"What did you say? Comrade Liu Yulin tamed a second-tier demon beast?"

In the command center of the Fire Camp, Lin Li looked at Lin Ziming with a face that said, "Are you kidding me?"

"Wasn't it said that the first time taming can only contract with first-tier demon beasts at most?"

At this moment, Lin Ziming's expression was also quite strange. As someone who actually experienced the event, he was even more shocked deep inside than Lin Li:

"To be exact, for the first time taming by a beast taming cultivator, the demon beast's level only needs not to exceed third-tier, meaning it just needs to form a beast crystal and step into another realm.

But that's just a theoretical limit, like the local ads that claim you can win 9999 yuan, which are extremely low in probability.

Because that situation is extremely rare, it requires the demon beast to completely submit to the cultivator, even reaching a 'desperate to join' mentality.

So actually, Comrade Liu Yulin wasn't wrong in the beginning; normally, taming a mid-first-tier beast would be the limit.

Who would have thought such a freak occurrence would happen—a Three-Eyed Cyan Heron that stole the show and is now sulking in the observation room."

Lin Li: "..."

In fact, he did have some impression of the second-tier giant beast that Liu Yulin tamed, knowing it was the leader of the first batch of monsters assembling on the demon side during the Xiaolianzi Mountain battle.

Back then, this giant beast led hundreds of demon beasts in a probing charge towards the main attack line of Yan Shaohua. But after just a few steps, the vanguard flying squad was turned into grilled meat by the anti-aircraft fire net of the rabbits.

So the giant beast did something absurd on the spot:

It grabbed its mount lizard and ran back.

At that time, not only Yan Shaohua and Lin Li, but even the experienced Major General Man was stunned for a while at this scene.

As for what happened to the beast afterward, Lin Li didn't pay much attention because it was just an early second-tier demon beast.

Such beasts might be specially noticed by the rabbits during one-on-one fights, but on that battlefield, there were hundreds of beasts of the same or even higher level, and the situation was overwhelmingly in the rabbits' favor, so no one focused on such a 'deserter.'

Unexpectedly, this giant demon beast didn't die in the end and was successfully captured and imprisoned by the rabbits.

"According to Director Liu Zhenhan, this demon's behavior in the observation room has indeed been quite excellent recently."

Lin Ziming handed a form to Lin Li, which contained many regular records, and then explained:

"Due to the inconsistent quality of the sealing talismans, every demon beast has some time when they can break free from suppression and hit the cage a few times, but these situations are within our expectations and control, and the vigilance in the observation room is very strict.

Among the twenty-something second-tier beasts, this giant demon's attempts to break the alloy cage were zero.

And from the biological hormone samples regularly extracted from it, we can detect a substance similar to conjugated protein enzymes.

Based on the analysis on its auxiliary base from the laboratory, Director Liu and his team found that this substance is somewhat like a chemical signal automatically generated in the brain's central nervous system when lower-ranked organisms in a beast group encounter a group leader, expressing a behavior inclined towards submission.

This kind of substance can also be detected in lower-tier beasts, but it is feedback from obeying higher-tier beasts, while the feedback object of the second-tier giant is... humans.

But out of caution, Director Liu and his team are afraid this is a disguised appearance, so they have not relaxed the surveillance on this second-tier giant beast.

However, it seems that this second-tier giant beast should sincerely submit to us now."

Lin Li continued after listening: "..."

Frankly speaking.

As a biology authority, he's seen his share of bizarre species.

His permanent location in the Eastern Coastal Area of China has given him experience with and even the opportunity to dissect deep-sea life similar to Cthulhu.

Before coming to the Damo Realm, he had personally dissected a 7-meter-long oarfish—the one from next door. (Interested classmates can search this creature.)

So Lin Li basically belongs to the kind of big shot who can guess biological characteristics at a glance based on appearance—like some veterans can deduce the production company of an adult video just from its filter.

Therefore, he is pretty sure that beasts inherently don't submit to humans voluntarily or desperately.

Then he suddenly thought of a possibility and turned to ask Lin Ziming:

"By the way, Colonel Lin, did Director Liu test its pedigree? Does it have genes similar to local Gaul region species?"

