Compared to District Seven, Tri-Branch Slope is much smaller in scale, almost like a small market town rather than a city.

Due to its core industry being gathering, its narrow streets resemble a farmer's market, with various goods being continuously transported there, bustling with buyers and sellers, and a mix of scents creating a peculiar, strong fishy smell.

After entering the house he was staying in, Zhou Yi expressed his intent to go to Spark Plain.

Qin Xie was originally going to accompany him, but was dissuaded by two Mountain Dogs.

"Mr. Qin, you are not in good health and need rest. There are Horror Claws rampant out there, and even wearing special rubber suits, you would still be subjected to certain impacts."

"Please stay here in Tri-Branch Slope to recuperate."

Zhou Yi also advised him to rest first.

New employee Luna was observing his condition at his side.

Zhou Yi, Yuan Xiao, and Duke Destructive were then driven by Mountain Dog to the outskirts of Spark Plain.

It instructed, "Please make sure to wear your rubber suits at all times and do not take them off."

"When encountering Horror Claws, please remain calm. They will come and go, delivering electric shocks. This is a normal occurrence."

"Do not use any abilities—unless your life is in danger—as it will trigger the Horror Claws to swarm and attack, making it easier to penetrate the rubber suits."

"If you encounter thunderstorms, please leave immediately. In such conditions, Horror Claws become frenzied and extremely dangerous."

Mountain Dog bowed as it got out of the car: "I will wait here for the three of you. Please be careful."

Zhou Yi thanked it.

...

The rubber suit is not a thin layer but is like a spacesuit made of thick rubber, with grounding iron plates attached to the feet. Wearing it turns one into a Teletubby, making movement and walking laborious.

Vegetation on Spark Plain is sparse, with only a few dry, yellow barren grasses. The trees are nearly all withered and blackened as if burned, showing no signs of spring.

The ground is covered with char and dust, with low visibility when the wind blows.

Zhou Yi can hear a faint crackling sound, constantly resurfacing in the open plain, like exposed wires are short-circuiting.

"This is still the outer area; there are few electric cats."

Dressed in a smaller rubber suit and acting as the guide, Duke Destructive spoke, "It gets more crowded further inside. Are you here to catch electric cats?"

Zhou Yi smiled: "Quite the opposite."

He reached into the pocket of his rubber suit and took out a cat house, pressing the switch.

Pikachu suddenly leaped out, zapping onto Zhou Yi's shoulder. The cat head formed by electric arcs spoke in sync with his mind: "Hey! There's so much electric energy here! It's everywhere!"

"Chairman, did you bring me here for a feast?"

Zhou Yi said, "Pretty much, eat as you like. This is Spark Plain; there are many electric cats, but be careful of the Spark Knights... and don't stray too far from us, keep in touch with me if anything happens."

Pikachu nodded understandingly and disappeared in a flash of light.

Duke Destructive expressed confusion: "Aren't you afraid it might get lost?"

"It's okay."

Zhou Yi explained to him: "Pikachu—my electric cat, is intelligent and understands the difference between a full meal now and steady meals."

"Although electric cats operate on electric energy as their core, they also love the taste of Light Seeds. If you keep a cat in the future, remember to feed it some."

The puppet nodded: "I heard from Tuo Zhu and You Ai that electric cats also love metals. They hit and scratch at copper and iron to train their electric shock abilities."

Zhou Yi recalled something else: "Another thing, don't use water on them. When in contact with water, Pikachu goes wild, running around nonstop; water acts like a stimulant to them."

He looked around; the broad plain with low visibility was utterly deserted.

"Is it always so empty here?"

Duke Destructive explained: "Not many people come here unless it's for the regular black market trades, which I haven't heard of recently."

As they spoke,

Zhou Yi suddenly saw a bolt of lightning fall from the sky and land less than five meters in front of him. The wild bolt of lightning began circling him and Duke Destructive, stretching out a luminous electric arc ring.

It was a wild electric cat.

He activated [Alert], noticing that this electric cat was entirely red and ranked B.

The wild electric cat suddenly went berserk, striking Zhou Yi's rubber-coated chest with five consecutive lightning lashes. Even through the thick rubber, Zhou Yi staggered, feeling intense numbness in his chest.

Damn, I forgot not to use powers!

He involuntarily used power as now it's become muscle memory, acting faster than his brain could process.

Zhou Yi was thinking of retreating from the plain, but more lightning followed. Electric cats descended from the heavens in bands, attacking him relentlessly, causing him immense stress.

Unfortunately, the bulky rubber suit severely hindered his movements; he staggered terribly, making him terribly slow in front of the electric cats.

Meanwhile, Duke Destructive was waving his arms, along with Yuan Xiao, trying to draw the electric cats' attention.

He shouted: "Move faster, they've got you targeted. If you don't leave soon, you'll be fried crisp. Even rubber suits have their limits!"

As Zhou Yi struggled to control his rubber suit and move forward, suddenly a lightning bolt struck, repelling the surrounding electric cats.

This abruptly appearing electric cat sparked brightly all over, valiantly shielding Zhou Yi and took on the mobs alone.

Zhou Yi felt a surge of emotion.

It was the cat he raised that showed loyalty, not wasted the Light Seeds I fed it.

