Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

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Pansen subconsciously used his Spiritual Energy to catch the object and slowly unwrapped it in front of his eyes.

Looking at the square, light yellowish chunk mixed with a milky white color, Pansen smiled and took a bite.

After guzzling a large sip of purified water from his water bottle, he let out a breath, shook his head with a smile, and said, "That’s how I came through it back in the day."

Even those gifted with Spiritual Energy, to develop their personal combat will, undergo the same arduous training and missions as military camp soldiers.

Having consumed the water and food, Pansen finally regained some vitality, and looked at Bai E with gentle eyes, smiling and asking, "Aren’t you tired?"

"Not tired. It’s normal for us to go several days without sleep during missions."

"It’s still tough for you..." Pansen sighed, stared at the floor beneath his feet, and said softly, "Actually, I didn’t mean to target you specifically; it’s just that some of your behaviors are puzzling, and combined with some strange responses from our Spiritual Energy, I prodded you a bit earlier. Don’t take it to heart, okay?"

Bai E was momentarily surprised, "… Sir."

Pansen waved his hand, "We are all serving the city; there’s no need for formalities. To fight your way up to this position and power as an artificial human, I actually admire you a bit, pity you don’t have the talent for Spiritual Energy, or I could personally teach you some stuff."

"…" Bai E, with eyes cast downward, appeared somewhat moved, "I’m sorry I can’t meet your kind expectations, sir."

"Hey, it’s nothing," Pansen looked into Bai E’s eyes.

Every little gesture, the trembling of the eyelashes, the twitching of the muscles...

He did not use Spiritual Energy, as it could inspire caution.

As a Spiritual Energy expert in information gathering, responsible for reconnaissance and counter-espionage, using the body’s inherent capabilities to obtain information was also an essential skill for him.

One last time!

He wanted to look one last time into the true heart of this peculiar artificial human.

"Beep beep beep~"

The sudden alarm interrupted their conversation, and Bai E leapt to his feet, dashing towards the central control console.

After a series of dazzling operations, Bai E quickly reported the location of the affected machine room.

"A2."

Without waiting for Pansen to act, Bai E’s body shot out like an arrow, flipped over the railing to jump down from the machine room platform, and sprinted away into the darkness, almost as fast as Pansen, who was flying overhead.

"It’s here!"

Pansen slowly descended in front of Bai E.

The control of Spiritual Energy that he had urgently practiced overnight was about to be put to the test at this moment.

He had to be both fast and stable.

The discerning Spiritual Energy, like a fog, filled the entire 4*4 space, and Bai E, feeling the external spiritual energy fluctuation, was somewhat astonished, only truly understanding the power of a third-level Spiritual Energy user after having mastered the same type of Spiritual Energy.

The scale of 4*4 was that of the mainframe, with each unit occupying at least 4㎡ of space, and the gaps between groups of units being at least 2 meters, with a height of around 3 meters; roughly calculated, the whole space was about 588m³.

Not to mention that Pansen’s Spiritual Energy coverage was not merely clinging to the edges, which meant that the entire space of six or seven hundred cubic meters was shrouded in Pansen’s energy.

And what about himself?

Around 1 meter from his body? That was the extent of his energy’s sustenance without consumption.

To extend this space to the range of six or seven hundred cubic meters... emmmm, impossible.

It wasn’t a matter of consumption; he simply couldn’t do it.

Expanding space was an exponential explosion, and without enough total Spiritual Energy volume, the range Bai E could push his energy to was likely just about a hundred cubic meters at its limit, an entire order of magnitude less than what Pansen had shown.

Not to mention the consumption, which was a level currently beyond Bai E’s reach.

Under such all-seeing Spiritual Energy surveillance, a definitive "black hole" was easily and quickly located on the edge of the 4*4 space.

"Found it!"

With a light shout, the Spiritual Energy quickly converged.

Pansen located the position directly below the target and began to release his Spiritual Energy.

Watching Pansen use his Spiritual Energy to capture, Bai E hesitated whether to "come closer" to see in the world of Spiritual Energy.

Unable to improve his mimicked Spiritual Energy attribute, he could only develop more functions of the energy by imitating the abilities of other Spiritual Energy users.

He had indeed temporarily completed a partial imitation of "Heavenly Eye," but the deeper development—like "capture"—was a concept beyond his current Spiritual Energy understanding.

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One must imitate the original host to further enhance and acquire more attributes for usage and transformation.

During Pansen’s "catch," there was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

Furthermore, Pansen himself had just said—he admired oneself and wouldn’t mind personally instructing oneself in some Spiritual Energy knowledge...

"...or I could personally teach you a thing or two."

"...or I could personally teach you..."

"...or I could personally teach you..."

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These words echoed like a demonic chant, making Bai E unable to suppress a certain impulse.

However, beneath the throbbing of his heart, Bai E’s eyes instantly cleared.

Spiritual Energy Impact!

Pansen’s words carried a faint effect of Spiritual Energy, unlike the previous forceful indoctrination; this time, it was much subtler, like moisture that infiltrates silently, so subtle that one couldn’t detect any trace of the imposed Spiritual Energy effect.

But even if one realized for an instant that this was the brainwashing effect of a Spiritual Energy Impact, the trust in the other party had deeply rooted itself in the depths of one’s heart.

However, for Bai E, having that moment of clarity was already enough—

The crafty skill of Spiritual Energy Recollection activated once again.

Searching upstream in the flow of memories, it was over within the span of a breath; the confrontation in memory had already ended.

[You just engaged in a battle of Spiritual Energy within your memory, which has exercised your Spiritual Energy to a certain extent. Spiritual Energy +5/5.]

"..." Returning to his senses from the memory, Bai E maintained that intense concern and watchfulness.

Revealing oneself as a man-made being with Spiritual Energy abilities had implications too chaotic; one would only consider disclosing this information to the city after possessing more trump cards.

Before that, Bai E didn’t want to exposing himself passively.

"Swish swish swish~" In the unseen world of Spiritual Energy, white tentacles were spreading at an astonishing speed along the edge of the black void.

However, in the pursuit of speed, there was naturally a lack of precision.

A slight tremor of will, and the white capture net accidentally made contact with that easily startled presence.

In just an instant, the black mirror swallowing the fluorescent green streams disappeared out of sight.

But Pansen, mentally prepared, didn’t make a sound.

He truly wasn’t maintaining the use of "Exploration" Spiritual Energy while using "Capture" Spiritual Energy, and naturally, he didn’t have that ability.

But if someone else had been watching, they might have stirred upon "seeing" the scene of his failure.

One second...

Two seconds...

Half a minute...

One minute...

Bai E glanced at the time and walked up softly, "Sir?"

Pansen blinked his eyes as if suddenly snapping back to reality, "What’s up?"

Bai E checked the watch on his wrist, "It’s been over four minutes."

"Oh~" Pansen nodded, "I just failed, and I was thinking about how to improve."

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"I see... You’ve worked hard, Sir."

Looking at Bai E’s sincere face before him, Pansen sighed softly in his heart.

’Could it really be my imagination?’

He had infused a touch of Spiritual Energy Impact into his words to Bai E just now, so covert because—attempts to deceive others must first deceive oneself.

As long as the subject of the technique had no issues, he would act in accordance with his promise, unwavering and without doubt.

Thus, the hand that once again patted Bai E’s shoulder was much sturdier and forceful, "Help me back... I’m feeling a bit dizzy."

"Yes, Sir."