The New Era of Necromancers

Chapter 98 The New Era of Necromancers

The evolved Ice Bone soldiers are significantly more intelligent than the previous Skeleton Soldiers, and they show a marked increase in fear of Alpha, rather than the previous rigid obedience.

"Alpha, let him try attacking you?"

Alpha nodded and gave Ice Bone a command, but Ice Bone clearly dared not offend Alpha, who was superior in both bloodline level and growth level, and stood there trembling.

"Sigh, that's too cowardly. Alpha at least dared to confront legendary creatures head-on."

Seeing Binggu's appearance, Bai Qi couldn't help but feel disgusted and had no choice but to let Shuke test Binggu.

"It's not much different from the Ice Bone recorded in the encyclopedia, so it should be considered a successful evolution."

Hearing Shuke's words, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction.

Since ice runes can evolve skeletons into ice skeletons, can other runes do the same?

Alternatively, if he inscribed the runes before Alpha evolved and then evolved, could he also permanently retain the effect of the runes?

Bai Qi became more and more excited as he thought about it, his burning gaze sweeping over the remaining ten skeleton soldiers, his face full of eager anticipation.

……

Ding Dong!Ding Dong!

Chairman Qin and Professor Dong stood at Bai Qi's door, ringing the doorbell repeatedly.

Because Bai Qi had a history of being out of contact for dozens of days, Chairman Qin gave up on contacting Bai Qi this time and went to his home with Professor Dong to look for him.

But even so,

He waited at the door for about ten minutes, but Bai Qilai still didn't open the door.

"That brat, how dare he make me wait so long! I'm going to give him a good beating later."

Seeing that the door still showed no signs of opening, Chairman Qin's forehead veins bulged, and he was already planning to break down the door.

Professor Dong sighed upon seeing this and said, "You are the president of an association, can't you be a little more patient? Anyway, I have all day free, so there's no rush."

Upon hearing this, President Qin shook his head and said, "That's because you don't know the kid's situation. If I hadn't had someone remind him before, he would have almost missed the professional assessment."

"That's normal. Xiaobai is a promising researcher. It's only natural that he gets so absorbed in his work that he doesn't notice his surroundings. Don't I often do that too?"

Well, so I guess I'm the odd one out.

President Qin glared at Professor Dong a few times, then saw a car parked in front of Bai Qi's house, and Zhuge Chen got out of the car.

"President Qin, Professor Dong?"

Seeing Chairman Qin and Professor Dong standing at Bai Qi's door, Zhuge Chen asked with some confusion, "Are you here to see Bai Qi?"

President Qin nodded and said, "That's right, I have something to discuss with this kid. Are you here to see Bai Qi too?"

Zhuge Chen said, "I'm here to pick up Bai Qi so we can go to my father's place to renegotiate the endorsement contract."

The Zhuge family's ability to grow and thrive in Gusu City is naturally due to their close relationship with the Beast Tamer Association. They had already informed Chairman Qin about things like hiring Bai Qi as their spokesperson.

President Qin chuckled and said, "It's good that you came. If you had been any later, Bai Qi might have been targeted by someone else."

Zhuge Chen said, "I originally wanted to come earlier, but I thought I'd let Bai Qi rest for a few days, so I only came now. Besides, I already told Bai Qi that we shouldn't be able to get snatched away."

"By the way, what brings you two to see Bai Qi?"

President Qin nodded and said, "I assigned Bai Qi a task before, and I brought Professor Dong along today to give him some pointers, but who knew that this kid hasn't reacted at all yet."

Seeing President Qin's resentful expression, Zhuge Chen was somewhat amused and said, "He's probably doing some strange research again, but I just contacted him, so he should be out soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door quietly opened, and Bai Qi, sporting two black eyes, slowly peeked out from behind it.

"President Qin, Professor Dong, Zhuge Chen? What brings you all here together?"

Bai Qi looked at the three of them with some confusion, while Zhuge Chen explained with a smile, "I just arrived and saw Chairman Qin and Professor Dong waiting for you at the door, and then you opened the door."

Bai Qi yawned, perked up a bit, and welcomed the three into the house.

Professor Dong looked Bai Qi up and down and said softly, "Bai Qi, you're in a very bad state right now. I think you should put aside the matter of drawing runes for your pet for now. You can't draw runes accurately like this."

President Qin also said, "That's right, that research isn't urgent. I specifically invited Professor Dong here today to give you some pointers so you can avoid some detours."

"Drawing runes? I've already finished that."

Bai Qi took a bottle of Celestial Water from the refrigerator, drank it, pointed in the direction of the Alpha training room, and said, "Look, it's over there."

President Qin and Professor Dong exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise on each other's faces, before quickly walking towards the training room.

Inside the training room, several skeletons of different colors were trying to dodge the attacks of pea shooters, while a two-headed polar wolf was diligently recording data nearby.

"These are... the skeleton soldiers I gave you?"

President Qin looked at Bai Qi with some uncertainty, unable to connect these few with the previous skeleton soldiers.

"That's right, these few successfully evolved; the rest were destroyed due to the rune energy disorder."

"You just said evolution?"

A glint suddenly flashed in President Qin's eyes. He grabbed Bai Qi's shoulder, stared intently at him, and said, "Is this all because of the evolution after the runes were drawn?"

