Please be my partner.

Although it looks a bit like a system panel, in fact, the combination and arrangement of those information are formed according to Mellen's own cognition.

3. The wolf-shaped pendant can absorb the mysterious energy emitted by extraordinary life after death and transform it into energy that is beneficial to the life of the "wolf" species.

It was precisely because of this that Mellen was able to pull the Bulldog back from the brink of death.

The first point is self-explanatory and easy to understand.

The second point still needs to be verified before the scope of this 'specific state' can be determined.

As for the third point, Melen felt that this conclusion needed to be discussed. In his opinion, absorbing the mysterious energy dissipated after the death of extraordinary life might be just one of the ways for the wolf-shaped pendant to obtain energy. Perhaps there are other ways that he needs to try.

Moreover, the energies that are beneficial to the life of the 'wolf' species should not only be able to heal its injuries, but should have more functions.

Just as Melen was thinking, a vehicle passed by, accompanied by the sound of hurried horse hooves.

Looking closely, he saw a steam carriage and a team of police officers on horseback coming towards him quickly at the end of the long street.

Mellen curled his lips in silence. This scene reminded him of many scenes from American blockbusters...

The police always arrive after the incident is over.

However, it is a good thing after all. With the arrival of these police officers, he at least doesn't have to worry about any subsequent dangers.

Thinking of this, Mellen staggered to his feet, holding the bulldog, and walked towards the police officers.

The steam carriage stopped and two people got out. One was wearing a sheriff's uniform and was obviously the leader of this team of police officers. The other was a little strange. He was wearing a black uniform that was different from the blue uniforms of the sheriff and police officers.

Mellen glanced at the latter, a young man with a somewhat arrogant look, but it had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to go home and rest.

The young man in black uniform first glanced around the messy battlefield, and when his eyes fell on the bulldog in Mellen's arms, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He instantly determined that this bulldog was an awakened extraordinary life form, and even possessed considerable combat power, which could kill the polluter they had been chasing.

Although this polluter's strength had already declined seriously after being chased and intercepted by them, as well as suffering heavy blows many times, it was still remarkable.

So he immediately said, "Boy, put down the monster in your hand. It's very dangerous and will take your life!"

Mellen paused and looked at the young man in black uniform again. From the expression on his face as he stared at the bulldog, he could clearly feel... greed!

Seeing that Mellen not only did not do what he said but stopped instead, the young man in the black uniform suddenly became impatient and was about to step forward and snatch the bulldog from Mellen's arms.

Mellen's mind raced. He suddenly looked at the sheriff who was watching the excitement and said coldly, "Uncle Mikel never told me that police officers can openly rob citizens of their property!"

The sheriff was shocked when he heard this.

Mikel Hutchinson, the police chief, is the real powerful figure in Vero City.

Mellen didn't call him uncle casually. He had attended a cocktail party hosted by Sir Wright before and had met him several times.

Of course, Mikel Hutchinson was just one of the people he was introduced to by Sir Wright.

At that cocktail party, Mikel Hutchinson was just in the middle, while Mellen followed Sir Wright, who was the focus of the whole party.

The sheriff stepped forward, standing in front of the young man in the black uniform. After a moment of thought, he said, "Mr. Isaiah, there are still many strange things about this incident. We need to take this gentleman back to the police station for investigation."

Isaiah, the young man in the black uniform, sneered and said, "Mysterious and extraordinary events are all under the jurisdiction of our Special Affairs Bureau. Even if we need to investigate, he should come back with me to the Special Affairs Bureau for investigation!"

It wasn't any police chief in person. As a member of the Special Affairs Bureau, Isaiah naturally had enough confidence.

Besides, he had already seen the broken carriage, which was not a high-end item, and felt that the young man was probably just bluffing.

Besides, even if his guess was wrong, this young man really had a close relationship with the police chief.

At worst, I can return the extraordinary life to you when the time comes.

Ah!

The value of extraordinary life is far more than just taming it and helping in battle.

By that time, he had already squeezed out the surplus value of this extraordinary life!

Just when Isaiah made up his mind to force the ball...

"enough!"

Mellen interrupted their conversation and said coldly, "I'm Mellen Warwick. Although I'm willing to cooperate with your investigation, I'm very tired now. Tell Uncle Mikel that I'll visit you another day. Now, take me home!"

Having said that, he ignored the two of them and got on the steam car holding the bulldog.

