Chapter 157: The New Evolutionary Path of the Hundred-Changing Silkworm

Very soon, Ye Bai received a notification from the Pet Beast Association.

The Pet Beast Association would specifically clear out a breeding farm to raise Thunder Light dragonflies and Thunder Burst dragonflies.

They hoped that Ye Bai could serve as a special consultant for this breeding farm, responsible for guiding the entire process of raising and evolving the Thunder Light water nymphs.

Xijiang Province Anti-Mosquito Disaster Relief Center.

Shi Huozhu and Wei Huohu were looking through the Handbag that had been urgently transported from Jiaying City.

The high-level officials around them all gathered over, their gazes landing on the Handbag.

Inside the Handbag were densely packed Beast Cards, and sealed within the Beast Cards were dragonfly-type Exotic Beasts.

A trace of a smile appeared on their faces.

"I heard that the mosquito disaster in Jiaying City was suppressed precisely by relying on these Exotic Beasts."

"The dragonfly-type Exotic Beasts here must have been cultivated by them through working overtime."

"This spirit of selfless dedication is worthy of everyone's encouragement."

"We might as well give it a try; the plan provided by Jiaying City has indeed caused the number of Night Mosquitoes in our Xijiang Province to gradually decrease."

"I hope the Biological Mosquito Eradication Method is truly effective."

Wei Huohu said meaningfully.

"Everyone, make arrangements quickly; we must win this war against the Night Mosquitoes and return a bright and clear sky to Xijiang Province."

Shi Huozhu finally made the definitive decision, agreeing to use these dragonfly-type Exotic Beasts to comprehensively wipe out the Night Mosquitoes.

Inside the Research Institute.

The work had come to a pause.

Ye Bai stretched, and his body made crackling sounds.

Zhang Lingxue had completely organized the data; at this moment, she was more relaxed than ever, and she was currently holding a cup, sipping the fragrant coffee in small mouthfuls.

"The Young Qilin Cup is about to start soon; do you have confidence, Ye Bai?"

"It's a pity that the start times for this year's Phoenix Chick Cup and Young Qilin Cup are actually so close."

"Otherwise, you might have had a chance to obtain the title of Double Crown Champion."

"To enter the most popular Pet Beast Research Major without an exam, one must possess the title of Double Crown Champion at Imperial Capital University."

"This major gathers the high-end talent in the field of pet beast research from the entire Yan Country."

"This major only recruits thirty people each year, and they are taught by top-tier professors of the Yan Country."

"And your grand-teacher, Professor Su Qingxian, is the dean of the Pet Beast Research Institute."

"Otherwise, you would still have to go through the Imperial Capital University Entrance Exam and achieve excellent results before you could enter the Pet Beast Research Major."

"Back then, your teacher—me—only managed to get promoted into the Pet Beast Research Institute by exception through being a top scorer in the Imperial Capital University Entrance Exam combined with being the champion of the Young Qilin Cup."

It was also because Zhang Lingxue obtained a massive amount of resources at the Pet Beast Research Institute that she was able to develop the Guangming Nüshen Die.

"By the way, Ye Bai, my resignation has already been approved by Principal Liu, and a new Class Teacher will take over the class very soon."

"Your situation is special, so I also had a word with Principal Liu; you can just go during regular exams, no need to attend class specifically."

"I know where your talent lies, so there is no need to spend too much time on exams."

"In any case, the content tested is just some knowledge points that one could pass with their eyes closed."

Zhang Lingxue rambled on about a lot, and Ye Bai listened quietly; after the assessment for the Positive Electric Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit concluded, she would leave Shenshan Middle School and return to the Imperial Capital Research Institute to continue her own research.

Five Poisons Sect branch.

A graceful and curvaceous woman was wearing a layer of thin gauze; she was barefoot, revealing slender, jade-like beautiful legs.

In front of her was a pool that covered a vast area and was filled with blood.

The pool emitted a bloody stench, and a large number of Night Mosquitoes covered in Xueshaqi were injecting the purified blood essence into the Blood Pool.

The Blood Pool was bubbling, and a Blood Cocoon appeared in the center of the pool.

This Blood Cocoon beat rapidly like a heart; every time it beat, the blood in the Blood Pool would drop by a large amount, requiring the Night Mosquitoes to quickly replenish the blood essence to maintain this balance.

Around the Blood Pool were five statues, which were the mosquito, spider, venomous snake, centipede, and scorpion.

The woman supported her head with one hand, looking at the Blood Pool in utter boredom; her jade-white fingers had just had a manicure.

"So slow."

"With so much blood essence, it has only barely managed to promote you to the Two-Winged Black Stripe."

"Your advancement speed is a bit slow."

"Little one, if it weren't for the fact that you've been with me for a long time, I might have given up on you already."

"When will I be able to refine you into my life-bound Gu?"

"For me, Lan Fenghuang, there is still a bit of difficulty in sitting on the throne of the Five Poisons Sect leader."

The woman said lazily.

