Lu Yao gnawed on the still-warm Scallion Pancake in his hand.
Just now, Slaimod had reported a piece of unfortunate news.
The unknown spinning-top creature taken from the Spiny Body had died.
After leaving its shell, it had begun to weaken rapidly. Though it had also eaten, it had shriveled at a pace visible to the naked eye. By its fifth day in the research institute of Sand City's Forest Academy, it had gone completely stiff and died. Its corpse was severely dried out, like a sheet of paper crumpled into a ball.
"My lord, this is all due to this lowly one's incompetence. Please punish me." A sweating, nervous emoji popped up above Slime Advisor's head.
Lu Yao wasn't angry.
Failure was the norm in research and new attempts.
He was more concerned about the cause of death.
Slaimod replied, "The Biologists at the research institute named it the 'Multi-legged Clam,' because it possesses traits similar to a clam."
"Outside its body is the layered shell of the Spiny Body, and it needs to live in an environment similar to flowing currents. Inside the remaining outer shell, we also found the remains of the You Clan. This indicates that the Multi-legged Clam's diet very likely included the You Clan."
"The Multi-legged Clam itself is very sensitive to temperature. It must survive in an environment above 30 Yao Degrees. We also tested and confirmed that the remains of the Spiny Body possess a very good ability to stabilize temperature. Deep within the Breathing Soil, the temperature should not be low."
"But the Multi-legged Clam's main cause of death was air."
"The Multi-legged Clam seems unable to survive in normal air. In an environment where people breathe in and out normally, it feels pain, and its whole body continuously dehydrates. Even