"…I've finished watching the part that praises me. I'll look for the complete recording of the rest later."

Qiao Bai spoke the truth and quickly changed the subject: "Didn't you say you were going to publish a paper? Why are you holding an academic conference?"

Zhou Xinran snorted, "There are always some stubborn people who think I'm joking and want to block my quota for top journals. In this case, I might as well hold an academic conference and throw evidence in their faces. I don't think they will have any objections."

Qiao Bai gave a thumbs up.

"But wasn't your thanking me at the end a bit too much?" Qiao Bai said unnaturally.

Zhou Xinran said nonchalantly, "The academic conference has already started, and I don't mind praising you a little more. You have contributed a lot. I also sincerely want you to be my student, so I won't praise you too much."

Before Qiao Bai could ask her a few more questions, she heard Zhou Xinran say.

"Remember to read the message Huang Zhou sent you. I have something else to do here, so I'll hang up first." After saying that, Zhou Xinran hung up the phone neatly.

Qiao Bai felt... something was still not right. Professor Zhou seemed quite busy.

But when he called, Zhou Xinran still answered his call immediately.

When Qiao Bai wanted to ask the key point, Zhou Xinran seemed to avoid the topic and didn't want to say more.

Think about it.

It didn't take Qiao Bai much effort to find the complete screen recording of today's academic conference on the Internet.

Only then did he discover.

The news about the evolution of honey bugs has spread on the Internet and caused an explosive news shock.

Xiao Wu squatted down on Qiao Bai's shoulder, poked out his little head and stared at Qiao Bai's mobile phone screen.

Seeing this.

Qiao Bai held the phone closer to Xiao Wu, regardless of whether Xiao Wu could understand it or not, to give Xiao Wu a sense of participation.

The little crow that was being taken care of rubbed Qiao Bai's neck with satisfaction.

While watching the screen recording video and browsing the discussion topics on Zhibo, Qiao Bai finally understood why the sensation of this news was far more exaggerated than he had imagined.

The key point is - ordinary people.

Generally speaking.

Only those who have awakened the qualifications of a Beastmaster can contract and raise extraordinary creatures, and command and control them.

The extraordinary power awakened in the honey bug's body is only a little bit, the grade is not high, and the attack power is almost non-existent. It will not cause harm to ordinary people if they are raised. The country and the alliance have never issued any clear prohibitions or regulations on this behavior.

In the opinion of many beastmasters, honey bugs should not be called extraordinary creatures.

Therefore, most beastmasters will not contract honey bugs unless there are special reasons or coincidences.

But the honey bug's unique color, longer lifespan than ordinary insects, and its cute appearance make it popular among a small number of ordinary people who like insects.

It's nothing, it's just a honey bug, ordinary people can just raise it, it's no big deal.

Until the appearance of the evolved form of the honey bug - the fairy butterfly.

At the press conference, Zhou Xinran publicly said: There are too few beast masters who have contracted honey insects, and it is impossible to find suitable honey insect samples that can evolve among the beast masters. Finally, under Qiao Bai's reminder, she expanded the search scope and added ordinary people. Finally, she found two honey insects that met the evolution requirements, and both of them successfully evolved into fairy butterflies.

The evolved fairy butterflies did not express any desire to attack their owners who were ordinary people and did not use the Spirit Sea Beast Space to contract them. They would even actively protect them.

Now everyone was furious!

Ordinary people were furious.

In these two cases, the evolved fairy butterflies showed absolutely no aggression and took the initiative to protect ordinary people. Does this mean that ordinary people also have the opportunity to own a supernatural creature of their own?

Apart from the fairy butterflies, are there similar supernatural creatures?

They also want to have their own pet!

The beastmaster was also furious.

Is it so easy to contract extraordinary creatures? Even if they awaken the spiritual sea beast control space and contract with extraordinary creatures, some wild and unruly pets will inevitably attack the beastmaster, and the beastmaster can only rely on the restraint of the beast control space to forcibly subdue the pet.

