"I always said, it's feasible! As long as the Light Seed funding is sufficient! The bottom tier Guangna Species are the best at changing because they can't affect the environment, they have to transform themselves to adapt."

"As long as they have Light Seeds, they will undergo a qualitative change!"

"Bones don't lie!"

Octopus Brother excitedly danced with all eight tentacles.

Zhou Yi focused on the screen of the remote control in his hands.

The Red Kestrel had already caught up with the high-flying athlete.

"It's still accelerating, it has now broken through 75 kilometers per hour."

"It's circling at high altitudes."

"It's coming back down."

After flying for nearly half an hour, the athlete landed diagonally on the open space of the Bone Laboratory.

When landing, the triangular tower structure turned into a spherical shape, dispersing the impact by rolling upon hitting the ground, and then quickly reverted back to the stable structure of a triangular tower.

Zhou Yi looked to Bi Qi, "Is it mimicking the Hunter?"

The triangular tower shape was extremely similar to a trapezoidal prism, with its spherical landing form identical to the Defense posture of the Lie Hai.

"Without a doubt."

Octopus Brother enthusiastically touched the Bone Fish triangular tower with his tentacles, "One might also say that they were naturally able to shift into this shape. Although the Hunter is a Class B high-level organism, it's also a higher evolutionary path for the Bone Fish."

"In the Dead Sea, they vaguely realize the formidable nature of the Electromechanical Life submarine forms, so they imitated their shape. In the air, they transform into the shape of the Hunter to deter enemies; this is a very common life protection mechanism."

"In the realm of survival, Bone Fish are sharp."

Zhou Yi was puzzled, "Then why are they almost impossible to communicate with?"

On Bi Qi's shiny bald head, his eyes returned to a serious expression, "Communication ability is a very special physiological mechanism. Not all life forms communicate, and not all life forms have an evolutionary direction for it."

"Even though there are many Bone Fish, they are actually not social animals. Even if a lot of Bone Fish gather together, they are merely a collection of individual entities together."

Octopus Brother gestured with a tentacle, "They lack altruism, cooperation, dependency, and don't have a clear hierarchy. Sometimes, to dodge predators, they might migrate and hide as a group, which looks quite orderly, but it's actually an imitation of the behavior of larger and older Bone Fish."

"Bone Fish are natural living fossils. Their bodies are composed of bones from many different life forms, and their physiological structure determines a basic level of consciousness. Feeding is their only path to evolution. They absorb Dead Light Energy as a foundation to strengthen and transform their bodies, gathering more bones to increase their physical versatility."

"This experiment shows that, given a sufficient amount of Light Seeds, Bone Fish can indeed quickly complete their own transformation, unifying the structure of bones coming from various origins throughout their bodies."

"Starting now, Bone Fish have truly moved beyond the chaotic instinctive feeding stage, entering a stable physiological period, beginning to use bones to steadily accumulate memory and experience. Just like the Bone Man."

Bone Fish need a great deal of accumulation and luck to enter the natural stage of wisdom that Bone Men are born with.

Their directions are different.

Bone Fish, closer to the bestial form of Bone Men, have a chaotic physiological structure and consciousness but possess a stronger survival ability than Bone Men.

"Judging from bone density, the athlete has reached the status of a Class D organism."

Bi Qi checked the White Bone Triangular Tower with a laser lamp.

"As for the enhancement of intelligence, it needs their spontaneous and sustained accumulation, a quantitative change to reach a qualitative transformation. It will require more time."

Zhou Yi suddenly thought.

This is similar to the evolutionary path of the samurai crab.

Weapon Masters specialize in the growth path of the brain domain; however, for them to move further is not easy. In other words, the higher a life form evolves, the slower and more difficult it becomes.

We can't rely on the number of Light Seeds to perform miracles anymore.

"Its flight duration is limited," Bi Qi added, "I'll test it again."

Octopus Brother took out a bone, patted the Bone Fish, pointed to the sky, then made a motion of the bone flying into the air and gestured in a circle.

So the Bone Fish in a triangular tower form slowly rotated and took off again.

This time, the Red Kestrel was ready and followed behind to film.

On the remote control screen, the flight of the Bone Fish seemed a bit stiff, only able to move in straight lines, with poor control in turning and circling, making a large arc before awkwardly returning.

The athlete continued to accelerate, the image becoming blurred and distant, with the noise of the airflow from the airborne microphone being especially loud.

Red Kestrel said, "For safety reasons, I can only observe from a distance."

"Also, my electronic eye is new equipment, but the remote control is a very old model, so the clarity is lower."

Zhou Yi asked, "Can we switch to a new large-screened remote control?"

"We can."

Red Kestrel stated, "Replacing it with a large-screen manual terminal device requires about 600 to 1500 Light Seeds."

"Buy the best high-end version and go get it later," Zhou Yi immediately declared.

Such long-term production tools cannot skimp on costs.

"Zhou, there are manual terminal devices customized for the body, with the ability to switch the operating mode to auxiliary equipment. It has an emergency avoidance function, as well as high-definition casting compatible with pages from different cities, with a one-year warranty, priced at around 3000 Light Seeds. This should be the best on the market. Can I get this one?"

"..."

Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Buy it, get the customized version!"

Red Kestrel was consistent as ever, always pursuing top-tier equipment when applying for funding.

Next, the drone conducted a series of data assessments on the Bone Fish athlete.

"Under flight mode, the maximum speed is 142 kilometers per hour."

"The duration is 2 hours and 11 minutes."

"The flight altitude is between 2000-4000 meters."

"Turning sensitivity is insufficient; it's better suited for straight flight."

