Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 360: The Key to the Secret

Xu Yi’s spiritual power invaded the brain of the Black Qilin, searching for the mental signals inside its brain.

Xu Yi now seemed to be a humanoid scanner.

"Found it." Xu Yi couldn’t help but mutter, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Xu Yi located the source of the signal, where the signal was strongest.

"Lu Ke, attack the Black Qilin." Xu Yi said to Lu Ke, as he needed Lu Ke’s help.

Then, the Black Qilin was subjected to Lu Ke’s attack.

Xu Yi needed to capture that mental signal, then research and simulate it himself.

It took ten minutes for Xu Yi to fully record the signal.

"Alright, no need to attack anymore." Xu Yi said, then retracted his hands.

Afterward, Xu Yi leaned against the Black Qilin and sat down, closing his eyes.

Next, Xu Yi’s task was to analyze it and then figure out how to simulate this mental signal.

"Steward Sir, Xu Yi should have found the Black Qilin’s Brain Crystal, right?" Number 6 glanced at the ’Steward’ beside him and couldn’t help but ask.

Their civilization had discovered Planet 1 and Planet 2 for over three years, and had studied the creatures on these planets for over three years as well. However, only some minor discoveries were made, with no significant achievements.

The Brain Crystal was one of their results.

They had dissected numerous animals in this world, discovering a common ’organ’ inside their brains, which they named the Brain Crystal.

As for the Brain Crystal’s function, they hadn’t arrived at a research conclusion yet.

However, they suspected that the Brain Crystal was the secret behind the two planets’ creatures’ strength, so they wanted to unravel this secret completely. Unexpectedly, the researchers and warriors they dispatched had grown much stronger.

Then they discovered that these two planets possessed magical power that could strengthen creatures, even producing five Awakened with spiritual power.

Actually, the Star Gates on these two planets weren’t placed by them; it was an even more advanced civilization that initially set up the Star Gates. Although they also had Star Gate technology, the civilization that originally placed the Star Gates did so tens of thousands of years ago, whereas their civilization had mastered the technology for just under 3,000 years—an enormous gap.

In terms of technology, they were still more advanced than the original Star Gate placers, so they easily cracked the Star Gates, successfully traversing through them to reach the human world. Then, they discovered humanity faced an existential crisis.

Simultaneously, they also discovered that humans had the potential to awaken spiritual power, thus forming the 500-day challenge plan. They screened 1,000 individuals to see if any humans could awaken spiritual power.

Now, Awakened individuals had indeed appeared among humans, and they quickly discovered the secret of the animals on Planet 2.

They had guessed the purpose of the Brain Crystal but had no concrete evidence.

Their civilization was still in the initial stages of researching spiritual power. Otherwise, their planet wouldn’t have been occupied, nor would their civilization have been nearly wiped out. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Steward Sir, have you finished reporting?" Number 6 looked excitedly at his superior. After all, Xu Yi had already discovered the link between the Brain Crystal and defense power. If their own Awakened were to verify this, it would probably be easier to discover the secret.

"The report has been made. Actually, we’ve already cracked the secret. Because we deciphered this secret, we reallocated our personnel to Planet 1. I should have guessed earlier; without a breakthrough, the higher-ups wouldn’t take such a big risk!" said the man in white armor excitedly.

"The Headquarter is very affirmative of our actions and discoveries. Because of our findings, I need to make a trip to the Headquarter to obtain some critical intelligence. Number 6, continue monitoring Xu Yi. If he deciphers the Fierce Beasts’ defense power, contact me immediately using top priority." With that, the man in white armor left.

Number 6 nodded immediately, then continued to focus on the screen in front of him.

A while later, Xu Yi opened his eyes.

Number 6 paused, quite surprised.

Already cracked it so quickly?

This would be quite a slap in the face, considering they still had a research team on their spaceship studying these Fierce Beasts’ Brain Crystals and defense power.

"Xu Yi, have you unlocked the secret?" Lu Ke asked excitedly when she saw Xu Yi, although she spoke in a low voice. She and Xu Yi could talk with very subtle sounds, given their exceptional hearing that others didn’t possess.

Xu Yi shook his head; he attempted to simulate the signal, but found it extremely difficult and very taxing on his spiritual power. Exhausted, he stopped.

"Don’t worry, we still have plenty of time. Here, as we wait for our strength to grow, it’s pretty good. Perhaps, when we’re strong enough, we can break through their defenses." Lu Ke comforted Xu Yi.

According to Xu Yi, it was actually their lack of strength.

If they had enough strength, they could indeed penetrate these Fierce Beasts’ defenses.

"Indeed, with sufficient strength, it is possible to break through their defenses." Xu Yi nodded and said.

"But there’s one thing I can’t figure out," Lu Ke said, taking out her crossbow arrow. It was indeed very sharp, but could its kinetic energy surpass a bullet’s?

"The bullet’s power is also very focused. Why can the bow and arrow work, but not the bullet?" Lu Ke had been pondering this question, wondering what if things weren’t as Xu Yi supposed?

Xu Yi took out a bullet and said, "We use Dum Dum Bullets, also known as explosive bullets. Their destructiveness comes from creating large-area wounds inside the body. They’re extremely destructive against ordinary beasts. However, if they can’t penetrate the skin, their power significantly decreases. Whereas the military-grade crossbows we use are very powerful, with very sharp and fine arrowheads, capable of easily piercing through steel plates. Other bullets, or specialized armor-piercing bullets, would do the job."

"Moreover, our current strength, when stabbing with a sword, wouldn’t that force be less than a bullet?" Xu Yi swung his dagger expertly.

Currently, the strength they possessed allowed them to easily pierce steel plates with a dagger. Would the force of a rapid stab be weaker than that of a bullet?

"I know about your doubts, but we’re no longer ordinary people. Right now, you can kill 20 ordinary people in a minute, so don’t limit your thinking with that of ordinary people," Xu Yi said, standing up and patting the Black Qilin.

He planned to make a trip into the depths of the desert to capture a Fierce Beast that could be penetrated using a military dagger for experimentation.

To decipher the defenses of these Fierce Beasts, some experiments were necessary.

To conduct experiments, one needed experimental targets.