Evolution Assembly Concludes, Generous Rewards

The Magic City Evolution Assembly had concluded. With no suspense whatsoever, Jiang Xing won the Best Achievement Award.

The award was an evolution trophy modeled after the Mythical Pet Beast [Sea-Suppressing Black Tortoise], along with a tax-free cash prize of one hundred million.

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When Jiang Xing picked up the check representing his prize money, joy was accompanied by a strange sense of anticlimax.

So I'm a billionaire now? That was way too easy.

It was not until he sat down after leaving the stage for a while that he finally came down from the feeling.

One hundred million in cash was indeed a great deal of money. An ordinary family could live comfortably for a lifetime and still not spend it all.

But once pet beasts entered the picture, that amount was nothing much.

Just as a fifth-generation fighter jet cost over a hundred million dollars, Overlord-level pet beasts, comparable to top-tier weapons, also required hundreds of millions to cultivate.

And compared to top-tier weapons, scientific research consumed even more money. The most cutting-edge research equipment, such as particle colliders, cost tens of billions of dollars to build.

In the Beast Taming World, the cost of such things would not be much lower.

The more than three hundred Rainbow Dragon Cubs in the Jiang Xing Research Institute alone were worth far more than one hundred million.

An ordinary person's breakfast costs a few bucks, while starting a particle collider costs several hundred million. Even if the economic system collapses, the place next door will collapse first. It's got nothing to do with me...

Besides, compared to making money, the feeling of realizing his own worth by changing the world through scientific achievements was what truly addicted Jiang Xing.

Just like after the Evolution Assembly ended, Jiang Xing and Dr. Al were immediately surrounded.

One pet beast scholar after another acted like enthusiastic, excitable fans, chattering away without pause.

"Dr. Al, which pet beasts do you think might have evolution conditions related to personality?"

"Dr. Al, can we work backward from Personality Theory and reduce the cultivation resources needed for evolution by matching suitable personalities?"

"Jiang Xing, do you think Choco-Chicken has personality-exclusive evolutions? Would we need to design special evolution procedures?"

"Jiang Xing, do you think the evolution of Golden-Veined Koi into Rainbow Dragon Cubs is related to Dragon Gates made of rainbows? If we replaced them with Thunder Dragon Gates or Rock Dragon Gates, could we change their attributes and evolve them into Thunder Dragon Cubs or Rock Dragon Cubs?"

"Jiang Xing..."

These scholars might not necessarily have wanted answers to their questions—

They merely wanted more inspiration so they could improve their own ongoing research.

Jiang Xing was the same. Some of these scholars' questions were quite interesting and gave him inspiration.

However, there were simply too many people. He could not possibly talk to all of them.

So he took out his phone, added each scholar's social account one by one, and arranged to discuss matters further over the phone before everyone finally left satisfied.

Dr. Al was clearly much more experienced with this sort of situation.

By the time Jiang Xing extricated himself, Dr. Al had already been waiting for quite some time and took the initiative to greet him.

"Jiang Xing, thank you for proving the Personality Conjecture... It troubled me for many years, and now that it has finally been proven, a burden on my mind has been lifted."

Jiang Xing said embarrassedly, "You had already provided the complete reasoning. I was only able to prove it because of luck."

"Luck is also an extremely important aptitude... On the path of Pet Beast Studies, those who are not favored by Ganesha find it difficult to go very far."

Ganesha was the elephant-headed god from the myths of the Boro Kingdom region, governing fate, knowledge, and more.

Dr. Al was not only a Psychic Doctor, but also a mythological scholar who studied the myths and Secret Realm history of the Boro Kingdom region.

Of course, this had nothing to do with mythology now.

He said, "Long ago, I publicly declared that whoever could prove the Personality Conjecture could become my student... But you are already Dr. Xu's student, so let us forget that."

"Instead, you may make one request of me, and I will do my best to fulfill it."

Such academic bounties were not uncommon in the field of pet beast research.

They mainly existed to attract more scholars to help complete a conjecture.

Jiang Xing was not surprised. Instead, he fell into thought.

Academic knowledge? He had a teacher...

A large sum of money? He had prize money...

A pet beast hatchling would be a good choice. Jiang Xing could ask for a pet beast unique to the Boro Kingdom region, satisfying both his collecting habit and his desire to acquire a promising prospect...

Still, it somehow did not feel quite right.

Then, as his gaze swept over the projector in the lecture hall, he suddenly realized something.

Equipment!!

After several centuries of development, the Beast Taming World had also developed countless devices related to pet beasts.

Although they were not as advanced as the Spirit World's black technology, their effects were still quite impressive.

These devices were often extremely expensive and difficult to replicate. Most were exclusive to Beast Taming Doctors and placed in various Doctor's Research Institutes.

Jiang Xing had seen quite a few rare experimental devices in Dr. Xu's research institute before, and he had been deeply envious.

Now, Jiang Xing had his own research institute, yet it contained only the most basic experimental equipment... How could that do?

Now that Dr. Al had offered, this was the perfect chance to obtain a device exclusive to a Psychic Type research institute.

"Doctor, I recently planned to cultivate [Giant Magnet Monster] as assistants for my research institute."

"But their evolution condition requires a special field capable of achieving [Mental Synchronization]..."

"[Mental Field Generator]. That is what you want, isn't it?"

Dr. Al readily said, "I will arrange for an assistant to deliver the equipment to your research institute."

"Thank you, Doctor!!" Jiang Xing said delightedly.

The Mental Field Generator could not only provide an evolution environment for Psychic Type pet beasts such as Giant Magnet Monster, but also generate Mental Fields with special effects.

For example, environments that easily made people irritable, environments that easily made people calm, and so on.

It had quite excellent applications in pet beast cultivation.

Whether Jiang Xing cultivated Golden-Veined Koi or carried out research related to [Intimacy], it would prove useful.

This trip to the Magic City Evolution Assembly had not been in vain.

He had gained both money and equipment. The harvest was truly abundant!

After bidding farewell to Dr. Al, Jiang Xing left the venue with Li Lingyin, completely satisfied.

As he was leaving, he inexplicably felt as if he had forgotten something...

[You participated in an academic conference and successfully used Gyarados's evolution paper to bring the world the true shock of Pokémon Evolutionology. Even Pokémon Doctors were convinced by your academic achievements!]

[Conference Influence: A!]

[Paper Completion: S!]

[Audience Shock: SS!]

[Overall Evaluation: S+!]

[Based on the conference type, you have obtained an Evolution Item Blind Box (legend)!]

Oh, it was System Bro.

He had been thinking about too many things these past few days, and he had been too immersed in his academic speech, so he had forgotten about the system.

Next time, do not be so lacking in presence, got it?

Come to think of it, what could a legend-grade Evolution Item Blind Box contain?

Curious, Jiang Xing chose to open it.

He heard the system let out a loud roar by his ear. "Wow, legend!"

[You have obtained the Eternal Thunder Stone (legend)]

[Name: Eternal Thunder Stone]

[Effect: A Thunder Stone once obtained by someone from the Spirit World. It possesses eternal energy, can be used infinitely, and has the power to evolve certain Pokémon.]