Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 282 Rune Mechanical Armament

"This...this is still the Arctic Ice Wolf's Ice Impact?"

Zhuge Chen looked at the target in front of Garurumon, which had turned into countless ice shards, with some surprise. He obviously couldn't connect it with the Arctic Ice Wolf's signature move, Frost Impact.

How come he remembered that Frost Impact at most froze the target for a period of time and then caused some frost damage?

"Of course not. It's just that the external armor absorbed the energy of the polar ice wolf, and only after being amplified by ice runes could this effect be produced. Hmm, I call it, Extreme Cold Freezing Air!"

Bai Qi smiled. Recently, he had been engrossed in researching the fusion technology of machinery and flesh. Although he hadn't made much progress, he had unintentionally created this external armor. Judging from its current appearance, the effect was quite good.

Well, it's just that the energy consumption might be a bit high.

Bai Qi glanced at Garuru, who was clearly exhausted after the armor absorbed its energy, and silently recorded it on his personal AI.

The energy absorption system needs an additional control device, and it would be best to add an independent energy source inside the armor.

Tsk, it's a pity we haven't found a way to fuse machinery and flesh yet, otherwise energy utilization could definitely be improved to another level, and we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble.

"Extremely cold air?"

Zhuge Chen stared at the armor on Garurumon, still shimmering with blue runes, for a long time before finally realizing what was happening. He said, "So, Bai Qi, you specially designed this armor to enhance the pets of Spirit Masters?"

"Enhancing the pet beast of a Spirit Master? No, this should be considered an accidental result."

Bai Qi shook his head somewhat blankly. He only wanted to research the mechanical flesh-blood fusion technology so that he could exchange it for seventh-tier technology from Professor Chu. He hadn't thought about anything else.

After all, a Spirit Master's pet isn't incapable of evolving. As long as the materials are available, it can still be upgraded. At most, it might become stronger and look down on its Spirit Master, thus defecting.

However, Zhuge Chen's words did give him a bit of inspiration.

Enhancing the external armor of pets seems like a promising avenue.

"Beastmaster, as a fellow mecha pilot, I feel it's necessary to remind you that you have too many projects to research lately. Please don't get distracted any further."

Perhaps sensing Bai Qi's thoughts, Shu Ke, who had also come to observe the data, couldn't help but offer a reminder.

Are there many projects?

Bai Qi scratched his head in confusion. He had Alpha runes, Shuk runes for machines, and Delta runes for living beings. He felt quite empty.

"Never mind, forget I said anything."

Seeing Bai Qi's appearance, Shu Ke sighed helplessly.

It's hard to say whether it's good luck or bad luck to have a beast tamer who only knows how to start but not how to finish.

There are so many projects worth studying in depth, but none of them have been seriously researched. Is it because of good talent that they can be so willful?

Seeing that Shuke was no longer asking questions, Bai Qi didn't bother with them anymore and continued to think about the feasibility of the external armor.

If we temporarily set aside the fusion technology of the machine and flesh and want to make this external armor more combat-ready, then we need to improve the energy absorption and control system. However, it shouldn't be a problem to spend some time on it. We could even install an energy storage device to absorb the energy that is dissipated during normal times for later use.

The battle structure might be a bit complicated. Although the association only offers three types of pets to choose from now, once the Spirit Balls become more widespread, the variety of pets will definitely increase. At that time, the external armor designed for different attributes, races, and sizes will be more and more diverse.

Tsk, I feel like I can't handle it all by myself.

"Bai Qi? Bai Qi?"

Seeing Bai Qi muttering to himself as if possessed, Zhuge Chen couldn't help but gently pat Bai Qi's shoulder to wake him up.

Are you alright?

Bai Qi shook his head and smiled, "I'm fine, and I should thank you for your advice."

"Suggestion? What did I say?"

Zhuge Chen was somewhat bewildered, then saw Bai Qi begin disassembling Garurumon's external armor and quickly said, "Didn't you say it was a gift for Garurumon? Why are you taking it back?"

"This technique is a bit rough. I just had some new ideas. I'll give it to you after I've revised it."

While deftly disassembling the external armor, Bai Qi asked Zhuge Chen, "By the way, I remember the Wuhou Consortium also has a subsidiary specializing in mechanical engineering, right?"

Zhuge Chen nodded and said, "Yes, there are some, but because there aren't many good mechanics and mech pilots to move in, there's basically nothing to show for it."

"That's good enough. You can ask Uncle Zhuge later if he'd mind having another unique creation."

"Unique creations?"

Zhuge Chen was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized what he meant. He looked at the external armor in Bai Qi's hand and asked, "You mean this external armor?"

Bai Qi smiled and said, "Of course, selling armor that can enhance combat power in the breeding center should be very popular, right?"

"It's not just popular; if you time it right, it'll definitely be a hit!"

A glint flashed in Zhuge Chen's eyes, and the merchant's soul lurking in his bloodline was instantly awakened.

"In the initial distribution of Spirit Orbs, people probably won't pay much attention to the issue of combat power. However, the Spirit House can collaborate with the Beastmaster Association to host a battle between Spirit Masters. At that time, we can bring out the External Armor and have it dominate the championship. This will definitely attract everyone's attention. Then, the Spirit House can gradually release more..."

