Starting with the Broken-Winged Frost Butterfly: Beast Taming

The silly netizens are still chatting about everything under the sun.

Staff members are busy preparing supplies.

Zhu Ran took a closer look at the broken-winged frost butterfly.

Butterfly-shaped pets truly live up to their reputation for high aesthetic appeal.

Even with only two wings left, it is still breathtakingly beautiful.

but……

The female is large and the male is small, the female is dark and the male is bright.

The female's abdomen is rounded and blunt, while the male's abdomen is pointed and clamped.

This is the basic formula for determining the sex of butterflies.

Zhu Ran circled around for half a turn but didn't see the clamp-shaped copulatory organ.

—This looks like a girl?

"babble……"

The broken-winged frost butterfly opened its eyes.

Those compound eyes, composed of thousands upon thousands of tiny hexagonal eyes arranged in a staggered pattern, should have been as radiant as crystal and jade, but due to weakness and pain, they were reduced to a dim, listless glow, which evoked pity in me.

I saw Zhu Ran.

It revealed a complex emotion that was hard to describe.

at a loss.

Wronged.

timid.

sad.

despair.

There was no anger, however.

"Little one, it seems you know this was an accident, not something I did on purpose to hurt you."

Zhu Ran murmured to himself.

Then he smiled knowingly.

Don't panic.

I will take action.

"Mr. Zhu, here are the spiritual materials you need."

In just fifteen minutes, three boxes were placed in front of Zhu Ran.

After Zhu Ran finished counting, he nodded slightly.

He glanced at the clock.

13 points.

There are still more than four hours left in the competition.

but.

Isn't it a bit too blatant to just jump straight into the phased plan?

In this world, erroneous evolution is a top-tier scientific challenge. Given the same amount of time, energy, and money, scholars would rather study healthy, entirely new life forms, as the probability of success is higher.

If he had kept quiet and miraculously turned things around, his reputation would have soared.

but.

Without the support of real strength, and being just an ordinary person.

How can you ensure that your destiny is not arbitrarily controlled by worldly affairs?

"Little Butterfly, take a nap. I need to put on a show first."

Zhu Ran gazed at her with gentle eyes.

The broken-winged frost butterfly seemed to sense something, let out a mournful cry, curled up on the ground, and trembled slightly.

"What is he doing?"

"It looks like water is boiling."

"Zhu picked up the wet moss, threw it into the pot... and nothing happened."

"Look, he's taken out butterfly scale powder again!"

"It seems to be mixed up with something."

Nothing happened.

Netizens watched with great interest.

Zhu Ran remained calm and composed, fiddling with this and that at times, slowly and methodically, without any haste.

then.

In less than half an hour, netizens couldn't sit still anymore.

The popularity plummeted.

13 points.

"Hey guys, look at the sub-channel! Contestant number five in the next room has bred a bright red cockroach! (Image)"

"How disgusting! With so many choices, why breed cockroaches? I declare contestant number five eliminated!"

"Nonsense! Cockroaches are very clean, okay? Don't be prejudiced. Let me show you my baby green cockroaches! (Picture of a beautiful woman sleeping with her breasts blurred)"

"Emm, I won't comment on whether it's good or bad. I only know that red cockroaches can be used in medicine. My grandfather drank cockroach-branded Kangfuxin liquid after his burn last time, and it worked wonders."

Interesting, a red cockroach?

Killing them will trigger a self-destruction. Collect a male and female pair, and you'll have a self-destruction squad...

Zhu Ran couldn't keep staring at the screen, as that would make him seem unprofessional.

While pondering, I symbolically scraped off some frost butterfly scale powder, and then triggered a small-scale frost in the reactor.

The audience's attention was once again drawn to the screen.

But everything was too bland, just like a real study—tedious, boring, and uninteresting.

"First, switch the main channel to line 5 and focus on filming the red cockroaches for a while."

The director, watching the steadily declining number of viewers, sighed and gave a helpless instruction:

"Xiao Yin, go to that room and interview contestant number five."

"OK."

Xiao Yin glanced at Zhu Ran and calmly left the scene.

14 points.

Only one camera chicken remained in the room.

Zhu Ran threw the Ice Magic Stone into the icy pool.

He then took out some unimportant spiritual materials and calmly began his research.

"I woke up, and nothing had happened?"

"You think that if he could figure out this flawed evolutionary process, I'd eat him!"

"Young people should make the most of their funding. Seize every opportunity to gain experience, and you'll have a better chance of becoming a big shot in the future."

The comments section became increasingly quiet.

14 points.

"Ding ding ding! Contestant number 3 failed to breed the 'Burnt Beetle,' while contestant number 2 successfully bred the 'Flametail Locust.' The champion is now clear!"

14 points.

A pop-up window also appeared in the lower right corner of the live stream, congratulating contestant number 2, Mao Zhenbo, on his outstanding achievement.

"Wow, that's amazing! Only 20,000 yuan in total, and the budget is strictly controlled. There's some leeway in raising D-grade pets, but with C-grade ones, even a small mistake is ruined. Brother Mao is truly impressive!"

Flametail Locust?

Zhu Ran noticed that the number of viewers in the live stream had plummeted to double digits, and it was already ten minutes later.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

At this moment, with his back to the camera, he poured all the prepared powder into the glass bucket.

then.

The ice magic stones that absorb all the water in the cold pool are thrown into it in a specific order, with specific force and rhythm.

"Gurgle—"

A large amount of white bubbles gushed out of the glass bucket.

Zhu Ran put on a protective mask, carefully stirred the mixture, and strands of spiritual energy seeped from his fingertips.

It's really inconvenient not having a spiritual eye.

However, the steps of the phased plan were clear and straightforward, and this body was a veteran of countless battles; there was no reason for him to fail.

"Now!"

Zhu Ran observed that the liquid's color tended towards a translucent silver.

Like dewdrops glistening under the moonlight.

The remaining spiritual materials were all thrown in at once.

When the camera adjusted its angle and focused on Zhu Ran's face again, all that could be seen was the sediment in the glass bucket, with Zhu Ran stirring it diligently, fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

I'm so tired.

In this world, concocting potions actually requires sacrificing one's mental energy.

His level of self-preservation was practically the same as that of a frail scholar.

Zhu Ran was halfway through her rant.

As the cold mist rose, the liquid in the glass bucket suddenly became clear and transparent, without a trace of impurity.

"Big brother, wake up, it's time to take your medicine."

The finished product has been produced.

Zhu Ran descended onto the test platform, aimed at the crouching, broken-winged frost butterfly, and with a flick of his wrist, splashed out a clear liquid.

"babble!"

The frosty butterfly was startled and struggled fiercely.

After lying there for several hours, it regained some strength, and frost began to condense under its two wings, vaguely forming the shape of a cannonball.

but.

The medicine was poured on first.

Like an iceberg overturning.

A bone-chilling cold surged into her body and surged around, causing the Broken-Winged Frost Butterfly's body to suddenly stiffen, and her expression gradually became frozen.

Ten breaths later.

Layers of ice crystals spread and enveloped the area.

The butterfly's body came to a complete stop.

An ice sculpture, crystal clear, appeared on the test bench.

Like a white porcelain jade bowl, it is cool and fragile.