I Who Devoured the Wood Bud Crystal Was Discovered by Babata

"Pah!"

"Wait, I'd better consume it the safe way!"

Originally, acting on reflex, Pybara had nearly swallowed the Wood Bud Crystal whole.

But the next moment, he instinctively spat it back out.

He then opened the Black Hole behind him, which spanned over five meters.

Swallowing it directly carried the risk of his body exploding.

But using my Black Hole, it's 100% safe!

Furthermore, while absorbing this energy, I can also increase the diameter of the Black Hole.

Why wouldn't I do it?

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

As expected, the effect was much like he had imagined.

However, the energy contained within this crystal was a bit beyond his expectations.

Even when shoved directly into the Black Hole, it couldn't be devoured all at once.

One could see the crystal sinking bit by bit, as if it had fallen into a quagmire.

The process was quite slow, but the results were obvious.

Even the system in his mind was reporting continuously.

[Ding, congratulations on obtaining 5,000 points of pure energy]

[Ding, congratulations on obtaining another 13,000 points of pure energy]

[Level has entered the late Lord stage]

[Ding, congratulations! You are successfully advancing toward a King-level monster]

Excellent.

As the Black Hole devoured the crystal, wave after wave of violent energy swept through his entire body.

The muscles on Pybara's body, as well as every blood vessel and every cell within him, seemed to be undergoing an incredible transformation.

For ordinary monsters and Lord-level monsters, it was nothing more than the energy in their bodies becoming more terrifying.

There would also be significant changes in their physical size.

But advancing from the Lord level to a King-level monster was not such a simple matter.

This was a leap in the level of life itself.

To use a rather inappropriate analogy.

It was akin to an ordinary wild beast turning into a legendary demon.

Like a green snake transforming into a Dragon King.

Who could have imagined it?

This event, where myth bleeds into reality, was actually manifesting in a Capybara.

Incredible!

These significant changes not only made the surrounding monsters feel fear, causing them to scatter one by one.

At the same time, it also attracted the attention of a gaze from deep underground.

The owner of this gaze was not human.

It was an intelligent life form named Babata.

Ever since crashing onto Earth 50,000 years ago along with its master's spaceship, Babata had begun a long wait and selection process.

All for the sake of finding an inheritor who could house its master's power.

The powerful monsters in the surrounding area, and even the Wood Bud Crystal that emitted a rice-like fragrance, were actually all part of Babata's layout.

It was just that a variable had suddenly appeared today.

A monster that looked very cute was actually able to use the power of space to devour the Wood Bud Crystal.

This scene immediately piqued Babata's immense interest.

Its gaze was as if Columbus had discovered the New World all those years ago.

"Oh my, what kind of monster are you? How is it that I'm seeing you for the first time?"

Just as Ye Xiu was fully immersed, feeling the surging energy within his body and the marvelous process of his life level leaping toward that of a King-level monster.

He was unaware that his every move was being taken in by an invisible "eye" deep beneath the earth.

Below Mist Island, inside the Meteor Starship.

The intelligent lifeform Babata was floating in the main control room with legs crossed, staring at the holographic projection before him with great interest.

The projection displayed that round Capybara, along with the pitch-black Black Hole behind it that was slowly devouring a Wood Bud Crystal.

"Oh my!"

Babata let out an exaggerated exclamation, his red eyes flickering with intense curiosity.

"What kind of monster is this?

There is absolutely no matching record in the database! Can local mutations on Earth produce something like this?"

He watched the rotating Black Hole, rubbing his chin as he muttered to himself.

"Tsk tsk, the rhythm of this spatial fluctuation... although still very immature, its essence is extremely high!

It definitely cannot be explained by the innate abilities of ordinary monsters.

And this devouring efficiency—chewing Wood Bud Crystals like jelly beans?

Even the human geniuses I meticulously screened don't have such an absurd digestive capacity, do they?"

He watched as Ye Xiu's aura climbed steadily in the projection, his life level undergoing an essential leap, and the interest in his eyes grew ever stronger.

"Planetary level! Hmm? This energy reaction...

Just stepping into the first rank of the Planetary level, and his base life gene multiplier seems to have reached 3?"

Babata sat up straight abruptly, an expression of disbelief on his face. "Are you kidding me?

For an ordinary Earth human at the first rank of the Planetary level, a gene multiplier of 1.2 is considered excellent!

What on earth is the origin of this furry little thing?"

He looked at the Black Hole behind Ye Xiu, which had expanded to a diameter of ten meters and was emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations.

He also sensed the nascent internal space within the other's body, which had just been opened and was full of potential.

"Black Hole talent, growth-type internal space, super-high gene multiplier... tsk tsk tsk,"

Babata tapped his fingers on the console, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

"Waited fifty thousand years, only to get a bunch of conventional human brats; although a few are passable.

But compared to this little monster, they are simply dull!"

A trace of cunning and the excitement of breaking the rules flashed through his red eyes.

"The master's inheritance, the rules are left for humans...

But it didn't explicitly say it absolutely couldn't be given to other races, right?

Especially to a little guy whose potential seems absurdly boundless?"

Babata rubbed his chin, falling into deep thought.

"Perhaps... I could observe for a while?

Anyway, those human brats are progressing too slowly; finding a more special 'backup option' doesn't seem like a bad idea, right?"

He looked at the Capybara in the holographic projection, who had just finished advancing and was looking around in confusion, a meaningful smile curling the corners of his mouth.

"Little guy, you better perform well; don't let me down...

Perhaps you are the 'accident' that can bring me a surprise."

Meanwhile, on the surface, Ye Xiu, who had just promoted to the King level and was feeling triumphant, ready to make a big move, knew nothing of this.

He only instinctively felt that something was spying on him in the dark, but after a careful search, he found nothing.

"An illusion?"

Ye Xiu shook his round head, cast aside the doubt, and excitedly felt the surging new power within his body.

"King level! Finally reached it!

The next step is to sweep across this continent, devour more energy, and march toward even higher levels!"

However, just as this Capybara was about to leave.

He smelled a familiar scent of rice again.

No way?

There's more?

It felt as if it had suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

Because he had clearly checked before, and there was only Wood Bud Crystal buried under this willow tree.

"Could it be that someone is guiding me?"

The next moment, as a transmigrator, he thought of a highly probable possibility.

This was also the method Babata used in the original story to lead Luo Feng deep underground.

It seems this guy wants to use Wood Bud Crystals to lead me to that hidden underground spaceship as well?

What exactly is this Babata trying to do?