Carl replied somewhat helplessly, "Ah, Yun-ge, do you think we don't understand this principle? We also don't want to dismantle nearly intact fighters and remake equipment from the metal cut from them. It's time-consuming and wasteful. But, there's no other way! Because these weapons and equipment of the Xibo are quite bizarre. Once these items fall into our hands, they completely malfunction and turn into a pile of scrap metal."

"How so?" Dream Jia asked.

Carl pointed to a fighter, relatively well-preserved but covered with wildflowers on the surface, and said, "Take that fighter, for example. We've captured many of these floating fighters on the battlefield. Strangely enough, even when we capture them intact, they immediately turn into scrap metal once they're in our hands. No matter how we repair them, the electronic components inside the fighters inexplicably lose all functionality."

"After scientists dismantled and studied these fighters, they found a data module with a chip inside. And with the explanation from the Savior, we finally understood that whether it's the Xibo or their fighters and ships, they execute commands through implanted modules. However, to activate all functions within the Xibo and their equipment using these modules, a special command must be input."

"To crack the command controlling these modules, we started collecting enemy corpses and intact equipment as much as possible for the Savior and the scientists to decipher. Unfortunately, due to the mysterious nature of these commands, we have not been able to crack them to this day. Plus, we need to manufacture a large number of weapons so that we have enough when the Xibo launch their next large-scale siege. Therefore, we can only dismantle these useless battle armors and make weapons for our use, rather than leaving them there to waste resources."

Carl sighed lightly, then added, "Anyway, the enemy will always provide us with weapon resources whenever needed. So, when we successfully crack the password controlling these data modules, we can go back and collect intact fighters."

"Did the Savior tell you all these things?" Although Carl explained in detail, the only name that caught Dao Lao's attention was still the Savior.

"Yes. If it weren't for the Savior's guidance, we wouldn't know how to extract information from the Xibo's data modules, let alone how to remove them from the Xibo," Carl replied.

"Hmph! It seems that these Saviors really know everything!" Dream Jia said.

Carl didn't detect the teasing tone hidden in Dream Jia's words and his face showed a look of deep admiration again, "Of course! The Savior said they have been exploring and researching continuously in the struggle against the Xibo, and that's how they've discovered more secrets from the Xibo. According to the Savior's speculation, although the chips inserted into the Xibo's data modules are very ordinary, the Xibo's data modules likely still conceal more secrets. However, the Savior's abilities are limited, so they have not been able to decipher more information from them. Therefore, the Savior also welcomes humans to join in researching the Xibo's data modules. They hope that through the joint efforts of different civilizations, we can one day decipher more passwords from these modules and ultimately find a way to completely defeat the Xibo."

"If these modules are also made with the energy technology of the Celestial Realm, then without leaking core technology, is it possible for the lower realm creatures to decode the energy technology used in these modules and gain the ability to control them?" Hao Yun asked.

"Absolutely not," Dream Jia replied decisively.

Then Dream Jia continued, "Energy technology itself was created under the influence of the divine power in the Celestial Realm, giving energy technology a natural shield against lower realm creatures. Therefore, unless they are Celestial Realm priests or lower realm beings who ascend to the Celestial Realm and obtain the title of priest, even if they display this knowledge in languages familiar to lower realm creatures, they simply cannot understand the content described in these words."

"More precisely, lower realm creatures simply do not have the ability to recognize information related to energy technology. Even if they display knowledge about energy technology in languages familiar to lower realm creatures, they will only understand those words as something completely different. Therefore, even if thieves who steal energy technology inform humans of the origin of this technology, humans would still be unable to integrate the knowledge into their thinking and construct a completely new knowledge system because the brains of lower realm creatures simply cannot process information related to energy technology. Therefore, when they hear this information, they immediately forget it."

"Exactly. Even though Earth NX has severed its connection with the Celestial Realm under the influence of certain forces, as long as the lower realm cannot break through the barriers with the upper realm, there is absolutely no possibility of mastering the knowledge of Celestial Realm technology," Dao Lao added.

"In that case, how did the Savior know that there are more secrets hidden in those data modules that obviously contain energy technology? Could it be that those Saviors are really priests? Or perhaps they are not priests, and the so-called secrets they mention are just information hidden within the data modules that have nothing to do with energy technology?" Although Hao Yun presented two guesses, in his heart, he had long linked the Saviors and priests, especially those two mysterious individuals who had killed his parents.

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"I'm afraid your second guess is not valid. Because such ordinary coincidences appearing on such special items are already very unreasonable in themselves," Dao Lao cautiously replied.

"So, if those Saviors are indeed priests, what exactly is their purpose in coming here?" Dream Jia raised this question again.

Dream Jia organized her thoughts and continued, "Based on the divine technology found on the Western Bo people, it is evident that the mastermind behind manipulating them must have ties to the traitors of the Divine Spirits Realm. As for those saviors—though various signs indicate they are likely priests from the Divine Spirits Realm, given their probable connection to those two mysterious individuals, until we understand the situation better, I still think we shouldn't blindly consider them allies."

