Outside Dongling Park.
A black SUV slowly drove toward the park entrance along the road.
It has been snowing frequently in Linjiang City these days, and although the city hall dispatched quite a few snow plows, Dongling Park is somewhat remote, so the snow plows don't come very often.
Another heavy snow fell last night, and this asphalt road was already covered with a layer of snow, so the SUV didn't dare to drive too fast.
Before long.
The SUV stopped at the park entrance.
The roof opened automatically.
A drone "whizzed" out, its four rotors spinning as it propelled the drone into the park.
This was clearly an official vehicle modified for certain missions.
Inside the SUV.
Two military personnel sat in the vehicle, staring intently at the drone's surveillance screen.
The drone operator complained, "Mr. Spirit Crows just said to contact at Dongling Park. This park is so big, and he didn't even specify the exact contact point."
The round-faced military personnel echoed, "Superpower users are so arrogant, really unreliable."
The operator nodded, "I think so too."
A minute passed.
The two quickly realized why Mr. Spirit Crows hadn't specified an exact location.
No reason.
The contact point was easy to find.
A twenty-meter-tall fir tree stood proudly in the middle of a large snowy field.
Dozens of crows perched on various corners of the fir, occasionally flying up and down.
The operator said, "This should be the contact point."
The round-faced military personnel pointed at the screen, shouting, "There seems to be something on the snowy ground."
The drone quickly flew over, its camera aimed at the target area.
The snowy ground unmistakably bore two large characters — Crow's Nest.
The operator laughed, "It's definitely the contact point."
The round-faced military personnel remarked, "Superpower users really know how to play."
At this moment, neither mentioned the arrogant or unreliable remarks, as if they hadn't said anything of the sort earlier.
The operator suddenly had an idea, "Why don't I control the drone to go over and greet this bunch of crows?"
The round-faced military personnel chuckled, "Fly a bit closer, scare the crows."
The operator didn't object, "Alright!"
The drone quickly approached to about six or seven meters from the fir, circling it rapidly.
For birds, this is quite a close distance, and they can be easily frightened.
Just then.
The crows suddenly became active.
A crow perched at the highest point opened its beak and cawed.
"Caw!"
The crows began cawing one after another, with only half a second between each call.
"Caw! Caw!"
A series of caws echoed through the speakers.
The operator swallowed his saliva, "Why do I feel like they're counting off?"
The round-faced military personnel also felt a chill, "It really does seem like counting off."
The so-called "counting off" refers to a small drill during military training where trainees shout "1, 2, 3, 4" in sequence until everyone has shouted once.
The problem is, it's downright creepy for a group of crows to play this game.
If they had witnessed this scene in person, they would have definitely turned and run in fright.
Next.
The crows started a new trick.
"Caw!"
The crow at the highest point cawed again.
"Caw!"
The other crows cawed in unison.
The sound was uniform, like a single crow.
"Caw!"
"Caw!"
The two military personnel exchanged a glance, feeling even more unsettled.
Initially, they intended to scare the crows, but ended up being frightened by them instead.
Soon after.
A surprising scene unfolded.
The crow at the highest point suddenly flapped its wings to fly, performing a mid-air half-turn with its back facing downward, swiftly passing beneath the drone.
At the moment of intersection.
The crow abruptly extended its claws, forcefully kicking the bottom of the drone.
The drone instantly lost its balance, tilting to one side and plummeting toward the ground.
Fortunately, the drone's performance was good, and it began to auto-correct its posture.
Ultimately, at a height of one meter above the snow, the drone successfully regained its balance.
The operator was taken aback, quickly controlling the drone to fly a bit farther away.
The round-faced military personnel shouted, "Damn, this crow is definitely retaliating!"
The retaliation was undoubtedly in response to the drone's attempt to scare the crowd of crows.
The operator cursed, "This bunch of crows is damn wicked."
The round-faced soldier nodded in agreement: "Indeed."
*
Yue Bay District.
Yang Fan watched through Liu Hei's perspective as the drone backed off, shaking his head with a smile.
Liu Hei had a very strong sense of pride, so naturally, it would not be happy about a drone recklessly flying toward the Crow's Nest.
As long as the flock of crows behaved, he wasn't bothered to deal with such trivial matters,
Yang Fan observed the crows from afar, feeling quite satisfied: "After the mutation of the Spiritual Language Superpower, it can indeed enable remote 'contracts', making it much easier to develop followers in the future."
