Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 34 Military Order

A question mark appeared above Huangzhou's head.

Research?

What research could Qiao Bai possibly have?

But thinking of the crucial help Qiao Bai had given during the evolution of the honey bugs, Huang Zhou became more interested: "Go on, I'm listening."

"Here's the thing, after discovering the evolution of honey bugs, I had some personal ideas about pet evolution, and with the help of friends, I started to try to research new routes for pet evolution." Qiao Bai dropped a bombshell on Huang Zhou right off the bat.

Huang Zhou's face showed even more confusion.

No?

What did Qiao Bai say?

He, a student, someone who had no detailed knowledge of pet evolution, taught himself, practiced, and made discoveries.

If it weren't for Qiao Bai speaking, Huang Zhou would have kicked everyone out.

What nonsense are you spouting here!

Researching a new evolution path for pets is not something that can be done simply by reading two books!

Do you really think that the tens of millions of yuan invested in research funding in research institutes every year are a joke?

"Qiao Bai, you..." Huang Zhou's previously good impression of Qiao Bai plummeted, and his expression gradually turned ugly.

Qiao Bai didn't mind: "President Huang, I'm not joking. Let me tell you this, I have a new discovery, but please don't tell anyone else."

Huang Zhou rolled his eyes, signaling Qiao Bai to continue.

He wanted to hear what new discoveries Qiao Bai might have made, all this shrouded in mystery.

"Favorability rating," Qiao Bai said seriously.

kindness?

Huang Zhou frowned slightly, his expression changing slightly: "Favorability rating? What does that have to do with pet evolution?"

Qiao Bai used the same trick he had previously used to fool Qi Yue, Lin Weiwei, and Zhou Xinran, but upgraded it, making his rhetoric more refined and sounding quite convincing.

"...That's roughly it. I think the evolution of honey bugs into fairy butterflies is closely related to the affinity between the beast tamer and the pet. Based on this, I want to try other extraordinary creatures to see if they can also evolve through this method."

Qiao Bai's words made Huang Zhou fall into deep thought.

As the president of the NY City Beast Taming Alliance, Huang Zhou, although not a professional in pet evolution, has been exposed to a great deal of related knowledge through his interactions with various professors and other beast tamers.

At first glance, Qiao Bai's conjecture seemed to have no major flaws, and even brought him quite a few surprises.

If Zhou Xinran, or other professors specializing in pet evolution, had proposed the "favorability rating," Huang Zhou would have already believed it and allocated resources without hesitation.

When it was Qiao Bai's turn... Huang Zhou thought for a few more minutes: "What you said makes a lot of sense, but how are you going to prove it?"

He still couldn't help but ask questions with a hint of skepticism.

no way.

Qiao Bai lacks sufficient impressive paper achievements and practical results.

The evolution of the honey bugs was also a coincidence, and when it came to the allocation of truly large amounts of resources, Huang Zhou simply couldn't rely on it as a basis for trusting Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai could understand Huang Zhou's thoughts, and what he wanted was not the resources of the Beast Taming Alliance in the first place.

"Qi Yue's little fire fox is the latest subject of the affection experiment." Qiao Bai did not hide it from Huang Zhou. If nothing unexpected happens, the little fire fox will meet all the requirements for evolution in a month at most. He will tell Huang Zhou then.

To prevent Huang Zhou from thinking it was just luck, Qiao Bai also needed to start building his reputation in the academic world, and informing Huang Zhou in advance was a good option.

Qiao Bai looked at Huang Zhou with sincere eyes: "I want to come along to explore the mines this time because I want to see if fire-attribute mines can promote the evolution of the little fire fox, or if there are any herbs that are suitable for the little fire fox."

Completely hiding Little U's need for Dead Ore and transferring it to Little Firefox is perfectly reasonable and not at all abrupt.

"You don't need to provide me with any precious resources; my needs are all within your capabilities. The opportunity to go in and explore together, the permission to cultivate there later, and perhaps a few rather precious herbs—that's all."

Yep.

The first two items weren't too difficult, but the last one involved precious herbs.

