Thousand Changes Silkworm's Two Evolution Paths

Chapter 33: The Two Evolution Paths of the Thousand Changes Silkworm

By the time Ye Bai returned to the Breeding House.

The plaque of the Breeding House had already been wiped clean and hung up.

With the Breeding House plaque in place, it meant the business was officially open.

It was a good start.

But Da Hui didn't look happy. Instead, he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping from his forehead, clearly anxious.

Something seemed to have gone wrong with the Sunflower in the Breeding House.

It had been fine in the morning, but by the afternoon, the Sunflower's leaves began falling off one after another.

The leaves of the Second Order mother plant started withering on a large scale.

Now, only a small cluster of tender green leaves remained.

Even the flower disc had begun to wilt, making it clear that the mother Sunflower was not in good shape.

The First Order Sunflowers, affected by the mother plant, all looked sickly and drooping.

Sunflower nectar was a major source of income for the Breeding House.

Da Hui was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan. He had never encountered this situation before and had no idea what to do.

When he saw Ye Bai return, it was like spotting a lifeline. He hurriedly dragged Ye Bai upstairs to the mother Sunflower.

Ye Bai had been caring for this mother Sunflower for many years.

He could tell at a glance that the mother Sunflower was in the process of advancing.

Back when it had risen from First Order to Second Order, it had been the same.

Ye Bai had rushed the Sunflower to the Pet Beast Hospital in a panic back then.

The doctor told Ye Bai that it lacked sufficient energy, and its cells had begun to self-digest.

The only way to ensure the Sunflower advanced smoothly was to supply it with a massive amount of energy. There was no other solution.

Ye Bai had no choice but to treat a dead horse as a live one, giving the Sunflower all the energy potions from the Breeding House.

The Sunflower lingered in a half-dead state for two full months before finally completing its advancement.

From then on, it could propagate First Order Sunflowers through side shoots.

Ye Bai opened the Eye of Insight and saw that the gray mist around the mother Sunflower was gradually increasing, confirming his guess was correct.

The Sunflower needed a huge amount of energy to advance.

"Just so happens I swiped a Third Order Sunstone from He Guangda last time."

"Otherwise, I'd really be at my wit's end dealing with the Sunflower's advancement."

"But why did the Sunflower suddenly advance?"

The Sunflower had no combat ability; it couldn't level up by killing wild Strange Beasts.

Usually, it just basked in the sun. It must have come into contact with something that pushed it toward evolving to Third Order.

"Da Hui, give me a hand. Dig a hole in the flowerpot for me. I need to stuff the Sunstone into the Sunflower's roots to help it complete the final evolution."

Da Hui extended his sharp claws and jabbed hard at the flowerpot. A hole the size of a fist appeared in the soil.

"Da Hui, one more hand. Crush this Sunstone."

Da Hui picked up the Sunstone, squeezed with both hands, and the stone turned to powder.

He poured the powder into the hole, and the withered flower disc began to stretch open.

Roots surged up from the soil in the pot, like countless earthworms writhing underground.

The Sunflower was absorbing the energy of the Sunstone, seemingly waking from its self-digesting state.

Golden stripes appeared on the Sunflower's body.

The Sunflower now looked like a giant lightbulb, radiating a warm and gentle glow.

Its massive flowerpot burst completely, and countless roots as thick as thumbs shot out.

That was when Ye Bai noticed the piles of white bones tangled around the roots.

The claws of these bones were like sharp drills.

Ye Bai recognized the bones—First Order Strange Beasts called Burrowing Rats, Earth Attribute rodents that dug holes everywhere.

The skulls of the bones had been pierced through in a single strike.

Combined with the Sunflower's steel-like roots, Ye Bai finally understood how the Sunflower had advanced.

That blind Burrowing Rat must have accidentally dug into the Sunflower's territory while tunneling, and the Sunflower strangled it with its roots.

By killing Burrowing Rats day after day, the Sunflower's strength had skyrocketed.

Before long, a more vibrant Sunflower King appeared. Its fallen leaves regrew, even more lush than before.

The petals were Golden Yellow, full of life and vitality.

A rich floral fragrance wafted from the sunflower's petals.

The Thousand Changes Silkworm smelled the refreshing aroma, and its drool was practically dripping.

It wanted to eat, an itch in its heart and lungs driving it mad.

Relying on its formidable defense, the Thousand Changes Silkworm sought to taste the Sunflower King's nectar.

Its body suddenly leaped, opening a gaping maw toward the Sunflower King.

But midair, the Sunflower King swung its sharp vine whip and lashed the Thousand Changes Silkworm viciously.

The Thousand Changes Silkworm crashed to the floor with a thud, the entire level shaking slightly.

The Thousand Changes Silkworm jerked its head up, a deep red mark appearing on its face, stinging with fiery pain.

Refusing to accept defeat, the Thousand Changes Silkworm directly used its Harden skill, a faint silvery-white sheen flashing across its body surface.

It charged forward fiercely, only to hear a crackling sound as the Sunflower King beat the Thousand Changes Silkworm black and blue, sending it headfirst to the ground unconscious.

Thousand Changes Silkworm: I saw my great-grandma.

Da Hui and Ye Bai exchanged glances.

The Sunflower King opened its layered petals, revealing golden-yellow nectar within.

This nectar emitted a dense fragrance; the Thousand Changes Silkworm smelled it and opened its eyes, only to hear a smack as it fell unconscious again.

The Thousand Changes Silkworm was completely locked in a grudge with the Sunflower King. Even when Ye Bai forcibly pulled it into the Pet Beast Space, it charged right back out.

All night long, Da Hui and Ye Bai heard a smack, followed by a cry of pain.

By the next day, both the person and the pet beast had dark circles under their eyes, their expressions dazed.

And Ye Bai suddenly noticed that when the Sunflower King's steel-tough vine whip landed on the Thousand Changes Silkworm, a series of sparks flew off.

Now the Sunflower King needed four or five vine whips just to restrain the Thousand Changes Silkworm's movements.

Could it be?

Ye Bai used Eye of Insight on the Thousand Changes Silkworm.

[Name: Thousand Changes Silkworm]
[Gender: Male]
[Mastered Skills: Silk Spit (Proficient), Harden (Mastered), Ram (Beginner)]
[Evolution Path 1: Myriad Changes Silkworm, defense becomes even more terrifying, with more evolution paths, conditions unknown.]
[Evolution Path 2: Sun God Butterfly, Sun Crystal 1, Flame Crystal 1, Insect Crystal 1, grind these three crystals into powder, and under intense sunlight at noon, the Thousand Changes Silkworm needs to reach Second Order peak.]

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