Chapter 68: Chapter 66: Alright, You’ll Be My Second Pet Beast
Has the clone dissipated?
Is this related to the Hundred-Change Silkworm being completely exhausted?
Ye Bai’s mind is now full of questions.
The evolved Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm is very powerful, does it still have the abilities to devour crystal cores and learn skills?
These are all things Ye Bai needs to think about and practice.
After losing its opponent, the Blood Poison Moth stopped its attack rhythm and obediently stayed in mid-air, looking cute and well-behaved.
It didn’t dare to breathe heavily, afraid of being slapped into a pulp by Big Gray.
"Since the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm is tired, let’s let it rest first."
"Blood Poison Moth, come back."
The Blood Poison Moth turned into a streak of light and entered the Beast Card, even the one that had been knocked to the ground, patted its butt and left in a hurry, faster than reincarnating.
"It’s just in time, tomorrow is the day of the arena match, let’s let the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm rest well."
"It has just evolved not long ago."
Ye Bai’s eyes were full of gentleness.
Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm, you’ve grown up.
"Big Gray, let’s tidy up, I’ll go back to the Cultivation House and sort out the experiment records."
The evolution path to the Blood Gu Butterfly is quite important; it essentially gives a Tier One peak Hundred-Change Silkworm the battle strength of Tier Four all at once.
If it could be mass-produced, the overall strength of the Flame Country could definitely be improved a lot.
But there are three critical bottlenecks here.
The first is the mysterious Gu Poison brought back by Zhang Lingxue, whether it can be mass-produced.
The Blood Gu Butterfly evolved successfully by relying on the mysterious Gu Poison.
Ye Bai felt a bit regretful that the Blood Gu Butterfly was taken away by Zhang Lingxue just after evolving.
Otherwise, it could have been tested with instruments for some data to have peace of mind.
The second is that the Blood Gu Butterfly requires tons of Tier Four Exotic Beast meat to evolve completely.
Ye Bai hasn’t tried it yet to see whether other Tier Four Exotic Beast meat could work or if it must be the meat of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor.
The third is whether the foundational steps in the early stage are critical and necessary; if those steps are crucial, then a Pet Beast capable of preventing the Hundred-Change Silkworm’s self-destruction is needed.
It should also be able to eliminate the side effects on the body when the Hundred-Change Silkworm’s body swells up before self-destructing.
The Sunflower King also unexpectedly learned the skill of absorbing blood after drawing in a lot of flesh.
So, although the Blood Gu Butterfly was researched and developed, it is full of many wonderful coincidences.
To successfully replicate it is not easy for the time being.
In doing experiments, reproducibility must be achieved.
That is, when others follow your same steps to conduct the experiment, if there is a success in one out of ten experiments, then its reproducibility is demonstrated.
After all, in the research of Pet Beasts, the slightest error can lead to a thousand miles; the individual differences of Pet Beasts may result in evolutionary errors.
That’s why international organizations have set this reproducibility standard.
"The teacher is probably not available these past few days."
"Otherwise, I could ask the teacher where this mysterious Gu Poison came from and whether there’s any stock left."
"Let’s wait until the arena match is over tomorrow, then conduct reproducibility research."
"The remaining Hundred-Change Silkworms are not Pet Beasts that can evolve into Blood Poison Moths or Blood Gu Butterflies; I still need to go to the Hundred-Change Silkworm breeding base to select some."
The silk produced by the Hundred-Change Silkworms can be used to make clothes, so there are large-scale breeding bases that keep many Hundred-Change Silkworms.
Ye Bai must find the common traits in those Hundred-Change Silkworms that can evolve into Blood Poison Moths or Blood Gu Butterflies; only then will there be a chance of success in the reproducibility experiments.
He and Big Gray returned to the Cultivation House.
Now, the perimeter of the Cultivation House is surrounded by lots of Sunflowers, providing a distinctive look.
This also attracted many students to buy the nectar of the Sunflowers.
It’s nighttime now, and the flower buds of the Sunflowers emit tiny spots of light, resembling small night lights.
During the day, they absorb sunlight and glow at night.
Usually, they adjust the softness of the light to be not too glaring, preventing it from disturbing others.
The plaque of the Cultivation House was scrubbed clean, and all the facilities inside the house were also kept spotless.
Returning to the Cultivation House, there was even a prepared meal—perhaps this is what home feels like.
It’s just that when Ye Bai stepped into the Cultivation House, he found that besides the two little Snow Dogs, there were several new small black dogs.
These little black dogs were all dirty, leaving a trail of black footprints on the clean floor.
Ye Bai’s fists clenched, and a terrifying aura erupted from him.
Seeing Big Gray grinning sheepishly, Ye Bai knew all too well: Big Gray had brought back more Pet Beasts.
Big Gray, seeing Ye Bai’s face darken, quickly retreated several steps.
Such an astonishing aura, like a golden anger emanating from Ye Bai.
If there were combat power detection glasses, the numbers on the glasses would be jumping by tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands.
