Little Bun

Although it was far away and the object was small, Xiang Kun could still clearly see that it was a small bird, about the same size as Gold Glitter, far smaller than the previous "mutated bird". However, like the "mutated bird", it was a "Mutated Creature", which was why Xiang Kun and Alice noticed it.

Judging from its flight attitude in the air and the fact that it has begun to descend, Xiang Kun and his group's location should be its target.

In the past, Xiang Kun might have suspected that the "mutant bird" was lured there by the "Ultimate Predator" in some way, but now that the "Ultimate Predator" has lost that function, it is highly likely that the previous commotion attracted the attention of the "mutant bird," or that it sensed the presence of a "Mutated Creature" undergoing a phase of transformation through some special means.

"You've come at the perfect time."

Xiang Kun happened to have a related idea and needed a new "Mutated Creature" for further verification. He was originally thinking about choosing a suitable experimental target, but unexpectedly, a pillow "flew" to him just as he was about to doze off.

The "mutated bird" descended, approaching Xiang Kun's location. It spotted a bald human and a little girl in human form standing on the mountaintop suddenly covered with vegetation. Then, it suddenly flapped its wings rapidly, abruptly increased its altitude, and flew back in the direction it had come from.

Xiang Kun was taken aback. Was this little bird so sensitive? Could it sense a threat from this distance?

Alice.

"Okay!"

Xiang Kun didn't give specific instructions on what to do, but Alice understood immediately.

Several medium-sized drones in the air quickly flew towards the location of the "mutated bird," while dozens of micro-drones on the ground also took off to join them. However, in terms of speed, they were much slower than the medium-sized drones and could not fly at excessively high altitudes. It was only because the "mutated bird" had descended its altitude that it could be put to use in encircling and blocking the bird.

These drones and nature were all brought by Mr. Liang and belong to "Shenxing Technology". The medium-sized drones have been hovering at high altitudes, providing overall surrounding information observation and ground equipment signal relay. The micro drones on the ground are all controlled by Mr. Liang, and a large part of them are Mr. Liang's "Biological Component". If it were someone else, even if they had the authority, they would not be able to control them while Mr. Liang was asleep and his body structure was reorganized.

But Alice is certainly not "others". Any electronic device falls under her control. Even purely mechanical devices without electronic components can be controlled indiscriminately as long as they contain enough "Super-Linked Object".

The medium-sized drone in the air quickly approached the "mutant bird," and the swarm of micro drones below was also getting closer, but none of them made any move. It seemed that as long as the "mutant bird" picked up speed, it could get away quickly.

Suddenly, a figure appeared diagonally above the "mutant bird"—it was Alice in a white princess dress.

With a sharp "Hey!" she clenched her fists and slammed them down on the "mutant bird," knocking it senseless and sending it plummeting downwards.

However, at a distance of about ten meters above the ground, it flapped its wings and took flight again.

Its first instinct was to go find the little girl who had knocked it down, but she had already vanished into thin air.

The mutated bird had no desire to fight, nor did it care where the little girl had gone; it only wanted to escape.

As it struggled to shake off the drones and escape, it suddenly found a vast "sky curtain" made up of countless cakes pressing down on it.

With a pitiful cry, the mutated bird realized that its only escape route was to the ground, so it tried to burrow into the forest to use the trees to support the overwhelming "cake wall".

However, the "cake wall" disappeared completely after it changed direction, with only a few tungsten steel beads falling to the ground.

Before the "mutated bird" could fly back into the air, several vines suddenly stretched out from the forest, wrapping around and binding it like the long arms of an octopus.

The moment it was caught, the "mutant bird's" feathers suddenly became incredibly hard with sharp edges, and its body spun rapidly like a small motor, using its feathered "blades" to cut through the vines.

Then, its wings wrapped tightly around its body, making it seem as if its entire body had shrunk by a quarter, and it continued to spin and shoot out at high speed, like a cannonball being launched.

However, it flew diagonally downwards instead of diagonally upwards, so it quickly darted to the ground, then bounced up as if it were elastic, spread its wings, and began to flap vigorously, soaring into the air.

As a result, it had barely lifted three meters off the ground when a little girl in a white dress shouted "Hey!" and slammed her fist down from above.

