Speaking of the Exotic Battlefield, Lu Lin hesitantly gave them a heavily edited story. It was mostly about him chasing Liu Chang, then killing exotic beasts and slaying the Alien Race, and finally encountering many ninth-level alien species besieging him on his way back, where he was picked up and incidentally cursed three Star Generals to death. Cong Xiaolong smirked, as if he wanted to write "I don’t believe it" all over his face. "Forget it, you don’t like to talk about it, so I won’t ask. However, you should be careful around that guy Qin Shuang." "Don’t be fooled by his good looks; he’s actually very sinister." Cong Xiaolong advised him, as Lu Lin hadn’t stayed in school long enough to understand. But Cong Xiaolong and the others were different. Although they trained every day, they would occasionally learn some information about the school with their classmates. Qin Shuang was not just as simple as he looked. Lu Lin nodded, without saying much. In this era, ultimately, it’s strength that speaks the loudest. Whatever Qin Shuang might be thinking, as long as his strength is not up to par with Lu Lin, there is nothing to worry about. At noon, after having lunch in the canteen with a few others, Lu Lin received a call and left. The laboratory, a collaboration between the Equipment Division and Iron Blood University, was fully prepared. After initial research and testing, the lab had started developing instruments capable of detecting the spiritual wave fluctuations of the Soul Controlling Clan. However, due to the lack of experimental material nearby, they often had to trouble Lu Lin to follow up on the experiment’s progress. Fourth Floor Underground of the Experimental Building. This was the location of the newly prepared laboratory. Upon entering, Lu Lin was led by personnel to change into laboratory clothing. The clothing here was specially designed to shield against redundant spiritual infections. After changing into a gem-blue outfit, Lu Lin stepped into the lab, where a young researcher immediately greeted him. "Lu Lin, sorry to trouble you again." "This morning, we’ve redefined and designed three different spiritual wave indices based on what you mentioned last time. Please check if these resemble the spiritual waves of the Soul Controlling Clan." Lu Lin nodded and followed him into the research room. The researcher, named Ma He, was said to have graduated from Hua Xia Science and Technology University. After graduation, he joined the Equipment Division as an ordinary researcher, but he had his own insights on spiritual research. This time, he was brought in by his mentor to assist Lu Lin in developing the detection equipment. Lu Lin had spoken to him several times and felt he was lying. Under the Perceive Star Skill, no one could hide their true ability from Lu Lin. This Ma He definitely couldn’t be just an ordinary researcher who had just graduated. "This is the first type of spiritual wave. It’s a wave we discovered by extending from the spiritual waves of the Sky-swallowing Rat of the Alien Race." "From some ancient exotic manuscripts, we learned sparse details about the Soul Controlling Clan. This race is quite similar to rat-type exotic beasts." "I’ll release this wave now; please try to sense it." Ma He said, pressing a button. Immediately, a wave dispersed from the helmet Lu Lin was wearing, as he perceived it. This particular spiritual wave was indeed quite similar to what he had sensed before from the Sky-swallowing Rat clan, but not entirely the same. Almost instantaneously, Lu Lin knew this spiritual wave was incorrect. Yet he didn’t immediately state his conclusion; instead, he continued to sense for over ten minutes. After taking off the helmet, Lu Lin shook his head at Ma He, "Ma He, this isn’t it." Ma He showed no disappointment—failure was nearly commonplace to a researcher. "Then take a look at this one." "This spiritual wave is synthesized from the spiritual waves of the Earth-escaping Rat exotic beast, involving three different waveforms. Please take a look." Ma He continued, pressing another button, and Lu Lin donned the helmet, sensing the spiritual waves within. His eyes suddenly narrowed. This... was almost identical to the wave he had sensed from the Soul Controlling Clan before, though just slightly different. But it was the closest wave he had encountered in the past half month. Lu Lin’s expression was keenly sensed by Ma He, which brought a sense of pride to his heart. It seemed that the relentless research over the past half month had finally paid off. "Lu Lin, try the second wave mode too." After experiencing the three variations of spiritual waves extended from the Earth-escaping Rat exotic beast, Lu Lin took off the helmet and said, "Ma He, the first spiritual wave was the closest, but it’s still not the same; you might need to research a bit more." Ma He was taken aback. Shouldn’t Lu Lin say the first wave was from the Soul Controlling Clan? How could it be just very close? He found it a bit unbelievable. Human perception can be prone to errors; even someone with perception talent like Long Qianli might make mistakes in judgment concerning details. Sometimes, human senses might not be as precise as one imagines. Could