Chapter 173 – Feel It with Your Hands

The Xenospecies was not lacking in intelligence. The moment he opened his mouth, Su Lifeng knew he was most likely trying to set him up.

And it was an open trap at that…

Su Lifeng quickly estimated the risk in his mind, then asked without changing expression, “Try what?”

“With the way you humans think, it may be difficult for you to understand…” The Xenospecies first gave a cold snort, then continued, “Biological energy is a very powerful kind of energy, just like your wind power, electricity, and hydropower.”

As he spoke, the tail behind him suddenly shot out and slammed heavily into the ground. The ceramic tiles instantly shattered and split apart, revealing the cement beneath.

“I mobilize biological energy and use my limb to attack the ground. The ground is smashed by me. That is one method of attack. But have you ever tried attacking wind power, electricity, or hydropower?”

He pulled his tail back and swept it twice at his side. The corners of his mouth stretched open, revealing a mouth full of small, jagged teeth. “In theory, I am attacking the air right now, yes? The resistance in the air is equivalent to the recoil force the ground just applied to me. It is a kind of resistance from the air against me. Of course, our energy is still too tiny, so you may very well be unable to sense this resistance.”

“When you jump, you are resisting gravity… Heh, the concept of gravity is something I obtained from the memories of a human boy I absorbed. Many of the things you do are actually a form of resistance against Earth itself. But just as a tiny ant cannot understand what kind of existence it is in the eyes of an elephant, you humans also cannot understand what kind of existence you are in the eyes of Earth.”

“When an ant is trampled to death by an elephant, it might think the sky has collapsed. And even though you humans are constantly resisting Earth, you do not realize it. But we Xenospecies know. When we evolve to a certain level, we can resist energy like that…” At this point, the Xenospecies licked his lips.

Su Lifeng naturally would not completely believe this Xenospecies’ theory, and there were plenty of holes in what he said. But when he heard that final sentence, his heart suddenly stirred.

A certain level, resisting energy… In particular, when he saw the Xenospecies’ tail sweeping back and forth through the air, Su Lifeng increasingly felt that he had seen this kind of scene somewhere before.

“That’s right…” In his daze, the scene of that female Wisdom Species helping the High-class Xenospecies open the Spatial Gate suddenly surfaced before Su Lifeng’s eyes again, along with the scenes of those High-class Xenospecies stepping through the Spatial Gate…

That was the resistance he was talking about, wasn’t it? Resisting Earth’s Protective Layer…

Su Lifeng glanced at the surrounding destruction, then thought about that enormous hole. A thunderclap seemed to flash through his mind. Could what this Xenospecies meant be that a Spatial Gate had opened here?

Impossible!

He had personally seen the scene of a Spatial Gate opening. The disturbance had been far greater than this. But… the situation here really did bear some similarity to the opening of a Spatial Gate…

Su Lifeng thought for a moment, glanced at the Exoskeleton on his hand, then suddenly punched forward.

Boom!

A brief sonic boom rang out, but Su Lifeng did not feel any resistance, any Earth energy, or anything like that. It was like punching into soft cotton, without even the slightest feeling of purchase.

Seeing this, the Xenospecies sneered. His emotionless eyes stared at Su Lifeng as if he were watching a good show.

“Try again…” A force like gravity could only be felt clearly when one jumped, and resistance in water could only be felt more directly while swimming. But how exactly was he supposed to feel anything by striking the air?

“Do I need to sense the existence of air?” For example, birds must be far more sensitive to air currents than humans. That was similar to the Xenospecies’ metaphor about ants.

“Relying only on my human body definitely won’t work… But what about Xenospecies? Xenospecies absorb all kinds of creatures. Could some of those genes allow me to accurately sense air flow for a short time?” Su Lifeng once again mutated out his Exoskeleton. Pale white bone slowly appeared over his fingernails, then rapidly spread upward.

At the same time, the Red Thread on his Bone Wings began to flow slowly, like countless streaks of red light swaying behind him.

“Still no good…” Su Lifeng frowned.

“So even after absorbing a Wisdom Species, a human still can’t do it?” The Xenospecies raised an eyebrow as he thought.

Seeing his physical strength draining away quickly without any gains, Su Lifeng also felt a little discouraged.

He began to feel that this Xenospecies might have been messing with him from the start. The reason he had believed part of it was purely because he was overthinking.

What if the E-class Xenospecies that should have been here had simply already left? Then at most, this would only be a wasted trip…

But Su Lifeng had long possessed a personality that refused to admit defeat. After discovering that he had the ability of precognition, he had never given up investigating it. Even his study of biology was partly because of that.

Although he felt he had not sensed anything, after gritting his teeth, Su Lifeng not only refused to give up, he added something extra.

“Time stop!”

As everything around him suddenly slowed, Su Lifeng’s attention also entered an extremely focused state. He stared ahead of himself. His Bone Wings spread completely as he tried to catch the flow of air around him.

When his Bone Wings suddenly beat, he finally felt it!

When the Red Thread swayed, it sensed the air current!

Su Lifeng raised his hand again and slowly extended it forward.

The Exoskeleton in his palm could feel a faint air current blowing against it. As he slowly pushed his palm forward, that current seemed to be pushed away by him…

“What is he doing?” The Xenospecies looked at Su Lifeng with some astonishment. He did not understand Awakening abilities. In his eyes, Su Lifeng was only standing there in a daze, then suddenly reaching forward very slowly. To him, there was no meaning to the action at all.

Perhaps this human still could not understand what he had said. After all, the theory he had described must be somewhat world-shattering for this human…

But very quickly, his pupils suddenly shrank. “The energy is beginning to fluctuate…”

Before he could retreat, the surroundings suddenly let out a boom.

It was like thunder cracking across flat ground. An invisible wall of energy, with Su Lifeng at its center, suddenly spread outward in every direction.

That muffled boom also rang in Su Lifeng’s ears. The next instant, he felt tearing pain coming from every part of his body!