With nowhere to hide, the mutated bird let out a desperate cry, but the sound was swallowed back down as soon as it started, and it fell to the ground.

Immediately, a large number of vines shot out from all directions, tightly binding it, and some plant roots even broke through the soil and joined in the "weaving".

The mutated bird stopped spinning and trying to cut itself away with its sharpened wings. Although it could have done so, it knew it would be pointless—because the little girl in the white dress was squatting beside it, one eye closed, pointing a small scalpel at it. Even as a bird, it could sense the clear threat.

Not long after, Alice stood up, skipped and hopped, and reappeared in front of Xiang Kun as he walked towards her, looking up at him with a smile.

Xiang Kun smiled and patted her head, "Good job, Alice."

Alice happily stepped aside and walked with him to the trapped "mutant bird".

The "Little Radish" that was trapping the "mutant bird" immediately loosened the vines, and the dense vines and underground roots were peeled away layer by layer, just like it was blooming.

The "mutated bird" originally wanted to run away, but when Xiang Kun bent down to grab it, its movements suddenly froze, as if Xiang Kun had cast a spell on it, and it stood there blankly as he held it in his hand.

Xiang Kun naturally didn't use any immobilization spell. He felt that this "mutated little bird" must have some kind of ability to judge threats and knew very well that there was no point in running away when facing him.

This "mutant bird" is entirely white, with a large head, a round body, no neck, and a very short beak. It looks like a giant cream Ice Cream or a steamed bun, and its pair of small, black eyes have a rather comical "expression."

However, Xiang Kun knew that this bird's body could change shape. Before, its entire body shrank into a long and narrow shape like an arrow, and its body shape was also different when it flew in the sky. Now it had become so fluffy, which was probably an intentional attempt to "act cute". This appearance was used to deal with humans.

Xiang Kun pinched and kneaded its body to examine it, and also used various visual modes and "extrasensory information" to gain a deeper understanding of its physical structure, so as to know its direction of mutation and evolution, the degree of stage transformation, its external abilities, and so on, and thereby speculate on its living environment and main blood source.

According to Xiang Kun's judgment, this "mutant bird" is actually good at high-altitude, high-speed flight. When it rises to a sufficient height, it can wrap itself into a pointed spindle shape and harden its outer feathers to reduce air resistance. It can then continuously adjust its shape and use airflow to accelerate its flight.

If it were to enter full-speed flight at high altitude, Xiang Kun would have to resort to drastic measures, such as using Electric Flight, to catch up in a short time.

Once it landed on the ground in that forest, it would have no chance of escape. The "Little Radish" might not be strong enough to trap the "sub-plants," but the "sub-plants" and their branches also possessed the properties of "Super-Linked Object," which Alice could manifest. Just like when the medium-sized drone approached it, it wasn't that the drone itself was going to do anything, but rather that Alice was using the "Super-Linked Object" parts on the drone to manifest.

Given enough Super-Linked Object, Alice is indeed invincible in some respects.

After Xiang Kun finished his initial examination of the "mutant bird," thousands of extremely tiny tungsten steel beads "crawled" out of the pocket of his satchel and gathered together to cover the bird in his hand.

The "mutated bird" was terrified and finally began to struggle. Its body instantly became thinner, and its feathers became as hard as knives.

Xiang Kun placed his other hand on its body and whispered, "Don't be afraid, it's okay, relax."

Whether it understood his words or knew that struggling was futile, the "mutant bird" slowly returned to its fluffy white bun state, letting the beads envelop it into a lump of iron.

Xiang Kun placed the iron lump in the same spot where the "Little Radish" had previously bound the "mutant bird," and soon the roots and vines wrapped it up again.

This white "mutant bird" was not previously in Xiang Kun and Alice's "Mutated Creature" database. It should be living in the wild in Kazakhstan, in an area not yet completely covered by "Little Radish".

Xiang Kun didn't smell any human blood on it, so he couldn't determine whether it had killed anyone or use fear projection to verify its "psychology." Therefore, from the beginning, he didn't intend to harm this "mutant bird," and Alice didn't really go all out either.

Even if his experiment fails, it won't harm the "mutant bird." But if it succeeds, it could help the bird break through its current limitations.

