Chapter 310: Highly Toxic Emperor Butterfly

The Highly Toxic Caterpillar, as the name suggests, is a caterpillar whose entire body is entwined with highly toxic substances.

It has a total of 100 sharp, long spikes. Each one is a meter long.

Normally, these long spikes are pressed tightly against the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's back; only when threatened or startled do these spikes stand upright, shooting out like sharp arrows.

According to the results of scientists' experiments, every long spike of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar contains a highly toxic poison that kills upon drawing blood.

Moreover, it emits purple Poison Mist all year round; once one gets close to the Highly Toxic Caterpillar and becomes contaminated by the Poison Mist, one will immediately die of respiratory failure.

It is said that under the illumination of sunlight, one can even see illusions resembling skulls within this Poison Mist.

This type of Highly Toxic Caterpillar only grows in a place called the Highly Toxic Swamp, which is filled with many highly toxic Exotic Beasts.

It usually eats and drinks only highly toxic substances, and its internal poison sacs are filled with Dudu Baoshi.

This is a highly concentrated form of venom, making it an excellent choice for cultivating poison-type Pet Beasts.

The population of Highly Toxic Caterpillars is extremely rare, so researchers have not yet discovered how the Highly Toxic Caterpillar evolves.

Many people looked at Ye Bai with eyes full of pity.

They all felt that Ye Bai was extremely unlucky to have drawn this topic, but then they suddenly realized that they were actually the most pitiful ones.

According to a precious instructional video, after the Highly Toxic Caterpillar is stimulated, its body will expand violently like a pufferfish.

As its body twists and deforms, it will explode like a large poison gas bomb.

If this experiment is not handled well, the Highly Toxic Caterpillar will perform a Self-Destruct.

The poison cloud will instantly shoot into the sky, and none of the students doing experiments nearby will be able to escape.

This is equivalent to everyone present entrusting their own lives to Ye Bai.

The Highly Toxic Caterpillar was discovered to have the strength of a Tier 4 beast, and its danger rating has reached a terrifying A-level.

"My god, this kind of Highly Toxic Caterpillar is being used as a competition topic?"

"The school must be crazy; if the Highly Toxic Caterpillar explodes, none of us will be able to escape."

"I want to withdraw right now."

Sun Bing seemed to notice everyone's anxiety.

"Students, don't worry."

"For this assessment, the Laboratory is built using the world's strongest Crystal Steel."

"This Crystal Steel has excellent protective capabilities."

"It can also block the spread of highly toxic substances."

"Even if the Highly Toxic Caterpillar explodes inside, it will not affect anyone else."

"Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility of someone acting on their own initiative to detonate the Highly Toxic Caterpillar."

"In that case, the researcher responsible for the experiment might just drop dead."

Sun Bing's gaze lingered on Ye Bai, and Ye Bai suddenly felt an inexplicable hostility and malice from Sun Bing.

Have I offended Sun Bing?

I don't even know this person; could it be that he doesn't want me to participate? "Of course, we have already developed an antidote for the Highly Toxic Caterpillar."

"This antidote has side effects."

Sun Bing clapped his hands, and immediately someone brought over a Handbag.

He clicked the Handbag open, and a deep purple bottle appeared inside.

【Antidote (Flawed): Can prevent the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's poison, but after injection, one will be in a state of dizziness.】

Ye Bai gave Sun Bing a meaningful look.

He understood; Sun Bing wants to eliminate him completely.

Whose person is Sun Bing? Could it be that his faction is at odds with Su Qingxian, which is why he is secretly trying to make a move against him?

Ye Bai secretly made a mental note of Sun Bing.

"No need, I have my own way to detoxify."

"Thank you, Team Leader Sun."

Ye Bai smiled and refused.

Sun Bing did not say anything, but secretly added Ye Bai to his blacklist.

Just as the rumors said, arrogant and useless.

Soon, these people received their research topics.

"Let me explain to everyone: to save time, you will only be given three days for this cultivation period."

"The resources required during the cultivation process will be paid for by the school."

"We will grade based on the cultivation time, the degree of danger, and the final cultivation result."

"The top three will be able to participate in the world-class Researcher Competition."

"The assessment now officially begins; please enter the rooms in an orderly fashion."

"The Exotic Beasts used for the experiment will be delivered to the Laboratory via Beast Card; please look forward to it."

"Every corner of the Laboratory is equipped with high-definition cameras, so please, by all means, do not sabotage yourselves."

Sun Bing said with a pointed tone.

Ye Bai gave a cold laugh; is he implying that I will cheat? It's just a Highly Toxic Caterpillar.

