The Water Devil Beast Legion and the Umbrella Special Operations Team were established, with Qin Tie as the captain. After his full recovery, he contracted the Bane Water Devil Beast of the virus, to become the strongest spearhead against zombies on Mirror Moon Island.
As expected, Qin Tie also signed a confidentiality agreement first, waiting for the team to assemble and for the retired veterans to return for training.
"The next step is this procedure," Luo Yu said. "Director, you're responsible for contacting suitable candidates one by one, getting Yu Wan and the Healing Water Devil Beast to work together on the treatment, and then asking them if they're still willing to go to the front lines."
"If you're willing, simply explain the matter of allocating Monarch Species."
"My main responsibility is breeding Ink Fish, so I won't get involved in the formation of troops or legions."
"I'll hurry up and cultivate more special individuals. This time, the Tidal Corpse Transformation will let the Zombie Tide see the power of Mirror Moon Island."
Yu Lei nodded, beaming from ear to ear. "I've never fought such a lucrative battle before. One drop of ink annihilates one zombie... If a group of Water Devil Beast released an ink sea in the nearshore waters, would the zombies even be able to swim over?"
Luo Yu chuckled. The director was getting ahead of himself. Once the Umbrella Special Operations Team had leveled up the Water Devil Beast to a sufficient level and discovered its purification ability to restore zombies to their original form... that would be a truly world-shaking event.
If a research conference is held on Mirror Moon Island, not only the Alliance researchers, but also scholars from the other four major gathering places will have to sail over overnight to attend.
After completing the Antivirus Master evolution experiment, Luo Yu checked on July's condition. It had been two days since the evolution, and so far there were no adverse reactions. She was eating well, sleeping well, and fishing happily. Unfortunately, in two days, July's "Volcano Body" seemed to have only accumulated 20% of its power.
Over the past two days, Luo Yu conducted a comparative experiment. On the first day, he didn't give July any nutritional supplements; she only ate junk food.
It was in a dormant state, accumulating approximately 10% of its explosive power.
The next day, July was fed a variety of Senior Level earth, rock, and fire nutrients in turn, however...
It has only accumulated 10% of its explosive power.
In other words, the Volcano Body cannot accelerate the accumulation of power by absorbing nutrients; it can only accumulate power over a fixed period of time, roughly 10% per day. It takes about 10 days of accumulation to enter a "Volcano Eruption" state.
This is going to be difficult... You know, the second round of the Abyss Trial elimination tournament, which was held once a day for 10 days, is already over!
If you can only use the eruption state once, and you're unlucky enough to encounter two or three troublesome opponents in a row, it will be at a disadvantage.
However, on the third day of the experiment, Luo Yu was delighted because he discovered that the Time Turtle Honey collected from the Seedling Turtle helped accumulate Volcano power in July!!!
Earth, rock, and fire resources are useless, but time resources are useful!
On this day, he accumulated about 15% of his power. Although it was only 5% more, it allowed Luo Yu to find a way to accelerate the Volcano Eruption: time resources!
"An extremely extravagant method! It's a pity that the Time Acceleration of the Seedling Turtle can only be applied to plants and itself, and cannot be applied to other pets. Otherwise, it would be easier to just use the skill acceleration directly." Luo Yu said regretfully.
While conducting Volcano experiments on July, Luo Yu didn't forget to visit An Yao and explore the Ancient Grotto with her again.
Luo Yu's main goal was to find the Crimson Core, but unfortunately, after July's evolution, it didn't help much with the subsequent archaeological work, which made An Yao regretful, and she could only continue to dig deeper.
"Luo Yu..." Meanwhile, Shi Qianqian came to the research institute for acupuncture as usual.
It's worth mentioning that after July's evolution, most of the enhancements became ineffective against July.
Even the Knight Bee's stinger, enhanced by the Empress, began to have no effect on July.
Luo Yu guessed that July's racial level was probably too strong now, and her individual abilities were already perfect, making the enhancement from the strengthening needles negligible. This made July extremely happy, since she wouldn't need to get needles anymore...
Of course, not all needles are ineffective. Some attributes that don't exist in July, such as the Wind Element Enhancement needle, are still useful, but their significance is minimal, and their effect on strengthening strength is negligible.
"Luo Yu, my cousin wants to make a deal with you," Shi Qianqian said.
What transaction?
"Wait, your cousin hasn't left yet?"
"He hasn't left yet," Shi Qianqian said. "He also wants a custom-made Water Devil Beast." "Him?" Luo Yu asked in confusion. "Doesn't he already have a pet beast, and that pet beast has a companion? Does he have Contract Slot? Besides, didn't you tell him my asking price?"
"It's not for himself," Shi Qianqian shook her head. "He plans to get one for his unborn child..."
Luo Yu:?
"What were you thinking? In 15 years, the Sea Tamer Alliance and the Azure Billows Continent might not even exist anymore. Why are you planning so far ahead?"
Shi Qianqian shrugged. "Because my cousin guessed that you're asking for a high price because customizing Water Devil Beast is a waste of time and effort, right?"
"So, he started making the reservation 15 years ago. For the past 15 years, you only need to help with breeding whenever you have free time; it won't take up most of your time."
"So he wanted to ask if there was a discount if he booked 15 years in advance, like he did."
"..." Luo Yu was speechless. This cousin of hers was something else.
However, to be honest, Luo Yu could accept his cousin's novel idea. After all, this way, it wouldn't waste his energy. In 15 years, breeding technology would have been updated and iterated to an unknown level. The number of Ink Fish would also expand to a terrifying extent. There would be tens of thousands of Ink Fish with various talents. If he wanted to evolve something, he could just pick out a batch at random.
