"Cousin, please tell me more important information, such as the maximum number of attributes that can be assigned at once? What if a living being develops a split personality and can generate a colorful mix of emotions?"
"And how many times can this Emotion Evolution Method be used? If the Obsession of a ghost pet can be divided into several stages, can each stage's achievement be given an attribute?"
"Furthermore, regarding attributes like time and space, is it that they are fundamentally impossible to bestow, or is it that emotions associated with time and space are too difficult to collect, resulting in insufficient energy to support evolution?"
Luo Yu asked a series of questions, which surprised Shi Ke. He sighed and said, "A biologist is a biologist after all; you've considered everything very thoroughly. I'll answer them one by one. Even if you hadn't asked, I would have told you some things to be aware of later."
"Actually, it's best to assign only one attribute at a time. Assigning two attributes would be a bit too much of a burden, because it's a kind of 'external force evolution' that's not deeply connected. A normal life form can't accept too strong or too mixed external forces all at once."
"If forced absorption occurs... there is a high possibility of ' Erroneous Evolution '."
"Let me give you an example. When an ordinary mutated beast absorbs the Abyss Power, it's because the external force it absorbed was too strong, causing its genes to break down. Similarly, if a ghostly creature is greedy and tries to evolve three attributes all at once through complex emotions, its spirit body won't be able to handle such complicated attribute modifications, and there's a risk of 'soul loss of control' or ' Erroneous Evolution.'"
"If a ghostly creature undergoes Erroneous Evolution, it will most likely become a ' Vengeful Spirit ' or a ' Cursed Spirit,' which is very dangerous."
"Therefore, if you want to be on the safe side, it's best to evolve only a single attribute at a time using the ' Emotion Evolution Method.' This is the safest approach, and there's no precedent for Erroneous Evolution."
"But starting with three attributes becomes extremely dangerous. My wife's Lineage once tried to evolve a ghost creature into one with three attributes. That time, the ghost turned into Curse Grudge, and the Beast Taming tamer suffered a backlash from the soul prematurely. After that, no one dared to try it again..."
"As for bestowing two attributes at once, the success rate is also quite good. In the evolution experiments handled by my wife's Lineage, out of nearly a hundred cases, there was only one failure. The risk of failure is about one percent." Luo Yu broke out in a cold sweat. Ghosts can Erroneous Evolution? For a moment, he had even thought about using the Rainbow Butterfly to evolve the Empress into an all-elemental attribute in one go. If the results of his sister-in-law's Lineage's experiment were to be followed, there was a high probability that the Bee Empress would lose control of her soul and undergo "Erroneous Evolution," turning into Vengeful Spirit or Cursed Spirit.
"Of course..." Shi Ke added, "If the Beast Taming contracts with a top-tier ghost pet, the kind Obsession can be broken down into multiple stages to achieve, then they're incredibly lucky!"
"Each time a stage of Obsession is completed, an attribute can be granted."
"In this way, it's essentially the same as bestowing multiple attributes, just in several stages. Adding one attribute at a time, in small increments, is very safe. This way, not only is there no risk of the pet Erroneous Evolution, but it's also easier for the Beast Taming to gather emotions. However, ghost creatures with such strong potential for Obsession are rare. I wonder if Scholar Luo Yu's pet is like that..."
Luo Yu nodded, prompting Shi Ke to sigh again, "That's it! I knew it. In the Sea of Ghosts, where King-level sea beasts roam freely, choosing only an Common Species ghost must mean that this ghost has immense potential."
"Then, I recommend that Scholar Luo Yu first utilize the phased evolution to give the ghost pet a new attribute. Don't be greedy, after all, a jack of all trades and master of none. Once this attribute is sufficiently developed and you reach the next Obsession stage, then you can give it a new attribute based on your current needs."
Given the same talent, one mutant beast has three attributes, while another has only one. The former distributes its energy equally among the training of the three attributes, while the latter devotes all its energy to developing the single attribute. In the end, when they fight, the one with three attributes might not be as strong as the one with one attribute.
Of course, when facing numerous enemies, the advantage of 3-attribute mutant beasts becomes apparent, as they can use attributes that counter the enemy depending on the opponent.
"I'll think about it." Luo Yu nodded again. What she said made sense. The Bee Empress was busy with her missions and didn't seem to have time to develop too many attributes.
"Okay, let's answer the next question." Shi Ke said, "Attributes like time and space aren't impossible to assign, but rather too difficult. Just as you said, the emotions they correspond to are very difficult to collect."
"So far, their Lineage has not discovered what emotion corresponds to the 'time attribute'."
"And the corresponding spatial attribute 'emotion' is longing!" "Longing?" Luo Yu said, "This emotion isn't difficult to understand, is it?"
Shi Ke shook his head and said, "No, no, no, one attribute may correspond to multiple emotions. For example, if you want to awaken the lightning attribute, emotions such as anxiety and shock are all possible."
"And an emotion, depending on its form of expression and its core essence, can also be assigned different attributes."
"The longing I'm talking about isn't ordinary longing. Ordinary longing is generally endowed with the 'water attribute,' longing is like water, and the past is like a misty shadow. What I'm referring to is that kind of homesickness that has a very strong sense of distance, like when you marry a wife who is a 'foreigner' and has settled on Mirror Moon Island, and hasn't been home for a long time. This kind of homesickness that transcends an extremely long distance can become the nourishment for awakening the spatial attribute."
The object of longing must be a "location" rather than a "person," and it must be "far away," the more difficult it is to return, the better.
"If it's just simple homesickness, it's actually quite easy to find."
"However, the emotions that ghostly creatures can absorb must be strong emotions evoked by the ghostly creature itself or by the Beast Taming. Under these conditions, it becomes quite difficult to evoke such homesickness..."
