Opportunity

Ye Bai crept back to a spot not far from the Cold Storage Warehouse and found a concealed place to hide.

From here, he could clearly see the scene at the warehouse.

Berserk Blood Rats surged out one after another, though their numbers were fewer than before—some must have burrowed underground under the rat emperor's lead.

At that moment, he saw a quarter of the Cold Storage Warehouse take on a silvery-white metallic sheen.

Ye Bai immediately understood the Pet Beast Guild's intent.

They wanted to increase the entire warehouse's weight, turning it into an extremely heavy metal substance.

The warehouse already held thousands of tons of frozen goods; if they added to its weight, it would become like a several-thousand-ton boulder.

If the foundation below were hollowed out or an earthquake struck, the warehouse would plummet under gravity.

That way, the spacious Underground Passage the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor had summoned so many rats to dig would become their grave.

But Ye Bai saw this as a chance to collect a large number of Blood Cores.

Miss this chance, and there'd be no next time.

Since the prompt system had already given the Evolution Path for the Thousand Changes Silkworm to become the Myriad Changes Silkworm, Ye Bai felt this was an opportunity.

Though the name Sun God Butterfly sounded imposing, it was too imposing—he worried evolving into it would be a dead end.

That would waste the Thousand Changes Silkworm's terrifying devouring talent.

Ye Bai had a vague premonition that if the Thousand Changes Silkworm evolved into the Myriad Changes Silkworm, its strength would skyrocket—this should be the correct Evolution Path.

"Come out, Sunflowers."

Ye Bai pulled out Beast Cards and released some Sunflowers.

These Sunflowers were all Doppelgangers of the Sunflower King.

When he spoke to the Doppelgangers, the Sunflower King's Main Body could hear him too.

"Sunflower King, command your split Doppelgangers to hunt more Berserk Blood Rats and seize their Crystal Cores."

"Absorb the flesh and blood essence of the Berserk Blood Rats to speed up reproduction."

Upon receiving the command, the Sunflower King's body gradually expanded.

It fully released its limits and began recklessly absorbing the flesh and blood essence of the Berserk Blood Rats.

The violent aura lingering in the essence had no effect on the Sunflower King.

With ample flesh and blood, the Sunflower King visibly split off a large number of Doppelgangers.

Before long, it caught the attention of the Pet Beast Guild personnel.

"Reporting to the President, many Sunflowers have inexplicably grown on the outer perimeter."

"Should we remove them?"

Sunflowers were a very common Wood Element Pet Beast; almost every household kept one as an ornamental plant.

This kind of Pet Beast only needed sunlight and water—very easy to care for.

At night, they released the sunlight absorbed during the day, like a desk lamp.

That was why the Pet Beast Guild personnel could spot Ye Bai's Sunflowers.

"Hmm, the appearance of Sunflowers is also an unstable factor."

"Perhaps..."

President Wang was about to order their removal when Zhang Lingxue suddenly interrupted.

"President Wang, those Sunflowers belong to my student's Pet Beast. He left them here to better resist the Berserk Blood Rat onslaught and contribute to Jiaying City."

"They seem to be working well so far."

Zhang Lingxue's words were clear enough; President Wang instantly understood her meaning.

Since they were allies, he'd let them stay.

Just then, everyone was surprised to find the number of Berserk Blood Rats decreasing.

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on?"

The Pet Beast Guild personnel exchanged glances—could this be some kind of trap?

"Let me explain."

"Sunflowers are natural enemies of Berserk Blood Rats. Don't let their harmless appearance fool you; their roots are as hard as steel."

"Someone once saw a Second Order Sunflower as big as a millstone in the wild. When road construction forced them to dig it up for transplanting, they found countless Burrowing Rat bones tangled around its roots."

Zhang Lingxue stepped forward and explained to the crowd.

She had earned the goodwill of many Pet Beast Masters by urgently treating them and expelling the potent poison from their bodies.

So her words won everyone's trust.

But Zhang Lingxue was puzzled—how had the sunflowers multiplied so explosively in the blink of an eye?

At the same time, she noticed that wherever the sunflowers were, the Berserk Blood Rats didn't dare to approach.

Her eyes lit up. She had found a way to defend the Cold Storage Warehouse and drive off the Berserk Blood Rats.

As long as they could kill the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor, the entire Berserk Blood Rat swarm would be leaderless, making it easy for the Pet Beast Master Guild to pick them off one by one.

"Everyone, look—the Berserk Blood Rats are deliberately avoiding the areas where the sunflowers are."

"This means the sunflowers emit a scent that the Berserk Blood Rats find extremely repulsive."

"If we could surround the Cold Storage Warehouse with sunflowers, wouldn't that minimize the chance of Berserk Blood Rats getting inside?"

"That way, we can ultimately wipe out the Beast Tide."

"And our Jiaying City can return to its former peace."

Clap, clap, clap.

President Wang stepped out from behind: "Teacher Zhang, your observation is quite sharp. But there's one problem—how do we get enough sunflowers to guard the Cold Storage Warehouse?"

"Moreover, to deal with Second Order Berserk Blood Rats, we'd need a sufficient number of Second Order sunflowers."

"Otherwise, with just the current sunflowers, we won't have enough to encircle the Cold Storage Warehouse."

"Unless we can multiply the current sunflower scale several times over."

Right now, Ye Bai was also considering the issue of expanding the sunflower scale.

Since the Sunflower King wasn't Ye Bai's contracted pet beast, they couldn't yet communicate mind-to-mind.

Da Hui thumped over, carrying a huge flowerpot in his arms. Inside were sunflowers brought from the Breeding House.

They all radiated a bright glow, like little suns.

Where could they find enough sunflowers?

Let me think.

Ye Bai's brain began spinning at high speed.

"Ah, I remember—at the school's Secret Realm, they planted a Sunflower Field for landscaping."

Ye Bai had wandered through the entire Secret Realm when he had nothing to do before contracting his pet beast; otherwise, he wouldn't have discovered that sea of blooming sunflowers.

But most of the sunflowers there were Second Order, so they should be fine against Second Order Berserk Blood Rats.

Ye Bai's Sunflower King was Third Order, which gave it a rank suppression over Second Order sunflowers.

If he handled it well, he could definitely obtain the evolution material needed for the Thousand Changes Silkworm to evolve into the Myriad Changes Silkworm in one go.

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