Published: February 19, 2025
The Electric Thunder Eel, World Rift
At four in the afternoon, in the reading room, Chen Chu quietly flipped through Volume Five of the Encyclopedia of Mutated Beasts in his hands.
Over the years, a multitude of mutated creatures has appeared globally, varying in strength, with some capable of being tamed and bred, much like the pigs and sheep of old.
One of the largest types of mutated beasts currently being raised is the Mountain Fleece Pig, which has mutated from the former Earth Black Pig.
This creature has grown several times larger after mutation, with adults weighing up to two tons, exhibiting a high meat yield, and only requiring fodder and vegetation to thrive.
Of course, even if such a large creature isn’t overly bloodthirsty or violent, it can unleash terrifying power when provoked, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to rear.
As a result, large breeding groups typically take over dozens of mountain peaks, employing cultivators with second or third heaven cultivation levels to manage them.
This is also a place for ordinary cultivators who lack the courage for battle and have average cultivation talent, often only reaching the second heaven by the time they graduate high school.
However, Chen Chu certainly wouldn’t consider becoming a breeder.
His interest in the information on ordinary mutated beasts was purely for finding targets to devour for his avatar's fourth evolution.
Although the Sword Armored Flame Beast had already acquired an 'energy'-type talent in advance, its flame abilities were relatively weak in the ocean, and its explosive lethality wasn't particularly strong.
After all, who would complain about having too many abilities?
Chen Chu was quite cautious about the absorption capacity of his avatar's fourth evolution, as it would affect the Sword Armored Flame Beast's combat power among similarly leveled mutated beasts.
Any mutated beast that can evolve beyond level seven is powerful, typically possessing at least two talents.
While Chen Chu was quietly reading, a trickle of warm energy suddenly appeared within him, continuously merging into his body, strengthening his physical form.
Earlier, the Sword Armored Flame Beast had trained for half a day and had gone hunting after making some progress; the warm energy surging within him was feedback from the beast's growth.
Chen Chu felt that this connection should be related to its 'soul'.
As 'souls' originating from the same source, regardless of how far apart they are, Chen Chu and his avatar's consciousness and perspective are synchronized, without any delay.
It was as if there existed a point that twisted time and space between the two.
The 'evolution' energy that materialized within him flowed through the 'channel' connecting their souls at this 'fold point'.
This also explains why they could 'synchronously' strengthen and why both the primary body and the avatar couldn't share their respective cultivation techniques and talents, as that channel only facilitates the passage of evolution energy.
Of course, all of this was merely Chen Chu's speculation, as even the attribute panel for his soul talent lacked detailed notes.
Suddenly, Chen Chu's gaze paused, landing on a page in the book.
[Electric Thunder Eel, ordinary level one and two mutated beast, currently known to reach a maximum body length of seven meters and half a meter in thickness, suspected to have mutated from the ancient Thunder Pattern Eel.
Currently discovered in some mountain streams in the Changbai Mountain Range, it has the capacity to instantaneously release powerful lightning abilities, posing a threat comparable to ordinary third-level mutated beasts.]
"Changbai Mountain Range?"
Chen Chu pondered, jotting down the location where this mutated beast appears. He recalled that one of the sweeping mission points after the new year was indeed in the Changbai Mountain Range.
Now, with the addition of the Electric Thunder Eel, Chen Chu had temporarily identified four targets.
The other three targets were the third-level mutated beast, the Two-headed Mutated Ice Python, which wields ice abilities; the third-level mutated beast, the Phantom White Fox, which possesses tail phasing abilities; and a third-level mutated beast, the Earth Black Bear, which can distort the gravitational field around it.