Earth-Snake sighed and continued, “The teacher very carefully divided a ‘Native’ into many portions, marking each one before distributing them to different ‘Natives’ for consumption.”

“What fine ‘care,'” Qiao Jiajin said from the side.

“First, he discovered that those who ate the head could obtain ‘immortal technique.’ Then he divided a human head into many portions and conducted the same experiment again. Finally, he concluded that only by accurately and infallibly consuming the eyeball could a ‘Native’ possibly obtain Echo.”

After speaking, Earth-Snake looked at Qi Xia again and said, “I often wonder… why would it be the ‘eyeball’? The human body has so many organs, yet what stores each person’s ‘immortal technique’ is neither the most complex organ used for thinking—the ‘brain’—nor the core organ that provides power to the body—the ‘heart’—but rather the eyeball. Even my teacher has no way to answer this question.”

Hearing this statement, Qi Xia only felt it was laughable.

“Earth-Snake, do you truly believe in your teacher’s so-called ‘scientific research’? In this place that doesn’t need science at all, someone is actually conducting scientific research and self-righteously announcing ‘research results.'”

“You can’t say that… The teacher truly achieved great breakthroughs… This place truly needs ‘scientific research’…”

“How truly interesting,” Qi Xia said with a cold laugh. “‘Echo’ exists, ‘immortal techniques’ have been born, ‘divine power’ has appeared, ‘Divine Beasts’ have taken flight, ‘time’ has stopped, the ‘dead’ have been resurrected—and at this point, what Heavenly-Snake is curious about is ‘why immortal techniques are stored in the eyes.'”

“This…” Hearing Qi Xia’s question, Earth-Snake’s words got stuck.

Qi Xia continued, “It’s as laughable as in an era full of flying airplanes, telling me that scientists’ newest research direction is ‘how to ensure raindrops don’t hurt when they hit your head.'”

“Although you say that, no one can answer those questions you’re curious about,” Earth-Snake said. “My teacher is only trying his best within his capabilities to unravel the mysteries of this place.”

“You’re saying… even ‘Heavenly-Snake’ views these questions as mysteries?” Qi Xia caught the key point from Earth-Snake’s words.

“Yes,” Earth-Snake nodded. “Even though the teacher has the strongest desire to explore among all the ‘Heaven-level’ beings, he still encounters many mysteries.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia shook his head. “Perhaps his desire to explore isn’t as strong as you imagine. He’s just a fake scholar who sticks to his own ways.”

“But he truly succeeded,” Earth-Snake said. “After the teacher discovered the mystery of ‘eyes,’ he quickly encountered difficulties again.”

However, the experimental results changed again. When he accurately and directly gouged out ‘Natives” eyeballs to feed to other ‘Natives,’ he found it couldn’t make those who consumed the eyeballs obtain ‘immortal technique’ one hundred percent of the time—it only increased the probability somewhat.

After multiple experiments and follow-up investigations, ‘Heavenly-Snake’ finally reached his ultimate conclusion: the owner of the eyeball must have become a Native while possessing ‘immortal technique.’ In other words, to enable Natives to obtain ‘Echo,’ they could only consume the eyeball of an ‘Echoer.’

“This young master still doesn’t understand,” Chen Junnan still frowned after listening. “Even if that old bastard knew that ‘Echo’ is stored in eyeballs… why would he make you into this state?”

Chen Junnan pointed at Earth-Snake’s body, and at this moment Earth-Snake once again turned around, using the eye below his neck to look at everyone.

“Why wouldn’t you understand such a simple principle…?” Earth-Snake said. “The teacher deduced that since ‘immortal technique is in the eyes,’ then one could try to implant these eyes into us. As long as the eyes implanted into our bodies could ‘survive,’ naturally we could obtain ‘immortal technique.'”

“This logic is both shallow and fucking stupid…” Chen Junnan said through gritted teeth. “Even if that old bastard really thought this way, shouldn’t he have implanted the eyes on the face?! How could they possibly ‘survive’ implanted on the back?! Am I the stupid one or is he the stupid one?”

After hearing this, Qin Dingdong sighed. “The fact that you could say ‘implant on the face’ is already stupid enough…”

“I…” Chen Junnan paused. “Damn it, I’ve been confused by this old bastard.”

“Yes,” Earth-Snake nodded. “At first, the teacher truly did consider implanting the eyes into our faces.”

“Huh?” Chen Junnan was completely stunned.

“It’s just that his research results needed to be kept secret,” Earth-Snake said. “If all of us ‘Snakes’ went out with faces full of eyes, everyone would see something was wrong. So he could only choose more concealed locations.”

After speaking, he revealed a trace of a desperate smile and said, “Want to see the eyes on my thighs? Unfortunately, none of them ‘survived’—only a bunch of bloody holes remain.”

“That won’t be necessary…” Chen Junnan waved his hand. “Let’s just have a proper conversation.”

“Fine, you stinking brat,” Earth-Snake nodded. “Although what you said has some merit, how could the teacher’s ‘implantation’ possibly be normal ‘implantation’…”

“What?”

“Remember that first ‘Native’ who obtained ‘immortal technique’?” Earth-Snake laughed. “Guess what his ‘immortal technique’ was?”

Several people looked at each other, then shook their heads.

“It’s ‘Grafting,'” Earth-Snake said. “What a perfect ‘immortal technique’? A cultivation technique that originally could only work on plants can directly transplant organs here.”

“That’s really absurd,” Chen Junnan said from the side. “If the ‘Grafting’ you mentioned is so miraculous, why are so many of the eyes implanted in you dead? Since the ‘Natives’ are called the strongest ‘Echoers’ by you all, he should succeed every time.”

Hearing this question, Earth-Snake’s expression sank once more.

“This is how I left behind leverage,” Earth-Snake said hoarsely. “Originally, I didn’t need to have eyes implanted all over my body… but the teacher discovered that not a single eye implanted in my body could survive… He discovered my secret. From then on, I entered a living hell.”

At this moment, Qi Xia thought of something and said, “You mean there’s ‘rejection’?”

“Correct,” Earth-Snake nodded. “Qi Xia, I already ‘have’ one myself. How can I accommodate a second? Even if it’s transplanted over… how can I make it survive?”

“‘Rejection’?! What the fuck kind of logic is this?” Chen Junnan suddenly interrupted from the side. “Those old bastards up there all have a bunch of abilities! Why don’t they reject?!”