Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 239 Rune Stacking

Bai Qi picked up the blueprints again and, sure enough, discovered the existence of these discarded runes.

"Discarded runes?"

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. She took the blueprints and looked at them, saying, "I've seen these runes before. They're used to mitigate energy impacts from the outside, not as discarded runes."

"I see."

Bai Qi nodded slightly, but still felt that something was wrong. With a quick glance around, he ran straight to the hall and began to study the daytime mecha.

Although the data from different groups is shared, it has already been processed and is still not as clear as looking at the original data directly.

"Found it."

Soon, Bai Qi found the runes he had just discovered on the heels of the mecha during the day.

As Lu Qing said, these runes seem to be used to mitigate energy shocks and have no obvious use.

Bai Qi looked at the runes in front of him with some doubt. He couldn't figure out the problem no matter how hard he tried. So he simply rode the flying vehicle and did a full inspection of the Bai Tian mecha. Sure enough, he found similar runes on other parts of the ground.

"The evenly distributed nodes that are prone to contact with the outside world do seem to be used as a buffer, but something just feels off."

Bai Qi looked down at the daytime mech in front of him, while his mind kept replaying the battle scenes with the black mech.

"It seems that the Black Sky Mechs only react after being impacted?"

Looking at the scattered and randomly distributed runes in front of him, Bai Qi seemed to have thought of something and ran to a holographic projector to operate it.

Lu Qing, who had followed Bai Qi, saw him drawing and painting on the holographic projection of the mecha during the day. Although she was curious, she did not disturb him and just watched silently from the side.

At the same time, President Qin and Xiao Ding, who had calmed down, also noticed Bai Qi's actions. They simply put down their tasks and gathered around Bai Qi to watch together.

Before long, Bai Qi finally stopped, and a completely new set of rune structures was marked on the holographic projection of the daytime mech.

This structure runs through all the rune structures of the daytime mech, but none of them are core runes.

It's more like a link connecting these different rune systems.

"I see. Based on a set of runes, multiple sets of runes are designed in three dimensions on top of each other. They do not interfere with each other but are interconnected. When the exposed sensing runes detect external abilities, they can make corresponding reactions. It is truly remarkable that the Dharma Emperor could come up with such an overlay design."

Looking at the constantly rotating new structure in front of him, Bai Qi suddenly understood. The multi-rune structure of the mecha that he had been somewhat confused about during the day suddenly became crystal clear.

"But why does this thing look so much like a slave contract? Rune mechs shouldn't need this, right?"

Having solved one problem, Bai Qi had a new question.

"Because the soul of a legendary beast is bound inside this mech."

Hearing the sounds coming from beside him, Bai Qi was startled awake and was shocked to find himself surrounded by people.

"Um, what is everyone looking at?"

Feeling a bit embarrassed by the stares of so many people, Bai Qi scratched his head and quickly realized that they were all drawn to him by the hidden rune system he had just sketched out.

Xiao Ding sighed heavily and said, "I never expected that the hidden core system we've been searching for so long would be found by you so easily. Should we say we're getting old?"

"Is this the core system?"

Bai Qi was taken aback upon hearing this, clearly not expecting the importance of this system. Xiao Ding then continued, "The Dharma Emperor was not the first to invent rune puppets, but rune puppets reached their peak during the Dharma Emperor's reign, because of the superimposed rune system invented by the Dharma Emperor."

"This method of extending runes from two dimensions to three dimensions is precisely the main target that our analysis team is working on."

Upon hearing Xiao Ding's words, Bai Qi was taken aback and asked, "So, does that mean I finished ahead of schedule?"

"You wish."

President Qin patted Bai Qi's head in an annoyed tone and said, "The core system is just the foundation. The other supplementary systems are the source of the mecha's abilities during the day. But you have indeed saved us a lot of trouble."

As soon as Chairman Qin said this, the others nodded in agreement, once again acknowledging this young man whose talent was excessively extraordinary.

As renowned rune masters in the Federation, they naturally had a deep understanding of the stacking rune system from the time of the Fat Emperor.

However, this system has few limitations, and the more additional systems there are, the more difficult it becomes to find the core system.

Legendary combat power like the Daytime Mech has more than ten additional systems on its body, making it extremely difficult to find them.

For this reason, they were divided into multiple groups, with the aim of identifying all the additional systems before searching for common routes.

Unexpectedly, Bai Qi actually managed to achieve the desired result in one step by using some "discarded runes" that were overlooked by the outside world.

Although it hasn't been verified yet, judging from Xiao Ding's appearance, it's probably true.

"It's not finished yet..."

Bai Qi understood upon hearing this, and then curiously asked Xiao Ding, "Tower Master Xiao, you just said that the soul of a legendary ferocious beast is bound inside, is that true?"

