Chapter 066

Chapter 066

Bai Xiaoyu was taken aback when the two of them retracted their mental power tendrils so quickly.

But he quickly reacted and used green mental power threads to circle around them.

Zhou Miaomiao and Ren Zitao stared intently at the mental power threads, their bodies tensing up.

The green mental power thread soon approached their foreheads, stopping there and lightly tapping their smooth foreheads a few times, like a big gray wolf knocking on the door of Little White Rabbit's house.

Bai Xiaoyu, afraid of scaring them, spoke gently, "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. Release your mental power tendrils for me to see."

The two turned to look at Bai Xiaoyu, still showing signs of fear on their faces. Realizing the embarrassing act of instinctively retracting their mental power after touching each other's, they felt a bit awkward.

Encouraged by Bai Xiaoyu, they nodded and tried to release their mental power again. However, their expressions changed slightly, and they couldn't manage to do so for quite some time.

Seeing this, others looked puzzled and asked impatiently.

"What's wrong with you? Did you use too much mental power just now?"

"Everything was fine earlier. Could it be that you wilted after being poked by the mentor's mental power?"

Zhou Miaomiao and Ren Zitao exchanged glances, both seeing shock and helplessness in each other's eyes, and they both breathed a sigh of relief, realizing they weren't the only ones affected.

Facing their classmates' confusion, Ren Zitao stepped forward, "You're right; we did wilt. Give us a few minutes to adjust."

Zhou Miaomiao nodded, "Our mental power tendrils are... a bit strange right now."

Others became even more curious about their current mental power state. How could Bai Xiaoyu's poke affect these top students so much?

Three interns who were progressing similarly to Zhou Miaomiao and were also preparing to target the ninth marker looked doubtful. Their evolving mental power tendrils cautiously extended, sensing a subtle suppression from Bai Xiaoyu's mental power threads. This feeling seemed to require reaching a certain level of mental power to clearly perceive the suppressive force of the green mental power threads. Without crossing that threshold, one wouldn't even have the privilege to sense the opponent's strength.

Their mental powers were not on the same level.

Unless the opponent actively exerted pressure on them.

After regaining their composure, the two released their mental power again, and purple and black mental power tendrils appeared once more. However, unlike their previous vibrant state during advancement, they now looked wilted and cautious, behaving like frightened birds.

Bai Xiaoyu's mental power threads immediately probed towards them, causing the purple and black tendrils to retreat swiftly.

Bai Xiaoyu: "...Don't be afraid."

Everyone: "..."

What exactly happened?

The other three looked at Bai Xiaoyu's mental power threads with intense interest. They knew very well how much their own mental power had evolved recently. What kind of mental power could elicit such a reaction from Zhou Miaomiao and the others, who had entered another dimension? They wished they could advance and experience it themselves.

Finally, their mental power stabilized somewhat, and Bai Xiaoyu's mental power carefully examined them. The purple and black mental power tendrils trembled under the green mental power threads, wanting to disappear with every touch.

After a thorough examination, Bai Xiaoyu said, "It's almost there. You can now expel dark matter, mostly from the easiest areas. And as you've experienced, using a single mental power tendril is inefficient. It's very strenuous, isn't it? Moreover, the dark matter in the artificial eggs is added by us and isn't too difficult. Your current removal rate is around eleven to twelve percent, but when facing real eggs, it will halve. Your mental power needs to be more refined. The more refined the mental power tendril, the less damage it causes to the egg. Multiple mental power tendrils can simultaneously deliver medicine and disperse dark matter."

Bai Xiaoyu paused, "Pharmaceutical refining also requires this. I'm not teaching you to merely add herbs to the pharmaceutical refining device. Instead, you need to refine medicines using at least a dozen different herbs in the alchemy furnace. Therefore, your mental power needs to enter the third stage of training, where you separate individual mental power tendrils."

Hearing this, the interns' faces changed.

After all, in the interstellar world, mental pain is extremely sensitive, and most mental power tendrils are fixed. Most people have a single mental power tendril, with multiple tendrils being rare. So, they were not surprised by Bai Xiaoyu having two mental power tendrils.

Fixed mental power tendrils cannot split further. Many interstellar people suffer mental power damage when their tendrils split, leading to reduced mental levels or even becoming vegetative.

Bai Xiaoyu's proposal for the third stage of mental power training scared the interns. Most of them excelled in mental power and took a few steps back upon hearing about splitting mental power tendrils.

Seeing their obvious hesitation, Bai Xiaoyu asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Zhou Miaomiao stepped forward and expressed their concerns. Bai Xiaoyu glanced at everyone, "That's why you need to pass the nine targets and change your mental power form. Otherwise, your mental power would explode with a single poke. You're worrying too early; you haven't reached the qualification line yet."

Everyone: "..."

They realized it was true, which made it awkward.

At this moment, Zhou Miaomiao looked at Bai Xiaoyu's two tendrils. After experiencing the suppressive force of those thin mental power tendrils, she was now eager to try: "Mentor, do we need to split another mental power tendril next?"

