Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Sudden Turn of Events, Blood Gu Butterfly?
In Principal Zhang’s blood, there were plump, white little worms.
These worms were incredibly small, even smaller than regular cells.
Upon enlarging the high magnification in the instrument, these worms were covered in sharp teeth, with some biting onto the cell walls.
However, these worms were currently motionless in a deep sleep.
Zhang Lingxue was extremely shocked.
No wonder Grandpa described the pain as having countless parasites gnawing on his bones and being burnt by fire all over.
She finally understood why no matter how many renowned doctors or miracle hands, they couldn’t cure Grandpa’s stubborn ailment.
His body was filled with countless tiny worms, which were the true reason for his deteriorating health.
No wonder the toxins were expelled time and again, even blood replacement did nothing; it turned out these little worms were the culprits.
Just from this drop of blood, innumerable tiny worms could be seen, so wouldn’t Grandpa’s body have even more, becoming a breeding ground for these worms.
No wonder Grandpa, being a High Tier Pet Beast Master, aged so rapidly, with his body becoming a breeding bed for worms, a thousand wounds and holes, eating any miracle elixir would only make the worms multiply faster.
Moreover, these tiny worms were extremely alert as well; hospitals with more advanced equipment couldn’t detect anything during blood tests.
What does this imply.
Either there was an insider in the hospital who didn’t want Grandpa to recover and provided fake test reports.
Or the equipment simply couldn’t detect them.
If the former reason, it’s fine, but if it’s the latter, it implies these worms possess intelligence, which is terrifying.
Is this a natural disaster or man-made, Zhang Lingxue wasn’t certain.
Amidst shock, Zhang Lingxue hurriedly took the test report and samples and rushed out, intending to consult her teacher about what this actually was.
"Light Goddess Butterfly, use Purification!"
Before leaving, Zhang Lingxue specifically instructed the Light Goddess Butterfly to use Purification, to sterilize and disinfect the entire laboratory.
She was afraid that the laboratory might already harbor these terrifying tiny worms.
Fortunately, fortunately, she took comprehensive precautionary measures before conducting the tests.
The Light Goddess Butterfly emitted a sparkling white light that illuminated the entire laboratory, but it startled a sleeping Hundred-Change Silkworm awake.
The newly-awakened Hundred-Change Silkworm lifted its head and saw the blood sample tube placed on the table by Zhang Lingxue.
The Hundred-Change Silkworm’s eyes lit up; it happened to be hungry.
Originally being an omnivorous Pet Beast, the Hundred-Change Silkworm could eat anything.
After Ye Bai used Blood Core and High Tier Exotic Beast meat to breed it, it fell in love with the delightfully sweet taste of blood.
The laboratory was established specifically with a Pet Beast evolution area, enclosed by transparent glass windows at five corners, with a layer of thick grass on the floor.
There was a glass window about the size of a basketball, built to conveniently allow Ye Bai to throw in Evolution Materials.
In the event of a Pet Beast rampage, the glass window could directly be shut.
These glass windows were made of bulletproof glass to withstand Tier Five Exotic Beast attacks and were very expensive.
Just a moment ago, because Ye Bai left hurriedly, he forgot to close the glass window, allowing the Hundred-Change Silkworm to push it open with its tongue.
It rubbed its grumbling belly with its blood-red tongue.
Then, the Hundred-Change Silkworm suddenly spat a blood-red insect silk from its mouth, targeting the blood sample tube.
The Hundred-Change Silkworm pulled the blood sample tube close to itself, opened its sharp mouth, and gulped it down.
Finally, the Hundred-Change Silkworm let out a satisfied burp, feeling an overwhelming drowsiness wash over it, and it collapsed onto the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
While asleep, its body glowed with a blood-red radiance, resembling a premium Pigeon Blood Ruby, as if its skin was imbued with many invisible things, as if something was trying to emerge from its body.
However, because this Hundred-Change Silkworm had been fortified by Ye Bai using Evolution Materials to be incredibly hard, those things were not successful.
Soon, the blood-red glow faded, and its outer skin returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
The Hundred-Change Silkworm flipped over, smacked its mouth a few times, and fell back into a deep sleep.
By the next day, after Ye Bai awoke, he turned over and over the records of yesterday’s failed experiments, seeking to find the most suitable evolution ratio.
"Yesterday’s Hundred-Change Silkworms have already consumed a lot of Blood Core; their foundation has been firmly established."
"By the later stages, the phenomenon of Self-Destruct has become less noticeable; we must persist in finding the appropriate evolution ratio, and the Hundred-Change Silkworm will ultimately evolve into a Blood Poison Moth."
Ye Bai muttered to himself.
Although most of the energy was absorbed by the Sunflower King, a small portion remained, continuously stimulating the Blood Poison Moth’s genes.
Additionally, the Spiritual Crystal Core was broadening the Hundred-Change Silkworm’s spiritual power, and these three Hundred-Change Silkworms seemed to have awakened some intelligence, their eyes occasionally gleaming with insight.
Upon reaching the laboratory, Ye Bai fed according to yesterday’s steps, with a new ratio.
The initial few steps went smoothly, but upon feeding Tier Four Exotic Beast meat, an anomaly occurred.
