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Chapter 161 Giant Rock Butterfly, Part 1
【Name: Thunderlight Butterfly】

[Gender: Male]

【Feature: Swift】

[Level: Tier 4, Level 1]

[Mastered Skill: Lightning Flash (Proficient): Attacks the opponent at extremely high speed; once the opponent touches its body, it will be paralyzed.]

Insect chirping (skilled): A sharp sound wave emitted from the mouth to attack the opponent.

Lightning Strike (Proficient): Enveloped in lightning, the user slams into the opponent, with a one-third chance of inflicting paralysis.

Electromagnetic Wave (Beginner): By flapping its wings, it emits a spreading electromagnetic wave, which paralyzes any beast that comes into contact with it.

Lightning Clone (Beginner): Creates a clone whose entire body is covered in lightning.

Thunder Explosion (Beginner): A clone covered in lightning lunges at the opponent, detonating its lightning clone as it approaches.

[Evolutionary Route 1: None yet, requires specific conditions to be met.]

After seeing the detailed information about the Thunderlight Butterfly, Ye Bai immediately had another idea.

That's the clone created by the Myriad Transformations Silkworm. Can it evolve?

Theoretically speaking, the clones of the Myriad Transformations Silkworm can maintain their original form indefinitely unless actively breached by the enemy.

Since it has maintained this form, will the clone evolve under the same evolutionary conditions?

If clones can evolve, then the Myriad Transformations Silkworm will become incredibly powerful.

However, the biggest factor limiting the transformation of the silkworm is its grade.

After the Lightning Butterfly appeared, the Myriad Transformations Silkworm canceled the Dark Butterfly's record.

It only retained the clones of the Goddess of Light Butterfly, the Poison Dragon Butterfly, and the Lightning Butterfly.

The Light Goddess Butterfly clone can heal, the Poison Dragon Butterfly clone can absorb toxins, and the Lightning Butterfly clone possesses considerable combat power.

This is equivalent to a single, ever-changing silkworm possessing an entire army.

Once the Giant Rock Butterfly clones appear, the Ever-Changing Silkworm can switch between offense and defense.

The Giant Rock Butterfly possesses considerable defensive capabilities, as its name suggests.

However, the Myriad Transformations Silkworm currently only has three mimicry clones, and it must break through to the fourth tier to continue recording.

"I never expected that you would actually be able to research the Thunderlight Butterfly."

"You have opened up a new evolutionary path for the Hundred Transformations Silkworm to evolve into the fourth stage."

"Let this experiment become your personal medal, leaving a lasting mark on your resume."

"Ye Bai, you don't need to tell me to keep a low profile. You can't keep a low profile anymore."

"The higher-ups are already paying attention to you. Now is the time for you to fight for it."

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Experimental materials, potions for elf advancement—you can fight for any of them."

Zhang Lingxue said earnestly.

Ye Bai nodded: "Okay, teacher, I'll organize the materials first, and then I'll write the paper."

"But I need to figure out the evolutionary path of the Giant Rock Butterfly first."

Because in a while, the United States will announce to the international community that they have discovered the earth-attribute evolutionary method of the Hundred-Change Silkworm.

If Ye Bai could announce it first, he would definitely give the United States a good slap in the face.

Evolving from a Hundred-Faced Silkworm into a Giant Rock Butterfly wasn't as complicated as I'd imagined.

Overall, it's pretty standard. With the Sunflower Queen protecting it, if the Hundred Transformations Silkworm seems even slightly off, the Sunflower Queen will absorb the earth-type energy from the Hundred Transformations Silkworm's body.

After a round of experiments, the Sunflower Queen's waist had gotten a size bigger.

However, Sunflower Queen had done a lot of preliminary work, so Ye Bai easily got into the zone.

After feeding the Hundred Transformations Silkworm the evolution materials, he covered its body with a mud mixture made from rare earth elements, stalactites, and other expensive materials.

The ever-changing silkworms felt a cool, refreshing sensation coursing through their bodies, and before they knew it, they had fallen into a deep sleep.

The mud gradually formed a thick, yellowish-brown cocoon on the silkworm's body.

Ye Bai quickly recorded this change, and sixteen high-definition cameras were watching the evolution of the Hundred-Change Silkworm.

After spinning its cocoon, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Hundred Transformations Silkworm will inevitably evolve into the Giant Rock Butterfly.

Just then, the two giant cocoons burst open, and the gray tussock moths emerged.

"Big Gray, please help control the gray tussock moths so they don't affect the other giant cocoons."

Big Gray raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the Gray Poison Moth, and an arc of electricity appeared on his fingertip.

It suddenly sprang up, and the electric arc landed on the two gray poisonous moths.

The gray poison moth was paralyzed by the electric shock and was captured by Ye Bai using a beast card just before it hit the ground.

"It seems your experiment with the Giant Rock Butterfly has had a rough start."

"You need to be good at summarizing the reasons for failure in order to learn from it."

Ye Bai thought back for a moment and realized that the two Hundred Transformation Silkworms were rather thin. Could this be the reason why the Hundred Transformation Silkworms evolved into Gray Poison Moths?

He included this reason in the list of things to be verified.

