This is scientific

Chapter 12 This is scientific

Soon, Alpha returned to Bai Qi's side with a handful of Screaming Mushrooms, its soul flames flickering continuously. Bai Qi smiled and patted Alpha's head.

"Well done."

Crackling.

Alpha was overjoyed to receive Bai Qi's approval, jumping around on the spot with delight.

"Bai Qi, is your pet beast really a Netherworld Bone Spike, a necromancer-type creature?"

Gao Cheng walked up to Bai Qi, glanced at the metallic sheen on Alpha's body, and asked with some doubt, "This kind of movement shouldn't be something a skeletal beast could do, right?"

"And the color of these bones..."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Alpha is indeed a Netherworld Bone Spur, but it mutated before it evolved, which is why it is so fast."

"Pre-evolution? Mutation?"

Gao Cheng grasped the key point in Bai Qi's words and said, "You mean when you made the contract it was just a skeleton soldier? And now it has evolved?"

"Uh... I'm lucky, I'm lucky."

Bai Qi realized he had misspoke and quickly added, "As for the color, I just painted it on myself, since the original was too horrible."

It wasn't that Bai Qi was intentionally trying to deceive people; it was simply that the Evolution Egg's abilities were somewhat unique, and he wanted to avoid any trouble.

Bai Qi's explanation did not convince the others, but they could not find a better explanation at the moment, so they had to give up for the time being.

"Forget it, let's finish the mission first. The reward for this mission is calculated per animal, so we shouldn't waste any more time."

Gao Cheng glanced at the endless mushroom field in front of him and said, "Judging from what we just saw, the density of Screaming Mushrooms here is quite high."

The group nodded, then unconsciously glanced at the screaming mushroom in front of Bai Qi, a hint of envy flashing in their eyes.

In addition to the guaranteed reward, you can also sell Screaming Mushrooms to the staff here for 50 Federal Credits each.

In other words, given Alpha's efficiency just now, it only needs to make one more round trip to earn back the money spent on a training session.

However, while Bai Qi was happy, the others were not so happy.

"Um, let's clean up the other side. Senior Bai should be enough here."

Wu Lan, the only girl in the trio, was the first to express her opinion, and her two companions nodded in agreement.

If they went with Bai Qi, they had every reason to believe that they would return empty-handed from this mission.

"Alright, let's meet here again in three hours."

Seeing this, Gao Cheng went along with it, since it would be more efficient to split up and operate over such a large breeding area.

After confirming the time, the five people went their separate ways.

"Alpha, let's set a small goal: catch 50 of them before noon."

Bai Qi said to Alpha beside him.

Whether you can evolve quickly depends on your own performance!

Crackling.

(Evolve, evolve!)

Alpha nodded to show he understood. Thinking of the exhilarating feeling of rapidly increasing his strength inside the Black Iron Egg, he transformed into a blur and rushed out.

The Screaming Mushroom quest was easier than he had thought. He just didn't know how long it would take. Otherwise, Bai Qi was confident he could earn a small goal first.

Time flies, and three hours passed quickly.

The density of the Screaming Mushrooms far exceeded Bai Qi's expectations; Alpha's record was 68 mushrooms.

If it weren't for concerns about damaging the original mushroom cultivation sites, Alpha's efficiency might be even higher.

After all, the biggest advantage of the undead is that they don't need to rest.

Soon, the other four people also returned one after another. Gao Cheng was in better condition, but Wu Lan and the other two were clearly not in good condition.

Alpha's method of clearing the Screaming Mushroom gave the others even more inspiration, and they also planned to interrupt the Screaming Mushroom before it could cast its skill.

However, reality is often different from human nature. Although the idea was good, mistakes were inevitable when it was put into practice. After three hours, all three of them were completely disoriented by the screaming mushroom.

"Senior Bai, are you still arresting him?"

Seeing the Alphard still zipping around in the fields, Wu Lan and the others were somewhat surprised.

"Well, Alpha is an undead, so it doesn't need to rest."

Bai Qi nodded, looking at the exhausted group, and asked, "Are you all finished?"

Wu Lan and the others gave an awkward smile, while Gao Cheng was also somewhat speechless, saying, "It's been three hours already. Even if taming beasts isn't tiring, people should be exhausted by now."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi suddenly realized that he had just eaten a compressed food pill before leaving home that morning and was not hungry yet.

Gao Cheng glanced at the box at Bai Qi's feet and asked curiously, "How much have you cleaned?"

"So-so, only 68 trees."

Bai Qi smacked his lips and said, "The density of Screaming Mushrooms is lower than I expected. By the way, how's your harvest?"

"Well, I'd say I've barely completed the mission."

Wu Lan and the other two exchanged glances, showing no intention of continuing the discussion with Bai Qi.

"Never mind, let's eat first. I just saw that the staff prepared lunch, it should be delivered soon."

Gao Cheng stepped in to smooth things over, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the food, completely unaware that Gao Cheng had secretly kicked the box behind him.

The high-altitude Fire Armor Scorpion has a fast attack speed, and its efficiency has also improved a lot after borrowing Alpha's tactics. It cleared 22 Screaming Mushrooms in three hours.

He just didn't expect Bai Qi and Alpha to be even more abnormal, reaching as many as 68 trees. How could he, a senior who had participated in the professional beast tamer assessment three times, bear this?

Soon, the staff brought the group boxed lunches and began collecting the screaming mushrooms. Bai Qi and his group of five each received a boxed lunch and began to enjoy their meal.

After working all morning, they were quite exhausted and needed to replenish their energy, since they would be working even longer in the afternoon.

During the meal, the group started chatting again.

"Senior Bai, since you're a student majoring in mechanical weapons, why didn't you choose a mechanical-type beast as your main pet?"

Wu Lan had been holding this question in for a long time, and now that she had the chance, she asked it directly.

"My talent awakened late, and I happened to encounter a mutant like Alpha, so I simply formed a contract with him."

Bai Qi quickly finished a boxed lunch, but still felt unsatisfied, so he asked a staff member for another one.

Perhaps because he had been eating compressed food pills for two days, Bai Qi felt his appetite had increased significantly, and he didn't feel full even after eating two servings.

"So that's how it is."

Wu Lan nodded and carefully examined Alpha, who was standing obediently behind Bai Qi. She quickly noticed the abnormality at Alpha's joints.

"Huh? Senior, these don't look like normal joints?"

Wu Lan's words also attracted the attention of the others, who all gathered around, curious as they were.

"You mean this? That's right. The Alpha is too fast, and its joints are too fragile, so I switched to mechanical ones."

The four fell silent upon hearing this.

No wonder Alpha can make such strange movements; it turns out it has been modified.

Students from the weaponry academy are installing mechanical joints on their pet beasts.

Yes, that's scientifically sound.

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(End of this chapter)