After consuming the Tier Four Exotic Beast meat, two of the Hundred-Change Silkworms spat out blood-red insect silk from their mouths, starting to cocoon themselves.
This indicated that the material ratio was correct this time.
Ye Bai’s heart was filled with joy.
But the last Hundred-Change Silkworm appeared very agitated, drooling from its mouth while licking the leftover meat on the ground.
At this moment, its stomach sounded like a drum, and even Ye Bai standing slightly further away could hear it clearly.
The more this Hungry-Change Silkworm ate, the hungrier it became, as its stomach churned with acidic fluid. It felt increasingly hungry, wishing it could gnaw away the turf on the ground.
Its gaze fell on its siblings, and in its eyes, the cocooning Hundred-Change Silkworms looked like two pieces of prime meat.
Drool slipped from the corner of its mouth, and the Hungry-Change Silkworm slowly approached its companion.
Brother, you smell so good, let me take a bite, just one bite!!!
Even Ye Bai could sense that this Hundred-Change Silkworm was off. Its eyes were glowing green with hunger.
"That’s strange, why is this Hungry-Change Silkworm showing such abnormalities?"
Ye Bai raised his eyebrows and continued to throw out Tier Four Exotic Beast meat.
He watched as the Hungry-Change Silkworm leapt into the air to catch the Exotic Beast meat.
The Hungry-Change Silkworm smacked its lips, swiftly grinding the Tier Four Exotic Beast meat with its sharp teeth before swallowing it.
This Hungry-Change Silkworm, however, felt that after consuming the food, instead of relieving the hunger in its stomach, there was a fiery sensation that spread throughout its body.
All its cells on its body seemed to be screaming of hunger, and its body felt like it had been scorched by fierce fire, causing spicy pain.
The Hungry-Change Silkworm realized that only by eating could it alleviate this burning pain.
"Strange, what happened, how did this Hungry-Change Silkworm change so much overnight?"
"Usually, when they eat a bit of Tier Four Exotic Beast meat, they almost explode."
"And now it still wants to continue eating."
Ye Bai thought this Hungry-Change Silkworm might be evolving beyond its tier and thus required a large amount of energy, which was a good sign.
If he could breed a Tier Four Blood Poison Moth, it could add a notable credit to his records, providing important extra points for applying as a researcher and breeder.
As the other two Hungry-Change Silkworms were still spinning silk and making cocoons, in order to prevent this Hungry-Change Silkworm from disturbing the evolution of the other two Hungry-Change Silkworms.
Ye Bai could only continue throwing Tier Four Exotic Beast meat while the Sunflower King stood ready to rescue this Hungry-Change Silkworm to prevent it from exploding.
But the Hungry-Change Silkworm was like a bottomless pit, unknowingly it devoured a small part of the Bloodstorm Rat Emperor’s body.
Even a small part was several hundred kilograms in weight.
Yet, this Hungry-Change Silkworm remained stubborn and wanted to continue devouring Tier Four flesh, and Ye Bai felt there was an issue with this Hungry-Change Silkworm.
The patterned dark eyes opened, and he used his Eye of Insight.
Ye Bai was slightly surprised to see a thin mist on this Hungry-Change Silkworm.
"Strange, this situation wasn’t present yesterday, what changes did this Hungry-Change Silkworm undergo?"
Ye Bai wondered how an overnight period could cause such a significant change in the Hungry-Change Silkworm.
Could it be a quantitative change leading to a qualitative change?
Did it ingest too many Blood Cores?
Consumed too many Spiritual Crystal Cores?
Or did the consumption of Tier Four Exotic Beast meat cause the mutation?
He had to wait for the feedback from the Eye of Insight.
Under the observation of the Eye of Insight, the mist dispersed, and the Hungry-Change Silkworm’s data appeared before Ye Bai’s eyes.
[Name: Hundred-Change Silkworm]
[Gender: Female]
[Personality: Obsessive]
[Skills: Impact, Silk Spitting]
[Evolutionary Path 1: Gray Poison Moth: Will naturally evolve into Gray Poison Moth once the time comes.]
[Evolutionary Path 2: Blood Poison Moth: Tier Three Spiritual Crystal Core 100g, Tier Two Blood Core *10, Tier Two Exotic Beast’s flesh (the higher the flesh’s level, the higher the success rate of evolving into Blood Poison Moth), evolution success rate 78%.]
[Evolutionary Path 3: Blood Gu Butterfly: Tier Three Spiritual Crystal Core, Tier Two Blood Core *10, mysterious Gu Poison (already satisfied), Tier Four Exotic Beast meat, the more Exotic Beast meat the better, evolution success rate 98%.]
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Blood Gu Butterfly, oh my, how did a new evolutionary path emerge overnight?
What on earth is that mysterious Gu Poison, where did it come from?
Was someone poisoning the laboratory?
No way, could someone silently infiltrate the heavily guarded laboratory?
Ye Bai was genuinely curious, he really wanted to review yesterday’s surveillance to see what the laboratory experienced last night.
At this moment, his thoughts were chaotic, feeling tangled and hard to unravel.
Since the evolution success rate could reach 98%, and all other evolutionary conditions had been fulfilled, it only requires the addition of High Tier Exotic Beast meat.