Bai Xiaoyu shook his head, "One is not enough."

Ren Zitao couldn't help but ask, "Mentor, how many should we split?"

Bai Xiaoyu stroked his chin, "It depends on your future capabilities. In my opinion, the minimum is thirty tendrils."

The interns extended their mental power tendrils, which had become more solid and flexible through training. Thinking about splitting a single mental power tendril into thirty, these top students felt overwhelmed for the first time.

The question was, could anyone really achieve that? They had never heard of anyone managing to do so, let alone thirty; even three seemed impossible.

The interns exclaimed, "Mentor, isn't thirty too high a requirement?"

"Yes, I worked hard to get into this field from so many planets, and now I might face my first failure. I'm going to cry."

Seeing their reactions, Bai Xiaoyu asked, "Is it too high?"

All the interns nodded. Bai Xiaoyu looked at their colorful mental power tendrils and floated his two green mental power threads. In front of everyone, he produced several more, weaving a Chinese knot in just three seconds. Holding the green Chinese knot, he circled it in front of them and said, "If your mental power reaches this standard, fifteen tendrils would suffice."

Everyone: "..."

They preferred the original thirty.

Someone regained their composure and asked, "Mentor, how many mental power tendrils do you have now?"

Everyone perked up, curious about Bai Xiaoyu's progress from a former double-F wastrel to now.

Bai Xiaoyu: "Currently, there are only a little over a hundred."

After saying this, a cluster of mental force filaments instantly appeared in his palm, rolling and intertwining before dispersing. In the next second, everyone's mental force tentacles were struck by the filaments.

Due to the limitations of his physical constitution, this body was too weak to withstand the full extension of his mental force. Once his constitution improved, he would continue to increase it.

The interns' mental forces were instantly scattered, their faces filled with shock and unease.

A single strand of mental force could easily suppress their main mental force tentacles—was this even human?

Bai Xiaoyu: "Once you can split your mental force into thirty tentacles, you should be able to ensure a removal rate of dark matter from newborn eggs at over sixty percent. At that rate, the deformed half-beastman cubs in the eggs have an eighty percent chance of recovering their original beastman form."

Bai Xiaoyu had everyone continue practicing. Although their duration had increased significantly, they still ended up exploding as expected.

After the training, Bai Xiaoyu, Zhou Miaomiao, and Ren Zitao stayed behind while the others went back to summarize and continue practicing.

Zhou Miaomiao: "Teacher, did you keep us here for more training?"

Bai Xiaoyu nodded. "Follow me. Your mental forces have already reached the initial requirements, so let's strike while the iron is hot."

He led them to another training room. Looking around, they saw new transparent boxes. These boxes were divided into two layers; the top layer contained various colored balls of different sizes, each labeled with a number.

Bai Xiaoyu took out a bottle of transparent liquid. "This is a mental force mutation agent. Next, you will use your mental forces to enter these containers for training. This agent contains my mental force, which will induce mutations in your mental forces."

Their mental forces were different from his; his was a mutated mental force. They couldn't mutate on their own and needed external means to induce changes.

In addition to various herbs as auxiliary ingredients, the main catalyst was still his mental force. The agent containing his mental force would be placed in front of nine targets, where his mental force would constantly stimulate and refine theirs.

This was similar to how Dahan's blood was used as a catalyst to help Bai Kan evolve.

One involved bloodline power, while this involved mental force.

Bai Kan's evolution through the ninth target and the interns' mental forces undergoing a complete transformation to reach another dimension were both evolutionary opportunities.

From the beginning, their mental force attributes had been guided towards Bai Xiaoyu's mutation direction.

Now, if they passed the third phase of training and were stimulated to develop mutant attributes, they could be guided to split their mental forces under Bai Xiaoyu's influence.

However, their evolved mental forces would be similar to Bai Xiaoyu's, making them semi-originated from the same source.

This was somewhat similar to the mental force enlightenment between the eggs and their parents in the star system.

Bai Xiaoyu was actually doing this for the first time to enhance someone else's mental force. He had considered other attributes, but none were as suitable as his. Moreover, finding a mutant mental force attribute in the star system was difficult, and he had a premonition that it wouldn't succeed even if he did.

These interns had high mental forces, and if not completely suppressed, they couldn't be transformed.

This was similar to Dahan's bloodline suppression.

Bai Xiaoyu didn't know that only absolute emperors had such abilities. Once he allowed it, those affected by him could also originate from others, though their strength would diminish.

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the two of them and told them about this. "So, think carefully before this training. After this, your mental forces will change completely, becoming semi-originated from the same source as mine, and it will affect your descendants."

Zhou Miaomiao and Ren Zitao's eyes lit up.

Beastmen always revered the strong, and they hadn't forgotten the status of this person's mental force in the mental force world. Becoming semi-originated from an emperor's mental force meant their mental forces would become incredibly powerful.

Ren Zitao looked excited. "If it affects our descendants, does that mean my children won't need training and can directly inherit my mental force attributes?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "There's a fifty percent chance."

Zhou Miaomiao: "Will we be as strong as you in the future?"

