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After recording all the data, Xie Qingwei pondered for a moment, logged into the intranet from the laboratory computer, and retrieved a secret realm investigation report.

"The number of records of the Night Demon Scarecrow is very small, and the evolved form has never appeared. Currently, the academic community generally believes that its evolved form exists like this."

Mu Shuyue looked at the page that Professor Xie had called up. It was a report on a dark secret realm investigation from many years ago. It was an A-level secret realm "Horror Canyon" that descended on the Hela region. It was the second time that the Night Demon Scarecrow appeared in the exploration record of the Hela region.

The master of the secret realm of "Horror Canyon" is a dark medium-level imperial race [Fear Executioner], which is what Professor Xie calls the evolved form of the Night Demon Scarecrow.

Mu Shuyue: “…”

She thought her aesthetic range was already very broad, and she could find handsome and cute aspects in the dark pets that the public considered dark and scary, but this [Fear Executioner] was really too ugly.

Its entire body was covered with sticky pus, and it looked like a huge, kneaded and stretched tattered rag, covered with scarlet eyes. Its lower body had six intricate spider-hairy legs like a spider or scorpion, and one could smell the stench of decay even through the screen.

Compared to this guy, the [Lickers] I encountered in the Castle of the Dead were considered mild and harmless.

Compared to the dark and terrifying dark supernatural creatures, she is indeed not good at dealing with this kind of purely horror type.

"The core skill of the Fear Executioner is the S-rank dark domain skill [Fear Entity], which is the higher-level skill after the A-rank skill [Evil Ghost Face] is evolved."

Xie Qingwei said, "Most of the known Night Devil Scarecrows have the core talent skill [Evil Face], which is a higher domain skill. Strictly speaking, it should be at the same level as B-level deterrence. Therefore, Night Devil Scarecrows with the A-level talent core [Evil Face] are rated as high-level monarch races and have not yet reached the strength of the emperor race."

Mu Chuyue rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, looked at the Night Demon Scarecrow with the sensing magnetic pole attached to his body, standing obediently next to the detection device, and his mind was filled with some emoticons from the depths of his memory.

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"Because it appears in the same secret realm and its core talents and skills are also inherited from the same source, it is inferred to be the evolved form of the Night Demon Scarecrow?" She looked at Xie Qingwei and asked.

"That's right. This is the evolutionary chain of Scarecrow's [Intimidation] characteristic after deep development. It is very reasonable both in terms of the core skills of the talent and the evolutionary laws of the characteristics." Xie Qingwei nodded.

"But Harvey's situation is a little different. Compared to the [Intimidation] characteristic, it should be more inclined to the growth energy of the wood element."

Xie Qingwei switched the computer interface back to Harvey's physical examination data, touched his chin and thought.

"It's rare for a talent's core skill to be [Straw Man Substitute], not to mention that it has also learned Harvest... Honestly, if Harvey wasn't right in front of me, I would never have believed that the Night Demon Scarecrow could learn [Harvest]."

"However, this also brings new opportunities for evolution. [Straw Man Substitute] has a higher-level A-level upper-level skill, and Harvey also has enough evolutionary potential... But no one can predict what the Night Demon Scarecrow, which is cultivated in the direction of wood growth energy, will eventually evolve into."

Mu Yuyue breathed a sigh of relief. She really couldn't bear to let the reliable and handsome Harvey evolve into a [Fear Executioner]...

No matter what it will evolve into in the other direction, it will not be more terrifying than the Fear Executioner, who has deeply developed the [Intimidation] feature and carries the concept of [Intimidation] itself.

She looked at the data displayed on the computer screen and said, "Don't worry about the evolution process. Before returning from Xizhou, the withered spirit deer came to see me once. It told me that if Harvey encounters a bottleneck in his evolution in the future, he can ask it for help."

"If Harvey can find the right direction for evolution, he can go to Xizhou and complete his evolution under the protection of the withered and flourishing spirit deer."

