Chapter 190: Chapter 174: Escalating Situation, Infinite Resurrection

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Inside a lounge at the Military Department.

Gao Neng had just finished his noodles with two eggs when Shen Ning’Er arrived.

Looking at Shen Ning’Er’s stunning face and her crisp, black military uniform, Gao Neng was inexplicably reminded of how she looked back in his dorm room.

’I’m getting a little sleepy...’

He was truly exhausted.

He hadn’t slept for two nights, had gotten into a fight right at the military academy’s entrance, and then eaten a bowl of noodles. Now, he could barely keep his eyes open.

"Tired?" Shen Ning’Er asked casually as she watched Gao Neng yawn.

"Hahaha, Sister Ning’Er, you probably don’t know this, but your man—oh, wait, no—this guy hasn’t slept a wink in two days. He’s been at our Celestial King Group the whole time," Fang Tangtang jumped in before Gao Neng could answer.

"Oh? What was he doing at your Celestial King Group?" Shen Ning’Er asked, a little puzzled.

"Building the Electromagnetic Cannon!"

"The Electromagnetic Cannon?"

"Mhm, the Number 4 Electromagnetic Cannon! You should know about it, right? He built it. And it’s the mass-producible kind, too. My grandpa and the others were all stunned!"

"He built the Number 4 Electromagnetic Cannon?!"

"Yeah. My grandpa will probably bring a sample to the Military Department in a little while. This hasn’t been officially announced yet, but he might hold a press conference in three days. Gao Neng... Huh? Wake up... How did this guy fall asleep?"

BONK!

Gao Neng had just drifted off to dreamland when he got smacked on the head.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Fang Tangtang glaring at him, while Shen Ning’Er stood before him with a calm expression.

"Student Fang Tangtang, are you asking for a beating?" Gao Neng cursed viciously, then glanced at Shen Ning’Er. "Heh, just a little sleepy."

"Alright. I’ll take you back to the military academy first. In the car, you can tell me the details of what happened today and describe the changes in Ye Ying’s appearance," Shen Ning’Er said, not minding his behavior. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Okay."

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On the way, Gao Neng once again detailed the course of events for Shen Ning’Er. Of course, he still concealed certain things that involved his own secrets.

After all, some things just couldn’t be explained.

Besides, he was afraid that if they had the slightest disagreement, Shen Ning’Er would take him away for research again.

"Sister Ning’Er, no matter how I look at it, today’s incident seems like a minor thing. Why is the Military Department taking it so seriously? And they’re actually going to award us combat merits for it?" Fang Tangtang asked after Gao Neng finished his story.

"No, this matter might be even more serious than you imagine." Shen Ning’Er was driving a military jeep that looked very ordinary on the outside, but its acceleration was extremely fast. It had likely been modified.

"More serious than I imagine? Why?"

"Actually, in the battlefield historical records, the twenty-year cycle didn’t refer to all non-human races being resurrected, but rather a very small number of individuals from those races."

"Sister Ning’Er, are you saying that in the past, the ones who resurrected were all high-ranked?"

"Not high-ranked, but the Strongest."

"The Strongest?! But that Ye Ying... she doesn’t count as one of the Strongest, does she?"

"Correct. And that’s what makes this problem even more serious. Immortality, resurrection from death... these have always been eternal topics in human development. When the Strongest were resurrected in the past, the Alliance didn’t think too much of it because their numbers were just too small. Besides, the Strongest have their own unique qualities."

"Unique qualities?"

"Mhm. In some ancient histories, there have always been legends. For example, ascending to immortality after attaining the Dao, or how a Buddha’s physical body remains indestructible after death. It’s actually the same for the Strongest now. To become one of the Strongest, one must possess special abilities. Therefore, resurrection from death is limited to a select few, and it’s not something anyone would expect for themselves."

"I get it now. In the past, the Human Alliance only knew that the Strongest could be resurrected. So even if humans obtained the ’Source’ of resurrection from the non-human races, it couldn’t be widely applied. But now that the Human Alliance knows that low-ranked individuals can also be resurrected, many people will start to hold expectations for this?"

"That’s more or less the gist, but not entirely correct. In fact, the ’Source’ of resurrection has always been a research focus for the Human Alliance, but there have been far too few opportunities to study it! This is because there are only two ways to research the secret of non-human resurrection. One is to wipe out an entire race and seize their ’Source’—for example, the Elf Race’s Elf Tree, the Blood Race’s Blood Pool, and so on... The only other way is to capture a living non-human member of the Strongest. But both of those are far too difficult."

"Yeah, that’s basically impossible!" Fang Tangtang nodded.

Listening to this, Gao Neng also started to roughly understand what Shen Ning’Er meant.

To conduct research, you need materials.

The Elf Tree is the ’Source’ of resurrection, while a member of the Strongest is the ’origin’ after resurrection. It’s like the relationship between a server and a client.

If you can’t get the server’s source code, you get the client’s source code. Although the difficulty increases, there’s bound to be some connection between them.

In the past, the clients were the Strongest.

Very difficult to capture.

But now, the clients have become low-ranked non-humans. That changes things.

As long as they can capture a successfully resurrected non-human, there’s a sliver of a chance to crack the secret of their resurrection. Why would the Human Alliance give up on that hope?

"Is the Human Alliance’s next plan to attack the Dark Night Elf Clan?" As Gao Neng thought of this, the drowsiness in his mind began to fade a little.

"You figured it out?" Shen Ning’Er glanced at Gao Neng and then nodded lightly. "The Military Department won’t be the one to officially broach the subject, but there will definitely be people who support doing so."