According to the rules of the Forbidden Land, Beast Tamers need to pay a deposit to enter the Forbidden Land. The amount varies depending on the area they are going to and the length of time they need to stay. If they do not come out after the pre-confirmed time, the exploration team stationed in the Forbidden Land will go in to search for the Beast Tamer. Regardless of whether they find the Beast Tamer in the end, the deposit will be their reward for their mission.

If a beast tamer is in danger and is rescued by an expedition team, the beast tamer will have to pay additional compensation.

No matter how important money is, it's not as important as one's life, and beast tamers will never be stingy with this money.

If you successfully exit within the specified time, the deposit will belong to the alliance. However, generally speaking, the Beastmaster will not lose out, because the Beastmaster can take away two high-grade resources found in the area, or low-grade and mid-grade resources within a certain weight limit.

Any excess portion can be purchased at 50% of the market price and taken away.

It's a pretty good profit no matter what.

There are many precious herbs and minerals that can easily fetch millions or tens of millions of dollars on the market, with higher-grade herbs being even more scarce and difficult to find.

Take it away for half the market price, and even if you don't use it yourself, you can make a fortune by reselling it.

of course.

The higher the grade of the resource, the more likely it is to harbor extremely dangerous supernatural creatures. If you are not strong enough, it is not entirely impossible to lose your life by accident.

Opportunities come with risks, that's reasonable.

What Qiao Bai wanted, Huang Zhou also wanted, and perhaps even more clearly.

Whether it's the opportunity to go in and explore together, the subsequent entry into cultivation, or even precious herbs... all of these are within Huangzhou's authority to decide for himself.

Moreover, these investments are a drop in the ocean compared to the resources that other professors specializing in pet animals receive each year; they are negligible.

Huang Zhou pondered for a moment: "I only have one question: how exactly are the requirements for the 'favorability' you mentioned quantified?"

Qiao Bai sighed in admiration. As expected of the president of the NY City Beast Taming Alliance, he hit the nail on the head and got straight to the point.

"Well..." Qiao Bai realized that human potential is limitless, and that pushing people can always lead to ideas: "It's just an idea, but when beast tamers and their pets experience significant emotional fluctuations during their interactions, they generate unique mental waves. Could these fluctuations be captured and quantified by instruments?"

"I think this might be a way of showing the affinity between pets and their tamers."

"However, the quantitative standards... still need to be carefully considered and studied."

The person who made this up is Qiao Bai.

He came up with this explanation on a sudden inspiration.

That makes sense, but not much.

Quantifying the elusive concept of favorability is not an easy task in itself.

Huang Zhou also realized that Qiao Bai was talking nonsense: "You really don't hide anything from me, you were just thinking about this, weren't you?"

Qiao Bai smiled slightly and remained silent.

Whoops!

What happened to the promise to see through things but not say anything?

"Who told you not to expose what you've seen through?" Huang Zhou rolled his eyes at Qiao Bai.

However, Huang Zhou still laughed out loud, and his expression was not as serious as before: "At first, I really thought you were talking nonsense, but after listening to the rest, I felt that your idea was not without feasibility. I just didn't trust you enough."

Huangzhou made no attempt to conceal this fact.

Qiao Bai nodded: "I understand, I understand. Mutual trust is a process. Before that, we don't have the seed of trust, so how can we expect it to blossom?"

"However, I hope you will give me a chance to prove myself."

It must be said that Qiao Bai's later rambling actually made Huang Zhou trust him more than he had initially believed.

Huang Zhou pursed his lips and thought for two seconds before saying, "I agree to your request, but you have to give me a written guarantee!"

"Prove to me that the evolution of extraordinary beings is linked to your favorability rating!"

"It doesn't matter if it's not a new evolutionary path, but there must be results!"

The little fox can eventually evolve into a fire fox.

after all.

Although the evolution path of the Fire Fox has been discovered, not all little foxes can evolve into Fire Fox.

As long as Qiao Bai can prove that favorability is linked to evolution, Huang Zhou will be satisfied.

"If you can't do it, then you can expect to work for the Beast Taming Alliance to pay off your debts!"

"Don't underestimate me." Qiao Bai's lips curled up, his smile brimming with confidence: "In the end, I'll definitely scare you, Uncle Huang."

P.S.: Fewer and fewer people are reading this book, I'm going bald, please don't give up on it, dear readers!

(End of this chapter)