It's not impossible to exchange Water Devil Beast from 15 years in the future for some important resources in advance.
Of course, the most crucial question is what this cousin can offer and what he wants.
"What type of Water Devil Beast does your cousin want?" Luo Yu asked. "Time-type and space-type won't do. I want one too, but I can't evolve it." Shi Qianqian said, "My cousin said he wants a Water Devil Beast with both light and dark types. I don't know if that's possible."
"Light and Darkness dual elements?" Luo Yu fell into deep thought.
60 Dark Affinity + 60 Light Element Affinity... That's easy.
If it's a bit more complicated, it involves combining 120 light and dark talents... but that's not too difficult.
"This is difficult," Luo Yu said. "Light and darkness are both rare attributes, and mixing them together makes cultivation extremely troublesome. What can your cousin contribute?"
Shi Qianqian relayed, "He's curious; he doesn't know if you're interested in the 'directed evolution of ghost creatures.'"
"What do you mean?" Luo Yu asked.
"My cousin's wife is also a Beast Taming with Soul Talent. Their marriage is considered an arranged marriage Lineage."
My cousin's Lineage has a deep understanding of ghost pets.
"Just like your Ink Fish can give birth to Water Devil Beast with different attributes based on different combinations of individuals, my cousin's Lineage also has a method to help ghost pets lock onto a certain attribute evolution path."
"After a ghost pet completes its Obsession, isn't there a low probability of it evolving? But my cousin's Lineage has a special method that guarantees a 100% evolution for ghost pets after they complete their Obsession, even if it's just a temporary Obsession. Of course, we can't guarantee that its race level will increase, but we can 100% guarantee that the ghost pet will gain a new attribute after evolving."
Luo Yu Outer Dao, "So, a Low-Rank Ordinary Species ghost, after evolving, might still be Low-Rank Ordinary Species, but it could potentially change from a dual-attribute to a triple-attribute? And this third attribute can be freely chosen." "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I mean." Shi Qianqian nodded, "My cousin said that since you have a ghost pet, if you're interested, he'll use this method to exchange for a custom Water Devil Beast with you."
"Although it's a special breeding method used by my cousin's Lineage, it's still a custom-made Water Devil Beast for their shared child, so my cousin's wife agreed."
Luo Yu thought for a moment...
The Bee Empress's current attributes are Water + Ghost. It has actually evolved once, a minor evolution that only improved its base stats, but its overall attributes remain the same. The question is, how can we help the Empress gain new attributes...?
Luo Yu said, "This deal is negotiable. Have your cousin come over..."
Shi Qianqian looked envious. Her cousin's move of ordering a pet 15 years ago was too cunning; he actually got a custom-made Water Devil Beast instead.
A moment later, Shi Ke visited Luo Yu.
After the two signed the contract, Shi Ke said, "Actually, the method is very simple."
"Scholar Luo Yu, did you know that ghost pets can feed on 'emotional energy'?"
"This shows that emotional energy can also influence ghostly creatures."
"The Ghost Creature Directed Evolution Method I'm talking about relies on emotional energy."
Luo Yu's eyes flashed, and he said, "Explain in detail." It's actually related to emotional energy... He's researched that too!
"My wife's Lineage has developed a device that can store and amplify emotional energy. I can give you one later. You can use this device to store and accumulate a specific type of emotional energy, and then have your ghost pet wear this device."
"When the ghost pet has fulfilled its Obsession, it can then shatter this item and devour the immense emotional energy accumulated by the sun and moon."
"The soul fluctuations accompanying the completion of the Obsession will resonate with the ghostly creature itself, transforming it from mere food into a resource for evolution. Depending on the amount of emotional energy, the ghostly pet can gain new attributes during this stage!"
"The item stores the emotion of 'sadness.' When you absorb it to fulfill your Obsession, it can evolve into a 'water-type' item."
"What's stored is the emotion of 'anger.' Absorbing it when you fulfill your Obsession allows you to evolve an additional 'fire attribute.'"
"Hate" gives rise to "poison."
"Anxiety gives rise to electricity..." Shi Ke rattled off a list of elemental attributes corresponding to many different emotions.
"Only elemental attributes, no spatial, temporal, or other attributes?" Luo Yu joked.
Shi Ke chuckled, "If we could evolve time and space attributes, my wife's Lineage could dominate the continent."
Luo Yu nodded. A large Lineage is indeed a large Lineage; they have many ways to cultivate talent.
Emotional energy can not only be used as food, but also as an evolutionary resource for ghostly creatures... Storing emotional energy in specific items, a dual evolution method of emotional items + Obsession... Because of the Rainbow Butterfly, Luo Yu can easily collect different emotional energies, even in large quantities. This evolution method... would be useful for the Empress!
Although she has a large number of familiars, the Empress's own power is still too weak. Her current combat strength relies entirely on the power of her familiars. It would be best if she herself could be stronger.
"Your ghost pet is Honey Water Bee, right? Water + Ghost. What are your thoughts? What third attribute do you want it to gain? We can help you figure out how to collect the corresponding emotional energy. This step is quite complicated; the emotional energy must be generated by you or by it." Shi Ke's service was very thorough.
"Even if it's an emotion that's easy to trigger and combine, you can add two attributes to it at the same time. For example, a mixed emotion of anger and hatred can easily be born in the same life form. These two emotions are closely related. Experiments have shown that this mixed emotion generated by the same individual can endow a ghost creature with two attributes at once. Of course, if the two emotions come from different individuals, it won't work; the emotions will repel each other."
Luo Yu pondered. The Bee Empress was already a Water + Ghost type. What elemental attribute could be added to make it even more perfect? This Emotion Evolution Method could be used in conjunction with it during its battle with the Thunderclap Eagle!