It doesn't matter; the True Sight Eye will take care of it.

Soon, the Highly Toxic Caterpillar was delivered.

The Highly Toxic Caterpillar was about the size of a small car.

Its body was covered in dense Poison Needles.

It had a total of six eyes and looked quite cute and naive.

Setting aside the dense mass of Poison Stings on its body, this Highly Toxic Caterpillar is actually quite good-looking.

It has a purple scale armor, and a dreamlike, illusory purple Poison Mist coils around its body.

It is as if it were a sprite tempting others to fall into Hell.

When the Highly Toxic Caterpillar does not sense a threat, it will not make any moves.

【Name: Highly Toxic Caterpillar】

【Gender: Female】

【Attribute: Poison/Bug】

【Level: Tier 5, Level 5】

【Skills: Poison Cloud Entanglement (Proficient): Sprays out a Highly Toxic cloud; the cloud will spread rapidly.

Poison Sting (Proficient): Fires Poison Stings containing lethal toxins from its back; every Poison Sting contains a toxin that kills upon drawing blood.

Highly Poisonous Cloud (Proficient): Through Self-Destruct, it generates a massive Poison Mist shockwave to attack the opponent.】

【Evolution Route 1: Highly Toxic Butterfly: The poison king among butterflies; its scales contain toxins that kill upon drawing blood. Requires consuming ten types of Highly Toxic substances. (9/10)】

【Evolution Route 2: Highly Toxic Emperor Butterfly: The emperor among poisons; anyone who contracts a Highly Toxic Emperor Butterfly will be immune to all poisons. Requires consuming hundreds of Highly Toxic substances (9/100).】

It is as if the answer appeared directly before Ye Bai, but at this moment, there is a small problem for Ye Bai: he does not have that many toxins on hand.

Many of them need to be formulated.

Moreover, from the True Sight Eye, it can be seen that this Highly Toxic Caterpillar has already consumed nine types of Highly Toxic substances.

The second evolution route must be a hidden evolution route.

Ye Bai guesses that he needs to feed the Highly Toxic Caterpillar two types of toxins at once, and then continuously feed it accumulated toxins.

However, Ye Bai suddenly notices that the Poison Stings on the right side of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar seem much sparser.

He scans the Poison Stings of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar and finds that it currently only has ninety-one slender Poison Stings on its body. Could it be because the Highly Toxic Caterpillar has consumed nine types of Highly Toxic substances? Ye Bai thinks to himself.

Every time it consumes a type of toxin, the Poison Stings on the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's body fall off, and until they have all fallen off, it can evolve into a Highly Toxic Emperor Butterfly?

This is quite a good challenge.

Haha, let me evolve the Highly Toxic Caterpillar at light speed and slap your mouths shut.

Thus, Ye Bai begins to pick up his computer to place an order; everything he orders is poisonous material.

Let's make the Twin Poison first.

Sun Bing walks through a long corridor and arrives at the monitoring room, where a man with golden hair is checking the big screen.

"No flaws were exposed, right?"

"The Highly Toxic Caterpillar is a task we specifically prepared for Ye Bai, with the goal of weeding Ye Bai out."

The blond man says to Sun Bing with some impatience.

Sun Bing shakes his head: "Mr. Mo Xin, don't worry, there won't be any problems."

"No one has discovered the evolution of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar until now, unless Ye Bai possesses the legendary Insight Eye."

"However, we also had someone who possesses the Insight Eye look at it, and they all said they couldn't see the evolution route of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar clearly; it's like a fog."

"Who told Ye Bai to have bad luck? He drew the Highly Toxic Caterpillar on his first try. Even if Su Qingxian speaks up, we have sufficient reasons."

"After all, if one cannot even pass the assessment of Imperial Capital University, how can one deal with the powerful enemies of various countries?"

Sun Bing and Mo Xin are in cahoots; their goal is very simple, which is to make Ye Bai unable to participate in the World Youth Researcher Competition.

They have other pawns in their hands; if they can win a ranking in the World Youth Researcher Competition, they can obtain significant resources.

Wealth moves the heart; in the face of massive resources, it is worth it for these people to take risks.

So, although Ye Bai could have originally possessed the qualification to compete, a hurdle was forcibly added by them.

"Perhaps, we can do something."

"Let Ye Bai die here, and let Su Qingxian lose a top general."

Sun Bing continues to suggest.

However, Mo Xin's expression changes immediately, becoming incomparably gloomy: "You are trying to get me killed. Ye Bai absolutely cannot have an accident; once something happens, the eyes of others will fall upon us."

