"Teacher Fang, it's like this, I'm currently doing archaeological work on a small island and I've made a big discovery."
"We've discovered an evolutionary stone that can cause bird pets to revert to dinosaur-like characteristics. We want to conduct an evolutionary experiment, and we need Monarch Species bird pet to cooperate."
"Isn't Teacher Li's son interested in participating in the Abyss Trial? Why not let him give it a try? If he succeeds and evolves into Mid-Rank Species, he'll be a top contender for the championship. This is such a great opportunity, please pass it on to Teacher Li."
"What?" Teacher Fang exclaimed in surprise, "Where did you go on your archaeological excavation? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Teacher Fang, let's get down to business! You forgot the rules of the game; I noticed it first, so I'll take the test first."
"Alright, alright—this little brat is still possessive of her food, but if you encounter a bottleneck, don't forget to come to me. I'll take a few of your senior uncles with me to fly over and help you!" Teacher Fang said.
"Regarding the Flying King, wait a few minutes, I'll go ask Teacher Li right away."
An Yao hung up the phone and asked Luo Yu, "I've taken care of things for you, but I don't know if it will work out. How do you plan to thank me?"
Luo Yu chuckled and asked, "Has your Angel Dolphin learned any weather-related abilities?"
"No." An Yao shook her head and said, "We haven't developed its abilities in that direction. Why?"
"If you're willing to trust me, I can help your Angel Dolphin become stronger. I'm quite skilled at researching mutated beasts, and I have expertise in many areas..."
"Once these strange beasts are in my hands, I can study them for a period of time and uncover their hidden potential."
"For example, based on just our brief last encounter, I had a feeling that it possesses a special talent in terms of 'emotions' and 'feelings'."
An Yao was taken aback and asked, "How did you determine that?"
"I have a ghost pet," Luo Yu said.
"You even have a ghost pet?!" An Yao was an outsider and didn't know that Luo Yu had encountered the Sea of Ghosts. On the entire Mirror Moon Island, only a few people knew about this.
"Yes, I was lucky."
Luo Yu said, "You know that ghost pets grow by feeding on emotions, right?"
"Um."
"My ghost pet is very sensitive to emotional energy. Last time, it sensed that your Angel Dolphin's emotional fluctuations were very unusual. It had also sensed similar emotional fluctuations from a certain marine creature back in the Sea of Ghosts."
"That marine creature's mood swings greatly enhance weather-related abilities. If you trust us, you can try developing its abilities in this area."
"Hmm----" An Yao hesitated a little, wondering if it was true or not, but she did remember it.
Anyway, it wouldn't be difficult to get the Angel Dolphin to develop the "rainstorm" ability; we can give it a try.
"Angel Dolphin don't like being too close to strangers, but I'll help it develop that ability. If it's true, I'll persuade it to let you study it. If you get any other research results, I'll thank you instead." An Yao crossed her arms and said, "You're so knowledgeable about mutated creatures, have you considered pursuing further studies at Azure Billows University?"
"This—" Luo Yu said, "Not for now."
The main problem is that if he went there, he wouldn't be able to stay on the front lines of breeding. However, Mirror Moon Island does lack books; for all Beast Taming species, it only focuses on some mainstream, common creatures. But Luo Yu is also very interested in some less common creatures, and there's no information about them here, let alone live specimens.
However, at Canglan Ocean University, they basically try to capture a live specimen of any kind of mutated organism and raise it at the university for students to study. This is the difference in educational resources.
"Alright~" An Yao waved her hand and said, "Let's wait for their reply."
"Okay." Luo Yu smiled slightly, while guessing that the Angel Dolphin's Darkening talent probably hadn't been developed yet.
This Angel Dolphin four talents, two of which are at Senior Level and haven't been developed yet; what a waste.
An Yao has been at Canglan Ocean University for several years and has probably interacted with many biologists in various research departments. It seems that no matter how much knowledge one has, it's still more direct than having a cheat-like eye.
At that moment, An Yao's Communication Conch rang again.
"An Yao, I asked Teacher Li, and he also inquired about my son's thoughts. The other party is very willing to come, but they can only come in two months. Isn't that too late?"
"Currently, Teacher Li's son is unable to leave due to a school training camp."
Luo Yu whispered, "It's not too late, it's not too late----"
The Empress is currently at a low level and only has two retainers. If the enemy arrives now, even the Empress cannot defeat them.
Luo Yu needs some time to allow the Empress to develop rapidly, and at least to form contracts with a few more familiars before he can hope to defeat the level 20 Thunderclap Eagle.
A month or two is better than coming here now.
"I'm on Mirror Moon Island now," An Yao said. "Two months from now? That's alright. It's not time for the Tidal Corpse Transformation yet, so there's no safety risk if he comes. But it would be best if Teacher Li accompanied him."
Teacher Li is High-Rank King Beast Taming; with him escorting us, we'll be very safe.
A moment later, Yao hung up the call again.
"Thanks," Luo Yu said with a smile. "Shall we begin today's archaeological excavation?"
"Gurgle!" July jumped out excitedly, her fishing addiction kicking in again.
