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

He devoted most of his life to the research of insect-type pets and was used to dealing with those simple-minded pets. He never cared much about the complicated interpersonal relationships outside.

Because of his excessive focus on scientific research, he still retains a childlike innocence and lack of social skills.

In his purely scholarly mindset, if Su Mo's idea was brilliant, then he should praise it without reservation, just like he would his student Zhou.

Professor Sun was so focused on admiring Su Mo's talent that he momentarily overlooked the fearsome power of public opinion.

As Lao Li said, academia has never been an absolutely pure land; there are many people who are envious and jealous.

By speaking too definitively, he ended up putting Su Mo in the spotlight.

Thinking of this, Professor Sun felt a pang of guilt and quickly asked, "Old Li, what should we do now? Should I quickly use my verified account to post a statement on Weibo and take full responsibility?"

"Don't!"

Old Li sighed and said helplessly, "If you go and issue a statement now, it will only make things worse. People will just think you're guilty."

"What you should do now is to talk to Su Mo about this."

"Let him know what's going on, so he's not still in the dark when the mudslinging starts online. You should also talk to the school about what to do next."

Meanwhile, in the mixing room, while processing materials, Su Mo suddenly noticed that the progress bar for "Refining the Fake into the Real" was rising at a visible speed.

Seeing the constantly fluctuating data, Su Mo was stunned.

"what's the situation?"

I was still in the dispensing room, so why did the progress bar suddenly start to rise?

Could it be that the stretching exercises outside have had a miraculous effect?

Just as Su Mo was racking his brains trying to figure it out, a knock suddenly sounded on the door.

Su Mo opened the door and saw Professor Sun standing outside, looking somewhat flustered.

Seeing this, Su Mo asked in confusion, "Old Sun? What happened?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Sun looked up at Su Mo somewhat embarrassed, his gaze falling on the experimental materials behind Su Mo and the manuscript on the screen.

Seeing this, Professor Sun's sense of guilt deepened even further.

The child studied his senior's notes while trying to make potions.

But as an elder, I not only failed to help him, but also caused him so much trouble outside because of my loose tongue!

Thinking of this, Professor Sun recounted the events that had occurred in the live stream to Su Mo with a face full of apology.

"Xiao Su, this is my fault."

Professor Sun said with immense self-reproach, "I spoke too confidently. Now someone might come after me."

After listening to Professor Sun's explanation, Su Mo's lips involuntarily curled up into a smile.

No wonder the progress bar for "Converting the Fake into the Real" suddenly increased so much; it turns out Professor Sun was giving him a hand!

Besides, what's wrong with getting insulted a couple of times?

When I first published my theory of super-brain gravity dogs, I was criticized quite a bit!

Having figured out the reason, Su Mo waved his hand dismissively and said with a smile, "I thought it was something serious. Old Sun, it's alright. People can say whatever they want, so don't take it to heart."

However, the more nonchalant Su Mo appeared, the more intense Professor Sun's guilt became.

In his view, Su Mo was clearly pretending not to care in order to comfort him, an old man, and was planning to shoulder all the pressure alone.

Chapter 80 Questioning

"No, we can't let this go like this!"

Professor Sun's expression turned serious, and he said earnestly, "I will issue a statement right now and I will not allow you, a student, to be scolded for no reason."

"There's really no need, Mr. Sun."

Seeing this, Su Mo quickly stopped Professor Sun's actions.

What a joke! If Professor Sun issues a statement to reduce the heat, who will he ask for the progress he missed?

Thinking of this, Su Mo said firmly, "Elder Sun, explaining this will only make things worse. Once our results are out in a few days, all the doubts will naturally disappear."

Seeing the worry still on Professor Sun's face, Su Mo smiled and said, "You can rest assured and get some rest. The rumors outside won't hurt me."

"Don't forget, when I released the Superbrain Gravity Dog Hypothesis, not only did the people at the Spine Wolf Breeding Center criticize me, but professors from other schools and netizens also joined in the criticism!"

"So it's nothing, I'm strong!"

Hearing Su Mo bring up the past and seeing that Su Mo's eyes seemed genuine, Professor Sun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

Seeing that Professor Sun had calmed down, Su Mo pointed to the experimental table behind him and said, "Professor Sun, if there's nothing else, I'll go back and study the medicine first."

"Okay, okay, go ahead and get busy. Don't let things outside affect your state of mind."

Professor Sun nodded repeatedly, afraid of delaying Su Mo's progress, and quickly left the room.

