Chapter 90 Inference

"However, at least I know one thing, that is, my speed of action and prediction, combined with my Zanpakuken, can definitely fight the slime creatures one-on-one for a long time."

“Tonnage difference isn’t everything!”

"Unfortunately, my teammates couldn't hold on for too long. Their skills and awareness were still far behind."

Li Yi's mind flashed, and he controlled the Pluto mecha to attack again.

The three smaller slime creatures around him had been stopped by his teammates.

The next one or two minutes will be his best one-on-one time.

If we can find the location of the divine nucleus within this time...

You may not lose!

The Zanpakuto sword was raised in the air, with a loud bang and a cold light shining on the sharp blade.

At the same time, a vast amount of divinity was stimulated by him, forming a dark blue sword light, which condensed on the tip of the sword. In the extremely cold and icy weather, the surrounding air, large pieces of frost condensed out of thin air and fell all over the sky.

Then, he aimed at the slime life, took a step forward and thrust forward, extending the sword's edge in place and stabbing into it.

With a sizzling sound, the slime creature had no time to dodge, and its outermost layer of greasy and slippery skin only provided a slight resistance before being pierced by the sword.

The slime creature obviously didn't care. The pierced part cracked slightly, and its divinity offset the tearing force brought by the sword light. It directly released its Zanpakuto and pierced through it. Then it expanded its body and rushed towards the Pluto mecha like a dark cloud.

However, the next moment, something happened that the slime creature did not expect.

I saw that a large amount of extremely cold and ice, the extremely cold and hellish divinity of Hades, and unprecedented coldness were instantly transmitted from one side of the sword, instantly covering the lower body of the slime creature.

Then, the sword light flickered and slashed to the right!

Tear it apart!

The frozen slime creature split cleanly in the middle, breaking into two halves.

Moreover, since a large amount of mucus in its body was frozen, it lost its elasticity and fluidity. After it fell to the ground, it instantly turned into blue-black ice chips all over the sky.

"It's a bit effective, let's do it again!"

Li Yi knew that this freezing effect could be used to directly control and kill opponents within 50 meters.

But the opponent's huge slime creature can completely offset it instantly with the huge amount of divinity in its body.

All he could seize was a split-second opportunity to cut off the opponent's opponent and turn the battle situation to his advantage.

The Zanpakuken slashed again, and the upper half of the slime creature actually dispersed its body on its own initiative, pouring onto the ground and merging with the large amount of ice debris that fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the slime creature in its complete form jumped up from the ground again, and its huge body wrapped around him.

The Pluto Mecha neither retreated nor avoided, but slashed with the sword.

Ding!!! After a loud noise like metal hitting metal, the air wave swept wildly, and the Zanpakuken stayed where it was, unable to move forward an inch.

In the cockpit, Li Yi's expression changed slightly.

It was actually blocked by the slime creature?

Is this a slime creature that has strengthened its body with extreme divinity?

It seems that the slime creatures still have some combat intelligence.

The waves in Li Yi's heart disappeared instantly, and he was immersed in a state of absolute emptiness again, concentrating on fighting the slime creatures.

…

This time, the performance of the group was indeed much better than last time.

The speed and fluency of Sun Duxiu's Liqiong Mecha when dodging were indeed stronger than last time.

"I saw it, vaguely. It turns out that this is the world in Li Yi's eyes."

Although it was short, although it was just a momentary experience.

But when dodging the attacks of the slime creatures several times, Sun Duxiu had a rough idea of ​​what the opponent might do in the next few seconds after I made this move.

Normally, based on experience, most people can also rely on their instincts to make a few quick predictions.

But more importantly, it is a step of prediction.

At this moment, Sun Duxiu seemed to have grasped some tricks to accurately predict two or three steps, and he was ecstatic.

Although compared with Li Yi's level of overall control, it is still far from it.

But at this moment, Sun Duxiu had undoubtedly grasped the context and found the core of defeating the strong with the weak.

In the special class, Sun Duxiu's fighting skills were naturally well-honed, and coupled with his status as a strength god, his foundation was far superior to that of everyone else, which was extraordinary.

