Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1023 - 1024: Doubts

"Mutations during evolution? If you’re saying that the Little Green Snake naturally possesses this type of evolved form, I find that hard to believe. At least, it completely contradicts our research and also doesn’t fit with the information we’ve obtained from the Divine Beasts."

Seeing the middle-aged man looking towards him as he spoke, Agunas flicked his tail and said,

"Anyway, its situation is somewhat special, just think of it as a stroke of good fortune during evolution. The information they’ve given you isn’t wrong; we disdain to do such things."

Smiling and shaking his head, the middle-aged man said,

"That’s not what I meant. I’m just a bit puzzled, that’s all. Usually, mutations during evolution tend to result in some apparent defects, but the Homeward Snake..."

Looking at Kong Qing with some confusion, the middle-aged man really couldn’t figure it out. Everyone knows about the mutations leading to new forms of evolution that occur after evolution, and many such new forms of evolution are called discoveries. Yet, it’s more of a controllable and reproducible mutation than a random occurrence. To achieve desired results from mutation evolution, one can’t just leave it to fate.

Now the problem arises, according to Feng Yuan’s claim, Kong Qing acquired its little space after evolution. But the ability to create a small space within the space realm, did Kong Qing master it before evolving, or did it truly emerge by coincidence? He couldn’t be sure of this.

Seeing the other party in a dilemma, Agunas flicked his tail. He had no intention to explain, because the truth would not be favorable to Kong Qing. And as for lying, he disdained to do that.

"Could it be that you had Gitalien help it find this evolutionary form?"

The woman looked at Feng Yuan with some suspicion, hinting that if Gitalien had a hand in it, it might not be impossible for this result to occur, and it wouldn’t clash with the existing theory. Otherwise, the theory regarding spirit beast mutation evolution might be in for a significant shift.

"No, just think of it as good luck, or maybe it was my fate? In any case, your theories are correct~"

Feng Yuan chuckled and said, glancing at Feng Yuan then at Meng Binglan, who was sending warning glances his way. The woman didn’t press further. Feng Yuan was clearly unwilling to explain, so what use would there be in continuing to ask?

"What’s the matter? Someone looking for trouble?"

A Space Gate opened, and Gitalien asked with some confusion. Seeing Gitalien, Feng Yuan asked in surprise,

"You’re back already? That lucky, huh?"

Even with Nagna’s help, if they hadn’t encountered the right Little Green Snake, there was nothing it could do. Nagna’s search range wasn’t so vast. Glancing at Feng Yuan, Gitalien said in annoyance,

"Isn’t it just a matter of taking a tour where Little Green Snakes are concentrated?"

"It seems... indeed."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said brightly. He really had forgotten that point. In some resource-rich areas, indeed, a large number of Little Green Snakes might gather. Seeing the Little Green Snakes that followed Gitalien into the room, Kong Qing hissed and greeted them, while they seemed stunned at the sight of Kong Qing, apparently unable to believe how this big snake had become so strong. On seeing Qingyu, these Little Green Snakes became excited; they could naturally sense that Qingyu too evolved from a Little Green Snake. As for Kong Qing? Although it had concealed its scent from them, it still smelled slightly different from the Little Green Snakes they were familiar with.

Realizing this, Kong Qing seemed a bit downcast, but quickly recovered and patiently explained the do’s and don’ts to the little snakes.

Although the researchers found it odd who exactly Gitalien was, they refrained from speaking up. Whoever could open a Space Gate directly was no weakling. Or to put it another way, perhaps a Space-attribute Spirit Beast could open a Space Gate when it was weak, but definitely couldn’t transfer the power to its Beastmaster to allow them to open one.

Closing the Space Gate with a wave of his hand, Gitalien looked at Nagna resting on his shoulder and asked Feng Yuan,

"Are these enough? If not, I can go look for more later."

"It’s enough, we just needed some sample data. Leave the rest to the researchers. However, if you can find more wild ones out there, that would be a big help. After all, the areas humans can attend to are too limited."

