Chapter 455: Thunder Rabbit Evolution Experiment

"Thunder Rabbit, this is a research project you and Xiao Xue worked on together."

"So, based on this project, Xiao Xue researched and developed a brand-new evolutionary form for the Thunder Rabbit."

"Most of her experiments are already complete; now, only a reproducibility experiment is left."

"Ye Bai, help Xiao Xue complete the reproducibility experiment."

"With your talent, completing this experiment shouldn't be very difficult."

Ye Bai hesitated for a moment: "Grandteacher, although this was a project that the teacher and I completed together, the teacher made a massive amount of improvements based on this project, and it's now just one final step away. Is it really appropriate for me to take over at this stage?"

Su Qingxian looked at Ye Bai with clear eyes.

"Silly child, this is a project I, your Grandteacher, specifically selected for you."

"Do you think you can just casually go to the World-class Researcher Conference?"

"Even for accompanying personnel, one must submit a Tier 6 project, and it must also have relevant experimental records."

"Even if you won the championship at the World-class Youth Researcher Conference, you wouldn't have the qualifications to participate in this competition."

She paused.

"Moreover, for some of your earlier research, Xiao Xue didn't do much, yet she published the paper and gained first authorship for nothing."

"Now, just letting you participate in an experiment that is about to be completed—if you calculate it, you're actually the one who loses out more."

"Besides, the Thunder Rabbit project itself had your participation, and it is already a fully-formed project."

"Everything has a traceable history."

"Even the auditors from the World-class Researcher Association won't be able to say anything to you."

"Or, you could take these few days to see if you can improve this experiment."

"With your Photographic Memory talent, you can naturally deduce thousands of possibilities."

Su Qingxian stood up from her chair.

"Ye Bai, I am called the number one person in the history of research in the Yan Country; this is just an empty title."

"Ever since the experiment to evolve the Positive and Negative Electric Rabbit into the Thunder Rabbit succeeded, the Thunder Rabbit has achieved mass production."

"Your research talent is stronger than both mine and Xiao Xue's. For this World-class Researcher Conference, I had the leaders above speak up to let you go with me, so that you can build more connections."

"I hope you can become a world-class Peiyun Dashi and a world-class researcher."

"You can have as many experimental samples as you want, but you absolutely must not waste them."

Su Qingxian said earnestly.

"Take this stack of data and read it. If you want to conduct experiments, go to A113 Hao Shiyanshi."

"That laboratory has long since recorded your fingerprints and iris; you can just go there directly to conduct experiments."

"We expect to depart in five days."

"I will notify you one day in advance. We will take a small aircraft; this can reduce the exposure of our whereabouts."

"The main thing is for you to familiarize yourself with the entire experimental process. If the reproducibility experiment can be done, that is naturally good; if it can't be done, it doesn't matter."

"At that time, only the three of us will be traveling, plus one pilot. The fewer the people, the less risk of exposure."

Su Qingxian's plan was well-arranged, and Ye Bai wouldn't say anything more.

To say anything else would make him seem overly pretentious.

He took the thick stack of data and left just like that.

A113 Hao Shiyanshi.

Outside this laboratory, a sign was posted: "Thunder Rabbit Evolution Exclusive Laboratory."

This indicated that this laboratory was specifically used for conducting Thunder Rabbit evolution experiments.

This type of laboratory is very common at Imperial Capital University.

The reason is that every type of evolution experiment requires the simulation of various evolutionary scenarios.

Every type of Pet Beast requires different evolutionary conditions.

The large-scale equipment used is also different in each case.

Before the experiment yields results, it will occupy this laboratory indefinitely.

Generally, the school does not interfere too much, unless a major error occurs.

The laboratory uses fingerprint and iris unlocking methods.

The door clicked open.

The entire laboratory was as large as a football field.

It was cleaned spotlessly, and one by one, super-large pieces of equipment for simulating natural lightning appeared.

Countless cables as thick as bowls were connected to this equipment.

Ye Bai reached a conclusion internally: this experiment must definitely cost a lot in electricity.

He saw a large turbine device; it seemed that manual power generation could also be used.

Ye Bai looked around and found the Logistics Department exchange system.

But for some reason, this Logistics Department exchange system wouldn't turn on.

"Troublesome, I have to make a trip to the school's Logistics Department."

Ye Bai frowned.

"Forget it, I'll go to the Logistics Department to pick out some resources while I'm at it."

Ye Bai exchanged his contribution points. Currently, he held the equivalent of a lecturer rank at Imperial Capital University and could receive a considerable amount of resources every month.

