Storms and the Bear Who Dominated the World

An Yang had not brought many instruments or devices on this trip. He had left most of the available space for weapons and ammunition, and the few instruments he did have were far from enough for his current needs.

Perhaps it was because technological civilizations had never imagined that such equipment might one day be used to study unnatural life-forms. Most devices were helpless against the White Ape's flesh and blood. Instead, the simplest laboratory equipment, combined with the research methods of the mysterious civilization, produced unexpectedly effective results.

An Yang had long since considered that he would lack experimental equipment after leaving the Land of Origin, so while he was still there, he had learned many techniques that could replace laboratory devices.

For example, the Greed Worm summoning technique he had used before. The summoned Greed Worms could replace many analytical instruments!

There were also techniques that did not require the aid of otherworldly life-forms. Their mysterious runes formed virtual analytical structures, and once activated, the techniques themselves could analyze the subject of study. They then fed the results back to the Spellcaster through changes in the mysterious characters and the reactions of the technique's structure under specific conditions.

Many toxin-detection techniques borrowed this principle, though that was only a very basic application.

Thus, the main research and analytical methods of the mysterious practitioners could be divided into three types: instruments and equipment, otherworldly life-forms, and techniques.

Each of these three methods had its own strengths and weaknesses. In general, using instruments and equipment for research was the foundation, but it placed high demands on hardware, and one had to carry the equipment everywhere. Relying on otherworldly life-forms was a shortcut, but it required paying a certain price and carried the risk of technological leaks. Using techniques was obviously