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Chapter 459: New Insights
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Ye Chong did not expect the chase to last for 24 days
Had it not been for Mu, Han Jia's holographic scanning systeh for him to keep up with the red-tailed beast On the ninth day, he began to consider end the pursuit and return to base Inside the Calamitous Asteroid Belt, numerous rocks and planetary bodies of sizes were everywhere It was easy to lose one's way, and even Mu could not guarantee identifying their location
However, Ye Chong decided to continue his pursuit for a very specific reason
Once they entered the Cala deployed Mu immediately With that, they quickly verified that the red-tailed beast was iy attacks Perhaps it was not iy based weapons, but Mu's Recursion rifle was at least ineffective against it
Of course, that was only one of the reasons Ye Chong continued the pursuit What made him continue on was an incident that happened on the ninth day, which was the day that he began to consider giving up the chase
He remembered clearly what happened that day He was very tired then He would not have been able to survive for nine days without his strong determination and Mu's assistance
The red-tailed beast was alert and cunning, with astonishing stamina Even after nine days of continuous pursuit, the creature showed no signs of fatigue It seemed to understand Han Jia's weakness, and always flew into areas with , who had to keep up his concentration in order to avoid the floating rocks all around him That hy he was exhausted physically and mentally sooner than expected
There was another concern, and that was the food supply Han Jia's food storage was always full, as it was Ye Chong's habit Besides, he had quite a number of nutrition pills However, he had to take into account the return journey Besides, there was always the possibility of losing his way in the Cala for soh After all, long distance travelling in outer space was meant to be done with starships, notae distance This meant that they were deep inside the asteroid belt by now Mu had warned Ye Chong tiain that the further in they went, the more likely it was for them to lose their way Even with Mu's help, the probability of losing their way right noas already at 41 percent
However, just when Ye Chong decided to turn back, the feed froraphic screen , the red-tailed beast did not look so good as well Its black outer shell gleali first saw the creature Its crimson red eyes still looked obstinate and alert, but the veins that began to show in the eyes indicated that it was not at its best The creature's body looked shrunken and weaker, like it could give up at any tihtly and threateningly
The creature see's attention After days of pursuit, he was getting used to their nor speed and rhyth rock The rock was not particularly large, about three hly spherical, with an inconspicuous dark brown exterior
The red-tailed beast behaved oddly for the first ti stopped whatever he was occupied with and observed closely
The red-tailed beast approached the rock, and stabbed its tail into the rock The tough rock seemed to be easily penetrated by the creature's tail The tail went all the way in, and Ye Chong gasped at the spectacle
What was the creature doing? One the one hand, he was surprised by the strength of the creature's tail, and on the other hand, he could not understand what it was doing
The red-tailed beast rattled its tail Crack! The rock fragmented into dozens of pieces and exploded outwards It was chilling to watch
The red-tailed beast now held in its tail a fist-sized yellow rock that glowed faintly
A transnized what it was iy ores often stored a significant aather a lot of these transround cave That was also where he obtained a few teardrop ered hand, and that chilling screech