Start With Contracting Sprites

Chapter 370: Experiment Completed, Research Paper Publication!

Su Hao did some examination checks on the sprite in front of him.

Soon, Su Hao unlocked the advanced plan of the Fluorescent Demon.

Countless information surged into his mind. A fluorescent demon with a demonic aura appeared in his mind after it evolved.

Su Hao was a little surprised.

"So that's how it is…"

"The changes brought by Fallen Evolution to the Fluorescent Demon are much greater than the changes brought by Butterfly Fairy, Flaming Spiritcrow, Three-Headed Hound, and other sprites."

Among Su Hao's three categories, Butterfly Fairy's Fallen Evolution was considered as one of the categories. Butterfly was proficient in using illusions to stir up negative emotions and thus was classified into the illusion category. Of course, this wasn't what Butterfly was best at.

As for the Fallen Evolution of the Flaming Spiritcrow and Three-Headed Hound, the manifestation was mainly in the changes in the flames… During the ritual, it required the assistance of top-notch fire seeds. However, it was best for sprites before advancing not to fuse with overly strong and different types of fire seeds.

The Golden Flame Fire Seed that the Dazed Crow had fused with at the Fire Melting Dojo was already close to top-notch. Thus, there would be some conflict if it continued on with Fallen Evolution.

On the other hand, the Three-Headed Hound had naturally fused with some fire seeds before, but it was nowhere near as good as the top-level fire seeds in the ritual, so it didn't have much of an effect.

The Fallen Evolution of the Fluorescent Demon was part of the third major category.

Compared to the previous two categories of sprites, it was hard to say who was stronger and weaker, but the change of this category was much greater…

"If you advance according to my Fallen Evolution theory, your Fluorescent Demon is very likely to turn into the "dark / wood" attribute, which is to say, the light attribute will reverse into the dark attribute. If you complete this advancement, your Fluorescent Demon's future development inclination and position in the team will completely change."

"Do you… still intend to participate in this advanced experiment?"

Su Hao had to explain these situations in advance. This was the moral and professionalism that a Sprite Cultivator should have.

Before the twin-tailed girl could answer, Master Yao revealed a thoughtful expression.

"So that's how it is! No wonder you said that the Fluorescent Demon can go through the Fallen Evolution, it actually involves the attribute reversal… Wait, the Fluorescent Demon is different from the ball of light. The ball of light sprite is deep in its genes, and there are dark-element imprints hidden within. So that's how it evolved from the Twilight Spirit to the Dark Star Spirit, but…"

"But the Fluorescent Demon is a real light-element sprite. If it were to completely change its attributes, then…"

Master Yao pondered.

Master Yao couldn't come to a conclusion.

Master Yao's understanding of Fallen Evolution was limited, so he fell into silence.

An Xiyao didn't think for long before agreeing.

In just half a day…

Examination, material collection, experiment research… The preparations for the advancement were already done.

The collection of materials had also been done. Instructor Sun Gaoang mobilized his connections to search for them, and used his years of savings to exchange for top-notch treasures from Whale Island University… This also took several days.

As for An Xiyao, it only took her half a day to get three precious main materials and countless supplementary materials from home.

Among them, the quality of the three main materials was relatively high, and was one or two levels higher than the basic materials used for the advancement of the Three-Headed Hound.

Even Su Hao was envious and jealous!

This junior was really too rich!

Without any effort, she could produce materials equivalent to his salary for two to three months.

…

For safety's sake, the advanced ritual of the Fluorescent Demon was still arranged in the campus.

With Whale Island University's conditions, even if they couldn't find a suitable venue, they were still able to set one up immediately. Even if it wasn't completely satisfactory, it was at least 80% satisfactory.

And that was enough.

The advancement ritual was similar to the Three-Headed Hound's ritual back then. The onlookers were still Senior Wu, Master Yao, Instructor Sun, and the others. Well, there were also a few junior sisters this time.

Kong Yun led the laboratory team and followed Master Yao's subordinates. Many mid-level and high-level Sprite Cultivators took this opportunity to learn as they controlled their instruments.

Soon, the advancement ritual began.

On the spacious land, the huge array drawn with dark-element energy emitted faint light from the patterns.

In the center of the array formation was a huge black cocoon as tall as a person.

Countless ink-like energy lingered around the huge cocoon, like smoke clouds and mist.

Further up was a temporary black stone dome, blocking the light, making the entire sealed environment appear dark and cold.

Time passed…

Unlike the loud Three-Headed Hound when it advanced, the Fluorescent Demon in the huge cocoon was very quiet. There were no painful cries at all, nor were there any waves of energy that kept exploding. There was only the slowly changing and growing imposing pressure that seemed to be letting everyone know…

…that the advancement was going very smoothly.

