Beast Tamer: The evolution path I made up has come true!

As for experimental procedures?

Screw those lab rules!

Fugui was his own son, whom he had been with for four years, while Zhaocai was someone he had only just met.

I'm so unfamiliar!

"Uh, I just grabbed it."

Despite being exposed, Su Mo remained unfazed, tossing the broom into the corner and slamming his left hand down from the emergency intervention button.

With a hiss as the air valve released pressure, the heavy glass door opened a crack, and Su Mo squeezed right in.

"Wealth and prosperity!"

Su Mo rushed forward in one stride, not even glancing at Zhao Cai lying on the ground, and picked up the dog's head, quickly running his fingers over its body to examine it.

Keep in mind that Fugui's stamina bar had already been completely depleted.

Forcing a power surge under such a severely overdrawn state, and even releasing mental traction, would most likely trigger a severe backlash of mental energy.

Su Mo was genuinely afraid that this silly dog ​​might get carried away and burn his brains to a crisp!

Upon trying it out, Su Mo was completely stunned.

The anticipated scene of foaming at the mouth, lethargy, or even convulsions did not occur at all.

Fugui, whose cheeks were being pinched by himself, did not feel the slightest bit of exhaustion from running out of mana. Instead, his eyes shone like two high-powered searchlights!

It was panting heavily, its tail swaying behind it like a helicopter propeller, and it even exuded an arrogant air of "I am the best in the world".

Before Su Mo could react, the system panel appeared in his field of vision:

[Detection indicates the target pet has achieved an emotional breakthrough, and its mental power has been deeply refined!]

[Level Up: LV10 → LV11!]

Su Mo looked at the bright "LV11" on the panel, and the breath he had been holding immediately relaxed, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, returned to his stomach.

This idiot actually broke through under the pressure of actual combat and extreme anger, and leveled up while completely out of mana!

At this moment, Shen Qinghe's fingers flew across the keyboard, leaving a series of afterimages:

[Wealth, in an environment other than the slipper anchor point, spontaneously triggers a short-term mental pull.]

[Trigger conditions: Damage to one's identity, threat to one's group status, strong protective instincts.]

[Target: Living being (to attract wealth).]

[Symptoms: The target's movements show a brief delay, and their center of gravity shifts abnormally (forced fall).]

[Preliminary assessment: The applicability of mental traction has expanded beyond the limitation of lightweight inanimate objects!]

After typing the last line, Shen Qinghe slammed the internal communicator of the experimental chamber open, her voice filled with barely concealed excitement: "Su Mo! Fu Gui did a great job this time, actually managing to use mental traction on living beings!"

Upon hearing this on the broadcast, Su Mo nodded in satisfaction.

It's important to understand that using mental manipulation on living beings and using it on inanimate objects are two different concepts!

Almost simultaneously, a new notification popped up on the light blue system panel:

[The target pet has been detected to have autonomously triggered Mental Attraction.]

[Trigger Anchor Point: Group Status Maintenance.]

[Success rate of psychological traction: 15.8% → 18.9%]

[Note: The scope of those eligible for psychological guidance has been slightly expanded.]

Looking at the fluctuating data on the panel, Su Mo couldn't help but grin wildly, then vigorously rubbed the big dog's head in front of him.

From a purely pedagogical perspective, this literacy experiment was a complete disaster.

The four fake wolves in the corner, terrified, probably still don't know what one plus one equals, and may even have been left with indelible psychological trauma.

Even the slightly better-looking Zhao Cai is now lying on the floor with a look of utter despair.

However, judging from research findings and practical development—

This is an absolute steal!

Chapter 30 Supplementary Hypothesis

Just as Su Mo was vigorously rubbing the big, rich dog's head, with the soft sound of the air valve completely releasing pressure, the heavy glass door finally opened completely to both sides.

Lin Zhixia didn't care about the experimental procedures at this moment and rushed in hurriedly.

Just now, through the glass, she saw Zhao Cai get a thorough beating from Fu Gui, then collapse on the cushion, frantically glancing in her direction with wet eyes, looking utterly aggrieved.

"Bringing in wealth."

Hearing the mother's heartfelt plea, Zhao Cai, who had just looked utterly hopeless and questioned its very existence after being beaten, instantly felt like it had found a savior.

