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    Bai Qn''s words made Su Han startle, and then he asked, "What do you mean?"


    "Since those eyeballs descended, and Spiritual Energy spread throughout the entire environment, causing so many creatures to mutate, why can''t there be individuals who''ve adapted to this environment without too much mutation?


    To some extent, those of us who haven''t turned into flesh corpses are actually going through an adaptation and evolution process, just a more special one," she said slowly, taking a deep breath before continuing.


    Bai Qn inhaled deeply, then slowly continued, "Perhaps our ecosystem isn''t so fragile, and some species have adapted."


    She kept connecting the clues, considering the school of monstrous fish in theke, which, although they could maintain their lives for a long time by absorbing Spiritual Energy,


    to reproduce and survive, they must still have a food source present.


    And herey the problem, they needed food, but such arge group hadn''tunched anyrge-scale, proactive attacks on their camp.


    Didn''t this imply they had other food sources?


    Now that she had seen the evolved blue-scaled carps, Bai Qn had connected all the clues.


    Inside Yunling Lake, there was a closed ecological system, Lamp Tree bloomed, blue-scaled carps fed on Lamp Tree, and Half-Fish Monsters and fish monsters preyed on these creatures that had adapted to the environment.


    She shared her hypothesis with Su Han in detail.


    After hearing Bai Qn''s spection, Su Han was also extremely surprised because, logically, there was nothing wrong with her hypothesis; it was just missing corroborative evidence.


    Seemingly feeling Su Han''s gaze, Bai Qn immediately added, "Su Han, I need aboratory. If we can understand these carps..."


    "Blue-scaled carps."


    Su Han interjected, "You must have other guesses about these blue-scaled carps, right?"


    Bai Qn was taken aback, seemingly because Su Han could always confidently name the monsters, but she quickly regained herposure.


    If her guesses were correct, Su Han''s anomalies could be entirely exined.


    She nodded and said, "Yes, but I need more evidence. It''spletely different from the food chain inference."


    "If my guess is correct, and the blue-scaled carps and Lamp Trees have sessfully evolved by adapting to environmental changes, then their genes and Spiritual Energy structures might be more stable. This could shed light on the rules of evolution and the injection drugs; but most importantly, they could be a food source."


    Food!


    Su Han stared at Bai Qn, his eyes revealing shock and doubt while Bai Qn smiled and said, "Yesterday, I used Nie Rilong''s method to test the flesh and blood of the Half-Fish Monster, which confirmed some of my thoughts.


    The flesh and blood of mutated monsters have an uncertain mutagenic effect; consuming it can cause adverse reactions in humans, and regr consumption might lead to mutations. The spected reason could be the instability of the genes and the overly active and unstable Spiritual Energy. But if the blue-scaled carps are rtively stable..."


    "Then they could possibly be a new meat source."


    "It might not just be a meat source, as things containing Spiritual Energy could very likely be catalysts for human evolution."


    Su Han took a deep breath, finally understanding why the always calm Bai Qn was so excited.


    "I understand. I''ll discuss theboratory with you tomorrow; for today, let''s deal with the school of fish monsters first."


    Su Han first returned the blue-scaled carp tied with vines back into the water, worried about killing it.


    Then he said to Ye Kailing, "Kailing, go back first and have Meiyu organize people to dig arge pond near building nine and divert water into it."


    Ye Kailing knew this was to prepare for the blue-scaled carps and nodded, "I''ll go right now."


    While Su Han dealt with the blue-scaled carp situation, the vines of the Human-faced Tree stretched towards Yunling Lake without stopping.


    As the vines extended, the full view of the Lamp Trees finally became visible to everyone.


    They upied the very center of Yunling Lake, covering an area asrge as half a football field.


    They grew on the surface, and ording to the vines'' exploration, there were developed root systems at the bottom of theke.


    The vines extended between these leaves and root systems, slowly finding their way out, and soon discovered the ''big fish'' hidden among these roots.


    The small ones were the size of a palm, but slightlyrger ones were identical to the blue-scaled carps, or even bigger.


    Su Han did not capture them all, instead, controlling the Human-faced Tree to ensnare two of therger ones that had collided with the vines.


