Opportunity

Ye Bai sneaked back to a spot not far from the Cold Storage Warehouse and hid in a concealed place.

From there, he could clearly see what was happening around the Cold Storage Warehouse.

Berserk Blood Rats poured out one after another, though their numbers were somewhat lower than before. Some of them had likely burrowed underground under the Rat Emperor's lead.

At that moment, he saw that a quarter of the Cold Storage Warehouse had begun to gleam with a silvery-white metallic sheen.

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

They wanted to increase the weight of the entire Cold Storage Warehouse, turning it into an extremely heavy mass of metal.

The Cold Storage Warehouse already contained thousands of tons of frozen goods. If they further increased the warehouse's weight, it would become the equivalent of several thousand tons of massive rock.

If the foundation beneath it were hollowed out, or if an earthquake struck, the Cold Storage Warehouse would sink downward under the pull of gravity.

Then the spacious Underground Passage the Berserk Blood Rat Emperor had gathered so many Berserk Blood Rats to dig would become their tomb.

However, Ye Bai wanted to use this opportunity to gather a large quantity of Blood Cores.

Miss this village, and there would be no such shop.

Since the prompt system had already provided the Evolution Path for the Thousand Changes Silkworm to evolve into the Myriad Changes Silkworm.

Ye Bai felt this was an opportunity.

Although the Sun God Butterfly sounded incredibly domineering, it was precisely because it sounded too domineering that Ye Bai worried evolving into a Sun God Butterfly would be the end of the road.

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

Ye Bai vaguely had a feeling that if the Thousand Changes Silkworm evolved into the Myriad Changes Silkworm, its strength would surely soar by leaps and bounds. This was probably the Thousand Changes Silkworm's true Evolution Path.

"Come out, Sunflowers."

Ye Bai took out Beast Cards one after another and released some of the Sunflowers.

These Sunflowers were essentially all Doppelgangers of the Sunflower King.

When Ye Bai spoke to the Doppelgangers, the Sunflower King's main body could hear him as well.

"Sunflower King, control the Doppelgangers you've split off. Hunt more Berserk Blood Rats and seize the Crystal Cores within their bodies."

"Absorb the essence of the Berserk Blood Rats' flesh and blood, and speed up your reproduction."

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

It completely cast off its restraints and began absorbing the essence of the Berserk Blood Rats' flesh and blood without restraint.

Yet the lingering violent aura within that flesh-and-blood essence had no effect whatsoever on the Sunflower King.

With sufficient flesh and blood, the Sunflower King split off a huge number of Doppelgangers at a speed visible to the naked eye.

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

"Reporting to President Wang, for some reason, many Sunflowers have sprouted along the outer perimeter ahead."

"Should we remove them?"

Sunflowers were an extremely common Wood Element pet beast. Nearly every household kept a pot or two as ornamental plants.

This kind of pet beast only needed sunlight and water, making it exceptionally easy to raise.

At night, the Sunflowers would release the sunlight they had absorbed during the day, like desk lamps.

That was also why the Pet Beast Guild personnel had noticed Ye Bai's Sunflowers.

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

"How about—"

Just as President Wang was about to order the Sunflowers removed, Zhang Lingxue suddenly spoke up and interrupted him.

"President Wang, those Sunflowers are my student's pet beasts. He left them here to better withstand the Berserk Blood Rats' assault and to contribute his own share to Jiaying City."

"So far, the results seem quite good."

With Zhang Lingxue's words made so clear, President Wang instantly understood what she meant.

Since they were allies, they could stay.

At that moment, everyone was astonished to discover that the number of Berserk Blood Rats was decreasing.

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"What exactly is going on?"

The Pet Beast Guild personnel looked at one another. Could this be some kind of scheme?

"Let me explain."

"Sunflowers are the natural nemesis of Berserk Blood Rats. Don't be fooled by their harmless appearance—their roots and stems are as hard as steel."

"Someone once saw a second-tier Sunflower as large as a millstone in the wild. Because of road construction, they dug it up to transplant it elsewhere, only to find countless Burrowing rat skeletons tangled beneath its roots."

Zhang Lingxue stepped forward from the side and explained it to everyone.

Because she had urgently treated many Pet Beast Masters and driven the potent poison from their bodies, she had earned the goodwill of many Pet Beast Masters.

Thus, everyone believed Zhang Lingxue's words.

Still, Zhang Lingxue was rather puzzled. How had the Sunflowers multiplied so explosively in the blink of an eye?

At the same time, Zhang Lingxue noticed that the Berserk Blood Rats did not dare approach the places where the Sunflowers grew.

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

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

"Everyone, look. The Berserk Blood Rats are deliberately avoiding the areas where the Sunflowers are."

"This shows that Sunflowers can release a smell that the Berserk Blood Rats find extremely repulsive."

"If we can plant Sunflowers in a ring around the Cold Storage Warehouse, wouldn't we be able to prevent the Berserk Blood Rats from entering it to the greatest extent possible?"

"Then we'll be able to wipe out the Beast Tide once and for all."

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

Clap clap clap.

President Wang walked out from behind them. "Teacher Zhang, your powers of observation are remarkably sharp. Now there is one problem: how can we get enough Sunflowers to protect the Cold Storage Warehouse?"

"Moreover, against second-tier Berserk Blood Rats, we would need a sufficient number of second-tier Sunflowers."

"Otherwise, the Sunflowers we have now simply aren't enough to surround the Cold Storage Warehouse."

"Unless the current scale of the Sunflowers can expand severalfold."

Ye Bai was also considering how to expand the Sunflowers' numbers.

Since the Sunflower King was not Ye Bai's Contracted Pet Beast, they could not yet communicate through shared intent.

Da Hui came thumping over, carrying an enormous flowerpot in his arms. Inside were Sunflowers he had brought from the Breeding House.

They all radiated bright light, like little suns.

Where could they find enough Sunflowers?

Let me think.

Ye Bai's mind raced at high speed.

"Right, I remember now. The school's Secret Realm has a Sunflower Field planted inside for landscaping."

Before contracting a pet beast, Ye Bai had been so idle that he had wandered through the entire Secret Realm. Otherwise, he would never have discovered that sea of blooming Sunflowers.

However, the Sunflowers there were basically all second-tier. They should not have much trouble facing second-tier Berserk Blood Rats.

Ye Bai's Sunflower King was third-tier and possessed a tier-based suppression over second-tier Sunflowers.

If he handled this well, he would surely be able to obtain all the evolution materials for the Thousand Changes Silkworm to evolve into the Myriad Changes Silkworm in one go.

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