The gestation period is roughly between seven to four days, and the accelerated incubation period takes only two days, which is quite 'Demon'-like in speed.

Yan Luo glanced at the record Sasa had written, becoming wary of this.

He then shifted his attention to the few mimic snake hatchlings that had already emerged.

Those mimic snake hatchlings resembled earthworms, small and thin, crawling chaotically in the storage box.

Their mother stayed quietly in the corner of the storage box, occasionally lifting her head to observe the hatchlings.

Demons do not require food; they only need to absorb ambient Magic Power, so do these hatchlings need food?

Sasa persuaded Yan Luo to drop some bread crumbs into the storage box to observe the mimic snake hatchlings' behavior.

Upon discovering the bread crumbs, one mimic snake hatchling crawled over, took a bite, then ignored them, while the other hatchlings paid no attention to the bread crumbs whatsoever.

It seems they do not need food either.

Sasa noted this down, then dropped a Magic Crystal into the storage box.

This time, not only did the mimic snake hatchlings, but even their mother crawled toward the Magic Crystal.

One of the hatchlings had already climbed onto the Magic Crystal, entwining it, but when the mother came over, she disregarded the hatchling still coiled around it and swallowed the Magic Crystal whole.

"Hiss!" Sasa sucked in a sharp breath, frowning.

There's a saying that a tiger, though cruel, won't eat its cubs. It seems these Demons truly lack any emotion and inherently lack a reproductive instinct.

If they had a reproductive instinct, the mother mimic snake wouldn't have swallowed its young.

After swallowing the Magic Crystal, the mother mimic snake coiled herself up in the corner of the storage box again.

With no other choice, Sasa had to call Yan Luo to help transfer the mimic snake hatchlings to another storage box.

Without the threat of the adult mimic snake, when Sasa dropped a new Magic Crystal for the hatchlings, they all crawled over, wrapping their bodies around the Magic Crystal without attacking each other.

The Magic Crystal shrank visibly, and the mimic snake hatchlings also grew visibly larger.

Then Sasa added two more Magic Crystals to the hatchlings' storage box to accelerate their growth.

Once they reached semi-adulthood, Sasa began her experiments.

She manipulated the storage box to stimulate the mimic snakes, forcing them to use their superpowers.

Immediately, a situation that made Sasa's heart sink appeared.

——Among the seven mimic snake hatchlings, three had inherited the evolved superpowers!

One mimic snake hatchling had been swallowed by its mother, so Sasa couldn't get an exact probability, simply considering the chance of inheriting evolved superpowers to be three out of seven.

Then Sasa discovered that once she could distinguish between the superpowers of those mimic snake hatchlings, they split into two different groups: one was the 'original mimic snake,' and the other was the 'evolved mimic snake.'

Why did this happen?

Yan Luo glanced at them and said, "This reminds me of the savage bear and the bone bear."

The bone bear is a subspecies of the savage bear, possessing all the abilities of the savage bear and having bones that grow out of their bodies, forming spikes and plates.

Although bone bears are a subspecies of savage bears, after changes in the Abyss and the emergence of Demons exhibiting a 'swarming' phenomenon, no one has found bone bears and savage bears together.

With this phenomenon in mind, Sasa couldn't help but wonder: what changes will occur in the offspring of these mimic snake hatchlings?

Will the offspring of the evolved mimic snakes all be evolved mimic snakes? Will the offspring of the original mimic snakes mutate into evolved mimic snakes?

Thinking of this, Sasa bit her lip and turned to Yan Luo, making a somewhat excessive request in her view: "Yan Luo, I want to stay a bit longer in the Abyss."

Sasa wanted to accelerate the growth of the mimic snake hatchlings and then try to have them mate to observe the condition of their offspring.

However, they only carried fifteen days' worth of supplies, so staying longer in the Abyss would require Yan Luo to give up eating normal food and instead consume Demon flesh and blood.

Yan Luo's gaze fell on the storage box containing the mimic snake hatchlings. After pondering for a moment, he nodded, "Okay."

