Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

After hearing their explanation, Zhang Chaoqiang raised an eyebrow, then nodded and said, "So, the sandalwood base underneath wasn't specifically designed to support it, but rather it grew as an integral part of the Guangxuan tree branch..."

No, using the term "specifically supporting" isn't entirely wrong, since the Guangxuan tree branch can only mutate through agarwood, and can only grow on agarwood!

As Zhang Chaoqiang approached the Guangxuan tree branch, the light emanating from the branch and its main body vanished instantly, leaving only the sandalwood base beneath it.

Zhang Chaoqiang moved the light sandalwood base to another high platform, then distanced himself from the branches of the Guangxuan tree.

Then, the shape and light of the Guangxuan tree branch reappeared from nothingness on the sandalwood base!

In an instant, Zhang Chaoqiang once again felt like he was in a new world, and he could feel that his body was warm and comfortable under the light of the Guangxuan tree branch.

I believe that if this continues for a long time, my body's three dimensions will improve due to the light-transmitting tree branch!

"Zhang Chaoqiang, from now on, this special purple-grade spiritual plant, which only grows in the demon beast region and is probably the only one of its kind in the entire Central Kingdom, will be given as a welcome gift and as a thank you for your significant contributions to the Investigation Bureau last time..."

This is a formal gift for you!

Zhang Chaoqiang nodded, bowed, thanked him, and then solemnly placed it in his spatial ring.

In response, Bai Lu and Huang Feng completed their gift-giving mission.

The main reason is that Zhang Chaoqiang's agreement to join the Beast Investigation Bureau had made everyone in the bureau extremely happy.

Nearly 60% of the reason is that the Investigation Bureau has welcomed a future pillar of the organization, and the remaining 40% is, of course, because they will receive special funding rewards from the central government!

Their original intention was to obtain more construction funds by having Zhang Chaoqiang join them.

After they informed the Central Government of this news, the process of allocating funds began to slowly begin.

If all goes well, it could be approved by the end of the year. It's a huge sum of money, enough to ensure that the Bureau of Investigation won't have to worry about funding for decades to come.

So, this time the investigation bureau's intention is to celebrate Zhang Chaoqiang's future joining their extended family, and for his previous help to them...

The rather thorny issue of fat theft has been resolved.

This branch of the Guangxuan tree, this unique Guangxuan tree branch, tailor-made for Zhang Chaoqiang, is a gift for him.

And this is just an initial gift; once the funding is allocated, there will be even more anticipated gifts waiting for Zhang Chaoqiang.

"Huh? I didn't expect your spatial ring to be of such high quality, Zhang Chaoqiang, capable of storing spiritual plants with vitality?"

Zhang Chaoqiang nodded and explained that this was a high-level spatial ring that Tianan City had previously issued as a reward for completing a mission. At least for the foreseeable future, he wouldn't have to worry about storage.

"Let's go to the alien beast storage room and see the investigators' absorption activities. Zhang Chaoqiang, you can also learn about the entire investigation record of the Investigation Bureau!"

Chapter 231 Beast Showcase and Walking Investigator

The investigation bureau's reception hall was directly converted into the storage and research building for alien beast spirits.

At this moment, Zhang Chaoqiang, led by Huang Feng and Bai Lu, stepped into the research building.

Along the way.

Bai Lu and Huang Feng both need to explain some basic information to Zhang Chaoqiang.

The research building houses the alien beasts captured and harvested over thousands of years by the Bureau of Alien Beast Investigation.

Therefore, the spirits of these strange beasts are extremely precious, and as the subjects of the investigators' research, these things absolutely cannot be compromised in the slightest.

Otherwise, the hard work of investigators over several years would be wasted.

Therefore, the entire process of capturing, storing, attempting to absorb, verifying the abilities of the alien beasts, and recording various documents are all personal tasks that the investigators need to perform.

This is also the most basic rule to follow within the Bureau of Exotic Beast Investigation.

Therefore, throughout the Bureau of Exotic Beast Investigation, investigators need to conduct a series of assessments based on various status standards, and then, through each process, obtain the exotic beasts from the files…

All the information was recorded.

Anyway, the whole journey consisted of Huang Feng and Bai Lu introducing Zhang Chaoqiang to basic information.

The three stepped into an elevator equipped with multiple security codes and iris locks, and then headed straight down into the underground.

Bai Lu explained, "The specific storage for those fragmented spirit bodies of the strange beasts is all on the tenth underground level! The reason for this location is that the tenth underground level contains a time-space converter..."

"Time-space converter?"

Zhang Chaoqiang heard some new words from Bai Lu, so he also raised his own questions and interests.

"The so-called time-space converter is like a set of formations. Its function is to transfer objects inside the converter in time and space in a short period of time."

The transfer here mainly refers to the transfer of spatial location, to a place that also has a time-space converter.

Because the spirits of alien beasts are of paramount importance, it is entirely appropriate to describe them as the most precious treasures of our Alien Beast Investigation Bureau.

After listening to Bai Lu's introduction, Huang Feng nodded heavily in agreement as the elevator smoothly descended.

He then continued on his topic, saying, "To avoid any unforeseen accidents within the Investigation Bureau, we have also allocated the Bureau's most valuable assets—those that can be given to martial artists..."

It brings mechanics and abilities, and also places the alien beast spirits, which are very important for our research and investigation of alien beast groups, in the space-time converter.

In the event of an accident, if the Investigation Bureau discovers any clues, they can immediately relocate the precious spiritual bodies of these strange beasts!

"Of course, Zhang Chaoqiang, you are here at our headquarters now. In fact, the Investigation Bureau does not only have one headquarters. We also have many branches and bases in the Central Country and several surrounding countries!"