In fact, based on Ye Bai's contribution points, he had enough to exchange for the level of a university professor, but Zhang Lingxue requested that Ye Bai maintain a low profile, otherwise it would be easy to become a thorn in the side of other countries.

As a lecturer, if Ye Bai had a project, he could apply for some research items, and the school would evaluate whether these projects were applicable and grant some resources.

School Logistics Department.

A young lady with a great figure was working, and Ye Bai walked over at this moment.

"Hello, Employee Number 28 at your service. Is there anything I can help you with, Lecturer Ye Bai?"

The young lady looked up and asked Ye Bai eagerly.

Ye Bai had become a lecturer at a young age, and his future prospects were surely limitless.

"Hello, the logistics exchange system for A113 Hao Shiyanshi is unable to power on for some reason. Please arrange for a technician to come over and help fix it."

"At the same time, I need to exchange for fifty Thunder Rabbits."

The young lady entered Ye Bai's request into the computer.

"The research project for A113 Hao Shiyanshi is the Thunder Rabbit evolution experiment, and the allowed exchange limit is one hundred Thunder Rabbits."

"Is there any other experimental equipment or items you need?"

At this moment, Ye Bai recalled the evolution conditions for the Thunder Rabbit in his mind.

【Name: Thunder Rabbit】

【Gender: Male】

【Attribute: Thunder】

【Level: Tier 4, Level 1】

【Skills: Herbivore (Proficient): Consumes large amounts of wild grass to restore stamina and heal injuries.

Thunder Fist (Proficient): Controls lightning in the hand and delivers a heavy punch.

Double Kick (Proficient): Uses powerful hind legs to kick the enemy fiercely; even hard stones can be shattered by a Thunder Rabbit, a move also known as Rabbit Kick.

Power Generation (Proficient): Releases the electrical current absorbed within the body, with a certain probability of causing paralysis.

Wild Thunder (Beginner): Summons countless thumb-sized bolts of lightning from the sky to strike the opponent.

Ten Thousand Volts (Beginner): Releases a current of Ten Thousand Volts to attack the opponent, with a certain probability of causing the opponent to fall into a state of paralysis】

【Evolution Route 1: Thunder God Rabbit, 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe *10, undergoes the baptism of thunder, and finally transforms into a Thunder God Rabbit.】

【Evolution Route 2: Wild Thunder Rabbit: 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe *3, undergoes the baptism of thunder, and finally transforms into a Wild Thunder Rabbit.】

"I need a large quantity of 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe."

The young lady typed on the computer for a while.

"Currently, there isn't much stock left of 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe. Lecturer Ye Bai, you should also know that Leidian Jinghe are not easy to obtain."

"At the moment, I can only provide you with ten 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe."

"Of course, if you acquire a batch of Leidian Jinghe yourself, you can also bring them to the Logistics Department for reimbursement."

"Your experiment has been listed as a key experiment for Yan Country, and the experimental subsidies are fully sufficient to cover this expense."

Not enough Leidian Jinghe!

This was a bit of a headache.

After all, the evolution of one Thunder God Rabbit requires ten 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe.

At this time, Ye Bai thought of something: "Can you help me check what materials the laboratory previously ordered?"

"Please wait a moment."

The young lady tapped on the keyboard for a moment and printed out a list.

"Hello, sorry to keep you waiting, Lecturer Ye Bai. This is the list of materials previously ordered by the laboratory."

Ye Bai took it and looked; there were indeed many thunder-attribute evolution materials inside, but unexpectedly, Ye Bai did not see any 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe among these materials.

This proved that Teacher Zhang Lingxue might have found another way and used other materials to replace the 6th-tier Leidian Jinghe.

Or perhaps she had discovered a new evolution route for the Thunder Rabbit.

Ye Bai felt the second hypothesis was more likely; he relied on the Truth Eye, while Teacher Zhang Lingxue relied on her own rich experimental experience.

"Give me another one hundred kilograms of Thunder Pine Nuts; the intact form will do, I can extract the Thunder Pine Nuts myself, and also one hundred kilograms of Lightning Bananas."

At this moment, the young lady suddenly added: "Lecturer Ye Bai, there is one piece of news I must remind you of."

"That is, the school has recently restricted the supply of electricity. Every laboratory must limit its power supply, which might have some impact on your experiment."

"According to the data registered by the Logistics Department, the daily experiments have been consuming Baiwann Fute of electricity over the past month."

"The school's power supply system is also unable to make ends meet, so they had no choice but to make this restriction."

"The electricity consumed by a laboratory each day must not exceed Ten Thousand Volts."

So that's how it is, Ye Bai frowned.

If he couldn't get enough electricity, the chance of the Thunder Rabbit evolving to the next stage would become quite slim.

