Chapter 551: Probing (II)

The interior of the information plane was completely a sea of light.

Here, space seemed to lose its three-dimensional meaning, replaced by endless jumping and flickering light flows.

Ten days passed in a hurry.

Jie Ming sat in the laboratory made of alchemy, staring at the ten light screens before him, his brows tightly furrowed.

The Black Giant priests were moving rapidly in the sea of light of the information plane.

But no matter how they advanced, the surroundings were always a pure white void, without direction, without boundaries, and without any living things. "Where are those natives?"

Jie Ming frowned.

Logically speaking, the movement of the wizard legion's previous probing wasn't small, and they didn't mean to deliberately hide their existence.

Even if it were a relatively primitive civilization, encountering such movement, at least someone should be sent to check what was going on.

But more than ten days had passed, and the Black Giant priests had almost turned the surrounding area upside down, not even seeing a shadow.

It was as if the previous probing hadn't attracted the other side's attention at all.

Jie Ming picked up a cup of tea synthesized by alchemy, took a sip, and continued to stare at the light screen.

Finally, on the thirteenth day, there was a change.

In the image, a blurry light shadow appeared in the distance.

Jie Ming sat up straight instantly, the teacup in his hand thrown aside by him casually.

"Approach it."

He issued the order through the Fate system.

The ten Black Giant priests adjusted their direction simultaneously, approaching that light shadow slowly.

As the distance closed, the image became clearer and clearer.

That was indeed a native.

Its form was extremely abstract—like a mass of light condensed together, without a fixed outline, the edges constantly leaking fine light threads outward, then retracting back into the body.

Overall, it was semi-transparent milky white, occasionally flashing with a hint of pale golden light.

No facial features, no limbs, not even a clear "front" and "back."

It just floated there in the sea of light, motionless, as if sleeping, or as if waiting for something.

Jie Ming narrowed his eyes as he looked at the image of the native in the light screen.

From the appearance, this thing was completely consistent with the description of the light creatures in the intelligence.

But seeing it with his own eyes, he could feel that kind of eeriness...

Because this thing didn't feel like an organism at all; it was neither "alive" nor "dead."

It was as if it just "existed" there.

"Probe it."

Jie Ming ordered.

The ten Black Giant priests accelerated simultaneously, roaring as they rushed toward that native.

The black liquid metal on their bodies surged, the time acceleration force field fully opened, and in the blink of an eye, they crossed a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

Facing such massive movement, that native also moved.

But it didn't release any attacks, nor did it support any shields.

It just stood on the spot, the light on its body fluctuating slightly.

Like ripples on the water surface.

And then...

The ten light screens before Jie Ming went dark simultaneously.

Jie Ming's pupils contracted.

"What happened?!"

He stood up abruptly, his hands pressed on the experimental table, staring dead at those pitch-black light screens.

The connection of the Fate system had been broken, indicating that the life signs of the ten Black Giant priests had all disappeared.

In an instant.

Without even a chance to resist.

Jie Ming took a deep breath and quickly calmed down.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness sank into the Fate system, and began to trace back what those ten Black Giant priests had experienced just now.

The information channel of the Fate system was not just a tool to assist in processing data; it would also automatically record all information that passed through—in the words of the cultivation world, it could display the past and present lives of all living beings under his command.

So Jie Ming was now looking for the information record of those 10 Black Giant priests at the time of their death.

Soon, a data stream emerged in Jie Ming's mind, letting him "see" everything that had just happened.

In the vision of the Black Giants, that native was still just the light on its body fluctuating, seemingly without other actions.

But from the record of the Fate system, at that same moment, an extremely hidden information stream instantly surged into the core of the ten Black Giant priests. That information stream precisely locked onto the energy balance formula deep within the soul core of each priest.

In order to fuse the innate abilities of the Lava Giants and the Snow Monsters, the core structure Jie Ming designed for the Black Giants was extremely exquisite—multiple elemental energies checked and balanced each other, transformed into each other, forming a dynamic balance system.

And what that information stream did was modify several key parameters in the balance formula.

Once the balance was broken, the energy backflow would instantly spiral out of control.

Like lightly moving a weight on a precision balance.

And then...

Ten balances overturned simultaneously.

Energy backflow, core collapse, self-explosion.

No external attack, purely "suicide."

Jie Ming finished reading this record, and couldn't help but furrow his brows tightly.

"Directly reading core information... then modifying..."

He muttered to himself, his face becoming extremely ugly.

What did this mean?

It meant that any creation built based on runic arrangement and energy formulas was transparent in front of these natives.

They could directly "see" the core structure, then find the most fragile place, touch it lightly, and the entire system would self-destruct. "Then what about my Li Fire Extinction Divine Light?"

"What about the Return to Ruins Armor?"

Several thoughts flashed through Jie Ming's mind.

These spells, although modified, were still essentially elemental energy arrangements. If the other side could really see through everything... "No, the intelligence showed before that several wizards used spells to kill enemies, so not all man-made objects would be cracked," Jie Ming quickly found the key: "So my previous guess is likely correct; the counterattack level of these creatures is also based on the information complexity contained in the attack."

"However, I can't be careless; judging from the collapse speed of the Black Giant priests, if the man-made object is just simple information-heavy and complex in structure, but has relatively obvious flaws inside, it will also be very easily crushed."

Just as Jie Ming was analyzing, a strong sense of crisis suddenly descended.

Jie Ming's hair stood on end.

He sensed it—something was invading in reverse along the signal channel of the Fate system!

That native!

While reading the core information of the Black Giant priest, it captured the observation signal band remaining on the priest, as well as the information channel connected to Jie Ming's main body.

Now, it was following this channel, directly hacking over across space!

Jie Ming didn't have time to think, and golden light bloomed between his brows instantly.

The Fate system operated at full power.

The next moment, two information streams collided in the void.

Jie Ming felt as if he were in a sea of data—countless information fragments frantically swallowing around him.

The information stream transmitted by that native carried a strange "activity," attempting to parse his core and find his weaknesses.

But the Fate system wasn't a vegetarian.

As a subsystem of the Incense God Dao born specifically for processing information, it now displayed terrifying computing power.

Jie Ming only felt as if there were countless hands in his mind, each processing the invading information at an unimaginable speed. Decomposition, reorganization, suppression, counterattack.

When Jie Ming came back to his senses, he found that he had firmly suppressed the other side's information stream.

He could even faintly perceive the location of that native along that channel.

"Caught you..."

Cold light flashed in Jie Ming's eyes, and he prepared to counterattack.

However, the moment he was about to take action, that information stream suddenly broke.

The other side actively cut off the connection.

Jie Ming was stunned, then "tsk"ed, his face full of displeasure.

"Fled because the situation was unfavorable?"

He stared at the still-dark light screen, as if he saw that native.

"I have to learn this move sooner or later."

Jie Ming whispered through gritted teeth.

"When the time comes, I'll let you taste the feeling of being hacked into too!"

Before the words fell...

A harsh alarm sounded throughout the Ship Plane.

That sound had extremely strong penetrating power, as if exploding deep in everyone's heart.

The walls of the laboratory where Jie Ming was located were trembling, and the tables and chairs made of alchemy made fine creaking sounds.

Jie Ming turned his head abruptly to look out the window. ===== CHAPTER 552 =====