Big Data Cultivation

Chapter 2537: Chapter 2529: The Higher the Bug Level, the Greater the Authority

Feng Jun and Yi Jue lay in ambush for a whole day and night, without seeing any signs of the Insect Race or the Federation approaching. By noon the next day, they even put away the Rain Prayer Array, but noticed nothing unusual.

By dusk, the two gave up the ambush. Yi Jue felt a bit unsettled, "How could this happen? I waited all night for nothing?"

"We can go somewhere else," Feng Jun suggested. "What they think doesn’t really matter to us. If you keep worrying about their thoughts, you’re just limiting yourself."

"That’s quite true," Yi Jue nodded without hesitation. She was originally someone who only cared about herself without considering others. Hearing this, she felt she might have been too sensitive, "I shouldn’t worry about their reactions... So, where to next?"

"Let’s head to the Hesheng Production Base," Feng Jun replied decisively. "We still need to provide some ammunition for the Human Race."

"Then let’s go," Yi Jue agreed without question, "By the way, hanging out with that Hesheng, you haven’t narrowed your path, have you?"

"At most, I could donate some funds, it’s no big deal. As long as I have a clear conscience, it’s fine," Feng Jun wasn’t really concerned about this. "What I actually want to know is whether Xingzheng Star has its eyes set on me."

Yi Jue initially wanted to stay silent, but finally said, "If you need anything, I can help you take it by force. Tying too many causally with them is not a good thing in itself."

"Causality..." Feng Jun furrowed his brows but ultimately shook his head, "Forget it, let’s head over first and see."

The two arrived within a hundred miles of the Hesheng Base, seeing a vast swarm of insects attacking the base, with two Nascent Soul Bugs leading. Yi Jue asked in a low voice, "Should we take them out?"

Feng Jun glanced at her in surprise, "Are you confident you won’t get exposed?"

"Even if we’re exposed, it’s no big deal," Yi Jue replied nonchalantly, "Several people have already been exposed... Even you were exposed, no matter what they say, just ignore it."

"In that case, let’s strike," Feng Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief, "What I feared most was affecting your plans. Since that’s not a concern, it’s much easier... Shall we start with the Nascent Soul Rain Prayer Array?"

"That’s what I was thinking," Yi Jue wasn’t arrogant enough to not take such a large swarm of insects seriously. With two Nascent Souls and over a hundred Golden Core insects, she couldn’t handle them alone. "Since we’re out of Spiritual Energy, we can go to White Pebble Beach to replenish."

As she spoke, she flickered and arrived at a spot twenty miles from the production base.

This location could effectively utilize the Rain Prayer Array’s power. Although surrounded by dense insects, she found a clearing spanning over ten yards square, where she first threw out a Hidden Formation, then took out the Nascent Soul Rain Prayer Array Plate.

Feng Jun followed right behind; such a distance was not a problem for him.

Yi Jue activated the Rain Prayer Array while glancing at Feng Jun, "Do you have enough High-grade Spirit Stones? If you have extra, take out a few."

While activating the Rain Prayer Array, she erected a Spiritual Qi Shield. Under the cover of the Hidden Formation, the Spiritual Qi Shield was completely undetectable. Some low-level insects, including the Out-Dust Insect Race, bumped into the Spiritual Qi Shield a few times without even noticing.

Feng Jun did not mind taking out some high-grade Spirit Stones; the Nascent Soul Rain Prayer Array worked best with them, and he believed assisting Hesheng was his responsibility, so having Yi Jue spend money wasn’t right.

So he handed her a Storage Bag, "There’s a hundred high-grade Spirit Stones inside, take them... By the way, do you have any Top-Grade Spirit Stones?"

The High-grade Spirit Stones, which can be stored using a Storage Talisman, would emit some aura, so he stored them in a small Storage Bag,

Yi Jue took them without hesitation, "Last time, I forgot to restock on high-grade Spirit Stones; consider it a loan from you... Top-Grade Spirit Stones, why are you asking? With your current cultivation level, you can’t use them yet."

"At my current level, I won’t use them either," Feng Jun replied with a smile, "But I want to repair the Sun-Mirroring Glass. A senior said it needs at least five hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones for basic repairs."

"Five hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones?" Yi Jue was shocked by this, "With the seniors you know... I only have eight in total, and to gather five hundred, even the four Great Sages fighting in outer space wouldn’t have enough."

Feng Jun furrowed his brows, "Are Top-Grade Spirit Stones that hard to come by? Or is the spiritual energy in Tianqin diminishing?"

"There’s no threat of spiritual energy diminishing in Tianqin," Yi Jue answered seriously, "But the developers have had too much time. Once a world forms, the number of Top-Grade Spirit Stones is basically set. Every piece used cannot be replaced."

"Isn’t it the same with Spirit Stones?" Feng Jun blinked his eyes, "Even High-grade Spirit Stones should decrease with use."

"High-grade Spirit Stones can be created," Yi Jue revealed surprisingly, "This is a secret known only to powerful sects with ancient legacies. Do not tell anyone. With the spirit plants I cultivate myself, I can produce Mid-grade Spirit Stones."

