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"As you can see, the Thunder Fruit has enhanced the empathy of the Beast Tamer Contract. With the Beast Tamer's faith, the timid Glow Mushroom has the courage to attack the enemy. Combined with the characteristics of [Night Glow], it can gain the upper hand in the battle."
Professor Yuan Xin pushed up his glasses and continued to demonstrate the effects of the Thunder Fruit.
The intimidation of the contract makes the timid Noctilucent Mushroom brave, rushing towards the enemy with blinding fluorescence.
This made the irritable Force Pattern Grizzly Bear become cunning, and it abruptly stopped its charge and made a feint attack.
Make the gentle Water Carp go crazy and launch a water wave when it should use a healing skill.
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The experimental videos he brought were almost all cases of using contracts to allow pets to go against their instincts to use skills or characteristics, causing unexpected attacks on opponents and ultimately winning the battle.
Mu Huoyue inexplicably recalled the Star Festival that she and Wen Li went to see on her birthday.
The star player of the Xingyao Battle Club, the beastmaster who had contracted the Fiery Ice Sabertooth Tiger, forced it to execute the tactics of the [Courage] trait in order to make its pet develop into a Frost Flame Tiger, and ultimately lost the battle.
That person would probably very much wish there was a supernatural resource like the [Thunder Fruit].
But can influencing the temperament of pets on the battlefield through contract empathy, and forcing them to become what the beastmaster wants in order to execute tactics, really allow them to grow and evolve?
"In addition to allowing pets to overcome their weaknesses and give full play to their own advantages, the Thunder Fruit can also strengthen the constraints in the contract, increase the deterrent power of the beastmaster, and make it easier for the contracted pets to submit."
Professor Yuan Xin replaced the experimental video on the projection screen.
"It can be said that the Thunder Fruit can help the beastmaster awaken a new thunder-type beastmaster talent, and through the contract, achieve absolute control over the pet, so that the pet will no longer refuse to execute orders."
"This deterrent power derived from the contract can also work on wild supernatural creatures, making it easier to conclude the contract."
Professor Yuan Xin played several relevant experimental cases, including a clip of the school team's main player Yang Lei in the national competition.
His trump card contracted pet, [Ten Directions Ink Mandrill], is an unruly and unpredictable extraordinary creature. It is almost impossible for him to cooperate with other pets, let alone participate in doubles competitions.
But during the national competition, Yang Lei's Shifang Moxiao was the core in the doubles battle. His innate core skills not only hurt his teammates, but also triggered the opponent's extraordinary characteristic of increasing attack power after being injured, and he finally won that confrontation.
"As we all know, the characteristics and innate core skills of pets cannot be changed. The potential of most extraordinary creatures is determined the moment they are born."
Professor Yuan Xin continued, "Not everyone can contract a pet with perfect talents. Using the Thunder Fruit to increase the influence of the contract, constrain the behavior of the pet, and make it overcome its character instincts and use its own characteristics in unexpected ways will be a very efficient way of training."
Afterwards, Professor Yuan Xin introduced the current cultivation status and basic cost of [Thunder Fruit].
This is an extraordinary resource developed for Beast Tamers. The higher the level of the Beast Tamer, the worse the effect. If you want to create an additional Beast Taming talent, it can only be achieved for Beast Tamers whose Beast Taming Space is below Level 5.
The cultivation of Minglei Fruit cannot be mass-produced at present, but Professor Yuan Xin believes that these problems can be overcome through subsequent in-depth research.
After the team from Hongzhou University finished their presentation, whispers of discussion immediately broke out in the conference hall.
Everyone was evaluating the effectiveness of the Thunder Fruit, including the three judges.
After final discussion, the jury gave a score of [21/30].
"Huh? Is there anything wrong with your eyes? Professor Yuan's epoch-making and outstanding achievements are not as good as that little girl's inverted space?" Yang Lei, who was serving as a speech assistant on the podium, had veins bulging and was about to walk off the stage to fight with the judges on the spot.
Professor Yuan Xin's face turned cold when he saw the score. He waved his hand to stop the impulsive Yang Lei behind him, and then looked at the judge Wan Ling who gave the lowest score of only [6/10].
"Can I ask Professor Wan Ling why she thinks this project is only worth 6 points?"
"Of course." Professor Wan Ling, who was sitting on the jury, clasped her fingers and answered in an orderly manner.
"I won't judge the good or bad of the beast taming method. After all, the way to exercise the contract varies from person to person, and the method that can ultimately achieve results has its own value."
"However, I do not agree that a contract that unilaterally strengthens the deterrent power of a beastmaster is a truly effective training method."
"It sounds very attractive to let the pet overcome its natural weaknesses and better display its own characteristics, but how can you ensure that the decision made by the leading beastmaster is correct?"
"Can the orders that the beastmaster forcibly issues through the power of the contract really help the pet to better display its own characteristics?"
"Especially since your fruit can only work on beastmasters below level 5, most beastmasters at this level are still in the process of learning and growing, just like the impulsive kid behind you."
Professor Wan Ling paused and continued, "The reason why pets develop certain natures is due to many factors, and [nature] does not equal [weakness]."
"Just like the glow mushrooms are naturally timid, because they are weak, they need to be more cautious when facing the enemy's attacks during battle."
"The night-flying glow released when you are nervous and afraid is to protect yourself from danger, not a cover-up before an attack."
"If your experimental records show that the glow of the Noctilucent Mushroom did not completely control the opponent, then its reckless attack under the influence of the contract would cause it to lose the battle directly."
