Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 1077 - 1076: Communicating with Beasts

In an instant, Chu Ge's Spiritual Arrow hit the target and invaded the King of the Jungle's Spiritual Domain in an extremely aggressive manner.Just as no one would welcome an uninvited guest suddenly breaking into their home, any such occurrence would prompt someone to either grab a weapon or call the police. Likewise, no wild beast would welcome a hostile creature entering its territory—they would instinctively show their fangs and claws, ready for a most direct battle.

Therefore, Chu Ge's aggressive intrusion into this Siberian tiger's Spiritual Domain was absolutely an extremely unfriendly act.

And the King of the Jungle was... completely bewildered. One raised paw was suspended in mid-air, and its enlarged eyes, like large copper bells, were wide open to the maximum. This sudden change left it completely at a loss.

Because it inexplicably "saw" an unfamiliar place and "saw" a human emerging from nowhere.

Of course, it wouldn't know that what it "saw" was its Spiritual World and that this uninvited guest appearing in it was naturally Chu Ge.

This was the first time Chu Ge entered someone else's—uh, more accurately, a "different beast's"—Spiritual World, and the scene filled him with an overwhelming sense of novelty.

Compared to his own vast Spiritual World, which felt like an endless universe, this place was pitifully small, about a hundred meters in radius. However, the landscape here wasn't too different from Chu Ge's own Spiritual World before its transformation—just a stretch of chaos.

The difference lay in the fact that this world seemed very unstable. Even if it was the same chaos, everything seen through the Heart Eye appeared more blurred and distorted. Beyond the hundred meters, it was an abyss of darkness that seemed capable of devouring everything, probably marking the boundaries of the Siberian tiger's Spiritual World.

In this hundred-meter-radius Spiritual World, a man and a tiger were less than a meter apart, staring into each other's eyes.

If described in human terms, the Siberian tiger's mood could be encapsulated as "seeing a ghost"—everything in the two worlds, reality and spirit, was so clear, appearing distinctly in its eyes and mind. Damn, what on earth was all this?

For this Siberian tiger, the worst part was that the guy in front of it… was clearly the one who had made it feel extremely uneasy earlier. That sense of aura coming from him was unmistakable!

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Even though everything around him felt both familiar and strange to Chu Ge, evidently filled with uncertainty, he was ready at any moment for a confrontation with this tiger. His voice was calm, and his articulation was clear as he asked.

In this inexplicable world, suddenly hearing the inexplicable human speak, the Siberian tiger trembled, its stout limbs kicking the void sharply, and then… it fell down with a thud.

Right now, it was utterly confused, with no strength in its body at all. Thinking of running? Running would be a miracle!

Chu Ge rolled his eyes. This Siberian tiger looked so fierce. Although nowhere near the gigantic white tiger he had previously subdued in his own Spiritual World, at least it was much more robust than an average tiger. How could it be so timid?

Eh? Wait a minute. Could it be… just because I previously subdued that white tiger and successfully mastered the characters sealing it, I now possess some of that white tiger's aura? The Siberian tiger before me is clearly not on the same level as the white tiger, so it feels scared stiff?

Chu Ge mused, thinking his conjecture wasn't entirely unreasonable. After all, hadn't that old mad dog, Chu Chengrui, once said that when he tried hypnotizing Chu Chengrui, the latter felt as though being watched by a fierce tiger?

Well, if it turns out that way, then... "the tiger's body trembles" might aptly describe me in the future.

Looking down at the trembling Siberian tiger, Chu Ge thought amusingly and asked again, "Can you understand what I'm saying? If you can, nod; if not, shake your head. Rest assured, I have no intention of harming you."

This time, Chu Ge's voice, besides being calm, carried more tranquility. As he spoke, he squatted down next to the Siberian tiger, facing those hesitant eyes, and he gently stroked its neck fur as if scratching a kitten. In this Spiritual World, his hands and feet bore no shackles.

Gazing into its eyes, his hands kept moving, Chu Ge casually smiled and said, "Of course, provided that you also don't intend to harm me. Otherwise, before you can bite me, I'll blast this tiger head of yours."

