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Chapter 93 Opening the Cocoon of Information

"This brings up another issue."

"Negative-electric rabbits have unstable genes, and they can expel electric currents from their mouths that their bodies cannot absorb."

"But as they age, they can no longer emit more and more electricity, and they become like walking bombs, exploding at the slightest touch."

"This will cause great damage to the environment in the west."

"This is the whole story behind the research on negatively charged rabbits."

"Negative electric rabbits have an extremely high reproductive rate, so they are impossible to kill. If pushed too far, they will even self-destruct and injure their enemies."

Zhang Lingxue seemed to be thinking about something unpleasant.

"No wonder, this really needs to be studied carefully. So the ultimate goal of our experiment is not to make the negative electric rabbit evolve, nor to make the negative electric rabbit increase the amount of electricity stored in its body."

"The key to the research is to prevent the negatively charged rabbit from easily self-destructing, right?"

Ye Bai asked softly.

Understanding the purpose of the experiment is important; we need to address the root cause of the problem rather than just treating the symptoms.

Some of the information Zhang Lingxue mentioned earlier actually misled Ye Bai. Zhang Lingxue was referring to the goals and directions that the Western Research Institute wanted to research, not the goals and directions initially set by higher authorities.

This is like getting stuck on a rut, narrowing down your path and limiting your research to this specific area.

"So our real goal is to study how to prevent the negatively charged rabbit from exploding and impacting the ecological environment of the west."

"If possible, could you have the Negative Electric Rabbit supply some electricity to ensure a sufficient power supply in the western region? Is that what you mean?"

Through Ye Bai's layer-by-layer analysis, Zhang Lingxue emerged from the blind spot set up for her by the Western Research Institute.

Yes, wasn't the initial goal to prevent the Negative Electric Rabbit from self-destructing?
Why did it escalate to the point of evolving the Negative Electric Rabbit?
Zhang Lingxue was also deeply puzzled as to why she had gotten herself into a dead end and couldn't get out.

By the way, the plan to graze negatively charged rabbits.

A flash of inspiration struck Zhang Lingxue.

Because she lacked a lot of information, her sources of intelligence mainly came from her master's retelling and some hearsay.

The plan to herd negatively charged rabbits is merely a byproduct of the research on negatively charged rabbits.

This is actually an information cocoon. A few snippets of information can subconsciously lead you in that direction, instead of making you think about why you should do it.

If we really follow that direction, we might never achieve anything in our lifetime and end up being led by the nose.

"I almost fell into the pit."

"Fortunately, those people didn't give me any information. If we had seen that information, we might have followed their line of thinking and been led by the nose."

"That's insidious, a dirty tactic."

With Ye Bai's guidance, Zhang Lingxue found a completely new research direction.

"Now we need to find out why the negatively charged rabbits self-destruct when they reach a certain age."

"When it reaches the advanced stage, it will also self-destruct. Is there any connection between the two?"

Zhang Lingxue pondered deeply, feeling that there was a certain connection between the two.

The leader of the negatively charged rabbits stared at Zhang Lingxue and Ye Bai with a ferocious look. It licked its lips, thinking that Ye Bai's delicate skin and tender flesh looked delicious.

At the leader of the negatively charged rabbits' shriek, countless negatively charged rabbits swarmed toward this direction, baring their sharp teeth, their huge buck teeth crackling with lightning.

Just then, a soft moan came from behind.

Just as Ye Bai was about to turn around, he found that he couldn't move his body either. His whole body was radiating golden arcs of electricity, and his whole body was numb.

Just then, the Sunflower King stepped forward. As it was about to wave its vine whip to drive away the negatively charged rabbit, golden arcs of electricity also appeared on its body.

This guy also fell into a state of paralysis.

A sinister smile crept across the leader of the negatively charged rabbits.

Wood-type pets are its favorite.

It enjoys munching on wood-type pets and listening to their screams. Back when the researchers were still around, they would often release some wood-type pets for it to munch on.

After humans disappeared, it longed for the mournful cries of the wood-type pet every day.

Just then, the petals of the Sunflower King moved, and a fist-sized golden ball fell from the petals of the Sunflower King, crashing heavily to the ground.

A loud booming sound was heard, and a blinding light enveloped the surroundings.

The violent shockwave spread outwards from the sphere's center.

