Chapter 26: Feeding and Evolution
No one can say why this carrion mutated, but Mu Yan knew at least one sufficient condition, that is, the flesh and blood of the Quetzalcoatl Empress.
Feathered Serpent is one of the few living creatures in the game that is related to "soul energy", and contains a large amount of soul energy in its body, so McTarron's realm is comparable to the necromancer's curse spell "Weeping Soul Domain", which has a strong interference ability.
A player once asked the question of why a Quetzalcoatl, with an average level of less than 70, would appear on the level 80 leveling map, Sulphur Wasteland? Even if they are led by two clan leaders, they are just ants in front of giants whose physical strength is comparable to that of legends, and the realm of weeping souls is equivalent to air to giants whose IQ is comparable to that of beasts, and is only effective for intelligent creatures.
In the past, most of the weak were enslaved by the strong, or survived by their talents, and without these conditions, the wild monsters of "Dusk Era" would never have lived in peace.
And what is the talent of the Feathered Serpent? You have a lot of soul energy in your body, so it tastes great?
Apparently not, this mediocre monster has no talent to speak of, and is outrageously weak except for its social characteristics.
Then the answer is obvious, they are tacitly allowed to exist by giants, and even protected. Attacking the Feathered Serpent will also be thwarted by the Giants.
So why did the giant protect the feathered serpent, which had little meat on its body? They have fanged mammoths, large one-horned rhinos, alpine horned goats, and all sorts of food sources, and they don't have any snake meat at all.
Later, the player discovers that the secret baby giants feed on the feathered serpent, and as they eat the creature, their level quickly changes from 40 to 70 at birth, and then slowly increases. Later, a team of idle egg-sore captured a level 55 juvenile giant, kept it in captivity, fed it regularly, and after a game month, it was discovered that it had not increased in level as much as before.
Taking this as a breakthrough, and finally after a series of rigorous arguments, they came to the conclusion that the role of the Feathered Serpent is to make the Warcraft evolve, and the effect is much stronger for the young giants than cod liver oil and growth happiness.
Of course, as soon as this news came out, the majority of hunter players with war pets killed the Sulfur Fire Wasteland one after another, which is not to be mentioned later.
Returning to this matter, Mu Yan felt that the soul energy in McTalan's body might be the key to the evolution of the Rotten Blood Raccoon. So he did a little experiment, fished a fish from the sinky lake, and threw it to the thawed carrion. After the latter devoured the fish, Mu Yan did not notice that the fish's weak soul was released, which means that this magical beast can even devour the soul......
He suddenly had a bold idea.
……
Paparis was not at all surprised to see the young man in front of him, because he also distinguished humans by his soul.
"Where's Shansi-sama? Why didn't he come back with you? Piper asked.
Mu Yan shrugged, and Alduin said that Lancelot was staying at Morning Star, and he hadn't had time to visit yet.
"What are you coming to me for?"
"There's a small request," Mu Yan stared at Piper's jade-smooth bones for a moment, staring at the latter for a while. "Can Piper-sama give me some soul energy?"
The little skeleton suddenly hugged his ribs, like a little girl who had been attacked in the chest, and the soul fire in his eyes swayed nervously.
"What are you going to do!!"
"Well, that's ......"
Mu Yan explained his thoughts.
“…… I thought that if I had enough food, maybe I could make it evolve. If you have the wisdom to communicate, you may be able to understand a lot of things. ”
"Why don't you let that guy on your head do it? That's a dragon! ”
Piper pointed to Smaug, who was sleeping on top of Mu Yan's head, and said indignantly.
"As you can see, he's already like this." Mu Yan spread his hands helplessly, he carried Smaug, his head shook down a few times, and Smaug, who was awakened from his dream, opened his mouth and said "frodah", like a hiccup.
Piper was reluctant, but for Lancelot's sake, he agreed to him.
"You can't give more, just a little!"
He poked his little finger into his ear canal, as if a trace of green ghost fire came out of the cranial cavity, and stuffed back half of it with some pain, giving Mu Yan the other half.
"That's all, no more!"
Mu Yan took out a large pile of crystal balls, all of which were treasured by Teacher Zha, and were brought over by him after his old man's bones were gone.
Although Piper's soul seems small, it is actually incredibly concentrated, and when it is spread out, it fills a full ten crystal balls, which is comparable to dozens of Manny.
The Fanged Mammoth is a level 55 demonic beast, so the level of the little skeleton in front of him is at least 80 or above.
He threw the crystal ball directly to the Rotting Blood, which secreted enough liquid to corrode the material.
Over the course of an afternoon, the carrion digested four crystal balls, its body became more and more viscous, and finally curled up in a ball, no longer moving.
The liquid on its body slowly decreases at a rate visible to the naked eye, or is sucked in, turning from a lump of mud to dough.
The condensation continued, and wrinkles slowly appeared on the dough, reminding Mu Yan of the pineapple skin-like scales on the outside of the dragon's egg.
Eventually, it becomes a one-meter-tall ovoid with a radius of about twenty centimeters. The little skeleton stepped forward and peeled off the outer curl, revealing the surface densely covered with blue and red lines inside, like a braised egg that had been peeled off, and it could be broken by blowing.
"There's a soul in there." He said, the skeletal palm pressed against the top, and a pale golden glow emanated, illuminating the inside. But maybe because it's still early, it's still a shadow inside, and I can't see anything clearly.
"I feel it too." Mu Yan frowned, he wasn't sure if what he was doing was right or wrong, with the process just now, he could detect it even without the help of the database, and only one of the two soul fluctuations remained.
The only good news is that the emergence of oviparous beasts means that this is indeed an evolution - compared to the amorphous form that preceded it.
"Do you want me to give birth to it for you?" Piper looks eager to take the plunge. Mu Yan then remembered that he had performed a time rewind in front of everyone.
It was the first time he had seen someone in the realm of spells who could have an impact on time, and he had become more and more convinced that the Wind Firmament and the Dark Abyss were connected to the Observer.
"It's better not to, the evolution of life is not in a hurry, it's a long process." Mu Yan explained with a smile that he summoned Hedwig, and the stupid bird stood on his shoulder, tilting his head. Compared to when it was first born, it has also come a long way.
He didn't notice that Piper had stared at Hedwig for a long time, and there was a hint of tenderness on the skeleton's face.
"Oh, yes." Mu Yan teased the silly bird for a while and asked, "Can you let me meet Queen Venia?" (To be continued)