Suddenly, Pikachu darted towards him, electrocuting him until his teeth clattered and his head buzzed.

It wasn't Pikachu!

This little one mistook him for prey!

He had to rely on himself.

Zhou Yi clenched his teeth: "Mic master, handle them."

"Understood."

The electricity around instantly solidified.

The electric cats mid-run and weaving through, stretched out web-like circuits, presenting a strange beauty.

Even the largest electirc cat that seizes food got nailed in place.

Zhou Yi heaved a slight sigh of relief.

He then shouted through matched consciousness frequency: "Pikachu, Pikachu, come over to me!"

An electric cat flew over from a distance and landed at Zhou Yi's feet.

It cautiously said, "This, this, there are too many of them, I can't beat them... so I planned to go level up before coming back to help."

"But the chairman is invincible, so I'm not needed to help..."

Zhou Yi listened with a straight face: "You are free now. Live well here, goodbye."

He turned and walked away.

"Wait, wait!"

The cat hurriedly flew in front of Zhou Yi: "Chairman, hear me out, I can't beat them, coming here would just be a suicide mission. Electric cats will also kill each other; I just saw two electric cats fighting, one even tore the other apart and ate it."

"Ate it?"

Zhou Yi suddenly brightened up: "You mean, it can be further strengthened through hunting?"

"Ah? You're not going to make me eat them, right?"

Pikachu was shocked: "That's too barbaric, I am an electric cat from the Wasteland Development Company, how can I do the same thing as the primitive electric cats here."

"..."

Zhou Yi was somewhat speechless: "Then do you have any other methods?"

"Yes!"

"Electric cats compete in terms of electric energy and use of electricity."

Pikachu suddenly said: "Just need to draw the electric energy from their bodies. No need for fighting and killing, you control them, I extract the electric energy, they won't die, and we can achieve peace, everyone will be satisfied."

That's also a good idea.

"Then start drawing."

"Yes!"

Upon Zhou Yi's order, Pikachu began joyfully stealing electricity.

It approached other electric cats, a sizzling electric sparkle wire emerged from its body and connected to another, the arc of electricity then gleaming brightly.

As the electricity was drawn, the body brightness of the other electric cats dimmed rapidly, fading fast, and their bodies shrank significantly, transforming from fierce electric cats to tiny electric mice.

Pikachu sucked electricity from all the wild electric cats, it turns out there were 37.

It grew larger, initially only the size of a cat's head, it developed a flowing body composed of electric sparks, looking like a large lynx, visibly majestic and robust.

Zhou Yi ordered mic master to deactivate.

Thus, the group of electric cats recovered their mobility, but they all became thin and small, before Pikachu could exert its power, they scattered and fled like streaks of electricity.

"Chairman, I can easily handle them now!" Pikachu said with pride.

Crisis resolved.

Zhou Yi then thought: "Do you think this method of attracting and drawing electricity could help you enhance rapidly?"

"No, absolutely not!"

Pikachu hurriedly raised its paw to stop saying: "In this place, I can sense some powerful counterparts. Their strength may have reached Light Core Body, external power fluctuations can easily attract them, if it's just an internal issue among electric cats, they won't care."

"Above them, there is also that Spark Knight... It's not worth taking such a risk."

"Actually, I've already figured out a method."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

The electric cat climbed onto Zhou Yi's shoulder again.

Though its body grew larger, its weight hadn't changed at all, only a slight touch was felt.

"The electric power sources here are in the sky. I just burrowed into the clouds and discovered there's a giant electric grid covering this area inside the clouds, it's very mysterious and dangerous to get close."

"Just need to get electric energy from there."

Zhou Yi looked up at the sky.

The sky above the Spark Plain was densely covered with dark clouds, it's said to be like this all year round, the only difference being dark clouds and black clouds.

Pikachu spoke sneakily: "Although the cloud electric grid is inaccessible, I can go there to find electric cats. After they recharge, I can get it from them and then provide them protection."

Its method was to collect a protection fee.

Zhou Yi speechlessly commented: "Is this the quality that a company's electric cat should possess?"

"Chairman, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. They are still killing each other here; I am already being quite civilized."

With enhanced power, Pikachu became much more confident.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Alright then. You certainly know more about electric cats than me, let's follow your approach."

"I'll come to pick you up after some time, be careful on your own, stop when necessary, don't provoke the other cats to gang up in retaliation."

"Please rest assured, I know the limits."

Pikachu expressed: "I am an electric cat from the Wasteland Development Company, I have learned a lot from you. Whenever you have time, just come to pick me up, don't worry."

Zhou Yi and his group stayed a little longer on the edge of the Spark Plain.

Later, the sky turned black.

Thunderstorm weather being extremely dangerous, Zhou Yi swiftly evacuated.

Witnessing everything, Duke Destructive commented: "Releasing the electric cat to the Spark Plain seems to accelerate its growth. By hunting its own kind in the wild, it probably won't take long for it to advance to Level A."

"In the future, I'll also bring cats here to roam for a while. Coming to the Forbidden Continent seems to be an important training ground for future electric cats."

Zhou Yi agreed with this.

The company's electric cats indeed need to level up on the Spark Plain. As long as the right path is found, here, electric cats grow much faster than on the Cat House side.

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