Chapter 33: The Two Evolutionary Paths of the Thousand-Change Silkworm

Ye Bai waited until he returned to the Breeding House.

The plaque for the Breeding House had already been wiped clean and hung up.

Hanging up the Breeding House plaque meant that the Breeding House was officially open for business.

This was a good start.

Dahui, however, did not have a happy expression on his face; instead, he paced back and forth on the ground with his hands behind his back, his forehead covered in bean-sized beads of sweat, looking very anxious.

It seemed something had happened to the Sunflowers in the Breeding House.

They were fine in the morning, but by the afternoon, the leaves of the Sunflowers were falling off one after another.

The leaves of that Tier 2 parent plant had begun to wither over a large area.

Currently, only a small cluster of tender green leaves remained.

The flower heads had also begun to wither, and one could see that the state of the Sunflower parent plant was not very good at the moment.

After being affected by the parent plant, the Tier 1 Sunflowers all looked sickly.

Sunflower Flower Nectar was an important source of income for the Breeding House.

Dahui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan; he had never encountered such a situation and did not know what to do.

Upon seeing Ye Bai return, he acted as if he had seen a straw to save his life, hurriedly dragging Ye Bai to the side of the Sunflower parent plant on the second floor.

Ye Bai had been taking care of this Sunflower parent plant for many years.

He saw at a glance that the Sunflower parent plant was in the process of advancing.

Back when it advanced from Tier 1 to Tier 2, it was in this same state.

Ye Bai had even rushed anxiously, holding the Sunflower, to the Pet Beast hospital.

The doctor told Ye Bai that this was because it lacked sufficient energy, and the cells within its body had begun to undergo autophagy.

It was necessary to provide the Sunflower with a large amount of energy to ensure it could successfully advance; other than that, there was no other way.

Ye Bai could only treat a dead horse as if it were a living one, taking all the Energy Potion from the Breeding House and giving it to the Sunflower.

The Sunflower maintained a state of being neither dead nor alive until it completed its advancement two months later.

From that time on, it could propagate Tier 1 Sunflowers through side buds.

Ye Bai opened his Insight Eye to look, and the gray mist on the Sunflower parent plant began to gradually increase, which proved that Ye Bai's idea was correct.

The Sunflower needed a large amount of energy to advance.

"It just so happens that I extorted a Tier 3 Sun Stone from He Guangda last time."

"Otherwise, I would truly be at my wit's end facing the Sunflower's advancement."

"But how did the Sunflower suddenly advance?"

The Sunflower had no combat ability and could not increase its level by killing wild Exotic Beasts.

Usually, it just sunbathed at most; it must have come into contact with something that made it evolve toward the Tier 3 direction on its own.

"Dahui, lend a hand, help me dig a hole in the flowerpot; I want to insert the Sun Stone into the Sunflower's roots to help it complete its final evolution."

Dahui extended his sharp Zhua and poked fiercely at the flowerpot, and a hole the size of a fist appeared in the soil on the pot.

"Dahui, lend a hand again, crush this Sun Stone."

Dahui picked up the Sun Stone, exerted force with both hands, and the Sun Stone in his hands immediately turned into powder.

He poured the powder from his hands into the hole, and the originally withered flower head began to stretch out.

The roots surged out from the soil in the flowerpot, just as if countless earthworms were wriggling in the dirt.

The Sunflower was absorbing the energy of the Sun Stone; it seemed to have awakened from its state of autophagy.

Golden stripes appeared one after another on the Sunflower's body.

The Sunflower was like a large light bulb at this moment, emitting a warm and gentle glow. Its large flowerpot was also completely burst open, and countless roots as thick as thumbs shot out.

Only then did Ye Bai discover the piles of white bones entangled under the roots.

The Zhua of these white bones were like sharp drill bits.

Ye Bai discovered the identity of these white bones—Tier 1 Beast Burrowing Rats, a type of rat-like Exotic Beast that possessed the earth attribute and dug holes everywhere.

The skulls of the white bones had all been pierced through in one strike.

Combined with the Sunflower's roots, which were as tough as steel, Ye Bai finally knew how the Sunflower had advanced.

It must have been that these blind Burrowing Rats accidentally trespassed into the Sunflower's territory while digging tunnels and were directly strangled to death by the Sunflower using its roots.

The Sunflower's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds through the day-after-day strangling of Burrowing Rats.

Before long, a more brilliantly blooming Sunflower King appeared; its fallen leaves had grown back and become even more lush.

The petals were golden yellow, looking full of vitality and vigor.

A rich floral fragrance wafted out from the Sunflower's petals.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm smelled that refreshing fragrance, and its drool was about to flow out.

It wanted to eat; it wanted to eat so badly it felt like its heart and lungs were being scratched.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm, relying on its own formidable defensive power, wanted to taste the Sunflower King's Flower Nectar.

Its body leaped forward fiercely, opening its bloody maw toward the direction of the Sunflower King.

As a result, while in mid-air, the Sunflower King waved its sharp Vine Whip and lashed out fiercely at the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm fell to the floor with a thud, and the entire floor shook slightly.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm lifted its head abruptly; a deep red mark appeared on its face, and its face burned with pain.

The unconvinced Thousand-Change Silkworm directly used its hardening skill, and a glimmer of silver-white flashed across the surface of its body.

It charged forward viciously, only to hear a crackling sound; the Thousand-Change Silkworm was beaten black and blue by the Sunflower King, and it fell headfirst to the ground, losing consciousness.

Thousand-Change Silkworm: I saw my great-grandmother.

Dahui and Ye Bai looked at each other in dismay.

The Sunflower King opened its layers of petals, and golden Flower Nectar appeared inside.

This Flower Nectar emitted a rich fragrance; the Thousand-Change Silkworm opened its eyes upon smelling the scent, but with a single 'pop', the Thousand-Change Silkworm fainted again.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm was completely at odds with the Sunflower King; even when Ye Bai forcibly took the Thousand-Change Silkworm back into the Pet Beast Space, the Thousand-Change Silkworm rushed back out.

All night long, Dahui and Ye Bai heard a 'pop', followed by an 'ah' sound.

By the next day, the man and his Pet Beast were both sporting dark circles under their eyes, looking somewhat dazed.

And Ye Bai suddenly discovered that when the Sunflower King's steel-tough Vine Whip landed on the Thousand-Change Silkworm, it actually sparked a series of Mars.

Now, the Sunflower King needed to use four or five Vine Whips to be able to lock down the Thousand-Change Silkworm's movements.

Could it be?

Ye Bai used the Insight Eye on the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

【Name: Thousand-Change Silkworm】

【Gender: Male】

【Skills Mastered: Silk Spit (Proficient), Hardening (Mastery), Impact (Entry)】

【Evolution Route 1: Myriad-Change Silkworm, its defense will become increasingly terrifying, possessing more evolution routes, conditions unknown.】

【Evolution Route 2: Sun God Butterfly, Sun Crystal 1, Flame Crystal 1, Insect Crystal 1; grind these three crystals into powder, and expose it to strong light at high noon; the Thousand-Change Silkworm needs to reach Second Order Peak.】

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