Chapter 474: Chapter 473: Sudden Evolution

Due to the attack, the bus station had suspended its operations, prompting Shao Zifeng to stay another day in Bin City.

During that time, a visibly exhausted Han Jiugong made a special trip to see him, expressing that the city hall had decided to award him the honor of Bin City Honorary Citizen and the Medal of Honor as the Guardian of Bin City. Moreover, he mentioned that if Shao Zifeng’s family agreed, they could be provided with housing in Bin City, and all welfare guarantees would be executed at the highest standard.

Shao Zifeng understood Han Jiugong’s intentions, recognizing they closely resembled the talent recruitment policies common in various regions, only couched in more implicit terms. In fact, he was somewhat tempted himself, as his mother, because of her husband Zhou Zimin’s position, had not been successful in her evaluations since then, her salary and benefits increased slowly, even lagging behind some less experienced teachers.

However, he wanted to seek his mother’s own will on the matter and did not make the decision unilaterally.

Han Jiugong did not linger long, as Bin City still needed him to preside over the general situation, and after a brief chat, he hastily left.

The next morning, Shao Zifeng climbed out of bed.

“Qiuqiu, time to get up.”

“Mew~”

Qiuqiu rubbed its eyes with its small paws, rolled over down from Shao Zifeng, waved its little paws at him, pulled the blanket over itself, and continued to snore deeply.

Shao Zifeng affectionately rubbed Qiuqiu’s little head and got up to pack his luggage.

Dressed neatly, he picked up the elaborate dagger from the table and examined it carefully.

The morning light streamed into the room through the window, and the ruby in the snake’s eye emitted a crystal-like fluorescence. The religious elements and the pattern of broad leaves made the dagger look like an exquisite work of art, although compared to the dagger, Shao Zifeng still preferred a concealed blade.

If he had had a concealed blade at that time, he would not have let that woman escape.

“Qiuqiu, time to go home.”

He inserted the dagger into the sheath tied at his waist and wore a newly bought coat, nodding satisfactorily as he looked at himself in the mirror.

“Qiuqiu, if you sleep any longer, the sun will shine on your butt.”

After waiting a while and seeing no response from Qiuqiu, Shao Zifeng began buttoning his cufflinks while walking towards the bedroom.

“You said you wanted to see Mom…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Shao Zifeng’s face suddenly changed as he held the doorknob.

He violently pushed open the bedroom door, and a heatwave hit him; the entire room was as hot as a furnace, and the air was visibly distorted.

“Qiuqiu!”

Shao Zifeng rushed to the bed and flung back the covers.

There he saw Qiuqiu’s small body curled up, its eyes tightly shut, trembling continuously.

“Mew~”

Qiuqiu opened its eyes and looked at Shao Zifeng, continuously emitting low groans of pain from its throat.

Seeing this, Shao Zifeng felt somewhat frantic and at a moment didn’t know what to do.

“Properties, deal with properties.”

He murmured to himself, while the points of light in his peripheral vision slowly began to rotate, and a pale blue light screen unfolded around Qiuqiu.

[Name]:Molten Rock Armadillo Dragon Lizard

[Growth]:Growing Period

[Condition]:Healthy, Bloodline Ancestor, Abnormal Development

[Strength]:Tier Six

[Phylum]: Chordata

[Class]: Reptilia

[Order]: Has Scales

[Family]: Sub-Dragon Family

[Attributes]: Fire, Dragon

[Potential]:

[Talent]: Molten Lava Field: A darling of the fire elements, it attracts surrounding fire elements to combine with its own molten flames to create a battlefield advantageous to itself. The range is influenced by strength, and in this field, it can continuously recover its own energy consumption and slowly heal its damages. When there are enemy targets in the field, it inflicts them with the ‘Molten Rock Burn’ condition. (Molten Rock Burn: A fire-poison class negative status that causes the target’s skin to fester and sustain continuous fire element damage).

: Dragon Might: A unique talent of the Dragon Clan, it can suppress lower-tier life forms. When actively released, it can cause creatures with bloodline and strength not higher than its own to fall into a state of panic.

[Skills]: Dragon Might (Talent Skill), Dragon Flame Meteor (Inheritance Skill), Defense, Dragon Claw, Fiery Breath, Flame Control, Dragon Wings, Purgatory Explosion

[Special Ability]: Bone Shaping

[Special Moves]: ??? (Unlocking)

[Evolution Path]: South African Armadillo Lizard – Armadillo Dragon Lizard – Molten Dragon Lizard – ? – ?

[Special Form]: Ashen Flying Dragon – ? – ?

[Description]: The energy stored in its body is reaching saturation and is about to begin evolving. This evolution process will involve abnormal development, requiring constant replenishment of a large amount of fire elements and nutrients needed by the body. If the environment is inappropriate, there is a very high probability of evolution failure, leading to a failure in reverting to its ancestors.

It’s time to evolve.

It’s about to evolve.

And it’s an evolution accompanied by abnormal development.

Seeing the description on the screen, Shao Zifeng felt both excited and nervous.

Excited, of course, because Qiuqiu was about to evolve, but nervous because this evolution was accompanied by abnormal development.

Abnormal development refers to a series of significant changes in the biological structure and habits of life, where juveniles differ greatly from adults, and these changes in form are concentrated in a short period of time. Common examples include butterflies, frogs, etc.

Thinking of this, Shao Zifeng reached out and touched Qiuqiu’s back where, indeed, two bulges had formed, as if bones were continuously squeezing and wriggling inside.

“It seems it’s about to grow real dragon wings.”

Previously, Qiuqiu had used its skills Dragon Wings and Flame Control in combination to achieve the ability to fly. However, this was merely a skill, not only continuously consuming its own energy but also requiring divided attention to control.

But when it evolves its true dragon wings, it will only need to go through a simple adaptation, and its flying ability will become its instinct. By then, not only will it support long-distance flying, but its aerial combat strength will also be greatly enhanced.

Looking at it this way, abnormal development seems to be a good thing, but the key problem is that Shao Zifeng was completely unprepared. More precisely, he didn’t know that this evolution would be accompanied by abnormal development.

The environment needed for evolution was just right in his pet beast space, where the fire element was abundant, but he couldn’t guarantee the energy Qiuqiu needed.

“Ying Ying~”

As Shao Zifeng hesitated, the temperature in the room continued to rise, and the bulging parts on Qiuqiu’s spine moved more and more frequently; he could even hear crackling sounds inside, and Qiuqiu’s expression grew more and more pained.

Shao Zifeng knew he could no longer hesitate; he gritted his teeth and opened the pet beast space.

At the same time, he frantically rummaged through a box, throwing all the fire energy potions and food inside it together with Qiuqiu.

Luckily, among the potions delivered yesterday, there were plenty of nutritional potions, and if that wasn’t enough, he could have Lingling send more.

After doing all this, a sweat-drenched Shao Zifeng collapsed on the bed and stared dully as the space rift slowly closed.

From now on, what difficulties Qiuqiu would encounter during its evolution and how long the evolution would last were beyond his control.

Because his unique pet beast space was filled with unknowns, like Qiuqiu’s second evolution which encountered obstacles similar to a trial, and the entire evolution process lasted for months.

Thinking that he might not see his little pal for months made Shao Zifeng feel somewhat despondent.

Hope to see you soon.