Chapter 1263: Easy to Find Fault

Chapter 1263 -1123: Easy to Find Fault

After Qu Jianlei split off his divine sense, he gradually replenished his lost spiritual power.

Now, having merged another considerable portion of divine sense, he felt his mind a bit overstretched.

Qu Jianlei felt slightly uncomfortable, instinctively wondering if frequent operations like this could expand his sea of consciousness?

Just like exercising, frequent workouts might make one stronger.

He couldn’t help it; that’s just how he was, his thoughts jumping around too wildly.

After pondering for a moment and getting used to the slight swelling in his mind, he began to receive the information from his split divine sense.

Then he was taken aback, “Where did this come from?”

The capacity of the split divine sense was limited, and the database of the Little Lake was too vast, carrying only some possibly useful data.

However, Black Horse Tower, Qu Jianlei vaguely remembered it being mentioned in some online novel as a replica of the White Horse Tower.

Ever since Bentley advanced to the Supreme level, his perception had greatly improved; he could sense when the boss retracted his divine sense.

But after retracting the divine sense, there was a brief pause, which surprised him a bit.

Upon hearing the question, he responded, “This time back at Paradise, we happened to run into River Technology making things difficult for the people of Green Water…”

As he explained, Qu Jianlei had already received all the information from the divine sense.

“No wonder you brought Xiang Xue along,” Qu Jianlei nodded after hearing this, “Well done.”

“Recently, some things have happened in the Empire. You can ask them for the specifics and discuss tactics for collaboration.”

Upon learning the situation, Paranoid and others found Qu Jianlei again, “Boss, is this really a treasure that can warp time?”

Qu Jianlei nodded, “Most likely, yes.”

“Let me see,” Nutrient Injection also dashed over, “Is there really such a miraculous thing?”

Qu Jianlei originally had some expectations from him—this guy knew more than Granny Jia and Paranoid.

Hearing this, he was a bit disappointed, “I thought you might know something.”

“I can inquire!” Nutrient Injection answered without hesitation, “Give me half a month’s time.”

The next day, Little Lake brought out an improved diagram of the recognizer’s structure.

Seeing this, Qu Jianlei grinned, “You really want me to help split divine sense… do you think I have too little work? Change it to active input!”

The Big Head Butterfly turned half a circle, timidly defending, “But that way, the mutual impact would greatly increase!”

“Find a way to isolate it,” Qu Jianlei instructed without hesitation, “You can’t tell me you didn’t think of that?”

“Computing power is tight,” the Big Head Butterfly slowly turned, even experiencing a lag, “still need to parse Black Horse Tower.”

“Are you planning to milk this?” Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes helplessly; he knew this little miser’s ways all too well.

“I haven’t even asked you to fully crack it yet, I’m thinking we need the original to really process it.”

“Get the original…” Little Lake muttered softly, “That would make things much easier.”

On the thirteenth day, Nutrient Injection gathered information, “The Black Horse Tower was originally in the Awakened Empire Museum and was later lost.”

“Lost?” Qu Jianlei was stunned, “That’s a bit far-fetched, isn’t it?”

Xiang Xue, who had some stake in this, said, “The Awakened Museum is huge, covering over a hundred square kilometers. Well, it’s hard to steal from.”

The Empire’s territory is so vast, they must have collected many things, so a bigger museum is normal.

But her assessment that it was “hard to steal” obviously wasn’t her conclusion, but from her Earth Scholar father.

Upon hearing this, Granny Jia couldn’t help but ask, “What attribute is Mu Guang, Wood Attribute?”

Mu Guang was Xiang Xue’s father. She knew of him but hadn’t met him—there were simply too many Supremes in the Empire.

Xiang Xue nodded, “Yes, he’s hard to contact. Over the years, I’ve only seen him twice.”

Paranoid ignored their chatter, “Since it’s hard to steal, who stole it? Let’s go find them!”

Nutrient Injection had a slightly odd expression, “It disappeared after being inspected by some big shot.”

“Years later, when someone mentioned the missing item, that place caught fire and nothing was left.”

“Damn…” Qu Jianlei and the other Supremes murmured together. After living over a century, who couldn’t understand this?

Only Zi Jiu Immortal was still young, “Then shall we find this big shot?”

“No use; it happened more than a hundred years ago,” Nutrient Injection shook his head, “The person is long gone.”

Claire clenched her fist, eerily stating, “Then let’s find his family.”

The once little girl was now nearing forty, with a level of ruthlessness comparable to Bentley.

“I already said they’re gone,” Nutrient Injection shook his head in amusement, thinking if it were that easy, I’d have taken care of it.

“After his demise, his family faced targeted attacks and scattered long ago.”

Seeing the group still slightly unwilling, he continued to elaborate.

“Multiple factions were involved in hitting his family, making investigations… very difficult.”

Qu Jianlei was taken aback by this and slowly shook his head after a long pause, “Alas.”

