Chapter 33 A Night Destined to Be Restless

After finishing the most important thing, Su Ming and Xu Qianqian only chatted about some meaningless small talk.

Of course, there are important things in these conversations.

For example, the broken scale that Su Ming gave to Xu Qianqian last week, Xu Qianqian has already handed it over to an expert for research.

According to the research results, this scale seems a bit like the scale of a water demon.

"Rotten Water Demon?" Su Ming frowned and asked, "Are you talking about the Rotten Water Demon that lives in the sea area of ​​the Spirit Demon Prison and is considered to be the most common water-dwelling phantom demon in the Spirit Demon Prison?"

"That's right." Xu Qianqian nodded and said, "In the Spirit Demon Prison, there are many phantom demons that live in water, but the most common ones are the Corrupted Water Demons. They can survive even in the dirtiest waters. Among the water-dwelling phantom demons that have come to the human world from the Spirit Demon Prison, Corrupted Water Demons are the most numerous ones currently seen."

Su Ming naturally knew about this.

Not only did he know, he had also received several missions to clear out the phantom demons living in important rivers, and together with Lei Hao and Ye Bai, he had defeated the corrupt water demons several times.

This type of water demon is indeed the most common aquatic phantom demon. Once a non-natural disaster event occurs that is related to water, the murderer behind the event is most likely a water demon.

This shows how common this kind of aquatic phantom demon is.

"But, I remember that the scales of the Corrupted Water Demon don't look like this."

Su Ming pointed this out.

The Corrupted Water Demon that Su Ming had seen was a kind of phantom demon that looked similar to a mermaid. It was larger than an average adult, about two meters tall, with claws and fangs. Its skin was blue, and although it had scales, the scales usually only grew on its arms, thighs, neck, face and other parts of its body. They looked like fish scales, and were the ugliest kind.

In contrast, the scale he found was as smooth as a mirror and as bright as a diamond, and it was quite beautiful.

But Xu Qianqian said that such beautiful scales fell from the water demon.

No wonder Su Ming frowned like that.

"I was also surprised at first, but when I think about it carefully, this is not a strange thing." Xu Qianqian explained to Su Ming: "Once a phantom demon evolves from a low-level phantom demon to a high-level phantom demon, it will be completely reborn and become a brand new individual, right?"

Su Ming began to understand what Xu Qianqian wanted to express.

"In other words, do you think the owner of that scale actually evolved from a Corrupted Water Demon?" Su Ming looked at Xu Qianqian and said, "Is the mysterious being that the suspicious group is hunting really a high-level phantom demon?"

Although it is not known whether it is a cub, since it has been confirmed that the owner of the scales evolved from a Corrupted Water Demon, the speculation that it is a higher-level phantom demon can be directly proven.

When Su Ming was thinking about this, Xu Qianqian gave another uncertain answer.

"It may not be a high-level phantom demon that has successfully evolved. It may also be a mutant."

Xu Qianqian's words made Su Ming blink.

"Mutants?"

Su Ming became thoughtful.

Xu Qianqian met Su Ming's gaze and spoke like this.

"After sucking enough blood and accumulating enough power, the lower-level phantom demon will evolve, but evolution is not necessarily successful." Xu Qianqian said: "If there is an accident during the evolution process, or the accumulated power is not enough to support the entire evolution process, then this phantom demon will stop evolving and mutate in another direction, right?"

In other words, it is a mutation.

A variation that occurs due to incomplete evolution.

"The phantom demon that appears due to this situation is a mutant. Although it has not evolved completely, it has also escaped the category of lower-level phantom demons and is between lower-level phantom demons and higher-level phantom demons."

Xu Qianqian's voice reached Su Ming's ears clearly.

"Not only are there mutants among the lower-level phantom demons that fail to evolve and mutate, but there are also such mutants among the higher-level phantom demons, right?"

Although the evolution of a lower-level phantom demon into a higher-level phantom demon can be considered a complete transformation, it cannot be considered the end point of the "phantom demon" species.

No matter what kind of phantom demon it is, it will have three opportunities to evolve in its lifetime.

The first evolution is from a lower-level phantom demon to a higher-level phantom demon, completely standing out from the small fry and thus truly possessing the power to change one's destiny.

But there are also different levels among the upper-level phantom demons.

The first stage of the superior phantom demon is called the dangerous species, which is just the initial superior phantom demon, the weakest superior phantom demon.

In addition to dangerous species, there are also nightmare species and horror species among the advanced phantom demons.

If an individual that evolves into a high-level dangerous phantom demon species continues to suck blood and accumulate strength, a second evolution will occur.

At this time, if it can evolve successfully, it will become a nightmare species.

