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Bai Qilan's words made Su Han startle, and then he asked, "What do you mean?"
"Since those eyeballs descended, and Spiritual Energy spread throughout the entire environment, causing so many creatures to mutate, why can't there be individuals who've adapted to this environment without too much mutation?
To some extent, those of us who haven't turned into flesh corpses are actually going through an adaptation and evolution process, just a more special one," she said slowly, taking a deep breath before continuing.
Bai Qilan inhaled deeply, then slowly continued, "Perhaps our ecosystem isn't so fragile, and some species have adapted."
She kept connecting the clues, considering the school of monstrous fish in the lake, which, although they could maintain their lives for a long time by absorbing Spiritual Energy,
to reproduce and survive, they must still have a food source present.
And here lay the problem, they needed food, but such a large group hadn't launched any large-scale, proactive attacks on their camp.
Didn't this imply they had other food sources?
Now that she had seen the evolved blue-scaled carps, Bai Qilan had connected all the clues.
Inside Yunling Lake, there was a closed ecological system, Lamp Tree bloomed, blue-scaled carps fed on Lamp Tree, and Half-Fish Monsters and fish monsters preyed on these creatures that had adapted to the environment.
She shared her hypothesis with Su Han in detail.
After hearing Bai Qilan's speculation, Su Han was also extremely surprised because, logically, there was nothing wrong with her hypothesis; it was just missing corroborative evidence.
Seemingly feeling Su Han's gaze, Bai Qilan immediately added, "Su Han, I need a laboratory. If we can understand these carps..."
"Blue-scaled carps."
Su Han interjected, "You must have other guesses about these blue-scaled carps, right?"
Bai Qilan was taken aback, seemingly because Su Han could always confidently name the monsters, but she quickly regained her composure.
If her guesses were correct, Su Han's anomalies could be entirely explained.
She nodded and said, "Yes, but I need more evidence. It's completely different from the food chain inference."
"If my guess is correct, and the blue-scaled carps and Lamp Trees have successfully evolved by adapting to environmental changes, then their genes and Spiritual Energy structures might be more stable. This could shed light on the rules of evolution and the injection drugs; but most importantly, they could become a food source."
Food!
Su Han stared at Bai Qilan, his eyes revealing shock and doubt while Bai Qilan smiled and said, "Yesterday, I used Nie Rilong's method to test the flesh and blood of the Half-Fish Monster, which confirmed some of my thoughts.
The flesh and blood of mutated monsters have an uncertain mutagenic effect; consuming it can cause adverse reactions in humans, and regular consumption might lead to mutations. The speculated reason could be the instability of the genes and the overly active and unstable Spiritual Energy. But if the blue-scaled carps are relatively stable..."
"Then they could possibly become a new meat source."
"It might not just be a meat source, as things containing Spiritual Energy could very likely be catalysts for human evolution."
Su Han took a deep breath, finally understanding why the always calm Bai Qilan was so excited.
Su Han smiled, thinking if they weren't afraid in the water, what could they do on land?
The Floating Pagoda Black Armor warrior stepped up beside Su Han, with Bai Qilan, Ye Kailing, and the other Angels Envoys ready in line.
"Capture them alive."
The Floating Pagoda warrior charged forward, with the Floating Pagoda Black Armor appearing on its body, undulating subtly, coordinating with its movements.
A distance of three hundred meters was not long, for monsters and Angel Envoys it was merely a matter of a charge.
Seeing the Floating Pagoda warrior taking the lead, the fish monster leader charged fiercely with its sharp claws aimed straight at the warrior.
"Thud"
A heavy punch landed, Black Armor scales flew, forming a shield at one meter in front of the Floating Pagoda warrior.
The heavy punch came down without causing any damage.
The warrior's Floating Pagoda Black Armor suddenly deformed, as pieces of armor from the spine disconnected, interlocking to form two chains of armor swords.
"Swish"
The chains of swords danced, instantly shooting out, piercing directly through the shoulders of the fish monster leader.
Blood splattered out, and the fish monster leader emitted a pained roar.
But in the next moment, a large hand was already placed on its head, forcibly pushing it down to the ground, followed by a heavy punch to its head.
The punch was extremely heavy, stunning the fish monster leader for a while.
Meanwhile, Angel Envoys following the Floating Pagoda warrior rushed forward, charging directly into the fish monsters following behind.
Bai Qilan's Angel Envoy flesh corpse was at the forefront, almost within a step's reach of High Grade, so once it made a move, it was extremely fierce.
First-level Intermediate fish monsters that tried to block it were simply knocked down with a punch.
Ye Kailing's flesh corpse, though slightly lesser in strength, was still at First-level Intermediate, pouncing and knocking down another fish monster.
The battle broke out instantly; despite the number of fish monsters, they were scattered with a single encounter.
Whether it was fish monsters or Half-Fish Monsters, all were pinned down and hammered.
If not for the intention to capture alive, their bodies would now be covered in cuts.
However, it didn't take long for the battle to draw near to an end, as vines from the water spread up, binding them one by one, and being laced with Paralytic Toxin.
"Su Han, they're all caught."
As the Floating Pagoda warrior hoisted the now poisoned leader of the fish monsters, the battle came to a complete close.
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Su Han laughed and said, "Take two people to the bay area, there's something in the water, get those out first."