"An Investigation into the Essence of Soul Power and Preliminary Cultivation Experiments!"
Upon seeing the title on the cover of the thesis, Tang Yi felt a surge of anticipation.
However, the document appeared substantial in length, comprising an extensive and detailed exposition that could not be thoroughly reviewed in a day or two.
Tang Yi therefore proceeded to open the final item among the transmitted supplies:
It was a profound cyan iron case.
Upon opening the case, he found inside: a compact, single-soldier rocket launcher, approximately half a meter in length, constructed entirely from matte black composite materials with sleek, streamlined contours and no superfluous ornamentation.
The most striking feature was the integrated composite sighting module mounted atop the launch tube. A faint green indicator light blinked rhythmically behind the lens, signaling standby status.
Adjacent to it was a miniaturized radar unit, endowing the weapon with beyond-visual-range target acquisition capability.
According to the accompanying brief description, the device bore the designation: [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher]!
The core characteristic of this rocket launcher lay in its "fire-and-forget" intelligent tracking functionality, coupled with a high-explosive warhead specifically engineered for devastating strikes.
A single rocket salvo was assessed to possess destructive power sufficient to obliterate more than half of a typical village in an instant. The instantaneous energy release was estimated to be roughly equivalent to the full-force strike of a seventy-ninth-ranked assault-type Soul Saint.
Most remarkably, the [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher] featured an internal ammunition replenishment system. It incorporated a specialized energy absorption module capable of drawing elemental particles from the surrounding atmosphere, thereby automatically generating "energy rockets"!
In other words, this [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher] possessed effectively unlimited ammunition!
On Blue Star, recharging a single "energy rocket" required approximately half a month.
Yet on the Douluo Continent, with its abundant heaven-and-earth spiritual energy, full recharging of one "energy rocket" could be accomplished in merely two to three days!
The magazine capacity of the [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher] was limited to ten rounds.
This represented the sole notable drawback of the weapon: unlike a conventional pistol, it could not be loaded with dozens of rounds at once.
Tang Yi ran his fingers along the cold launch tube. This was a manifestation of Blue Star's technological civilization.
It constituted one of Great Xia's most formidable trump cards, bestowed upon him for deployment at a decisive moment capable of reversing the course of any confrontation.
Suddenly, an intriguing idea surfaced in Tang Yi's mind. He began channeling soul power into the [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher].
Indeed, the weapon's internal energy conversion mechanism proved capable of condensing soul power into "energy rocket rounds"!
However, Tang Yi's current soul power reserves were far too meager; he could not even form one percent of an energy rocket round before nearing complete exhaustion.
"This presents a viable approach. Since soul power can be absorbed, once my soul power grows sufficiently strong, infusing it directly into the launcher would enable rapid condensation of rocket rounds, bypassing both magazine capacity and recharge time limitations."
"Moreover, the weapon's built-in tracking radar far surpasses the tracking-type soul skills available to soul masters on the Douluo Continent. It ensures precise strikes with zero waste of soul power!"
Tang Yi smiled with calm confidence. With such a devastating weapon in hand, he could now be regarded as a formidable figure—even if only on a modest scale—within the Douluo Continent.
Of course, this extraordinarily powerful technological armament, the [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher], belonged to one of the sequenced weapons developed under Great Xia's "Southern Heavenly Gate Project."
On this occasion, it had been transported to him under the direct responsibility of Great Xia's Bureau 749.
After briefly handling and examining the [Individual Smart-Lock Rocket Launcher], Tang Yi turned to Su Xiaoyin's accompanying reply letter.
Su Xiaoyin's handwriting was elegant and refined.
A faint trace of her personal fragrance still lingered subtly on the stationery.
"Comrade Tang Yi, greetings upon receipt of this letter…"
In the opening of her reply, Su Xiaoyin first inquired solicitously about Tang Yi's recent circumstances and expressed profound gratitude for the transmission of the crane head of the Azure Nether Longevity Crane and the snake head of the Variegated Viper. These two soul beast specimens had provided an immense impetus to Great Xia's biological and genetic research.
Concurrently, Su Xiaoyin reported that, with the collaboration of numerous computer science specialists and leveraging the immense computational power of supercomputers, all of Tang Yi's cultivation notes and related texts brought back from Notting Academy had undergone systematic translation, derivation, and synthesis.
Ultimately, with Su Xiaoyin as the principal author, this effort had culminated in the comprehensive new theoretical framework on soul power presented in the thesis Tang Yi had just examined.
However, since Tang Yi's original notes extended only to the twenty-ninth-rank Great Soul Master stage, Great Xia's current exploration of the essence of soul power remained provisionally confined to that boundary.
Any further extrapolation would require Tang Yi to continue supplying updated classroom notes and additional soul master theoretical knowledge.
Beyond this, Su Xiaoyin noted that during the present transmission, numerous attempts had been made to send heavy weaponry to Tang Yi's side—such as aircraft, tanks, and cannons.
Without exception, all such efforts had failed.
In the letter, Su Xiaoyin offered a tentative hypothesis:
"Perhaps the inter-plane transmission imposes restrictions on the volume or mass of objects. Items exceeding certain thresholds in size or weight cannot yet be transmitted."
Finally, Su Xiaoyin described the ongoing confrontation between Great Xia and the Japanese scholars of the Cherry Blossom Country.
With the Global Pharmaceutical Expo approaching, Great Xia urgently required Tang Yi to supply additional soul beasts—or, if possible, miraculous plants and immortal herbs—in order to enable the research teams to decisively overpower their rivals!
Upon reading of the Japanese scientists' brazen and domineering conduct, Tang Yi could not suppress a surge of righteous indignation.
"The finest immortal herbs are, for the most part, located within Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
"Such as: Lovesick Heartbreak Crimson, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Apricot Delicate疏, Strange Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum, Qiluo Tulip, Narcissus Jade Bone, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Autumn Water Dew that Pierces the Gaze, and others!"
"Should samples of these immortal herbs be obtained and transmitted back to Great Xia, given the current state of Blue Star Great Xia's biological science and technology, it may prove possible to perform genetic recombination and achieve unlimited cloning! At that point, Great Xia's ancient martial traditions could flourish anew, and biomedical products would undergo rapid iterative advancement!"
Tang Yi felt a surge of excitement. Regrettably, with his present strength, he remained far from being a match for the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
For the time being, the matter of supreme immortal herbs would have to be set aside.
However, hunting additional soul beasts on behalf of Great Xia was well within his current capabilities!
"The next objective is now decided: hunt and kill a greater number of soul beasts. With good fortune, a soul bone may even drop."
Tang Yi resolved firmly. When Great Xia faced adversity, every compatriot bore an inescapable duty to act!
In this cross-plane support effort, Tang Yi was determined to exert himself to the fullest.
To pursue soul beast hunting with peace of mind, Tang Yi formally requested an extended leave of absence from Director Su at the academy.
Director Su had initially been reluctant to approve, yet considering that even Sword Douluo Chen Xin had extended an invitation to Tang Yi, he could hardly refuse the request.
"During your leave, while away from the academy, you must take utmost care for your safety!"
Director Su offered this final admonition before signing the approval.
The majority of the Soul Beast Hunting Forest outside Notting City consisted of captive low-tier soul beasts.
On his previous excursion, the two-thousand-year Azure Nether Longevity Crane that Tang Yi had slain with the Desert Eagle had already represented one of the highest-tier entities within that forest!
To hunt soul beasts of significantly greater age and power, it would be necessary to venture into the Star Dou Great Forest!