"Let's make three rules first. This time, I'll take you to see that lava behemoth—don't mess around." An Yao looked at the little penguin seriously, pointing out a finger as a warning.
This time, July was forced to behave very well by Luo Yu and the other person, lest it go fishing for dinosaurs again and cause the dream to collapse.
Because they are "alien creatures," these mutated dinosaurs living in the dream world act as if they don't exist, allowing Luo Yu and An Yao to move around here with ease.
"As long as we don't provoke them, they will ignore us."
"But if we actively engage in provocation, they will become aware of our presence."
"Of course, that applies to ordinary mutated dinosaurs. The lava behemoth that inhabits the Volcano is different—even though it's just a dream creature, it can actively sense our presence—we'll probably only be able to observe it for a couple of seconds before it takes down us with a single breath attack."
Led by An Yao, they quickly arrived near the Volcano!
At first glance, it looked like an ordinary Volcano, smoking and flowing with lava, but as An Yao took the lead in controlling her dream and flying, Luo Yu immediately followed.
They flew to the Volcano and looked inside. What they saw made Luo Yu and July take a deep breath!
In the churning sea of lava, a colossal dinosaur, seemingly clad in lava armor, lay slumbering.
He was in a very peaceful state.
"Mmm!" July recognized it; it had dreamt about this thing in its last dream!
"Is this the ancient overlord that is suspected to Calamity Species?" Luo Yu murmured. It was similar to what July had described, with an estimated height of over 50 meters and a weight of at least tens of thousands of tons.
And this might not even be the opponent's maximum size.
It's important to know that once you reach the Abyss Species, you gain the ability to freely control your body. Generally speaking, if food is not plentiful, the Abyss Species will shrink in size to maintain daily Vitality, since maintaining a large size consumes too many nutrients.
It's also possible that this lava behemoth felt its size was perfect for soaking in the hot springs of this Volcano, so it maintained this state.
Rumble!!!
"It has spotted us!"
An Yao said, "Alright, we can just wait to die now."
They had only been spying on the lava behemoth for a few seconds when it opened its golden eyes, sparks flying from its pupils.
"Wait!" Suddenly, Luo Yu's heart trembled. But in the blink of an eye, countless streams of lava erupted from the volcano, covering the Volcano. The lava, like a meteor shower, instantly swallowed everything and reshaped the earth!
Emerging from the dream and back into reality, Luo Yu gasped for breath. Beside him, An Yao, seemingly quite adept at it, smirked and said, "How was it? Spectacular, wasn't it?"
"If that meteor shower were to occur in reality, it could probably destroy Mirror Moon Island in a single blow. That would be a natural disaster."
"Indeed magnificent—" Luo Yu took a deep breath, but what was even more magnificent was—
His Eye of Data could actually see the information about that lava behemoth in his dream—what's the working principle behind that?!
[Race]: Crimson Core [Attribute]: Earth, Fire [Race Level]: Low-Rank Calamity Species [Life Level]: 60 [Race Ability]: Doomsday Earth [Individual Talent]: Passing the Flame (Top-tier talent; upon death, a portion of one's power can be merged into nature and passed on to other life forms. Creatures born near the Crimson Core can randomly obtain bloodline inheritance; those who devour the Crimson Core can obtain the complete inheritance, evolve into Low-Rank Calamity Species, and awaken Doomsday Earth.)
There are three possible outcomes of absorbing the Crimson Core: First, the body becomes completely unable to withstand the core's power, explodes, and dies, while the core remains. Second...
Unable to bear the full power of the core, it undergoes Erroneous Evolution, loses its sanity, and the core disappears. III. Perfect evolution, core disappears.
lose.)
That's outrageous!
Luo Yu seemed to know what the ancient overlord's relic that An Yao mentioned was.
This relic could actually be identified as a "living entity" by the Eye of Data? Just how powerful and vital must it be?
The image of the lava behemoth in the dream is probably an embodiment of the power of this ancient artifact, the "Crimson Core."
Furthermore, the ultimate talent— Passing the Flame?
Upon death, one can merge a portion of their power into nature, passing it on to other life forms—which is to say, the ley lines beneath Mirror Moon Island?
Creatures born near the Crimson Core can randomly inherit bloodlines. In other words, those Dragon Blood creatures and July are all bloodline inheritors, but July is more fortunate and inherits more power.
Devouring the Crimson Core allows it to evolve into Low-Rank Calamity Species —wow, it can evolve into Low-Rank Calamity Species in one go?!
So, what level was this core owner at in his lifetime?
It only possesses "partial power" to reach the level of a "Low-Rank Calamity Species," and its heart alone possesses the power of "level 60." In its previous life, it must have been at least Mid-Rank Calamity Species, or more likely, High-Rank Calamity Species.
Moreover—there is perhaps even a slight possibility that it has reached the Calamity Species!
Some biologists believe that there should be another level above the Calamity Species; this conjecture originates from the "Abyss".
The source of the Abyss Power is a tunnel containing the Power of Space and Time. Cataclysm Level Beast Taming observed that the spacetime on the other side of the tunnel seemed to contain power fluctuations "above the Calamity". Although no one has ever seen that life form, the fact that it possesses a higher racial level than the Calamity Species has been widely circulated.