"Let's continue the experiment."

"Let me think about it again to make sure there won't be any problems."

Fortunately, the remaining giant rock butterflies successfully hatched.

[Name: Giant Rock Butterfly] [Gender: Male]

【Special Ability: Earth: Increases the power of Earth-type moves by 1.5 times.】

[Level: Tier 4, Level 1]

[Skill Mastery: Rock Defense (Proficient): Summons a giant rock floating in the air to block the opponent's attacks.]

Insect chirping (skilled): A sharp sound wave emitted from the mouth to attack the opponent.

Rockfall (Proficient): Summons a massive rock to crash to the ground, delivering a devastating blow to the opponent.

Gravity Wave (Beginner): By flapping its wings, it emits a spreading gravity wave. All the beasts that come into contact with the gravity wave will be bound by gravity.

Earth Clone (Beginner): Creates an earth-yellow clone, specifically for reconnaissance and opening a second-person perspective.

Rock Shield (Beginner): Creates a shield using earth-elemental energy, covering the user to increase defense.

[Evolutionary Route 1: None yet, requires specific conditions to be met.]

"Teacher, I'm counting on you."

"The Giant Rock Butterfly needs to be reproducible, but I don't have that much time."

Zhang Lingxue happens to be free recently, so she can help out.

"No problem, just give me all the information."

"Should we also conduct a reproducibility experiment on the Thunderlight Butterfly?"

"You'll be listed as the first author on the paper, and I'll be listed as the second author."

If the entire experiment, including the reproducibility experiment, was completed by Ye Bai alone, Zhang Lingxue would naturally not be listed as a co-author.

However, Ye Bai couldn't spare the time right now, so Zhang Lingxue had no choice but to put up the second work with tears in her eyes, which was a huge profit.

However, since she was taking advantage of her own student, Zhang Lingxue felt somewhat embarrassed.

"The reproducibility experiment of the Giant Rock Butterfly is of utmost importance. After confirming reproducibility, we should immediately report the evolutionary path and make the evolutionary path of the Giant Rock Butterfly public internationally."

"Teacher, I got some information from the dark web. The United States has also developed the Giant Rock Butterfly and is about to complete it. We need to make our research public before the United States publishes its evolutionary path."

After hearing Ye Bai's words, Zhang Lingxue looked worried.

"Ye Bai, do you think the evolution materials for the Giant Rock Butterfly might overlap with yours?"

"I'm afraid the US will turn around and accuse you of stealing their data."

Ye Bai smiled confidently.

"No, I guarantee it, teacher. You should release this evolutionary path as soon as possible."

"There are still plenty of experimental materials, enough for you to do dozens of experiments."

"Big Grey and Sunflower King, I'll stay here!"

After hearing Ye Bai's words, Zhang Lingxue shook her head: "No need, Big Gray can protect you. I can't let Big Gray leave you. I've also found a pet that can help me sense the intensity of the electric current."

Zhang Lingxue pointed her slender finger at the Thunder Light Butterfly.

"Its experience is probably even greater than that of the Big Grey, after all, it has come all the way through being struck by lightning, and its body has probably been paralyzed by electricity countless times."

"It has a clearer understanding of the effect of current intensity on the versatile silkworm."

"I'll make a contract with it in a bit."

"As for the Sunflower King, you can just keep one clone that can obey my commands."

"Romeo and Juliet are currently my good helpers in my experiments."

Zhang Lingxue was very good at experiments, and she had been watching Ye Bai conduct his experiments, so she knew exactly how to do them.

"No problem, teacher. Once you've made your decision, then let's do it this way."

"The Young Lin Cup starts tomorrow."

"If Master Jiang hasn't returned yet, I won't go to Anbaotang yet. We'll talk about it after the competition."

At this moment, the divine stone that Ye Bai had imbued with his spirit detached itself and transformed into an incomparably abundant energy that flowed into Ye Bai's sea of ​​consciousness.

This energy came on strong, filling Ye Bai's entire mind. Before Ye Bai could even react, his strength increased rapidly, and he jumped several levels in a row.

That's good news.

"The divine stone has shattered?"

Ye Bai's heart pounded; this was good news.

The important items inside will then be displayed.

Ye Bai remembered what the intelligence system said: inside this stone are Heavenly Peach and branches of the World Tree.

Heavenly peaches can extend the lifespan of people or mythical beasts. Master Jiang, the cheap master who taught him healing arts, probably needs heavenly peaches to extend his lifespan.

The branches of the World Tree need a large amount of life crystal dew to take root and sprout, forming a towering tree in the mind. This will also help Ye Bai's pet space transform into a secret realm, although this will take a lot of time.

Ye Bai bid farewell to Zhang Lingxue in a hurry.

Zhang Lingxue watched Ye Bai's departing figure, opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing, instead watching Ye Bai leave.

The Young Unicorn Cup is about to begin, so Ye Bai naturally won't spend too much time here.

Furthermore, the Young Qilin Cup is a closed training program, which is why Ye Bai cannot be compatible with both the Young Qilin Cup and the Phoenix Chick Cup.

The Young Unicorn Cup requires a closed assessment period of nearly a month.

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