Dream Jia's statement clearly reiterated her stance—even if those two mysterious individuals were indeed priests sent secretly from the Divine Spirits Realm to carry out special missions, she would not forgive them for casually taking away Hao Yun's parents' lives. Hao Yun naturally felt deeply moved and grateful for Dream Jia's support, but to prevent her and Dao Lao from worrying too much about him due to his parents' murder, Hao Yun responded after listening to Dream Jia's thoughts, "I am truly grateful to both of you for standing with me in dealing with these mysterious individuals. But please rest assured, even if those two mysterious individuals are indeed priests sent by the Divine Spirits Realm to execute their missions, I will never act rashly if I capture them. After all, I cannot jeopardize you two because of my actions. Moreover, I believe the Divine Spirits Realm will surely make a fair judgment on their extreme actions."

Since the topic returned to those two mysterious individuals, Dream Jia, feeling uncomfortable with the warm atmosphere, immediately changed the subject, "By the way, if the purpose of those two mysterious individuals' actions is related to resolving the issues on Earth NX, why did they go to the Earth N38 timeline? And I remember, they also installed a very strange device in Hao Yun's kitchen."

After a brief thought, Dao Lao replied, "Since this timeline is disconnected from the Divine Spirits Realm under the influence of some force, it likely means those two mysterious individuals would find it difficult to enter here by conventional means. Perhaps the device they installed at Hao Yun's parents' home is specifically for teleporting into this world. And they probably chose Hao Yun's parents' home as the starting point because it's the only gateway to enter the Earth NX world."

Although Dao Lao's speculation was based on the assumption made from Judge Yan and Master Gu's ability to freely travel between timelines using spell properties, and the current isolation of this world from the Divine Spirits Realm, Hao Yun agreed with Dao Lao's speculation. However, with a tone filled with both puzzlement and resentment, Hao Yun said, "Even if that's the case, what does it have to do with my parents? Could it be that because my parents were at home at that time, it affected their actions, so they took this murderous action against my parents?"

Faced with Hao Yun's questioning, Dao Lao and Dream Jia naturally could not provide a definitive answer. Thus, the atmosphere among the three of them again became heavy as the topic returned to Hao Yun's parents. Just as Dao Lao and Dream Jia were unsure how to lighten the mood, Carl's call suddenly came through their communication earpieces, "Hey! Yun Ge, what are you three doing there? Hurry down to help me move things!"

Carl's timely call immediately rescued Hao Yun and the others from the somber atmosphere. They quickly looked at Carl in relief, only to realize that Carl, who had been riding a motorcycle beside them just moments ago, had somehow run to a grassy area tens of meters away and was now standing on an engineering vehicle, waving his arms to beckon them over.

At the same time, Hao Yun and the others also noticed that the Skeleton Special Operations Team had slowed down and stopped to the side while they were conversing mentally. In front of the Special Operations Team were several large engineering vehicles and some workers. These workers, after the Special Operations Team stopped, hurriedly crowded around the light cruiser carrying Eva, warmly greeting the few people standing on the bow of the ship.

"We have officially entered the territory of Leinata City, and the Western Bo people won't appear here easily. Therefore, as long as we ensure that the models emitted from the communication earpieces stay away from the high-speed road areas in the distance, we can confidently use the communication earpieces for communication. However, for safety reasons, you should not set the earpiece's power too high." Carl looked at Hao Yun and the others who jumped off their motorcycles and ran towards him, pointing to his earpiece.

Then, Carl pointed in Eva's direction and said, "Because the boss needs to talk to the engineering team about the Western Bo people still chasing us, we need to stop here temporarily. Hey! You know, once we enter Leinata City's territory, we won't have any reservations about those Western Bo people! Just watch, when those beasts chase us here tonight, we'll make sure to treat them well!"

Hao Yun and his companions were not surprised by Eva's decision. Clearly, those Western Bo people would not stop hunting them just because the Special Operations Team had returned to the main city. Therefore, the Special Operations Team had to ensure that, regardless of the noise they made, those Western Bo people would not receive any further support and would be swiftly annihilated to prevent them from causing unnecessary trouble by getting too close to Leinata City.

Of course, after confirming that the human defenders would easily win tonight's victory, Hao Yun and his companions shifted their attention from Eva's team's tactics for besieging the Western Bo people tonight to the ongoing material recovery operations on site. Just as Dao Lao mentioned, they still needed to understand more about the physical structure of these Western Bo people to determine how much connection these bio-mechanical beings had with the divine technology of the Divine Spirits Realm. Only then could they use the clues provided by these bio-mechanical beings to quickly find the ringleaders who brought this divine technology to the mortal realm.

"Hey! Don't just stand there watching! I'll teach you how to operate these machines." Seeing Hao Yun and his companions eagerly observing the large machinery working around them, Carl shook the weathered cutting gun in his hand and said.