The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 571 The aftermath
How exactly did Jiang Hui survive? It's quite simple.

She was prepared to fight the swamp alligator snapping turtle to the death, but she didn't want to die in vain, so she decided to make a final desperate attempt to see if she could pull off a kill. Ideally, she could take this big guy who had caused her this trouble with her, so that her trip to interstellar space wouldn't have been in vain.

However, a slight change occurred when they actually engaged in battle, and the source of this change was Jiang Hui.

It wasn't exactly an anomaly... it was actually within Jiang Hui's expectations. She just hadn't anticipated such a stunning effect; no, she hadn't expected her mental strength to be this powerful. She had genuinely just wanted to give it a try.

In the end, this swamp alligator snapping turtle was actually strangled to death by her simulated spiritual power.

Jiang Hui was just trying to see if she could use her mental power to fight the enemy, because theoretically she had nothing left to resist the power of this alligator snapping turtle.

While this D-class mech could help her block some attacks and prevent her from being crushed into a pulp by the Swamp Armored Alligator Turtle's claws, she knew very well that the materials and construction of the mech she built were simply no match for the physical strength of this A-class star beast. Moreover, even if it were to withstand an attack of the same level, it would be extremely difficult, with little chance of winning, let alone against an A-class beast.

She's only managed to hold out this long thanks to her shameless tactics. Jiang Hui doesn't think she can last much longer and is in constant danger of being killed. If this continues, she'll probably outlive her opponent before she does. After all, any single thorn on that alligator snapping turtle's shell could pierce through WALL-E's armor in an instant.

So in the end, it all comes down to mental strength. Although Jiang Hui wasn't sure how far her mental strength could go, an S-rank was definitely worth a shot, as long as it was used correctly.

Huan Xian once told her that her mental strength was different from others, and that it was highly malleable. This characteristic would make her invincible in future mental struggles.

Over the years, as she developed her mental power, Jiang Hui gradually discovered that Huan Xian's belief that mental power was 'malleable' was inaccurate, because in fact, her mental power was inextricably linked to the characteristics of her consciousness space, and its function was also to construct it.

Unlike most others who can only use their mental energy directly or simply, Jiang Hui's control over mental energy can be precise down to the physical form. He can construct various intricate mental energy models at will to launch attacks.

This might sound a bit abstract, so to give an example, if other people's mental energy is like yarn, a ball of yarn, or a towel, then Jiang Hui can weave her mental energy into various shapes like sweaters and command them at will.

This Grade A alligator snapping turtle was literally crushed to death by Jiang Hui's mental power.

She had a miscalculation, but it also had its merits. Swamp alligator snapping turtles, these star beasts, have poor eyesight and cannot truly see their prey; they hunt entirely using a thermal perception system in their brains. And coincidentally, the organ containing this system also governs its mental power, which is actually similar to an organ in the human brain.

This is its most vulnerable point, and also the point where all its spiritual power is sustained.

Jiang Hui's simulated needle wall module severely damaged the opponent's mental barrier with a single blow, which also enraged the A-level star beast.

This time, the two have truly come up head-to-head.

After discovering its opponent's weakness, Jiang Hui went to great lengths to defeat it. The alligator snapping turtle, however, was completely enraged, unleashing both mental and physical attacks, nearly going berserk as it tried to kill the "little bug" that had resorted to underhanded tactics.

But ultimately, its hard shell couldn't withstand the powerful mental attack. Caught off guard, Jiang Hui severely damaged the A-grade swamp alligator snapping turtle's mental barrier, throwing its entire mental energy field into chaos. Throughout this ordeal, Jiang Hui continued to stimulate and attack with her mental energy, eventually managing to slightly outmaneuver it and successfully annihilate its mental energy wave. However, the result was a draw.

As it sensed it was about to be crushed, it launched a final attack, nearly turning Jiang Hui and the cabin into pieces.

If Jiang Hui hadn't left an emergency escape space that could be raised when she assembled the mecha, she would probably be crushed into pieces right now. She was lucky.

As for why so many people, including Zong Ting and Huan Xian, didn't sense her presence and even concluded that there was 'no mental energy wave'... that's because Jiang Hui overused her mental energy at the time, which depleted most of her reserves, and then she was forcibly transferred into the consciousness space.

While everyone outside thought she was dead, Jiang Hui was still eating and drinking like crazy in her mental space, almost starving herself to the point of eating herself. It was a chaotic and disorganized scene.

Jiang Hui woke up in the cramped, collapsed space, her consciousness still hazy and confused, unaware of the time. Her mind was filled with nothing but the lingering feeling of hunger, accompanied by excruciating pain in her lower body and extreme exhaustion. Only then did she realize her predicament…

And that's how the scene from before came about.

Although Jiang Hui was lucky enough to escape with her life, she was seriously injured, arguably the most serious injury she had ever suffered since coming to interstellar space.

He suffered fractures of varying degrees in both legs, and a piece of bone in one of his ankles was almost completely shattered, with sharp edges piercing through from the inside... It's amazing he could endure it.

His chest and abdomen had been subjected to several external impacts, resulting in several broken ribs and various degrees of damage to his mental strength. All the mental strength indicators detected were disordered.

She was only happy for a moment when she first came out—for surviving the ordeal—but then came all sorts of physical pain.

She didn't even have time to greet the two people from the second class watching her before she was carried out of the underground ruins. She needed immediate treatment, otherwise she might suffer long-term consequences.

As for Huan Xian... he wasn't in much better shape. After all, he was also seriously injured not long ago, and in order to keep walking, he had to endure eight doses of antibiotic injection, but the effect could only last for a few weeks. Now he was only able to hold on until now by sheer willpower and stubbornness.

After confirming that Jiang Hui was still alive, his consciousness dissipated, and he became unsteady on his feet, requiring the assistance of the accompanying soldiers to return. However, judging from his condition, he probably wouldn't be able to walk more than a few steps before having to stagger back.

These two are truly in the same boat... it's impossible to say who's worse off.

Watching the soldiers rush around and prepare to deal with the already deceased swamp alligator snapping turtle, Jaidi took a deep breath and gasped for air.

Being alive... is a good thing.

(End of this chapter)