A complete set of business strategies came out of Zhuge Chen's mouth, leaving Bai Qi stunned.

This is just the external armor. If we tell him about the special sphere, will this guy go even crazier?

Indeed, what's in one's blood cannot be hidden.

Huh?

(Human, what do you think is the difference between you and him?)

Beta looked speechlessly at Bai Qi, who was filled with emotion. Speaking of bloodline inheritance, his own Beastmaster was the best inheritor, wasn't he? He would never forget those two lunatics who wanted to slice him into pieces as soon as they met.

Family genetics, family genetics!

……

Star Machine Academy.

Rune Evolution Special Topic Group.

Because of the advent of second-stage evolution, the workload of the special task force has increased dramatically. In addition to testing the compatibility between the first and second-stage evolutions of different pets, the focus of the work is gradually shifting to third-stage evolution.

Compared to the relatively traceable two-stage evolution, the difficulty of the three-stage evolution is simply outrageous. It can be said that they have no direction at all and can only try to deduce along the lines of Bai Qi's two-stage evolution.

"Professor Dong, these are some of my guesses about the three stages of evolution that I've been making over the past two days. Would you like to take a look?"

A middle-aged man with a composed appearance approached Professor Dong with a document in his hand and said, "I have strengthened the structure for enhancing the soul of pet beasts. Perhaps this can stimulate a qualitative change in the soul of the pet beast, thereby enabling it to undergo three stages of evolution."

Professor Dong took the document, carefully read through it, shook his head, and said, "This can at most be considered an enhancement of the second stage of evolution, and the proportion of the soul is too large, which may easily harm the pet."

The man was taken aback upon hearing this. He took the document and checked it again, and indeed realized the problem.

"It seems that the difficulty of this third stage of evolution is even higher than that of the second stage."

The man sighed and said, "By the way, where's Bai Qi... Team Leader Bai? I heard he's already back in Gusu City. Why hasn't he come to check on the task force?"

Professor Dong smiled and said, "I'm not surprised at all. Bai Qi's focus isn't on rune evolution, and we can't keep pinning our hopes on a young man. We'd be too embarrassed to face anyone if word got out."

The man felt a little ashamed upon hearing this. Indeed, after Bai Qi easily solved the second stage of evolution that had troubled them for so long, they would unconsciously think of Bai Qi whenever they encountered problems. Now that they thought about it, they really felt ashamed.

"Oh? Professor Dong, are you busy? I'll come back later."

Just as the two were reflecting, Bai Qi suddenly appeared at the door of Professor Dong's office. Upon seeing Professor Dong and Bai Qi deep in thought, he immediately prepared to leave.

As the leader of the Rune Evolution Special Project Team, this was Bai Qi's first time here. He was already a little nervous, and seeing the others busy at work made him even more nervous.

"Come in, I'm not busy anymore. Besides, with the team leader here, even the busiest person has to stop."

Hearing Professor Dong's slightly reproachful words, Bai Qi felt even more embarrassed. He coughed awkwardly twice and looked at the middle-aged man next to Professor Dong, asking, "And who is this?"

"Mo Lin, researcher of the Rune Evolution Special Research Group, Team Leader Bai, please guide me in the future."

"No, no, I wouldn't dare."

Bai Qi scratched his head, but did not respond to the other person's words.

If it weren't for something else, he probably wouldn't have come to the task force, and Mo Lin might not have seen him tomorrow.

"By the way, Bai Qi, did you come to the special task force for something? Do you have some new insights into the three-stage evolution?"

Professor Dong looked at Bai Qi with some doubt, while Mo Lin, who was standing to the side, suddenly perked up.

Is Bai Qi going to help the task force overcome another obstacle on his first visit to the task force?

"Three stages of evolution? Of course not."

Bai Qi waved his hand. The second stage of evolution was something he had accidentally discovered from the general terracotta warrior. He had no idea about the third stage of evolution or anything like that.

Even if it exists, he won't study it for the time being, otherwise he doubts whether Shuke and the others will just quit and go on strike.

"So what are you doing?"

Although somewhat disappointed, Professor Dong wasn't surprised and continued, "You don't seem like the kind of person who would wander around aimlessly when you're bored."

Bai Qi chuckled awkwardly and said, "I've recently come up with some new stuff, but I might not be able to handle it all by myself, so I'd like to ask the special task force for help."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Dong immediately became interested, and Mo Lin also perked up his ears, his face full of anticipation.

"Bai Sihe" is a nickname for Bai Qi that has recently been circulating online. Although it carries a hint of mockery and jealousy, Mo Lin thinks it is quite fitting.

That's why he was also eager to see what kind of groundbreaking research could make Bai Qi take the initiative to seek help.

boom!

To the astonishment of Professor Dong and the others, Bai Qi took out a piece of metal armor that gleamed with a silver luster.

"This is... a mechanical creation? Team Leader Bai, you've come to the wrong place. You should go to the Mecha Academy to ask for help."

Mo Lin couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, but he shut his mouth after seeing the runes that suddenly lit up above.

Bai Qi patted the external armor in front of him and said, "This runic mechanical weapon requires knowledge of both mechanics and runes, so I thought I'd come here to ask if anyone is willing to help."

(End of this chapter)