Chapter 586: Stronger (1/2)
Chapter 586: Stronger
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The six-fingered red-tailed beast was wary of the stronghold. It studied the stronghold from afar. After about half a minute, it turned back to leave.
Ye Chong was curious about where the red-tailed beast came from. Killing a red-tailed beast had no practical value for them now; it would be far more useful to find out where the red-tailed beast originated from. However, the animal seemed intelligent. Perhaps he should just kill it? If the leader of a ”pack” of red-tailed beast was intelligent, then killing off the ”pack” would be many times more difficult. Ye Chong was confident that he could kill the animal right now. His strength had mostly recovered. He could kill a six-fingered red-tailed beast using just Han Jia, much less Celest. Besides, he had also become stronger.
However, killing it would mean that he could not investigate where it came from!
After considering his dilemma for a few seconds, Ye Chong came to a decision.
Ye Chong gave his order without emotion. ”Send a hundred students who scored 95 and above in mech piloting to follow the red-tailed beast. Report all observations back to base.”
”Yes sir.” Appilok immediately went to organize the mission. He knew the students well, and would know who were the best to send for this mission.
The mechs were already on standby. They took off from the stronghold and followed closely behind the red-tailed beast. A pursuit required good piloting skills. The pilot must have good spatial awareness and be able to predict the target's next move.
After making the arrangements, Ye Chong turned to his new arrivals.
”How did you get here?” Ye Chong looked at Rui Bing.
Rui Bing looked calm. She replied softly, ”It was Aried. He was doing spatial experiments when an accident happened.”
”Is everyone else alright? Did they find Mu and Shang?”
Rui Bing nodded, and then shook her head. ”The Sang Tribe is alright. Yi Ju is developing quickly. They are all very busy. Did you and Mu and Shang get separated? Before I left, they still do not have news of Mu and Shang.”
”We got separated in Gray Valley.” Ye Chong explained.
Sang Kan could not help but interrupt them. ”So you were in Gray Valley! No wonder we couldn't find you. Everyone was looking for you. We searched the entire He Yue Galaxy but could not find you. The red-tailed beasts have taken the Gateway to Gray Valley, so we did not go there.”
Ye Chong nodded. He turned to Aried. ”You are Aried? A spatial scientist?”
”That is correct, sir.” Aried had heard of this man, so he knew immediately to be respectful. After all, the authorities in Yi Ju were his only sponsors.
”What experiment were you conducting?” Ye Chong was curious. What kind of experiment would sent them safely to Darkniss?
”We were doing an experiment on spatial windows. I discovered that we could use high energies to create spatial windows. My goal was to create faster and more convenient ways of travelling. The theories behind my experiment are…”
Aried turned lively once he began to talk about his experiments. Ye Chong did not stop him, but listened patiently instead and interrupted with the occasional question. This made Aried even happier.
”What caused the accident?” Ye Chong asked.
Aried shrugged. ”I didn't know that Lady Rui Bing had a dimension keystone on her.”
”Dimension keystones can affect spatial windows?” Ye Chong realized there was something to it. He recalled the circumstances in which he was sent from the base on Spectre to Dual Forest. There was also his first time entering Darkniss, when Xuan Ning told him that his dimension keystone had a strong effect on the entrance to Darkniss, which was also a spatial window.
Ye Chong decided then to let Aried continue with his research. Perhaps he could help them find their way home. He also decided to let Sha Ya assist him. After Sha Ya reached Level 9, she was able to detect very minute changes in spatial windows. This would be of tremendous help to the spatial scientist.
”Where did you get the teardrop mineralite?” Ye Chong took out the thumbnail sized mineral. It was very large compared to all the teardrop mineralites in his hands. Darkniss had no natural reserves of energy crystals. He was sure of that. In his effort to reduce their dependence on external supplies of energy crystals, he had allocated a lot of time and manpower into searching for energy crystals in Darkniss, but the results were disappointing. So far, he had found nothing.
It was simply incredible to see a teardrop mineralite here in Darkniss. The teardrop mineralite had attracted so many wild animals. Even the snowshade leopards and red-tailed beast had showed up. It was odd and surprising.
He recalled the time when he obtained his teardrop mineralite. There was the dark spatial window, and the eight-fingered red-tailed beast. Teardrop mineralite… Spatial window… Red-tailed beast... How were these three related?
Mei Wu answered him with reverence. ”A few days ago, I was returning from one of my expeditions when I noticed numerous animal bodies along the way. I was curious, so I followed the trail of bodies until I reached a lake. There, I saw two slitherlizards fighting each other for that thing. I thought that was strange, so I took it from them. I didn't think much of it since I did not recognize it. Later on, animals began to chase after me. I was lucky that this lady and her friends had come to my aid.”