Chapter 10

Rare birds and exotic beasts, strange fish and demonic creatures, peculiar flowers and unusual grasses, divine trees and magical vines—everything in heaven and earth is extraordinary.

Evolution is not exclusive to humans; countless animals and plants in nature also evolve, opening the door to intelligence and gaining wisdom, and some even have far more powerful constitutions than their peers. In the Black Domain, such evolved creatures are collectively known as "Yi Shou." After all, it's rare for a plant to evolve intelligence even once in a thousand years.

True energy and mental power are not exclusive to humans either.

Most Yi Shou are just full of vitality, with longer lifespans and greater intelligence than their peers, but they don't evolve to have mental power or true energy. However, among the myriad Yi Shou, there are always exceptions. According to the tale of the Double-Tailed Scorpion, there are a few terrifying Level 10 Yi Shou Kings in the Black Domain that no one dares to provoke. They are either kings of the land, lords of the sky, or dominators of the sea, commanding a large group of Yi Shou.

Plant-type Yi Shou are either extremely weak or extremely strong, given their long lifespans.

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Yun Luo's eyes were very sharp. At a glance, he could tell that Tang Tang, the white mouse, was a mutated form of a common hamster, much stronger and smarter than a regular hamster. It was a typical Yi Shou, but it hadn't evolved to have mental power or true energy.

In the Black Domain, evolved beings love to keep Yi Shou as pets. After all, Yi Shou live long and can be passed down. If one personally cultivates an ordinary Yi Shou to develop mental power and true energy, they can gain the creature's lifelong loyalty, unwavering and unyielding.

Having lived in the post-apocalyptic world for 237 years, entering a house was no challenge for him. Without even looking, he knew there was only a middle-aged woman watching TV in the small building, and Tang Tang's aura was coming from another bedroom.

A thread of true energy shot from Yun Luo's fingertip, silently striking the middle-aged woman's face. She suddenly felt very sleepy and fell asleep on the black leather sofa. Yun Luo casually walked up the stairs to the room where the white mouse was, opened the door, and saw a young girl's bedroom with a faint, sweet fragrance. A delicate blue hamster cage was placed on the bedside table.

The small door of the hamster cage was slightly ajar, and Tang Tang had already escaped. Yun Luo knew without looking that Tang Tang was hiding under the desk, blinking with mischievous blue gemstone eyes, looking particularly cute and playful.

A thread of true energy shot from Yun Luo, and Tang Tang sensed it, running on all fours. Unfortunately, the thread of true energy under his control could turn, and before Tang Tang could react, it struck her forehead, causing her to close her eyes and faint.

Smiling slightly, Yun Luo picked up Tang Tang and put her in his pocket, leaving the small building without leaving a single footprint, coming and going without a trace.

The rain was pouring heavily. Yun Luo opened his black umbrella and strolled into the rain, letting the water soak his shoes and pants, which had just been dried by true energy.

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Tang Tang, an interesting toy.

Yun Luo walked home with his black umbrella, closed the door, and used true energy to dry his shoes and pants, the rising steam being dispersed by the true energy, leaving no trace. He placed the black umbrella by the door, took the unconscious white mouse out of his pocket, and shot a thread of true energy into Tang Tang's fluffy, snow-white body, making the cute creature open her blue gemstone eyes with a bit of confusion.

"Chirp? Chirp chirp! Chirp..." When Tang Tang woke up, she saw Yun Luo looking at her with a indifferent expression. She was first stunned, then startled, and then dared not make a sound, obediently squatting on the coffee table, wagging her fluffy tail, looking very cute.

Yun Luo ignored Tang Tang and went to get the Level 4 Evolved Being's core contributed by the Double-Tailed Scorpion. It was originally the size of an egg but was now only two-thirds as large. Yun Luo had no intention of absorbing the pure energy from the core. Only the strength cultivated step by step was the most solid foundation, capable of breaking through the intangible barrier above Level 10.

Level 10 Kings were Yun Luo's true pursuit.

Although Tang Tang didn't recognize the core, her instincts as a Yi Shou told her it was a great treasure. Absorbing it would make her stronger and smarter, but she didn't dare to move. Tang Tang, who had grown up in a human family, knew how to read human expressions and could live carefree by being cute.

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Human emotions can be hidden on the face, but not in the eyes.

"Chirp, chirp." Tang Tang cooed in a playful, flattering tone. Although she was a male mouse, her cuteness surpassed that of ten female mice. She had once set her eyes on a beautiful, quiet little girl and won a good owner by being extremely cute.

"From now on, you'll be called Tang Tang. The energy in this core is too much; it would kill you." Yun Luo said indifferently. Coming from the post-apocalyptic world to Earth, he sometimes needed a listener, but humans were not trustworthy. Keeping a Yi Shou as a companion to talk to was not a bad idea.

Tang Tang didn't fully understand what Yun Luo was saying, but she could sense the kindness in his words and wagged her tail.

Yun Luo placed the gray core on the coffee table, picked up Tang Tang, who remained very docile. Yun Luo closed his eyes, and pure mental power flowed from his mind, through his meridians, to his right hand, entering Tang Tang's body to examine her blood, flesh, tendons, bones, skin, meridians, and acupoints.

In the post-apocalyptic world, there were countless biochemical beasts, and Level 10 Beast Kings were not rare. Yun Luo had fought over ten thousand types of biochemical beasts and was very familiar with their body structures. From the Double-Tailed Scorpion, he learned that the fundamental basis for Yi Shou to cultivate true energy and mental power was the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians, which was completely different from the 108 meridians and 365 acupoints of humans.

