Chapter 160: Chapter 159 Chinese Brocade Lobster
Su City Identification Bureau.
After more than half a year, Shao Zifeng looked up at the building once again, his heart filled with sighs. If his arm hadn’t been nearly frozen stiff, he would have continued sighing.
Pushing open the glass door of the Identification Bureau, a warm air current hit his face. The lobby, as deserted as before, held a few staff mbers in white coats chatting listlessly, even their deanor less enthusiastic than before.
Shao Zifeng didn’t head to the counter; instead, he first went to the waiting area and sat in a chair.
A few staff mbers glanced up briefly before continuing their conversations with colleagues.
With his right hand, he fumbled for a mont and then took out a small object.
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What appeared in Shao Zifeng’s palm was a lobster about ten centiters in size, different from the crawfish used in spicy dishes; this was a true lobster species.
Its cephalothorax was slightly cylindrical, edged with spikes of varying sizes. The body was green while the cephalothorax was slightly blue, the second antennal peduncle blue, and the sound-making organ sowhat pink. The first antennae and legs had noticeable light yellow and black bands, making it look rather splendid.
Hmm?
As Shao Zifeng extracted the lobster from his pocket, it did not exude the bone-chilling cold it usually did, which puzzled him, but the gleam in his eyes slowly expanded.
[Na]: Chinese Brocade Lobster
[Growth]: Larval stage
[Condition]: Listless
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[Strength]: First-tier
[Phylum]: Arthropod
[Class]: Malacostraca
[Order]: Decapoda
[Family]: Lobster family
[Attribute]: Ice
[Potential]: ★☆☆
[Talent]: Ice Elental Affinity: A racial hidden talent, significantly enhances the power of ice abilities, decreases the speed of ice ability casting, controls the intensity of abilities released.
[Skills]: Ice Cone, Ice Armor, Waterfall
[Description]: A common Chinese Brocade Lobster, which, after being nurtured for a long period by an Ice Dragon Pearl, triggered its racial hidden talent and slightly improved its aptitude. While enhancing its control over ice abilities, its resistance to fire abilities greatly diminishes. Almost beca a fine seafood dish due to the alternating cold and hot impacts of central air conditioning.
Honestly, such a mutant creature did not attract Shao Zifeng’s interest, as any of his several pets could easily defeat it.
What caught Shao Zifeng’s interest was the Ice Dragon Pearl ntioned in the description.
He instinctively touched his down jacket pocket, indeed feeling sothing hard; even through the jacket, he could sense waves of cold.
Li Yiming curiously looked at the Chinese Brocade Lobster in Shao Zifeng’s hand. Having grown up inland, it was his first encounter with such a creature.
“Here”, Shao Zifeng shoved the Chinese Brocade Lobster into Li Yiming’s arms in a flurry, nearly dropping it, “Shao brother… what is this?”
Just then, a staff mber in a white coat approached, and Shao Zifeng turned to Li Yiming, “Take it for registration.”
“Ah?” Li Yiming was initially stunned before he hurriedly waved his hands, “No, no, I can’t accept this. You caught it.”
Shao Zifeng shook his head, “I don’t need it. It’s not suitable for my team. You need it more than I do.”
When Shao Zifeng said this, he wasn’t trying to trick Li Yiming. This Chinese Brocade Lobster’s talents were simply not fitting for his own team.
Its talents looked quite strong—indeed, not weak at all. But if it were in his hands, in a real brawl, once Qiuqiu started its fire talent, it would take out his teammates first. What’s the use in fighting then?
Besides, the item in his pocket was, according to its description, sothing that a Chinese Brocade Lobster couldn’t compare to.
With this thought, Shao Zifeng said to Li Yiming with a smile, “This little guy does have good potential. Nurture it well, and it won’t be too late to give a good mutant creature you catch later.”
Li Yiming felt his eyes getting hot when he heard Shao Zifeng’s words.
He and his sister had relied on each other since childhood, growing up with subsidies from the governnt and occasional support from a neighboring uncle and his wife. Other than his sister, no one had been so kind to him over the years.
He clenched his fist, hidden in his sleeve, biting his lip before finally looking up at Shao Zifeng with earnest eyes. This ti, he did not shy away but showed Shao Zifeng a big smile, “Thank you, Brother Shao. I will not disappoint you.”
Saying this, he stood up, walked over to an employee, and whispered a few words, then followed them towards the appraisal room on the second floor.
Shao Zifeng was slightly confused by Li Yiming’s sudden transformation, then shook his head and chuckled, “It seems… I’m the one taking advantage?”
All the staff had gone to the second floor for the appraisal, leaving Shao Zifeng alone in the lobby of the appraisal office. He took a deep breath and fished sothing out of his pocket.
As he opened his palm, a wave of coldness erupted, and the temperature around him instantly dropped several degrees.
In his palm lay a slightly damaged ice-blue bead, about the size of a soybean. Just as Shao Zifeng leaned in for a closer look, white frost visibly ford on his hair and eyebrows, scaring him so much that he hurriedly raised his head.
A blue light flashed in his eyes, and a pale blue screen slowly unfolded.
[Na]: Ice Dragon Orb
[Attribute]: Ice
[Quality]: ★★★★
[Condition]: Damaged (91.32%)
[Effects]: ①External: Long-term carry by an ice mutant creature can enhance its understanding of ice moves and mastery over ice elents.
②Internal use: Purifies ice elents, with a chance to obtain dragon lineage.
[Description]: Said to be a crystal from an ancient Ice Dragon. Whether you believe it or not, I, who have big data and believe in the Church of Science, do not.
Shao Zifeng: …
There goes your cheekiness!
But back to the point, whether the Ice Dragon Orb is a crystal of an Ice Dragon or not, its effects are quite mystical. For internal and external use, it seems like a miracle pill from a fantasy novel, and this attribute fits well with his plan for the next pet beast.
Over ti, Shao Zifeng also realized his own shortcomings, which was having too few usable pet beasts. Lingling and the small deer could be considered as two pet beasts, but in so situations, they were inseparable.
Just like when he obtained the source bead, if he gave it to one of them, the other would also need to be offline, which, although it maximized the effect of the source bead, left him in the awkward position of having no pet beasts available, and he even had to borrow Xiong San from Bald Qiang for training.
For his next pet beast, he hadn’t found a good choice yet; the supposedly illusionary mutant creature in the stone egg was still unknown, and he wasn’t fond of the commonly found three-star potentials; he could only pin his hopes on the Antarctic trip promised by Chen Yixin.
That place was dominated by ice mutant creatures. If he discovered a decent ice mutant creature, then the Ice Dragon Orb would indeed have its mont to shine.
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