My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 436 - Chapter 436 Chapter 435 Food Chain

Chapter 436: Chapter 435 Food Chain Chapter 436: Chapter 435 Food Chain In the top-floor conference hall of Ming Court, Li Tianwen entered with his saber, finding only two generals present.

He sat down in front of his own pillar, and from the darkness at the top of the pillar behind him, a pair of golden eyes lit up.

The Golden Pond Flood Dragon poked its head out and let out a low cry as a greeting to Li Tianwen.

The twelve National Pillar Creatures held distinguished statuses and unless they had to carry out missions or guard the frontiers, they would stay put in Ming Court.

“Hey, Old Li!”

A familiar loud voice rang out, and without turning his head, Li Tianwen knew who was calling him.

Soon after, the burly figure of Qin Zhenbei walked over, his military uniform stretched tight over his frame, making him look like a ruffian.

His eyes, round as copper bells, swept around until they brightened upon seeing the combat saber in front of Li Tianwen.

“Old Li, that’s your saber, right? Show your brother a glimpse,” Qin Zhenbei said, rubbing his hands together with an impatient look.

“No,” replied Li Tianwen.

“Why are you so stingy? I’m just looking, not trying to take it from you,” Qin Zhenbei protested loudly, seeming displeased.

Li Tianwen glanced at him, “If you can beat me, I’ll let you see it.”

Qin Zhenbei’s eyes went wide as he stared intensely at Li Tianwen, as if there were mountains rolling in his pupils.

Li Tianwen immediately stood up, gripping his combat saber, his body trembling slightly, a sign of the excitement he felt facing an opponent.

The other two generals watched from a distance, not coming any closer to join in the commotion.

“Fine, don’t show it then, who cares,” Qin Zhenbei suddenly turned and walked towards his seat, grumbling under his breath, “That ungrateful kid Shao, he should at least call me uncle. How could he give our materials to outsiders…”

“Hahaha! Told you a fight wouldn’t break out.”

“Man, who would have thought Old Qin could be such a pushover.”

On hearing this, Qin Zhenbei glared: “What do you mean pushover? This is a strategic retreat.”

After the four generals were seated,

more people gradually arrived; some were academicians from the research institutes, others were the top-tier leaders of various departments.

Although they varied in demeanor, most were elderly people of advanced years.

It was now after one in the morning, a time for deep sleep, and being roused for a meeting in the middle of the night, each face showed traces of weariness.

“Old Gu, what kind of meeting calls me up in the middle of the night? I was finally having a good day’s rest. What’s this all about?” a plump elder in a white coat said, yawning widely.

The “Old Gu” he spoke of was probably around seventy years old, standing tall and walking briskly, with neatly combed silver hair and large black-framed glasses that gave him a somewhat stern appearance.

“There must be some new discovery related to our research institute; otherwise, they wouldn’t have called us for a meeting,” he said.

Upon hearing this, the plump old man narrowed his eyes, showing some discontent, “It better not be something your student stirred up again. So young and yet so arrogant, with no reverence for science. I’m not criticizing, but such a student should really be put in his place, lest…”

Gu Qingyuan halted, turned his head to look at the plump elder, and his already stern face seemed to darken even more.

“My student isn’t up for critique by others. If you’re capable, go get your student to discover the technology for ancient creature recovery,” he said sharply.

“You!”

The plump old man’s face reddened, looking like he couldn’t save face.

“Old Gu, Old Zhu, there’s no need, no need,”

Seeing this, others from their group quickly went forward to mediate, and the slightly overweight elder snorted, shook his arm, and switched places with others.

“Old Gu, why bother with this? We all work together on a regular basis, seeing each other coming and going. Plus, you know how petty Old Zhu can be. Just because your student tackled him, he rejected so many of your fund applications…”

Gu Qingyuan replied expressionlessly, “I can tolerate anything else from him, but he shouldn’t have spoken about my student to my face.”

The others wanted to say more, but Gu Qingyuan softly coughed to signal that several senior members of the advisory council were entering.

As the senior members took their seats, the meeting room slowly quieted down.

Secretary Sun directed the staff to adjust the equipment, and screens descended from eight of the twelve stone pillars, revealing the serious faces of eight generals in uniform.

After the staff had finished their preparations and left, Secretary Sun whispered something into Wu Tianyan’s ear.

“Ahem,” Wu Tianyan coughed lightly and with a smile looked around at everyone present, “I hope you won’t curse this old man for disturbing your sleep by calling this late-night meeting.”

As it was an internal meeting, Wu Tianyan’s demeanor was quite informal, and the attendees cooperated with light laughter, marking the start of the meeting.

Wu Tianyan first reported on the elemental weapons, requesting full cooperation from all departments and choosing a group of people from Li Tianwen’s Dragon Command for initial training. He also encouraged Li Tianwen to make further breakthroughs.

After securing assurances from all departments, Wu Tianyan picked up his enamel teacup and blew on it.

Secretary Sun quickly pressed a button on the remote control.

Suddenly, two photographs appeared on the central large screens, one of the Ice Rock Snow Bull and the other of the Snow Soul Wolf.

As the photos were taken shortly after a battle, the surrounding environment featured vast areas of dark brown rock.

Seeing these two unfamiliar mutant creatures, several academicians specializing in mutant creatures at the research institute were the first to react.

Initially, they thought new species had been discovered in the Tibetan region, but the more they looked, the more they felt something was off, as these creatures were different from those on Earth.

And they couldn’t find a corresponding origin form for these two creatures.

This was a very rare situation; although mutant creatures undergo significant changes in appearance after evolution, researchers in the field can easily identify their original forms.

But these two…

“Isn’t it strange to show photos of mutant creatures at a meeting?” Wu Tianyan looked toward Gu Qingyuan and the others with a smile, “Would you still find it strange if I told you these were taken in Antarctica?”

“Impossible!”

No sooner had Wu Tianyan finished speaking than there was an uproar in the hall.

The slightly overweight elder stood up, pointed at the photos, his face turning red, “Impossible, the Antarctic is a forbidden zone for life. Apart from elemental beings, there can’t be a natural food chain balance.”

“Academician Zhu, please sit down and speak,” Wu Tianyan said, pressing his hand downward, “Continue, Xiao Sun.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than another photo appeared on the screen.

It was a type of snow algae discovered near the plains where the Ice Rock Snow Bulls lived by Chen Yixin’s research team.

Looking at the three photos, the slightly overweight elder’s face showed varying expressions.

It wasn’t just him; the expressions of all the academicians involved in related research changed.

A plant, an animal that feeds on that plant, and one or more carnivorous animals; this could already form the simplest food chain in nature.

(PS: Going to bed early after an early update today, the live launch of the Chang’e-5 in the early morning really took a toll on me. Lastly, I’m asking everyone for their votes!)

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