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Chapter 270 Underground Black Market
Faced with the choice between going to the black market and rescuing the chief, Ye Bai would naturally choose to rescue the chief.

After all, the chief chose to enter the border battle between countries for the sake of the reputation of Imperial University, in order to avoid the outbreak of a beast tide and prevent large areas of land from being occupied by alien beasts.

"Everyone, please leave. You're delaying my treatment of the chief physician."

Ye Bai raised an eyebrow and spoke earnestly to everyone.

Most of the students lowered their heads, while a few rolled their eyes.

What are you pretending for? You think you can cure the chief?
This group had inquired about Ye Bai's information quite a bit, but due to confidentiality reasons, most people only knew that Ye Bai was a prospective freshman at Imperial University.

"No, we're going to stay here and watch the chief physician perform the treatment."

These people said very forcefully.

"According to the regulations of Imperial Capital University, barging into a laboratory where an experiment is being conducted will result in a major demerit."

"Repeat a year on probation."

"If any of you are willing to repeat a year for observation, I certainly have no problem with that."

Everyone was stunned after hearing Ye Bai's subtext.

"What's there to be afraid of? The law doesn't punish everyone."

Suddenly someone shouted.

"What are you all shouting about? Everyone on this floor can hear you."

Zhang Lingxue and Su Qingxian walked out of the laboratory next door.

"Principal Su, Professor Zhang."

When these people saw Zhang Lingxue and Su Qingxian, they all lowered their heads like mice seeing a cat.

"Go back. Ye Bai is a genius breeder. Your teacher can vouch for him. Please trust him."

Su Qingxian said in a gentle tone that she was usually very approachable, which is why she was very popular with the students.

With Su Qingxian vouching for them, the students all left the place.

"Ye Bai, what happened?"

Su Qingxian then turned to Ye Bai for a question.

She and Zhang Lingxue both arrived at Ye Bai's laboratory.

Ye Bai pointed to the chief, whose body was covered in tentacles, and said, "This guy is infected with a very special kind of parasitic spore."

"When these parasitic spores mature, they combine with the human body."

"Those who are parasitic on spores will also be controlled by the spores and become walking corpses."

"This principle is somewhat similar to that of Cordyceps sinensis."

Su Qingxian's expression suddenly turned very pale; she seemed to have remembered something.

"Ye Bai, your grandmaster has just one question for you."

"Can you cure this disease?"

"The top student at Imperial Capital University is of great importance; he cannot die."

"Even if you become a living dead, it's not allowed."

Su Qingxian knew that Ye Bai had become Master Jiang's disciple.

Master Jiang is a renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Even if Ye Bai can't solve the chief's problem, there's still Master Jiang, isn't there?
Su Qingxian felt much more at ease.

"Ye Bai, I have a Five Elements Butterfly project here that I'd like to entrust to you."

"I hope you can replicate the evolution of the Five Elements Butterfly."

"This has a profound impact on the research endeavors of our Yan Kingdom."

"It has comprehensive strategic value."

Ye Bai shook his head: "Grandmaster, it's not that I don't want to agree, but the Five Elements Butterfly needs a special opportunity to evolve."

"Moreover, the Five Elements Butterfly can only successfully evolve in the Five Elements Butterfly Secret Realm."

"However, if you want the Thousand Transformation Silkworm to evolve into the guardian of the Five Elements Butterfly—the Heavy Water Butterfly, the Blazing Fire Butterfly, etc., I think there is still a chance."

Su Qingxian thought about it and felt that this was also a research direction.

The Five Elements Butterfly's guardians are at least fifth-tier exotic beasts.

Although not as powerful as the Five Elements Butterfly, it's still a decent choice.

"Sure, but what's this Thousand Transformation Silkworm you mentioned?"

Su Qingxian seems to have a blind spot.

"The Hundred-Transformation Silkworm can evolve into the Thousand-Transformation Silkworm, and the Thousand-Transformation Silkworm can evolve into the Ten-Thousand-Transformation Silkworm."

"I initially contracted with the Thousand Transformations Silkworm."

"Finally, by a stroke of luck, it evolved into the Myriad Transformations Silkworm."

"The difference between the Hundred Transformations Silkworm and the Thousand Transformations Silkworm lies in the white, jade-like mark between its eyebrows."

After examining the document carefully, Su Qingxian agreed with Ye Bai's statement.

"What merits or abilities does Xiaoxue possess to be worthy of being accepted as an apprentice?"

"Everyone says that Xiaoxue is the first person to study the ever-changing silkworm, but I think that's a bit of an exaggeration."

"Ye Bai, your research talent is just as good as Xiao Xue's, and you even have an advantage over Xiao Xue."

"If you use your photographic memory well, there will be nothing in the world that you don't know."

"Alright, I still have some things to take care of with Xiaoxue."

"Let's conduct the research after you return this time."

Su Qingxian seemed to already know that Ye Bai was going to the Western Research Institute.

"Okay, Grandmaster, then I won't bother you any longer."

After seeing his master and grandmaster off, Ye Bai let out a long sigh.

