Global Evolution: I transplanted the heart of the Supreme God.

Chapter 914 Decryption failed, mission complete?
"Bart, this is related to our ongoing mission."

Bai Pu said, "I need a servant who can decipher the Naga language. An enhanced elite leader is definitely better than an elite Naga soldier."

"I'll listen to Lord Steelheart." Bart glared at the Awakened subordinate, then smiled apologetically at Bai Pu, "My men are a bit clueless."

Bai Pu always adhered to the principle of equivalent exchange; if others respected him, he would reciprocate.

“Bart, if I fail to control it, this enhanced elite Naga leader will still drop a treasure chest, which will still belong to you. If I succeed in controlling it, you will lose an enhanced elite treasure chest. However, those three elite Naga soldiers are still alive. Go and finish them off, and you will be compensated when they drop a treasure chest.”

Bart grinned from ear to ear: "Then thank you very much for your care, Lord Steelheart."

Bai Pu released a drop of pure blood, attempting to control the Naga leader.

The other awakened ones watched longingly.

This time, Bai Pu felt the pressure—controlling enhanced elites in the Ascension Plane was even more difficult than controlling lord-level demon generals in the Heart Demon World!
Bai Pu gritted his teeth and released the sand crab servants from control.

The sand crab servant blinked its small eyes, originally driven by evolutionary instinct to kill the humans around it and obtain fresh flesh and blood.

However, with Bai Pu, the possessor of the Heart of Evolution, present, the terrifying superior pressure made the mutated sand crab seem to have encountered its natural enemy. It quickly shrank into the sand and hurriedly fled.

With no sand crab servants occupying his power space, Bai Pu was finally able to control the Naga leader smoothly.

Pure blood seeped in inch by inch, until finally the Naga leader stood respectfully with his hands at his sides, attending to Bai Pu.

Bai Pu preserved the Naga leader's consciousness intact.

"Tell us about your origins... Use your mental perception to communicate with us," Bai Pu began his inquiry via telepathy.

Naga leader: "Master, my name is... Kor'thasis. I am from the Rotscale tribe."

"How many tribes are there in the Naga race? And how large is the Rotscale tribe?"

Kosasith said, "In this sea... no, on this continent, there are thirteen major tribes of Naga. The Rotscale tribe has about 100,000 people, ninety percent of whom are non-combatants..."

"so much?"

Bai Pu was somewhat surprised, "The Rotten Scale Tribe all live in the Black Algae Mountains?"

"Black Algae Mountains? That's what our master calls it. We call this place 'Demon's Spine'."

Kosasis explained the differences in place names, then said, "The Rotscale tribe has many branches. We are just one of them, living on the edge of this mountain range."

"How many warriors are there in your branch? And how many of them are truly strong?"

"There are probably several hundred soldiers. There are dozens of 'patrol captains' like me. There are also generals at a higher level, but our branch only has two."

Bai Pu knew that the Naga General must be a leader like "Worash".

Good heavens, this Naga squad has someone backing them! If the Naga general comes, Bai Pu will be in deep trouble.

Fortunately, Kossachs later shared an important piece of intelligence:
"Our elite warriors have all been drawn away by the two generals... They said the tribe has an important operation and it is necessary to unite the elites of all tribes! Not only the Rot Scale Tribe, but even the 'Hunter Tide Tribe' and 'Stone Spear Tribe' have sent a large number of their elites."

"Where did those elite troops go?" Bai Pu was startled; this was clearly a major move in the making.

The big one is coming?
Unfortunately, Kossachus's authority was insufficient, and he shook his head to indicate that he did not know.

“Alright. Take a look at this coded message and explain its meaning to me.” Bai Pu took out the [Vorash's coded message bottle], retrieved the coded message fish skin from it, and handed it to Kosasis.

Bart on the other side was also drawn to the scene.

Three elite Naga dropped two blue treasure chests, which were being distributed by Bart's team members. Bart, however, showed little interest and instead approached Bai Pu. Under the expectant gazes of Bai Pu and Bart, Kosasis accepted the coded note.

"This is not written language."

At Bai Pu's request, Kosasis used his mental perception to say to both Bai Pu and Bart, "This is just a very long string of numbers, without any regularity or meaning."

"How could this be?" Bart almost jumped up.

“It is indeed a number…” Kossachs read the number aloud.

“It sounds like some kind of encryption method…” Bart scratched his head. “The natives of this Dark Tide plane are really advanced; they actually know how to use passwords.”

Bai Pu frowned and said, "There are many different encryption rules for numbers. For example, you can extract individual characters from a book by its page number, line number, or even the position of a specific character, and then combine them into a meaningful sentence. Or you can compare the numbers with a codebook to find out which letter each number represents, and then use a series of numbers to form words, and then sentences..."

“Hopefully it’s the second one. If it’s the first one, which book is the codebook? That would be too difficult to find,” Bart said.

"Considering the need for secrecy, the person to whom this secret bottle is to be delivered is unlikely to be carrying a thick codebook... otherwise it would be too easy to be discovered."

Bai Pu's mind raced, and he made a judgment: "Therefore, there are two possibilities. The one most advantageous to us is to use the 'Naga alphabet sorting numbers' as the codebook... Korsasis! List out the alphabet of the Naga language and try to decrypt it using this method."

Kossachs got busy.

“One disadvantageous situation for us is that the other side uses a pre-arranged book as a codebook,” Bart sighed.

Not long after, Kosasis stood up and shook his head at Bai Pu.

Clearly, using the "Naga language alphabet" as a codebook would not be able to decipher these numbers.

"Is this really an A-rank mission? It doesn't have the 'silver side quest' prefix?"

Bart looked dejected.

Bai Pu pondered slowly and said, "An A-level mission shouldn't be this difficult."

He thought it over carefully and felt that he had not overlooked any details.

“Bart, send your men to Tefra…arrange for people to be stationed along the way as relay stations for information.”

Bai Pu stood up and said, "I think the key to breaking this deadlock lies in..."

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Pu sensed something and looked up.

The valley where they were located was itself a nearly vertical black cliff, and at the top of the cliff, a group of people had appeared at some unknown time.

This group was full of energy and well-equipped; their armor even bore the coat of arms of a noble family from the empire.

"Hey, this is the Dmitri family's guard! Who are you?"

The Dmitri family?

Bai Pu looked up. Sure enough, he spotted that familiar deep purple V-neck dress in the crowd.

At the same time, a notification sounded from the spirit world's will:

[Step 1 of the consecutive tasks: Decryption, completed.]

(End of this chapter)