Xiao Ding nodded and said, "You don't actually think that all rune mechs are remotely controlled by beast tamers, do you?"

Bai Qi chuckled awkwardly. To be honest, he had actually thought so back then.

"The era of the Fa Emperor was different from now. Now, mechanical beings can have computing power far exceeding that of ordinary pets through spirit awakening. Back then, humans did not have the means to awaken spirits, so in order to ensure the flexibility of the rune puppets, the Fa Emperor came up with the method of replacing human control with the souls of ferocious beasts."

Xiao Ding looked at the daytime mech in front of him and said, "The strength of the soul bound by the mech determines the number of rune systems the mech can bear. How could a mech like the daytime mech, which possesses legendary combat power, bear such an intensity of energy if it weren't for the soul of a legendary creature?"

After hearing Xiao Ding's words, Bai Qi suddenly realized what was going on.

He had gone to great lengths to figure out where the rune mech's control system was, only to discover it was the soul of a ferocious beast.

So, perhaps the driving force behind the General Terracotta Warrior's activities and the source of its energy was also the soul of a ferocious beast?

The method of extracting souls and placing them into mechs sounds quite interesting...

A strong thirst for knowledge reappeared on Bai Qi's face, while Lu Qing was still immersed in Bai Qi's previous actions.

He cracked the problem that the analysis team had been trying for weeks without success so easily. Is this guy's talent really that monstrous?

"Don't underestimate yourself. You're already very good. It's just that sometimes you have to learn to look at things from a different perspective."

Professor Dong walked up to Lu Qing, smiled gently, and said, "The reason Bai Qi can see things that we can't is because he never gets bogged down in the problem itself."

"Since I met Bai Qi, I've finally figured out a lot of the problems that have been bothering me for years."

"Not getting bogged down in the problem itself?"

Lu Qing seemed to be thinking about what Bai Qi had said. It seemed that Bai Qi had never really studied something seriously, but he always managed to find some unexpected breakthroughs.

So, being distracted isn't a bad thing?

Lu Qing shook her head, banishing the absurd idea from her mind.

Human strength has its limits. If she had done what Bai Qi did, she might have truly accomplished nothing.

Let's stick to our own path.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing's expression immediately became resolute, and the shock she had felt from Bai Qi completely disappeared.

Bai Qi didn't notice Lu Qing's change. Having just heard new knowledge from Xiao Ding, he was bursting with curiosity and kept pulling Xiao Ding to ask questions.

"Lord Xiao, does this kind of core contract still have the effect of preserving the soul?"

"Since the souls of ferocious beasts can assist in battle, they should still retain consciousness. Wouldn't they betray us?"

"And another thing, what exactly is this method of extracting and sealing the soul? Slave contracts shouldn't have this ability."

"besides……"

Seeing Bai Qi's endless stream of questions, Xiao Ding frowned slightly, but before he could interrupt Bai Qi, Chairman Qin couldn't help but speak up.

"They're a legend and quite busy, so I'll answer these questions for you."

President Qin gave Bai Qi a disapproving look and said, "It wouldn't be good if you were led astray by certain people in your training."

Upon hearing President Qin's words, Xiao Ding's expression immediately turned grim again. He said, "Isn't your method wrong? You only focus on external supplementation and neglect the cultivation of the pet's own recovery ability. Such reliance is suicidal on the battlefield."

"Tch, it seems I've been on the battlefield longer than you. Are you sure you want to use the battlefield to talk to me?"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Bai Qi couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

He was hoping to ask for more confidential information, but how could he ask now that the two of them were arguing?

"Well, actually I think the two of you don't need to argue at all."

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, the two immediately stopped, and Chairman Qin went straight to the point, asking, "Then Bai Qi, who do you think is right?"

Xiao Ding also stopped speaking, his gaze fixed on Bai Qi, clearly wanting to see what Bai Qi's opinion was on this matter.

Stared at like that by the two, Bai Qi felt a little intimidated, but in order to get the information he wanted, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Master Xiao focuses on long-term development, where even the smallest advantage can accumulate into an absolute lead; while President Qin focuses on immediate effects, restoring combat strength as quickly as possible to avoid accidents, right?"

The two nodded. In fact, both of them possessed both treatment options, but neither was willing to compromise on which was more important.

Now, finally someone has put the two things together, and they want to hear what Bai Qi's insights are.

Seeing that the two agreed with him, Bai Qi also readily expressed his own opinion.

"Since you both think your ideas are correct, why not just put them together?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding shook his head and said, "Although pets can master multiple healing skills at the same time, they will inevitably have different focuses when placed on the battlefield, since these two types of skills have different requirements for the precise control of energy."

"In that case, let's not leave it to the pet."

Bai Qi gestured towards the stacked rune system beside him and said, "Isn't our research on daytime mechs for the purpose of creating healing machines for pets?"

(End of this chapter)