Otherworldly Desert Dust

Cangling's action of using those close to him as leverage is meaningless.

Under the Death Omen Law, such actions by Cangling actually expose his weaknesses to Wu Hen, who can use the Death Omen images to lock onto the people around him, pinpointing his identity.

Thus, even if Cangling truly possessed the ability to manipulate time, even having supernatural skills like Time Travel, Wu Hen had ways to counter him, the more Cangling pressed, the more Wu Hen could capture his presence.

"That Mist Battle Clothing is left with you guys, help me improve it while you're at it." Wu Hen said.

"It's already the most advanced. Any improvements would rely on new technology, new materials that might emerge in three months..." Luo Hong said awkwardly.

"Does the Mist Battle Clothing have anything like a law enforcement recorder?" Wu Hen asked, though he himself felt it was somewhat unrealistic.

"You know that in the Otherworldly Dust, there's an invisible contamination which destroys most of our current videotaping technologies, and all we can collect are material residues, collision data, and some particle fission reactions to simulate the scene at that time," Luo Hong explained.

Wu Hen didn't have high expectations; after all, many scenes in the Desert Dust couldn't be "brought" back to the homeland, as if the homeland were a mimic of life world, how could built-in screenshots and recordings possibly capture scenes outside the screen?

...

After leaving Douyi Star Palace, Wu Hen suddenly found himself with nothing to do.

Despite huge doubts looming over his head like dark clouds, blurring his visibility of who was manipulating the elements, he could only quietly wait for the thunder and rain to fall.

Wu Hen grew more puzzled about Mingyi.

Since returning from the Scroll Realm, he hadn't had direct contact with Mingyi.

Initially, Wu Hen thought it was the reluctant mission of a navigator, unable to meet her until Nuwa God End found a true settling place, but now Wu Hen felt an invisible force separating him from Mingyi.

His journey to meet Mingyi along the path she had taken was an attempt to break through this invisible force.

Probably the information obtained was not enough; for now, he could only try to find some definite clues from the Mist Battle Clothing...

Wu Hen didn't go to Guan Quming or report to Li Feng.

He returned home, trying to practice Tactile Perception.

During the fight with the Black Sky Lord, Wu Hen felt his fourth perception awakening.

He calmed his mind, intently understanding, hoping to truly gain another perception and become a four-senses strong individual!

"Shouldn't be, did thieves break in?" Wu Yingting's voice came from the backyard.

He pushed open the screen door, only to see Wu Hen in the kitchen, placing diced chilies on his palm, as if trying to resist the invading power of the chili through sheer willpower.

There was also another person in the yard, an old classmate Wang Rui, who seeing Wu Hen's extremely odd behavior in the kitchen, didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You've finally lost your mind out there, becoming a complete idiot. I've always said we normal humans can't withstand the world out there. The fact that you've only gone insane now is proof you're a strong individual," Wang Rui immediately sighed.

"Wu Hen, what are you doing?" Wu Yingting having not seen his son for a long time, didn't know what had triggered him.

"What nonsense, I'm practicing Tactile Perception, I blocked out other perceptions, didn't know you were in the backyard," Wu Hen said with a laugh.

"Oh oh, your method is quite unique. I'll go get you more chilies, coat your entire body with them," Wu Yingting finally understood that his son was cultivating.

"Coat that part too, it'll stimulate the nerve sensations more," Wang Rui cheekily smirked.

"So how did you know?" Wu Hen asked back.

"..." Wang Rui couldn't explain clearly.

"Is there any difference?" Wu Yingting inquired.

"You all know, color is the wavelength of light that an object reflects when illuminated, which means color depends on what band of light the object can reflect, but what is the original color of the object?" Wu Hen shared his recent insight from "tasting" the chili.

Wang Rui looked at Wu Yingting, who gave Wang Rui a confirming look.

Indeed, he's gone mad.

Wu Hen couldn't miss the small gestures between the two; he knew he had to present a persuasive reasoning or else they would really classify him as a severe lost case.

"Then touch is the same, such a tactile sensation brought by an object is also a response from the nerve endings of our body to our brain, which then gives us different feelings, whether it's searing pain, warm comfort, or soaking cold..."

"So, I was thinking, if our nerve endings are relatively primitive, we can only capture very limited information from objects. As a result, we might be unaware of certain dangers that are obvious to other Desert Dust Creatures. For instance, some spiders can sense air vibrations with the fur on their legs, and strong air vibrations often mean that there is a powerful predator approaching," said Wu Hen.

Wu Yingting and Wang Rui looked at each other again.

According to this logic, Wu Hen's thinking was sound.