Bentley looked at Zi Jiu Immortal, “Can’t Green Water… issue a bounty or something?”

Professor Zi pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head, “I haven’t heard anything about Liang Shui Supreme obtaining imaging data.”

“Green Water Academy issuing a bounty… alas, the influence and power are still somewhat lacking.”

Admitting the shortcomings of her own academy is quite a frustrating thing for her.

Granny Jia nodded, “Green Water’s influence is only within the Hope Star Realm, not to mention ours; even our own bounty is barely feasible.”

From what she said, the team’s current strength has already surpassed Green Water Academy.

This… is indeed true; the influence might be far inferior, but the top combat power has already far exceeded.

The group fell silent upon hearing this, as the team has always been known for being low-key. How could they possibly issue a bounty?

However, Nutrient Injection replied, “I’ve already arranged for an anonymous bounty; spent two billion initially… can we report it?”

“Oh dear,” Bentley replied with a pout, thinking to himself how forty billion was painstakingly earned, and half of it was gone in a blink, “initially?”

Nutrient Injection casually replied, “The person handling it needs to bear the pressure too; it’s impossible not to pay.”

Qu Jianlei nodded after hearing this, “It’s okay, don’t worry about spending money on things like this. With doubled cultivation time, it’s worth spending more.”

This topic ended here, and Granny Jia brought up a past conversation, “Boss, what do you think of Mu Guang?”

Her attitude was clear; she genuinely didn’t want to wait any longer—indeed, they couldn’t afford to wait.

Once Mu Guang arrives, the Wood Attribute of the Five Elements Battle Array will no longer require Qu Jianlei to hold it together.

Once the boss is freed, he could replace her as the Water Attribute Supreme—being attributeless.

Among the supreme members of the team, there are those with dual attributes, Qinghu having metal and earth, and Paranoid even has metal, earth, and electromagnetic.

However, the overlap is too high. Until Nutrient Injection advances to supreme, fire and wood are the biggest weaknesses of the Five Elements Array.

Now the question is, how does the boss feel about Mu Guang, and is he willing to let him access the Five Elements Battle Array.

Qu Jianlei couldn’t answer this question—the Earth Scholar profession, isn’t it just tomb raiding?

But he couldn’t openly question his character either; he could only look at Xiang Xue: What do you think?

Xiang Xue hesitated for a moment; it was apparent she wasn’t very confident about her father either.

Then she answered, “He’s quite busy, often unreachable, and even if contacted, he may not have time to come over.”

Paranoid straightforwardly expressed, “Just tell us about his character.”

His words were indeed blunt, but being above supreme and having a supreme partner, he truly didn’t have to worry much.

Honestly, most teams need someone like that.

Just like those constantly active WeChat groups, there are always those who like to forward messages, those who enjoy banter, those into sports, those who like to share food, and those who enjoy commenting… a proper group leader is optional.

“His character… is decent,” Xiang Xue didn’t exaggerate, “He has ideas, sometimes quite peculiar.”

“Generation gap,” Mu Yu stated without hesitation, “In my youth, I couldn’t understand the thoughts of the elders.”

Paranoid continued asking, “Would he leak details or related information?”

This time Xiang Xue shook her head, “He wouldn’t; most things he doesn’t even tell me.”

The Archaeology Enthusiast Association is not a public organization; often operating in grey areas, they are indeed careful about their rhetoric.

But Paranoid just had to argue, “There’s no need to tell you; would their internal communication be any less?”

Mu Yu’s partner sang along, “It wouldn’t be; such organizations must occasionally provide some confidential information to enhance cohesion.”

Both made valid points, but Nutrient Injection spoke again.

“Contact him; if he doesn’t come, let it be. If he does, he won’t leak anything.”

Xiang Xue shot him a suspicious glance; she’d heard that Nutrient Injection had a deep connection with someone above supreme: Is this a threat to my father?

But how to put it? She also hopes her father can access more secrets, broadening his horizons while proving he’s indeed grown up.

Anyway, Nutrient Injection didn’t directly say anything threatening; she pretended not to understand.

So she nodded, “Alright, let him come to Qingyuan Star?”

Qu Jianlei didn’t oppose Mu Guang; there were already various factions in the team, such as couples, alumni, and Garbage Star. Adding a father-daughter duo wouldn’t matter.

The Nutrient Injection he brought in was even a bit inexplicable.

Nutrient Injection nodded, “Yes, we’ll only take up a bit of his time, not too long.”

From what he said, he wasn’t planning to recruit Mu Guang into the team, just temporarily filling in.

That made sense; Mu Guang had his career and couldn’t roam the interstellar with them.

Qu Jianlei clapped his hands, “Alright, let’s end this matter here. Now I have good news to announce…”

“The Awakened Magic Recognizer has developed its first-generation version to identify friend or foe.”

Definitely not the final version, but with battlefield application possible, even a primitive version is better than none.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, Paranoid’s words were quite representative.

“We were just complaining, and boss, you’ve truly developed it?”