Zhang Qi and Luo Shouhai had fought several times without either coming out on top, so they were probably iron people of about the same level. Shen Cong had sensed that Zhang Qi's Talent was below 5.5H, which meant Luo Shouhai's Talent was only around 5.5H.

At that thought.

He felt a little relieved, and a little disappointed.

If they had been particle-grade, they might have had a special way to raise Talent. But now it was almost certain they were only nuclear-grade, so even if he got their method, it probably couldn't raise his particle-grade Talent any further.

After all, particle-grade stood for a whole new realm. By the gene-replacement decay theory, Shen Cong had already moved to a metal base closer to the source of the decay series. He no longer shared the same metal base or the same nuclide with evolved people at nuclear-grade and below, and his properties were different too.

The Primal Energy Fluctuation Method's failure to raise his particle-grade Talent was one proof of that.

He was still deep in thought.

When Luo Shouhai saw Zhang Qi drive up, he finally came out of the temporary palace tent after two or three days straight inside. To be exact, he drove out.

Sure enough, it was a battle-truck built to look like a pyramid, with countless huge ballistas on it and sharp bolts set on their strings. But they looked more like decoration and weren't fit for battle. Crossbow bolts could hardly make a difference anymore in fights between the strong.

"A battle-truck that's all show... If they switched to the radiative arrows I've already developed, those bolts might at least do some damage." Shen Cong gave the pyramid battle-truck a casual review.

Radiative arrows were a long-range weapon he had researched. He coated jin-core arrows with radiative eye material, then amplified the Activity light-wave to kill at range.

But radiative arrows used up their Activity light-wave somewhat faster than the Mushroom-Bug Sword did. An arrow needed time in flight, while an Activity light-wave was an Activity wave that burst out in an instant. Once…