The commanding tone and the unscrupulous attitude shocked everyone present, and even Isaiah became a little surprised and doubtful.

After a brief moment of contemplation, the sheriff winked at his trusted police officer, who understood and quietly left.

Then he said to Isaiah, “Mr. Isaiah, I think we should leave this matter to our police department.”

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to the latter. He first signaled the driver to drive, and then he did not get in the car, but rode a horse and followed behind the car.

A group of police officers rushed away, leaving Isaiah standing there with an ugly look on his face.

On the way, Mellen gently stroked the sleeping dog in his arms. Although he noticed that the car was moving slowly, he didn't care.

More than ten minutes later, the trusted police officer who had left earlier quickly returned to the team and whispered a few words in the sheriff's ear.

The sheriff's eyes lit up after hearing this. He straightened his uniform a bit, then rode his horse to the side of the steam carriage, leaned forward slightly and said, "Master Warwick, I'm sorry to have frightened you today. It's all our negligence. Chief Mikel asked me to say hello to you. The chief wanted to come in person, but the bureau is quite busy right now, so..."

Mellen nodded and said, "I understand. Uncle Mikel should focus on his official duties. Please convey my gratitude."

The sheriff continued, "Don't worry, I'll inform the Special Affairs Bureau for you. They won't disturb you."

Mellen turned to look at the sheriff, a smile on his face, and said, "Thank you very much. By the way, I don't know your name yet."

The sheriff smiled and said, "Leeman, my name is Leeman Conway, Master Warwick. If you have anything and it is inconvenient to contact Chief Mikel, you can also come to me directly!"

"Have a heart."

Mellen nodded and looked away.

So, didn't he say it at the beginning...

Compared to other senior travelers who often went hungry for nine meals in three days, his start was simply...

Very good!

Chapter 6 Exploration and Recovery

The speed of the steam train was quietly increasing, and it was not far from Mellen's house.

Mellen returned his gaze to the message from the bulldog in his arms.

There's nothing much to say about [Name] and [Class]. They show the dog's race and strength, which are fixed.

[Race Level] shows 'Elite (Light Green)', which seems to correspond to the green glow on the bulldog's head. So, do the other dogs without glow represent 'Ordinary', or a lower race level?

[Elite (Light Green)]: A rare individual within the tribe, usually possessing superior qualifications and a higher growth ceiling than their peers.

The Bulldog's [Racial Skills] include 'Strong Physique' and 'Flesh and Blood Explosion'. When Mellen focuses on the latter two skills, detailed information about the skills will be displayed...

[Strong Physique]: Possess a stronger physique and gain higher growth bonuses when performing strength and physique-related training.

[Blood and Flesh Explosion]: Can actively explode the energy contained in the blood and flesh, making the body huge in a short period of time, greatly improving strength and physique, and slightly reducing agility and dexterity.

When the energy contained in the flesh and blood is exhausted, if you still choose not to end this state, you will enter the second stage and burn your own flesh and blood. This state will comprehensively strengthen all your attributes on the basis of the previous state, but will also cause irreversible damage.

Note: After the outbreak ends, you will enter a weak state. Eating a large amount of nutritious meat will shorten the duration of the weak state.

Melen stroked the skinny body of the dog in his arms, and realized that although the previous battle was not long, it should have entered the second stage of [Blood and Flesh Explosion] and burned its own flesh and blood.

Fortunately, the energy released from the wolf-shaped pendant seems to be able to heal even the 'irreversible damage' described.

Mellen could feel that as the dog's injuries recovered, its body was gradually becoming fuller.

Finally, [Evolution Direction] shows 'Fighting Dog (Dark Green)'.

[Fighting Dog (Dark Green)]: An evolutionary branch extending from the 'Bulldog' bloodline, it possesses a stronger physique and more sophisticated close combat capabilities.

The introduction is very simple, and it seems a bit similar to the pet evolution in PM. The requirement is that you only need to invest enough energy converted from the wolf-shaped pendant.

This was enough to make Melen a little confused, because the energy in the wolf-shaped pendant did not have a unified quantitative standard. Its only unit of measurement was... a ball?!

After thinking about it, Melen tried to set the energy dissipated after the slime monster died to '1', but he didn't expect it to actually work.

The wolf-shaped pendant seemed to accept this setting, and the displayed information began to update...

For example, after the status of "light injury", there is an additional "-0.2", and after "blood and flesh explosion (weakness)" there is a "-0.1", which means that this much energy is needed to eliminate these negative statuses.