Just as they were about to engulf Ye Bai and Zhang Lingxue, two dark figures flapped their wings and rescued them.

Upon closer inspection, Ye Bai realized that they were actually the Goddess of Light Butterfly and the Blood Gu Butterfly. The Sunflower King had been saved by the Goddess of Light Butterfly the moment of the explosion.

The ever-changing silkworm held its nose high, looking quite proud.

"Light Goddess Butterfly, use Purification."

Zhang Lingxue shouted loudly, and milky white light fell on the two people and their pet.

Their state of paralysis was instantly lifted.

"That was close! I almost got taken down by the negatively charged rabbit."

The Goddess of Light Butterfly and the Blood Gu Butterfly transformed into specks of light, which flowed into the body of the Myriad Transformations Silkworm.

The ever-changing silkworm felt a strong sense of fatigue and fell asleep immediately.

"This time, I was saved by the Myriad Transformation Silkworm. Its clone is quite useful."

"What was that thing the Sunflower King just threw? Why did it have such great power?"

"I think that attack just now was the full force of a peak third-tier pet beast."

Zhang Lingxue asked doubtfully. As a fifth-level pet master, she could certainly withstand it, but Ye Bai might not be able to.

"That's called Thunder Gallbladder. It comes from the body of an ancient lanternfish. There aren't many of them, but their power is comparable to Heavenly Thunder."

The explosion had brought a lot of smoke, and after the smoke cleared, a group of negatively charged rabbits lay dead in a deep pit.

The bottom of the pit was radiating heat, which showed that the Thunder God was incredibly powerful.

The negatively charged rabbit leader lay motionless at the bottom of the pit, it was unclear whether he was dead.

With his Eye of Insight activated, Ye Bai planned to deliver the final blow if he hadn't already been killed.

At this moment, Ye Bai's expression was somewhat strange.

Because through his Eye of Insight, he saw the third evolutionary path for the Negative Electric Rabbit.

[Evolution Route 3 (Hidden Evolution Route): Thunder Rabbit, Thunder Core x3, Tier 3 Electric Core x3, Tier 2 Peak. The more Thunder Cores you have, the higher the success rate of evolution.]

My goodness, Thunderous Energy is actually an evolutionary condition that allows Negative Electric Rabbit to evolve.

If it weren't for the Sunflower King's casual explosion that fulfilled the conditions for hidden evolution, Ye Bai might never have known that the Negative Electric Rabbit had another evolutionary path.

This evolutionary path seems much more reasonable.

The negative electric rabbit leader's eyelids twitched; it was about to wake up. Just then, a vine whip pierced through the negative electric rabbit leader's forehead!

The leader of the negatively charged rabbits had its head pierced directly by the Sunflower King. Its pupils were wide open, and its blood-red eyes were fixed on the direction where Ye Bai was, as if it were questioning why he had been killed.

Unfortunately, there were no answers, and the leader of the negatively charged rabbits died of exhaustion.

The Sunflower King extracted a cracked crystal core from the head of the Negative Electric Rabbit leader, which was radiating electric energy.

"Teacher, I think we should dissect the negatively charged rabbit's body now to see where the abnormality is."

"According to the information I found, the Negative Electric Rabbit was originally a very docile beast. Judging from the way it looked just now, it seemed like it wanted to eat us all."

"Take some of these lightning alfalfa with you and study them."

"Let's dissect this negatively charged rabbit leader to see where the problem lies."

Ye Bai planned to take advantage of the fact that the guy was still warm and dissect it to see what went wrong.

The lightning alfalfa was also uprooted and taken away by the Sunflower King.

The two instantly returned to the research institute. The leader of the negatively charged rabbits weighed about thirty kilograms and was quite heavy.

Its fur was very thick, and all the fur on its body was matted.

Ye Bai and Zhang Lingxue immediately put on lab coats, masks, and goggles to conduct dissection experiments.

The main lights in the dissection room were turned on; these were lights composed of more than a dozen groups of lights.

Zhang Lingxue slashed the head of the negatively charged rabbit, and fresh blood was still flowing from the gruesome wound.

When Ye Bai had his skull opened, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Why is this negatively charged rabbit so big, but its brain is so small?"

“Excluding the location of the crystal core, the head occupies less than half of the skull.”

"This doesn't seem normal."

Zhang Lingxue said with certainty.

"Scalpel."

"pliers."