At this moment, he saw hope of breaking through the bottleneck in martial arts that had trapped him for many years. It was right in front of him. He felt like he was exploding, and the more he fought, the more excited he became.

Pah!!! The Powerful Mech covered its palm with divinity, grabbed the sticky creature, and pulled it hard to both sides.

It was seen that compared with the slime creature, this exhausted mecha was like a child, and the divinity in its body seemed to be about to explode, and it was outputing madly.

"Split it open for me!"

Divine Skill, tear! Splatter! The lower half of the slime creature's body was torn apart, and immediately all the slime poured down, covering the entire body of the powerless mecha.

In an instant, a huge amount of divinity was taken away and absorbed by the slime creatures, and the bright yellow Liqiong Mecha suddenly became dim.

Energy deprivation!

…

Hiss~ The helmet popped out, and Sun Duxiu smacked his lips and said:

"I hit you so hard that I forgot the slime creatures have this trick."

Everyone around them, except for Yao Shiwan and Zheng Xueyuan who were working together in this group, had naturally come out a long time ago.

Sun Duxiu was holding on alone, and he was too excited this time, so naturally he couldn't last as long as Yao Shiwan and Zheng Xueyuan.

"Sun Duxiu, you only lasted a little over a minute longer this time than last time. That's not good enough."

Tan Haoran teased.

Sun Duxiu was stunned and said, "From what you said, the others lasted longer?"

Tan Haoran smiled and said, "Anyway, our group is only a step behind you."

What this means is that this time they have persisted for four minutes, or close to four minutes.

This is a huge improvement.

You know, the last time the combination of Tan Haoran and Zhang Xuqiang only lasted a little over a minute!

Although the result is the same, it means that everyone’s training this week was not in vain.

When facing an enemy with a huge difference in strength, the longer you persist, the greater the benefits will naturally be.

Tan Haoran only chuckled, and there was a hint of self-satisfaction in his laughter. He said, "From this moment on, I feel that the ninth divine gene has shown some signs of growth!"

Sun Duxiu said unhappily, "Hey, you guys are a team of two, and you're slower than me alone, what's there to be proud of?"

Tan Haoran said, "That's different. The gap between you and me was probably something I couldn't make up until graduation. But now, that may not be the case."

Sun Duxiu snorted, "Just wait, my ninth divine gene will condense successfully if I try again!"

As he was speaking, the combination of Yao Shiwan and Zheng Xueyuan also popped up.

Zuo Ying praised: "Sister Wan and Sister Xueyuan lasted almost five minutes this time, which is very good."

Zheng Xueyuan said with a smile: "It's mainly because Sister Wan's divine skills are stronger this time. She keeps burning and burning. I just help her and don't play a big role."

The pharmacist smiled and said, "Sister Xueyuan's mecha skills are actually quite good. This time she helped me to contain the opponent, so that I could concentrate on launching the optimized divine skills."

Tan Haoran was surprised:

"Damn, have you already started to optimize your divine skills? How is the optimization effect?"

Pharmacist Wan said: "This is also a preliminary trial. Compared with the previous power, it is about 15% stronger."

Everyone became envious.

Divine skill optimization is another lesson that mecha pilots need to master after they have mastered the divine skills and become quite proficient in them.

After all, this is not a static skill.

It will grow with the strength of the mecha pilot, and may even become a lifelong skill.

Among them, the direction of optimizing divine skills is generally to cause greater damage, stronger special effects, or less load pressure with the same loss.

Generally speaking, only mid-level evolvers have a relatively sufficient total amount of divinity and the corresponding operational sophistication to optimize divine skills.

Yao Shiwan was able to optimize her divine skills with eight divine genes, which was obviously an improvement brought about by the sophistication of her operation.

For example, Sun Duxiu, whose fighting style is rougher and whose divine skills are more bold, would find it difficult to do this at this stage.

"By the way, Zuo Ying, did you make any additional discoveries this time?"