    One was still a blue-scaled carp, but the other one was a different species, resembling a grass carp but with a fiery red body, added with a few even more eye-catching white lines from eye to tail, called the red-line grass carp.


    The vines continued to extend, but the further out they went, the sparser they became, and the number of caught monstrous fish began to dwindle.


    Starting from three-quarters out from Yunling Lake, only 1 fish monster and 3 Half-Fish Monsters were caught.


    "Something''s not right, be prepared."


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    Su Han controlled the vines to grope under the water, but this time, the movement of the vines failed to detect any traces of the fish monsters at the bottom of theke.


    He didn''t believe that all the fish monsters had been captured, so there was only one possibility left, the leader wasing.


    As expected, not long after he finished speaking, at thest bay marked on the map, the water surface suddenly stirred, and a fierce head emerged from theke.


    In the light of the Radiance of the Lamp Tree, it locked eyes with Su Han and his party.


    "Roar"


    A muffled roar echoed, the water rippled noisily, and then the leading fish monster rushed from the water onto the shore.


    It was over three meters tall, nearly reaching four meters, with a fierce-looking head and angles, a bulky body, and thick, hard scales all over its body, with bone spikes rising along its back.


    Following the leader''sndfall, arge number of fish monsters began toe ashore, at least 10 fish monsters right behind, among which two were particrly tall, and then there were almost 20 Half-Fish Monsters.


    The side where the fish monster leadernded was the same as the location where Su Han and his team were, except that the two were about three hundred meters apart.


    After staring at each other from afar, the fish monster leader let out a roar and charged with a group of fish monsters.


    "The fight is on, get ready."


    Su Han smiled, thinking if they weren''t afraid in the water, what could they do onnd?


    The Floating Pagoda ck Armor warrior stepped up beside Su Han, with Bai Qn, Ye Kailing, and the other Angels Envoys ready in line.


    "Capture them alive."


    The Floating Pagoda warrior charged forward, with the Floating Pagoda ck Armor appearing on its body, undting subtly, coordinating with its movements.


    A distance of three hundred meters was not long, for monsters and Angel Envoys it was merely a matter of a charge.


    Seeing the Floating Pagoda warrior taking the lead, the fish monster leader charged fiercely with its sharp ws aimed straight at the warrior.


    "Thud"


    A heavy punchnded, ck Armor scales flew, forming a shield at one meter in front of the Floating Pagoda warrior.


    The heavy punch came down without causing any damage.


    The warrior''s Floating Pagoda ck Armor suddenly deformed, as pieces of armor from the spine disconnected, interlocking to form two chains of armor swords.


    "Swish"


    The chains of swords danced, instantly shooting out, piercing directly through the shoulders of the fish monster leader.


    Blood sttered out, and the fish monster leader emitted a pained roar.


    But in the next moment, arge hand was already ced on its head, forcibly pushing it down to the ground, followed by a heavy punch to its head.


    The punch was extremely heavy, stunning the fish monster leader for a while.


    Meanwhile, Angel Envoys following the Floating Pagoda warrior rushed forward, charging directly into the fish monsters following behind.


    Bai Qn''s Angel Envoy flesh corpse was at the forefront, almost within a step''s reach of High Grade, so once it made a move, it was extremely fierce.


    First-level Intermediate fish monsters that tried to block it were simply knocked down with a punch.


    Ye Kailing''s flesh corpse, though slightly lesser in strength, was still at First-level Intermediate, pouncing and knocking down another fish monster.


    The battle broke out instantly; despite the number of fish monsters, they were scattered with a single encounter.


    Whether it was fish monsters or Half-Fish Monsters, all were pinned down and hammered.


    If not for the intention to capture alive, their bodies would now be covered in cuts.


    However, it didn''t take long for the battle to draw near to an end, as vines from the water spread up, binding them one by one, and beingced with Paralytic Toxin.


    "Su Han, they''re all caught."


    As the Floating Pagoda warrior hoisted the now poisoned leader of the fish monsters, the battle came to aplete close.


    Su Hanughed and said, "Take two people to the bay area, there''s something in the water, get those out first."