Chapter 213: Chapter 186 Rare Pets Exploration
Chen Xing contacted the expert his mentor had recommended.
Then, following the address she had sent, he arrived at a spacious building, three stories tall.
Upon entering, an assistant researcher led him to the laboratory on the first sublevel.
The underground laboratory was extremely vast, with simple walls dividing the space into sections.
From time to time, the roars of monsters could be heard.
It was here that he finally met the senior introduced by his mentor.
A seemingly unremarkable woman wearing black-framed glasses.
She appeared to be slightly older than Chen Xing's mentor, sporting a neat, ear-length bob.
When Chen Xing arrived, she was still entering data into a computer, and she said to Chen Xing, "Wait a moment for me, grab a stool and sit. Xiao Lan, you continue with your tasks."
The assistant researcher who had brought Chen Xing replied and then left the room, closing the door behind her.
Chen Xing took a stool from against the wall and sat down.
The expert finished her busy work after a few minutes, moved her hands away from the keyboard, turned her chair around, and asked Chen Xing, "I hear from Yu Ning that you're interested in researching the evolution path of Twin-fiend Dogs?"
"Yes, Professor Li," Chen Xing replied with a nod.
Li Guanqi seemed contemplative; after a moment, she said, "I've actually done some research on Twin-fiend Dogs before, but I didn't delve deeply into their specific subsequent evolutionary paths since Twin-fiend Dogs don't have much research value. However, if you'd like to research them, I can give you the data I have."
"But before I give it to you, I need to ask you something, have you done any Beast Taming research before?"
Chen Xing answered honestly, "No."
Li Guanqi wasn't surprised and nodded, "Just graduated from high school, it's normal to have not done related research."
"Beast Taming research is a discipline, and since it is a discipline, it must be approached from the basics to the advanced..."
As she spoke, Li Guanqi paused.
She wasn't actually very optimistic, but she had a decent relationship with Han Yuning.
One of Han Yuning's Beast Taming evolutions was derived by her.
And often, the many "materials" she required were provided by the Han Family.
Over the past few centuries, the number of mentors accumulated by the school was no small figure, and relying on the materials provided by the school was far from sufficient for her on average.
Her relationship with the Han Family was more of a mutually beneficial partnership.
"Here is the textbook I compiled; you can take it home and have a look," Li Guanqi said, taking two books from the shelf next to her and placing them on the table.
After expressing his thanks, Chen Xing took the books.
Looking at Chen Xing, Li Guanqi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you know what the essence of Beast Taming evolution is?"
Chen Xing thought for a long time before giving his answer, "To trace back to the origin, evolving into a higher level of Beast Taming?"
"It seems you have researched a bit; this is an idea from the theory of ancestral evolution," Li Guanqi nodded.
"The theory of ancestral evolution contends that all Bloodlines of creatures in the world have a common origin, and tracing back through countless generations of ancestors, you can always find an extremely powerful Bloodline at that origin."
"But I don't entirely agree with this view," Li Guanqi directly refuted the theory.
"If all creatures in the world stem from a powerful origin, then who was the first of that source? Did they emerge from nothing?"
"Perhaps they were nurtured by the heavens and the earth?"
Li Guanqi laughed lightly, "I think this view is only half right, and the other half is wrong.
On the contrary, I believe that the Bloodlines of different monsters correspond to a code, and if you can decipher the right code, you can unlock the respective Bloodline." Your adventure continues at m v|l-e'-NovelBin.net
"Currently in Great Xia, I rank second amongst all the researchers for the number of Beast Taming evolution Bloodlines I have studied, with the first place being Professor Qiu, who has discovered one hundred and fifty-one evolutionary paths. But, Professor Qiu is two hundred years older than I am."
"I have written all the knowledge I possess in these books, which you are welcome to study carefully.
However, the Bloodlines of the Twin-fiend Dogs are a bit strange. Their Bloodlines are quite stable; even if parents are both of the Wood Attribute, their offspring might end up with any combination of the five elemental Attributes.
The codes in their Bloodlines seem to be constantly changing.
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"If you can research something out of this, it would indeed be something good,"
After speaking, Li Guanqi called over the assistant researcher, "Xiao Lan, prepare the research data on the Twin-fiend Dogs and give it to him."
Xiao Lan looked at Chen Xing curiously, then hurried over to another computer, copied the data, and downloaded it onto a hard drive.
She handed the hard drive to Chen Xing.
After receiving the hard drive, Chen Xing thanked Li Guanqi again.
"Hmm... Good luck," Li Guanqi nodded.
Afterwards, Xiao Lan escorted Chen Xing out of the laboratory.
Once Chen Xing left, Xiao Lan ran back to the institute and curiously asked her mentor, "Mentor, you researched the Twin-fiend Dogs for a month, did you just give him all that data?"
Li Guanqi said indifferently, "I just copied the research data for him. It's not like the backup on the computer is gone."
"If he really can come up with some results, that would be due to his own ability. The Twin-fiend Dogs don't have much research value; if he can figure something out, then let him."
Xiao Lan uttered an "Oh," and nodded.
However, as for whether Chen Xing could actually come up with any results… she didn't really believe it.
Researching the evolutionary pathways of Beast Taming was not that simple.
It was like finding a deeply buried treasure in a vast ocean.
Many researchers actually explore the history of the Exotic Regions in their study of evolutionary pathways.
They discover the ancient Beast Taming evolutionary forms from the past history and the archives of the Exotic Regions or search for the bloodlines of some of their monster ancestors.
They then deduce the evolutionary pathways by working backwards from the evolutionary forms.
Finding clues among a massive amount of data,
Even so, it was extremely difficult.
Her mentor was different, the mentor had found a more convenient method.
But even so, new evolutionary pathways were not something one could just study whenever they wanted.
Each attempt required a significant amount of time.
Moreover, as research deepened, the cost-effectiveness of studying monsters of ordinary bloodlines became increasingly lower.
These days, the mentor focused more on those rarer, more powerful monsters.
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Back at his residence, Chen Xing informed his mentor that he had returned from Professor Li Guanqi's place.
Chen Xing opened the book given to him by Li Guanqi.
He read it earnestly.
Chen Xing still didn't know what effect activating the exploration of rare pets would have.
It would be nice if he was directly told all the evolutionary pathways and methods in detail.
But if it only told him the compatibility, he would still have to figure out how to unlock the evolutionary pathways himself.
It was like being told the answer but not the steps to solve the problem.
This was a bit more troublesome.
Therefore, Chen Xing was prepared to tackle both aspects.
To be ready for both ends.
And so, Chen Xing studied on his own while accumulating Skill Points.
Ten days later.
Chen Xing looked at the fully accrued Skill Points.
He immediately chose to activate the exploration of rare pets!
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