it be that Lu Lin made a wrong judgment? "Yes, it’s very close, but still a bit off. If we rely solely on such spiritual wave detection instruments, it’s impossible to test the controlled humans." Ma He reluctantly nodded. Since Lu Lin said it was impossible, it indeed was impossible. As the first and only person to discover humans parasitized by aliens, Lu Lin had the authority to say so. Following that, Ma He tested Lu Lin’s perception of the spiritual wave of the third kind of exotic beast, the Swan Rat. This exotic beast, called the Swan Rat, was entirely different from the Sky-swallowing Rat and the Earth-escaping Rat. It was a rat-type creature with a physical deformity. From its name, it was evident that the Swan Rat had a pair of wings like a swan’s, pure white. This text is hosted at noⅴelfire.net However, the Swan Rat’s wings were not feathered but rather fleshy wings akin to a bat’s. "Brother Ma, I think the spiritual wave of the Swan Rat could be combined with the spiritual wave of the Earth-escaping Rat from earlier." "There’s a part in its spiritual wave that overlaps with the first type of spiritual wave of the Earth-escaping Rat." "Additionally, although the literature mentions that the Soul Controlling Clan is related to the rat-type alien beasts, I think we could broaden our perspective. If we only study rat-type exotic beasts and alien species, we might never be able to simulate the spiritual wave of the Soul Controlling Clan." Lu Lin, having never run a household, didn’t realize how costly the necessities of life could be. In the Exotic Battlefield alone, there were 338 known rat-type exotic beasts identified by humans. In addition, there were over a dozen rat-type alien species. Merely studying and extending the spiritual waves of these 300-plus rat species had consumed more than half a month of their time, and Lu Lin wanted to add other exotic beasts, which would exponentially increase their workload. Ma He estimated that if they were unlucky, it might take them three years, five years, or even ten years to research the spiritual wave of the Soul Controlling Clan that Lu Lin needed. In that case, Lu Lin might have discovered yet another controlled human by then. After seeing Lu Lin off, Ma He recalled what he said about the similarities between the spiritual waves of the Swan Rat and the Earth-escaping Rat, finding it hard to believe. Although they belonged to the same rat family, the rat family had undergone rapid evolution and transformation due to the abundant Star Power in the Exotic Battlefield, far surpassing environments without Star Power. They might develop effects achieved over hundreds of thousands or even a million years within a few thousand years. Prior data showed Ma He that in terms of physiology, diet, and even combat styles, the Swan Rat and the Earth-escaping Rat were entirely different. Lumping them together solely because they’re both "rats" was unrealistic. The key was that their spiritual waves did not share overlapping or approaching areas. However, since Lu Lin mentioned it, Ma He decided to study the extended variants of their spiritual waves. He examined aspects like wavelength, spectrum, frequency, oscillation, and radiation to compare them. Several hours passed. Leveraging rapid technological development, the Equipment Division could now use two of the federation’s 3,000 supercomputers for experiment research, data comparison, and model construction. The supercomputer Ma He was using was called "Zhurong," a sixteenth-generation human supercomputer with 4.5 billion processing cores. When a day and a night had passed, Ma He was amazed to find— The first extended spiritual wave of the Earth-escaping Rat and one spiritual wave of the Swan Rat were remarkably close to unifying. Upon reaching proximity, the spiritual waves of the two began to influence each other, producing an entwining effect. This left Ma He astonished. Lu Lin’s claim that they could be combined turned out to be true. Lu Lin’s assertion of their proximity was indeed correct. The "Zhurong," with its 4.5 billion processing cores, had a calculation peak reaching 7,990,456 MTFlop/s, a speed unimaginable to humans. Even with a self-combusting brain, one could not achieve that computation speed. Yet Lu Lin, based on a few minutes’ experience, concluded with certainty in such a way, which was simply... incredible. Astonishing as a Heavenly Person. How on earth did Lu Lin’s brain develop, achieving in a few minutes what took the supercomputer over twenty hours? Ma He’s face brightened with a radiance. With Lu Lin’s judgment confirmed feasible, the subsequent step was to conduct research following Lu Lin’s approach. Sampling the spiritual waves of other exotic beasts was simple, but integrating those waves with the two rat family waves required tremendous computational power. In the following period, Ma He entered a sleepless, ceaseless mode. Using the entwining spiritual waves as the main axis, he continuously added the spiritual waves of other exotic beasts for detection. During this time, Lu Lin no longer paid attention to Ma He’s updates and progress. After resuming training with Hang Jianshe and others for half a month, Qin Shuang finally arrived.