"Therefore, these exotic beast spirits can be teleported to any of our branch outposts at will, without any worries about them being plundered by malicious individuals!"

With a "ding," the elevator indicated that it had arrived at the tenth basement level of the research building. As the elevator doors slowly opened, Bai Lu and Huang Feng patted Zhang Chaoqiang on the shoulder, signaling him to follow them.

He also said that if there was a chance in the future, he would take him to see the branch headquarters. Although the scale there was not large, it was certainly not as large as the headquarters in Zhongzhou City.

But at least they are well hidden; Zhang Chaoqiang would never guess where those strongholds are located!

As soon as the elevator doors opened, dazzling light burst through the gaps, filling Zhang Chaoqiang's entire field of vision.

What followed was a display window brimming with technological sophistication…

The feeling Zhang Chaoqiang got was like seeing one glass cabinet after another, but instead of clothes and jewelry for sale…

Instead, it was some murky gas…

No, it's not a gas!

Zhang Chaoqiang immediately looked closely and realized that his spiritual power and perception were not able to penetrate the glass display case to sense the objects inside.

It should be noted that Zhang Chaoqiang's perception was not significantly different from that of a demon beast, yet he was still unable to penetrate its defenses to sense it.

Clearly, this seemingly ordinary glass shop window actually holds a hidden secret!

Furthermore, there were various colors of grayish, gas-like floating matter inside. After thinking about it, there was only one possibility: the spirits of those strange beasts.

"These are... those strange beasts?"

"Yes."

Once you step out of the elevator and cross a corridor, you've officially entered the storage room for the alien beast spirits.

"I originally thought you used reusable bottles for storage."

Then Huang Feng and Bai Lu changed Zhang Chaoqiang's impression of him.

The reusable bottles were only used to temporarily store the spirits of the strange beasts, but back in the storage room, these were ordinary glass display cases in Zhang Chaoqiang's eyes, but they were actually rare and extraordinary isolation barriers.

Designed using the world's hardest and densest material, every space is essentially enclosed.

Zhang Chaoqiang also noticed something different. From the moment they entered this vast, maze-like storage room, to now, after they had traveled a certain distance...

The places where the spirits of the strange beasts were kept gradually changed from closed, transparent display cases to transparent but not closed ones, and some of them even had a circular mark on them.

"This is a switch, like a vacuum cleaner. We have a device that can extract the part of the spirit of the beast that is not completely sealed inside the switch for experiments."

Meanwhile, as Zhang Chaoqiang's observations deepened, the spirit of the strange beast seemed to become clearer and more substantial. Bai Lu and Huang Feng then provided him with an explanation.

"Because the strange beasts and spirits we first encountered were nearly a thousand years ago. According to our investigation bureau's files, they are basically the findings and achievements of our bureau's first generation of investigators..."

Therefore, after we have studied, absorbed, and experimented with them, they have all been completed. So our primary goal is no longer to explore them, and we have completely sealed them off.

Furthermore, based on previous experiments, they didn't have much spirit left to begin with, and they were also afraid that the other party would dissipate over time, resulting in the last trace of their spirit vanishing into the world...

Therefore, these enclosed devices for containing the spirits of strange beasts are actually very necessary!

Then, Huang Feng put an earphone on Zhang Chaoqiang.

It looks like headphones, but it's actually a pair of glasses. The 3D screen projected from the headphones acts as Zhang Chaoqiang's glasses, and then he appears on the surfaces of those shop windows.

I saw the names of those strange beasts.

Taotie, Xiezhi, Hou, Chongming Bird, Bifang...

The names of these strange beasts can only be observed through the Bureau of Investigation's identification headset... no, it's through glasses.

Of course, the specific abilities of these strange beasts are top secret within the Bureau of Beast Investigation and cannot be known to outsiders.

Whether it has been absorbed by someone and developed into a mechanism or has not been successfully absorbed is also unknown.

Zhang Chaoqiang didn't ask any further questions about this.

I'm here simply to learn. As for the spirits of those strange beasts, I don't need to think about them, because they have absolutely nothing to do with me.

Because, according to Huang Feng and Bai Lu, he already possessed the [diffusion] he obtained from the Jie Gou.

The conclusion reached by countless investigators from the Bureau of Investigation is that one person cannot successfully absorb two mechanism abilities.

Therefore, Zhang Chaoqiang has not yet had a suitable opportunity to tell the other party about the "theft" he obtained from stealing fat, so he has kept it a secret for the time being.

Therefore, even though there are many spirits of strange beasts stored here, it is believed that there are also quite a few strange beasts that have not been successfully absorbed to generate mechanical abilities, but it is probably not up to Zhang Chaoqiang to absorb them.

The first to object to this idea were none other than Bai Lu and Huang Feng, who had led him on this long journey to learn about the world.

Through the glasses, he could not only tell which strange beast was in front of him, but also what it looked like when it was alive.

For example, the Chongming bird, as its name suggests, has two eyes, and its appearance is like that of a rooster.

He saw a crane with only one leg; it was a Bifang.

The Bifang bird is entirely fiery red, with red feathers and a white beak.

The specific abilities of these two strange beasts were not very clear, so Zhang Chaoqiang turned his attention to the Taotie.

The appearance of this thing is particularly interesting...

This Taotie had the body of a tiger, with long, stiff fur, a human-like face, tiger-like legs, tusks like a wild boar, and a tail eighteen feet long…

Furthermore, it has sharp, tooth-like bony plates on both sides of its abdomen, which is quite terrifying!

Upon seeing Taotie's face, Zhang Chaoqiang immediately experienced the "happy valley effect"... no, the "uncanny valley effect."