Li Yao and Long Yangjun were in the same boat. He could understand her feelings quite well.
If the unpredictable 'Earth' was right in front of him, and somebody stopped him from exploring it, he would certainly go mad, too.
However, more than a thousand people were participating in the 'archeology operation' after all. Also, hundreds of thousands of people were looking forward to it. There were also billions of people on the entire planet of the Ancient Sages Sector.
One moment of carelessness, and a few crabs might be set free, only to create countless cold and heartless Pangu. The consequences would be dire.
Not only might thousands of people perish there, even the entire Ancient Sages Planet and the federation beyond the dark nebula might be swallowed, too!
They had to be responsible for everybody's life. It was not something that they could be reckless about. Dragging a heavily wounded burden would certainly be a great flaw in their plan.
Thinking about that, Li Yao said, "Rest assured. We have established a spiritual tower every hundred meters. A lot of crystal wires and cables have been established here, too. The communication with the above will not be cut off. You can see everything below the ground through our crystal cameras at any time."
Long Yangjun caught her breath for a moment. Seeing that everybody was determined, she could only say helplessly, "Alright. I estimate that my wounds will be fully recovered after twelve hours of rest. Let's keep in touch. I'll come down in half a day."
Lying in the floating anti-gravity medical cabin, Long Yangjun was escorted back to the Nuwa warship up above by two medics.
The most advanced medical rooms and laboratories had been established on the Nuwa warship exactly in case of such situations.
Such an accident had happened not long after the exploration began. An expert at the peak of the Yuanying Stage and a member of the exploration team in the Core Formation Stage had been sacrificed. Everybody's heart was rather heavy, and they were even more cautious in the following operations.
Li Yao and the rest of them had also discussed whether or not to ask all the members of the exploration team below the Yuanying Stage who had fleshly bodies to quit and only leave the spectral warriors and Grand Illusionary Soldiers at the peak of the Yuanying Stage to continue the exploration.
However, deep below the ground where the black fog was highly interfered with, the movement of the spectral Cultivators and the Grand Illusionary Soldiers would be greatly hindered, too. It was even possible that the spectral Cultivators would be killed by the super powerful radiation.
In order to thoroughly investigate Pangu's entire laboratory and nip all hidden dangers in the bud, warriors with flesh and blood were essential.
"Now that the seal has been opened, the most important thing for us to do is to find out everything underground as soon as possible. We cannot allow any giant crab to run amok outside. We've long been prepared to sacrifice ourselves here. There's no need to retreat!"
The members of the Exo squad said at the same time.
After confirming the next step of the tactical cooperation, they turned back to study the body of the unfortunate expedition member, Sha Yue.
Although every cell was burning from the inside out, turning the huge body into a pile of charcoal and ashes, the charred corpse that was spread out more than ten meters was still silently telling the horror of the "genetic mutation agent".
"This is truly incredible."
Li Yao knew that when the 'body fundamentalists' trained themselves to the highest level, some of the features of the primeval beasts would appear on their bodies. It was not a problem for them to grow dragon scales, long hair, tusks, and claws.
The training methods of the demon race, on the other hand, could achieve similar effects by bombarding the 'primeval cells'. They could even transform a human being that was less than two meters tall into an unparalleled being that was almost ten meters tall and was covered in shells and horns.
Li Yao himself could release the primeval force deep inside his cells with a telepathic thought. He could also unleash boundless demonic energy and transform his left arm into a powerful 'Cell Obliteration Cannon'.
However, expanding his arm from less than two meters to ten meters in the blink of an eye, which was enough to compete with a Colossus, was still far beyond Li Yao's imagination.
Also, how could the changes of the body affect the brain and the soul, making one lose their memories and temperament, and making them cold and heartless?
On the other hand, if a method was developed that allowed a human being to retain their self-awareness and feelings after they were transformed into Pangu, and they could even switch between the two forms of 'human being' and 'Pangu' freely, wouldn't they immediately boast an invincible army in the sea of stars?
By then, even if the real Pangu reappeared in the human world, there would be nothing to be scared of. You would be a Pangu, and I would be a Pangu too, except that I was a Pangu who was sentimental and righteous, and I could even enlarge or shrink myself freely. What was there to be scared of?
While Li Yao was indulging in his fantasy, Long Yangjun coughed softly in the private communication channel. "You're still studying the body. What have you found?"
Li Yao asked, "You've arrived at the medical room?"
"Yes. He's soaked in high-energy nutrition liquids. You know that I hate having all my biophysical parameters monitored."