Hearing this, Feng Jun was taken aback, gently tapping his knee with a finger, signaling a question—there was no other way since his Divine Sense was too weak.

The Big Boss replied indifferently, "That’s quite normal, isn’t it? But she’s not entirely correct. In Spirit Plant production, the spirit is not manufactured but rather gathered and transformed by extracting Spiritual Energy."

Feng Jun looked at Yi Jue in astonishment, "Then, when you reach the Out-of-Body stage, will you be able to gather High Spirit?"

"High Spirit is not so easy to gather," Yi Jue shook her head, "First, I must have the Spirit Plant, and then I must be able to cultivate it to the point of gathering High Spirit. I feel that even at the peak of the Out-of-Body stage, I might not have this opportunity."

She was always confident, and hearing her say this, Feng Jun couldn’t help but purse his lips and sigh in frustration, "Extreme Spirit would be even harder to gather."

"As for Extreme Spirit, you need to find a newly formed world," Yi Jue replied seriously, then pointed ahead, "And it can’t be a world with strange laws... To be honest, I think you might want to consider a different approach."

Feng Jun raised his eyebrows and asked, "What approach?"

"Find someone else to cultivate," Yi Jue suggested earnestly, "Ban Yu the True Sage is quite approachable. I can ask him for you if you trust me."

"What’s with trust or distrust? This Sun-Mirroring Glass originally had half of your input, right?" Feng Jun laughed but then frowned immediately, "But this mirror, it’s above True Treasure level... capable of evolving cause and effect."

Yi Jue naturally knew this treasure was above True Treasure level, and seeing him remember that she had a share in this mirror, she was very pleased, though the last sentence startled her, "Evolve cause and effect? No wonder it’s so expensive."

Yet, in the next moment, she was delighted, "In that case, it might even save a lot on repair costs... Can it improve artifact refining skills? Would Ban Yu the True Sage dare to charge us more?"

"I don’t care about repair costs, as long as it’s not Extreme Spirit, High Spirit is just a number," Feng Jun spread his hands, "What I’m worried about now is... Can he repair it well?"

"You two youngsters, just focus on killing the bugs," a thought descended from the heavens, it was Ban Yu the True Sage sensing his name, "You keep mentioning me, isn’t it annoying... Oh, it seems like the bugs have noticed you."

The two Nascent Soul Bugs had strong sensory abilities. When the Rain Prayer Array was first activated, they didn’t realize it — after all, it’s a Nascent Soul level Formation, but as the winds and clouds gathered, they finally sensed something was wrong.

They knew something had happened nearby last night, but now couldn’t find the trigger point of the Spiritual Energy. In anger, they sent attacks in all directions and simultaneously rushed their bodies upwards— as long as they could break through the rainclouds, they would at least be safe.

Yi Jue coldly watched this scene, not in a hurry to launch an attack on the two Nascent Soul Bugs. Her main target was still the bug swarm; once the rain emerged, her Si Ganlin could not only descend from the sky but also overturn the Milky Way.

The two Nascent Soul Bugs did not flush out potential enemies but rather disordered their attacking swarm. They tried to minimize friendly fire, but the sheer number of bugs made it virtually unavoidable.

Fortunately, the Insect Race had a high tolerance for friendly fire. One, because lower-level bugs still lacked intelligence, and two... the phenomenon of bugs preying on each other was quite common among them; they had already grown accustomed to it.

However, such friendly fire would at least impact the attacking route of the bugs.

The two Nascent Soul Bugs ignored everything, continuing with probing attacks. As for notifying other bugs to retreat? That was impossible, as this isolated island below was peculiar, at least having high attack value, and the Insect Race would not retreat even if they died out.

Even if they were all killed, it wouldn’t be in vain, at least consuming the energy and ammunition of the Human Race. If they could thereby uncover some clues about that mysterious power and enrich the Insect Race’s database, then they’d have died worthily.

The two Nascent Soul Bugs sensed something amiss and ascended, making it difficult for Golden Core Bugs to sense the Nascent Soul Formation, but a few clever ones recognized the anomaly and also attempted to soar upwards.

In the next moment, an attack from the Nascent Soul Bugs arrived, "Who told you to desert before the battle?"

There was no helping it; bugs one level higher could oppress lower ones. In the eyes of the Nascent Soul Insect Race, even hundreds of Golden Core Insect Tribe members could be sacrificed as long as it could deplete the Federation’s war potential and probe that mysterious force, it would all be worth it.

Immediately, an attack struck two hundred meters from the Rain Prayer Array, with the massive impact hurling the surrounding bugs in all directions. Yi Jue’s brows furrowed, her body stood up, "Is this still not over?"

The clouds in the sky had gained some considerable thickness, though it was still a bit short of rainfall.

If she were to make a move against those two Nascent Soul Bugs now, there’d be virtually no need to worry about the bugs below catching on.

"Let me handle the two little bugs," Ban Yu the True Sage’s thought descended again, "If we can expose less, then we should expose less; those bugs are exploring our details."

In the next moment, a large mass of white mist suddenly appeared around the two Nascent Soul Bugs, and after a while, as the white mist dispersed, the bugs had vanished without a trace.

The miniature observatories in low Earth orbit faithfully recorded this scene.

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