Although there haven't been any obvious linkage traits found between Damo Realm and local species yet,

considering the situation of Wei Siming and others crossing over, the possibility cannot be excluded that Gaul region creatures crossed over to the Demon Realm and left offspring long ago.

After all, if there were no Gallic lineage, it shouldn't go down so quickly.

But much to Lin Li's disappointment, Lin Ziming shrugged at him and shook his head decisively:

"No."

"I see, that's very strange then..."

Lin Li sighed a little regretfully and decided to temporarily put his doubts aside, going with the idea that "existence is reasonable," and then asked:

"Anyway, being able to tame a second-tier beast is a good thing after all. By the way, has it ever eaten people?" (Beasts that have eaten humans mean either it dies or I die; it's that strict now. Don't call me a saint or say I have a mental cleanliness obsession... No more explanations in the future.)

After the previous siege of Chixian City, the Wei Mansion assisted the Plant Biology Laboratory in recording many demon beast files, including this giant beast.

If Lin Li remembered correctly, this giant beast's diet did include humans.

The rabbits can accept second or third-generation blood relatives bred, but they can never tame a beast that's eaten humans.

Faced with Lin Li's serious look, Lin Ziming once again resolutely shook his head and said:

"Theoretically, giant beasts do eat humans, but according to Comrade Liu Yulin, this giant beast came to the Damo Realm from the Demon Realm for the first time.

Not to mention eating people; during the siege, it cowered in the back after seeing a Core Formation Realm cultivator make a move, so coincidentally it didn't even stain human life.

After taming, once it learned we don't accept beast that have eaten people, it even swallowed a large pile of honeysuckle flowers to prove its 'innocence,' and also expressed willingness to go vegetarian.

By the way, its mount is the same."

Initially, Lin Li prepared to change the subject and assign a few other tasks after hearing the first sentence. But upon hearing the last part, he was stunned, and the words that he had planned to say were stuck in his mouth.

After a few seconds, he asked uncertainly:

"Wait, what did you say, its... mount?"

Lin Ziming nodded:

"That's right, according to the second-tier giant's story, the giant lizard is its 'companion' beast, at a late first-tier level and about to breakthrough into the second-tier.

The giant lizard and the giant share some kind of mental bond, which is why the giant didn't abandon the lizard when retreating on the battlefield; in a way, they are kin by blood.

Oh, and this giant lizard was caught with the giant, without much resistance during the process."

Lin Li's expression became increasingly strange as if he had just tasted a mouthful of natto:

"So you're saying... if Comrade Liu Yulin wants, he can also control the giant lizard?"

Lin Ziming nodded, indicating that was correct.

The two of them immediately fell into a strange silence.

So Liu Yulin's newbie package included not only a second-tier beast but also a buy-one-get-one-free deal with a first-tier giant lizard?

You need to understand.

Currently, what the rabbits lack is not combat power or reconnaissance teams, but the progress of research on living demon beasts.

Unless they can tame a fourth-tier beast, even a third-tier beast would only add so much to combat power for the rabbits—except in few special cases, combat enhancement only provides the effect of a security arrangement.

Reconnaissance operates on the same principle; while cost performance exists, it's relative.

But scientific research is different.

A completely cooperative, willingly researched second-tier beast individual has much greater research value than birds and cats.

"Oh, right."

Then Lin Ziming remembered something and said:

"Comrade Liu Yulin hopes the command center can name his beast; I talked to him briefly, and his attitude was very voluntary. After all, he's one of our elite warriors, with high awareness."

"A name, let me think....."

Lin Li pondered for a while and then said:

"Given the fierce appearance of the giant, I think a gentle and elegant name should be used to soften it. Since it surrendered so quickly, let's name it Lan Xi... Lanxi."

Lin Ziming thought for two seconds and also found the two characters of Lanxi to be quite good.

And so, the name of the giant was happily settled like this.

Shortly after Lin Ziming and Lin Li finished their conversation.

The voice of Lin Li's assistant, Zhang Guanghua, came from outside the command center:

"Report, the Spirit Awakening Pill production line has been delivered, and the factory can get ready for the ribbon-cutting!"

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