Chapter 425: Hunting Cooperation

Vanessa saw Lin Xian's reaction and said,

"It needs to be cultivated through a cultivation device using the selected blood essence and the cultivator's DNA. After success, this blood essence is then swallowed. The process isn't complicated. First, this cultivation device is very precious, and the cultivation isn't 100% successful. It might take many Level 3 blood essences to succeed once. You also know the value of blood essence at this level; once it fails, the losses are heavy."

"And this blood essence also has to have... compatibility with the person's ability?" Monica spoke up at this moment.

"Yes, so the difficulty and cost are quite high," Vanessa said. "However, you can cooperate with us. There are two ways to obtain blood essence. The first is direct hunting. Level 3 blood essence requires hunting at least an A-level Anomaly. We Rangers know which sea areas have suitable targets that won't easily trigger a tide disaster. The second is black market exchange and purchase. The problem is that whether the compatibility is suitable is just a gamble."

"The compatibility you mentioned, is it the commonality between the Anomaly's ability and the ability user's? For example, a fire-breathing Anomaly and a fire-type ability user?" Shu Qin asked.

"Yes," Gedi said at this moment. "However, these are all rumors. There are many so-called 'experiences and insights' about these things now, but they aren't necessarily reliable."

As she spoke, she looked at Ding Junyi. "You have professional scientists; you can consider it yourselves."

"Then what about the cultivation device you mentioned?" Lin Xian asked at this moment.

Vanessa responded, "Don't worry about that. We have people in the Sea Group who can solve your problem. As long as it's a Destruction-level above 5,000, there is at least a 90% chance of awakening a lattice."

"OK." Lin Xian nodded and looked at her. "Then tell me, what do you need me to provide?"

Vanessa looked at Lin Xian, her youthful face flashing with some depth, and then she said to Lin Xian,

"We want to hunt a batch of Special-level ones and would like to invite you to join. If successful, we can get at least 5 Level 4 blood essences!"

Lin Xian's eyes narrowed. "A batch?"

He wanted to confirm if he had misheard the unit. Although Lin Xian had killed more than one Special-level on the Dawn City battlefield, that was while piloting the Gray Mist Envoy. Facing those Special-levels that were as large as buildings face-to-face as an ability user was truly suffocating. For example, the Abyss Worm in Xilan had brought quite a disaster to the whole city.

"Yes, but it's not just us. There are other forces. There are at least seven or eight people with lattice-evolved ability peaks over 10,000. We also have heavy firepower. If we add you, we might have more certainty."

"Wait."

Xiang Xiang Ningjing's expression was surprised at this moment. "You are hunting Special-levels just for Level 4 blood essence for lattice evolution?"

"That's right," Gedi said. "Sometimes, actively defeating danger is so that you won't fear danger after evolution."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Xiang Ningjing was a bit speechless. Of course, she knew this principle, but they didn't have such awareness regarding this lattice. If it were a Dark Mark, she could fully understand the intention. At other times, the purpose of the fleet obtaining blood essence was to exchange for supplies, so they would only hunt the most ordinary D-level or C-level Anomalies. Special-levels were at the level of a threatened city; no fleet was idle enough to go looking for trouble with such big guys.

Lin Xian said upon hearing this, "It sounds like you have been planning for a long time. How many Special-levels are there specifically, what is the disaster situation, and have you considered the monster tide?"

Lin Xian also had the same thoughts as Xiang Xiang Ningjing. Actively looking for Special-levels was definitely not a rational thing to do. Although he was very interested in this lattice seed, Lin Xian's mind had always been clear. This kind of thing required deep consideration of the risks and benefits.

"The specific situation..."

"Vanessa." Gedi interrupted Vanessa at this moment and signaled to her with her eyes. "They don't know what the lattice specifically is yet and still need to understand it."

Gedi saw Lin Xian's expression at this moment and probably guessed some of Lin Xian's thoughts, so she said, "If there are no accidents, there are quite a few people from the Shengcheng and other organizational forces around Haiyan Island. We might encounter them after dawn. If you don't leave the island tomorrow, you can come to our maritime safe zone. You can get many answers there."

"Good."

Lin Xian looked at the time upon hearing this and then said, "Thank you for providing a lot of useful information. We are not out of danger yet. You can rest in the carriage, and we will negotiate again after dawn."

After speaking, he signaled to Chen Sixuan and Sun Yuzhen, "Teacher Chen, Yuzhen, arrange a place for these two friends to rest."

Late at night, inside the empty orbital station, it was pitch black everywhere, and eerie sounds continued in the dark alleys. The Infinite was quietly docked at a platform in the middle, its armor covered tightly and icy cold. Because the lights were not on, there was only a faint light from the cold-light lamps through the gaps in the blackout curtains.

More than twenty people in the carriage were resting quietly. Tonight, Qian Dele's team was on night watch. Shu Qin, Lv Chang, Luo Yang, and others were observing the dark night outside the carriage with full concentration. Besides that, Viola, the AI, had taken over the entire vehicle's sentry system to monitor. In Carriage No. 6, Vanessa and Gedi were resting there. Looking at the well-equipped weapons and drone systems in the vehicle, Gedi said with a deep expression,

"The strength of this Infinite is indeed powerful. Among these 20 people, at least three are Angel-level, and the others are at worst Violent-level and Destruction-level. The elite team mode is indeed capable of survival."

"I can see that," Vanessa said, wearing headphones and holding her handheld console to pass the time. "That fire-type ability user took out three Red Bones in one move. I thought at the time that he must be Angel-level. I could only do that if I activated the lattice."

"Vanessa, why did you think of inviting him to join the hunt?" Gedi asked. "He is not an ordinary person; he is the Phoenix Society's Sword-Bearer."

"I know~"

Vanessa looked relaxed and easygoing. "I only proposed this cooperation because I know he is the Sword-Bearer, because he must be very interested in this kind of power enhancement. After all, what he faces is either S-level or Corpse-Driver. The despair and pressure he experiences are stronger than anyone else's, so Special-levels are not a difficulty for him at all."

"That's not what I'm talking about," Gedi said. "He is a Sword-Bearer and possesses resources beyond our imagination, with the support of the Phoenix Society and the Interstellar Military. Why do you think he would cooperate with our small Ranger Sea Group?"

Vanessa shrugged. "I don't know about that, but he saved us. He's a good person. I like him; he's cool~"

"Have you ever thought that the Shengcheng might target them because of this?"

"Lin Xian should be able to think of this too. Anyway... I'll just take the opportunity to hug the Sword-Bearer's thigh. This hunt will be much more certain. And those arrogant guys from the White Night Knights, I don't know what they will think. Ah..." She yawned. "With such an opportunity, I'll strive for it if I can."

Gedi smiled. "If that's really the case, Ryan would definitely be crazy to have actually pulled in Phoenix Society Sword-Bearer Lin Xian as a backer."

Vanessa put down the handheld console at this moment and looked at Gedi. "Gedi, did you notice Lin Xian?"

"What's wrong?"

"Did you notice that as the leader, he should be the one with the strongest Spirit-Oscillation Value among this group, but how come I didn't perceive anything from him?"

"Mechanical ability... is it that mysterious?"

... ===== CHAPTER 426 =====