The researchers present listened to the assignments from the director of the Spiritual Energy Research Institute. None had any objections, and they all nodded in agreement.
Then, under the director's supervision, the junior and mid-level researchers who had received the red mushrooms left one by one. This left five senior researchers, including Zhao Tianfu.
"I'm out," a senior researcher with salt-and-pepper hair said, explaining, "The project I'm currently working on isn't finished, so I don't have time to study this Mutant Beast corpse."
"Now that you mention it, I'm realizing my project's deadline is pretty tight. I'm out too..." a bald senior researcher chimed in.
Prompted by these two, the remaining senior researchers—with the exception of Zhao Tianfu—also pulled out, all citing tight deadlines on their current projects and an inability to spare the time.
