Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 272 The Great Conman~

Seeing that Bai Heguang did not reprimand Bai Qi for his behavior, Duan Meng was also somewhat surprised, but considering Bai Qi's recent performance, he stopped worrying about it.

With such a mischievous disciple around, everyone's nerves would probably become thicker.

"However, there are quite a few traditional beast tamers among the new students, and Bai Qi's words just now will probably cause them to resist."

"It's alright, they're just some students who haven't gone out to gain experience yet. Bai Qi can handle them."

Bai Heguang glanced at Bai Qi, who had run backstage to check the courseware, then looked at Duan Meng and said, "I might be gone for a long time this time, so I'll leave Acha and Bai Qi in your care."

Duan Meng nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Bai Chuanqi. You can leave this to us."

As the honorary dean, Bai Heguang didn't actually need to personally manage affairs, but his personality made it impossible for him to simply hold the title. So, Bai Heguang still rushed back to the Necromancer Department to handle some core business amidst his busy schedule.

Of course, there might also be a reason to check on Bai Qi and Bai Qiucha's condition.

Upon hearing Duan Meng's words, Bai Heguang nodded slightly and then quickly left the room.

"Bai Qi is truly lucky to have Bai Chuanqi take him so seriously..."

Seeing Bai Qi back in the spotlight, Duan Meng couldn't help but sigh, and then continued watching.

……

"Ahem, due to some unforeseen circumstances, the slides from the previous presentation cannot be played temporarily. Sorry everyone."

After confirming the content of the courseware, Bai Qi completely gave up his plan to slack off and had no choice but to bite the bullet and take charge himself.

It wasn't that he didn't want to be lazy; it was just that Shuke's course materials were indeed quite packed with useful information.

"The Metal Structure of Skeletal Creatures", "The Physical Combination of Multi-Headed Skeletal Creatures", "The Feasibility of Hosting an Intelligent Brain for Undead Creatures"...

All sorts of strange and unusual ideas kept popping up, and Bai Qi had every reason to suspect that Shuke had been planning this for a long time.

However, that's not the key point. Although it involves mechanical modifications related to the undead, it is indeed quite feasible. But after seeing the string of Buddhist terms like "rebirth" and "afterlife" at the end, Bai Qi couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

Needless to say, this part was definitely prepared by that idiot Beta.

He didn't want to be arrested as a cult leader for promoting Buddhism in the Beast Taming World.

"Teacher Bai, is it alright if I address you this way?"

Seeing Bai Qi's embarrassed appearance, Li Xin, who already had some reservations about Bai Qi, stood up and said, "You just said that the necromancy system is a completely new kind of creature, and I agree with that. But I have some reservations about merging the necromancy system with machinery."

Upon hearing Li Xin's words, Bai Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, I ran into someone who was nitpicking.

"So what do you think we should do?"

However, Bai Qi was not angry and looked at Li Xin calmly.

"The undead are the undead, the bearers of the power of shadow. Whether it is skeletons or souls, they are all born from the shadow. Randomly modifying them will only make the undead gradually drift away from the power of shadow, and the final result will inevitably be a hybrid, neither fish nor fowl."

Li Xin's words resonated with many people. Some of those who had previously supported Bai Qi now looked at him with scrutiny, wanting to see what explanation he could offer.

"You're right, the power of shadow is indeed the core of the necromancy system, and I think I mentioned that in my presentation slides earlier."

Bai Qi smiled faintly and said, "As for your point about haphazard modifications, I'd like to ask first, have you used rune evolution?"

Li Xin frowned slightly, wondering why Bai Qi suddenly brought up rune evolution at this moment, but he still nodded and said, "Rune evolution is a unique product of our necromancy system, so of course it exists, and I have already successfully used the second stage of evolution."

"So you know that the way of thinking about two-stage evolution originated from the mechanical engineering field?"

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, Li Xin instinctively wanted to mock him.

One is runes, the other is machinery. The idea of ​​rune evolution actually comes from machinery. Do you really think he's stupid?

Fortunately, Li Xin realized what was happening before he could finish speaking.

The guy in front of him spouting nonsense seems to be the founder of Rune Evolution.

Seeing Li Xin's hesitant expression, Bai Qi smiled and continued, "I think many of you here have already used rune evolution or rune second-stage evolution, but I doubt any of you have considered the underlying principles, have you?"

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. Although they were very curious about the evolution of runes, most of them gave up because they also needed to study rune literature. They would never think about the principles behind it.

Bai Qi was not surprised to see this. He snapped his fingers, and the backstage staff, who were prepared, immediately brought a skeleton soldier to the front.

Because of the course requirements, skeletons are almost an essential consumable in every class, and they are already very familiar with them.

