The system relaxed and floated to Qian Qi’s face, watching Nangong Yan apply dicine on Qian Qi. Occasionally, on the spots Nangong Yan missed, it used the sharp tip of the panel to dab a little dicinal liquor and apply it.
As it continued to apply, it felt uneasy again.
Sothing’s not right. If you want to know whether Qiqi has applied dicinal liquor, can’t you just check if the bottle is opened or not?
Why bother sniffing it!
Just as the system showed a suspicious gaze again, Nangong Yan finished applying the dicinal liquor, capped the bottle, and returned it to its original place.
His movents were extrely slow, as if pressed on slow motion, finally sitting back on the stool, one hand on the box, fingertips lightly tapping, while his deep gaze fixed on the sleeping Qian Qi, pondering sothing unknown.
Four hours later, the sleeping Qian Qi suddenly opened her eyes.
She abruptly lifted the quilt, and the evolving Bai Ji nestled in the crook of her arm looked cheerfully at her with a head tilted, eyes bright and clear.
Bai Ji, the evolution was successful!
A pile of damp mouse hair fell on the bed. Bai Ji, with hair shed, had grown a clean and soft coat of white mouse fur again, and those scarlet eyes beca as transparent and exquisite as red rubies, shedding the hostility and ferocity of a low-level magical beast, gaining a lively and childlike spirit.
It raised its tiny paw, pressing on Qian Qi’s fingertip, round little eyes staring at Qian Qi, then after a mont, opened its tiny mouth, striving to utter a monosyllable, "qi~"
It’s unclear if it’s pronouncing Qian Qi’s "Qi" or the contractor’s "Qi".
Qian Qi lifted Bai Ji, inspecting its physical changes with delight, only to find that besides having a coat of white fur identical to before and more lively eyes, there were no other changes.
Even though it evolved from C-level to B-level, shouldn’t there be more?
Just as Qian Qi puzzled over this, the system suddenly made a sound of surprise.
[Strange, why hasn’t its physical form changed?]
Obviously, the system also noticed this anomaly. According to the original evolution direction of the White Extre Rat, after shedding fur, it should grow grey-black fur, and the biting teeth should erge as fangs, enabling rapidly proliferating mouse groups to devour magical beasts whole.
The most crucial point is that the originally soft limbs of the White Extre Rat should transform into harder and sharper claws, granting it the ability to burrow for continuous days.
Yet, Bai Ji hasn’t changed at all.
[Could it be that the evolution failed?]
The system circled Bai Ji repeatedly, unable to solve the mystery, and after flipping through several books about the White Extre Rat, it could only conclude that "Bai Ji didn’t evolve successfully, rely enhanced its power".
anwhile, as the system sulked, Qian Qi, who was conversing with Bai Ji in their consciousness space, beca more and more surprised.
She was astonished to find that Bai Ji, who used to stutter even after inheriting human language, now communicated effortlessly through consciousness, like an 18-year-old just finished with college entrance exams, hungry for depth in knowledge, not only conversing with ease but also expressing eagerness for various human knowledge.
Qian Qi could confirm, Bai Ji’s intelligence far surpassed Moyu and Venom, more than it should have at this level.
What’s going on?
"Bai Ji, do you feel anything else after evolving?" Qian Qi asked using consciousness, mindful that Nangong Yan was beside.
"Contractor, I feel I acquired a B-level skill of shared consciousness. If I’m not mistaken, as long as other White Extre Rats evolve this skill, I can share brains with them, even without sound, I can command other White Extre Rats through the shared skill." Bai Ji happily replied.
Qian Qi slightly trembled, shared consciousness... this should belong to spiritual skills.
Moreover, shared consciousness, equates to all White Extre Rats uploading thoughts to a spiritual network, with Bai Ji issuing final commands, this skill... is quite intriguing!
"This spiritual skill covers a very broad space range, very convenient for remotely controlling mouse groups." Bai Ji estimated as it unleashed a Spiritual Sharing Network, "Roughly within a 50-li radius."
A 50-li radius! That’s nearly equivalent to covering an entire small city!
Which ans, if enough White Extre Rats exist, the information of a whole city could be at Qian Qi’s fingertips!
"Well done!" Qian Qi couldn’t help but rub Bai Ji’s little head in excitent, "Bai Ji, you’re amazing!"
Bai Ji shook its little head, snuggling close to Qian Qi’s fingers, "It’s the contractor who gave the chance to evolve, and I’ve decided, I want to master more magical beast languages, turning them into our White Extre Rat tribe’s legacy to pass on!"
Bai Ji spoke earnestly, "Contractor, for better developnt, I think I should venture into an instance on my own like Venom."
The Poisonous Venomous Python was left in the Deep Sea Dungeon by Qian Qi, Bai Ji presud that Qian Qi threw Venom into the instance to venture alone, hence the idea of individual training erged.
Qian Qi hesitated a little, "Let think about it first."
Venom is not acting solo; she left Venom and the Bone Worm Beast together in the Deep Sea Dungeon to hunt mainly, planning to retrieve them once she’s done with her tasks.
Bai Ji, unlike Venom, though it can flee quickly, its body is small and soft, there’s always a worry of it being squashed by a large magical beast...
After so thinking, Qian Qi turned to the system and said, "Tongzi, Bai Ji seems to have evolved a spiritual skill."
She relayed Bai Ji’s situation to the system, and as she explained, perhaps it was an illusion, she felt the system seed to tremble slightly.
[Spiritual Skill?!]
The system was astonished; how could Bai Ji evolve a spiritual skill?
It shouldn’t be possible!
Magical beast genetics differ greatly from humans; human genetic evolution is varied, but theirs is fixed. If the originally intended "Biting and Devouring" skill evolved into a spiritual skill, there’s only one possibility!
The evolution gene mutated!
[Qian Qi, do you rember what I said when you asked about the Fla Dog’s evolution direction?]
["Even I cannot guarantee whether, in billions of years, a common magical beast like Fla Dog can break through the bottleneck of evolutionary genetics to unlock more evolution directions."]
It’s an extrely low probability occurrence, filled with various preconditions yet independent of conditions, a matter of luck. The system never imagined such an almost impossible event, has happened to Bai Ji, letting Qian Qi catch a stroke of luck.
Bai Ji, evolved into another evolutionary direction.
The system didn’t know what direction it would be, as there were no records of this in its database; it’s a brand new evolution that needs recording.
[Qiqi, explain to more!]
A new species made the system very excited, even less resistant to Bai Ji becoming Qian Qi’s Contracted Beast. After listening attentively to Qian Qi’s details on Bai Ji’s skills, the system recorded thoughtfully, finally saying:
[It seems Bai Ji has mutated into a new evolution direction, which we shall temporarily na— "Intelligent Mouse".]
Bai Ji’s intelligence is extraordinarily developed, even evolving group spiritual skills, the system speculates the harsh conditions of the Ice Glacier Dungeon led White Extre Rats to rely on beast language for survival, unable to protect themselves just through beast language, forcing evolution of their genes over ti towards spiritual direction.
The appearance of instances and the refresh chanism of magical beasts explain why mutations like the White Extre Rat’s in the Ice Glacier Dungeon could occur.
The system sighed: [Surely, it’s lucky like stepping on dog poop.]
Qian Qi raised her head: Lucky like stepping on dog poop?
Are you referring to , or Bai Ji?
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