The Lieutenant General was still somewhat unwilling. He sighed. "But you know as well that the military and the government have powerful research capabilities."
"With alien beast invasions imminent, wouldn't it be better to have more people researching them?"
Qu Jianlei shook his head. "Then you can hunt them yourselves. If you want them... five artifacts for one corpse."
The Lieutenant General fell silent. In the end, he took the initiative to stand. "I'll report this to my superiors. You should also test the artifact as soon as possible."
Qu Jianlei had everyone remain aboard the Battalion-Class Ship and wait, while he left with Nutrient Solution, Old Lady Jia, and Duo Gan.
Unless something unexpected happened, this artifact would be left to Duo Gan, which was why he had brought her along for the test.
The 1314 Ship accelerated to a certain speed, then directly jumped to another star region.
The four of them then found a desolate planet with an atmosphere and landed to conduct the test.
Old Lady Jia was the first to try it. She slowly infused spiritual energy into the pearl in her hand.
Her cultivation was equivalent to the Nascent Soul Realm, so she did not dare inject too much spiritual energy at once, lest she damage the pearl.
Unfortunately, the pearl showed no reaction whatsoever.
Jia Shuiqing instead breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that. "At least we can confirm it's an artifact. Otherwise, the pearl would definitely have shattered."
After confirming that it was an artifact, she increased the flow of spiritual energy.
The next moment, an invisible ripple spread outward, and the four of them discovered that the wind around them... had stopped!
Qu Jianlei's mouth twitched. "This is... a Wind Stabilizing Pearl?"
He was genuinely a little depressed.
Was