Not to mention ordinary unawakened people who have no means to use extraordinary powers.

Even if only one person out of a hundred is attacked by the fairy butterfly, it will be a catastrophic attack for that one person.

After the evolution, the Fairy Butterfly was definitely a [low-level intermediate extraordinary]! Many beastmasters from ordinary families only reached this level of quality for the second or third pet they contracted.

Is it really okay to put a supernatural creature without a contract and with strength comparable to that of small arms in the hands of ordinary people?

Both sides have their own reasons.

No one could convince the other.

There is a lot of noise on Zhibo, and the topic is getting hotter. There are all kinds of people, some are just watching, some are curious, some really want to raise one...

Qiao Bai was stunned.

"I... am I really going to change history?" At this moment, Qiao Bai realized more deeply how shocking it was that the honey bugs could evolve!

If a higher-level extraordinary creature discovered a new evolutionary path, the shock caused would not be as great as that caused by the honey bug.

This is because this wave involves thousands of ordinary people!

Qiao Bai: ...I’m scared. I won’t get involved.

As an ordinary high school student, Qiao Bai believes that he cannot bear such a responsibility that involves deep social thinking. All he can do is to find out the new evolutionary route of extraordinary creatures and leave the rest to the country and the alliance.

The country and the alliance will definitely be able to come up with a charter that everyone can believe in! The country and the alliance: "..."

I don't believe you! If you understand the huge impact behind the evolution of honey bees, you can understand why Professor Zhou was almost blocked from publishing his paper.

Qiao Bai shook his head: "It has nothing to do with me. I'd better focus on the present and think about how to urge Qi Yue's little fire fox to be more diligent so as to contribute to Xiao Wu's evolution."

Hearing his own name, Xiao Wu tilted his head, and the ahoge on his head swayed on Qiao Bai's neck, making it itchy.

Qiao Bai pushed Xiao Wu a little further away with amusement: "You have to learn to be a mature bird and keep a certain private distance."

Xiaowu: ╭(╯^╰)╮

Keep your distance?

No!

It likes to stick to him! It wants to stick even tighter! The little crow rubbed down, and the round ball just shrunk into Qiao Bai's collarbone.

Qiao Bai reached out to pick up Xiao Wu, and was met with Xiao Wu's fierce gaze.

Qiao Bai sighed and compromised.

What can he do? It's not a matter of principle. The pet likes him as a beastmaster and wants to be closer to the beastmaster. He can't refuse, right? He comforted himself.

Qiao Bai's bottom line unconsciously retreated a little bit.

After replying to the messages from Lin Weiwei and Qi Yue, as well as the messages in the group, Qiao Bai clicked on President Huang's dialog box.

I don’t know if it’s a common problem among older people, but President Huang sent several long voice messages.

"Student Qiao Bai, if you have time to come to the NY City Beast Taming Alliance in the next few days, you have been selected into the list of outstanding staff members of the Beast Taming Service Station!"

"Then I also understand your situation. In order to thank you for your contribution to the discovery and verification of honey bug evolution, I have applied for a special animal tamer subsidy for you. After the process is passed, you can enjoy a monthly subsidy of 20,000 yuan until you graduate from high school!"

"If you are admitted to a university in this city, the subsidy can be continued."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Bai's eyes lit up instantly.

What is this called? He was looking for a part-time job an hour ago and was worried about making a living.

How long has it been?

A windfall of 20,000 yuan? Even if you don't have time, you must make time for it! As soon as possible! The sooner the better!

Qiao Bai calmed down and sent a voice message to President Huang to express his gratitude: "Thank you, President Huang, but I can't delay my work. I have a day off on Saturday and will be there as soon as possible at 9 am."

On the other side, President Huang, who was meeting with several other professors from the city, directly sent out the message after receiving Qiao Bai's message.

After hearing this, a satisfied and relieved smile appeared on his face.

"What a hard-working and conscientious student!"

Ask for monthly ticket 　　 　 (end of this chapter)