Even human eyes can only capture visible light, but what does light look like in its entirety?

Human ears can only hear sounds within a certain frequency range; what then are all the "sounds" in the world like?

Similarly, all objects should have specific materials, and touching them should feel different; when humans touch a stone, can they discern what type of structure the stone has? When touching water, sometimes they can distinguish between sticky seawater and clear stream water...

What about those energies with destructive effects?

When they sweep through, can the body instantly determine their true nature, given that what human eyes typically see is often just a show of overwhelming force?

"So, this chili placed in your hand, what cosmic mysteries did it reveal to you?" Wang Rui became curious.

Wang Rui himself was a Tactile Spiritual Awakened, but there are many branches of Tactile Awakening; he tended to use it to integrate with his Mechanical Beast!

"This is a chili, the extra spicy kind. My dad must have offended my mom recently," Wu Hen said.

"..." Wu Yingting slammed the table and, annoyed, spun around saying, "I've already told your mom, my dealings with that Da Xuan woman are purely business-related. I'm buying a batch of mechanical beast materials from her, Wang Rui can testify to this, and Wang Rui, I didn't invite you to dinner at my place for free, later you must clear this up with your Aunt Yu."

Wu Hen knew well, Wu Yingting was from the coast and not much into spicy food.

His mom, Yu Yi, was from Lun Mountain City and could eat a lot of spice. After they got together, to accommodate Wu Yingting's palate, she gradually transitioned to a milder diet...

If the household dishes have recently become spicy, it's likely that Yu Yi no longer wants to indulge the old man.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't tell Aunt Yu that this Da Xuan woman has blue eyes, blonde hair, a model-like figure, and admires your business acumen..." Wang Rui sniggered.

Wu Hen, "Your classmate probably didn't live through the Insect Eyes Half-man era; now he's controlled by the Insect Eyes, you should act for justice," Wu Yingting was almost driven to grab a kitchen knife.

Noticing how close Wu Yingting and Wang Rui had become, Wu Hen guessed they must have collaborated a lot within the Da Xuan Dynasty.

Wang Rui had gradually become a leading figure in the Mechanical Beast faction, and Wu Yingting's old profession was booming. If not for the fact that Pure Yuan You can't be hoarded, Wu Hen guessed he would likely find Yuan You piled everywhere at home, allowing him to showcase it off extensively.

"How's business lately?" Wu Hen asked Wu Yingting, having not spoken to him for a while.

"Not bad, but it's mostly playing on information asymmetry. I also accidentally discovered that the Cang Chu Divine Realm is scattered with a lot of 'antique' technology and a vast number of unknown civilization relics. So, I set up junk collection stations everywhere, gathering these things up. And guess what?" Wu Yingting mentioned, his face brimming with joyful smiles.

"Our homeland's technology has a lot of gaps compared to the Da Xuan Dynasty technology. The antique technology you've collected can fill in these gaps, playing a crucial role in the rapid development of our entire homeland," said Wu Hen.

"Hey, you actually knew!" Wu Yingting's smile grew even brighter.

"I heard it from the higher-ups."

"It's like dealing in antiques, handling it until you receive objects from historical gaps, filling in that history, but it's a bit different here as we are catching up to Da Xuan's technology. Da Xuan's technology is several levels ahead of us, and the technology from earlier eras has been discarded and buried, making our learning process very difficult. These antiques scattered in the Cang Chu Divine Realm perfectly fill in each stage's vacancies, allowing our technology to steadily improve... Of course, I'm just providing some valuable antique references. What is antique for Da Xuan, for us, is future advanced technology," Wu Yingting explained.

Hearing this, Wu Hen immediately thought of the Mist Battle Clothing.

So he earnestly inquired to Wu Yingting, "Dad, have you ever come across anything about battle clothes?"

Wu Yingting thought carefully before firmly replying, "No, battle clothes seem to be independently created by our homeland; it's not found in Cang Chu Divine Realm. They have similar soul armor, Mutated Equipment, and rare Artifact Spirits, but indeed, I haven't seen anything like the battle clothes."

Same as Luo Hong's answer from Douyi Star Palace.

The battle clothes technology has no references in the Cang Chu Divine Realm; it's entirely self-developed.

Can it really be time travelers?

Then, things would be too complicated!

"Bro, how have you been wandering around lately, how is your cultivation doing? I heard that there are already Super Tenth Rank Life forms in our homeland, don't tell me you have been solely flirting with those Holy Goddesses, missing out on the title of 'Strongest Man on Earth'?" Wang Rui said.

Wu Hen scoffed coldly, not holding anything back, "Who else but me on this planet could be the first to break through Tenth Rank Life?"