185: Chapter 185 The Ignored Evolutionary Wolf
The dazzling light of evolution blinded Wei Long and the other two. They scrambled to put on their sunglasses, but even then, it took a full dozen seconds for their vision to recover.
Even through the sunglasses, the surrounding white light was still blindingly intense.
"What a terrifying light of evolution! Is this really a Lord-level evolution?" Chu Xiaolian exclaimed in surprise.
"The quality won't be low. The quality of this evolution light is definitely not low. Wei Long, you've hit the jackpot!" Feng Hou sighed in admiration.
"I, I didn't expect this."
Faced with Feng Hou and Chu Xiaolian's envious remarks, Wei Long stuttered slightly.
The intensity of the evolution light symbolized the quality of the evolution to a certain extent. Like when he evolved his beast last time, the evolution light for the Gale Terror Wolf was very weak, not even reaching the level of being blinding.
The final result was imaginable.
D-rank.
His Mental Energy could not keep up, and the beast's improvement hit a bottleneck.
This time, the evolution light showed him what a perfect evolution light looked like, making him look forward to the result even more.
At least...
It should be B-rank, right? No, A-rank!
Wei Long's heart pounded uncontrollably, but then, thinking of his own situation, his eyes dimmed beneath his sunglasses, his excitement instantly doused by a bucket of cold water.
Spiritual Energy Depletion Syndrome.
At first, it was just fatigue, making one tire more easily than usual, but then, Mental Energy would drain away until one became a vegetable, and after that... death.
"Tell me about your family situation."
Li Yu had walked over at some point.
Wei Long said, "My family... used to be in business, the business of beast materials, and we were getting by."
"The beast tide attack three years ago destroyed a residential area in the north. My parents died, my sister had her legs bitten off by a beast, and her beast was left with only half a body."
Feng Hou and Chu Xiaolian turned to look at him.
"My sister studies at the No. 2 Middle School. Because her beast was disabled, she was initially bullied and mocked by some people. Later, I dropped out of school to become a professional Beast Tamer. I beat up those who bullied my sister one by one. That's how it happened."
After Wei Long finished speaking, Chu Xiaolian said with a sympathetic look, "You've had it so hard. I heard about that beast tide; thousands of people died."
Feng Hou frowned and didn't say anything.
Li Yu asked, "It's not that simple, is it? You beat people up—an outsider beating students inside the school—that's a big deal."
Feng Hou and the other also watched curiously.
Wei Long looked at Li Yu in surprise, then fell silent, tacitly agreeing.
After a long while, he said, "I got caught and served time seven times."
"Seven times?!" Chu Xiaolian and Feng Hou exclaimed.
Li Yu couldn't help but sigh, "Impressive."
Wei Long snorted and said, "What other choice did I have? Those who dared to bully others so unscrupulously, which of them didn't have some background? They can bully people, but my sister deserves to be bullied?"
"So you went and beat them up time after time?" Li Yu asked.
At this moment, the white light flared brilliantly, even brighter than when it had first blinded them. The evolution had reached a critical moment.
Wei Long said, "The first time I went, I beat them up and was locked up for 15 days. I thought it was over, that they knew my sister had someone protecting her and wouldn't dare do anything. But these bastards only got worse!"
"They pushed my sister's wheelchair down the stairs while she was in the restroom, put glue on her chair while she was on stage answering questions, and specifically targeted my sister during beast duels..."
Hearing this, everyone was furious.
"That's too much! How can these students be like this!" Chu Xiaolian said indignantly.
"They really are a bunch of little beasts. It would be a disservice to society not to beat them. Brother Wei, I support you!" Feng Hou said.
Li Yu didn't speak, but his indignation was no less than theirs. After all, he also had a sister. Just imagining if these things happened to his own sister—he didn't dare think about what he would do.
"What happened later?" Li Yu asked again.
"Later?" Wei Long sneered. "I had my sister take leave, and I went to beat those little beasts again, and got locked up for 15 days."
"After coming out 15 days later, I extended my sister's leave for another 15 days and beat those little beasts up again. I beat them seven times and served time seven times. The longest stint was three months."
Hearing this, everyone secretly sighed at his recklessness, but at the same time, they admired him endlessly.
Chu Xiaolian asked, "So what was the result?"
"The result was that those little beasts were scared, their families backed down, and they didn't dare bully my sister anymore. My sister is doing well at school. But I know..."
A shadow crossed Wei Long's weathered face, and his tone deepened as he said, "It's not that they don't want to, they're just waiting, waiting for when my sister has no one to protect her."
The group fell silent.
They understood the unspoken words. Once Wei Long died in the ruins or collapsed due to Spiritual Energy Depletion Syndrome, what awaited his sister would be even more extreme retaliation than before.
Some rotten seeds never change for the better.
No wonder he wanted to give the evolution opportunity to his sister.
A man on the verge of death; if he didn't die in the ruins, he would die from Spiritual Energy Depletion Syndrome.
After he fell, his disabled sister, left without support and with a disabled beast, would face those rotten seeds. It was hard to imagine what kind of retaliation and humiliation she would suffer.
If she could evolve and increase her value, perhaps the teachers wouldn't just sit idly by.
Even if they did sit idly by, with her beast improved, if those people wanted to bully his sister again, she would at least have the power to fight back.
Realizing this, the group's gaze toward Wei Long held a bit more admiration.
Li Yu patted Wei Long on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't lose heart. As long as I come out of the ruins alive, I'll take on your sister's case."
Wei Long looked at Li Yu gratefully, nodded heavily, and said chokingly, "Thank you!"
"It's mutual." Li Yu raised an eyebrow.
He had some other thoughts in mind, but since it wasn't certain if he could even make it out of the ruins alive, he didn't say anything more.
At this moment, a plaintive cry sounded. "Woo~~~"
The group realized the surrounding evolution light had disappeared, so they took off their sunglasses and looked at the incubation pod.
What they met was a pair of wolf eyes filled with resentment.
What is going on? I am evolving! Does no one care about the fragile little heart of a beast in the middle of evolution?
"Holy shit!"
Seeing the wolf's appearance clearly, Feng Hou blurted out.
"My God! Is this really the Gale Terror Wolf from just now?" Chu Xiaolian covered her mouth in shock.
Wei Long's throat moved, and his pupils contracted. He wanted to say something, but couldn't get it out. There was no helping it; the creature before him was like a completely different wolf compared to the previous Gale Terror Wolf.
If it weren't for the tight bond of the contract still being there, he would have thought it had been switched.
Inside the incubation pod, a giant wolf over three meters long, taller than a person, with a body of silver-white fur and circles of lightning-shaped golden fur on its four paws and tail, lay crouching.
With every breath it took, electric arcs sprayed from its mouth and nose, and its body was wrapped in fine lightning, emitting a crisp "crackling" sound.
Its massive and majestic body almost reached the ceiling. Compared to it, the original Gale Terror Wolf was like an underage cub; in terms of both presence and appearance, it was completely outclassed.