The Three-Headed Hound was speechless.

…

The advanced ritual of the Fluorescent Demon involved the reversal of attributes. Thus, it was slightly longer than the Three-Headed Hound, about two days.

Two days later…

When Kong Yun and the other Sprite Cultivators were still diligently collecting and recording the changes and data during the entire ritual, Su Hao was still fast asleep…

Crack, crack…

All of a sudden, cracks spread across the egg-like black cocoon. Soon, they covered the entire cocoon. With a bang, it turned into countless black light dots and dissipated.

Amidst the scattered light dots, the fluorescent demon walked out.

Its body was still about the same as before. It was more than 1.6 meters tall, had human-like limbs, and clothes woven from leaves, but…

Countless demonic black patterns had already appeared on its limbs and clothes. Its head, which was originally like a light bulb, kept releasing warm light, had now turned black.

Like messy black hair, a circle of black light hung behind his head like a light wheel.

The whole sprite's temperament changed drastically. A demonic, dark, but extremely powerful aura was emitted from the fallen Fluorescent Demon.

"High-level extraordinary!"

"That's not just any regular high-level extraordinary! I feel like I'm going to fall into a trance if I stare at it too long."

"Wake up, that's not just your feeling. You're really about to faint!"

The protective halo around the body of a certain weak Sprite Cultivator was already very dim, and this was already the effect of a small influence inadvertently emitted by the Fallen Evolved Fluorescent Demon.

So strong!

At this moment, the Fluorescent Demon had just completed its advancement, and the energy in its body was still not very easy to control. A wave of spiritual ripples that affected indiscriminately was spreading continuously.

Su Hao let the weaker Sprite Cultivators leave. Butterfly and the inexperienced Ehfu, who had barely learned how to control instruments, took over the work and started a full-body examination of the Fallen Fluorescent Demon.

With the previous experience, the examination this time was more personalized. Soon, Su Hao got the experimental data he wanted.

At the same time…

On the official website of Su Hao's laboratory, the short video of the evolution of the Fluorescent Demon was also uploaded.

Another successful advancement case!

Two rituals, two successes!

Two completely different sprites!

This made many Sprite Trainers and Sprite Cultivators who were paying attention to the Fallen Evolution boil with excitement.

Especially the Sprite Trainers…

"I remember that in the information announced earlier, only five experimental sprites are needed?"

"Yes, there are only four slots left now! And… the four slots may even be divided into different types of sprites!"

"F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!"

If the previous successful evolution of the Three-Headed Hound could still be attributed to luck, then at this moment, the success of the second Fluorescent Demon could only mean…

It was the real deal!

The whole theory of Fallen Evolution was already very perfect!

In other words, the success rate of the ritual was very high, and it was free. What was there to hesitate about?

Many Sprite Trainers who were watching hurriedly logged into the laboratory's official website to register. Even so, they quickly discovered that they were ranked between 300 to 400, 700 to 800, and even beyond 2000 in the waiting list.

The more people signed up, the lower the chance of them being selected!

"I should have signed up on the first day!"

…

…

At this moment…

As the evolution of the Fluorescent Demon succeeded, the popularity of the Fallen Evolution rose even higher.

Countless Sprite Trainers hoped that they could get a slot. Those who signed up late were extremely regretful, but even those who signed up on the first and second day, and even those who entered the second stage of the "interview", were still worried.

Previously, they weren't in a hurry. They were still thinking of going to Whale Island University after finishing their own matters.

However…

When the evolution video of the Fluorescent Demon appeared on the official website, these interviewers discovered that the fight for the slots for Fallen Evolution was about to explode!

There were even many people on the intranet who expressed that they were willing to pay a consultation fee to stand out from the fight for the slot.

After all, some big bosses had already analyzed the first two videos and concluded that this Fallen Evolution was stronger than many advanced evolution!

In that case, why not spend a large sum of consultation fees?

Usually, even if they wanted to spend money, there might not even be a Sprite Cultivator who was willing to accept their money.

…

"This, it's not about money, it's true… Your sprite isn't suitable for Fallen Evolution."

Su Hao was a little helpless.

Why was his rejection understood by this Sprite Trainer in front of him as "having to pay more"? Was he perceived as such a greedy person?!

Su Hao was not a greedy person!

At least for the first batch of interviewees who had already been negotiated earlier, he didn't ask them to pay.

As for those Sprite Trainers who signed up later, who were clamoring about how much consultation fee they had to pay…

Su Hao felt that he couldn't turn down the good will of those people either.

…

According to his initial plan, apart from the Three-Headed Hound and the Fluorescent Demon, he also chose four other sprites to conduct experiments on Fallen Evolution.

An angel cat!

A Clear Jade Lotus!

A Snake-Headed Demon!

