Chapter 149: No Longer a Mortal Thing

It seemed he really had it in for rabbits — the first animal he used to test Enlightenment was a rabbit, and now the first food species he prepared would also be rabbits.

Thinking of this, Baichuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion; rabbits truly were a wonderful civilization.

Because he suddenly recalled Tu Yihao, the first rabbit he had used for his experiment and died a miserable death, along with its kin.

Shaking his head, he took flight once more, not flying high, merely hovering three meters above the ground, then flew toward the rabbit group over two kilometers away.

In less than twenty seconds, Baichuan had crossed over two kilometers and arrived not far from that group of rabbits.

From this one could see just how fast his flight speed was now that he no longer relied on wings; this was still with insufficient propulsion, otherwise he could fly even faster.

But even so, he could rival the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird in nature.

In the next instant, his long, supple body bent and his claws shot out, snatching up those three rabbits in a flash as he continued flying forward.

The entire process was so swift that those few rabbits had no time to resist before being scooped away, leaving behind a group of rabbits staring blankly as an unknown creature flew past, their companions who had been frolicking with them just moments ago now gone.

But before they could react, the howling gale kicked up by that unknown creature swept over them, instantly flipping them into the air.

With several "splat" sounds they crashed down grievously wounded; only the rabbit legs still trembling toward the sky bore witness to the terrifying creature that had just flown past.

At that moment, soaring through the sky, Baichuan suddenly caught a faint, elusive scent of scorched, fragrant meat.

"Hmm?"

Instinctively, Baichuan twitched his nose, only to discover that the aroma actually came from his claws — specifically the claws holding the rabbits.

"Crap!"

Suddenly realizing what had happened, Baichuan instantly halted his flight and slowly lowered his head to look at his palm.

Sure enough, the rabbits that had been bouncing about moments ago were now thoroughly dead; not only that, they were now giving off the fragrance of cooked meat.

And the spot where his claws had touched the rabbits' bodies was stuck with a clump of black, scorched fur — the rabbit's hide melted by the high temperature.

Only now did he recall that he was no longer the flood serpent that flew using wings; he was a flood dragon that flew using magnetic fields.

And the birth of a magnetic field necessarily required massive currents to pass through, and when currents passed through metal, they would inevitably bring terrifying high temperatures.

The reason he was fine was, first, because the currents themselves were within his scales, and there was an insulating layer within his body — these currents had not yet exceeded his limits.

And high temperatures, for a creature like him who was a child of flame, were simply a commonplace matter, nothing to worry about at all.

But for ordinary creatures, it was a different story — whether low temperature, high temperature, or electric current, none of them could be endured by their mortal flesh.

Now, if he didn't restrain himself a little, there were hardly any creatures left on the entire planet that could approach his side.

He truly was no longer an ordinary being; ordinary creatures now had a clear boundary separating them from him. Henceforth, even if he approached them with goodwill, they would not be able to bear this weighty affection.

The dead rabbits before him, their bodies emitting that scorched fragrance, once again told him bluntly that his way of thinking needed to change.

"Sigh~"

Slowly letting out a breath, Baichuan casually dropped the rabbit meat from his claws; the electric light faded and he returned to the ground.

It seemed that if he wanted to catch rabbits, he couldn't do it himself — ordinary creatures couldn't bear his "affection." Fortunately, he still had the Light Point as a capable assistant.

At this thought, a stream of pure white Light Points swam out from his scales and headed toward a group of rabbits he had sensed.

On this plain nowadays, other things might be scarce, but rabbits were quite plentiful.

In the span of his deliberation, the Light Points had already shot forth, binding two rabbits like a swimming dragon.

Only then did he stroll over unhurriedly.

"Buzz~ buzz~"

The flood dragon's immensely heavy body sent visible tremors across the ground, and combined with the shadow cast by his massive frame, every creature along the way that saw this behemoth couldn't help but turn tail and flee — even the lion, king of the grasslands, was no exception.

As the two rabbits trembled in fear, he slowly drew closer. Looking at these two rabbits — one male, one female — shivering nonstop, Baichuan couldn't help but smile.

In an instant, the flood dragon bared that terrifying maw, revealing rows of fine, separated metallic teeth.

In a moment, those two rabbits fainted on the spot.

Baichuan couldn't help but pause at this — was he really that terrifying?

Shaking his head, he paid it no more mind. Then let the experiment begin.

He looked at his claws, which had now cooled down, and only then carefully picked them up, then began scanning the two rabbits.

Baichuan no longer moved about; now, even purposeless walking was a waste of energy for him. As things stood, unless he was evolving, there was nothing that could sneak up on him while he slept, so he no longer needed any nest.

He could truly take the sky as his blanket, the earth as his mat, starlight as his candle, and mountains and rivers as his pillow.

Time thus slipped away, and in the blink of an eye the sun set and rose again — a whole day had passed just like that.

And now, as the two rabbits trembled with slight weakness, the panel in Baichuan's eyes had finally finished scanning.

Then, let's begin!

Baichuan murmured to himself, and the panel popped up directly; the rabbits' familiar panel once again appeared before his eyes:

"Species: Wild Rabbit."

"Abilities: Minjie LV2, Fanzhi LV2, Tiaoyue LV1, Weixian Chajue LV1, Wadong LV1."

Baichuan paid no attention to their original abilities; he directly opened his own ability structure library and began selecting them one by one.

First, what was definitely needed was "Judahua LV3 (Banzhu)" — this was an ability from the blue whale, one that could increase a creature's body size.

It was also the most important ability he intended to edit on this trip, because if these rabbits, after editing, didn't grow in size, then no matter how fast they bred, it would be useless to him — that little bit of meat wouldn't even be enough to pick his teeth.

So Judahua was a must; in any case, he wasn't worried about them resisting, so there was no need to consider that.

After the first ability was decided, Baichuan thought for a moment and added a certain shrimp's "Shengzhang LV2" — this was an ability similar to the serpent's "Zhongchang," one that allowed body size to continuously increase.

Although Judahua was already enough, one mustn't forget that abilities could show differences in different hosts; perhaps these rabbits wouldn't reach the blue whale's level of size.

At the same time, he had to prepare for the distant future — as he grew, his body would also become even more massive, and by then the size brought by Judahhua might not even be enough to feed him.

(End of this chapter)