There is a '+0.5' after the dog's name, which is the remaining part of the energy that Melen had previously input into its body.

Mellen stared at it for a while, and saw that the '+0.5' after the dog's name turned into '+0.4'. At the same time, the '-0.2' after 'minor injury' turned into '-0.1'.

This is much simpler and easier to understand.

Although these data showed that the energy he had previously input was obviously in excess, he did not feel distressed or regretful. Instead, he felt fortunate that these were enough to save the dog's life.

He looked behind the [Fighting Dog (Dark Green)] and saw '3.7', and was speechless.

This means that if you want to evolve the dog in your arms from a [Bulldog] to a [Fighting Dog], you need to kill at least four monsters like the ones you encountered today!

It seems that, at least in the short term, there is no need to consider this.

Soon, under the escort of police officers, the steam carriage arrived at the door of Mellen's house. Butler Morgan, who had noticed the situation here a long time ago, was already waiting outside the door.

After seeing Mellen get off the steam train and all the injuries, he immediately turned around and said, "Mrs. Reilly, go get Dr. Doron and ask him to bring the best trauma medicine."

"Mrs. Ruby, help the young master into rest."

Then, seeing the bulldog in Mellen's arms, he asked, "Master, what is this?"

Mellen didn't elaborate, saying only, "It saved my life today."

Morgan nodded and added to Mrs. Reilly, "After you've seen Dr. Doron, go get Mr. Jim and tell him that the young master's new pet is seriously injured."

Mr. Jim is a well-known veterinarian, but of course his social status is far inferior to that of Dr. Doron.

Although Mellen was confident in the power of the wolf-shaped pendant, Mr. Jim's arrival would undoubtedly make things safer, so he did not object.

After everything was arranged and he saw Mellen off to the house, Butler Morgan looked at Sheriff Liman and started talking to him.

After a while, both sides said goodbye to each other.

On the way back to the police station, Sheriff Liman was thoughtful.

A police officer couldn't help but come over and ask, "Boss, who was that... Master Warwick just now? I think he lives in an ordinary place. Could he be Chief Mikel..."

Liman glared at the police officer fiercely and scolded him, "Watch your mouth and stop making wild guesses! This boy's identity is not simple. Even Chief Mikel has to coax him! If the bureau didn't really have something going on right now, the chief might really have to come here in person!"

Except for the person who tipped off the police officer, all the other police officers were shocked. However, seeing Sheriff Liman's attitude, they did not dare to ask any more questions.

Back in the house, Mellen carefully placed the bulldog on a plush blanket spread out in front of the fireplace, and then sat down on the soft chair.

He actually wanted to lie down more now, but he still had a lot of wounds on his body and small pieces of broken glass that had not been treated.

Mrs. Ruby carefully helped Mellen take off her torn clothes, crying with heartache.

Mellen grinned, trying to comfort his maid, while saying to the butler Morgan, "Mr. Morgan, ask Mr. Ferry to prepare more meat. I think it will be needed."

To quickly remove the weakened state of [Blood and Flesh Explosion], you need to eat a lot of nutritious meat.

Although I don’t know if I will still need it after receiving the energy replenishment from the wolf-shaped pendant, it is always better to be prepared.

At the very least, it can be used as future food for the bulldog.

That's right, Mellen has decided to adopt this bulldog.

Of course, this is just his unilateral decision at the moment.

After a while, Dr. Doron came hurriedly, followed by two young nurses.

The two young nurses looked around curiously at first, but when they suddenly saw the bulldog on the plush blanket, they were so scared that they almost screamed.

In fact, it’s not their fault. The bulldog was already covered in wounds, and after fighting with the slime monster, its body was eroded into pits and holes, and it hardly looked like a dog anymore.

Butler Morgan said calmly, "This bulldog had been abused by its previous owner. My young master felt sorry for it and decided to adopt it."

Dr. Doron and the two nurses were relieved and began to help Mellen treat his injuries.

Remove debris, remove blood clots, clean the wound, apply medicine, bandage the wound...

During this time, Butler Morgan said to Doctor Duolun, "Please give my young master the best medicine. I want one that can heal wounds quickly and won't leave scars!"

Doctor Duolun seemed a little embarrassed and said, "But that medicine..."

Butler Morgan calmly interrupted, "Money is not a problem."

Dr. Duolun's face suddenly broke into a smile.

Before the meeting was over, Mrs. Reilly and Mr. Jim arrived.