Chapter 498

Chapter 498

Just like the informants Blue Star Pet Shop has planted around various organizations, they cannot be completely eradicated.

Even if the Church cleared the surrounding territory a hundred times, Lorant would still stubbornly have Xiao Lan use her Fae Magic to create an invisible and almost undetectable 'Fae Eye' to be deployed around, ready to monitor internal movements at any time...

So now he no longer insists on having Fa Meng completely clear out his territory.

Putting oneself in the other's shoes, it's clear that clearing out is never thorough...

These things are like some kind of tacit rule; no one would be foolish enough to explicitly state them, but everyone tacitly acknowledges the existence of these gray areas.

Despite Lorant's good relationship with the military department, he is absolutely certain that among the surveillance activated around his territory due to Blue Star Pet Shop's unusual activities these past two days, there is definitely a share from the military department...

It might have even been Michael himself who gave the order.

Let's face it, none of us are saints, so there's no point in judging each other...

But if a simple facility could render all this surveillance useless, Lorant would certainly be willing to do it.

So far, all the surveillance methods Lorant has encountered—be it magic or some obscure niche abilities—without exception, lack any vision-penetrating capabilities.

In simpler terms, as long as a sufficiently large cover is placed over the Blue Star Pet Shop, all surveillance measures would become ineffective...

Like the previous research on the Mushroom Grower animal, Lorant had a greenhouse built for the mage team to allow them to fully engage in their work, ensuring that their research on the Mushroom Grower was not disturbed by external factors.

The research on the Bigmouth Book is more complex than that on the Mushroom Grower and naturally cannot be completed quickly; it will inevitably continue for a long time.

Whether it's teaching the Bigmouth Book pure magic or pure combat skills, and then integrating the two, it all requires a relatively long time.

After all, they need to truly learn the skills, and the process of nurturing them is just like nurturing a professional, except the Bigmouth Book doesn't have to deal with energy advancement and can learn from basic to advanced magic all at once, without the long years a real professional would need.

But there is still a long way to go for the Blue Star Pet Shop mages to fully test all the characteristics of the Bigmouth Book.

Under these circumstances, Fa Meng naturally cannot stay at the Blue Star Pet Shop for such a long time.

Once her domain is set up, no matter where Fa Meng is—be it on the other side of the Lopulo Mountains or at the bottom of the ocean—she can perfectly monitor the area.

But that still requires Fa Meng to keep more of her attention on Blue Star Pet Shop.

To say that it has no effect on Fa Meng herself is self-deception.

Therefore, Lorant had a simple teaching ground for the Bigmouth Book built.

It's large enough, hidden enough, and while simple, it's sufficient.

When Lancelot walked in, today's Bigmouth Book 'greenhouse' was already filled with quite a few people.

For the mage team who see research as their life's purpose, having such an opportunity to study a mysterious and powerful pet that holds great significance for mages, they could go without eating or drinking for days, working non-stop in the lab!

Unless they drop dead on the spot, nothing can dampen their overwhelming enthusiasm.

The idea of working for love really fits this group.

After all, they can indeed generate electricity, right...

But while the mages can get excited, Lorant can't just let them engage in all sorts of irrational behaviors.

Especially after being awakened by a sudden explosion that echoed throughout the Blue Star Pet Shop late last night, Lorant dragged his tired, sleepy self to set rules for Monroe's team.

"The research on the Bigmouth Book must not exceed 12 o'clock at night, and can only start at the earliest at 8 o'clock in the morning, understood?" Lorant said, staring at Monroe, whose dark circles under his eyes seemed about to fall off.

Among all the mages, Monroe, who has the most normal personality and, despite some quirks, behaves most like a normal person, looked as if he had just heard a horror story, his eyes wide with shock.

To the uninformed, it might seem like Lorant, as the boss, was limiting his employees' working hours to prevent them from suddenly dying, but it might also seem like he was forcing them into non-stop 007 shifts!

"Boss, that's not necessary! Boss!" Monroe reacted with even a hint of panic upon hearing Lorant's words: "Don't worry! Even if we stay up late for experiments, the data won't be messed up, that's for sure, no matter when, it won't affect our experimental results! We're all seasoned, you can rest assured!"

However, faced with this assurance, Lorant could only twitch the corner of his mouth.

