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Dissection is not simply cutting open a creature's body like slaughtering a pig; it requires a meticulous understanding of the body's structure and involves the evolution of Ferocious Beast, a topic of great current interest.

Gao Tingsheng's crazy plan was so outrageous that even Luo Burang rushed over from North Rehe.

Given the difficulties Zhou Xin and others had faced in administering drugs in the past, the Scarlet Alliance State has developed extremely advanced equipment for drug delivery.

The Ferocious Beast, in the midst of its deep evolutionary slumber, inhaled a large amount of anesthetic gas, and the dissected limbs were also locally anesthetized.

"I can't do what he does!"

Zhu Liangping's alien beast factory has been renovated, and instruments are constantly entering and exiting the temporary laboratory. The high-definition monitoring instruments are recording the footage of Gao Tingsheng's dissection from various angles.

Luo Burang watched Gao Tingsheng disassemble the parts with an electric cutter, he felt that what Gao Tingsheng was doing was extremely difficult, and it was almost impossible for him to achieve such a level of precision.

"I can't do it either!"

Zhang Xuezhou shrugged, indicating that he was also unable to perform this kind of dissection.

Is that white fascia a support layer?

"Normal fascia of the resistance layer is pale yellow; it's likely still in its evolutionary stage, which is why the fascia appears white!"

"The queen ant's protective layer is stuck to her shell, and its color has a purplish tinge!"

"The resistance layer of red-blooded creatures is mostly pale yellow!"

The monitoring room was crowded with people, including staff from Zhu Liangping's alien beast factory and others who had rushed over after hearing the news.

Dissecting Ferocious Beast is a rare opportunity, whether for entertainment, learning, research, or even finding ways to capture it.

Many people also brought their own lab staff, which brought nearly a hundred people to the not-so-large monitoring room.

"Where does the driving force behind the evolution of Ferocious Beast come from?"

"I suspect it's in the heart area; we'll have to wait for Gao Tingsheng to make the incision!"

"What does it mean that this guy dissected the limbs first?"

"They're probably afraid the Ferocious Beast might suddenly regain consciousness and rebel!"

Gao Tingsheng's dissection cut through the skin and flesh but did not reach the large blood vessels, so the scene was not bloody. The audience could even clearly see the sika deer's blood vessels contracting and expanding.

The pure water, used to flush out blood from the capillaries, flowed slowly down, accompanied by Gao Tingsheng continuously sliding the electric cutting blade downwards.

The heart, which requires two hands to encircle, is exposed, and other internal organs begin to appear as well.

Its stomach is churning wildly!

"Watch its stomach!"

The appearance of the giant heart caused the temperature in the laboratory to rise rapidly, and the powerful pulsation of the heart brought about an vibration in sync with that of a human heart. The two researchers assisting Gao Tingsheng blushed and their noses bled instantly.

As the lab quickly switched assistants, Zhang Xuezhou and Luo Burang's eyes almost simultaneously turned to other surveillance screens.

With the help of monitoring devices, they saw the organs functioning more violently.

Like the kicking and punching of a fetus during childbirth, the deer's stomach churned back and forth, and Gao Tingsheng, holding a cutting knife in his right hand, was flung away by this stomach.

This equally enormous and frantic stomach throbbed wildly, tearing at the red deer's abdomen and eliciting a high-pitched cry from the anesthetized deer.

After twisting its body several times, the red deer even tried to break free of the anesthetic breathing mask on its head.

"Increase the anesthetic dosage!"

Gao Tingsheng exclaimed that the laboratory was in more disarray, and several more Sequence Holder entered to assist.

"The speed of digestion and absorption is too fast. This red deer most likely escaped the anesthesia because its stomach was empty and it was time to eat," Luo Burang said.

"Red deer are herbivores. If they were carnivores with a voracious appetite, wouldn't they be fighting endlessly?" Zhu Liangping gasped.

"Herbivores will also frantically seek out meat when their nutritional needs are not met," Li Yingbo said solemnly. "This red deer ate nearly two hundred kilograms of grass in one go. Without the factory's large-scale supply, it would likely have attacked other creatures!"

"How can eating grass turn you into Ferocious Beast? Giant whales in the sea eat so much their whole lives and they don't turn into Ferocious Beast," Zhu Liangping asked, puzzled.