Bai Xiaoyu didn't directly discourage her. "I can't guarantee that, but effort is key."

Zhou Miaomiao knew the reality; emperors in the mental force world hadn't been heard of for tens of thousands of years.

Although she knew it was impossible, having dreams was essential.

Ren Zitao and Zhou Miaomiao stepped forward eagerly. "What are we waiting for? Let's start the training now!"

They then inserted their mental forces into the transparent solution.

Bai Xiaoyu didn't expect them to act so quickly and hurriedly warned, "Be careful. My mental force is highly aggressive. The attack level inside is minimal, but it might still be tough for you right now."

Then came two cries. Turning his head, he saw Zhou Miaomiao and Ren Zitao's mental force tentacles retracting and curling up on their heads, trembling.

Bai Xiaoyu: "..."

Zhou Miaomiao: "Teacher, do you have any methods?"

Ren Zitao also looked over expectantly. The mental force from an emperor was terrifying, especially when unrestrained. Every part of their mental forces was in pain and completely suppressed, leaving no room for resistance!

Bai Xiaoyu: "No, just reminding you to prepare mentally."

Both of them: "..."

Bai Xiaoyu listened to their painful cries and watched over them for a while. He noticed that they lasted longer each time, and their mental forces showed signs of mutation. Though it looked painful, they weren't being completely scattered. It seemed his agent and mental force intensity were quite suitable; they just needed more training.

The next day, Bai Xiaoyu brought the interns to the incubation center.

Two months had passed, and the eggs in the incubation center needed further dark matter removal.

Previously, their mental forces hadn't met the standards, making observation inconvenient. However, Bai Xiaoyu had them come every few days to observe each stage of dark matter removal.

Since they had been in critical training phases, several days had passed since the last visit, and the interns returned to the incubation center.

It had been a long time, and they didn't realize that the previously immobile eggs could now move.

Bai Xiaoyu wanted them to familiarize themselves with the current state of the eggs and observe the process of removing dark matter after adding the cleansing agent.

They entered and saw rows of eggs of varying sizes, their eyes gradually filling with anticipation.

After regularly observing them for some time, they knew how healthy these eggs were. They hoped that they could also cultivate such healthy eggs in the future.

Bai Xiaoyu placed Xiaoduodian back into the incubation compartment and added specially formulated nutrient solution. Then he stroked the big black egg, which happily jumped into the compartment. After Bai Xiaoyu added the nutrient solution and bone-refining elixirs, it quickly absorbed them.

Seeing the two settle down, Bai Xiaoyu turned around but was blocked by a metal egg, which seemed to be staring at him.

Bai Xiaoyu: "I'll change your medicine later."

The metal egg reluctantly nodded, hopping aside and watching the other eggs in the compartments, which seemed to be slowly waking up.

Nearly a hundred eggs were being cultivated, all of them moving except for the annoying big black egg and Xiaoduodian. All the other eggs in the facility could move!

Bai Xiaoyu walked to the frontmost egg, one covered entirely with red translucent bloodlines. This was the most severely damaged egg that had first been given a shell made from the White Bone Flower.

Now, this egg had grown from the size of a basketball to nearly eighty or ninety centimeters in diameter and almost a meter tall. Within the closed network of bloodlines, a blood-like liquid flowed. Sensing Bai Xiaoyu's presence, the flow gradually sped up, and when he reached out to touch the egg, it wobbled.

Soon, the egg sensed Bai Xiaoyu and rolled towards him, bumping against the wall of the incubation compartment and pressing against his palm, rubbing vigorously.

The intern nearby was stunned. It moved?

Bai Xiaoyu chuckled as he stroked the blood egg. Its smooth, warm surface felt slightly more like skin than the shells of normal eggs, though it remained hard. There was no sign of the previous damage or roughness, and even the crack had become perfectly smooth, save for a thumb-sized red spot where dense blood vessels intersected, a junction of the bloodline network.

This spot had lost its shell and was the most severely damaged, naturally requiring more energy to heal.

Bai Xiaoyu had barely touched it when, due to the recent collision with its neighbor, the adjacent blood egg retaliated forcefully.

He felt the egg under his hand jump, seemingly displeased with the neighbor's provocation. The blood vessels on its surface gradually expanded, and the flow accelerated. If not for its attachment to the warmth of his palm, it would have already clashed with the neighbor.

However, the neighbor's aggression only increased, as if saying, "What's the point of bumping once and then stopping? Are you running away after provoking me? Why hesitate? Come fight!"

Bai Xiaoyu carefully examined the egg and, finding nothing wrong, patted its surface. As soon as he withdrew his hand, the blood egg lunged towards its neighbor.

Thus, the two eggs began clashing.

Even more absurdly, as these two eggs collided, other eggs started bumping into each other, and the situation escalated.

Bai Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled with amusement. These blood eggs, influenced by the Wild Beast Grass, had just begun moving and were already causing friction with their neighbors. With over twenty of them, a clash between two eggs could quickly draw a crowd, leading to chaos throughout the entire cultivation room.