Coincidentally, the biochemical beasts in the post-apocalyptic world also followed the path of the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians, which Yun Luo was very familiar with. Tang Tang's foundation was that of a hamster, and Yun Luo wanted to cultivate her into a Three Wheels and Seven Meridians Yi Shou, a creature with mental power and true energy. This required modifying Tang Tang's bloodline, transforming her into a different type of mouse.

Yun Luo carefully perceived the structure of Tang Tang's mouse body, recalling which biochemical beasts in the post-apocalyptic world had similar body structures. He thought for about ten minutes, during which Tang Tang remained very obedient and didn't move.

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In a relaxed state, Yun Luo thought of a biochemical beast that was not particularly powerful but was incredibly fast, with claws and teeth like divine weapons. This biochemical beast, known as the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, was mostly Level 7 when fully grown and had the talent to find rare treasures, enjoying swallowing them. A Level 9 peak Treasure-Seeking Mouse once appeared in the post-apocalyptic world... but it was killed by his sword.

Yun Luo had conducted a detailed study of that Level 9 peak Treasure-Seeking Mouse and was well aware of the cellular structure of its blood, flesh, tendons, bones, and skin. Transforming the white mouse Tang Tang into a Treasure-Seeking Mouse was not a difficult task.

There were countless cultivation routes for the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians. Yun Luo only needed to simulate the fundamental energy flow of the Level 9 peak Treasure-Seeking Mouse's Three Wheels and Seven Meridians in Tang Tang's body, along with minor modifications to her internal organs, blood, flesh, tendons, bones, and skin. If Tang Tang survived, she would become a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, a creature that only existed in the post-apocalyptic world.

Tang Tang didn't know she was about to experience a terrifying ordeal. Her blue gemstone eyes were bright and shiny, looking at Yun Luo in a flattering manner.

Yun Luo smiled slightly, and the threads of mental power took away all of Tang Tang's pain. The best time to transform the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians was when the Yi Shou was conscious, as it would greatly increase the chances of survival.

Yun Luo crushed the gray core with his left hand, and pure energy liquid flowed out, wrapped by his true energy and delivered into Tang Tang's body. He then used true energy threads and mental power lines to make significant modifications to Tang Tang's internal organs, blood, flesh, tendons, bones, and skin, using the pure energy from the core to create the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians in her body.

Tang Tang instantly lost the ability to blink, and a deep, terrifying sensation washed over her. However, she was smart enough to sense that Yun Luo had no ill intentions and did not struggle, or else Yun Luo would have found it a bit challenging.

The rain outside was continuous, and thunder rumbled. Yun Luo, with a cold expression, carried out a terrifying body transformation on the cute, fluffy white mouse. Fresh blood stained Tang Tang's white fur, but without pain, she could endure.

The entire process lasted thirteen minutes and twenty-six seconds. Even Yun Luo felt tired. The energy from the Level 4 core was used up, but it was still not enough to complete the transformation. Yun Luo had to use his own true energy and mental power to finish the job.

Tang Tang's body was covered in coagulated blood and impurities, a dark red color that was quite ugly. Yun Luo picked up Tang Tang and took her to the bathroom to wash her with warm water. Soon, a Yun Luo-fist-sized Treasure-Seeking Mouse appeared. It looked the same as before, but a closer look revealed that Tang Tang's fur was snow-white and crystal clear, and her blue gemstone eyes were a deep, pure blue without a single impurity.

Yun Luo was truly ruthless, crushing and expelling the excess flesh, bones, tendons, and fur from Tang Tang's body during the transformation. If not for the lack of pain, Tang Tang would have died from the agony.

Using true energy to dry Tang Tang's wet fur, Yun Luo performed the final step, using true energy and mental power to form needles and pierce the Three Wheels and Seven Meridians, instantly activating them and making Tang Tang's own energy flow, generating mental power and true energy.

Faint mental power and true energy fluctuations emanated from Tang Tang's body. Yun Luo, who had learned from past mistakes, used his true energy and mental power to envelop Tang Tang, intercepting the leaking energy fluctuations, preventing the awakening of the Yi Shou from being detected by the awakening detector in the deepest part of the National Security Bureau of West Lake City.

The success of Tang Tang's transformation was largely due to her being a Yi Shou with a high chance of evolving mental power and true energy. Yun Luo only played a catalytic role, not creating something out of nothing.

Tang Tang, who had just undergone the super-evolution of a Treasure-Seeking Mouse, was physically and mentally exhausted and soon fell into a deep sleep. Yun Luo placed her in a pine wood box on the bedside table, padding it with fluffy, white cotton, allowing the little creature to have a peaceful sleep.

For now, Yun Luo didn't tell An Chuyu about keeping a white mouse. It was uncertain whether Tang Tang would survive. If she lived for ten days, it would be a great success.

For some reason, Yun Luo had a vague feeling that something bad was about to happen. Without dwelling on it, he took a shower and went to sleep, knowing that the sky wouldn't fall, and it was just unnecessary worry.

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In a distant underground base of the Gray Organization, a new mission was posted: "West Lake City, Huaxia, investigate the death of the Level 4 Evolved Being, Double-Tailed Scorpion. Silver-Grade Black Hand can accept, limited to one person, deadline seven days, reward 800 points, and the Double-Tailed Scorpion's legacy."

A person shrouded in a gray hooded cloak took out a Gold-Grade Black Hand card and swiped it on the mission acceptance sensor, then silently left.

The crystal screen flashed with the information on the Black Hand card: "Wan Li Zhui Ming, Level 7 Evolved Being, Gold-Grade Black Hand, Deputy Leader of the Silver-Grade Black Hand Team."

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