Feng Yuan hadn’t forgotten Kong Qing’s wish. Relying on humans alone, the survival environment for the wild Little Green Snakes might not improve much. Gitalien pondered for a moment and said,

"That seems doable, though the Little Green Snakes are widely dispersed beyond the Divine Land Region, and Nagna can’t be of much help there, it might be troublesome..."

"Could you ask the Life Divine Beasts to give a hand, just say it’s for me. If none are willing to help... after the number of Homeward Snakes in other regions increases, ask which of them are willing to help. By the way, you can also ask the Alliance for assistance. After all, having more Homeward Snakes, even wild ones, wouldn’t be a bad thing, right?"

Looking at Feng Yuan with some surprise, Gitalien nodded and said,

"This is possible, but just one or two regions should be enough. If there are too many Homeward Snakes, I’m afraid there might also be some trouble."

"That won’t be the case. Anyway, it is an elite evolved variant. Besides, ’It’ is controlling the population size. Although there are some... there really isn’t much to worry about."

Feng Yuan shrugged and spoke indifferently. Although His control methods were basically imperceptible to anyone, the Divine Beasts were all painfully aware of it. For the Spirit Beasts, it was even more obvious. The population ceiling of Spirit Beasts in human research came about in this way.

As long as the population size reached a certain number, subsequent growth would become difficult. Although the reason was unknown, it had been confirmed as a mystical natural phenomenon. And the population ceilings varied for different species.

Like with humans, up to now, there had been no contact with a ceiling effect.

"That’s true, but even so, the number can’t be too many. We can’t let them occupy too many areas."

Gitalien said, feeling a bit of a headache. If those Homeward Snakes didn’t have Kong Qing behind them, it wouldn’t be such a big issue. It didn’t dare to guarantee whether Kong Qing knew how to balance the strength of its own species. If it made too many enemies, it would be troublesome.

Kong Qing hissed something at Gitalien. After a pause, Gitalien looked at Kong Qing and said,

"This... is also fine, but are you really not going to manage it?"

Seeing Kong Qing nod, Gitalien, with his hand on his forehead, said with a helpless expression,

"I really can’t understand what you’re thinking. Anyway, since you’ve decided it yourself, I shouldn’t say much. Huh? Did I miss something?"

Sniffing around, Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion, then noticed the cake beside him and narrowed his eyes. Little Ice Cream, who had been nibbling on something, stopped abruptly and slowly lifted its head to look at Gitalien before suddenly curling up, pretending to be an innocent ball of ice cream.

"Don’t scare it. Your cake is in there."

Feng Yuan looked at Gitalien with some speechlessness, gently tapped Little Ice Cream, stood up, and walked into the kitchen. After a while, he brought out a single-layered large cake and said,

"That’s all that’s left; I’m not sure how much you eat."

Although they had eaten together before, Feng Yuan hadn’t quite grasped the extent of Gitalien’s appetite. Gitalien cut a small piece onto a tray for Nagna on his shoulder before cutting a portion for himself. After tasting a bite, Nagna showed a happy expression, and Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"Did you make this?"

"How did you know?"

"With this combination, other than you, I don’t believe anyone else could pull it off."

"Who says? She could definitely do it, right?"

Cen Chudie couldn’t help but speak up upon hearing Gitalien’s casual remark while looking toward Yun You. However, Yun You shook her head and said,

"I’m not sure about that..."

Although she didn’t think the combination was very special, there was something distinctive about the final product. Gitalien glanced at Cen Chudie but didn’t refute her. Such fine details weren’t something it cared to explain. That individual was simply perfect in the amounts and combinations used—how many ordinary people could achieve this?

"Why would you make this sort of thing? It’s not like you."

Gitalien looked at Feng Yuan with some curiosity and commented. Even if Feng Yuan’s skills were good, the taste still tended to be inferior to the one produced when they were separated.

"I had no choice. I didn’t know how much you guys wanted to eat, and I wouldn’t want to waste this."

Feng Yuan said casually. Looking at Feng Yuan, Gitalien didn’t know whether his words were true or false.