At this moment, two people also wearing gauze masks came up: "Your Highness Mosquito Saintess, we have received a piece of intelligence."

"The people of Xijiang Province have started using the light-chasing characteristics of the Night Mosquitoes to capture them on a large scale, and they have also released the nemesis of the Night Mosquitoes, the Thunder Light dragonfly."

"There is also a variant that seems to be a Thunder Light dragonfly; the Night Mosquitoes we worked so hard to catalyze and breed are being annihilated at a speed visible to the naked eye."

"Should we send out the elite Night Mosquitoes to snipe these Exotic Beasts?"

The Mosquito Saintess waved her hand: "No need, that would only alert the enemy."

"It would make the people from the Pet Beast Association realize that it is us who are causing trouble."

"I don't want to be besieged by the people of the Pet Beast Association on a large scale again."

"You go and investigate who cultivated this variant of the Thunder Light dragonfly; let's see if there is an opportunity to 'invite' this person here. I want to see how my Two-Winged Black Stripe can evolve into a Four-Winged Black Mosquito."

"Only when its strength advances can it cultivate the Four-Winged Black Mosquito Gu."

"Only then will I have the strength to compete for the chance to be the Five Poisons Sect leader."

The two subordinates immediately cupped their hands: "We obey the Mosquito Saintess's command."

After the research on the Thunder Light Dragonfly was completed, Ye Bai's pressure immediately eased quite a bit.

Taking advantage of his good mood today, he wrote the paper on the Thunder Light Dragonfly and the Thunder Explosion Dragonfly.

However, this time, he did not sign Zhang Lingxue's name.

He needed an achievement to participate in the Young Kirin Cup.

After finishing the paper and correcting the typos, Ye Bai took the time to go to the bottom of Jiaying Bridge to collect the black pearls and white pearls that could enhance mental power; he didn't even spare the shell of the mother clam.

After the mother clam's shell is roasted and ground, it is an excellent medicinal material that can be used to treat stomach ailments.

Taking advantage of this time, Ye Bai planned to focus his energy on the Thunder Light Butterfly.

The Information System had reminded him as such.

The Baibian Can can also evolve into a Thunder Light Butterfly; it requires the electric-type crystal cores of a Tier 4 Positive Electric Rabbit and a Tier 4 Negative Electric Rabbit, plus the electric-type crystal core condensed by a Tier 4 Ancient Lantern Fish, to have a certain probability of becoming a Thunder Light Butterfly. If the Baibian Can wants to become a Thunder Light Butterfly, its Thunder Resistance must reach the extreme.

In fact, according to Ye Bai's research, it is not necessarily the electric-type crystal cores of the Positive Electric Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit that are required to allow the Baibian Can to evolve into a Thunder Light Butterfly.

What the Insight Eye sees is the optimal route; if there are no electric-type crystal cores from a Tier 4 Positive Electric Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit, finding substitutes is also fine.

If it is a substitute, then this substitute must possess the characteristics of positive electricity and negative electricity, which led Ye Bai to find a Tier 4 treasure: Positive Electric Stone and Negative Electric Stone.

This kind of stone is very peculiar; it is a type of magnet that only appears on nights with rainstorms and wild thunder.

It is a magnetic stone that, after being struck by wild thunder, splits into two halves, and at the same time, the symbols ± appear on the two sides of the stone.

﹢ represents the Positive Electric Stone, ﹣ represents the Negative Electric Stone.

Crucially, the Positive Electric Stone and Negative Electric Stone attract each other; once they combine into one piece, the positive and negative electrodes cancel each other out, and it will turn into an ordinary stone.

In addition, Ye Bai also found a very special Pet Beast called the Electric Camel.

This kind of camel has two humps; one hump is the positive pole, and the other hump is the negative pole.

Therefore, Ye Bai purchased the crystal core of the Electric Camel at a high price to see if it had any effect.

When he had obtained all these research materials, Ye Bai began to use the Insight Eye to observe the Baibian Can remaining in the Laboratory.

The number of these Baibian Can was no longer high, and Ye Bai planned to discuss with Zhang Lingxue about releasing them back into the Baibian Can breeding farm; Ye Bai's studies would be busy next, and he would not have that much time to take care of the Baibian Can.

After some screening, he discovered that two Baibian Can could evolve into Thunder Light Butterflies.

New evolutionary routes also reappeared in his eyes.

Evolutionary route: Thunder Light Butterfly: requires Tier 4 Positive Electric Stone and Negative Electric Stone, plus the electric-type crystal core condensed by a Tier 4 Ancient Lantern Fish, and the crystal core of an Electric Camel; under conditions of strong current, complete the final evolution. The final evolved individual may have differences due to the materials.

It really appeared; this meant that the materials for evolution are not immutable and can be replaced by substitutes.

In this way, the evolution of the Thunder Light Dragonfly and the Thunder Explosion Dragonfly should also be replaceable with other materials.