Xie Qingwei was surprised again. There were so many beastmasters who passed the contract trial of the Harvest Festival and went to the "Fenghe River Basin" to contract and partner with their pets, but she had never heard of anyone who had received the promise of the Withered and Flourishing Spirit Deer.

"It's amazing that the guardian god of Xizhou can take the initiative to provide "after-sales service"...it really cares about you and Harvey. ”

"It was said to be a [thank you gift for waking me up]..." Mu Yuyue recalled, "But I guess it's mainly because Harvey is the first pet born from the "Desolate Land" in a thousand years? Kuruo Linglu was also very curious about what it would look like in the end. ”

Hearing this, the Night Demon Scarecrow that was close to the sensing magnetic pole made a gentle rustling sound.

At this point, Mu Chuyue looked at Xie Qingwei. The reason why she came to the Dark Attribute Research Institute immediately after returning to school was that in addition to Harvey's physical examination, she also had something else she wanted to discuss with Professor Xie.

"Regarding the skill of [Harvest]... Professor Xie, I have a new idea."

Mu Huoyue walked up to the side of the Night Demon Scarecrow and stood still, attaching the induction magnetic pole used for detection to the corresponding place on his body.

Xie Qingwei was startled for a moment, then she realized that most of the data from the induction magnetic pole detection was related to the hidden energy value, which was not applicable to human beastmasters. Only the value of [Contract Entropy] applied to both the pet and the beastmaster.

She adjusted the detection mode to [Contract Entropy] and nodded to Mu Huiyue.

"Harvey was able to learn [Harvest] because I took a slightly risky approach, but this was based on my previous judgment of it."

Mu Yuyue adjusted the sensing magnetic pole and continued, "Strong emotional obsession will have a substantial impact on the potential of the pet, and even change some of its characteristics..."

"Harvey was born in the resonance of group consciousness. Its obsession with the harvest is unparalleled. I have witnessed its conscious dreams, so I can understand its desire... This obsession eventually prompted it to master the [Harvest] that did not conform to its own characteristics."

"Professor Xie, don't you think this is similar to the changes to the [Core Talent Skill]?"

Xie Qingwei was slightly startled, and then fell into deep thought.

Innate core skills are usually the embodiment of the characteristics and specialties of extraordinary creatures. Even within the same race, there will be individuals with different innate core skills, that is, different characteristics.

An extreme example is the little cloud dog, whose attributes are determined by its core talent skill.

There is also a situation like Harvey, a scarecrow who deviates from his intimidating nature and is obsessed with a good harvest, making him completely different from his compatriots.

If strong emotions and obsessions can prompt dark pets to master skills that are not in line with their characteristics, then they should also be able to change their [Innate Core Skills].

After realizing this, Xie Qingwei almost wanted to applaud her students.

As expected of an excellent student who got first place in the written test in Xingzhou, Mu Huoyue never slacked off in her thinking during the process of breeding pets. As a researcher, she observed and recorded everything she experienced, trying to find patterns that had never been discovered.

Without having time to speak, Xie Qingwei immediately turned on the computer she used for research and wrote down her current thoughts and insights.

She exhaled lightly, looked up at Mu Shuyue, and said, "Go on and tell me what you think."

"I'm thinking that if we can find a way to accurately quantify, or describe and express this emotional obsession in detail, we might be able to find a breakthrough. I also think this is closely related to the [Contract Entropy] you proposed."

After Mu Huoyue finished speaking, he looked at the Night Demon Scarecrow beside him.

Harvey was born not long ago and is very pure in sensibility, but he also has a strong obsession because of the resonance of group consciousness. Through Harvey's conscious dreams, it is easy to understand his deep emotional state.

In other words, it is now easier for Harvey and the Beastmaster to form an emotional resonance in the contract.

"Harvey, do you still remember the scene on the day of the official ceremony of the Harvest Festival?" Mu Huoyue said to it.

"Rustle--" The Night Demon Scarecrow swayed gently, making a pleasant sound.

Of course I will remember.

The first time in its life it witnessed a real harvest, it was such a grand and magnificent scene.

