The Chameleon Silkworm's New Form, the Dark Butterfly

"My research institute is built on the back mountain of Sacred Mountain Middle School, and part of the Chameleon Silkworms in the Chameleon Silkworm Farm were provided by me."

"This was the condition Principal Zhang Dashan set when he first invited me to teach at Sacred Mountain Middle School."

"Although Sacred Mountain Middle School has a long history, they haven't made it into the top eight of the Young Scale Cup or the Phoenix Fledgling Cup in a very long time."

"I was the champion of the eightieth Young Scale Cup."

"After learning that I had developed the Goddess of Light Butterfly, Principal Zhang Dashan got interested and offered me a price I couldn't refuse, poaching me over."

Although Zhang Lingxue was a faculty member, she had enormous authority, and aside from necessary teaching duties, the school didn't assign her any other tasks.

Sacred Mountain Middle School was determined to achieve a good ranking in the Phoenix Fledgling Cup and the Young Qilin Cup.

Zhang Lingxue had now put on her white lab coat again, wrapping her well-proportioned figure, giving off an air of restrained allure.

She led Ye Bai to the heavily guarded research institute.

The patrolling robots had infrared beams emitting from their heads, and after scanning the identities of the two, they automatically let them pass.

"I've already entered your information into the system, so these patrolling robots will treat you as one of their own."

"My research institute is mainly used to study the evolution path of the Chameleon Silkworm."

"Based on my current research, the Chameleon Silkworm can also evolve into the Dark Butterfly."

At that moment, a sound of something cutting through the air descended from above and landed in Zhang Lingxue's arms.

It was an extremely delicate black butterfly, its wings as thin as gauze, like the finest dark night glass in the world.

The wings emitted a faint glow in the darkness.

"This is the Dark Butterfly, the second pet beast I've contracted."

"Its trait is the ability to turn invisible in the dark and share its vision, allowing me to see at night."

"The Military Department was very interested, and the Night Watchmen were also intrigued, wanting to buy my evolution formula."

"The key issue right now is that the Reproducibility Experiment isn't working!"

"No matter how many times I repeat the experiment, at the critical moment, the Chameleon Silkworm only evolves into the Gray Poison Moth."

"Originally, I wanted to ask classmate Li Weiyang to take a look, but before I could even bring it up, she was taken away."

"I heard she's been put under protection and isn't coming back."

Zhang Lingxue explained the bottleneck of her current research to Ye Bai.

"This is where I cultivate the Chameleon Silkworms."

As Zhang Lingxue pushed open the door, Ye Bai immediately saw groups of plump, white Chameleon Silkworms.

They were eating a very expensive type of feed.

"For the sake of research results, these guys eat better than I do."

Every Chameleon Silkworm here, big or small, was well-cultivated.

Their bodies were as white and pure as jade, emitting a faint, pleasant fragrance.

"Let me see where the problem lies."

Incidentally, he also wanted to test the limitations of his own Eye of Insight.

He naturally had a standard of judgment in his mind. After absorbing some of the Life Spirit Seed's essence, Ye Bai felt that the Eye of Insight had undergone a change.

If his eyes felt even a hint of soreness, he had to stop immediately and couldn't continue, or it might affect his vision.

Ye Bai activated the Eye of Insight.

To avoid being discovered, he had already put on color-changing contact lenses.

[Pet Beast Name: Chameleon Silkworm]
[Level: lv2 (First Order, Level 2)]
[Skills: Ram, Silk Spit, Harden]
[Evolution Path: Flame Butterfly, must devour a fire-type Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure for a chance to evolve; evolution failure results in Gray Poison Moth.]

[Pet Beast Name: Chameleon Silkworm]
[Level: lv2 (First Order, Level 2)]
[Skills: Ram, Silk Spit, Harden]
[Evolution Path: Gray Poison Moth]

Ye Bai checked over a dozen Chameleon Silkworms in one go and discovered a problem.

If a Chameleon Silkworm failed to evolve, it would devolve into a Gray Poison Moth.

Moreover, the elemental energy within each Chameleon Silkworm was different.

They had to consume a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that matched their attribute to guide them toward the correct evolution.

[Pet Beast Name: Chameleon Silkworm]
[Level: lv2 (First Order, Level 2)]

[Skills: Ram, Silk Spit, Harden]

[Evolution Path: Dark Butterfly. Requires many Dark-attribute Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and evolution must occur at night; otherwise, it will become a Gray Poison Moth.]

Ye Bai had finally spotted a Chameleon Silkworm capable of evolving into a Dark Butterfly.

"Teacher, have you tested the attribute within this Chameleon Silkworm?"

The Chameleon Silkworm's genes were complex, with many mutations, making attribute energy testing a top priority.

"I know what you're asking—whether I've done the test, because feeding the wrong materials could lead to an erroneous evolution into a Gray Poison Moth, right?"

"I've already tested the attributes of every single Chameleon Silkworm here."

"That's not the issue." Zhang Lingxue had thought through every detail she could imagine and experimented with them all, yet it was still useless.

Instead, it left her mind tangled in chaos, making things even more troublesome.

Even if she now found a Chameleon Silkworm with the Dark Attribute, she wouldn't dare proceed.

"By the way, Teacher, why is this research institute completely empty?"

Ye Bai had walked around and seen no one. He asked out of curiosity.

"I use intelligent management here—everything is handled by robots."

"After all, the more people there are, the easier it is for rats to slip in. If someone stole my research results, I'd cry myself to death."

Ye Bai nodded. It seemed his teacher trusted him completely to bring him here.

"This is my research data on the Dark Butterfly. See if you have anything to add. I've also included cases of failed evolution. Look it over carefully and let me know if you find anything."

"I've been pulling all-nighters and I'm a bit tired. I'm going to take a nap."

The homeroom teacher let out a deep yawn and walked toward the break room.

Ye Bai picked up the teacher's experiment logs and flipped through them quickly.

Before long, he closed the book.

That's right—he already knew why Zhang Lingxue's research had failed. It was because she had chosen the wrong time.

The night factor was missing.

That was the reason for the failure.

Seeing the countless Chameleon Silkworms munching on food, producing a rustling sound, Ye Bai smiled.

Zhang Lingxue woke up after sleeping for just an hour.

She walked out energetically: "Ye Bai, did you find anything major?"

This was essentially Zhang Lingxue's test for Ye Bai. If he couldn't answer, he would lose points in her impression.

Ye Bai naturally didn't want to leave a bad impression on his homeroom teacher.

"Teacher, I actually did find a key point."

Hearing this, Zhang Lingxue's spirits lifted instantly.

"Tell me your thoughts."

Ye Bai already had the answer, so he naturally needed to work backward from it to justify his words.

He pondered for a moment, then said to Zhang Lingxue, "Teacher, regarding the evolution of the Dark Butterfly, what special significance do you think the environment holds?"

"For example, evolution needs to happen at night. I noticed that all your data is missing a consideration of the environment."