My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 57 The Root of the Epidemic

Upon hearing that Jiang Shuqi was specifically handling disease outbreaks at the breeding base, Zhou Lu immediately accepted the offer.

He doesn't care about being slapped in the face; as long as he has a stable income from attributes and skills, he can even be shameless.

Jiang Shuqi was startled by Zhou Lu's sudden enthusiasm: "You... hello."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but look behind Zhou Lu.

It wasn't that she intentionally neglected Zhou Lu, but rather that the fireworks, which had transformed into a ruthless capturing machine not far away, were simply too eye-catching.

Countless vines burst forth from the firework's body, continuously throwing the sick, sticky babies into the storage room.

In order to complete its master's task better and faster, Hanabi even multitasked, using her "runners" to distribute the divisions to the farthest distance she could control.

Then vines also grow from this division, pointing towards other breeding sheds.

The captured sticky babies are continuously transported to the side of the main body of the firework through the vines of the stems and the undulation of the leaves, and then sent into the treatment chamber through the main body's vines.

In an instant, starting with fireworks, the little grass wove a production line with vines to transport the sticky babies.

In just the time it took for a few people to talk, Huahuo had already emptied the codlings of several sick piglets in the nearby breeding sheds.

Jiang Shuqi's eyes lit up as she watched the fireworks in action.

This is simply... a natural-born claw machine god body!

Such a spirit beast is perfect for assisting in capturing sick spirit beasts at the breeding base!

With this thought in mind, Jiang Shuqi, who was initially confused, suddenly became interested and asked Zhou Lu, "Is this student also a student of Tianyi Academy?"

"Yes, I am Li Yi's classmate."

Jiang Shuqi scrutinized Zhou Lu and smiled, "Would you be interested in working part-time for me?"

Holy crap? Is it really that simple?

Zhou Lu was naturally overjoyed.

But happiness came far too quickly.

He originally thought he would have to subtly approach Jiang Shuqi to get this part-time opportunity.

Actually, this is because Zhou Lu didn't do his homework.

Nursing teams, especially those like Jiang Shuqi who travel to various breeding bases, often recruit interested students from the academy to assist with their work.

The reason is quite simple.

College student products are cheap and durable...

Oh, no, it's that I'm passionate about my work.

"However, regarding salary..." Jiang Shuqi said, a troubled expression on her face.

As a seasoned working-class man in his previous life, Zhou Lu was all too familiar with this kind of expression.

Whenever the boss paints a super tempting picture in front of you and then makes this face, it's definitely because he's thinking of getting something for free.

Zhou Lu patted his chest and declared righteously, "No salary is no problem! My main motivation is my love for animals!"

puff-

As soon as Zhou Lu finished speaking, a sticky baby was squeezed out of the fireworks in the distance.

"..."

The sticky baby quickly glued his body back together.

But Zhou Lu was completely embarrassed.

However, Jiang Shuqi's attention didn't seem to be on that. She looked at the sticky baby who had glued himself back together and narrowed her eyes: "There is still a salary. The main issue is your time."

"Time is absolutely no problem!" Zhou Lu quickly showed the QR code, indicating that he wanted to add him as a friend to chat in detail.

While operating her phone, Jiang Shuqi said to Li Yi beside her, "I've found the source of the silver blood disease at this base, but..."

"But what?" Li Yi asked hurriedly.

The Xin'an Sticky Baby Breeding Base is their family's most important business. If something serious happens here, the family will definitely not have a comfortable year.

Jiang Shuqi adjusted her glasses: "Come with me."

As she spoke, she led the two to the laboratory at the breeding base.

Zhou Lu saw several silver sticky babies wriggling around in the laboratory.

If it weren't for their silver exterior, it would be really hard to tell that they are sick clingy babies.

"The psoriatic leukemia of sticky babies is generally believed in medicine to be caused by a special type of bacteria."

As Jiang Shuqi spoke, she turned on her computer and showed Li Yi the experimental data on it.

"But I didn't find this bacteria on these sticky babies," Jiang Shuqi said very seriously. "Moreover, apart from their silvery appearance, these sticky babies don't have any other characteristics that match the symptoms of pyuria."

"What?" Li Yi was startled and quickly checked the experimental data.

"I tested the water and feed samples from your base over the past month and found some problems." Jiang Shuqi took out a form and pushed it in front of Li Yi.

"I discovered a plant called silverleaf grass in the sticky baby's food."

Li Yi immediately said, "Silverleaf grass, it's a very normal weed."

"But you didn't have any silverleaf grass before." Jiang Shuqi adjusted her glasses.

"You mean, silverleaf is poisonous to sticky babies?"

"No! Sticky Baby has a special reaction to Silverleaf Grass." Jiang Shuqi's glasses reflected the light from the ceiling. "You understand what I mean, right?"

Li Yi opened his mouth: "You mean...special evolution?"

As the eldest son of the family, Li Yi naturally knew about the evolution path of the Sticky Baby. The standard evolution path did not require Silverleaf Grass as a material.

"Silverleaf alone is not enough to induce them to undergo special evolution," Jiang Shuqi said slowly. "It must be paired with water containing specific metallic components to induce the sticky babies to undergo special evolution."

As she spoke, Jiang Shuqi picked up a water sample and waved it in front of Li Yi: "Unfortunately, I detected this metallic component in the water sample from your base."

"Special evolution... It's actually special evolution..." Li Yi didn't know what to say for a moment.

"It hasn't fully evolved yet, which is why it's treatable," Jiang Shuqi said calmly. "Of course, if you think this is a good thing, you can also stop our treatment work."

Is this a bad thing? Discovering a unique evolutionary path is definitely not a bad thing.

But there's no such thing as a coincidence in this world!

"Excuse me, Professor Jiang," Li Yi hurriedly asked, "about this special evolutionary path..."

"It's absolutely not good for business." Jiang Shuqi gave Li Yi a deep look. "Unless we go back a thousand years right now."

"What do you mean?"

"In ancient times, sticky babies under these conditions underwent a special evolution and transformed into a creature called Tianquan."

"They secrete a liquid called 'heavenly water'."

"This liquid was one of the main ingredients in many elixirs made by ancient immortals."

An immortal?!

Zhou Lu's heart skipped a beat, but he calmly asked, "Does that include Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"Foundation Building Pill?" Jiang Shuqi looked at Zhou Lu with some surprise. "You actually know about this?"

I read it on an online novel.

"That's true." Jiang Shuqi smiled. "Novelists always use these ancient materials for their own purposes. Yes, Tianshui is indeed the main ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pills."

Zhou Lu was surprised that Jiang Shuqi was so straightforward; he thought everyone was a riddle-maker like Xiao Xi: "Is this something that can be said?"

"What's wrong with talking about this? If you're determined to find it, you can even find the relevant formulas online," Jiang Shuqi said casually. "It's just that most of the ingredients are extinct, so it's impossible for you to recreate them."

"Can't it be reproduced...?"

Ignoring Zhou Lu, who was deep in thought, Jiang Shuqi turned to Li Yi and said, "This is such a coincidence, and such a large-scale mutation is absolutely unreasonable. I suspect that someone deliberately released something to induce the sticky babies to undergo a special evolution."

Li Yi's expression immediately turned serious.

We failed to advance... We'll be playing the revival match next Tuesday, so please stay tuned!

I'm in a bad mood, so I'm going out for a nice meal. The next chapter will be updated later.

(End of this chapter)