Chapter 1262: Shoddy Workmanship

Chapter 1262 -1122: Shoddy Workmanship

The gel-like biological pressure brought unprecedented stress to everyone, and they all discussed how to respond if a situation arises.

Both the Five Elements Battle Array and the near-ground leap methods have been thought of by everyone, along with other response and cooperation measures.

As a result, in the following two days, everyone stopped cultivation and focused solely on discussing various collaborations.

This situation is indeed rare within this team.

The reason why everyone feels the cooperation is quite tacit is because each member is an elite, and their sense of cooperation is not lacking.

Especially since actual combat is the best way to cultivate the sense of cooperation, the successive fierce battles have allowed everyone to find their own positions.

However, although such coordination is exquisite, it is nearly instinctive, so discussing some necessary strategies is also very important.

Just like the Five Elements Battle Array that Qu Jianlei asked everyone to practice, can it spontaneously form combat power without practice?

No matter how clearly he explains everyone’s position and methods, time must be spent to enhance the compatibility.

Those instinctive collaborations only showcase the individual’s combat quality, while strategies are equally essential.

Unfortunately, everyone is a prodigy and has their own secrets.

Coordinating the practice of the Five Elements Battle Array is tolerable, but small tactical cooperation really doesn’t interest them.

But it’s different now, with huge pressure looming, it’s indeed time to enrich combat methods.

That afternoon, Granny Jia found Qu Jianlei, “Boss, if I can advance beyond the Supreme level, it would benefit the team.”

Granny Jia couldn’t hold back anymore, her condition had already returned to its peak, and she wanted to ask about breaking through.

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and replied, “It’s about time, but the situation is serious now… complete closed-door time is hard to find.”

To attempt a Nascent Soul breakthrough, one would need at least two or three years of secluded cultivation, right?

This cultivation is different from ordinary practice; once interrupted, you can choose a time node to exit.

During breakthrough seclusion, if interrupted, the state must be readjusted for future seclusion.

Although Granny Jia has undergone life extension and spiritual qi nourishment, her age is still advanced, so it’s not advisable to take risks lightly.

Granny Jia blinked a few times, then asked, “Will there be tribulation thunder when I break through?”

Qu Jianlei shook his head, “I am not certain about that, but based on analysis, some strange occurrences are highly likely.”

Granny Jia thoughtfully asked, “Is it better for me to seclude myself at the new base then?”

That’s the essence of the matter; if she wants to seclude herself at the new base, she must have a Dharma Protector.

The base is not particularly secure; last time, they encountered surviving explorers who pretended to be military to get by.

After squatting there for three months without encountering any other guests, they chose not to relocate the base.

But that doesn’t mean the base is absolutely safe.

If there’s going to be protection, at least one or two Supremes need to remain behind, right?

Normally, extracting two Supremes from the team for protection isn’t difficult.

But the gel-like creatures escaped from the Divine Text Association, and everyone’s facing potential risks that are rapidly increasing.

Not to mention Granny Jia is also an indispensable part of the Five Elements Battle Array.

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and replied, “If you’re really in a hurry, breaking through here is feasible; perhaps rain summoning could obscure it.”

Rain summoning cannot obscure the lightning tribulation during Embracing Pill—the energy is too terrifying, let alone the phenomena during Nascent Soul Formation.

But in the end, it’s better than nothing, especially in the Earl’s territory where the area is vast and few people can witness.

Of course, strong phenomena will surely attract government and military attention.

However, if someone wants to investigate, they have to consider the existence of the Sealing Land Technique.

Honestly, if not breaking through on a barren planet, this place is nearly the best choice.

“Rain summoning…” Granny Jia certainly knows what he means, “Unfortunately, besides me, there’s no other Water Attribute in the team.”

There’s Xiang Xue, Qu Jianlei sighed inwardly, the team’s attribute distribution is really imbalanced; mutated attributes are quite numerous.

“This matter needs to be discussed with everyone.”

By everyone, he means the other Supremes; A-level is basically not considered.

In the Imperial system, the leader’s authority is very high, especially in their kind of desperado team, authority is valued more.

However, without a necessary reason, Qu Jianlei doesn’t like to act unilaterally.

This habit was developed from Blue Star; he prefers respecting everyone’s opinions—also considered brainstorming.

Yet in other Imperial groups, his behavior might be seen as weak, unlike a leader.

But then again, his team is different, with not just three or five rebellious individuals; who wouldn’t have some temperament?

Even Granny Jia couldn’t say anything—it’s true that the boss is very concerned about the team.

Upon hearing Granny Jia’s request, even the usually unruly paranoid merely sighed, “Alas, no Water Attribute.”

Mu Yu and the Nutrient Injection didn’t utter a word, yet Qinghu said, “I do have a Water Attribute buddy.”

As she spoke, she even intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the Nutrient Injection.