Of course, Ye Bai also understood the school's predicament; after all, it was too expensive in electricity bills.

The school's electricity meters were spinning like tops; it was estimated they couldn't even stop.

But out of respect for the support of Vice Principal Su Qingxian, they were embarrassed to criticize, so they could only implement such restrictive measures.

"Fine, just send the materials over. I'll handle the rest myself."

"Thank you for the reminder."

Ye Bai stood up and took out his phone to check the weather conditions nearby.

If there was thunderstorm weather recently, that would be even better.

If that really didn't work, he would just have to find a Secret Realm.

However, there were no signs of rain in the Imperial Capital recently. The nearest lightning strike point was in Donghai Sheng, which was currently experiencing the strongest lightning storm in history.

Ye Bai took out his phone, intending to book a Secret Realm, but all the Secret Realms affiliated with Imperial Capital University were fully booked.

The only option he could choose at the moment was to head to Donghai Sheng.

Donghai Sheng was about a day's distance from the Imperial Capital; if he used the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican's spatial flash, he should be able to arrive within two hours.

At the very worst, taking a private jet would also work, taking about five hours or so.

Ye Bai returned to the Laboratory and checked the laboratory equipment; as expected, due to the school's power rationing, the charging was insufficient, and the load capacity was only half of what it used to be.

If he were to conduct experiments using the equipment at this time, the experiments would 100% run into problems.

And having the Thunder Rabbit use Ten Thousand Volts to simulate a thunderburst scenario would not work either, because the electrical current load carried by each Thunder Rabbit is different.

With uneven current loads, the experimental results would definitely be a 100% failure.

"There's no other way; I'll have to go to Donghai Sheng myself."

At this moment, the maintenance personnel and the young lady delivering supplies arrived at the door at the same time.

"Lecturer Ye Bai, these are the fifty Thunder Rabbits you requested, already loaded into Beast Cards."

"The remaining supplies are all in this spatial backpack; please check them."

Ye Bai inspected the goods on the spot, and after confirming there were no issues, he signed the receipt in front of everyone.

Meanwhile, the Laboratory's system was also restored under the repairs of the electrician.

"Going to Donghai Sheng now, I should still make it in time."

"Half a day to go, half a day to return, four days for the experiment; that's enough."

Possessing the Truth Eye, Ye Bai was like a top student who had already obtained the answers, so having the Thunder Rabbit evolve was absolutely no problem at all.

Within Imperial Capital University, it is forbidden to release Pet Beasts above the seventh rank; violators will be severely punished.

Therefore, just as Ye Bai walked out of the school gate, he encountered Lan Fa, who was leisurely taking a stroll while leading a Single-Horned Wind Wolf.

The bond between the man and the beast was quite good; the Single-Horned Wind Wolf was still shaking its head and wagging its tail, giving off the vivid impression of a husky.

When they saw Ye Bai, they revealed expressions of terror, with a sense of having been caught in the act of an affair.

Single-Horned Wind Wolf: Oh no, what should I do now that I've been discovered?

Lan Fa: Why is Ye Bai at the school gate at this time?

Both sides smiled awkwardly; the Single-Horned Wind Wolf and Lan Fa, who had originally been arm-in-arm like a pair of good buddies, were now standing far apart, as if they had suddenly encountered something unlucky.

Ye Bai, on the other hand, had an expression that said, "I knew it."

"Alright, stop pretending; I could tell from the look in your eyes that the two of you weren't right."

"Lan Fa, if you really like the Single-Horned Wind Wolf, then just take it in."

Anyway, Ye Bai's Contract Slots were already full, and he could not complete a contract with the Single-Horned Wind Wolf either.

"Haha, the Single-Horned Wind Wolf and I have a pure friendship; there is no false interest relationship."

"But since you, Ye Bai, have said so, then I will shamelessly accept the Single-Horned Wind Wolf."

A brilliant smile appeared on Lan Fa's face.

Watching the man and the wolf, Ye Bai suddenly had the feeling of seeing a relationship come to fruition.

"By the way, Ye Bai, where are you going at this time?"

Lan Fa asked in confusion.

"Me?"

"I'm going to the Leiting Xiagu in Donghai Sheng; the most powerful thunderburst in history is happening there, and I need to complete an experiment there."

"I won't talk to you anymore; I need to hurry over there."

Just as Ye Bai was about to summon the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican, he was pulled back by Lan Fa.

"Ye Bai, since you're going to Donghai Sheng, you can take the latest maglev express train; you can reach Leiting Xiagu in about three hours, and it saves a lot of human effort for the whole trip."

(End of this chapter)