After enduring the torment of three-digit numbers of Primordial Spirit Grandmasters, the miserable fate of the two rats was far from over.
They were once again subjected to the torment of different cultivators.
There were also confrontations of mana with Yu Clan scholars.
Live sampling.
By this point, the Dragon Clan cultivators already felt some sympathy for the two creatures.
But the Human Clan cultivators seemed rather dissatisfied. At least, Wan Fa Guiyi, who was watching the records alongside Yang De Yunli, shook his head. "What a pity. The two that survived are both male rats, so they cannot mate—though even if they were two female rats, reproduction could be achieved by combining egg cells and cell nuclei..."
Yang De Yunli said, "This... you have even researched techniques for having children without males?"
"Actually, we did not research this specifically for such a matter..." Mai Siwei fell silent for a moment. "It was merely a byproduct of studying living beings."
"I should remind you that it is not uncommon for a species to continue through lone yin or lone yang, but that would require the population to pay a certain price." Yang De Yunli said a few words, then continued reading.
What followed were empirical reports on dissection, organic matter recovery, and purification of baleful energy.
After Yang De Yunli finished reading it all, he nodded. "I understand... Your people acted with thorough caution and showed no rashness. I truly admire that."
"You flatter us, Fellow Daoist."
Yang De Yunli sighed. "However, I must confirm one last thing—no other living creature absorbed a Core of Destruction, correct?"
Wan Fa Guiyi shook his head with certainty. "There is another special circumstance, which has also been marked in the report."
Wang Qi's situation was unusual. What had truly absorbed the Core of