After all, the quantity of thunder gall is limited, and every bit used is a bit less, while the Ancient Lantern Fish generally exists in the deep sea; if it weren't for the fact that they acted recklessly and besieged Deep Sea City last time, the Sunflower Emperor wouldn't have picked up a bargain.

Ye Bai felt that two Baibian Can were a bit too few for evolution experiments, so he planned to make another trip to the Baibian Can breeding farm.

After Zhang Lingxue learned of Ye Bai's plan, she nodded and agreed with Ye Bai's idea.

"Your idea is correct."

"The Baibian Can raised here must be sent back; if those Baibian Can cannot evolve into new variants, they won't have much use."

"Since you feel that the Baibian Can have other ways to evolve, then you should research them all together."

"There are still many experimental materials in the warehouse; just leave them all to you."

"After you get admitted to Imperial Capital University, bring back the unused materials."

Ye Bai sat on the Space Pelican and soon arrived at the Baibian Can breeding farm. This time, he refused Zhang Lingxue's escort; he believed that after the Shadow died, the only person left who wanted to deal with him was the Blood Saint.

After the Blood Saint returned to the Resurrection Society, he was caught up in internal struggles and naturally hadn't thought about settling scores with Ye Bai yet.

While selecting Baibian Can at the breeding farm, Ye Bai also thought of the Giant Rock Butterfly; thinking that since he was already here, he might as well research the Giant Rock Butterfly as well.

It would save the Beautiful Country from always having that high-and-mighty attitude.

The Giant Rock Butterfly is an earth-attribute butterfly spirit that can summon huge rocks to smash at others; it is a very special type of butterfly spirit.

Because the information Ye Bai obtained was insufficient, the Insight Eye could not see at all which Baibian Can could evolve into a Giant Rock Butterfly under these circumstances.

This made Ye Bai feel that he was perhaps too dependent on the Insight Eye, and instead lost the peace of mind that a researcher needs.

After his brain calmed down a little, Ye Bai had a change of thought, inferring from the previous Blood Poison Moth evolution experiment.

For a Baibian Can to evolve into a certain attribute of butterfly Pet Beast, it should possess that type of attribute energy within its body.

And the Baibian Can capable of evolving into a Giant Rock Butterfly should have relatively vigorous earth-attribute energy within its body.

Ye Bai used this method to screen out five Baibian Can with relatively thick earth-attribute energy.

He released the remaining Baibian Can in the Laboratory from the Beast Card and waved at these Baibian Can.

Ye Bai knew that the Baibian Can he was taking away should be the last batch of Baibian Can used for experiments.

After he researched the Giant Rock Butterfly and the Thunder Light Butterfly, he probably wouldn't be researching Baibian Can for a long time.

The sky was clear and the air was fresh, a slight breeze blew on Ye Bai's face, and the Space Pelican shuttled through the white clouds.

Ye Bai sat cross-legged and thought carefully about his future plans.

1. He must participate in the Young Kirin Cup; this relates to his choice of major in university.

2. He must also participate in the Imperial Capital University Entrance Exam; if he fails to get into the Pet Beast Research Academy, he might implicate the reputations of Professor Su Qingxian and Teacher Zhang Lingxue.

3. The training of Pet Beasts cannot be neglected; from Zhang Lingxue, one can see that she did not give up the cultivation and training of her Pet Beasts because she was busy.

He still had the Sunflower Emperor, Dahui, and the Space Pelican waiting to be contracted.

Dahui's level is high; he must at least wait until he has contracted the Space Pelican and the Sunflower Emperor before he can continue to contract it.

Regarding this, Ye Bai also felt a bit embarrassed; after all, Dahui could be considered his first Pet Beast, and yet he hadn't contracted it for so long; this was his own dereliction of duty.

On the way back to Jiaying City, Ye Bai's Insight Eye suddenly activated.

He saw something coming aggressively toward his direction.

From the outside, this was actually an ant.

This ant's head was like a drill bit; it was spinning spirally, heading straight for the center of Ye Bai's brow.

Ye Bai felt goosebumps break out all over his body.

A chill shot straight from the soles of his feet up to the crown of his head.

His back turned cold instantly, and in this critical moment, Ye Bai summoned the Myriad-Change Silkworm to block in front of him.

Only a heavy "bang" sound was heard.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm blocked the Drill-Armor Ant's attack.

The Drill-Armor Ant was deeply embedded in the Myriad-Change Silkworm's belly, then bounced away.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm felt as if its stomach had been punched hard, and the spot where it was hit turned blue instantly. The Myriad-Change Silkworm remembered this unforgettable pain.

It looked at Ye Bai with a somewhat resentful expression, wondering if he could give it a heads-up before summoning it next time, so it could be mentally prepared.

If it had used the Steel-Hardening skill in advance, perhaps the Myriad-Change Silkworm could have blocked the attack without taking any damage.

"Myriad-Change Silkworm, be careful, more Drill-Armor Ants are attacking; this time, there are three of them."

Seeking votes.

(End of this chapter)