Zhang Lingxue parted the fur of the negatively charged rabbit, and the scalpel cut into its muscle groups.

Its muscles were still twitching slightly.

"The muscle part is normal."

"If all the internal organs are normal, could it be that there's something wrong with the brain?"

Zhang Lingxue felt as if she had found a breakthrough.

But she also felt it was unlikely.

After all, the people at the Western Research Institute have been studying the negatively charged rabbits for a long time, and they wish they could give them a full-body CT scan every day.

Therefore, they would definitely not overlook this detail.

Zhang Lingxue felt more and more confused.

"Teacher, we shouldn't keep thinking about what others have done or what they have accomplished."

"That way you can easily be led astray."

"You need to think about what clues you can find in this situation."

"I haven't even looked at the crystal core that the Sunflower King extracted earlier."

Ye Bai felt that it should be a clue.

"Furthermore, we also need to collect several negatively charged rabbits at the newborn, juvenile, growth, and adolescent stages for comparison."

"Only in this way can we know exactly where the experiment went wrong."

Zhang Lingxue felt that Ye Bai's words made a lot of sense.

Her teacher felt that what she had researched, others had already researched long ago.

If you stay stuck in this emotion, you won't be able to conduct the experiment properly.

Ye Bai was bold enough to break free from all the rules and regulations.

It wasn't that Zhang Lingxue was incapable, but rather that she was worried about making mistakes.

Because they were worried about making mistakes, being ridiculed, and damaging the teacher's reputation.

Ye Bai, however, had no such concerns; on the contrary, he was a clear-headed observer.

Zhang Lingxue accepted the crystal core that Ye Bai handed over.

She placed it in the crystal scanner and began scanning.

The results came out shortly afterward.

"The inside of this crystal core is already dilapidated."

"It will completely explode once it encounters a stimulus."

Zhang Lingxue frowned, and the two exchanged a glance: "Could this be the reason why the Negative Electric Rabbit is prone to self-destruction as soon as it reaches adulthood, and is prone to self-destruction when it gets excited?"

The crystal core is cracked like this, no wonder people say that the Negative Electric Rabbit's advancement is like risking its life.

So, it turns out there's a time bomb in my head.

"I think the people at the Western Research Institute couldn't have been unaware of this; rather, they had done everything they could and were already in despair."

"That's why they handed over the project so readily."

"They're looking for a scapegoat."

Zhang Lingxue quickly came to this conclusion.

"No wonder this project has a large amount of funding, now I understand, now I understand."

Zhang Lingxue understood that this was a calculated move by the Western Research Institute, which also provided her with an excuse for spending so much money over the past five years.

Even the number one expert in the Hundred Transformations Silkworm couldn't handle this negatively charged rabbit. So, as you all know, we really want to achieve results, but we just can't.

"Teacher, let's not panic."

"This time we're going to give the Western Research Institute a good slap in the face."

"Tell them that the cases you can't handle, our Eastern Depot—no, our research institute—can take on."

“The cases you can handle, our research institute can also take on.”

Zhang Lingxue's eyes lit up when she heard Ye Bai's domineering words.

"Have you figured out a research direction yet?"

Ye Bai shook his head.

"We have now found a possible reason why the negatively charged rabbit self-destructed."

"Next is the experimental part."

"It is very likely that the decreasing current that the negatively charged rabbit can withstand is also related to the crystal nucleus fracture."

"This crystal core is like a leaky bucket; no matter how much current you inject into it, it will overflow."

"Moreover, once it overflows, it will stimulate the brain of the negatively charged rabbit."

"So in the end, the negatively charged rabbit was acting crazy."

"but."

Ye Bai's single word, "but," made Zhang Lingxue's heart skip a beat.

"but what?"

Ye Bai raised a second question: "We also need to find out why the flesh of the negatively charged rabbit became poisonous after it self-destructed."

"Those who eat it will go insane."

"If we can solve these two questions, we will probably be able to solve the mystery of the negatively charged rabbit."

"We need the assistance of a toxicology expert."

"Teacher Zhang, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?"

Although Ye Bai possesses the ability to remember everything he sees, he has no prior knowledge in this area and is completely ignorant about toxicology.

"I am but a fifth-level poison master, and I am not very talented."

Zhang Lingxue patted her chest and said with a proud look.

"A fifth-tier poison master?"

"I can't tell."

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