As for Yao Shiwan, although she was satisfied with her own progress, she obviously did not like the feeling of being the center of attention.

So she quickly changed the subject.

Zuo Ying said: "This time, Brother Yi asked me to pay more attention to the surrounding situation, and I did make a new discovery."

Everyone was cheered up.

"What did you find?"

Zuo Ying said:

"This time, Cai Xiaodong and I were wandering around the periphery, and we discovered that there was indeed the scent of the fifth giant creature, but it was too faint, as if it was deliberately hidden. If it weren't for my improved strength this time, and if I hadn't paid more attention to it under Brother Yi's instructions, I might not have been able to discover it."

Cai Xiaodong asked: "If this fifth giant creature really exists, why didn't it come out and wipe us out instantly like it did to the advance team?"

Everyone had the same doubts.

"Maybe they don't bother to attack us."

"That's possible. Maybe we need to reach the level of the advance team in terms of strength."

Yao Shiwan said: "Although our strength has improved a lot, our configuration is still obviously inferior to that of the advance team. Therefore, everyone should not be complacent, and still need to maintain the state of hard practice."

Cai Xiaodong smiled and said, "Have you noticed that Yao Shiwan's tone and demeanor are becoming more and more like Li Yi?"

"Oh my god, really, they look a bit like a couple, or are they just handsome guys and beautiful girls who look similar? I can't even see their faces."

Sun Duxiu also stroked his chin and looked at him carefully.

"Damn, you two are not secretly having an affair, are you?" Cai Xiaodong said with a sigh.

Yao Shi Wan's face darkened: "You two stop exaggerating! Don't just spread rumors! We are innocent, okay!"

Zheng Xueyuan also smiled and said, "Sister Wan'er, when are you going to confess? If you don't, then I will."

Yao Shiwan scolded, "Go away, go away, you are so young, why are you making such a fuss? It's nonsense!"

…

"23 minutes have passed. Li Yi now has the Zanpakutō, which really gives him more power."

After waiting for a long time, Sun Duxiu sighed: "It seems that the gap between me and Li Yi has not narrowed, but widened."

Cai Xiaodong smiled and said, "Sun Duxiu, you are the fourth strongest person in our class, and your strength may even be ranked in the top three. You should have some strength and stop sighing all the time."

Sun Duxiu said:

"I am a nobody. The universe is so vast, and there are so many strong people. The Yaochi ship is just a small platform. I am not happy at all that I am ranked in the top four of the special class here."

"Especially Li Yi, a true genius, is ranked below me, which proves that the ranking is completely worthless."

While talking.

With a hiss, Li Yi's helmet popped open.

Everyone looked over quickly and said:

"Li Yi, did you succeed in killing a slime creature in the end?"

"How's the evidence being found?"

Li Yi smiled and said:

"I have some evidence, but not much. It probably can't form a complete chain of evidence. But I know the general situation."

Cai Xiaodong said: "It's a pity. If we can do it, we can get the reward. This time, our overall gain is the lowest."

The pharmacist said gently, "I think that this is the biggest gain."

"Yes, you have successfully optimized the damage of the divine skill by 15% and put it into practice."

Li Yi was surprised and said, "Pharmacist Wan has been able to optimize his divine skills. Congratulations."

Pharmacist Wan's fair face suddenly flushed, and she said with a smile:

"Congratulations. You deserve half of the credit. Without you, I wouldn't be able to make such rapid progress."

At this time, Cai Xiaodong was not in a hurry to join in the fun and encourage the couple to ship the couple, but instead quickly asked about Li Yi's situation:

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Li Yi, you said that you know the cause of death of the advance team. Can you tell me more about it?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Let me briefly explain. It's too specific and cannot be confirmed yet."

"First of all, there is no doubt that the fifth giant creature exists. The puzzling part is why it hasn't made a move yet after we entered the fifth level twice."

"Based on what I saw while wandering around, and the exact locations of the two mecha wreckages I got from Zheng Xueyuan, I think this fifth giant creature might be evolving or sleeping."

"evolution?"

This possibility seems high.