Hearing this, Mu Chuyue in the audience let out a sigh of relief and felt the slight depression in her heart dissipate.
When she finished listening to the speech before, she just felt uncomfortable instinctively, but it was Professor Wan Ling who accurately discovered the biggest hidden danger of the Thunder Fruit.
By forcing a pet to fight against its nature through the threat of a contract, it might be possible to use a surprise attack from the sky a few times, but how could the beastmaster be sure that his judgment was always correct?
Just like Fang Xuyang and his Thunder Lion in the national qualifying competition, even if the Thunder Lion faithfully carried out an unreasonable tactic that went against its own nature and used thunderbolts on itself, the Beastmaster failed to make the correct judgment and still lost. The contract is a two-way choice between the beastmaster and the pet, and they should give each other feedback and grow together.
"I agree with Professor Wan Ling's opinion. Strengthening the deterrent power of the beastmaster in the contract too early will affect the evolutionary potential of the pet."
Professor Chen Li, an authority in the field of evolution, added that his rating for the Thunder Fruit is [7/10].
President Kang Yao, who was the only one to give an excellent rating of [8/10], smiled and said, "However, the effectiveness of the Thunder Fruit is obvious to all. It is very useful in situations that require strict discipline. I think there is still huge room for development."
Professor Yuan Xin's face turned pale. He looked at the three people on the judges' panel and suppressed his emotions.
"The purpose of the contract is to better control pets, and the Thunder Fruit can effectively enhance the deterrent power of the contract and bring benefits to all pet masters."
"It's nonsense to say that it will affect the potential for evolution. The potential for evolution of a pet is set at birth. The core skills of talent determine the upper limit of evolution. Otherwise, how can there be any racial classification?"
Professor Chen Li shook his head upon hearing this and closed the list of participating projects in his hand.
He looked at Yuan Xin on the podium and said, "Will the contract affect the evolutionary potential of the pet? You may know the answer in the next demonstration project."
Professor Yuan Xin snorted coldly and walked down the podium with his assistant.
The next project on display is the seventh one, which is the result from the Dark Attributes Research Institute of Jingzhou University.
Feng Le, who was suddenly given high hopes by Academician Chen Li, felt under great pressure. He took several deep breaths, but his heart was still beating fast, his teeth were chattering, and his hands and feet were numb.
"Do you agree with the research results just presented by Professor Yuan Xin, Feng Le?" Mu Liuyue looked at him and asked in a low voice.
"Of course not. I have witnessed with my own eyes what kind of miracles the [Contract] can bring." Feng Le answered firmly.
Hearing this, Mu Yuyue smiled and stood up from the audience: "Then go on stage and let them see what the [Contract] between a beastmaster and his pet is."
Feng Le took a last deep breath, patted his face, and then stood up.
His body no longer trembled and his eyes were bright. He looked like the researcher in the laboratory who loved property research and never complained about working overtime.
Feng Le and Mu Liuyue walked up to the podium together.
Seeing two young students stand up, low discussions were heard again around.
"The Dark Attribute Research Institute of Jingzhou University, that's Professor Xie Qingwei's team, right?"
"First, the Log Research Institute. Professor Xie, are you planning to let students give lectures this year?"
"I don't know what the specific results are, but Academician Chen Li seems to be looking forward to it..."
"These two don't look like Lin Lin. I haven't heard much about them."
“Is it okay to let students be responsible for the presentation…?”
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Feng Le turned a deaf ear to the faint discussions in the audience. He projected the PPT and other presentation materials he had prepared in advance onto the giant screen behind the podium, and then bowed slightly to the judges and audience.
"Hello everyone, I am Feng Le, a junior student majoring in attribute research at Jingzhou University, and I will be responsible for today's project presentation."
The young man with a very tender face stood up. He had never imagined that he could speak in front of so many people without shaking, but at this moment, there was a strong emotion supporting him to complete this huge challenge.
"The project we are presenting is [Research on the Evolutionary Driving Force of Dark Supernatural Creatures]."
After hearing Feng Le's opening, the audience reacted lukewarmly.
Dark supernatural creatures are notoriously difficult to evolve to a high level. Compared to evolutionary research on other attributes, examples of dark supernatural creatures reaching the monarch race are extremely rare.
This topic is the direction that most dark attribute research will touch upon. Professor Xie Qingwei has been working towards this goal in the past two years, but has never been able to make a major breakthrough.
Some people in the audience were discussing the previous exhibition project in a low voice, some took out their mobile phones to send text messages to the person in charge, and some were spinning pens out of boredom...
Except for the three authorities sitting in the front row of the judges' seats, no one else seemed to take this student-led speech seriously.
Feng Le's voice did not change, and he continued steadily: "Through experiments, it is proven that this driving force comes from the emotional resonance between the beastmaster and the pet, which is the increase in [Contract Entropy]."
"After using the [Resonance Crystal] developed by Professor Xie Qingwei to allow [Contract Entropy] to exceed the individual threshold, a [Ritual] behavior led by the pet will occur that can deepen the emotional resonance."
"Combining the above methods, we have found a way to make pets break through the limitations of their innate core skills and complete their evolution."
The entire exhibition hall fell silent following these words.
The people who were discussing in a low voice stopped talking, the person who was sending text messages pressed a lot of wrong keys, the person who was spinning the pen dropped his pen on the carpet, and even the three judges showed surprised expressions.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the podium.
What did the young speaker just say?
...a method to allow the contracted pet to break through the limitations of its core innate skills and complete its evolution? !
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