Ye Jingyi walked back into the cave after giving instructions to the bear and looked at the radar placed inside.
He had given a set of communicators to the bear so that he could remain connected with him. One of the blue dots was moving toward the lonely grey dot on the radar. In the radar, there were not many dots—three grey dots and one white dot. This meant that there were three Qi Condensation Realm Assassins here and one Foundation Realm Assassin. Others should not be within the scope of the radar, which was good news. If too many people were gathered in one place, they would have changed the location.
He looked at Hui Ying and saw that she was sleeping soundly. Deciding not to disturb her, Ye Jingyi let her sleep. He looked at the radar and saw that Baldy was going in the right direction, so he started doing other things.
Right now, only 14% of the Nano Combat suit was recovered. Out of this, 2% was used to make the radar and two sets of communicators. So, in total, he had 12% remaining, which made him feel insecure.
Without hesitation, he turned 6% into Nano Crane and released it outside to absorb solar energy. He retained the remaining 6% for other uses. Although absorbing energy from the sun was one way, it wasn't fast enough. Ye Jingyi decided to use multiple ways to increase the repair speed. The faster the nanoparticles multiplied, the safer he would feel.
Other ways were simple, like generating energy from water, wind, etc. These were methods he could use anywhere in his previous universe. However, there was one more source of energy in this universe—spiritual energy. According to Hui Ying, spiritual energy was present everywhere. If he could track and draw it, it would be beneficial. Unfortunately, it was very difficult because he lacked sophisticated equipment. Absorbing spiritual energy required locating it first, which consumed the most time. Then he would have to study it and find ways to absorb it. Finally, he needed to determine how to convert it into energy that could be used by a Nano Combat suit. All these steps were extremely necessary to get the end result, but he was stuck in the first stage of discovery.
As Hui Ying mentioned, this place was a barren land with an extremely low concentration of spiritual energy, making it challenging to locate. That's why he could only choose other methods.
"Too bad I don't have a sample of spiritual energy… sigh, otherwise I could ignore this step by studying it," Ye Jingyi mumbled to himself as he prepared for other ways to get energy.
He wanted to go outside to get some wood but was startled after looking at the radar. Why is the bear coming back so soon? Is the work done? But the other dots are not near their location, so it should've taken some time to get there.
He took out the small mic and said, "Baldy! What happened? Why are you coming back?"
"Goosse hahaha! I am so lucky! I must be the bear of Destiny."
Ye Jingyi's face became dark as he heard this nonsense as a reply. "What do you mean? Have you gone stupid?" Ye Jingyi said, but he didn't get any reply, though through the radar, he saw that the bear was coming toward the cave.
Let's wait then!
Ye Jingyi decided to wait for the bear. He wanted to know why he said so much nonsense. He didn't need to wait for long as the bear returned with excitement written all over his face.
"Hahaha, I am the chosen bear! I had so many lucky encounters in just one day. First, I got a bunch of inner cores, now I got a spiritual herb! Wahahaha, with this, my chance to enter the Qi Condensation Realm has increased." The bear raised the bright green root in his hand and said proudly.
Hearing all the laughter, Hui Ying woke up from her sleep and saw the root in the bear's hands, showing a surprised expression.
"Emerald root? You are really lucky. You could get an Emerald root! This thing is very precious among low-level spiritual herbs," Hui Ying's eyes brightened as she saw this herb. Although it does not have a healing effect, it can increase the strength of the bear.
"Hahaha! I know that I am lucky! Destiny bear, I am destiny bear hahaha," the bear became even more happy after hearing Hui Ying. From her words, he understood that this spiritual herb is very good.
"How did you know that this is a spiritual herb?" Ye Jingyi said while looking at the green root. Don't know why, but he felt that his limelight was always taken away by the bear. Every time he goes out with them, he would return with something good, like this time.
"There are spiritual fluctuations around the root, but since you have not cultivated, you could not feel it," Hui Ying explained to Ye Jingyi.
Ye Jingyi's eyes shined after hearing Hui Ying. Spiritual fluctuations? That means there is spiritual energy around the root? Isn't it what he has been looking for?
With this, he can trace the spiritual energy and proceed with further steps.
Now he didn't feel uncomfortable about the bear's luck. As long as it can help him, it's fine.
Wait a minute! He has been looking for this, and the bear immediately found it? So is the bear lucky, or is it him? Thinking about this, he remembered the previous events. When he needed a source of energy, the bear appeared, giving him some inner cores. When he needed more inner cores, the bear brought another bunch of inner cores. So, in the end, it's him who got lucky, not the bear? And the bear is just a medium to execute his luck?
Thinking until here, Ye Jingyi's body felt light. Although this might be just a bunch of nonsense, as long as it makes sense, it's fine, right?