The hesitance in the tiger's eyes turned into terror. Chu Ge's fingers clearly felt it tremble once more.

Uncontrollably, an immense joy filled Chu Ge's heart. It seemed... unless he was mistaken, this Siberian tiger really could understand his speech! Otherwise, how could it react in various corresponding ways to his words?

Sure enough, after trembling for a moment, a few seconds later, the Siberian tiger hesitantly nodded its massive head and let out a non-hostile roar.

"Yes."

Now it was Chu Ge's turn to be astonished. The Siberian tiger clearly roared rather than speaking human words—yet he understood?

After the shock, Chu Ge quickly grasped the situation: they were communicating in the Spiritual World, meaning an exchange of consciousness. Since the tiger could understand human speech, why was it strange for him to understand "tiger speech"?

Following this, Chu Ge engaged in a good exchange with the Siberian tiger, throughout which the majestic King of Beasts behaved like an obedient kitten. By the end, it had already regarded Chu Ge as a friend, and it was stirred with animalistic excitement over the plan Chu Ge proposed!

If the Siberian tiger had been teetering on the brink of despair before, its encounter with Chu Ge had reignited hope, bestowing new meaning upon its "tiger life."

Although... it wasn't clear when it would actually execute this plan with Chu Ge or whether such an opportunity would ever arise, at least the situation was significantly better than before, wasn't it?

In the reluctant gaze of the robust Siberian tiger, Chu Ge smiled, patted its tiger head, and then left its Spiritual World, retrieving the portion of spiritual power connecting it to his sea of consciousness completely.

Opening his eyes and clenching his fist, Chu Ge felt a mix of relief and adrenal excitement.

Relief because a method he hadn't pinned too much hope on had succeeded.

Though there's a saying, "Plans cannot keep up with changes," and everything that followed might be full of uncertainties, at least he had successfully taken the first step and discovered another way to use Spiritual Power.

In hindsight, Chu Ge acknowledged that his behavior carried a lot of risks, filled with numerous uncertainties.

For instance, would releasing Spiritual Power externally have side effects on his body? Could the released power maintain a connection with his sea of consciousness? Would he suffer any harm directly affecting his spirit during the process? Were his and the Siberian tiger's spiritual energies compatible? Could he fully retrieve the released Spiritual Power? Would failure to do so turn him into an idiot?

There were so many uncertain risk factors—far too many. Actually, Chu Ge had contemplated all possible unexpected outcomes early on, yet he still proceeded.

As long as it was for leaving this blasted place, all such risks were worthwhile.

What excited his blood, on the other hand, was the prospect of his plan succeeding, anticipating a spectacular scene unlike any other.

Chu Ge's mouth curled imperceptibly, and he recomposed himself, appearing as though he lay motionlessly asleep on the bed, while, in reality, transforming himself once more into a bow and arrow forged from Spiritual Power. Aiming at an African lion's roar remembered from memory, he drew the bow, locked on target, and fired the Spiritual Arrow anew.

Over the course of more than an hour, Chu Ge continuously repeated the same action—forcefully barging into the Spiritual Domains of ferocious beasts, engaging in consciousness communication with them.

During this process, Chu Ge discovered that most beasts were quite intelligent, not as simple-minded and brutish as they appeared. His emotionally appealing reasoning, coupled with incentives, and using his fists when necessary made communication generally smooth.

However, some were simply not too bright, so Chu Ge attempted another approach, directly applying a Cultivation Technique for hypnosis.

Perhaps due to being on unknown grounds, and the fact that his location wasn't within his own Spiritual World, even using the most basic characters of the first-level Cultivation Technique cost him considerable mental effort. The only comfort was that his hypnotic abilities proved effective in these beasts' Spiritual Worlds.

Chu Ge considered dragging these beasts into his own Spiritual World, but eventually decided against even trying it.

After all, these beasts' Spiritual Worlds were far less stable than his. Doing so seemed too risky, potentially leading to the obliteration of a Divine Soul, which was surely not an outcome he desired.

These beasts were each formidable in their own right, and losing any one of them would be an enormous waste.

He harbored great hopes for these beasts, counting on them to deliver a significant "gift" to Chu Chengrui!