Chapter 24: Personal Disciple

"What you said makes sense."

Zhang Lingxue pondered for a moment; she had indeed not considered the influence of the nighttime environment on the Dark-Winged Butterfly.

Associating this with the characteristics of the Dark-Winged Butterfly, most of which were related to the night, a hint of joy appeared in Zhang Lingxue's eyes.

Bringing Ye Bai here was indeed the right choice.

Ye Bai had only glanced at the data, yet he had opened up a new line of thought.

This provided Zhang Lingxue with sufficient inspiration.

"Ye Bai, the intelligence you provided is very useful. If we follow your line of reasoning, the environment has a huge impact on the Baibian Can; this is a major discovery."

"It just so happens I have one last set of evolution materials, which can be used to verify if your idea is correct."

The evolution of every Pet Beast requires different evolution materials, necessitating various studies by researchers and hundreds of experiments before it can possibly be formulated.

Yet the Insight Eye could directly see the materials needed for evolution, starting the game at the finish line.

Zhang Lingxue suddenly became even more spirited; she walked into the Baibian Can colony and selected the one that Ye Bai had seen with his Insight Eye, the one capable of evolving into a Dark-Winged Butterfly.

"The Baibian Can here were checked for their attributes by me long ago at a great cost; I know every single one of these Baibian Can like the back of my hand."

"The Baibian Can here were all hatched by me personally."

"Each one has its own name."

"Even when they evolved into Huidu E, I did not abandon them."

"Through my research, I extracted a useful active substance from the scales of the Huidu E that can be used to treat autoimmune diseases."

"This research has not yet entered the clinical stage, but once successful, the Huidu E will transform from a Pet Beast everyone fears into one that can produce life-saving medicine."

Zhang Lingxue said this from the bottom of her heart; she was striving for the progress of all humanity.

The Baibian Can in her arms nudged against her, appearing very dependent on Zhang Lingxue.

"Shier, today I need you to cooperate with the experiment."

This was the name of this Baibian Can.

"Let's go, I will take you to transform into a new form."

Zhang Lingxue brought Ye Bai to her core Laboratory.

Here, Ye Bai saw many high-precision, cutting-edge pieces of equipment, many of which were not even available in the school's Laboratory.

"All the equipment here comes from the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

"By the way, there is one more thing; I need to ask for your opinion."

At this moment, Zhang Lingxue cleared her throat and said in a very formal tone: "Ye Bai, are you willing to become my personal disciple?"

Zhang Lingxue extended an olive branch to Ye Bai.

She had observed him for a long time; Ye Bai was low-key and had substance, making him good material for research. Having awakened the scientific talent of Photographic Memory and observing things so carefully, he was a good candidate.

Ye Bai was slightly stunned; was it really this intense right from the start?

Did she trust his character that much?

Zhang Lingxue seemed to read Ye Bai's surprise and began to explain: "Ye Bai, I have observed you since your first year of high school. You are very calm, able to handle everything with composure; you are a good seedling for scientific research."

"Just from the data I handed you, you were able to discover that the environment has an extremely profound influence on the Baibian Can. It can be seen that you are very meticulous and able to peel back the layers to find the truth."

"Moreover, your grades are first every semester, which proves you are not too stupid."

"You risked your life while being targeted to save Li Weiyang, preserving an important talent for the Yan Kingdom Alliance; your character can be seen from that."

"And one more key point: your background is clean, and I don't have much of a background myself. It just so happens that I need a personal disciple."

As Zhang Lingxue said this, Ye Bai extended his hand: "Teacher, please take care of me from now on."

She smiled; this was a sensible little fellow. Their hands touched lightly and quickly pulled apart.

She casually entered the information of her personal disciple into the Yan Kingdom Alliance system and had Ye Bai confirm it on the spot. Only after seeing the certification was successful did Zhang Lingxue heave a sigh of relief.

In the Yan Kingdom Alliance, personal disciples need to be registered and uploaded to the Yan Kingdom Alliance's system.

"Don't worry, our data is confidential. When others check your information, it will only show that you have taken a master; as for who you have taken as a master, others will not be able to see."

"This is the operation manual for the laboratory instruments. My requirements are not high; you just need to be able to learn them within three days."

She pointed to the operation manuals piled up like a small mountain and said to Ye Bai with a calm expression.

Ye Bai walked over and began to flip through them rapidly.

Countless words leaped into Ye Bai's mind, rapidly arranging themselves. By the time he finished flipping through the last book, he had thoroughly learned the operation methods for all the equipment.

"How about it? Give it a try. Learning it within three days is enough."

Ye Bai shook his head: "Teacher, no need for three days; I have already learned it."

Looking at Zhang Lingxue's expression full of astonishment, Ye Bai smiled; he had successfully turned the tables.

"Fine, if you talk that big, your skills must match."

"Then turn on this grinding and pulverizing machine and crush this Yantie Kuang. I need it ground to the nanometer level."

"And extract the Dark Iron from it."

Zhang Lingxue pointed to the fist-sized, low-key, luxurious, and substantial black-bright ore.

Yantie Kuang is a type of dark-element ore; the Dark Iron contained within is a primary material for promoting the evolution of dark-element Pet Beasts.

However, it is very difficult to purify. Yantie Kuang is extremely hard, and to grind it into nanometer-level particles requires high-precision grinding equipment.

Nanometer-level Dark Iron separation and purification is a problem; the ore and the Dark Iron are mixed together and are not easy to purify. The purity of the Dark Iron relates to the success rate of the Pet Beast's evolution.

But for Ye Bai, these were not problems at all; he was already clear on every operation step of the equipment.

He carefully checked the grinding device, and after confirming the protective device was fine, he switched to the impact drill bit.

Afterwards, he used the machine's hook to pull up the Yantie Kuang.

The Yantie Kuang looked like it was only the size of a fist, but its density was high, and its weight was definitely not light.

This fist-sized Yantie Kuang actually weighed fifty jin.

Ye Bai needed to first break the Yantie Kuang down into smaller pieces, first smashing the Yantie Kuang to pulverize it for the first time.

He carefully observed the size of the Yantie Kuang and used a white pen to draw circles where he needed to drill.

After positioning the Yantie Kuang, Ye Bai started the crushing and grinding device.

The impact drill hammered a few times at the spots Ye Bai had circled, and the Yantie Kuang cracked in response, splitting into several pieces.

Zhang Lingxue watched from the side as Ye Bai operated the equipment with great proficiency, purifying the Yantie Kuang like an old hand, finally forming finished products the size of a thumbnail.

Begging for votes.

(End of this chapter)