As the door closed, Professor Sun stood outside, recalling Su Mo's appearance just now, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

What a wonderful child!

Having suffered such a great injustice for no reason, he actually comforted himself with his past experiences without uttering a single complaint.

Thinking of this, Professor Sun thought: Since Su Mo trusts me so much, I must keep a closer eye on the upcoming special training and make sure no one else can laugh at me!

After seeing Professor Sun off, Su Mo casually opened his terminal and glanced at the online trends.

Thanks to the existing following, supportive and optimistic comments dominated the homepages of major forums:

[Su Shen is too amazing! He just figured out the evolution path of the pseudo-wolf, and he's already set his sights on the Green Velvet? What kind of monstrous productivity is this!]

Even Professor Sun is willing to personally supervise the project; it seems Su Shen has a big project in store for him this time!

[Regardless of what others say, I've already decided to form a contract with a Green Velvet Worm first. Once Su Shen's plan is announced, I'll take off!]

However, amidst the massive support, there were also some other researchers who were dissatisfied with Su Mo.

In the eyes of these researchers, Su Mo finding an evolutionary path was already incredibly lucky, and now he has found another one.

What are they supposed to do, people who have been unable to find an evolutionary path for decades?

Are they all just trying to scam funding?

Therefore, whether out of envy of Su Mo or simply out of doubt, their comments were full of sour grapes:

[Do they really think evolutionary pathways are as common as cabbages? That they can find new routes just by thinking about them casually? That's utterly ridiculous!]

[Exactly, we haven't even figured out the advanced plans for the Super Brain Gravity Dog yet. Let's fill that in first before thinking about anything else.]

I think his super-brain gravity hound evolution path is most likely to be abandoned. I feel sorry for all the beast tamers who were fooled into evolving it.

Besides directing their criticism at Su Mo, many self-proclaimed rational conservatives online have also turned their attention to Professor Sun: "Professor Sun is so old, how can he be fooling around with his students?"

[To claim that a stretching project, whose basic theoretical basis hasn't even been fully verified, can overturn the academic world? For such a statement to come from a leading figure in insect-based science is incredibly sloppy.]

[I think Old Sun is probably senile; he was fooled by Su Mo taking advantage of the previous wave of popularity!]

Looking at the heated arguments on the screen, some even suggesting they were about to fight through the internet, Su Mo wasn't angry at all. Instead, he smiled and shook his head with great pleasure.

In Su Mo's eyes, the progress of turning the fake into the real thing suddenly increased as these netizens discussed it.

"Let them argue, the louder they argue, the faster the progress will be."

With that thought, Su Mo turned off the terminal with satisfaction and turned his gaze to the experimental table.

Despite the hype, Su Mo was well aware that the conservative scholars who attacked him were right about one thing.

That is, this topic does indeed lack theoretical support.

If you want to shut up those trolls who are jumping up and down, you can't just rely on stretching experiments; it's best to respond with a research paper!

So, Su Mo sat down at the workbench and opened the manuscript left by Zhou Mingyuan.

Although the core derivation in this manuscript is wrong, the hundreds of sets of experimental data and the rejection results of more than a dozen wind-property materials recorded in it are excellent reference materials.

Su Mo stared at the record of failures on the manuscript, and his thoughts gradually became clearer.

Since Zhou Mingyuan has proven that forced catalysis won't work, let's completely change our approach!

Su Mo typed a title in the newly created document:

[On the effect of pharmaceutical agents on the wind attribute affinity of blue mites]

Immediately afterwards, a series of arguments quickly took shape on the screen.

Su Mo did not deliberately avoid Zhou Mingyuan's failure back then; on the contrary, he quoted extensively from the manuscript about the failure data, such as gene collapse and hair loss.

He used these erroneous experimental results as negative examples to deduce and prove the correctness of his theory of homologous resonance induction.

In this new theoretical closed loop, physical stretching training is responsible for activating the energy demand of segmental muscles.

The core function of the wind-attribute affinity potion, formulated using homologous substances, is to fundamentally enhance the affinity of the green velvet worm for wind-attribute energy.

Once the green velvet acquires wind affinity, wind energy is no longer an intrusive force that causes rejection, but can gently and naturally seep into every cell.

The combination of medication and stretching exercises works synergistically to perfectly solve the problem of genetic breakdown from a fundamental perspective.

As Su Mo continued typing, the thesis gradually took shape.

Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding the issue has not subsided; on the contrary, it has intensified over time.