A giant snow-white deer with horns and branches like a forest walks forward in the wheat field, as if stepping through golden oceans. Every step it takes contains the power of [Wide Area Prosperity]. The pure life energy permeates the earth, and the earth and the lives living here also give back to the gift of the withered and prosperous spirit deer.

It sees people rejoicing over the harvest, hears their songs praising the harvest, and their happy and contented laughter is the eternal background sound of the harvest festival.

With regrets and melancholy that spanned countless time and space, it finally witnessed the harvest.

"This is also the first time I've seen such a spectacular harvest scene." Mu Liuyue smiled gently.

It seemed to be just a brief and ordinary exchange, but Xie Qingwei discovered that the [Contract Entropy] between Mu Chuyue and the Night Demon Scarecrow suddenly increased.

The increase in [Contract Entropy], which should have reached its peak at the time of the contract, actually increased significantly under such circumstances.

Xie Qingwei did not dare to move her eyes for a moment, and with the help of the guardian spirit, she recorded all the test data.

However, this increase did not last long and returned to its original value after a few minutes, which was similar to the situation of the tooth soldier on the day of the nursery adoption.

"The [Contract Entropy] has indeed increased." Mu Huoyue also confirmed his guess through this small experiment.

"I've been thinking about the results of the previous test and the scene when Eren evolved. In addition to the B-level resource [Dark Blue Everlasting Flower] absorbed that day, the cemetery where the evolution site is located, and Eren's own skill proficiency, there is actually another detail."

"I told him at the time that even if I was in danger, Eren would protect me, right?"

"At that moment, Eren's emotional response to the contract was particularly strong, and then he evolved."

Mu Shuyue recalled, "How can I describe the feeling at that moment? It was very similar to the moment when I used the beast taming talent, dark enhancement in the battle, like a strong..."

"Resonance." Xie Qingwei gave the answer.

"That's right." Mu Shuyue nodded. "My first encounter with Eren was in a very dangerous secret place. He was very obsessed with protecting my safety."

"It's the same with Harvey. When you recall the greatest harvest with him, you can feel the resonance of some of the emotions in the contract."

Mu Shuyue continued, "There are many dark-type extraordinary creatures that are born from different types of emotional resonance, right?"

Xie Qingwei nodded, especially the dark supernatural creatures of high-level races, like guardian spirits and vengeful spirit puppets, which were all born based on the emotional resonance in certain special circumstances, as well as the Night Demon Scarecrow, which was born from the resonance of group consciousness.

"This is an idea that came to me in Harvey's conscious dream state."

"The emotional resonance that came together was so strong that it broke through a certain threshold, and then the Scarecrow was born."

"If the contract between the beastmaster and the dark pet can reproduce the strong resonance when they were born, it doesn't need to be maintained for a long time. As long as it can break through that threshold again..."

Xie Qingwei's eyes brightened as she thought, "... can it complete its evolution just like the leap of life form at birth?"

"It's not that the core skills of the innate talent drive the life leap. Based on the strong emotional obsession, the pet can learn non-characteristic skills. When this resonance is strong enough, or reaches a certain threshold... it is entirely possible to drive the pet's evolution in the opposite direction, or even change the core skills of the innate talent."

"Wooolululul..." The slender guardian spirit flew to the side of the beastmaster. It recalled the moment of its evolution. It was indeed the moment when it felt the emotional resonance of its birth again.

“Although I still don’t know how to find this [threshold], maybe there is no fixed [threshold] at all…”

Mu Huoyue paused. These observations and speculations were just her own guesses. There was still a lot of work to be done to verify them one by one and summarize the research conclusions that could be replicated and reproduced.

"Our research institute is specialized in these things, isn't it?" Xie Qingwei smiled, her expression full of excitement, just like the day she first met Mu Chuyue.

Nothing is more attractive to a researcher than a feasible research direction.

"We'll be busy from now on. Feng Le is about to start wailing. Let me see if I should ask your senior to come back and help..."

Professor Xie can't wait to arrange the next research task.

"I have a feeling that we will make a huge breakthrough this time."

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