Wang Qi looked at the group of giant bugs standing over a meter tall, and felt a little touched.
O heavens! O earth! It seemed this universe was not entirely blind after all! There were still people... oh, no, there were still bugs who could see my kind heart!
The leader of the Laude was none other than Mizushima · Canggui. Due to one of Wang Qi's misunderstandings, Wang Qi had once possessed him with a soul-avatar. Mizushima was among the earliest Laude to successfully communicate with humanity, and comparatively speaking, he was also one of the Laude most familiar with humans—though only comparatively.
Despite several months of emergency training, there were truly only a scant few Laude who knew how to communicate with humans.
A language based on sound waves was like "sign language" among the Laude. Meanwhile, the structure of human noses and enzymes made it fundamentally impossible for them to "hear" the vast majority of Spirit Resonance language. It would still take time for the two sides to establish even basic communication.
However, with the aid of magical items, that process could be shortened many times over.
Before Wang Qi, several talismans on those bugs remained brightly lit, surrounded by a soft spiritual glow that maintained their living environment. Jade magical items hung from their horns, while jade talismans were strapped to their two pairs of upper limbs—things akin to motion-capture devices.
Mizushima · Canggui waved his forelimbs through the air a few times, and then a spirit message entered Wang Qi's calculator.
"Senior, we salute you. We twelve bugs swear to follow you unto death from this day onward."
"Mm..." Wang Qi scrutinized the bugs, then said, "I read your applications. You want to study mathematics under me. Is that how I should understand it?"
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