Ye Feng first injected a wave of Spiritual Energy into the Big Yellow Dog that was breaking through.
At the same time, he looked towards the Mutated Parrot and the Mutated Hedgehog.
Now, only they were still at the First Order.
Of course, what Ye Feng was more concerned about was how their "Talents" were and whether they could break through the Realm on their own.
"Come on, you guys! Although your initial conditions aren't great, as long as you can break through on your own, you might be able to turn the tide later and save me an Evolution Fruit," Ye Feng said as he caressed them with his roots, conveying his thoughts.
However, as he spoke, he suddenly paused.
Because he had thought of something, if the Evolution Fruit could directly aid these creatures in evolving, breaking through to a higher Realm,
then, would administering Evolution Fruit to normal animals also transform their very nature of life, turning them into Mutated Animals?
If possible!
Thinking of this, Ye Feng felt as if he could hear his own heartbeat. He forcefully suppressed the excited, yet tense emotions that were mixed within him.
He then immediately utilized his abilities to start condensing an Evolution Fruit.
Before long, an Evolution Fruit, crystal clear like a gem, grew from the branches.
Ye Feng pulled it off with his roots and presented it to the eagle.
As the scent of the Evolution Fruit wafted out, there was no need for Ye Feng to command; the eagle began to eat it voraciously.
Soon, the entire Evolution Fruit was swallowed into its stomach.
Ye Feng watched nervously, one second, two seconds, three seconds...
Merely after ten seconds, the eagle closed its eyes and fell into a deep sleep, with its aura slowly strengthening.
This phenomenon was very similar to the other Mutated Animals when they were breaking through their Realms.
"Is it a success?"
Ye Feng was uncertain, and all he could do was continue to wait.
Fortunately, the eagle's sleeping time was not as long as the other creatures that underwent breakthrough, which would sleep for two or three hours.
Just ten minutes later, the other party opened its eyes.
"Did it really succeed?" Ye Feng looked at the eagle in front of him. Its body seemed to have grown a bit. Of course, since it had just mutated, the change was not very noticeable.
Even Ye Feng was a bit worried that he had seen wrong, but whether it was a Mutated Being or not could be determined with a test.
He immediately extended a root and injected Spiritual Energy into the other's body.
The Spiritual Energy did not dissipate; undoubtedly, it had truly become a Mutated Being, and its Talent was not bad—it could absorb 10 Spirit Points in one go.
"As expected of an eagle, much stronger than bats and black crows," Ye Feng smiled.
At that moment, his thoughts drifted away.
After this successful experiment, the status of the Evolution Fruit in his heart had risen to an immeasurable height.
Now, he no longer needed to consider whether these creatures were mutated when he wanted to Capture them.
This way, the range of animals he could choose from had expanded.
For instance, Mutated Buffaloes might be hard to find, but ordinary buffaloes were easy; having the King Cobra go out for a spin, it could find at least ten or so in a day.
Even other snakes like King Cobras and Five-step Snakes, he could directly Capture a bunch for cultivation.
"Better wait, don't rush."
Because the animals that could be found in the wild were just those.
He had a bolder idea.
Where are the fiercest and most powerful animals around Yang City located?
Of course, it's the Yang City Zoo.
Whether it's the ferocious tiger, the giant elephant on land, or the aquatic tyrant, the crocodile, all could be found there.
Before, he hadn't considered targeting the Yang City Zoo, because as soon as a large mutated animal appeared, it would immediately be taken away by the Mutant Management Bureau staff.
He simply had no chance to act.
But now it's different; before these animals mutate, the oversight is very lax, and it might not be impossible to get them out.
"Huff~ I need to calm down first, this matter shouldn't be rushed, and it must be done covertly, with a long-term plan in mind," he said.
Ye Feng let out a long breath and temporarily put aside the issue, instead focusing his attention on the Big Yellow Dog.
The evolutionary path chosen by the Big Yellow Dog was different from the other animals.
Now it could even break through its own bottlenecks and advance to the Second Stage, he was really looking forward to seeing what changes would occur after its successful breakthrough.
...
While Ye Feng was overjoyed, the atmosphere in the conference hall of the Mutant Management Bureau headquarters was unprecedentedly grim.
At the moment, a meeting was taking place here, not large in scale but with an exceptionally serious topic.
"Director Xiao Hua, Captain Zhang Ji, this is the detailed investigation report on the Mutated King Cobra incident, please review it," said Li Yongming, the captain of the City Guard Team, as he personally handed over two documents.
"I'm still not very clear about the details of the incident, please give me a brief explanation," Zhang Ji said, rubbing his forehead.
As the captain and also one of the ten captains, whether in terms of status or power, Li Yongming reported to him, and he certainly was not short on either.
Normally, he wouldn't concern himself with matters involving a single mutated being.
What's more, with the "Four Pests" campaign about to commence, he had a pile of preparatory work to deal with and was already overwhelmed.
But Director Xiao Hua had directly initiated a joint meeting in his official capacity, so he had no choice but to attend.
It could be said that Zhang Ji came suppressing his anger, and if the other party couldn't provide a reasonable explanation, he wouldn't mind blowing up in a thunderous rage.
"Yesterday, in the old city area of East City, from Donglin Street to Mingqi Street, there was a not-so-small surge of rats," Li Yongming began.
"According to our final investigation, we found that the mastermind was a Mutated King Cobra, leading a Mutated Mouse and a Mutated Sparrow, together instigating the incident."
"This is the first case we've found of mutated animals cooperating, their intelligence may be higher than we estimated," Li Yongming stated succinctly.
Upon hearing this, the impatient look on Zhang Ji's face vanished in an instant.
It was replaced with a grave expression, "Mutated animals can cooperate, are you sure?"
"Yes!" Li Yongming picked up a tablet computer next to him, turned it on, and handed it over.
"Here's a segment of high-definition video restored by experts, you can watch it first."
"In fact, mutated animals cooperating is our positive assumption, but I'm more worried... that rather than cooperation, among the mutated animals, a king has emerged who can command the other mutated beings," Li Yongming continued as he started the video.
The video he took out, now pitch-black from the night before, was entirely different after technological restoration, and could be considered a standard-definition video at least, where some details were now discernible.
One could clearly see that flying in front of the Mutated King Cobra was a Mutated Sparrow, and beside it followed a plump Mutated Rat.
This was a video of them on the move, and because their speed wasn't very fast, it was easy to tell that the King Cobra was not chasing the Mutated Sparrow, but rather seemed to be following it.
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