Just as Big Gray was thinking of sneaking away, Ye Bai had quietly picked up a frying pan.
At this moment, Ye Bai’s lion’s roar from River East was heard in Big Gray’s ears: "Big Gray, you damn thing, you brought back pets again."
Bang, bang, bang, a series of howls from Big Gray echoed in the silent night.
Big Gray was beaten black and blue, with his head covered in lumps and two big frying pan marks on his face.
He was lying on the ground, covering his big paws, crying softly.
Snot and tears were mixed together, making him look rather pathetic.
Ye Bai knew that Big Gray had tough skin and flesh. As a Tier Four pet beast, there was no way he could be hurt by an average human’s attack.
This was just an act of weakness, allowing Ye Bai to vent his anger, so that this stray pet beast he picked up could stay at the Cultivation House.
This was Big Gray’s usual tactic.
Ye Bai forgave Big Gray time and time again, but he kept pulling the same trick on him.
Just thinking about it made him angry.
Unable to stand it anymore, Ye Bai rushed forward, grabbed Big Gray’s ear, and roared, "Big Gray, I’ve told you a thousand, if not ten thousand times."
"Do not bring stray pet beasts back to the Cultivation House."
"Why don’t you listen? Stray pet beasts shouldn’t be picked up randomly; they could carry bacteria."
"And without quarantine certificates, they are essentially illegal entities."
"If someone from the quarantine bureau comes to inspect, we’ll be in big trouble. Don’t count on luck."
"Especially now that we’ve moved to the school gate to do business, we have to be even more careful about such issues."
"Otherwise, our reputation will plummet."
Big Gray secretly lamented. Usually, as long as he put on a pitiful look, Ye Bai’s heart would soften.
Why isn’t it working this time?
Ye Bai scolded Big Gray for over an hour, making this 200-pound fat chinchilla hang his head in shame.
In the end, his ears were buzzing, just like when Tang Monk was reciting the tightening incantation to Monkey Sun.
Big Gray’s eyes were vacant; as for what Ye Bai said, he couldn’t remember anymore. He only saw Ye Bai’s mouth opening and closing.
No more, really, no more next time.
Big Gray had repented deeply, realizing his mistake.
Seeing Big Gray showing signs of regret, Ye Bai let him go.
He carefully examined these little black dogs.
They emitted a faint white vapor due to the high temperature within their bodies.
They occasionally shook off some black ash that fell to the ground, making the ground even dirtier.
They were completely filthy and didn’t have any identification to prove their identity, indicating they were pet beasts abandoned at birth.
If Ye Bai recalled correctly, these were a rare type of pet beast called Charcoal Dogs.
These pet beasts looked similar to Dobermans in the real world and already had a full evolutionary path.
Charcoal Dog—Flame Dog—Molten Lava Dog. According to this evolutionary path, it could evolve into a Tier Five pet beast, the Molten Lava Dog.
It could run on a lava-covered ground as if it were flat land and could spit lava from its mouth to attack enemies.
However, among these six Charcoal Dogs, Ye Bai discovered one that possessed a secondary evolutionary path.
[Name: Charcoal Dog]
[Gender: Male]
[Personality: Mischievous]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Level: Tier One Peak]
[Skills: Flame (Skilled): Spits countless sparks to attack the enemy.
Black Fog (Skilled): Ejects a large amount of dust-laden black fog, confusing the enemy’s sight. Combined with any fire skills, it can create an air explosion with incredible power.
Sharp Claw (Skilled): Uses sharp claws to attack the enemy.
Rapid Run (Beginner): Increases one’s own speed.
Barking (Beginner): Causes fear in opponents through loud barking, with a certain probability of intimidating the opponent.]
[Evolutionary Path 1: Flame Dog: Tier Three Any Fire Crystal Core *5, at a place with intense flame aura.]
[Evolutionary Path 2: Dark Dog: Soul Crystal *1, Hellfire *1, Tier Four Any Fire Crystal Core *5, Tier Four Any Ghost Crystal Core *5, pet beast must reach Tier Three Peak, at the junction of Netherworld, between life and death, reborn through death to gain new life.]
Damn, this guy’s second evolutionary path is pretty awesome.
This isn’t some Dark Dog; it’s basically the initial form of a Hellhound!
Guide of the Netherworld, Watcher, it’s an incredibly badass presence.
But the evolutionary materials are hard to find.
Five Tier Four Any Fire Crystal Cores and five Tier Four Any Ghost Crystal Cores, you can’t get these for less than tens of millions.
Is there such a place on Earth Star at the Netherworld junction?
As for the interval of life and death and being reborn through death, Ye Bai could understand these words individually, but together, he didn’t know what they meant.
Seems like I really haven’t read enough books or gained enough knowledge.
Ye Bai secretly made a decision to read through the entire collection at Shen Mountain Middle School’s library first.
Then, to finish reading all the books in Jiaying City’s library before graduating high school.
You’ll regret not reading enough when the time comes, so it’s essential to have a strong knowledge reserve.
Alright, this settles it—the second pet beast will be you.