In the eyes of many research scholars, Spirit Energy was an extremely unique form of energy. This energy, which had never existed on Earth before, should have caused changes in many scientific formulas after its emergence, but in reality, it had not.
On the contrary, the emergence of Spirit Energy seemed to have opened up many new avenues for those formulas.
Research fields that had originally progressed slowly suddenly became broader and clearer.
In this respect, it differed from the High Martial Arts World where Su Yunqing lived.
Over the past few days, Bai Xuan and Su Yue had also gained a fairly thorough understanding of the Mutant Creatures within the Nature Reserve.
After organizing and sending over the data, Bai Xuan and Su Yue prepared to leave.
Su Yue returned earlier. Unlike Bai Xuan, who had nominally joined the Spirit Energy Bureau but arranged most of his own time, Su Yue was more like an actual employee. Aside from designated training periods, she also had tasks to complete.
Her time at the Nature Reserve had actually been the most relaxing period for her.
"After we get back, take a nice bath and relax. You can also hand those ingredients over to a professional Chef to prepare."
Although Su Yue was fairly skilled at cooking, there was certainly quite a gap between her and a professional.
By the time Bai Xuan got home, it was already three in the afternoon. Just as he was about to take a bath, eat something, and relax, his phone suddenly rang.
"What happened?"
Bai Xuan asked in confusion.
"Something happened."
"A Mutant Lion escaped from Hang City Zoo."
There was a trace of coldness in Huo Yu's voice. She seemed extremely angry about this.
"???"
"Wasn't the zoo closed?"
He had thought zoos had been shut down on the second day after Superpowers Awakened across the world. Humans could Awaken, and animals could as well, so there was no reason for them to remain open.
He had not seen any news related to zoos, yet it was still operating?
And in this situation, would anyone really go visit?
Bai Xuan was too tired to criticize it.
"It was closed, of course, but the animals weren't dealt with all at once. Instead, the zoo was renovated, and designated personnel were assigned to observe whether the animals mutated."
"Although some of them changed, their temperaments did not become vicious, and they did not hurt anyone."
"So naturally, some people let their guard down."
"And then, during feeding, one person got bitten to death, and the lion escaped."
Huo Yu sighed as well. She truly did not know how to comment on such a thing. No matter how affectionate those animals had been with you before, once they mutated, you could not lower your guard. Otherwise, you might really be killed.
"It isn't just these Mutated Beasts. Livestock and pets in Hang City and all across the country have injured people as well."
"There were very few mutated livestock, and they did not become especially powerful after mutating. They still could not escape the limits of being food animals, so their prices actually became more expensive because of the mutation. But pets were different. Whether cats or dogs, as long as they had not been properly raised and did not see you as their owner, they could hurt people."
"Although those people had Awakened Superpowers, their close-combat abilities weren't strong. Dogs were still manageable, but cat claws were genuinely sharp. Someone got scratched on the stomach and was sent straight to the hospital. I heard the claws pierced right through."
"But if mutated cats and dogs truly regarded someone as their owner, they remained very obedient."
"Like police dogs. Quite a few have mutated, but no cases of them hurting people have been found so far. The same goes for guide dogs. Their intelligence has also improved considerably, and giving them many commands has become much easier."
"Anyway, there are good sides and bad sides."
Bai Xuan nodded. That was not too bad. It had a bit of that Pokémon feel.
That meant he could take his Ralts out for walks after it arrived.
As for what kind of creature it had mutated from, why should anyone care?
"Send me the location. I'll deal with it."
"I'll handle the corpse myself."
"OK."
"ROAR!!!"
Amid a terrifying beast's roar, the entire forest began to stir.
Birds, beasts, fish, and insects scattered in every direction.
"This Mutant Lion feels pretty vicious."
"Hadn't its wildness been worn away while it was in the zoo? Or did the wildness it lost return on its own after it mutated?"
Floating in the air, Bai Xuan casually landed atop a treetop and watched it unhurriedly.
At the same time, he understood why Huo Yu had been able to chat with him so calmly despite a Mutated Beast escaping. It had run straight into the wilderness.
"Its presence is decent, but it's far inferior to the Crimson Giant Tiger we encountered in the Nature Reserve."
"And it doesn't have a Fire Lotus-like mark on its forehead."
"Come to think of it, apart from that red tiger we encountered at the start, none of the other Mutated Beasts had similar markings."
"Was there something special about it?"
Thinking carefully, that Crimson Giant Tiger had been quite intelligent. Of all the battles he had fought, it was the only one that dared to stop resisting after forming a layer of defense.
Although it had ultimately died, that pride was still worth noting. Ordinary Mutated Beasts did not possess such intelligence.
It was probably an issue of innate talent. Bai Xuan could sense dense fire power contained within that Fire Lotus mark, yet the red tiger had not displayed it. Given enough time, it might have grown to a certain level of strength in the future.
"Roar..."
Suddenly, the Mutant Lion seemed to sense something. It lowered its Beast Body and tensed its muscles. Its instincts were warning it that some dangerous creature had fixed its gaze upon it.
Every hair on its Beast Body stood on end. Its ferocious beast eyes abruptly lifted, staring fixedly in Bai Xuan's direction.
"So you found me."
Bai Xuan was not surprised. A lion's sense of smell was strong too, so it was not strange that it could smell him.
Moreover, its body could instinctively sense danger. In that regard, it was much stronger than that red tiger.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
"Boom!"
"ROAR!!!"
A mysterious force acted upon the Mutant Lion's body, controlling it so it could not move. Then, that force penetrated its body. Accompanied by a mournful cry, the Mutant Lion crashed heavily onto the ground.
"Psychokinetic Force is indeed rather interesting."
Bai Xuan leaped down from the tree and looked at the Mutant Lion's corpse on the ground with a faint smile.
So-called Psychokinetic Force was the ability to interfere with the movement of material systems through thought. Honestly, he did not know whether what he possessed was Psychokinesis or Psychokinetic Force, because Psychokinetic Force could do everything Psychokinesis could.
But Psychokinesis could do things that Psychokinetic Force could not.
As for where this power had come from, he had merely cultivated naturally. One day, after waking up and looking at the objects around him, he felt as if he could control them, and then he did.
It was likely an ability brought about by the enhancement of [Nature Authority].
Compared with the other abilities of [Nature Authority] he had discovered over the past few days, Psychokinetic Force was not particularly important.
Before you continue