It was clear that everyone took the Five Elements Battle Array very seriously, seeing it as an important trump card for the team.

Mu Yu spoke up, “Senior and I haven’t had much contact with the current Supremes, but… is it okay to spread this battle array?”

Nutrient Injection hesitated for a moment and also spoke, “I also have a trustworthy Supreme friend, if anything goes wrong I’ll be responsible.”

Of course it’s not you who will be responsible! Qu Jianlei was very clear about this; it would be the Supreme behind you who would be responsible.

He really wanted to agree then and there, but favoring Nutrient Injection and not Qinghu wasn’t very good, was it?

Moreover, the faction where Nutrient Injection belonged had two attributes of the battle array… also not very suitable, as there was a Great Power backing the opponent.

It’s best not to easily undertake considerations of human nature.

So he looked towards Granny Jia, “Everyone neither supports nor opposes, so you decide.”

The old lady also understood everyone’s choices—after all, nobody wanted to speak up, as they depended on the Five Elements Battle Array for survival.

However, she really didn’t want to wait any longer, so she nodded slightly, “Let’s wait until Bentley returns and see what he thinks.”

That very night, the Big Head Butterfly circled around again, “Boss, I’ve calculated the mechanism to identify friend or foe!”

“Really?” Qu Jianlei was immediately excited upon hearing this, “This good news really came at the right time.”

Currently, the greatest pressure on him was that strange gel-like life form.

Not only was the opponent powerful, but it also resided within a longsword, moving at an incredible speed, and ordinary techniques might not be able to attack it.

But the team was not lacking in experts; besides being able to form a battle array, some could also launch free attacks.

Having a means to bombard indiscriminately at this time was really good news.

After receiving the message from Little Lake, he carefully distinguished it and couldn’t help but smile.

“You lazy thing, isn’t this just what I was talking about? And you used so much computational power for this?”

He had pondered over the problem of identifying friend or foe before, and ultimately felt that using breath to distinguish was a better approach.

However, he had Little Lake work out the specific procedural steps, without setting a time limit, treating it as a long-term task.

Unexpectedly, Little Lake quietly came up with something, but it had hardly any creativity.

He frowned slightly, “I’ll tolerate the divine sense, but do I need to make each one individually?”

Currently, the only one in the team who could use divine sense was himself, and he hadn’t had the chance to teach it to everyone yet.

Little Lake’s idea was to have him collect the breath of each person—preferably with divine sense and breath.

Then solidify the divine sense and breath so that everyone carries their teammates’ divine sense, removing concerns about attacking incorrectly.

This method was not only crude, but crucially, a teammate’s breath or divine sense could not guarantee complete immunity to attacks.

Awakened individuals would not be attacked by their techniques, but this wasn’t just for this reason; it also included self-identification, homogeneity, etc.

The solution proposed by Little Lake clearly overlooked other factors; it could only be said to be better than nothing.

The Big Head Butterfly circled twice and expressed grievance, “You can amplify the influence of divine sense and breath, I’m already working on it.”

Qu Jianlei was both exasperated and amused, “Putting a pile of identifiers on everyone… are you afraid others won’t notice?”

Little Lake countered with reason, “They can be compiled together, but what about the mutual influence of breaths? Your workload will also increase.”

“It should still be compiled together, with attention to isolation,” Qu Jianlei casually replied, “Improve on it.”

Little Lake responded, “Improving that point is easy, see if there are any other changes needed?”

Qu Jianlei helplessly shook his head, “Let’s improve this point first, looks like we’ll need to design a small technique for recognizing one’s own breath.”

He thought it was a headache; in the past, when he modified cultivation techniques, there was a reference, but now he had to design the method himself.

But there was no choice; as the team’s leader, who would do it if he didn’t?

Little Lake couldn’t help but mutter, “Didn’t you see the hard part I did? This is combined with the array!”

“You must be kidding,” Qu Jianlei grunted in exasperation.

“According to your initial design, everyone would carry a bunch of array plates; do you think… others are blind?”

The Big Head Butterfly spun around, “I didn’t consider this, I’m not human; they don’t even have independent consciousness!”

“Forget it, I’m not talking with you anymore, I’m going to redesign it!”

Two days later, Bentley returned with more people; three went and four came back.

Granny Jia looked at Xiang Xue, who came along, a bit surprised, “Is this a case of will come true?”

Bentley, on the other hand, was excitedly heading to find Qu Jianlei with Silver Fir in tow, “Boss, we got something good this time!”

Qu Jianlei nodded to him first, didn’t ask any questions, and took back the divine sense from Silver Fir.

A divine sense that had been separated for too long might develop a second personality, which he couldn’t accept.

Besides, directly accessing the memories from the divine sense was more convenient than listening to others narrate.

The robotic stand-in immediately stood there.