153: Chapter 153 Bubble Fish Absorbs the Light of Evolution

Li Yu slowly pushed the red lever. A laser beam lit up at the top of the incubation pod, charging up and growing thicker. Accompanied by a hum, the laser descended, striking the Seven-Star Demon Spider directly.

Everyone stared fixedly at the laser.

Liu Zhanxing gritted his teeth, trying hard to appear calm, but anyone could see that his whole body was tense, as if he had entered a combat-ready state.

Yet no one thought this reaction was wrong; in fact, in Supervisor Song's view, Vice General Liu's performance had already surpassed that of most people.

Beast evolution involves using potions and lasers to stimulate the unlocking of gene chains, and then using specific spiritual materials to stimulate the Beast to change along a specific, excavated path.

During this process, the Beast is a mass of energy and has no physical form.

Whether the materials are a gram more or less, the temperature is a bit higher or lower, or even if the laser is a bit faster or slower, all will affect the final result.

If it goes smoothly, the Beast evolves to a higher rank, helping the Beast Tamer open up future paths and achieve improvements in strength and status.

If it does not go smoothly and the Beast evolution fails, at best it leaves behind underlying health issues, and at worst, it results in immediate death.

Even if the evolution goes smoothly, the quality after evolution directly affects the Beast Tamer's future.

One must know that the Beast contract relies on Mental Energy to maintain, and Beasts of different qualities provide different levels of mental feedback to the Beast Tamer.

If the quality after evolution is lower than B-rank, the Beast's feedback will not be able to keep up with the consumption required to maintain its level increase, and eventually, both the Beast and the Beast Tamer will fall into an extremely awkward situation.

Unable to break through, unable to improve.

This is also why many Beast Tamers, despite longing for their Beasts to evolve, hesitate and dare not proceed with evolution.

Evolution is a gamble.

Some lose everything and fall into the mud, while others win big and achieve a leap in social status.

"Don't be nervous, nothing will go wrong."

Li Yu finished the operation, took the tea handed over by Zhou Ya, and said calmly. One could not see a trace of nervousness on his face; instead, he carried a sense of relaxation that comes with completing a task.

It was as if...

He hadn't just completed an evolution, but rather had just had a satisfying bowel movement in the restroom.

"Of course, of course... I trust you." Liu Zhanxing said without turning his head, but his body remained tense.

Li Yu looked at Zhou Ya and shrugged; the latter squinted slightly and smiled.

"Hey! The light!" Supervisor Song shouted.

Liu Zhanxing's breathing became rapid.

Li Yu turned his head to look and saw a soft light of evolution lighting up inside the incubation pod. The light spread from the back of the Seven-Star Demon Spider to its eight limbs, covering the entire Seven-Star Demon Spider in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Li Yu calmly opened the drawer, took out a few pairs of sunglasses, gave one pair to each of Zhou Ya and Chen Qing, kept one for himself, and handed the remaining two to Supervisor Song and Liu Zhanxing.

As a result, both of them shook their heads.

"No need, I never use sunglasses!" Supervisor Song shouted without even thinking.

"I don't need them either. Even flashbangs on the battlefield can't do anything to me; mere light of evolution is nothing," Liu Zhanxing said.

"Me too. I've seen plenty of light of evolution; you youngsters can just wear them," Supervisor Song said proudly.

Hearing this, Zhou Ya opened her mouth. She wanted to tell the two of them that the High-Rank light of evolution cultivated by Li Yu might be different from what they had seen before.

But after thinking about it, she didn't say anything. On one hand, she had social anxiety and didn't want to be the center of attention, and on the other hand...

Hmph!

Serves you right for not believing in him.

"Fine, suit yourselves." Li Yu smiled and didn't mind.

The next second, the white light exploded like a Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima, instantly turning everything from the incubation pod to the incubation room into a vast expanse of white.

The white light was overbearing and surging, giving no one a chance to react, pulling them into a world of white.

"Ah—" Liu Zhanxing and Supervisor Song cried out.

"My eyes!" Supervisor Song's voice was filled with pain and shock.

"It hurts so good, haha, it hurts so good! Truly an extraordinary evolution! Hahahaha..."

Liu Zhanxing was ecstatic, shouting and yelling, completely devoid of his earlier calmness. Immediately after, he changed his tone: "So, uh, do you have any more sunglasses?"

"Here."

Li Yu tossed the two pairs of sunglasses he had been toying with to them. After putting on the sunglasses, their eyes felt much better, though they still felt the glare.

They looked at each other's pitch-black sunglasses, their astonishment beyond measure.

Supervisor Song said with lingering fear: "Good heavens! I've never seen such a white evolution in my life! I almost thought my eyes were going to go blind."