If everyone enters the actual scene according to their original habits and accidentally awakens this huge creature, wouldn't it be another ending of total destruction?

Everyone was shocked.

Cai Xiaodong's forehead was already covered with cold sweat. After thinking for a while, he quickly asked, "Li Yi, how did you determine that the other party was evolving or sleeping, and not deliberately hiding? Is it also a trace?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "Traces are one thing. When I was wandering around, I used the detection system to observe the surrounding environment and found the approximate location of the laboratory."

"Do you remember the slime creature that escaped from the lab?"

"That slime creature, due to the transformation by the Gourd Man, has acquired powerful biting and eating abilities."

"I discovered another important fact in the residual track after it left the laboratory, which made me revise some of my previous conclusions."

"That is, when the magnetic mecha entered the laboratory, it did not flee, but dispersed to search!"

"While he was searching, he was discovered by the slime creature that had already escaped, and was directly attacked and devoured!"

"But the slime creature was not at its strongest state at that time, so it didn't leave it behind when it was chasing the Magnetic Mecha."

"But since it has already devoured a part of the body of the Explosive Magnetic Mecha, its strength has begun to expand, and it has gradually awakened other slime creatures that have not been modified to a greater degree!"

"Then, the four members of the advance team were instantly wiped out!"

After listening to what Li Yi said, not only did everyone break out in cold sweats, they couldn't help but get goose bumps all over their bodies.

Even if Li Yi did not describe it in detail, they could imagine the horrific experience of the advance team being devoured and only partial wreckage was left.

Because in the divine mecha, the human body's senses are magnified countless times.

And if they have to face such a powerful enemy in a month and a half, even the strongest warriors will be afraid.

…

There was a long silence on the field.

Cai Xiaodong said in a bitter voice:

"So, this is the whole truth behind the annihilation of the advance team?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Not all yet. What I saw and the evidence I could find are not enough to confirm the second half of my guess. I just made an inference based on all the traces produced on the fifth level. There is no evidence for this."

"There is evidence that what happened is that the first body we found under the lava was not the last one to escape, but the first victim."

"Also, the remains of the advance team. I wandered around for a long time, but could only find very small fragments."

"And the fact that there are traces of a fifth giant creature that is gradually growing in size."

"These are the only things that are certain to have happened, but I am not sure whether the giant creature evolved by devouring it or grew on its own."

Sun Duxiu smiled bitterly: "The truth is often as sharp as a knife. It seems that with our strength configuration, we can't think of taking revenge during the field exploration."

Tan Haoran nodded heavily, and had to admit this fact, saying, "If we go over like this, we will definitely be killed, unless there is a stronger and more powerful person to lead the team to take down this biting slime creature that is suspected to be the culprit, or in other words, that thing will not wake up in the short term."

Li Yi said:

"Let's discuss this later. Our current mission is to improve and train. Whether or not we should explore the fifth level later is another matter."

Zheng Xueyuan smiled and said, "Everyone, don't be so depressed. At worst, you can just not go to the fifth level and end your exploration at the level-up pool."

The pharmacist shook his head and said:

"It's not that simple. Since we will be part of the exploration team, we won't be able to make the decision ourselves."

Li Yi didn't rush to talk about the fact that they might join the mobile team at that time.

After all, there is not even a hint of fate yet.

As for the psychological burden and concerns of the crowd, there is no need to say anything at this time. It is a good thing to let them digest it on their own.

Because in an emergency during wartime, no one will have the time to provide psychological mediation to others.

Only those who have experienced hundreds of battles and have a strong will are the warriors who can truly shine forever.

At this time, Cai Xiaodong said, "Tan Haoran, there is no time to lose. During the extra training in the afternoon, please train me a few more times."

Tan Haoran sighed and said, "But I also want to find an expert to train me."

Li Yi smiled and said, "During extra practice, let's try one against many. I'll fight you guys alone to strike a balance. This way, both sides will gain something."

Cai Xiaodong's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea!"

Everyone thought about it and decided that this was a good idea. From today on, there would be one more extra training item.