Originally sprawled on the floor with her limbs outstretched, the moment Lin Zhixia approached, her "well-behaved" demeanor instantly transformed into "miserable," seamlessly evolving into that of a "weak victim who was mercilessly beaten by a school bully."

Her originally foolish, icy blue eyes now held a hint of brokenness, as if she were about to cry.

Not only that, it also took the opportunity to bury its huge head near Lin Zhixia's legs, and let out a few intermittent, aggrieved whimpers from its throat.

"Waaah..."

Lin Zhixia couldn't bear it, so she immediately squatted down and tenderly rubbed its fluffy head: "Alright, alright, don't be afraid anymore. You weren't hurt just now, were you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Cai immediately seized the opportunity and desperately nuzzled its enormous head into Lin Zhixia's arms.

While arching its back, it also kept glancing furiously at the rich man next to it out of the corner of its eye.

That pitiful look in its eyes practically screamed its inner turmoil: Boss, it's not that I can't beat it, it's just that this dog is cheating! It even locked my leg!

Lin Zhixia's heart melted at the rubbing against it, and she couldn't help but rub its ears again, gently coaxing, "Zhaocai has also tried very hard."

Upon hearing this affirmation, Zhao Cai, the wolf, became even more energetic, taking advantage of the situation by resting his chin on Lin Zhixia's knee and continuing to look up at her with his watery eyes.

This pitiful look makes it seem like he's trying to scam a fancy extra meal.

Su Mo stood to the side, watching with twitching lips, and mercilessly exposed her, saying, "Alright, stop pretending. You're wagging your tail faster than an electric fan."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Cai's wagging tail instantly froze.

When he met Lin Zhixia's gaze as she looked down, his eyes darted around wildly. Then he simply shrank back, burying his face even deeper into Lin Zhixia's arms, and started playing dead.

As long as Su Mo is not visible, it can be assumed that the embarrassing incident never happened.

Seeing that Zhao Cai actually dared to try to gain sympathy by acting cute, Fu Gui next to him snorted unhappily.

Then, with its head held high, it looked down at Zhaocai with a condescending and extremely irritating attitude.

That arrogant expression clearly says: You little punk, you think you can mess with me, your teaching assistant?

Seeing this, Zhao Cai shrank even tighter into Lin Zhixia's arms in fright.

At the same time, one thing was confirmed: this low-health BOSS not only cheats, but also has an extremely bad temper!

On the other side, Shen Qinghe's fingers left afterimages on the keyboard as she stared at the jumping curves on the screen, her breathing quickening as she said, "Su Mo, come and see this!"

When Su Mo walked over, Shen Qinghe grabbed his sleeve and pointed to a fluctuation of spiritual energy, saying, "Mental traction has broken through! Fu Gui just used mental traction to forcibly interfere with Zhao Cai's center of gravity!"

"This is a live target!"

Su Mo took a few steps to the screen, stared at the solid data, and let out a long breath.

It became.

The fact that it works on living things suggests that the underlying logic of my theory of "pseudo-wolf high-dimensional cognitive impairment" and "preliminary demonstration of the evolutionary path of 'super-brain gravity dog'" is sound.

After the initial excitement, Su Mo looked at the data in front of him and fell into deep thought again.

The reason why Fugui was able to use spiritual attraction before was because he had an extreme desire for "slippers".

But now, the triggering conditions are clearly not limited to this.

"Shen, let's review the triggering mechanism from just now."

Su Mo turned to look at Shen Qinghe and slowly said, "The reason why Fugui was able to unleash the mental pull earlier was because of the slippers."

“But look today, there are slippers on the cushions, but Fugui didn’t even glance at them.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghe thought for a moment and nodded.

"So here's the question."

Su Mo continued, "Since there was no original target like the slippers, what exactly did Fugui rely on to use mental attraction just now?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghe's gaze shifted to the group of fake wolves huddled together in the corner, and then to Zhaocai in Lin Zhixia's arms.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and her keen intuition as a researcher led her to blurt it out: "Because of the armband?"

As soon as she said that, a thought suddenly struck her: "Look! Today, in front of a bunch of underlings, its armband was chewed up by Zhaocai."

"For Fugui, this isn't about winning or losing a fight."

"This is tantamount to slapping it in the face as a teaching assistant!"

Upon hearing the words "teaching assistant," Fugui, who had been pricking up his ears, puffed out his chest and practically wagged his tail in the air.

"You can tell it's right just by looking at its behavior."