"Then they will order an investigation into whether there is anything fishy about this matter, and this cannot withstand an investigation."

"You, who are the first to bear the brunt, will be the first one they send to a dead end."

"Behind Ye Bai, besides Su Qingxian, there is also Xu Gou of the Twelve Pillars of the Nation. I heard that Chen Long of the Twelve Pillars of the Nation is also on good terms with Ye Bai."

Mo Xin says with incomparable viciousness.

After seeing Mo Xin's vicious gaze, Sun Bing shrinks his neck.

He does not dare to provoke this man in front of him, otherwise, he might very well end up as a corpse at the bottom of the sea.

"I understand, Mr. Mo Xin, I will not do anything else."

"Don't worry, if something really happens, I will take everything upon myself; I only hope that when that time comes, you can take good care of my family."

Laboratory.

Ye Bai uses the raw materials just transported over to formulate a type of Twin Poison.

This toxin is like a snake biting its own tail, capable of continuously producing toxins.

The Highly Toxic Caterpillar smells a pleasant scent.

Drool flows from the corners of its mouth.

A large amount of poisonous gas surges out from the corners of its mouth.

Ye Bai has the Myriad-Change Silkworm transform into a Poison Dragon Butterfly.

This way, Ye Bai can rely on the power of the contract to be immune to the toxins of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar.

"My god, Ye Bai isn't even wearing a protective suit and is just making contact with the Highly Toxic Caterpillar with his bare hands?"

"No way."

"Truly worthy of being the champion of this year's Young Qilin Cup."

Come to think of it, many of the contestants here are former runners-up and third-place winners of the Young Qilin Cup, so they know that to become a Young Qilin Cup champion, one must possess vast knowledge and astonishing courage; both are indispensable.

Of course, luck also plays a large part.

Ye Bai threw two vials of reagents from his hands into the body of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar at the same time.

The Highly Toxic Caterpillar bit down hard, and the reagent vials shattered instantly.

The Twin Poison spread throughout its body, and every cell in its entire body cheered with joy.

It could feel its own toxins strengthening.

Moreover, the Twin Poison mixed with the toxins already in its body, deriving several more types of toxins.

As the toxins mixed together, they triggered other toxins.

It was like a domino effect; the sound of popping beans emerged from within the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's body.

The Poison Stings on its back fell off one after another.

Through his True Sight Eye, Ye Bai also saw that the toxins inside the Highly Toxic Caterpillar were rising incessantly.

11/100 22/100 34/100 84/100 Ye Bai had not expected that after consuming the Twin Poison, it would actually produce so many chain reactions.

The Poison Stings on the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's back had become sparse.

Its eyes curved into crescents; it was evident that the Twin Poison from just a moment ago had provided the Highly Toxic Caterpillar with immense benefits.

The current Highly Toxic Caterpillar could evolve into a Highly Toxic Butterfly at any time, provided it wished to.

However, in its subconscious, the Highly Toxic Caterpillar wanted to wait until all the Poison Stings on its back had fallen off before evolving, as this would bring it tremendous benefits.

Its level of life would also undergo a leap at this moment.

Ye Bai then formulated over a dozen more types of toxins.

He successfully caused the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's Poison Stings to fall off until only the very last one remained.

That Poison Sting was located right at the center of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's brow.

At this moment, Ye Bai had the Myriad-Change Silkworm spit out toxins from its mouth.

This was the toxin of a Poison Dragon Butterfly; this was the key toxin to allow the Highly Toxic Caterpillar to complete its final step of metamorphosis.

As the last drop of venom entered the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's mouth.

A 'Clang!' was heard, and the final Poison Sting fell from the center of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar's brow, creating a metallic sound upon Impact with the ground.

It suddenly spat out purple silk threads from its mouth, and before long, it had enveloped the entire body of the Highly Toxic Caterpillar.

"My god, no way, has the Highly Toxic Caterpillar evolved?"

"You've got to be kidding, how much time has even passed?"

"How is Ye Bai so amazing?"

Many people's pupils shrank violently.

Among them, Sun Bing was the most surprised; his mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg inside.

"It can't be, where exactly did the problem arise? How did the Highly Toxic Caterpillar evolve so easily?"

"Less than three hours have passed."

Most of the examinees were still in the process of familiarizing themselves with their Exotic Beast, yet they hadn't expected that Ye Bai had already finished? Truly worthy of being Zhang Lingxue's disciple and Su Qingxian's right-hand man.

Sun Bing felt as if he had become a joke.

The examination they had pushed to set up had also become a joke.

(End of this chapter)