Day 91 of the wasteland calendar.
Yu Yuan stood on the shore of the island in the middle of the lake.
A faint glow had already appeared on the distant horizon.
The sun of a new day was about to rise.
Yu Yuan looked at the four Nizi Arrow Turtles at his feet and sighed.
He had originally planned to give the four little ones their injections yesterday, but just before doing so, something had suddenly occurred to him.
Since the [Sea Beast Gene Evolution Serum] could unlock the sea beast evolution path for marine creatures, with a small chance of granting special evolutionary genes,
it was well worth giving them their injections while Miemie absorbed the first ray of morning sunlight.
Only then could they benefit from Miemie's blessing.
At last, a ray of sunlight appeared on the horizon, cutting through the darkness.
Golden light shone from Miemie's body.
Yu Yuan picked up the four syringes he had prepared in advance, each containing saline mixed with the [Sea Beast Gene Evolution Serum].
He murmured softly, "Miemie, bless me!"
Then he injected the evolution serum into the four Nizi Arrow Turtles, one after another.
By the time Yu Yuan finished injecting the last Nizi Arrow Turtle,
Miemie had also finished absorbing the first ray of morning sunlight.
The four Nizi Arrow Turtles began to change visibly.
They all strained to stretch their necks and limbs, looking as though they were struggling in pain.
Then they rapidly pumped their limbs and crawled toward the lake a few meters away.
Yu Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Is this... could they need seawater to complete their evolution?"
"Right... that must be it. Sea beasts... how could they become sea beasts outside seawater?"
Although the salinity of Sea-Trace Lake was inevitably different from that of