"The sea floor navigation mode has a maximum speed of 54 kilometers per hour."

"Upon takeoff, it enters triangular tower shape; upon landing, it switches to a spherical shape; when it enters the Dead Sea, it resumes its submarine shape. All three shapes can switch freely."

"Among the three shapes, the motionless triangular tower shape consumes almost no energy, allowing it to stay on land for extended periods and absorb Death Light. The flight shape consumes the most energy, exhausting its power in just 2 hours. The submarine shape consumes less energy and can operate for a long time."

Bone Fish really could fly.

It was a pity that the endurance was only 2 hours and its speed wasn't as good as the Hunter.

But Zhou Yi was very satisfied nonetheless.

The Bone Fish deliveryman had achieved a breakthrough from nothing and obtained the ability for short-term flight. The next step was to continue accumulating experience to gradually master and consolidate this ability and further attempt to improve endurance and speed.

Under the current environment, the Bone Fish deliverymen mainly focused on sea floor deliveries—first for safety, and second for concealment.

This evolution had developed a new branch that needed a name.

Zhou Yi named it "Rocket Bone Fish," hoping that one day the Bone Fish would break through the atmosphere and fly to farther places.

Next, he helped the remaining seven Bone Fish complete their evolution.

Six of them successfully transformed into Rocket Bone Fish.

The seventh, however, took a different path.

The deliveryman "Big Mouth" became a huge gourd-shaped creature with hard longitudinal ridges on its back. Its bone shell thickened, it had numerous hook-like legs, and it possessed a freely rotating serrated sword tail.

"This is a Bone Horseshoe Crab."

Bi Qi seemed unperturbed by this, "It's just much larger than the normal Bone Horseshoe Crab, probably because it consumed a large amount of White Shell and due to the suitable environment of the Breeding Platform."

"Bone Horseshoe Crabs are D-level creatures. They've gained certain combat abilities, their defense is not weak, they have strong fighting capabilities with their tails, and their hook-like legs can tear apart enemies. They use their tails to support their bodies to jump and can propel and glide through the Dead Sea."

"The bone structure of this species is very tough, with a core structure that's lightweight, mechanically strong, highly absorbent, highly load-bearing, and extremely stable... just considering bone strength, it's higher than that of the Rocket Bone Fish."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

In terms of size, this form was very suitable for delivery.

...

The progress with the Bone Fish was swift, but the Weapon Master's enhancement transformation was still scheduled.

Da Vinci needed to perform a major surgery first.

Qin Mo's enhancement transformation surgery finally started on a rainy day.

Qin Shu sat outside the patient room in a chair, repeatedly looking towards the closed door emitting red light, appearing somewhat restless.

Zhou Yi quietly waited.

The entire surgery lasted over four hours.

Eventually, the patient room door emitted a green light.

Da Vinci's projection cart slowly drove out from the inside, displaying a rudimentary electronic smiley face: "The surgery was very successful."

"The patient's physiological indicators are all within the safe range, and the enhanced body has shown clear signal responses. We've activated and regenerated the existing lung cells to address pulmonary fibrosis. A sterile environment is currently required, so please do not enter the patient room."

Qin Shu's tense face immediately brightened.

"That's good, that's good..."

He bowed to the projection cart, "Thank you, Doctor, thank you!"

Then he bowed to Zhou Yi, "Chairman, thank you for helping my old man like this!"

"As long as he's alright."

Zhou Yi patted the young man's arm, then asked the projection cart, "What's next?"

"He needs to rest for at least a month."

"Then gradually begin exercising because after the lung enhancement, it will also stimulate the body to increase physical activity."

"The Lung Enhancement Body implanted with the E-5 grade 'Regulation' is relatively mild and precise Light Seed, so it's less taxing physiologically. However, there will still be some degree of rejection reaction, varying from person to person. The patient needs to take one low-dose Suppressant Pill daily, which won't affect the daily routine."

"Even if you forget to take the medication, there's no need to worry; normal rejection reactions will pass quickly if endured. However, from a medical standpoint, I recommend long-term usage of the Suppressant Pill. It will keep the enhanced body stable and functional over the long term, and by enhancing the lungs, it can adjust related organ functions, which is beneficial for health."

"Remember to come back for a check-up every six months."

"Okay, okay," Qin Shu nodded vigorously.

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered, "Why did Ding Ye become addicted to drugs before?"

"Because he enhanced his spine using the Craftsmen Light Seal, which is much less precise and stable than the Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint. The Lung Enhancement Body implanted in Qin Mo employs a high-precision Light Seed, so the side effects are much smaller. Furthermore, Ding Ye was overusing his enhanced body for an extended period, relying on medication to suppress rejection and stress reactions, which eventually turned into a high-risk severe condition."

Da Vinci cleared Zhou Yi's doubt.

The risks for the adventurer were, in fact, predetermined from the moment of the surgery.

"The patient needs to stay in the hospital for observation for a week, plus there are other critical surgeries," Da Vinci stated. "The Weapon Master's enhancement transformation will have to be postponed at least four more days."

The hospital was increasingly short-staffed, relying solely on a Mechanical Doctor running 24/7.

Although Da Vinci was enjoying it... gaining plenty of experience and improvement, this certainly wasn't sustainable.

Da Vinci responded, "Chairman, I'm also recruiting doctors and nurses through Holy Mountain, but we haven't received any definite responses yet."

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered.

Ding Ye's last words mentioned that his senior sister, Feng Ying, a Pharmacist, was coming to handle his affairs.

It had been from spring to midsummer.

She still hadn't arrived.

Hopefully, nothing had happened to her on the way.

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