With the new stat added, Lin Wu was feeling a bit satisfied. It was one of the things that he had on his list that he had been stalling for a while.

"Let's see what else we can do… Oh yeah system, how's the analysis on cultivation techniques coming along?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The expected progress is at 5.07%.

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Lin Wu was rather disappointed by this and was expecting it to be a bit more than just this. But then an idea struck him.

"System, if the amount of energy invested is increased, will the rate of analysis increase? I mean, can't you add another computational A.I.?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: Adding another computational A.I. will increase the energy consumption by three times.

Does the host want to activate it?

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"Yeah. Three times isn't much of a problem for now, you can add the computation A.I." Lin Wu approved.

~Ding~

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ACTIVATING COMPUTATIONAL A.I.: Computational A.I. (2) has been activated.

SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMED: 3500 units

SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 5489 units

ASSIGNING TO TASK: Computational A.I. (2) has been assigned to the task- Cultivation technique analysis and extrapolation.

PREVIOUS SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 22 units/hour

CURRENT SYSTEM ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATE: 66 units/hour

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Looking at the consumption of system energy did not faze Lin Wu as he had expected this. Just the basic activation required a large amount of energy and after that, it would continually consume a set amount of system energy to continue the progress.

"Alright, system transfer 5000 units of liquid spirit qi from the spirit qi storage to the System energy." Lin Wu ordered, seeing that the amount had fallen by quite a bit.

He chose this amount by estimating the minimum energy that would be consumed by the system just for the analysis task and rounded it off a bit.

~Ding~

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TRANSFERRING ENERGY: 5000 units [liquid spirit qi]-> 50000 units system energy

SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 55489 units

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With that out of the way, Lin Wu could forget about the consumption of the system for a while and could use it more efficiently.

~Phew~

Shirong who had been watching the Immortal crystal armament with an oppressive gaze finally took a breath of relief after seeing it calm down. He walked forward and touched the Immortal weapon lightly with his finger, and quickly withdrawing.

He didn't want to burn his hand again and ensured that it was normal before picking the spear up. Holding it in his hands, he felt it to be a bit more different from before. It wasn't as if its power had increased, but there seemed to be a qualitative change in it instead.

It felt as if the power that it already had was refined even further into a better form. Shirong lightly circulated his spirit qi through the spear but did not find any difference.

"Hmm… maybe I'll see it eventually as I use it more," Shirong said to himself before deciding to continue hunting.

About two more hours passed and by now Shirong had hunted three more core condensation realm beasts. This was slightly low than normal, and even Lin Wu found it strange. He looked at the map and saw that for some reason the beasts were now all moving away from the area that they were in currently.

"Oh? Were they scared by us or something?" Lin Wu wondered.

Shirong spread his spirit sense around and waited for the spear to give him the suggestion. But after waiting for a minute and not receiving any message, he felt awkward.

"Did something happen? Why is it not doing anything? Did all the beasts run away?" Shirong wondered.

But just as he said this, Lin Wu got a warning.

~Tremble~

"Great! He just jinxed it… I think…" Lin Wu muttered and looked at the window that had popped up.

~WARNING~

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LARGE NUMBER OF BEASTS DETECTED: Currently approaching host's location and will arrive in 30 seconds.

NUMBERS DETECTED: 2589

NUMBERS DETECTED: 2596

NUMBERS DETECTED: 3289

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NUMBERS DETECTED: 4985

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NUMBERS DETECTED: 9845

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NUMBERS DETECTED: 20647

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Looking at the rapidly increasing Numbers Lin Wu could only say one thing: "F*ck!"

"System, do a scan and tell me what kind of beasts they are and where they coming from?" Lin Wu questioned.

He was looking at the markers on the map but found them to be the same as before and was wondering if all these beasts were approaching their position, then why were they not showing up on his map.

~Ding~

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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Beasts identified

TARGET: 1. Hard Eared Limber Mice, 2. Hard Eared Limber Mice King

CULTIVATION BASE: 1. Hard Eared Limber Mice- Early to peak stage qi refining realm 2. Hard Eared Limber Mice King- Late Stage of the Core Condensation realm.

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"What the hell how are there so many of them? Didn't the system say even a king at the early stage of the Core condensation realm will only have 10000 beasts in its group? This group is way more than that." Lin Wu questioned in shock as the number of the Hard Eared Limber Mice increased beyond 50000.

~Tremble~

By now even Shirong could feel that something was wrong as tremors suddenly started and the ground shook, making Shirong stumble as well.

"Wha-what's happening?" Shirong wondered as his spirit sense spread out.

At first, he had thought that a large group of spirit beasts was galloping towards him, but a few seconds Lateran he realized that it was not coming from the surface but rather underground.

After ten seconds, he finally sensed the presence of the first Hard Eared Limber Mice.

"GODDAMMIT! It's those pests again!" Shirong yelled before withdrawing a spirit sword and jumping on it.

He then flew to about twenty meters away from the ground and looked at the shaking earth.

~Crumble~

The earth finally split open as droves of Hard Eared Limber Mice rushed out of the tunnel that they had just dug. They kept on pouring out and by the time their numbers reached 10000, Shirong was already tense. But when they reached 50000, he was stressed.