"The activity of the spores has not yet been fully stimulated. Only after this morphology is fully stimulated can the spores in his body be better cleared."

"Otherwise, every time I perform surgery, this guy will grow tentacles again. In the end, the tentacles will be gone, and the guy will be gone too." "It's getting late, let's go to the underground black market first."

"Paper puppet, help me."

Ye Bai spoke to the air.

"coming."

A paper figure emerged from Ye Bai's clothes, expanded in mid-air, and finally took the shape of a paper puppet.

"Ye Bai."

The paper puppet's voice was very gentle.

Ye Bai could sense that the paper puppet was a living, breathing human being.

"Paper Puppet, I need you to make me a paper doll clone."

"This paper doll clone will stay here and help me check on this person's condition."

"You and I will go into the underground black market to find information."

The entire underground black market is enormous, so if Ye Bai wants to find the information, he has to dig up the entire underground black market, which is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.

However, Ye Bai has a system, and his system will tell him everything.

"Okay, let's go."

Ye Bai left with the paper puppet, leaving only one paper puppet behind in the lab playing on its phone.

However, the paper figure was unaware that the chief's body had begun to emit green powder.

His tentacles also grew thicker and thicker.

Several armored ant eggs were placed on the table. These eggs were left behind by Ye Bai when he left in such a hurry.

The moment the green powder came into contact with the eggs, the eggs emitted a pale green fluorescence.

The fluorescence disappeared instantly, and on the surface, the larvae seemed to have returned to tranquility.

In fact, these young eggs were all parasitized by spores.

These spores invade the brain of the armored ant and turn it into its puppet.

Underground black market.

Ye Bai once again arrived at the underground black market.

However, this time, he did not enter the Laifu Inn.

His sudden departure last time infuriated the little paper figure at Laifu Inn.

Ye Bai is probably already on Lai Fu Inn's blacklist.

I arrived relatively early this time, so I can browse the stalls.

The vendors in the underground black market sat quietly in their seats, without advertising.

Many people were examining a book closely under the dim green light.

Through his Eye of Insight, Ye Bai saw a lot of gray mist swirling around the stall.

Just then, Ye Bai saw a stall owner whose stall only contained a single stone.

It says on it that one stone costs 100,000 Yan Kingdom currency, no bargaining.

"Wow, is this what jade gambling is like?"

Is this a case of "one cut to bankruptcy, one cut to riches" in the world of jade gambling?

However, judging from the gray mist emanating from this stone, it is at least a fifth-tier treasure.

"Bought."

Ye Bai bought the stone from the stall.

Then the vendor pulled out a stone from under his buttocks.

Ye Bai was speechless at this.

However, just as Ye Bai was about to leave, he suddenly noticed that the stone the stall owner had just taken out contained a shard of glass with a pattern.

The patterns on this glass are very similar to the mirror that Ye Bai obtained.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Bai took the stone down again.

Ye Bai didn't leave until the vendor displayed the stones for the third time.

Once midnight had passed, the intelligence came to light.

[1. The data from the Western Research Institute was pawned at the top-tier pawnshop on the underground black market. If you are interested, you can go to the top-tier pawnshop to redeem it, but the top-tier pawnshop is notorious for its exorbitant demands.]

2. After the spores parasitize the eggs, they engulf the egg's brain and control its thought processes.

[3. The Thick Earth Bead appeared in a bamboo forest in the Yanxi Province, where a purple jade bamboo heart was being nurtured, possessing the power to cleanse the soul.]

[4. Three months later, a spatial secret realm will appear in Yanxi Province. Spatial turbulence has already appeared within it, and the strange beasts inside are attacking each other like madmen.]

5. The Ice Dragon cub was captured and imprisoned in the sewers of the capital. Three days later, when the Dragon Pillar discovered the Ice Dragon cub was missing, it was too late; the cub had gone mad.

Phew, this time the intelligence is about the whereabouts of the data.

But what is the second piece of information trying to say?
Take the elf as an example. In fact, the mushroom that controls Parasect is its true form.
The real Paras had already had his mind eroded during the process of evolution.

Similarly, once the larvae are parasitized by spores, they will remain as puppets for the rest of their lives.

However, this is a good research direction. I can verify it myself when I get back to the lab.

The pawnshop is located in a corner of a bustling street in the underground black market, with an inconspicuous storefront.

The five large, gleaming gold characters "Tianzihao Pawnshop" are engraved on the lintel, the calligraphy vigorous and powerful, exuding a quiet luxury.

The shop is exquisitely furnished, with rows of mahogany counters neatly arranged, displaying all sorts of items, from antique calligraphy and paintings to gold and silver jewelry, from precious silks to rare treasures, all exuding the luster of time.

The pawnshop owner was dressed in a blue long robe, with a faint smile on his face and sharp, deep eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts.

Under the dim light, the crisp, melodious sound of coins clinking together contrasted sharply with the bustling market outside. Customers either examined items closely or whispered with shopkeepers, creating a tense atmosphere of transactions.

(End of this chapter)