Specifically, the goal is to directly connect this "mutant bird" to "Little Radish's" ability branching system, transferring its High-Dimensional Factor mutation instincts into "Little Radish's" system.

People like Jiang Chun and Mr. Liang have now joined this branch system, but they joined through the "secondary Emotion-Infused Object network" of the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Wooden Carving".

The way to access the "Secondary Emotion-Infused Object Network" is like a "gate" that restricts species; only humans can pass through, and other creatures cannot enter even if they are permitted by Xiang Kun.

Therefore, Xiang Kun needs to provide other non-human "Mutated Creature" with alternative access methods. After all, human "Mutated Creature" only account for a very small percentage of the entire "Mutated Creature" population. To regulate the entire "Mutated Creature" population and prevent them from engaging in unrestrained hunting without the control of the "Ultimate Predator," Xiang Kun needs to provide them all with interfaces to the "Little Radish" platform.

He already had a theoretical plan, but he was focused on dealing with the "Ultimate Predator" and didn't actually test it, but he knew there wouldn't be any problems.

Now that Xiang Kun knows that the "Ultimate Predator," whose special factor control function has been paralyzed, is at a critical juncture of near collapse and is about to fall apart, he plans to provide it with the "Little Radish" platform interface to give it a chance to survive in order to prevent it from taking some extreme path.

Now, Xiang Kun is preparing to have the "mutated bird" test his "interface" with the "non-human Mutated Creature" to see if it will be successful and if there are any hidden dangers.

It's actually quite simple. Currently, there are two non-human linkers in the "Super-Sensing Item System"—Egg Pie and Gold Glitter. Although they are not "Mutated Creature," their connection methods still have strong reference value.

In addition, "Little Radish" is another example, and it is also a "semi- Mutated Creature" with more characteristics of Mutated Creature.

Xiang Kun used a Gold Glitter- like access method to replace Little Apple with "Little Radish" and establish its connection with "Mutant Bird".

In the past, Xiang Kun would first need to have a sufficient understanding of this "mutated bird" and spend a considerable amount of time with it, then let it have prolonged contact with "Little Radish" and establish a special connection between them, so that "Little Radish" would naturally pull the "mutated bird" into the "Super-Sensing Item System".

But now, with existing examples, Alice as the strongest "constructor" in the realm of extrasensory information, and enough "Super-Linked Object" to support it, it can be completed in a very short time.

More than forty minutes later, the vines, roots, and numerous beads that had been encasing the "mutant bird" were peeled away, revealing a white, ball-shaped "mutant bird" with tiny, beady eyes that had just opened. It sat on the ground, looking around in confusion.

It looks exactly the same as when Xiang Kun captured it forty minutes ago, but in reality, it has already completed the connection with the "Little Radish" platform and is now a linker under the "Super-Sensing Item System" and the "Little Radish" branch system.

Of course, its connection method is different from that of Jiang Chun and Mr. Liang, and it is completely different from the Egg Pie. It is similar to Gold Glitter, but there are many differences.

Alice stood in front of the "mutated bird" and stretched out her hand. It first glanced at Xiang Kun, then at Alice's hand, chirped twice, flapped its wings and flew up, obediently landing in Alice's palm.

However, it was too big, and Alice had to use both hands to barely hold it.

Looking at its adorable appearance, Alice chuckled and turned to Xiang Kun, saying, "Boss, let's name 'Little Bun'!"

Xiang Kun stared at her speechlessly. Where did she learn this shameless "act first, ask questions later" technique?

And this naming method is completely in line with the Little Chubby Girl's style!

Through the link with the "mutant bird," Xiang Kun was able to better analyze and compile its "extrasensory information," and basically knew that it had completed a stage of transformation and devoured a "mutant arthropod," which should be a mantis.

Through the successful connection of the "mutated bird"... "Little Bun," Xiang Kun and Alice devised an access method suitable for the "Ultimate Predator" type. Then, using "Little Radish" to perceive the world, they granted access permission to the Ultimate Predator."

However, there was no response to this access permission, which basically leads to the conclusion that the "Ultimate Predator" rejected the "way out" offered by Xiang Kun.