Chapter 29: Mutation of the Entire Group, Possibility of Treasures from the Myriad Realms of the Cosmos

"Done!"

Lin Miao put the last piece of meat into a special fresh-keeping bag and let out a long sigh of relief.

Although she brought a portable bag, because the mutated wild boar was too heavy, she could only fit a part of it.

So she chose the parts of the mutated wild boar meat with the highest value and best taste, which were the tenderloin, shoulder meat, and ribs.

The tenderloin meat is delicate, and the fat is evenly distributed; the shoulder meat is firm and elastic; the ribs are delicious, and at the same time have rich fat, which can melt during the cooking process, making the meat more tender and juicy.

For other parts, such as plum meat, pork belly, etc., she put some symbolically, and there were also pig stomach and pig heart, as well as pig ears, pig snout, etc., she also took a lot; for the rest, she could only leave it here.

She looked at the meat pieces that had been processed but could not be taken away with some regret and sighed.

"If only there were a storage ring, then I could take them all away."

Ye Xuan stood on the side, his tone calm:

"No matter, these won't be wasted if left here; they will turn into food for other wild animals in the mountains; and we can't just hunt this one mutated wild animal."

"In my opinion, you brought a bit too much."

Lin Miao's portable bag was not small, but compared to the huge weight of the mutated wild boar, it seemed somewhat insufficient. Even if she filled the bag, there was still a considerable part of the processed meat pieces that couldn't fit.

But in Ye Xuan's view, she didn't need to put so much of the mutated wild boar's meat into the bag at all.

Because it was impossible for them to hunt only one mutated wild boar and go back.

Later, they would definitely encounter other mutated wild animals; if the bag was already full now, what should she do later?

"I thought of this point long ago, so I brought more than one bag."

"Those bags are specifically left for other mutated wild animals."

"It's just that seeing these being left here, I still feel a bit wasteful."

"No matter what, it was processed by me with hard work."

Lin Miao knew this point, so she actually brought more than one bag. The reason she didn't put the remaining meat into other bags was to prevent the problem of encountering other mutated wild animals later but the bags being full.

She couldn't pour them out at that time and then go to pack that mutated wild animal.

Although it seems there is no difference, if she packs them now and then pours them out later, there is a feeling of waste.

It's better to leave it here from the beginning.

However, thinking that the meat she worked hard to process would finally be cheap for other wild animals, she was somewhat unwilling.

In this regard, as a chef, she has no love.

"..."

Ye Xuan glanced at Lin Miao somewhat speechlessly.

Are chefs who love cooking so determined in their attitude toward lives other than humans?

He felt that Lin Miao completely treated them as food, and they didn't even count as "livestock"; at least when humans feed livestock, they won't even be reluctant to give feed.

Or is it that the meat of these mutated wild boars is too precious in Lin Miao's eyes, and she is reluctant to give it to those "future foods" to eat?

"Let's go."

"Oh."

Lin Miao looked at the meat on the ground with reluctance, and then followed behind Ye Xuan and continued to walk forward.

However, before they could take two steps, a ray of golden sword light swept across the air. In an instant, scarlet blood bloomed in the air, and a corpse was split in two and fell from the air to the ground.

"What happened?"

Lin Miao was stunned, looking at the corpse on the ground, not yet realizing what had happened.

Although she couldn't recognize what kind of bird it was, from its body size, which was far larger than normal birds, and the feathers that showed a metallic luster, it was obvious that this was also a mutated creature.

Ye Xuan glanced at the corpse on the ground, his expression calm, as if he was not surprised by this.

"Chirp—"

In the sky, a sharp bird cry came, followed by more bird cries. Lin Miao looked up and saw a large number of bird flocks gathering here.

These birds were the same as the mutated bird on the ground. Although their body size was not large compared to large birds, their number was extremely terrifying.

They were densely packed on the treetops, their pupils staring fixedly at Ye Xuan and Lin Miao, as if they would swarm up in the next second.

"Under normal circumstances, birds basically won't have any actions to hurt people, and it can even be said that the vast majority of birds are afraid of humans."

"Unless they feel threatened or feel invaded, it is almost impossible to actively harm humans."

But just now, that mutated bird killed by his sword Qi was undoubtedly an attack launched with the purpose of killing him.

What made Ye Xuan feel even more surprised was that these mutated bird flocks, densely packed on the treetops and numbering nearly a thousand, were almost indistinguishable from the mutated bird that had just died in appearance.

This also meant that they had all mutated.

Before the Qi tide arrived, an entire bird flock had all mutated; it would be equivalent to all humans in the world awakening superpowers.

Is this possible? Basically, there is no possibility at all.

Whether you are willing to admit it or not, there are mediocre people and geniuses among any race, and it is impossible for everyone to possess the aptitude for evolution.

Humans can't do it, so how can a group of birds?

There are only two possibilities for this situation.

One possibility is that they have already undergone the baptism of natural laws, all mutated birds that have not evolved have died, or have been driven out of their group, and then, through communication and reproduction, they have reached their current scale;

One possibility is that there is some kind of heavenly treasure, or even a treasure from the Myriad Realms of the Cosmos, in their group that can help them evolve.

Ye Xuan prefers the former, because with the current concentration of Qi on Blue Star, it shouldn't be enough to nurture such a powerful heavenly treasure; but even if it is the former, completing the internal elimination and reproduction of the group in such a short time is also an almost impossible thing in his view.

Reproduction, gestation, growth; each step requires a not-short amount of time.

The Qi recovery has only been three months, which is fundamentally insufficient to form such a large-scale mutated bird flock now.

So... a treasure from the Myriad Realms of the Cosmos?

But if it is a treasure from the Myriad Realms of the Cosmos, what kind of treasure from the Myriad Realms of the Cosmos would it be?

He couldn't think of an answer for a while that could promote the evolution of organisms, make them produce benign mutations, and even radiate the entire group on a large scale.

Moreover, other possibilities cannot be ruled out.

However, before determining the answer, he now has more important things to do.

Ye Xuan's gaze looked at the mutated bird flock on the treetops. He could clearly perceive their unmasked malice.

This kind of emotion is very normal for humans, but for lives other than humans, especially birds, it seems a bit abnormal.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 30 =====