Published: February 12, 2025
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"Have you finished the inspection, Old Le?"
Liu Zhenghong stood impatiently above the trap, calling down to Le Da Yuan in the pit.
"Wait a moment," Le Da Yuan replied, continuing his discussion with the researchers beside him.
"The hardness of these ground spikes needs to be increased. The skin defense of this magical creature is not on the same level as its rank, but did you see? Although it was pierced, it didn't go in deep. If the zero-horned fish hadn't been injured and poisoned at that time, it could have easily escaped."
The researchers beside him quickly took notes. It wasn't that they couldn't remember, but all of this would become data saved in the laboratory's specialized equipment.
"The mouse tail trap is indeed effective."
Le Da Yuan looked up at the creature's abdomen above and suddenly shouted, "Old Liu, bring someone down; you come to dissect it."
Liu Zhenghong, already growing impatient, immediately jumped down with a few assistants.
"Start recording."
After saying this, Liu Zhenghong and Le Da Yuan huddled together and discussed it for a moment. Liu Zhenghong didn’t let his assistant bring up tools but instead raised his right hand. A pair of fair, feminine hands transformed into sharp beast claws. Then, pushing off the ground with his feet, he leapt up. At a certain height, he grabbed hold of a mouse tail trap and swung it vigorously. With his movement, the zero-horned fish's abdomen was slashed open by the claw of his right hand.
A torrent of blood and flesh cascaded down like rain, drenching those below, covering them in blood and guts.
Le Da Yuan wiped the viscera and blood off his face, helplessly glancing at his wife, who was laughing joyously above.
"Old Liu, with you doing this, is there any research value left?"
Le Da Yuan climbed from an elevator to the corpse of the zero-horned fish, checking the situation of the mouse tail trap inside while speaking to Liu Zhenghong, who was collecting specimens.
"The magical creatures here are very different from the mutated life forms on Earth; my research direction should focus more on that side. As for this one, we've already established a special topic group; let the kids down there handle it."
Le Da Yuan understood what his partner meant.
Given the current situation, every evolved life of each world would differ. The Blue Secret Realm was the same; if this place could exist for a long time, studying it would be very valuable, but it was on the verge of collapsing. No matter how well the research went, it would lose its significance.
Even though Liu Zhenghong said this, she was still very serious and focused while collecting specimens. She continually used various instruments to test the corpse of the zero-horned fish, inputting data into a nearby computer or dictating it verbally with a recorder, which would be cross-referenced with the footage being taken.
The people from the two laboratories busied themselves with sampling, measuring, and testing for half a day before completing the experiment.
The remaining task was to haul this creature's body up and hand it over to the earth yellow pill and many battle beasts for consumption.
Of course, some of the lower-level beings would need to have the body mixed with other feeds to be fed, or they wouldn't be able to withstand the vast energy within.
Due to Cloud Summit's frequent acquisition of high-level mutated life forms, the battle beasts grew very rapidly. Some fast-growing types were already nearing maturity, and soon, Cloud Summit would welcome another wave of rapid strength increase.
This time's main goal was, of course, this eighth-grade magic crystal.
Ye Zhongming's ten thousand flowers project prioritized high-grade magic crystals, or rather, the eighth-grade magic crystal was crucial.
After killing the zero-horned fish, everyone returned to Cloud Summit. They had spent a bit too long in the secret realm and should have drawn the attention of the Nine-Winged Crow by now. It was better to return sooner in the face of the earth-shattering capabilities of ninth-level life forms.