"Furthermore, due to the mystery and power of spatial attributes, the emotional fluctuations required to awaken spatial attributes are several times greater than those required to awaken simpler attributes such as water or wind. If the emotional intensity is insufficient, it will most likely become an 'earth attribute.' Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to endow ghost pets with spatial attributes through Emotion Evolution Method. To achieve this, at least ten years of preparation is required."
It is indeed more difficult to collect than emotions such as "joy," "anger," and "sadness"...
Upon hearing this, Luo Yu understood immediately. Moreover, homesickness isn't something that arises simply because one leaves their original hometown. For example, after he transmigrated, he didn't miss his hometown at all. He was enjoying himself immensely, without a trace of homesickness.
Similarly, if other life forms must experience this profound homesickness through Beast Taming or a ghost beast, isn't that just human trafficking?
Even with Rainbow Butterfly, it seems difficult for them to do so. According to research, Rainbow Butterfly are best at changing the seven common emotions that correspond to the seven colors and are emotions that normal people would experience. Of course, they can also change other emotions, but the prerequisite is that, like the time when they "died of their hearts," the Rainbow Butterfly must "experience" these emotions before it can change them at any time.
Complex emotions cannot be conjured up out of thin air without prior experience.
Even if Rainbow Butterfly Rainbow Butterfly a natural talent for emotional shifts, it would probably take some effort to instill a strong sense of homesickness in it.
I estimate that we need to first make the Rainbow Butterfly fall in love with the land of Mirror Moon Island, to instill a sense of attachment in it, and then send it to work in a faraway place. Perhaps that will work. Oh, and we also need to cultivate its intelligence and memory, otherwise, after a while, it might not be longing, but forgetting.
"Anything else to note?" Luo Yu asked.
"There's one last point worth mentioning," Shi Ke said. "The new attributes evolved through the Emotion Evolution Method can be improved through subsequent training."
"For example, a Wave Dog ghost, through the emotion of anger, evolved into a water- and fire-type ghost..."
"Actually, in the initial stage after acquiring a new attribute, its fire attribute aptitude will be quite ordinary. It may take several months of training to master a fire-type ability."
"But the brilliance of this evolutionary method lies in the fact that after evolving through anger, anger is no longer simply food for it. Since anger has become a part of itself, consuming anger in the future will not only satisfy its hunger and increase its strength, but it can also use anger to enhance its fire attribute talent!"
"Therefore, even if one could evolve rare attributes like space through the Emotion Evolution Method, the cost-effectiveness would be low. After all, the attribute aptitude of such evolved attributes is generally average, difficult to develop, and due to the rarity of the corresponding emotions, it is also difficult to improve the attribute aptitude later in life."
"Therefore, my top recommendation is to help it complete an attribute evolution through the emotions you most easily encounter and evoke in your daily lives. This way, it can improve its corresponding attribute aptitude by absorbing a large amount of these emotions in the future."
Luo Yu's heart skipped a beat. After asking so many questions, he had finally obtained the crucial information. The new attribute added after evolving through the Emotion Evolution Method had "huge potential for improvement," and the method for improvement required continuously absorbing the corresponding emotion...
Based on the series of important points mentioned by the other party, Luo Yu could initially determine what third attribute to bestow upon the Bee Empress.
Since the Bee Empress's Obsession can be completed in many stages, and there are many opportunities to bestow new attributes, Luo Yu decided to be on the safe side and only bestow one attribute on the first time. After all, even with two attributes, there are precedents of evolution failure.
Furthermore, after evolution, attribute aptitude can be increased through corresponding emotions, from "ordinary elemental talent" to "Senior Level elemental talent" and even "top-level elemental talent". Therefore, the new attribute most suitable for the Bee Empress is self-evident.
Lightning!
By instilling a strong sense of "shock," the Bee Empress gains the Electric attribute in her next evolution stage.
In this way, as long as he performs well in the Abyss Trial and continues to amaze others, the Bee Empress can gain a lot of shock emotions, thereby further strengthening her lightning attribute aptitude.
In this case, the cost-effectiveness of adding the lightning attribute will be much higher than awakening other attributes.
As for the next stage of evolution... he could consider trying rare attributes like space. He has the Rainbow Butterfly, and if he wants to achieve that complex emotion and continue to absorb it, it should be easier than with his cousin's Lineage.
"In that case, I plan to add the electric attribute to the Honey Water Bee Ghost," Luo Yu said.
As the future king of the skies, lightning... is indeed a fitting name for it.
At the same time, the electric type is also effective against the water type, making it very suitable for this ocean era, and useful for countering those powerful water-type enemies in the Abyss Trial! "Lightning? The emotions associated with lightning are... anxiety, shock... wait, right, shock." Shi Ke realized and said, "Evolving the lightning attribute through shock, and then strengthening the lightning aptitude by constantly absorbing the emotion of shock, it really suits you. Congratulations, you've found the most suitable attribute for it..."
"After all, the Water Devil Beast Evolution Method you researched is enough to shock the Alliance. Goodness, it's perfect for you guys. When it's ready, its lightning aptitude might even surpass those monarchs who are born with lightning... almost rivaling the electric Abyss Species."
Shi Ke is right. Simply adding new attributes isn't enough; attribute aptitude also needs to be considered. For example, ordinary Earth Penguin have average earth-type aptitude, so Dig is just Dig. But for July, due to her top-tier earth-type talent, Dig... is no different from Earth Control.
Since shock can enhance lightning aptitude, Luo Yu felt that... as long as he continuously produced significant research results and participated in academic conferences attended by many powerful individuals, causing people to be shocked, it might be possible... that he could grant the Bee Empress a second "top-tier talent," a pure lightning-type top-tier talent, making her a "dual top-tier talent" holder!