Bai Qi brought the skeleton soldier to Li Xin, glanced at the nameplate on Li Xin's school uniform, and asked, "Li Xin, right? Can you tell me, if I contracted a skeleton soldier, how would you train it?"

Li Xin paused for a moment and said, "The skeleton soldier's level is too low, there is no need to train it. If you really want to train it, you can put it in a place with abundant shadow power to nurture and improve its aptitude, and increase its possibility of evolution."

"A very standard answer, but unfortunately, it's wrong."

Bai Qi shook his head and said, "Just like you said, the skeleton soldiers are too low-level to be worth training. But those who contract skeleton soldiers, aside from some special cases, are basically from families that lack resources. Do you think such families can afford to spend money on casting shadow power on their skeleton soldiers?"

Li Xin was speechless upon hearing this, but he was still not convinced.

Beast Taming is not a profession that ordinary people can afford to play. If you can't even afford the resources in the early stages, then you can forget about the later stages.

Li Xin's judgment was affected by his personal emotions, but Deng E below understood some of the meaning.

So, the evolution of runes was created to help those with relatively poor conditions? No wonder Bai Qi, who is the same age as them, can achieve such a level. This level is indeed beyond their reach.

Sure enough, upon seeing the unconvinced look on Li Xin's face, Bai Qi revealed a smug smile. He walked up to the skeleton soldier and said, "This skeleton soldier has a robust skeleton, so it is more suitable for training in the direction of defense or melee combat. As long as runes are added in the right place to promote its evolution, it can have a certain combat power."

"Only by gaining a certain level of combat strength can a Beastmaster rely on this skeleton soldier to acquire more resources to improve themselves. Li Xin, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xin pursed his lips and said, "In the end, it still comes down to evolution. Not just anyone can learn rune evolution."

"No, no, no, the second stage of evolution might be a bit more difficult, but most people should be able to master the first stage on their own."

At this point, Bai Qi took out a rune carving knife and quickly carved a tempering rune on the skeleton soldier's spine. Then he took the same type of material brought by the staff and put it on, and the skeleton soldier instantly evolved into a steel-type steel skull.

"As everyone has seen, the entire evolution process took no more than five minutes, and the rune-carving team I led has already made it public. As for this inferior material, I imagine none of you here would normally consider it worthwhile, right?"

Bai Qi looked at the crowd below the stage and said, "Learning the complete rune system may be very stressful, but I think learning a single direction shouldn't be a problem for any of you, right?"

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. Indeed, if one were to specialize in a particular area, not to mention them, many people could do it, and carving it themselves wouldn't be a big problem.

"But what good does it do? I'm still just a servant."

Seeing this, Li Xin still refused to admit defeat, and Bai Qi didn't care. He continued to carve along the runes from before. To everyone's surprise, a complete two-stage evolution structure appeared on the Steel Skull. With the output of the mental energy storage device, the Steel Skull evolved again, but it did not evolve into a golden armored corpse. Instead, it became a steel warrior of the same level.

Seeing Bai Qi's skillful operation, those who initially had doubts about him gradually dispelled their thoughts and began to acknowledge him.

Such a complex structure could not be depicted so smoothly even by the teachers in the department who are specifically responsible for helping with evolution. Perhaps the second-stage evolution really was researched by Bai Qi.

"I now possess an elite creature. Am I eligible to earn resources for its further development?"

Li Xin remained silent upon hearing this, but did not continue to refute it.

Although Lord-level beast tamers are the backbone of the beast tamer force, Elite-level beast tamers are more than capable of earning some training resources.

At least, it's sufficient for their current level.

"I know that many of you have contracted with lord-level creatures and are not interested in elite-level creatures, but you should know that most beast tamers cannot raise all their pets. In addition, there are not many choices in the early stages, so many beast tamers' main pet is not their first pet."

"In that case, why bother with the first pet? You can raise it with minimal effort and acquire enough resources before you can choose a stronger one."

As soon as Bai Qi said this, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Bai Qi's performance in drawing runes and his unique explanation of beast taming were both refreshing. They began to forget that Bai Qi was still a student and slowly regarded him as a teacher.

We finally managed to fool them!

Looking at the group of students below the stage who were completely convinced, Bai Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had managed to fool them successfully, so teaching would be much easier from now on.

"However, this still doesn't explain the fact that you mentioned earlier about the combination of machinery and the undead. Rune evolution, at best, only references a part of the thought process."

Seeing himself reduced to a clown, Li Xin gritted his teeth and brought back the question that Bai Qi had deliberately forgotten.

"You want to see the fusion of the undead and machines?"

Bai Qi looked at Li Xin helplessly. He had thought he could fool them into forgetting about these things, but now it seemed that he had no choice but to come up with something substantial. As for the teacher, he would figure out a way to explain later.

"Shuke, come out and assemble the Andromon!"

(End of this chapter)