Bai Qi nodded, while Professor Dong walked directly to the evolved forms of the skeleton soldiers and began to observe them carefully.

"It has indeed evolved not long ago, but can runes really accelerate the evolution of pets?"

Professor Dong adjusted his glasses, looked at Bai Qi, and said, "Could you demonstrate it again in front of me?"

She studied runes her whole life and had a deep understanding of their applications, but she mainly used them to create magical artifacts or secret towers.

She was already quite surprised when President Qin told her that Bai Qi applied runes to his pets, but she never expected to be told today that runes could also promote the evolution of pets.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi spread his hands and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't have a single skeleton soldier by my side right now."

"That's easy, just wait for me."

As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking, a rune array flashed beneath President Qin's feet, and he disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, there were three more skeleton soldiers in the rune array.

Why are you moving so fast!

Seeing the three skeleton soldiers that Chairman Qin casually grabbed, Bai Qi couldn't help but complain. However, facing the chilling gazes of Chairman Qin and Professor Dong, Bai Qi obediently inscribed runes on one of the skeleton soldiers and then had Alpha help activate it.

After a short wait, the skeleton soldier successfully evolved into an ice bone and, under Alpha's suppression, also joined the training team.

"It has truly evolved..."

Professor Dong, who had witnessed Ice Bone's evolution firsthand, stood frozen in place, muttering to himself. President Qin, meanwhile, looked excitedly at Bai Qi and asked, "Can all runes of all attributes have this effect? ​​If we replace the skeleton soldier with other pets, will it evolve like this too?"

"So far I've only succeeded with ice, shadow, and fire types; I haven't tried the others yet."

Bai Qi pointed to the three evolved forms in the training room and said, "The skeleton soldiers are too low-level and can only withstand one type of rune. If it were a higher-level skeletal creature, it should be able to withstand more. As for flesh and blood creatures, I haven't tried it, but it's probably unlikely. After all, flesh and blood creatures have too many organs, and their energy circulation is not as stable as that of skeletal creatures."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Ice Ghost series from the Tower of Lamentation, and the later Hellfire Ghost series, are most likely also related to runes."

"However, I have no idea how they drew runes on the bodies of the undead."

After listening to Bai Qi's explanation, Chairman Qin asked, "Did you research all of this over the past few days?"

"Um, I guess so."

In fact, he had figured out what Bai Qi was talking about on the first day. In the following days, he had been studying the runes he was carving for Alpha. He had just given the ones that had successfully evolved to Shuke and Beta to play with.

After a moment of contemplation, President Qin said, "Ming Huang has returned to Gusu City today. I'll have him come and visit with us."

"Minghuang is the top necromancy expert in the Federation, so he might have some different perspectives."

The three were having a lively discussion, while Zhuge Chen, who had been standing behind them, looked completely bewildered.

However, he understood one thing: Bai Qi could evolve ordinary skeleton soldiers.

They even want to collaborate with Minghuang to research a more advanced evolutionary form!

"We have to tell Dad right away! No! We have to make him come here in person!"

Zhuge Chen keenly sensed the business opportunity involved and immediately took out his phone to send a series of messages to Zhuge Xu. He then followed closely behind the group, afraid of missing anything.

"Bai Qi, your discovery is absolutely unprecedented and may even have a huge impact on the current pet system. Would you be interested in becoming my disciple and delving into the application of runes?"

Professor Dong is an expert in runes. If Bai Qi becomes her apprentice, he will definitely be able to master more runes more quickly and apply them to his pets.

Even if it cannot be applied to other types of pets, the skeletal type alone has already spawned many branches.

She was certain that the Skeleton System was about to usher in a brand new era!

Correspondingly, the status of Gusu City in the Federation will be comprehensively enhanced!

The once obscure Langya City rose to prominence precisely because the Bug-type legend discovered a new way to raise Webspinner.

"Um, that won't be necessary."

Bai Qi scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and said, "I just happened to be lucky to discover this. My actual skill level is only so-so. I shouldn't embarrass myself. Let Professor Dong handle such a high-level matter."

Bai Qi was only doing the task assigned by Chairman Qin and taking the opportunity to be a free guinea pig. He would never have wanted to delve deeper into this research.

After all, there are over 100,000 runes; he doesn't have the time to try them all one by one.

In that time, you could just use the Evolution Egg a few more times and everything would come out.

Upon hearing Bai Qi's refusal, a hint of regret flashed across Professor Dong's face. He said, "Since that's the case, I won't force you. However, if you have any questions about runes, you can come to me anytime."

"Thank you, Professor Dong."

Bai Qi nodded. Although he didn't plan to delve deeper into the path of rune evolution, he still needed to continue learning about runes, as they were essential for both combat and exploring the Secret Realm Tower.

"But since it was you who discovered this, Bai Qi, it would be a shame to just give up like this."

Professor Dong paused, looked at Chairman Qin, and said, "Qin Jiang, what do you think about having Bai Qi showcase this achievement at the opening ceremony?"

President Qin nodded and said, "It's not impossible. I'll apply for a batch of patents for Bai Qi. It will definitely have a significant publicity effect."

(End of this chapter)