Chapter 437: What Exactly Was Encountered

Beast Race Priest camp.

After returning to his own tent, Wali took Maike's Soul Bead from his bosom. The light of the Soul Bead was still faint, as if it would extinguish at any moment. Wali took a deep breath and placed the Soul Bead on the table in front of him. A series of Blood Runes appeared on his right hand, which Wali flicked out to surround the Soul Bead. Then, Wali began to chant an incantation in a low voice.

As the incantation progressed, the light of the Soul Bead gradually became brighter, and an illusory figure slowly emerged from it. It was Maike's remnant soul; his face was blurred, and his soul was already on the verge of dissipating.

"Maike..." Wali's voice was low and hoarse, "Tell me, what exactly did you encounter?"

Maike's remnant soul trembled slightly, as if struggling to recall. A moment later, he spoke with difficulty, his voice as fragile as a candle in the wind.

"Wali... High Priest Wali. Among those... those Two-legged Sheep, there were... more Two-legged Sheep wearing green armor or silver-white armor. They were powerful, especially... the Two-legged Sheep wearing silver-white armor. The energy they erupted with completely destroyed the Rune Power on our bodies. Even... even though I used the Gravity Rune, that silver-white armored Two-legged Sheep was not crushed by that terrifying gravity!"

Having said this, Maike's voice paused before he continued.

"You must know, the area where that Two-legged Sheep was located had already been pressed down more than two meters deep by the Gravity Rune, almost burying him. But, he suddenly erupted with an astonishing power. That energy instantly destroyed my Humanoid Puppet. Although I managed to extract my soul from the puppet in time, the aftermath of that energy instantly destroyed my already remnant soul."

Wali's brows locked tightly. He had never heard of Two-legged Sheep with such attire, but judging from Maike's description, these newly appeared Two-legged Sheep were terrifyingly strong.

"What is the situation with that black Two-legged Sheep?"

After a moment of silence, Maike's remnant soul slowly shook his head and said.

"Black Two-legged Sheep? Sorry, High Priest Wali, I did not see a black Two-legged Sheep. I encountered those two armored Two-legged Sheep at the Rune Cannon Array."

Upon hearing Maike say this, Wali's doubts grew even more.

The black Two-legged Sheep that the Beast Race Centurions outside had mentioned earlier—Maike had actually not seen it. That meant the Two-legged Sheep Maike encountered at the time did not include that black Two-legged Sheep. Had the strength of the Two-legged Sheep become this powerful now?

Thinking of this, Wali could not help but feel a headache. These Two-legged Sheep, how had they become so troublesome in these few years? If he wanted to take down the Fourth Defense Zone now, he would likely have to pay with more troops. Most importantly, he could not infiltrate the interior of the Two-legged Sheep at all. The Two-legged Sheep regime over there now seemed to have become very united; once they discovered a suspicious target, they would immediately proceed to capture them, and would only release them after confirming there were no problems with the target.

"Maike, have you left behind the method for manufacturing the Rune Automatic Cannon?"

Maike's remnant soul did not answer; his figure began to gradually dissipate, as if he would completely vanish at any moment. Wali knew that Maike's soul could not hold on for much longer.

Wali placed his right hand directly over the Soul Bead, recording the manufacturing method of the Rune Automatic Cannon from Maike's memory. He also saw the scene before Maike's death: he saw that Two-legged Sheep wearing silver-white armor chanting something in a low voice, followed by an astonishing energy fluctuation erupting from that Two-legged Sheep, and then Maike was killed by that energy attack.

When Wali had obtained what he needed, his consciousness returned to the tent.

"Maike, rest in peace," Wali said in a low tone, "Your sacrifice will never be in vain."

Maike's remnant soul then turned into specks of light and dissipated into the air. The light of the Soul Bead also extinguished along with it, becoming dim and lusterless.

Fourth Defense Zone Outer City.

More than half a month had passed since the last time the Beast Army was routed, and the Fourth Defense Zone had entered a tense recovery phase.

The Fourth Defense Zone Outer City Wall loomed in the morning mist. The traces of the bloody battle from half a month ago had not yet completely faded, and several blood-stained Beast Race totem flags were inserted crookedly along the city wall.

"To the left! Raise it another half an inch!"

The Craftsman Chief waved a triangular flag at a breach in the city wall, limping, while a dozen sturdy men were repairing the wall with building materials engraved with Spirit Patterns.

In the distance came the roar of machinery; the chimneys of the Shengchan Gongchang spewed sparks day and night, continuously producing various needed supplies.

Inside the Planting Zone, residents wrapped in hemp cloth squatted on the scorched earth. Their fingers were covered in mud as they turned over the soil mixed with Ashes, burying dark red seeds one by one.

"This is Fire Velvet Wheat seed. Although it doesn't taste good, it can absorb Spiritual Power to be forced to grow. It only needs the logistics soldiers here to irrigate it with Spiritual Power once a day, and it can be harvested in just half a month. We won't have to worry about not being able to fill our stomachs anymore."

A middle-aged woman with dark skin and a thin build was explaining the situation of the Planting Zone to the residents behind her who had just come out of the Settlement Area. She rubbed the mud off her hands, revealing palms already full of calluses.

At this moment, among the crowd following the middle-aged woman, a middle-aged man with half-white hair raised his hand. After obtaining the middle-aged woman's consent, he slightly parted his somewhat chapped lips, organized his language, and asked.

"Then what do we need to do here? Listening to what you just said, it seems there is nothing for us to do."

The middle-aged woman's brown pupils looked at the half-white-haired man in front of her, and she shook her head, saying.

"No, after the logistics soldiers finish irrigating the Spiritual Power, there are many things we need to do. After the Fire Velvet Wheat matures, we are responsible for the Harvest and the sowing of the next batch of Fire Velvet Wheat. Furthermore, we must observe the growth of the Fire Velvet Wheat every day and clear the weeds near the Fire Velvet Wheat; after all, it is not just the crops that are being irrigated with Spiritual Power.

However, the survival ability of the Fire Velvet Wheat is still very strong, and it is also the easiest crop for you beginners to come into contact with. Once you have mastered it later, you will also come into contact with other things."

Hearing the middle-aged woman say this, many people in the crowd squatted down to examine the separated plots of farmland around them.

In the nearby Spirit Power Irrigation Area, three logistics soldiers were pressing their palms onto stone pillars covered in Spirit Patterns. Streams of cyan-blue Spiritual Power followed the ceramic pipe network buried underground, sparking tiny specks of light among the wheat fields.

The Fire Velvet Wheat in the farmland in front of them had already sprouted, presenting a translucent crimson-gold color under the irrigation of Spiritual Power.

"Number Three Spirit Channel has finished irrigation!"

After the three logistics soldiers completed the Spiritual Power irrigation, they reported in the communication channel.

"Received, please proceed to Number Six Spirit Channel."