"In which areas is the strength of Spiritual Transcendents most formidable?"
Yang Lie, who had come to pick up the repaired equipment for his team to continue honing their skills, raised an eyebrow upon hearing Su Yu's question. He immediately sensed the reason behind it.
"Is Brother Su worried about the Night Slayer Team?"
Su Yu didn't hide it, nodding directly.
He was indeed quite curious about Spiritual Transcendents.
In the entire Shelter No. 73, there were over a hundred Transcendents, but among them, those like Spiritual Transcendents, including Li He, were just a handful, and all were concentrated within the Night Slayer Team.
How their methods work and what their strength is like—Su Yu couldn't gather much information on his own and had to seek guidance from Yang Lie.
Currently, there was an unresolvable tension between the two sides, and as Li Yao's greatest backing, Li He, the rather mysterious three-star Spiritual Transcendent, would certainly take action in the end.
Su Yu naturally needed to prepare in advance with intelligence gathering.
Though Yang Lie understood why Su Yu was asking, he couldn't really provide much help with his inquiry.
"Spiritual Transcendents are too mysterious."
The training of Physical Body Transcendents is much easier to understand.
By constantly honing the physical body—provided there is talent—once it's trained to a certain level, one can naturally perceive and absorb Spiritual Energy from the subspace, refining it into their body and making it part of their power.
But the meditation of Spiritual Transcendents is much more elusive and profound.
"If possessing the qualifications to be a Transcendent is one in a hundred, then those with the potential to be a Spiritual Transcendent are one in ten thousand or even more rare."
"Moreover, having potential alone is not enough. One must also develop their own unique Meditation Technique to channel the Spiritual Energy from subspace successfully; only then can one be considered a qualified Spiritual Transcendent."
From this standard across the whole of Shelter No. 73,
apart from Li He, the other two Spiritual Transcendents can't be considered qualified—they have been Transcendents for almost ten years, yet their Telekinesis has not improved much from when they started.
"So does that mean that Li He has his own Meditation Technique?"
Seeing Yang Lie nod, Su Yu frowned slightly, becoming even more troubled.
The name Meditation Technique had appeared in the Empire's promotional magazines collected by his master.
However, those magazines never mentioned that the Meditation Technique requires personal exploration and varies greatly among individuals; instead, they teach systematic Meditation Techniques, such that anyone with Transcendent qualification and able to access Spiritual Energy can become a Spiritual Transcendent through the Empire's school instruction.
The quality of one's qualifications only affects how far they can go down this path but does not prevent the mastery of Spiritual Power or the discovery of one's Transcendent self.
It's no wonder the Empire's achievements are so impressive.
Besides, Su Yu had also learned an important piece of intelligence from the article: each set of Meditation Techniques has its unique Spiritual Secret Technique that grows stronger with one's power.
This Spiritual Secret Technique is the foundation of a Spiritual Telepathist's abilities.
Li He, within five years of becoming a Spiritual Transcendent, rose from an unknown scavenger to one of the top masters of Shelter No. 73.
The grade of his Meditation Technique is likely not low, and his Spiritual Secret Technique is probably quite formidable!
"Truly a huge headache..."
Su Yu clenched his fist slightly, and smiled bitterly with a sense of helplessness.
Beside him, Yang Lie, seeing his expression, couldn't help but whisper, "Why don't you lower your head, Brother Su? Ignore us and first go discuss with the Night Slayer Team; perhaps they might consider cooperation?"
Su Yu shook his head, his demeanor calm, "You are overthinking, Uncle Yang. You've lived in the Sanctuary longer than I have; do you think that Captain Li He is the kind willing to reconcile?"
Hearing Su Yu's words,
Yang Lie was momentarily at a loss for words.
Indeed, the overbearing arrogance of Li Yao is not just due to his personality.
Almost every member of the Night Slayer Team shares this demeanor.
The root cause can all be traced back to Captain Li He of the Night Slayer Team.
His character is more ruthless and cruel, and those marked by him usually meet a miserable end.
the moment Su Yu showcased his Mechanic skills, hinting at a threat to Li Yao's status,
whether or not he wanted to join the Night Slayer Team, his end was doomed to be unpleasant!
Seeing Su Yu's troubled look,
Yang Lie let out a heavy sigh, placing his teacup on the table and solemnly saying to Su Yu, "Brother Su, you need not worry too much. Since we've already made a pact, we as the Ninth Squad should naturally stand by you in both advance and retreat!"
"As brash as the Night Slayer Team may be, they wouldn't dare start a fight within the Sanctuary. Plus, with the order you received, your safety for this month is already ensured!"
"In a month's time, with your skills and our united front, we might even raise our ranking and draw more attention from the committee, potentially making the Night Slayer Team reluctant to act impulsively!"
Listening to Yang Lie's generous assurance,
Su Yu felt a wave of emotion and, without saying much, nodded slightly, indicating his stance.
Thus, time began moving forward again.
One day, two days, three days...
Until, seven days later!
At the Night Slayer Team's station.
"Yang Lie's Ninth Squad took a full half-month before setting out this time? What's going on with them? Was the loot from the last hunt so massive that they became lazy?"
A core combatant from the Night Slayer Team voiced his dissatisfaction.
"We gathered some intel; it seems that the kid named Su Yu upgraded all their weapons and equipment, and even developed new weapons for them, causing the delay!"
"New weapon upgrades? Equipment enhancements?"
Upon hearing the scout's report,
the Night Slayer Team's core combatants were initially stunned, but soon enough, an indiscernible mockery surfaced in their eyes!
"Am I hearing this right? That brat, not even twenty, dares to say he upgraded equipment and developed new weapons? The Ninth Squad must be desperate! Aren't they afraid their weapons might backfire against the Radiation Beasts?"
Hearing the core combatants' mocking remarks, the scouting scout followed with a chuckle, but there was still a hint of worry in his eyes.
He had seen firsthand the new equipment brought out by Yang Lie's team members from Su Yu's repair room.
They didn't look like some shoddy goods!
"Achoo... Alright, dismissed. Knowing that the Ninth Squad is ready to set out is enough; inform the subordinates to stay alert. I'm going for a nap. I don't know why, but I've been increasingly tired these past few days..."
The core combatants waved their hand, assigning their subordinates to rest up as they prepared to follow Yang Lie's team into the wilderness the next day.
Meanwhile, at the repair room front, Yang Lie, Zhang Wu, and other Ninth Squad members, each holding various new equipment from Su Yu, widened their eyes in shock at the new gear prepared for them by Su Yu, speechless with astonishment!
"Were all these really prepared in just half a month's time?"
Hearing Yang Lie's heartfelt amazement.
Su Yu chuckled lightly, his hands continuing their work as he placed the last two 'secret weapons' onto the trolley.
Seeing the two boxes of equipment Su Yu brought out in the end,
not even just the combatants from the Ninth Squad, but even the regular members managing logistics couldn't help gathering out of curiosity, each displaying a look of bewilderment!