Long Yangjun gnashed her teeth. "I told you not to come down. Look. Something happened!"
Li Yao chuckled and returned to the previous topic. "We're studying the body of Sha Yue, our team member who was sacrificed. However, his cells have been seriously damaged. Every drop of strength has been drained. Even his every gene strand has been minced into pieces brutally. We haven't found anything yet."
Pausing for a moment, Li Yao shared his thoughts again. "Say, if we can improve the gene mutation drugs and eliminate the side effects of suppressing feelings and self-awareness, allowing human beings to transform into the 'Pangu form' freely and controllably, wouldn't we be able to get a powerful primeval army instantly?"
Li Yao had thought that even if Long Yangjun were to argue, she would say that his idea was absurd and that such a drug could not exist at all.
However, after a brief silence, Long Yangjun asked, "Are the Pangu very strong?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Just now, the newborn Pangu electrocuted you in the Colossus barehanded without any armor. Isn't that strong enough?"
Long Yangjun, however, said, "First of all, the team member 'Sha Yue' was in the middle level of the Core Formation Stage in the first place. Even though the training technology of the Xing Yao Federation has been greatly developed today, he is still one of the rarely-seen experts. Tremendous strength had been accumulated inside his body in the first place.
"It was exactly because of such strength that he was able to expand from less than two meters to more than ten meters tall.
"However, even a Cultivator in the middle level of the Core Formation Stage can only support such an enormous body to perform a fatal attack once before they are blown into smithereens.
"Let me ask you, can an 'invincible army' made of the elites of the elites really be called 'strong' if they are killed before the enemy can counterattack after performing a fatal attack?"
Li Yao was speechless. "Well …"
"Also, even if the so-called 'fatal attack' is not as tough as it seems, and the electric arcs can only be released in a close-range battle, it will only be suitable for such a dark and narrow indoor environment. If it is on a plateau, in the sky, or even in space, such electric arcs will be of no use at all. We will be able to launch a barrage of attacks from a thousand kilometers away!"
Long Yangjun continued, "There's one more thing. You only saw its attack ability, but you did not consider how many resources it consumes on a daily basis. Although it is just my speculation, judging from its body size that is as large as a mountain, I can tell that it must have a huge appetite.
"Even if a Pangu can release ten times the combat ability of a Cultivator, its daily diet and training will consume a hundred times more food and crystals than a Cultivator. Is such an army made of Pangu really 'strong'?
"Also, the adaptability of the all-terrain army.
"For example, the Pangu's bizarre body shapes, which can grow to almost twenty meters, are fine in the vacuum of the universe where there is no gravity and in the starships where the gravity can be adjusted at any time, but when they land on a planet with standard gravity or even a high gravity, they will be very clumsy and burdensome.
"That's right. You may say that the Pangu Clan can float in the void, ignore gravity, and so on with all kinds of unbelievable techniques and techniques, but any technique or technique can only be maintained at the cost of resources. It comes back to our question just now. The Pangu Clan's resource utilization efficiency is actually not very high. If they are active on the planets with high gravity, a lot of resources will certainly be wasted on resisting gravity.
"Unfortunately, the more resourceful a planet is, the higher its density and mass will be, and the higher its gravity will be, too. I know that quite a few resource planets discovered by the Xing Yao Federation are much smaller than the home planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector, but their gravity is multiple times higher than that of the home planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector. Even human beings less than two meters tall can barely move on them, not to mention the enormous Pangu!"
Li Yao blinked quickly. "Now that you've put it that way, it does seem to make sense!"
"Of course it does. Perhaps the Pangu are not as strong as we imagine. Or rather, while they have the marvelous technologies and techniques, they have a lot of fatal weaknesses, too. They are only strong on the outside but weak on the inside," Long Yangjun said.
"That's why they went through all the trouble to create tools that are even more powerful than themselves so that they can do most of the heavy and painful work for them."
"More powerful tools?" Li Yao asked. "You're not kidding, are you?"
"Why are you so humble? Do you think that the bigger the body, the more advanced and powerful they are?"
"Don't you think so?" Li Yao asked.
"That's exactly the mindset of a high school student. No. Even a high school student should know that on the path of evolution of crystal processors, as their performance improves and their energy consumption decreases, the more advanced crystal processors will be smaller and smaller in size, right?
"From the perspective of battlefield survival and resource utilization efficiency, it is always a good idea to minimize the size of the crystal processors while keeping their 'performance' unchanged or even slightly reduced."
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