Hearing this, Sasa's tense muscles immediately relaxed.

"Doing this will exceed the allotted time, so we have to return to the Dark Forest, place a signaler near the entrance, and let a passing Crimson No.2 Hunter take back the news that we will stay a few extra days in the Abyss."

Yan Luo thought everything through, knowing that if they lost contact, it might trigger unnecessary panic.

Others didn't know how many days of supplies Yan Luo and Sasa had, so a few extra days in the Abyss wouldn't arouse suspicion from anyone.

"Thank you," Sasa said, expressing her gratitude.

Leaving normal food untouched and choosing to eat Demon flesh and blood would make anyone feel Sasa's request was unreasonable.

Yan Luo shook his head, "This is also my own thought. I also want to know what the offspring of those mimic snake hatchlings will be like."

No sooner said than done, Yan Luo, being decisive, immediately turned the wheel and headed for the Dark Forest.

After placing the signaler at the entrance, Yan Luo drove around the Dark Forest with Sasa, getting out of the car to eliminate powerful Demons, eating their raw flesh to fill his empty stomach.

The city-breaking level horse meat, which had previously filled his stomach, was finally all digested, making Yan Luo feel that his body's functions were significantly enhanced, though the exact values could only be tested after returning to Crimson No.2.

Sasa continuously input Magic Crystals to mature the mimic snake hatchlings, separating the original and evolved mimic snakes for individual breeding.

On the thirteenth day of entering the Abyss, under the presence of Yan Luo and Sasa, the matured mimic snakes began mating, while other Demons also completed their reproduction.

Sasa experimented on the offspring of other Demons and indeed found some hatchlings inheriting a secondary superpower. When she fed them Yan Luo's bone marrow, only one superpower underwent evolution.

This was actually good news!

After five days of waiting, on the eighteenth day of Yan Luo and Sasa entering the Abyss, both the original and evolved mimic snakes laid eggs simultaneously.

With prior experience, Sasa immediately dropped Magic Crystals into the storage box to accelerate the hatching of the snake eggs.

The incubation period for the snake eggs remained two days, which was the result of acceleration; without acceleration, the incubation time could be double or even triple.

However, the speed was still quite fast.

The second generation of mimic snake hatchlings emerged, and Sasa used Magic Crystals to mature them, then stimulated them to use their superpowers.

Among the offspring of the original mimic snakes, some mimic snakes possessed evolved superpowers, while among the descendants of the evolved mimic snakes, some inherited the original abilities.

This scenario closely resembled the savage bear and bone bear's, possibly indicating that the savage bear and bone bear had undergone a situation similar to these mimic snakes?

"Impossible!"

Yan Luo immediately rejected Sasa's speculation.

"Why?" Sasa stared at Yan Luo, wanting an answer that could persuade her.

"Because not long after the appearance of the Crimson Abyss, both savage bears and bone bears were discovered—they coexisted!"

Sasa's mouth dropped open. Although she was a student of Abyss ecology, the school hadn't taught about the time when savage bears and bone bears were discovered.

This kind of trivial detail was the sort of thing only Yan Luo would study and remember.

The situation of the original and evolved mimic snakes resembled that of savage bears and bone bears, and considering that savage bears and bone bears were created by the Abyss, could Yan Luo be compared to the Master of the Abyss?

Sasa inexplicably thought of this but quickly shook her head, dismissing the idea.

Because savage bears and bone bears were just anomalies, predecessors had researched their body structures and characteristics to confirm that bone bears were subspecies of savage bears. However, such cases were rare, with only a few examples in each Abyss.

"This discovery should be enough, right?" Yan Luo pointed to the Space Box, "We don't have much food left."

Sasa returned to her senses, feeling a bit regretful, but she still nodded.

"It's enough."

Activating the extermination feature of each storage box, Sasa eradicated the Demons within, then sat back in the passenger seat and traversed the spatial membrane with Yan Luo, returning to Crimson No.2.

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