the doctor who had been wandering in the world before and now came back to his senses, the major couldn't help but feel speechless on his face, and then he quickly whispered...

"His Majesty said that he should go to the research institute to have a look."

"ah?"

When the doctor heard this, he looked confused.

Then he subconsciously turned to look at Luo Ji, only to find that Luo Ji was looking at him with a half-smile, which made him tremble on the spot.

"Your Majesty, forgive me! I just, I accidentally got distracted."

"It doesn't matter."

Luo Ji waved his hand.

"Let's leave quickly."

"Okay, okay! Your Majesty, please come with me. The research institute is not far from here."

The location of the research institute is indeed not very far from here. After everyone got in the car, they drove there not long after.

Along the way, Luo Ji and Dr. Na rode in the same car together and got to know each other for the first time.

This doctor, named Colander, is a national alchemist who specializes in synthetic beasts and biological genetic research, and is also the general person in charge of the synthetic beast project.

He is also a five-star intelligence, four-star spirit, and a first-line character. At the same time, his talents and abilities are all focused on the research of synthetic beasts, making him a highly professional first-line talent.

This should be the reason why Gao Su kept extending his life, probably because he hoped that the other party's research would bring him some surprises one day.

After getting off the car, looking at the research institute building in front of him, Luo Ji couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Although he had already sensed from some of the previous comments that the genetic research institute for synthetic beasts might not be doing very well, he never expected that it would do so miserably.

This entire research institute building can no longer be said to be old, it can only be said to be dilapidated.

Perhaps sensing Luo Ji's surprised look, Dr. Colander's face was full of bitterness.

Their research institute was also very successful back then. When the initial results were produced, a large amount of the empire's research funds and resources were tilted towards them.

But later on, the research gradually fell into a bottleneck, and the research on synthetic beasts was unable to produce more eye-catching results. Moreover, while the breeding efficiency was very slow, the breeding costs were still very high.

As time passed, the empire began to gradually reduce their research funding.

Of course, even at this point, Gao Su still had certain expectations for them, so he tried his best to secure part of the research funds and resources of their institute against all objections.

However, this state only lasted until the eighth year after the war started.

Once the war begins, all resources will be given priority to serve the war.

As for their synthetic beast project, which has been looked down upon by everyone and has been unable to produce results, the research funding, which was not much to begin with, has naturally been cut again and again, leaving only a pitiful subsistence allowance in the end.

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This is because Gao Su gave it some thought and did not completely cancel the project.

At the same time, the originally considerable number of researchers have also resigned and been transferred.

Apart from Dr. Coland, there are only four people left in the institute now.

This caused the research project, which was already stuck in a bottleneck, to become even slower due to insufficient manpower. At the same time, the entire research institute gradually fell into disrepair.

Luo Ji could basically imagine what happened next.

It is no exaggeration to say that the five researchers, including Dr. Kolland, who have been retained until now are obviously not doing so for the extremely low salary and research funding.

Because this research institute now often has to rely on them to subsidize it out of their own pockets in order to maintain it.

At this point, to put it bluntly, they are holding back the breath of ‘must produce results’!
Chapter completed!