The specific method of "contracting" was, in essence, quite simple.
Let Liu Hei look into the eyes of a crow, and through Liu Hei's vision, the superpower could establish a mind link with that crow.
Just now, Yang Fan took merely a dozen or so seconds to contract forty-eight new partners in one go, dramatically increasing the total to fifty-four.
The series of names with the prefix "Hei," thus extended to "Hei Fifty-Four."
He had a feeling that the Primordial Star Formation caused his superpower to mutate, and that having fifty-four companions was not the limit of his Spiritual Language Superpower.
Yang Fan pondered another question: "How to feed so many crows?"
Currently, the crows had nowhere to forage and had to be fed, or else they might starve to death in large numbers within a few days.
He glanced at the drone, his lips curling slightly: "I help you track mutated creatures, and you help me feed the crow flock. It seems I'm getting the short end of the stick."
Yang Fan gave an order to the flock of crows through his mind.
"Caw! Caw!"
Amidst a chorus of cawing.
Dozens of crows soared into the sky, landing on the snowy ground, scratching at it with their claws.
Two seconds later.
The flock of crows returned to the Crow's Nest.
On the snowy ground, they left a line of large characters: "Please feed the Spirit Crows regularly."
It must be said, the more crows, the stronger the force, and their speed in writing was indeed much faster than before.
After five seconds.
The drone flew a bit closer.
A male voice came through the loudspeaker: "Mr. Spirit Crows, we will feed them twice a day, and the first batch of food will arrive in an hour."
Yang Fan let out a "huh": "So straightforward?"
He immediately smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, Liren will probably ask for my help soon."
*
The next day.
Shangjing City.
General Lou walked into the secret base on time.
The Mermaid surfaced from the water and asked, "Any questions today?"
She initially thought that the other party would certainly inquire about the superpower.
This was the matter that every new Civilization World paying a visit to the Primordial World was most concerned with.
However.
The reality surprised her.
General Lou made a gesture: "Miss Jana, I would like you to watch a video first."
The Mermaid was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Alright!"
A large-screen TV was brought over, and the video began to play.
The video featured a novel animal battle.
One party was a wild boar, the other consisted of dozens of crows.
The flock of crows displayed exceptionally high tactical coordination.
They kept harassing the wild boar from various directions and always evaded the boar's attacks at the last moment.
The wild boar always fell just short of biting a crow, though it was that very distance that was an insurmountable gap.
Anyone with discerning eyes could see that there must be someone controlling the crows.
Judging by the performance of the crows, the person controlling them from behind the scenes was undoubtedly an expert.
Soon.
The flock of crows executed a delicate maneuver, pulling off a feint attack.
While the wild boar was distracted, a crow swooped down swiftly and deftly pecked one of the boar's eyes blind.
The wild boar went into a frenzy, charging about erratically.
Under the assault from the crows, the wild boar tumbled down a slope, knocking itself unconscious.
Another crow swooped down, blinding the boar's other eye.
With that.
The video froze.
General Lou asked, "Miss Jana, what do you think of the superpower user controlling the crows?"
The Mermaid commented: "The crows' coordination is very practiced; the superpower user has trained at least a month, the beast taming talent is quite decent.
"According to my observations, the crow that blinded the boar's first eye seems to have undergone some kind of spiritual transformation—it has some potential."
Hearing this, anticipation flashed across General Lou's old face.
The Mermaid suddenly changed her tone: "However, I must say that experience from various Civilization Worlds indicates that the combat power of the beast-taming superpower is not high.
"Because beast tamers can usually only tame relatively weak creatures, they have almost no use when facing powerful monsters.
"Take that crow as an example, even if it had mutated and its strength greatly increased, it would still be easily killed by a powerful monster."
General Lou sighed with disappointment: "I understand."
The Mermaid emphasized once more: "Beast tamers are merely support on the battlefield; it's not wise for the Great Xia People to pin their hopes on a beast tamer."
She made it even clearer: "Only true strong ones can comprehend the Primordial Star Formation. I don't think this beast tamer is capable of such."
General Lou immediately expressed gratitude: "Thank you for your guidance."
So far, everything that Miss Jana had told the Great Xia People had come true, so the General had no reason to doubt her words.