110: Waiting time
“As for the heart of the earth, the conditions for its birth are extremely stringent…”
“You see, it can only appear in the world when the insect race successfully achieves a racial leap across two entire stages during a certain evolutionary journey.”
“However, as a human, you must have heard of the widely accepted 'Evolutionary Limitation Theory,' haven't you? It explicitly states that no organism can ever cross two major stages consecutively in a single evolutionary process.”
“So, at first glance, the conditions for the heart of the earth's formation seem to be in clear contradiction and conflict with this theory.”
“But in reality, after in-depth exploration, one will find that they are actually completely consistent.”
“The peculiar giant cocoon of the Dao produced during the entire evolutionary process is what people refer to as the heart of the earth.”
“If one can break through two such cocoons in one go, then it can be considered a one-time evolution into a third-tier pet beast!”
“The fundamental reason for this situation is that a single cocoon simply cannot bear a foundation like Qing Yan's, thus it has to split the originally complete cocoon into two.”
“Not only that, but because this evolutionary stage does not match the normal growth level, it can also lead to some unexpected situations—such as certain Skills appearing in a bizarre state of [unusable by self].”
Li Wen pondered inwardly.
“So that’s how it is! It seems it’s because the emotional aspect has reached the corresponding evolutionary stage, but the actual growth level has not yet met the standard, which led to this situation.”
Thinking of this, he involuntarily stretched out his hand and waved it lightly, and a huge transparent panel appeared before him.
Upon closer inspection, just as Mind Emperor said, Qing Yan's evolutionary path indeed had no subsequent content.
The words “Advanced Evolution” were clearly displayed on the panel, but the information presented below it was vastly different from the Mystic Water Crane seen before.
Following “Advanced Evolution” was a series of question marks and “To Be Unlocked” in parentheses:
??? (To Be Unlocked)
??? (To Be Unlocked)
...The entire interface did not clearly display a specific evolutionary direction, and not even a decent name was given.
Seeing this situation, Li Wen frowned slightly, and various possibilities quickly flashed through his mind. After careful consideration, he felt that there were probably two reasons for this situation.
Firstly, it might be because Qing Yan's current growth level is still insufficient, or perhaps its secret transmission system has not yet been perfected.
After all, achieving advanced evolution usually requires a complete and mature secret transmission as a foundation for further development.
Secondly, there might be some special mechanism at play. For other pet beasts, the system might attract their masters to unlock them by displaying their names.
But for a pet beast like Qing Yan, which belongs to Li Wen himself, he would try every means to unlock it no matter what, so it simply stopped hiding and directly entered a 'scam-as-much-as-possible' mode, trying to gain as much as it could.
Just as Li Wen was deep in thought, Mind Emperor, who was beside him, could no longer suppress his inner impulse, his hands constantly rubbing together, looking eager to return online and operate immediately.
He could no longer bear it and quickly urged:
“Since Qing Yan's evolution has been successfully completed, let’s hurry back home! We can’t keep the Old Tree working so hard to keep his domain closed, can we?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Mind Emperor turned and entered the secret realm space without hesitation, completely ignoring how Li Wen and the others would react.
He was completely immersed in the excitement of returning to the game world, eager to get back to his familiar environment and show off his Skills.
At the same time, Tree Emperor also seemed to be suddenly awakened, realizing that his domain was still in a closed state!
Thinking of this, he quickly collected himself, instantly returned to his main body form, and swiftly reactivated the domain's operating mechanism.
As a result, Li Wen suddenly became free and unrestrained!
Because at this moment, neither the anxious Mind Emperor nor the Tree Emperor, who was focused on handling affairs, paid any attention or interest to him.
At this moment, Li Wen couldn't help but feel a little helpless, as he suddenly felt like he had become an extra.
He originally wanted to find his teacher, but then learned that his teacher was busy paying full attention to the important competition his senior brother was participating in.
Not only that, as a Heavenly King Level figure at Tiannan University, his teacher also served as an instructor, so he must be fully immersed in the competition venue at this moment, with no time to spare for other matters.
After much thought, Li Wen felt that rushing to school right now was a bit too early, as there was still a full week until the College Entrance Examination results were announced.
So, Li Wen finally decided to first formulate a short-term plan, and then, after arriving at school, he would complete the detailed design under the guidance of his teacher.
First, for Bud, although the Sword of Life is very powerful, its sustained combat ability is not strong. In the short term, it only needs to consciously adapt to small amounts of Life Energy.
By doing so, if it can develop a 0.5x Sword of Life or even a 0.1x Sword of Life, then its overall combat capability can be improved.
Next, for Qing Yan, it currently cannot even use new abilities, so it needs to undergo soul strengthening while undergoing rapid growth after evolution.
This should start with Enter Dream and ghost-type pet beasts.
Finally, for Yuan Wang, his most distinctive and matching Leaders Aura has not yet reached its limit.
Moreover, because he joined the team later, he doesn't even have a Mystic form Skill. Currently, he only needs to continue cultivating the Slime Clan to let the Leaders Aura reach its limit before discussing anything else.
Next, it's time to wait (and slack off).