"I believe I've already told you all that I will not participate in this experiment," Tang Li said sternly, frowning as she observed her surroundings.
However, perhaps because Tang Li was exceptionally beautiful and appeared harmless, Xiao Jin failed to pick up on her displeasure. Instead, hearing the murmurs of the onlookers, he seemed pleased and continued his earnest persuasion:
"Miss Tang, your physical condition is exceptionally robust, which is highly beneficial for our research into body enhancement serums. Furthermore, by participating in this research, you yourself will reap rewards."
"Once the body enhancement serums are developed, all of humanity will benefit!"
"Isn't this a win-win situation, bringing joy to all?"
"We sincerely hope Miss Tang will carefully consider our proposal..."
Hearing Xiao Jin speak so openly, a flicker of coldness flashed in Tang Li's eyes. Were these people from Country R trying to pressure her using the crowd's opinion?
As expected, the moment Xiao Jin finished speaking, the surrounding crowd's discussions intensified. Someone directly called out to Tang Li:
"Young lady, this is such a good opportunity! Participating in an experiment, you lose nothing. Why wouldn't you want to?"
"Exactly. Contributing to scientific research and benefiting all of humanity, how glorious is that!"
"Little girl, don't be ungrateful for a blessing in disguise! Many people wish for such an opportunity but never get it..."
However, some individuals, not seeing anything different in Tang Li compared to ordinary people, questioned the people from Country R:
"Isn't this just a normal young girl? How can she help you develop some kind of body enhancement serum? And benefit all of humanity?"
"Aren't you just taken with the young lady's beauty and trying to take advantage of her under the guise of scientific research?"
"That makes sense! Otherwise, why would the young lady refuse such a good thing!"
"Heh heh, I feel I'm more robust than this young lady! How about you consider me instead?"
The scene was chaotic, with everyone saying something different. Seeing the doubts, Xiao Jin quickly explained to the crowd:
"Everyone, our Professor Tanaka and Professor Watanabe are world-class scientists with numerous research achievements. They would absolutely not engage in anything else under the guise of scientific research."
"These flying motorcycles you see now were created by Professor Watanabe!"
"And Miss Tang indeed possesses extraordinary qualities, possessing innate strength and an exceptionally robust physique. I believe Miss Tang herself would not deny this."
"Other people's strength comes from well-developed muscles. Tang Miss's innate strength, however, allows her to exert greater force with the same degree of muscle development!"
"The two professors are looking for individuals with such innate strength to research their genes, to discover the reasons behind their innate strength, and to develop serums that can grant everyone this innate strength. This is naturally for the benefit of all humanity..."
With Xiao Jin's explanation, the crowd's doubts about the people from Country R subsided, and they instead uniformly urged Tang Li to participate in the experiment.
Hearing Xiao Jin's words and observing the crowd's attitude, Tang Li's heart remained undisturbed. She didn't mind her strength being exposed; it was something she hadn't intended to hide. Not acting out in City A was to avoid trouble and leave quickly. But now that she was in Jiangcheng, she couldn't always appear weak and easily bullied. In the apocalypse, that would be detrimental. As the saying goes, act boldly, but conduct yourself humbly. Sometimes, one must display their strength and use decisive measures to befriend equally capable individuals and deter those with ill intentions. That was why she had directly eliminated the group of bandits who had ambushed them on the road, and even concealed nothing from Song Pinxuan and his group. Wasn't it precisely because these people thought she was easy to bully that they were pressuring her so brazenly?
Tang Li subconsciously reached for her waist again, only to find it empty, her hand not finding the weapon she had never dared to be without in the apocalypse in her previous life. Tang Li shook her head, thinking to herself, "It seems I've indeed been living too comfortably. It's been three months since I last killed anyone..."
She looked up at Xiao Jin and said with a cold smile, "Since you've made your intentions so clear, I'll be direct as well."
"I absolutely will not participate in your body enhancement serum experiment!"