He didn't know whether the data would be a problem, but he knew that if they kept staying up late like this, first he would have a problem, and second, Monroe, who isn't even a mage and whose physical condition naturally can't compare to those of true professionals, would be the second to have a problem.

Therefore, the conscientious boss firmly shook his head, rejecting the employees' proposal to work unpaid overtime 007: "This can't go on, Monroe, we need to look at the long term, to view this matter from a long-term perspective."

"The research on the Bigmouth Book isn't something that can be completed in a day or two, I still need to rely on you all for this! You wouldn't want your mage team to collapse from exhaustion, forcing us to hand over this project to another mage team, would you? Not to mention, Eurisa came to me yesterday saying I was favoring you." Lorant raised an eyebrow, thinking of further threats: "Your team is already handling quite a number of beast pets, and the Bigmouth Book is such an important A-level beast pet, its importance is self-evident. If you really can't handle it, then I'll have no choice but to hand over this beast pet project to someone else!"

Eurisa is the leader of another mage team at Blue Star, part of the second batch of mages to enter Blue Star, but due to his outstanding abilities, he quickly stood out and led a team.

Hearing this, Monroe widened his eyes in indignation, looking incredulous: "How can Eurisa have the nerve? It's clearly their team's own slow progress that has led to them not being able to secure rights to two new beast pets in a row, and now that they've made progress with the beast pets in their hands, they dare to covet our Bigmouth Book! No way, we absolutely won't give him any opportunity."

The skinny apprentice mage rolled up his heavy, cloth-striped sleeves as if ready to fight the mage named Eurisa at any moment.

Although a mage, Eurisa's physical condition is no weaker than an ordinary low-level knight's.

The thick muscles on his arms are thicker than Monroe's waist!

Lorant quickly intervened to stop Monroe from rashly sacrificing himself in a fight: "Calm down, Monroe. Eurisa was just blowing off steam."

"He knows that as long as the project in hand isn't finished, I won't assign you a new project no matter what. Eurisa was just venting."

After calming Monroe down, Lorant cautioned: "But if your team really collapses because of this, Eurisa will be more than happy to step in and take over all your research projects!"

"If you don't manage your time properly, anything could happen."

After outlining the risks of overtime, Lorant was pleased to see Monroe's shock turn to thoughtfulness.

The boss is right. While work is important, keeping control of it and preventing others from interfering is even more crucial!

As long as they retain the research rights to the Bigmouth Book, when to research, how long to research, and how to research, isn't it all up to their team?

Realizing this, Monroe calmly went to inform his team members, allowing Lorant to get a decent half-night's sleep.

Lorant didn't call Lancelot back due to a lack of mages or knights for the Bigmouth Book.

In fact, the current Blue Star research team, besides the large group of mages who stay in the lab all year round, also has many external collaborators.

This is thanks to the special beast pet, the Lightwing Butterfly.

Most of these external collaborators are from other departments of Blue Star, and the reason they came into the sight of the mage team was mostly through their acquaintance during the previous testing of the Lightwing Butterfly.

Researching the Lightwing Butterfly is a massive task, as each one is unique. Even Lightwing Butterflies with similar abilities show slight differences in practice.

To this day, the beast pet shop has yet to breed two completely identical Lightwing Butterflies.

To this day, research on the Lightwing Butterfly continues, especially with the birth of a new wave of Lightwing Butterflies, two mage teams have become busy simultaneously.

Naturally, this process requires a significant number of professionals.

Professionals of different occupations, ages, levels, and even genders need to appear in the research, as more variables ensure that the mages grasp the most accurate information about the Lightwing Butterfly.

Therefore, in a corner of Blue Star, many professionals come and go unnoticed every day.

This convenience has allowed the mage team to easily gather a variety of professionals needed to teach the Bigmouth Books, without the hassle of searching for individuals separately.

Under this simple canopy, each Bigmouth Book is surrounded by a training group of dozens of people. These individuals are efficiently and urgently teaching the Bigmouth Books various skills, hoping they can mature quickly.

After several days of learning and training, each of the clever Bigmouth Books has mastered more than fifteen abilities.

On average, they learn about three new skills a day.

Such progress would be hailed as genius in any professional.

However, Lorant is not very satisfied.