…

In Chen Qiongzhi's office.

Li Yi told Chen Qiongzhi all the evidence he had discovered before and his conjectures.

Chen Qiongzhi's face didn't look good either.

"What you said is indeed very likely."

"However, I think there are still some imprecisions, or in other words, missing details and key processes."

Chen Qiongzhi tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers and thought, "How about this, let's go to the Text and Cryptography Research Center to see if there is anything we can find from the gourd man symbols and notes you found earlier."

"If the notes contained experimental data and related information about slime creatures, it might be able to support your inference."

Li Yi nodded and said:

"That sounds like a good idea, but what if they haven't cracked it yet, instructor?"

Chen Qiongzhi said: "I can't do anything. We are in a period of lack of control there, and the advance team sent by the other two ships has not arrived yet."

"Our remaining standing team is not strong enough to go deep inside to find evidence. You can only explore the situation in virtual reality to find out what's going on inside."

"Let's go first. If it really doesn't work, then we can talk about it later. Just follow me."

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Do I have to go too? I plan to stay and practice more."

"We can practice more after we have finished the work. In the current situation, the sooner we find out the truth, the sooner we can make corresponding arrangements. Time waits for no one!"

Chen Qiongzhi stood up, opened the window, and jumped out again in a hurry.

Li Yi had no choice but to jump over.

"Instructor, why do we have to take this route this time? Is the research center also on the angled platform of this dome?"

"No, it just saves time."

As he spoke, Li Yi followed Chen Qiongzhi and jumped quickly.

After a short while, the two of them quickly arrived at the dome.

Hold on to the extended iron pole with your hands and crawl quickly horizontally.

Li Yi was speechless. The height was about two hundred meters.

If he fell, even if he was a first-level evolver, he would be turned into a meat paste, right? Of course, he had divine power to stimulate and protect his body, and his physique was good and his skills were amazing. Falling would not be fatal, but injuries were inevitable.

After a while, Chen Qiongzhi reached out and opened a door the size of a manhole cover and crawled through with great ease.

Li Yi followed behind Chen Qiongzhi and went in.

The ground where we stood immediately became flat.

Looking up, I saw a dome ten meters above.

"This is the third dome of cabin 12. It is used to protect the first and second domes to prevent the hull from being hit by a meteor and causing direct damage and air leakage."

Chen Qiongzhi explained:

"This entrance is reserved for maintenance personnel. If we go through here, we can save at least half the detour and directly reach the Text and Cryptography Research Center in Cabin 13."

Li Yi asked curiously: "If someone does not have the authority, can they enter other cabins from here?"

"No, you still need permission to leave other cabins."

As he spoke, Li Yi followed Chen Qiongzhi and ran at high speed.

The ground here is flat and there are no obvious obstacles, so it is indeed very fast to run.

Soon, in just a few minutes, the two arrived at the edge of cabin 12, and after passing the authority check, they entered cabin 13.

…

Then, he ran around cabin 13 for a while, found a manhole cover-like access valve, opened it directly, and entered.

In just a few minutes, they arrived at the Text and Cryptography Research Center, a small building over 30 meters high and covering an area of ​​500 to 600 square meters.

Following Chen Qiongzhi, we passed through various checkpoints and finally arrived at an office on the 3rd floor.

On the door of the office, it is written "Department of Alien Writing Research".

Chen Qiongzhi pushed the door open very skillfully.

"Lao Zhang, have you deciphered anything from the Hulu Civilization text I sent you last time?"

As soon as I opened the door, a strong and pungent smell of smoke came out.

Li Yi stepped in and smelled the sour odor of feet again.

To his keen senses, this was no different from chemical damage, and he immediately covered his nose with his hands.

In front of us, piles of folders and printed papers taller than people were piled up like a mountain, blocking our view.

Walking further, a half-bald old man concentrating on writing appeared in the field of vision.

I only heard the old man say in a hoarse voice:

"Gourd civilization? We did decipher a little bit, but it's too difficult. It's just a little bit."

"Then tell me quickly!"

(End of this chapter)