Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Experiment

TL: Etude

“Is it around midnight now?”

“It should be as I guessed, the tasks refresh at midnight!”

Without thinking much further, Lin Hao continued to check the task list.

– Ordinary Task: Devour one hundred scavengers (Reward: Increased tooth sharpness)
– Difficult Task: Devour ten mutated creatures

“Oh wow, new tasks have appeared again.”

“Devour ten mutated creatures? But there aren’t that many mutated creatures around this Hualong Pond to devour.”

Lin Hao felt a bit helpless at this moment.

He had no idea how that mutated sea loach ended up here.

“It should be living in the sea. How did it end up here?” he wondered.

Could it be that someone released these mutated creatures into the Hualong Pond? Or did the mutated creature mix in with the bunch of scavengers?

“Forget it, thinking too much is useless.”

“After all, I can only wait for food to come to me here in the Hualong Pond.”

With this thought, he sighed inwardly.

Gaining more evolution points wasn’t easy.

If someone provided him with a lot of food, he would probably evolve very quickly.

“After all, even eating feed gives a considerable amount of evolution points.”

“As long as there’s enough feed, the evolution points would pile up quickly!”

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered someone.

Luo Xue!

“No, unless I can speak, how would I communicate with her?”

“Besides, it seems she’s involved in some secret research work. Wouldn’t she just dissect me straight away?”

With this thought, Lin Hao felt a chill down his spine.

Not to mention he hadn’t seen Luo Xue for a while; even if he did, it wouldn’t be of any use for now.

“Forget it, I should just find a quiet place to evolve.”

…

“When the body was found, all the blood had already been drained.”

Meanwhile, at the research center, Lao Zheng’s corpse lay in the dissection room.

A man spoke to Luo Xue, who was standing nearby in a white surgical gown.

“Yes,” Luo Xue replied, as she examined the body.

There were noticeable wounds on his neck.

“Many of the internal organs were eaten, especially the blood, which was completely drained.” As she continued the autopsy, Luo Xue spoke out loud.

The young men and women in surgical gowns around her felt a shiver down their spines.

The scene before them was quite terrifying.

They had only just joined the research center and were already encountering many mysterious phenomena they had never dealt with before.

“According to the witness statements, a ‘loach’ bit through his neck and entered his body through the wound.”

“It then drank his blood while controlling him to leave the fishing boat.”

Luo Xue continued to speak.

Soon, under her scalpel, it became evident that most of the man’s internal organs were eaten away.

“Could this loach be a parasite from that monster’s body!?”

A man, seemingly realizing something, couldn’t help but voice his thoughts.

The parasites that emerged from those creatures’ bodies resembled loach-like creatures!

“Yes, according to the specimen I brought back for research, it should be a sea loach.”

“After mutating, their appearance changed. They look more like freshwater loaches and their backs are filled with phosphorescent substances and luminescent enzymes, making their backs appear to glow gold.”

Luo Xue continued speaking.

Listening to her, the crowd nodded their heads like chickens pecking at grain.

The faces of these young men and women showed respect.

After all, this bizarre situation had been quickly resolved through Luo Xue’s analysis.

“This mutated creature likely controlled its host to move toward a certain location.”

“The nearest place to where the body was found is the river.”

“Although this mutated sea loach can burst with terrifying speed on land for a short time, it can’t stay out of water for long. If nothing unexpected happened, it should have entered that river.”

Luo Xue continued her analysis.

“Then why didn’t it just eat the person and return to the sea?” A man couldn’t help but ask.

“Good question, but I don’t know the answer.” Luo Xue shook her head.

“For now, let’s send someone to inspect the river.

See if there are any traces of this mutated creature.” She continued.

“Yes!” The crowd nodded.

…

After finishing the dissection lesson, Luo Xue went to another research lab.

“Team Leader Luo.” A middle-aged man stood up as Luo Xue entered.

“How’s the experiment going?” Luo Xue asked calmly.

In the lab, there were numerous glass containers.

Inside these glass containers were various marine creatures.

One container held a carp.

The carp’s body twisted and writhed, then it floated up.

A mutated sea loach emerged from its mouth.

“We’ve researched it several times. This mutated creature devours from the inside, especially fond of organs.”

“It seems to have a special parasitic control ability.”

“Very dangerous.”

The middle-aged man and Luo Xue stood there, watching the mutated creature in the glass container.

“Yes.”

Luo Xue nodded, then opened the glass lid and took out the floating carp.

The carp was now very light, its body almost hollow.

“It remains active in freshwater.”

“After mutating, it seems to have adapted to living in freshwater.”

Luo Xue observed the hollowed-out carp, then closed the glass lid and spoke.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The mutated sea loach, seeing Luo Xue and the middle-aged man nearby, began to madly ram the glass container.

The container emitted dull thuds, but it was made of high-strength tempered glass, and the loach’s efforts were futile.

“Yes, its freshwater adaptability is good, and it could reproduce easily.”

“If it gets into the river and reaches the water treatment plant, it will be a big problem.”

The middle-aged man shivered at the thought.

“Yes, tell the water treatment plant to increase inspections and report any unusual activity in the surrounding rivers.” Luo Xue instructed calmly.

“Okay.”

“By the way, there’s something else.”

“Speak.”

“Someone near the Dragon King Temple claimed to have seen something glowing.”