By the same token, when the nightmare species have absorbed enough blood and accumulated enough strength to trigger the third evolution, which is also the final evolution, once successful, they will become the terror species.

That is the end of the illusion.

That is the final stage that a life form like a phantom demon can reach.

Only by becoming a terrifying species can one become the strongest phantom demon and dominate the entire Spirit Demon Prison.

By then, he will have the power to dominate the entire Spirit Demon Prison and become the true King of Phantom Demons.

However, this evolutionary path is not easy to complete.

Not to mention the staggering amount of blood and food needed to evolve to the final stage, just talking about evolution itself, it is possible for it to fail.

Once the evolution fails, it can become a mutant that is more powerful than the phantom demon of the same level, but this also means that this phantom demon will forever lose the opportunity to evolve again and can only stop at the current stage.

This is what is called a mutant.

In view of this, Xu Qianqian came up with this idea.

That is, the mysterious phantom demon that the suspicious group is hunting down may be a mutant that has failed in evolution.

"However, a low-level phantom demon mutant should not be enough to cause the top leaders of the base city to use their own private soldiers to hunt it down."

That’s what Xu Qianqian thinks.

"So, the true identity of this Phantom Demon is most likely the cub of a higher-level Phantom Demon."

This is the result of the investigation based on that scale.

"This is really a troublesome matter." Su Ming scratched his head and said, "Have you reported this matter to the senior management of the base city who entrusted you with the task?"

"Yes, I have reported it." Xu Qianqian admitted: "They have taken this matter seriously, but the entrance to the Spirit Demon Prison is about to appear in the urban area of ​​the base city, so they may not be able to deal with this matter in time."

"Then it has nothing to do with me." Su Ming spread his hands, looking as if it had nothing to do with him, and said: "I am only responsible for completing the investigation task you entrusted me with. The rest is not my responsibility."

"I know." Xu Qianqian was already familiar with Su Ming's character, and was not surprised at all. "The countermeasures against the suspicious group and the suspected superior phantom demon cub are things that the upper management needs to decide. We are just students, so we are responsible for the investigation."

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"OK." Su Ming snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "Then this matter will be much easier."

Su Ming has already decided to just take charge of the investigation and not worry about anything else.

"Then I'll go back first." Su Ming stood up and said to Xu Qianqian, "Please hurry up with the transaction and help me complete it as soon as possible."

"I will." Xu Qianqian said calmly: "If you have any news, or if there is anything you need to discuss, you can contact me as soon as possible."

"Okay." Su Ming agreed.

Xu Qianqian then called the butler and asked him to send Su Ming out of the villa.

Under the seemingly respectful but actually covetous gaze of the old housekeeper, Su Ming left the villa and returned to the academy.

For the next day, everything was fine.

The Demon Hunting Academy was still bustling with activity, with people busy everywhere, looking extremely busy.

Su Ming, Lei Hao, Ye Bai, An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu, a group of six, did not waste any time and began preparing for the expedition the next day.

Among them, some needed to prepare weapons, some needed to prepare props, and some people pooled money together to buy supplies. After one or two dinner parties, everyone began to get to know each other.

Well, it was mainly because Ye Bai wanted to get familiar with An Zijin, while Lei Hao had nothing better to do than flirt with those two fierce and tall school girls. However, those two fierce and tall school girls didn't pay much attention to Lei Hao, and instead, intentionally or unintentionally, kept themselves between An Zijin, who also didn't want to pay much attention to Ye Bai, and the innocent and pitiful Su Ming, preventing An Zijin from sticking to Su Ming.

This... can be considered as familiarity, right?

At least, Su Ming has thoroughly seen through all the love-hate disputes in this team, and everyone's ugly faces. To some extent, he is familiar with these people, right?

Under such circumstances, the day of departure gradually arrived.

It's late at night.

Tonight's night at the Demon Hunting Academy is destined to be restless.

Because, at dawn tomorrow, the students here will have to set out together to Huaming District to participate in the battle against the phantom demon.

As a result, many people seemed unable to sleep peacefully, leaving the lights in the dormitories still brightly lit.

At this time, Su Ming quietly left the dormitory and even left the college.

He received a message.

Message from Xu Qianqian.

"Come over to my side."

There is no need to say more about what is conveyed in this short message.

By the time Su Ming arrived at Jinghu District with great excitement and entered Xu Qianqian's villa, a large truck had already parked in the courtyard.

Xu Qianqian was not present.

There were only a few staff members and the old housekeeper present.

"The eldest lady is preparing for the expedition tomorrow, but she has instructed me to give this batch of goods to Master Su."

As the old housekeeper said this, he opened the rear door of the truck.

The next second, countless neatly arranged extraordinary items came into Su Ming's sight.

Su Ming smiled immediately.

Tonight will indeed be a sleepless night.

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