Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 24: Mutant Beast Levels

"Yes, there is a third-level mutant beast."

Li Mu was even more confused. What did "third-level" mutant beast mean?
General Wang saw the confusion in Li Mu's eyes and immediately explained it to him.

It turned out that the hierarchy system was just established in Yanjing. They classified and ranked all kinds of creatures that mutated after the Ice Age.

Because this hierarchy is newly established, it has not yet been widely disseminated.

Therefore, it is difficult for ordinary people to know its existence.

Based on strength and race, mutant beasts are divided into inferior, first-level, second-level, third-level, and up to ninth-level.

Humans are also included in this hierarchy, and their strength is divided according to the level of mutant beasts they can contend with.

The inferior beasts are like young cubs that are just beginning to explore the source of energy; the first-order mutant beasts are like grown-up beasts, huge and mighty.

On this basis, the second-level mutant beasts have undergone significant changes in appearance, such as the diversity of their fur color and the sharpness of their fangs, which all show their differences from ordinary wild beasts.

When facing first- and second-stage mutant beasts, humans can still use firearms to fight back, but once the mutant beasts are upgraded to third stage or above, the situation will be very different.

Mutated beasts of level three and above not only grow rapidly in size, but also have the ability to control source energy and use the power of the five elements of heaven and earth to attack.

For example, the ice wolf king that Li Mu killed yesterday was a third-level mutant beast, and the mutant beast crystal core generally only appears in the bodies of mutant beasts above the third level, and is often located in their heads.

However, nothing is absolute in this world. It is possible that a crystal core exists in the body of a second-level mutant beast, but the probability of this happening is one in ten thousand.

Mutated beasts of level three and above cannot be fought against by light weapons.

Because of the difference in size and the total amount of source energy that can be stored, mutant beasts usually require source warriors or awakeners of the same level to barely compete with them, and to kill them, the cooperation of two or more people is required.

According to Yan Jing's intelligence, the strongest mutant beast discovered so far is level five, while the strongest human is only level four.

The mutant beast was a mutant giant python that was more than 30 meters long and as thick as a water tank. It was unknown what kind of snake it evolved from, but it caused huge casualties as soon as it appeared.

Not only did it destroy a large shelter while carrying all kinds of heavy weapons, directly killing hundreds of people, it also escaped with injuries while under siege by multiple Tier 4 Origin Warriors and Awakeners, and its whereabouts have not been found to this day.

"So, there is a crystal core in the wolf king's body."

Li Mu thought in a low voice, and the scene of yesterday emerged in his mind.

After he brought the wolf king's body back to the villa, he simply froze it and had no time to do anything else.

When I go back today, I can dissect the wolf king’s body and find out what’s going on.

“Since you knew nothing about the existence of mutant beast crystal cores, the idea of ​​using them as energy for the pea hand cannon is out of the question for you.

However, now that you understand the concept, you can try to explore whether this idea is feasible? If the experiment is successful, we can discuss further cooperation. "

After General Wang explained in detail to Li Mu the level classification of mutant beasts and the relevant knowledge about crystal cores, he no longer mentioned the purchase of the pea hand cannon.

Obviously, for the official, the number of people who are Source Warriors or Awakeners at the current stage is also extremely limited.

"Okay, I'll go back and try. If I succeed, I'll come back to discuss cooperation with you."

Li Mu seemed casual on the surface, but in fact he believed that with his own abilities, the improvement of the new pea hand cannon was a foregone conclusion.

He thought to himself that once the transformation was successful, he could seek deeper cooperation.

After discussing these things, it was almost noon.

The three of them had a very sumptuous lunch at Tang Anguo's home.

It must be said that the shelter is full of talented people. There is a wide variety of delicious food on the table, including not only home-cooked dishes made from mutant beast meat that Li Mu has never seen before, but also some delicacies from famous chefs from various major cuisines.

What's more interesting is that all the fresh fruits and vegetables that appear in these delicacies are cultivated by Li Mu using his ability to ripen them. In the current situation where fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce, everyone asks Li Mu to bring more back to the shelter.

Faced with the fact that fresh fruits and vegetables are hard to find nowadays, people can only rely on wood-type awakeners like Li Mu to ripen them for the time being.

However, it is regrettable that although there are no less than seven or eight awakened people in the West Lake Shelter, Li Mu is the only wood-type awakened person among them.

Faced with everyone's request, Li Mu agreed without hesitation, and privately decided to send them some higher quality fruits and vegetables in order to build up relations with them.

Anyway, it wouldn't take much effort for him to do so.

After lunch, both the host and the guests had a great time. Li Mu said goodbye to everyone and returned to the villa.

At the same time, he called Cheng Cheng and Asao to deliver the remaining blood wheat seeds to the shelter.

……

"Is there a crystal core in this wolf king's body?"

Asao and Chengcheng looked at Li Mu in surprise, as if they couldn't believe this thing that sounded so bizarre.

The crystal core, an item that seemed to exist only in novels, actually appeared before them.

After returning to the villa, Li Mu told the two of them most of the details of the cooperation, but did not mention the part about possibly contacting their families.

He planned to tell them after he actually contacted his family, so that they would not experience hope first and then disappointment again.

"Yes, this wolf king is a third-level mutant beast, so it naturally has a crystal core, which should be located in the brain."

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, he swung his sword and split the wolf king's head open.

Sure enough, an egg-sized blue and white crystal suddenly appeared in the wolf king's brain.

"The source energy contained in this crystal core is indeed rich, and its nature is stable and gentle."

Li Mu held the crystal core tightly in his hand and said with deep emotion.

"So can it be used to make clips for the pea cannon?"

Asao asked curiously.

"It's more than just for making magazines. I think its greatest value should be for cultivation."

Li Mu instantly discovered the greatest use of the crystal core.

"Practice?"

"Um?!"

Ah Sao and Cheng Cheng looked at each other in confusion, as if they were unfamiliar with the word.

"It's about cultivation. The country has compiled a list of basic breathing methods. I'll show them to you now."

Speaking of cultivation, through this communication with the shelter, Li Mu learned that the country has actually compiled a set of basic breathing methods that everyone can use!
This breathing method was developed through cooperation between the Yanjing Research Institute, descendants of ancient martial arts, and various Taoist schools, combining source energy.

It mainly helps people absorb source energy quickly through various body movements and unique breathing methods.

During the research process, some Taoist followers even believed that source energy was the legendary spiritual energy, and that the Ice Age was the revival of spiritual energy.

After hearing this point of view, Li Mu couldn't help but think of the jade pendant that gave him the ability, and felt that this guess did make sense.

After all, whether it is spiritual energy or source energy, they are ultimately a special kind of energy.

(End of this chapter)