A Crimson Flame Nine Tails!

After researching the Fallen Evolution Plan for a total of six sprites, the unlock price of "Full Form Fallen Evolution" on the interface also decreased from 360 points to 96 points now.

According to his speculation, this fee wasn't going to get any cheaper, but…

It wasn't worth it!

Even though he had gained more understanding about the Fallen Evolution theory and the discount had also been increasing, but in the end, he still needed to pay Intelligence Points!

As someone who liked to save, he thought that Intelligence Points must be conserved, in large amounts!

Su Hao wouldn't mind if someone close to him asked for an advancement design.

As for the others, Su Hao had already closed the external recruitment of the Fallen Evolution experiment.

"But top-level Sprite Cultivators really earn a lot of money! I've only been here for a month, and I've already earned the consultation fee equivalent to five or six top-level materials."

And this price couldn't even compare to the normal advancement service consultation price.

It was simply too profitable!

It made him a little tempted. He could only keep chanting in his heart, "I'm doing this to spend less Intelligence Points, this is for spending less Intelligence Points…" before barely stopping his restless thoughts of earning more money.

"It's really not easy for me."

Master Yao, who had witnessed more than half of the research, rituals, and "transactions" process, walked over and patted his shoulder. He said, "I really didn't misjudge you. You are clearly capable of designing an advancement plan in a few days. An advancement plan can clearly bring you huge benefits, but you can still control yourself and treat these benefits as nothing."

As he spoke, he raised his thumb. "This temperament makes me feel ashamed. You're a real researcher, a Sprite Cultivator whose heart is dedicated to research. No wonder you can achieve so much at your age."

Master Yao didn't hide his admiration at all.

The other Sprite Cultivators and the surrounding juniors were even more amazed. They thought of Su Hao as a true genius. He was neither arrogant nor rash, and he stayed true to his heart.

Thinking of this, their gazes towards Su Hao were filled with reverence.

Su Hao: "Meow, meow, meow?"

I really just can't bear to part with my Intelligence Points ~!

…

Hu ~ Hu ~ Hu ~

In the quiet room, Su Hao sat down and leaned his head against the soft backrest.

Intelligence Points were deducted.

In an instant, a vast amount of information surged into his mind. The figures of sprites appeared and disappeared one after another. All the knowledge regarding the key points of Fallen Evolution, the common areas of sprites, the breaking of limits, the arrangement of the 72 rituals, and so on were poured into his mind.

For a moment, his whole head seemed to be buzzing.

After a long time, Su Hao finally recovered from his trance. His whole head was still a little swollen.

"96… No, I should say the level of information with 360 Intelligence Points is too huge and complicated. Some of the general ideas in my mind have also been completely revised. My understanding of evolution and even the whole sprite cultivation framework has also changed."

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that at this moment, if he designed a ritual plan for the Fallen Evolution of sprites, he could bring out the whole ritual plan in just a few hours without relying on Intelligence Points.

At the thought of this, Su Hao's desire to earn money stirred again.

"Restrain, restrain yourself, isn't it just some consultation fees! When I upload the whole research paper and directly earn a commission, wouldn't it be more pleasant to sleep at home with money coming from the sky?"

"No matter what, the bright and mighty image in the hearts of my seniors and juniors can't be destroyed."

…

After that, Su Hao stayed in Whale Island University and fiddled with his research paper.

All of this had to be done by himself…

He couldn't get Master Yao's team to help. Kong Yun and the others were also too weak. Only Butterfly could help.

Of course, he still had to rely on himself.

Collecting data, writing research papers… From time to time, he would have to spend time playing mobile games with Dazed Crow and the others. Occasionally, he would have to have a big class or go to the special training camp to do some training for the school team members…

During this period, he even received an inspector mission.

He was as busy as a dog!

Su Hao expressed that he had never been so busy ever since the College Entrance Examination. It was all thanks to the time management skill he bought last time that taught him how to control the time so that he could squeeze out some time from his busy days.

Days passed.

The focus of the discussions in the outside world was no longer on Fallen Evolution, but there were still many Sprite Cultivators who paid attention to the news of Fallen Evolution, especially Sprite Cultivators who specialized in chemistry. They kept comparing it with the sprite information published on the laboratory's official website, but naturally, they couldn't come up with anything obvious.

On a certain day in July.

"Done!"

Su Hao looked at the paper in front of him with a length comparable to a mid-level novel and let out a long sigh.

There was also a sense of satisfaction.

Click, upload.

On this day, many Sprite Cultivator masters in the Union who had been paying attention to the Fallen Evolution heard a notification on their wristbands. Some of the masters who were in far away places even crawled out of their beds.

These people logged into the intranet and checked it immediately with high clearance.

They were eager to know how valuable the Fallen Evolution research paper was.