Liu Zhanxing, however, laughed and said: "That just shows Li Yu's cultivation is very powerful. As long as the evolution is good enough, it would be worth it even if I went blind in one eye!"

"Calm down, calm down. You're both at that age, people who have seen great storms and waves, so why are you less composed than a young lad like me? You know, in life, one must learn to be calm."

Li Yu held his teacup, enjoying Chen Qing's massage, looking like a winner in life.

Supervisor Song and Liu Zhanxing shouted in unison: "Hey! You guy!"

"Hahaha~" Li Yu laughed out loud.

The light of evolution continued to rise, and soon, even wearing sunglasses, it felt a bit uncomfortable.

Li Yu was unhurried; he took out a few more pairs of stackable sunglasses from the drawer and put them over the original ones, and the surrounding light dimmed again.

Supervisor Song and the others didn't try to be brave this time and obediently put them on.

"As expected of someone who often enjoys the light of evolution; you're very experienced." Supervisor Song gave a thumbs up.

Liu Zhanxing followed up: "Indeed, a veteran player."

"Basic operation, don't be surprised." Li Yu raised his chin.

While they were talking, their attention was focused on the incubation pod, and they didn't notice that some of the white light radiating outward was absorbed by the scales of the Golden Scale Bubble Fish as it passed by.

As the white light became brighter and brighter, a look of "hunger" appeared in the eyes of the Golden Scale Bubble Fish. It flicked its tail, bypassed the crowd, and swam toward the incubation pod against the light.

"Hey! Li Yu, look at the Bubble Fish!" Supervisor Song shouted.

"The white light! The light of evolution is changing!" Liu Zhanxing exclaimed.

Li Yu turned his head to look.

He saw that as the Golden Scale Bubble Fish approached, all the white light overflowing from the incubation pod began to converge toward the Golden Scale Bubble Fish like moths to a flame, as if a huge beam of light were enveloping the Golden Scale Bubble Fish.

"What the f*ck! What's going on?"

Li Yu was shocked, jumping up from his chair with a 'whoosh'. The cup fell, tea spilled all over the floor, and there was no trace of his earlier calmness.

He rushed toward the Golden Scale Bubble Fish, cast High-Rank Spirit Probing Hand, and checked its attributes at the same time.

【Monster Name】: Golden Scale Bubble Fish

【Monster Quality】: Extraordinary (S+)

【Monster Level】: black iron Level 9

【Monster Attribute】: Water

【Monster Talent】: Golden Scale Bubble, Black Light Bubble

【Monster Introduction】: The mysterious Golden Scale Bubble Fish has initially touched upon the Black Light of the Five-Colored Divine Light. It is said that once it masters a certain Divine Light, it can shed its fish form and enter the dragon lineage.

Status: Absorbing evolutionary spiritual light, rapidly comprehending Divine Light, please do not disturb.

Seeing the extra status bar, Li Yu stopped his movements, and the golden light in his hand disappeared.

Evolutionary spiritual light?

So that thing's real name is evolutionary spiritual light.

But why did the Golden Scale Bubble Fish not react to previous evolutionary spiritual light, but reacted this time?

Could it be the quality?

The previous evolution qualities were not high, and the only time it was high-quality, the Bubble Fish wasn't summoned.

Could it be considered... missed out?

Thinking of this, Li Yu suddenly felt like he had missed out on a hundred million.

"Li Yu, how is it? Is everything okay?" Liu Zhanxing asked, his face full of tension.

This was a light of evolution that even wearing sunglasses couldn't withstand; it was easy to imagine that the quality of Li Yu's cultivation this time must be extremely high.

If the evolution went wrong because of the Golden Scale Bubble Fish's abnormality, Liu Zhanxing would really be spitting blood.

Li Yu waved his hand and said: "It's fine, it's just absorbing some overflowing energy; it has no impact on the Seven-Star Demon Spider's evolution."

"That's good, that's good... You scared me." Liu Zhanxing breathed a sigh of relief.

Supervisor Song patted his chest, saying with lingering fear: "Exactly, I almost pissed myself."

Li Yu said with disdain: "Look at you guys! I told you to be calm, calm! You should learn more from me."

"Li Yu, here, I poured a new cup." Zhou Ya walked over with another cup of tea at this moment.

Everyone's gaze looked at the tea Li Yu had spilled on the floor, then turned their gaze to Li Yu, the meaning self-evident.

What about the calmness?

What happened to the calmness you promised?

Li Yu took a sip of tea and said expressionlessly: "...That was an accident."

Supervisor Song, Liu Zhanxing: "Tch!"