My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 501 - 500 Shao’s Snail (Integer Commemoration)

Chapter 501: Chapter 500 Shao’s Snail (Integer Commemoration)

Over fifty minutes later, the car arrived at the Imperial Research Institute.

It took so long not because of the distance between the two places, but because the Cold River Dragon Whale insisted on staying until the effect of "Sky Control" ended before returning.

However, this also let him know the duration of "Sky Control" after the Cold River Dragon Whale’s evolution, about half an hour or so.

To let it have full fun, in the end, the bold driver began drifting in the military area.

Yep.

The back and forth kind of drifting.

"Mr. Shao, this is my number, just call me directly wherever you go in the next few days."

The driver, with excitement plastered on his face, bid farewell to Shao Zifeng.

Drifting in the military area, huh.

That would be enough for him to boast to his friends for a few years.

After the driver took the car away, Shao Zifeng carefully examined the building in front of him.

Unlike what he had imagined, the research institute was not one big yard, but a park resembling a high-end residential area.

This place gathered research projects from various fields in Daxia, and to protect these top talents, it was guarded by heavy troops 24 hours a day.

"Zifeng junior!"

Just as Shao Zifeng was about to call Chen Yixin, an excited voice came.

He looked intently and saw Yang Qi, with his nest-like hair and clad in a white lab coat, quickly walking towards him.

"Why, it’s you, junior! The professor sent me to pick someone up but didn’t inform me beforehand." He sized up Shao Zifeng from head to toe, his gaze filled with unconcealable delight: "Nice, looking much handsomer than you were on the ship, but what’s with that awful complexion?"

"Yang senior." Seeing Yang Qi, with whom he had traveled for several months, Shao Zifeng also felt very happy: "I just got off the plane not long ago, and I’m still a bit dizzy."

"Haha, you’ll get used to it," Yang Qi jovially took Shao Zifeng’s arm: "Don’t just stand here, come with me back to the research institute, I’ll give you a proper tour today."

The two of them chatted and laughed along the way, and after passing through several quiet pathways, a three-story building with a large footprint appeared before them.

"Junior, this is our research institute," Yang Qi said, pointing at the building, a trace of pride on his face.

The Paleontology Research Institute was located in the center of the research park, one of the key scientific research projects Daxia has been supporting in recent years.

Under the cover of dense trees, the whole building’s atmosphere seemed very tranquil.

Of course, the forest here was not only for greening, as through the feedback of light dots, it was evident that numerous mutant creatures lurked within.

In front of the small building there stood a stone sculpture of a Saber-toothed Tiger, its muscular body appearing very domineering.

According to Yang Qi, this Saber-toothed Tiger was carved based on a restoration diagram of an adult tiger, as no one would place a tiny fierce furball at their doorway.

Once inside the building, Shao Zifeng noticed the decor here was not very luxurious, rather plain for an Imperial Research Institute, and it couldn’t even compare to Bin City University’s biological research institute.

Behind the door was a long corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, at intervals, there was a glass-enclosed showcase, with soft lighting inside, displaying various kinds of ancient creature fossils.

Yang Qi continued introducing them to Shao Zifeng, who looked carefully at each pet creature fossil.

Unfortunately, these were all completely dead things, and the peripheral blue light dots showed not a single reaction.

"Junior, look, this ammonite fossil is the one we found during our expedition in the Antarctic." Speaking of this, he looked around and whispered, "Last time the director asked me to clean the showcases, I secretly swapped it with this one, after all, the director’s had been on display for over ten years, hehe."

Shao Zifeng: ...

What a mischievous taste indeed.

Passing through the long corridor, the exit faced a hundreds of square meters large artificial rainforest, with a circular glass wall continuously spraying mist, and relatively ancient ferns planted in the dense rainforest.

"This is ’Ancient Rainforest,’ constructed inside our institute for the future recovery of ancient creatures, but sadly at that time, we hadn’t conquered the ancient creature recovery technology. We didn’t know that reviving frozen corpses would turn them into ice attribute," Yang Qi explained like a conscientious tour guide, continuously introducing everything to Shao Zifeng.

"Later, the resurrection of Little White was successful, and it was supposed to be pushed to reconstruction, but in the end, it was shelved because it couldn’t grow," Yang Qi continued to explain while sharing his thoughts; suddenly, he seemed to remember something, "Honestly, having an ice cave in the courtyard is not as pleasing as having a rainforest, don’t you think, junior?"

"Hmm," Shao Zifeng thought for a moment, "Yang senior, doesn’t your research institute have other pets?"

Hearing this, Yang Qi slapped his forehead, "You didn’t mention it, I totally forgot. Let me show you something cool."

Yang Qi led Shao Zifeng around the circular glass wall, searching. Suddenly his eyes lit up, he bent down, pointed to a spot, and whispered, "Brother Shao, what do you think this is?"

Shao Zifeng followed the direction he pointed, only to see a round shell lying on the dense ferns.

Is this... a snail?

Looking closely at the creature slowly moving on the fern leaf, its shell was light orange and only about three centimeters in diameter.

Unlike typical snails, its pale red soft body protruding from the shell was somewhat dry, and at the tip of its tentacles, there was a crystal that resembled a ruby, emitting a sparkling luster under the light.

In the corner of his eye, spinning dots of light unfolded into a pale blue light screen.

[Name]: Shao’s Snail

[Growth]: Mature

[Status]: Healthy, Curious

[Strength]: First Tier

[Phylum]: Mollusca

[Class]: Gastropoda

[Order]: Stylommatophora

[Family]: Snail family

[Attribute]: Fire

[Potential]: ★☆

[Talent]: Fire Crystal Stone: A passive talent that allows the snail, through the crystals at the tips of its antennas, to absorb other attributes’ energies and convert them into the energy it needs when in an unfavorable environment.

[Skills]: Defense, Little Spark

[Evolution Path]: Shao’s Snail → ??

[Description]: An ancient creature revived from amber by the Great Xia Ancient Creature Research Institute. As a species that disappeared in the long river of history, they left no traces. It was forcibly named Shao’s Snail by someone because Shao Zifeng was the first to discover it.

"Shao’s Snail?"

Shao Zifeng was a bit confused; this was the first time he had seen his own name on a light screen description.

Yang Qi was also confused, "How did you know it’s called ’Shao’s Snail’?"

Both equally baffled, Yang Qi finally ’reacted’ somewhat unsatisfied and muttered, "It seems the professor talked to you beforehand, really, it was supposed to be a surprise..."

"Hehe...yeah,"

Shao Zifeng didn’t know how to explain, so he just awkwardly acknowledged Yang Qi’s assumption with a chuckle.

"Zifeng."

Hearing the familiar voice coming from behind, Shao Zifeng stiffened.

Oh boy, here comes trouble.

Things just got awkward.

[PS: It’s the end of the month again, big shots please hand over your tickets to me, I love dealing with these things! Because New Year’s Day is coming soon, and also we have an upcoming free promotion, I’ve been stocking up on drafts and will also write a side story. Then, I need to polish up the earlier Chapters (so those who have stuck with my terrible writing are truly the beloved, ying ying!)]