"Report any items that have been damaged or failed."
As the hunting team members gathered, Zheng Qing immediately issued the first captain’s order, following the plan that had been trained in advance and the inexplicable experience that surfaced in his mind.
At the same time, he took out a string of paper cranes from his gray cloth bag and threw them away.
These paper cranes were all folded from talisman papers, five red, eight green, one white, and one black, fifteen in total. They could form a rudimentary Five Elements and Eight Trigrams defensive formation, making them perfectly suited for temporary camp protection.
The fifteen paper cranes disappeared into the forest in a blink of an eye. A visible golden light shield shimmered fifty meters away and then quietly disappeared.
"The rune array will last for three hours, everyone stay alert."
At this point, Zheng Qing turned to Xiao Xiao and continued his instructions: "Release the fireflies first."
Xiao Xiao silently nodded and untied a bamboo tube from his waist that was two inches long and a finger in diameter, then pulled open the plug. A handful of light spots the size of grains of rice swirled out of the tube and began to glow upon seeing the light, landing on a thick root nearby. In the blink of an eye, these light spots expanded at a noticeable speed and turned into a group of semi-transparent fireflies.
These laboratory-bred fireflies can not only live off tree sap, fruit pulp, and dew, but their diet has also been expanded to include morning light, moonlight, and even a variety of tangible and intangible energies like living essence. At night, the improved fireflies can emit bright lights. Each one can illuminate 7-10 square meters effectively. During the day, these little creatures can also act as early warning measures. When they are startled or sense a fluctuating demonic aura nearby, they will instantaneously explode with intense light and noise, disturbing unwanted guests and helping hunters stay alert.
Zheng Qing got these little insects from Assistant Hilda. Compared to the ’color-changing’ fireflies he saw for the first time by Bell Lake shore, the batch of insects he received has undergone several generations of improvements and has a more sensitive sensory system and a more extensive energy collection system.
For that reason, the young scholarship student had to spend most of the night drawing talismans to help Mr. Tang Alphonso prepare for some of his experiments.
Of course, in the eyes of other members of the Absolution hunting team, the time spent by Zheng Qing was quite worthwhile. After all, as the main participant in the ’Detection Type Firefly project’, the batch of insects in Assistant Hilda’s hands is definitely a boutique not available on the market.
"If we’re willing to spend ten or twenty jade coins, we can find magic products with the same effect at Green’s grocery store or the Wandering Bar."
The main hunter of Absolution once said at an internal meeting: "But considering the financial situation of the hunting team, I think it’s worthwhile to use ’time to save money’".
Ultimately, we are poor.
With a fleeting thought and seeing the fireflies still sucking tree sap while glowing in the banyan roots, Zheng Qing felt somewhat relieved.
"Law book inspection!"
He took out his law book, turned to the title page, and silently recited the inscription of the prepared incantation. A pale blue light radiated from his law book, passing over several young wizards, instantly calming everyone’s heart.
"The Calming Incantation is effective, incantation power ±10%, no significant loss." Zheng Qing immediately made his judgment.
Accordingly, the others also opened their law books one after another and tested their reserved small magic methods.
Everyone was serious and focused without the usual casualness and frivolity.
"Talisman inspection." Zheng Qing randomly pulled out a standard talisman from the gray cloth bag, still the Tranquility Talisman, and released it on Xiao Xiao.
"The effect is similar to the incantation, no obvious fluctuations." The doctor slightly nodded.
"What about the potion?" Zheng Qing turned to look at Xin Fat Man.
"Doing it." Xin Fat Man had already sat cross-legged on the ground at some point, with a row of test tubes and test papers in front of him, continuously testing the effects of those potions. The glow of the test papers under the erosion of the potion was dazzling to behold.
"What about the constant?" Zheng Qing looked again at Zhang Ji Xin.
"The basic gravity is about 0.8g, with an up and down deviation of 5%."
The main hunter of Absolution clenched his fist and made a few gestures in mid-air, confirming: "It won’t affect our basic actions, and will enhance the effect of many magic methods."
"What about the others? Avogadro’s constant, molar constant, speed of light, atomic weight, electron magnetic moment, Planck’s constant... what about the other data?" Zheng Qing immediately frowned.
In his view, being in a completely new world but knowing nothing about this world’s foundation is a very dangerous and ignorant act.
But his questioning returned many surprised looks around him.
"We’re not adventurers exploring new worlds."
"It’s just a new hunting tournament, who would carry a basic constant verification center with them... We didn’t learn that much during previous training!" Zhang Ji Xin shrugged helplessly.
Zheng Qing’s frown instantly raised.
He pondered for a few seconds before reacting—it was that damn shadow again, shoving the experience it brought back from wandering through the two-dimensional world to mess with his judgment, making him make a faux pas.
"But it’s no longer a newbie hunting tournament, if you want to survive, we need to understand as much of the basic data as possible... this is very important for subsequent tactical arrangements."
The Absolution team captain reluctantly nodded, took out some talisman paper from his bosom, handed it to Zhang Ji Xin, and added: "You go and check the basic effects like Fireball, Freeze, and Lightning, see if there’s any impact."
Zhang Ji Xin, the main hunter of Absolution, received the stack of talismans, was stunned for a moment, and then shrugged and ran over ten meters away and began validating them one after another.
The fatty had just finished his potion test at the side.
"The basic potions for hemostasis, analgesic, paralysis, and detoxification are still effective."
"The effects of Exorcism and Nightmare Removal, which are biased towards mental types, are noticeably reduced, but if the dosage is increased, they should still work."
"All in all, the consciousness of this world tends to decay, so the effectiveness of potions against negative effects will be weakened to some extent." Saying this, Xin seemed to remember something, and added: "I guess magic should also have this preference."
"So the previous Calming Incantation and the Tranquility Talisman are biased towards neutrality, so their effects didn’t decrease, right?" Zheng Qing thoughtfully nodded, turning to look at Xiao Xiao: "Doctor, divination, choose the appropriate plan."
"Already doing it." Xiao Xiao answered in a low voice.
Next to him, a white flame was floating in the air, flickering playfully. Above the flame, a yellow turtle shell was being burned by the spiritual fire, emitting a crackling sound of minor explosions, and showing a trace of cracked marks.