The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 685 - 400: Yun Bao’s Evolution! Number 18’s Ambition_2

Chapter 685: Chapter 400: Yun Bao’s Evolution! Number 18’s Ambition_2

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In the Blue Star Beast Training Domain, inspired by Lu Ran’s evolutionary achievements and his declaration to the Star-Moon Continent, Lu Ran had already returned to the Empire.

"Oh yeah, oh yeah!!!"

No. 18 and the others, though Lu Ran had not released them, had witnessed Yun Bao’s evolution through Lu Ran’s eyes.

The one who was probably the happiest about Yun Bao’s success wasn’t Lu Ran or Manager Ying; it was likely No. 18.

After Lu Ran’s return, No. 18 appeared from the Contract Card, alternating between hands on hips and arms crossed, gazing up at the sky.

"She has done great!"

"Yes, but I never imagined that Yun Bao would evolve towards a cat form..."

"And, she even met the conditions for mechanical evolution."

Lu Ran pondered.

Luck? The merit of the Lucky Flower?

"Lilil!" Simultaneously emerging from the Contract Card, Yun Bao retained the form of a cloud cat, its white body adorned with nine iridescent tails, looking very magnificent.

"Lilil!" Yun Bao was equally surprised by the outcome as it had once evolved using the epic-level resource, Roc Feather, which was also inside its body during this evolution.

However, what surprised Yun Bao was that the Cat Eye Gem given by Manager Ying seemed to have even stronger dominance than the Roc Feather.

"Manager Ying, what exactly did you give Yun Bao..." Lu Ran called out.

"It was just a crystallization of my strength," replied Ying’s avatar, who had also appeared, saying so nonchalantly.

"Your crystallization of strength... how could it be more dominant than the epic resources from Legendary Divine Beasts?" Lu Ran stopped and looked at her skeptically.

"How would I know? Maybe instead of the Roc Feather, a crystallization of strength that I specifically tailored for it suited her better."

"Is that so?" Lu Ran stroked his chin, and recalled Pine God’s words; Manager Ying was definitely no simple character.

"Well, I suppose it’s like a blind cat running into a dead mouse," he mused.

Ying: ???

"Master, Master, Master————" No. 18 interrupted the conversation, to avoid a conflict.

"I want to ask you a question."

"What is it?"

"Do you dream of becoming a Legendary Necromancer?"

"Hmm??" Lu Ran was taken aback and replied, "Who told you that?"

No. 18 glanced at Yun Bao.

Lu Ran nodded and said, "I have indeed thought about it."

"In the Star-Moon World, every era—the Elemental Era, the Beast Training Era, the Divine Tree Era, and the Mechanical Era—gave birth to a Legendary Level being, corresponding to the four major life forms."

"But the undead life lacks a corresponding Legendary Level. Since I have such a connection with the necro system... it wouldn’t be bad to aim for that," Lu Ran smiled. "The soul evolution research I am doing, in a sense, is a skill of the necro system."

"I understand!" No. 18 nodded and said.

"What are you planning to do?"

"The elemental device and the evolution device, those were tasks you set up, master. After this, I also want to conduct research based on my own ideas... However, I hope this research can also help you!"

Lu Ran was surprised and said, "You don’t need to research something specifically for me. Outside of your normal duties, you can investigate things you like."

"But before that," Lu Ran continued, "get the King of Sudden Death’s shield out quickly... and Mr. Husky’s Mechanical Light Sword, we need to find a way to give it intelligence."

No. 18: QAQ

"Alright... these things, they aren’t difficult!"

No. 18 turned around; the truth was, she had already had an idea in her mind upon learning that Lu Ran intended to develop in the direction of the necro system.

Since Lu Ran planned on progressing with the undead route, then following her research on machinery + elemental, she planned to study machinery + undead.

Her inspiration came from the Six Paths Flower and Infinite City!

As far as No. 18 knew, the Six Paths Flower was already dead, and the one existing now was resurrected from the rivers of history.

Throughout the long history, countless powerful individuals have died with regrets.

To match Lu Ran’s stature, No. 18 planned to research a machine capable of summoning the souls of the dead back to the living world, allowing them to be resurrected!

Of course, without special circumstances, the soul of a life on Blue Star and in the Star-Moon World dissipates soon after death, so under normal conditions, No. 18 definitely wouldn’t be able to find souls.

But... there’s Infinite City!

She could harness the power of Infinite City.

No. 18’s idea was that during the Breakthrough Secret Realm, Infinite City would manifest all lives of a certain era as historical projections.

At the same time, it set forth two rules.

Rule 1: No lives may be taken out.

Rule 2: If a life dies, it becomes a resource and can be taken out.

This means that the "dead" and "remnant souls" of the Secret Realm can be taken out.

Indeed, Lu Ran had indeed brought out many Evil Beast ingredients from the Breakthrough Secret Realm.

[The talents of Blue Star and the Star-Moon World are limited.]

[The Master wishes to establish the Beast Training Empire and it’s not easy to poach talents from various countries on Blue Star or from the Star-Moon Federation.]

[Therefore, I’ll help him.]

[Once this machine is developed, I’ll specifically go hunting in the Breakthrough Secret Realm for those strong individuals, dismembering and soul-striping them to a state that can be brought back to the present.]

[Then, using their DNA and remnants of souls, I’ll create artificial humans, resurrecting the dead and performing Impure World Reincarnation.]

[This way, we can have the talented individuals from history serve the Master.] No. 18 felt this shouldn’t be a problem!

The Dead Return Army!

Very fitting for the style of a Legendary Necromancer.

Although the technical difficulty might be high... but, there’s no time limit! This is what No. 18 found most comfortable.