"This must involve the efficiency of food conversion. Some foods, no matter how much they eat, will only turn into a pile of excrement, while others, through their diet, undergo evolution," Li Yingbo pondered. "I think the way the red deer eats exceeds a certain threshold, thus bringing about physical changes!"

"The energy converted from two hundred kilograms of fodder is limited; it's insufficient to support the changes in the Ferocious Beast's physique!"

"You should think about what allows red deer to eat two hundred kilograms of grass at a time!"

The onlookers didn't need to lend a hand. Human Sequence Holder could fight against Ferocious Beast with their inferior strength, let alone the deer, which was now just fish on a chopping board.

Most of the discussion revolved around the process and factors that influence the evolution of Ferocious Beast.

"Was Zhou Yueyan here a month ago?"

A probe was inserted into the stomach of a red deer. As Gao Tingsheng routinely tested the gastric acid concentration, Zhang Xuezhou looked at the probe extracting any remaining impurities or foreign objects from the gastric fluid.

He felt a vague sense of familiarity with the impurities.

"Professor Zhou came here a little over a month ago, saying he wanted to borrow my beast for a small experiment, but then we haven't heard from him since," Zhu Liangping nodded.

"She's really good at conducting experiments!"

Zhang Xuezhou examined it repeatedly and concluded that the undigested impurities were most likely the poisonous fruit from the Sinkhole No. 2.

The fruit of the poisonous plant has a hard, tough skin, almost like metal, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't even bite into it.

Some of these fruits were allocated to Zhou Yueyan's laboratory for research.

The research involved nothing more than cultivation, extraction of components, and testing of feed combinations. Gao Tingsheng used farmed pigs as test subjects, while Zhou Yueyan used exotic animals as test subjects.

"Has it still not been excreted after being fed a month ago?" Li Yingbo asked doubtfully.

"Red deer are herbivores that ruminate. If they are provided with sufficient nutrients, there is a small chance that the food will remain in their stomach and intestines," Luo Burang said. "Is Zhou Yueyan now able to raise Ferocious Beast? If her medicine works, could we find a group of ruminant animals and possibly raise them into Ferocious Beast?"

"The drug she tested was probably just a trigger, and might not even be the main cause!"

Zhang Xuezhou sent Zhou Yueyan some inquiries and kept a close eye on the struggling deer.

Zhou Rihui had eaten many poisonous herbs, but Zhou Rihui of the Sixth Sequence had no connection with the derived resistance layer. Zhang Xuezhou felt that even if the poisonous herb fruit contained some kind of essence, it would be difficult to induce a qualitative change.

He looked back and forth repeatedly, finally fixing his gaze on the ground where the deer's head was constantly rubbing against.

The cement floor was constantly trampled and squeezed, resulting in obvious breakage and cracks, which also exposed the underlying foundation stones.

"There are a lot of stones at the Gate of Ten Thousand Nations. Did you bring over stones from there when you built your factory?"

Zhang Xuezhou turned to Zhu Liangping and asked a question, which made Zhu Liangping laugh awkwardly. Zhu Bufan also looked embarrassed, which could be considered as tacitly acknowledging the matter.

"Is there any connection between the evolution of Ferocious Beast and the stone?" Luo Burang asked curiously.

"Underneath the stone lions at the entrance to the Gate of Ten Thousand Nations lies Soul Jade offered by the Tur Tribe; that Soul Jade was probably used as stone material too!"

Zhang Xuezhou frowned, then quickly walked out of the monitoring room. As his gaze swept over the damaged area on the ground, he reached out and exerted force.

After lifting up several stones from under the cement floor, Zhang Xuezhou reached out and touched them, and his expression changed.

He was very familiar with Soul Jade; Soul Jade was simply a low-grade Spirit Jade.

The stones he pried open were all Soul Jade, while the Tur Tribe only presented one piece of Soul Jade to the Luofu Dynasty.

"Has he been here before?"

Thinking of the transformation and changes in matter that would occur when Qinmeng approached the level of a half-step ascendant, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but feel a chill.

Spirit Jade is unlikely to induce a strange beast to become Ferocious Beast within a month, and Soul Jade is even less likely to, no matter how many there are.

If we were to look for possible reasons, Zhang Xuezhou would lean towards the idea that Qinmeng, the half-step ascendant, likely enlightened the deer, thus triggering its evolution.

This also led Zhang Xuezhou to speculate on the abilities that Qinmeng, a half-step ascendant, might currently possess.